Oundle School
Sunday, 9th February 2025
STOP PRESS 5 schools took part in this year’s event with its customary Open and U15 categories. Rugby dominated the Open Singles, providing both finalists, while the Plate went to the Oundle player in a very close final. The Open Doubles was won by the experienced Stamford 1st pair, who beat the two Singles finalists in the final, while the Plate was won by the Derby Moor pair. The U15 competition was a small one, with the Singles won by a single point by the player from Rugby in the course of a round robin. The U15 Doubles likewise was a straight contest between two pairs who played out a three-gamer, which finally went the way of the Rugby pair.
There was an small additional Girls Singles competition won by Annie Anslow from Stamford, beating Sophie Bourne from Oundle in the final. They then joined forces to beat Ellie Morris and April Dennison, both from Stamford, in a one-off match.
U18 Singles Knock-out
Quarter-finals: V Barnes (Rug) bt C Sharpe (Stam) 11-5; L Marsden (Ound) bt F Morgan (Bedf) 11-3; C McNaughton (Stam) bt R Jones (Stam) 12-10; J Skailes (Rug) bt S McMurran (Bedf) 12-10
Semi-finals: Barnes bt Marsden 15-4; Skailes bt McNaughton 15-2
Final: J Skailes (Rugby) bt V Barnes (Rugby) 11-6, 10-12, 11-1
U18 Singles Plate
1st round: S Smallwood (Bedf) bt A Turner (Ound) 11-1; E Holtby (Ound) bt R Vines (Stam) 11-1
Semi-finals: H Cubitt (Ound) bt Smallwood 11-6; M Staryk (DerM) bt Holtby 11-4
Final: H Cubitt (Oundle) bt M Staryk (Derby Moor) 15-13
U18 Doubles
Quarter-finals: Oundle 1 bt Stamford 2 15-7; Stamford 1 bt Derby Moor 15-7; Bedford bt Oundle 2 15-2
Semi-finals: Rugby bt Oundle 1 15-12; Stamford 1 bt Bedford 15-11
Final: Stamford 1 (C McNaughton & C Sharpe) bt Rugby (V Barnes & J Skailes) 15-10
Plate: 1st Derby Moor (M Staryk & Z Winson Yates); 2nd Stamford 2; 3rd Oundle 2
U15 Singles
1st H Turner-Linke (Rugby) 44pts; 2nd Z Winson Yates (Derby Moor) 43 pts; 3rd M Hunter (Stamford) 36 pts
Also played: E Park (Stamford) and H Skailes (Rugby)
U15 Doubles
Final: Rugby (H Skailes & H Turner-Linke) bt Stamford (M Hunter & E Park) 9-11, 11-2, 11-1
No Plate competition
Open Singles finalists from Rugby
Open Doubles winning pair from Stamford
Open Plate winning pair from Derby Moor
The Organiser in action