Y Club, Manchester
Saturday/Sunday, 12-13 February 2022
STOP PRESS In the absence of the 2020 Singles champion, Ed Kay, and of one half of the previous winning Doubles pairing, Dan Grant, it was no surprise to see Will Ellison and Dan Tristao meeting in the Singles final, with Will victorious; then Will and Dan combining to defeat Ollie Arnold & Ben Beltrami in the Doubles final. Home player Marco Skogh won the Singles Plate, narrowly beating Mike Suddaby, who now also plays his Fives in Manchester, while the Doubles Plate was an all-Derby Moor affair, with Lewis Keates & Bally Singh beating Max Frost & Anthony Goodwin.
Scores
Singles
1st round: A McCreath bt L Keates 11-9, 8-11, 11-8; T Parker bt D Law 11-8, 11-3; S Russell bt D Fox 11-6, ret.; B Beltrami bt M Skogh 11-5, 11-2; C Low bt M Suddaby 11-0, 11-3; C Davey bt A Goodwin 11-4, 8-11, 11-7; W Ellison bt O Naden 11-2, 11-3
Quarter-finals: D Tristao bt McCreath 11-4, 11-8; Russell bt Parker 4-11, 11-8, 11-7; Beltrami bt Low 11-9, 11-6; Ellison bt Davey 11-0, 11-0
Semi-finals: Tristao bt Russell 8-11, 11-0, 11-0; Ellison bt Beltrami 11-7, 11-6
Final: Ellison bt Tristao 11-4, 11-6
Plate: M Skogh bt M Suddaby 16-14
Doubles
1st round: Davey & J Minta w/o Fox & Skogh
Quarter-finals: Ellison & Tristao bt Davey & Minta 11-9, 11-6; Low & McCreath bt Law & Suddaby 11-3, 11-0; Parker & Russell bt M Frost & Goodwin 11-2, 12-10; Arnold & Beltrami bt Keates & B Singh 11-0, 11-5
Semi-finals: Ellison & Tristao bt Low & McCreath 11-4, 11-3; Arnold & Beltrami bt Russell & Parker 11-1, 12-10
Final: Ellison & Tristao bt Arnold & Beltrami 9-11, 11-7, 11-1
Plate: Keates & Singh bt Frost & Goodwin 15-8