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Adam is top player as Fakenham secures double win
By Tony Henden
Fakenham players again provided the highest number of entries for their second Norfolk Junior Squash Grand Prix of the year, which was shared with Reepham, and were rewarded with two wins from the six groups including Adam Sinkins who won Group 1.
Adam claimed his fifth GP win from sixth, beating clubmate Connor Doy 3-1 in a competitive final. Joseph Weavers finished a best ever third, and Drew Butchart showed greatest improvement in beating both Martin Jolley and Sam Lanham 3-2 to finish fifth.
Group 1 Final Placings
- Adam Sinkins
- Connor Doy
- Joseph Weavers
- Oli Bacon-Hilton
- Drew Butchart
- Sam Lanham & Martin Jolley
Group 2 also provided some very close matches where Giles Evans justified his no.1 seeding to win the group. The remaining positions were dictated by 3-2 wins for David Gorrod over Rob Davis and Robby Coates over Nathan Shearing.
Group 2 Final Placings
- Giles Evans
- David Gorrod
- Rob Davis
- Robby Coates
- Nathan Shearing
- Sam Henden
Prakrit Kumar was too strong for the opposition in group 3 comfortably winning all 3 matches. Liam Mooney gained 2 wins for second place, but the most competitive match saw Ryan Stringer beat Craig Smith 17/15,11/8,11/13,9/11,11/5 to finish an encouraging fifth.
Group 3 Final Placings
- Prakrit Kumar
- Liam Mooney
- Oliver Hall
- Joe Yaxley
- Ryan Stringer
- Craig Smith
Group 4 was won by Bonnie Butler who made a storming comeback from 0-2 down to beat Phil Davis 3-2 and take this group win. All the final matches were very close and resulted in hard fought 3-1 wins for Aaron Myhill, Claire Jolley and Sami Wright in this tight group.
Group 4 Final Placings
- Bonnie Butler
- Phil Davis
- Aaron Myhill
- Jade Spalding
- Claire Jolley
- Bronwyn Moxey
- Sami Wright
- Joshua Hall
Jake Sheard won group 5 winning all 5 of his matches in his first Grand Prix, but again the group was very close with just 23 points separating first and last positions. Young Jay Myhill also playing his first Grand Prix played well in each of his 5 matches.
Group 5 Final Placings
- Jake Sheard 75 Pts
- Ollie Farmer 69 Pts
- Amberly MacKenzie 66 Pts
- Harry Sturgess 59 Pts
- James Peterson 52 Pts
- Jay Myhill 52 Pts
Four players from Broadland and Owen Scott from King's Lynn made up group 6 where young Joe Henden proved to strong for his clubmates winning all 4 matches. James Longley and Jedd Scott were not too far behind and Roberta Longley also managed 4 close matches winning 1.
Group 6 Final Placings
- Joe Henden 72 Pts
- James Longley 64 Pts
- Jedd Scott 61 Pts
- Owen Scott 53 Pts
- Roberta Longley 52 Pts
