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 Fri 29th,
Main Draws in Manchester
It was a busy day in
Manchester, with eight events, two round on each, at two venues. At
the end of the day there were good few upsets as the
quarter-finalists were decided ...
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Paul Houghton reports ...
The Northern
Girls U13
There have been no upsets at the Northern in the Girls U13 with all
seeds through to the second round, all winning 3-0.
Collette Wittington (Essex) 9/16 seed registered a good win
against 5/8 seed Amy Jones (Buckinghamshire) 3-2 in 31 minutes as
Elin Harlow the welsh No 1 seed sailed through to the quarters
beating Jade Rothman (Glos) 9/16 seed 3-0, 11/4, 11/2, 11/2.
Ten year old and 5/8 seed Elise Lazarus (Essex) Survive a
spirited fight back from Florie Smith (Glos) to win 3-2 in Round 2
in a 40 minute nail biter.
Boys U13
Top Seed Harry Falconer (Lincs) made his way into the second
round with no trouble winning 11/6, 11/6, 11/4. In the bottom half
of the draw two 9/16 seeds were beaten, first Alex Lane (Glos) lost
to Charlie Cowie (Lancs) 3-0 and (D+C) Oliver Walls
dispatched 9/16 Fraser Linning (Essex) 3-1.
All other seeds won comfortably to make their way into Round two.
The start of Round two saw an early exit from the main draw for Kyle
Finch 5/8 seed from Hampshire beaten 3-0 by 9/16 seed Charlie Lee
(Surrey).
3/ 4 seed Curtis Malik (Sussex) lost a thrilling 5 setter against
Ben Turmel (Suffolk) 9/16 in the second round 11/9, 8/11, 11/8,
6/11, 11/7 in 36 minutes .
Girls U15
Kace Bartley (Surrey) caused a major upset in the Girls U15
beating Hannah Daly (Herefordshire) 9/16 Seed 3-0 in 13 Minutes, all
other seeds had comfortable matches and cruised through to the
second round.
In the second round the 5/8 seeds tumbled in the top half of the
draw, Jenny Haley (Wales) lost to 9/16 Jessica Winder
(Cumbria) and Jessica Davies (Cheshire) lost to Georgina Kennedy
(Kent) 9/16 seed 3-0.
Boys U15
Harry Falconer’s Brother Hamish, top seed in the Boys
U15 had a straightforward win against Jack Bearpark to make it
through. James Peach 3/ 4 Seed also made his way through to
the second Round after dropping the first game in his match with Dan
Wareing. Peach fought back and took a 3-1 win. The game of the early
rounds was Louis Penkett (Glos) beating Bradley Maters (Kent)
9/16 seed 3-2 in 45 Minutes.
9/16 seed Patrick Rooney (Merseyside) will play 5/8 seed Andrew
Taylor (Middlesex) in the next round but not in the main draw as
expected both will be playing one another in the plate to stay in
the competition. Ben Windle (Surrey) beat Rooney 3-0 and
Callum Davidson (Wales) beat Taylor 3-2. After losing the first
two games to a total of five points Davidson clawed back to clinch
the win and carry through in the main draw.
The longest match in Round 1 at 50 minutes was qualifier Charlie
Gamble (Somerset), beating Tom Kirby (Hampshire).
Brothers Harry and Hamish Falconer have breezed through to Saturday
and are still in strong contention to take both the U13 & U15 Boys
titles.
National Squash Centre
Girls U17
Number 1 seed Emily Whitlock (Cheshire) has cruised through
the first two rounds of the Girls U17 without dropping a game, she
moves into the quarters to face 9/16 Alicia Mead
(Warwickshire) who knocked out 5/8 seed Georgina Ingham 3-1 in the
second round.
Number 2 seed Victoria Temple Murray (Devon) is also making
her way through the rounds without dropping a game, she will face
9/16 Anna Kimberley (Essex). Both 3/4 seeds Brogan Lane
(Hertfordshire) and Chloe Pearson (Warwickshire) have also
made it through to the quarters.
Boys U17
Top seeds are all through in the Boys U17, number 1 Oliver
Holland (Nottingham) and 2 Matthew Sidaway (Lancashire)
have gone through to the quarters without any trouble as have both
3/4 seeds Taminder Gata Aura (Yorkshire) and Tom Ford
(Gloucestershire) although Ford did have the highest scoring game
today. His second game in his second round match against Peter Joyce
went to a tie breaker and finished 20/18!
Games of the day for this draw have to go to 9/16 Joe Brooke
(Oxfordshire) who came back from 0-2 down against last year's BU15
champ 5/8 Richie Fallows (Essex).
Brooke staged an excellent comeback and snatched it 13/11 in the
5th. Longest game of the day goes to 9/16 Jack McElvenney
(Warwickshire) who took out 5/8 Scott Young (Gloucestershire) in
five to book his place in the quarters.
Girls U19
All top 8 seeds are through to the quarters in the Girls U19 apart
from one major upset to the seedings. Unseeded Sophie Lemom
(Essex) first beat 9/16 Sarah Dowson (Durham + Cleveland) and then
was faced with the 3/4 seed Lucy Townley (Cheshire). First game to
Townley, second to Lemom.
The third game was tough and could have gone either way, Lemom
taking it 15-13 and steam rolled through into the quarters as she
took the fourth 11-5. A 3-1 win will now see her face the 5/8 seed
Catherine Finalyson for a place in the Semi Finals.
Boys U19
All top 8 seeds through to the quarters in the Boys U19. 5/8 seed
Declan James (Nottinghamshire) took on 9/16 Adam Auckland
(Lincolnshire) in the second round.
Auckland, 0-2 down, fought back tremendously well, taking the game
into the 5th after an hour of play! James held on took the game 3-2
in 71 minutes! Both boys proving that fitness is a must have in this
game.
The rest of the top seeds moved through comfortably, no doubt the
quarter finals will not be as easy as the top seeds all clash
tomorrow.
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