Alleyn’s School, Dulwich
Saturday/Sunday, 5-6 April 2025
STOP PRESS Defending champions Ed Kay and Dan Tristao made it three in a row and four times in total, beating fellow Old Paulines Ben Beltrami and Theo Parker in a repeat of the 2023 final, thus retaining the coveted Cyriax Cup. In their semi-final Ben and Theo had met Cameron Low and Archie McCreath, who had pulled off the upset of the day in beating Charlie Brooks and Dave Butler in the quarter-finals in straight games.
Scores
1st round: E Kay & D Tristao bt JP Cheng & S Ion 15-10, 15-1; P Chai & T McElvaney bt E Carr & T Maconie 15-12, 15-9: G Wiseman & J Toop bt T Hebblethwaite & J Smith 15-2, 15-13; J Aquilina & J Tilston bt C Lacewing & Y Negyal 15-1, 15-6; C Brooks & D Butler bt Al Goodwin & H Wiseman 15-0, 15-4; C Low & A McCreath bt J Hanton & B Kirwan 15-11, 15-6; F Hammond Giles & L Keates bt L Milner & T Vernacchio 15-6, 15-4; B Beltrami & T Parker bt P Harrison & S Scott 0-15, 15-5, 15-4
Quarter-finals: Kay & Tristao bt Chai & McElvaney 15-10, 15-9; Aquilina & Tilston bt Toop & Wiseman 15-10, 15-12; Low & McCreath bt Brooks & Butler 15-4, 15-13; Beltrami & Parker bt Hammond Giles & Keates 15-11, 15-2
Semi-finals: Kay & Tristao bt Aquilina & Tilston 5-8, 15-7; Beltrami & Parker bt Low & McCreath 15-9, 15-7
Final: Kay & Tristao bt Beltrami & Parker 15-7, 15-13
Plate Group A: 1st Carr & Maconie; 2nd Lacewing & Negyal; 3rd Milner & Vernacchio; 4th Hebblethwaite & Smith
Plate Group B: 1st Hanton & Kirwan; 2nd Harrison & Scott; 3rd Cheng & Ion; 4th Goodwin & Wiseman
Plate Semi-finals: Carr & Maconie bt Harrison & Scott 15-7; Hanton & Kirwan bt Lacewing & Negyal 15-8
Plate Final: Hanton & Kirwan bt Carr & Maconie 15-9
Four-time champions Dan & Ed
The finalists — Theo, Dan, Ed and Ben
How it ends
Julian & Ben win the Plate
Cameron & Archie spring an upset