Derby Moor Academy, Derby
Saturday/Sunday, 25-26 January 2025
STOP PRESS Dan Tristao did the double for the second time, registering his 7th North West Open Singles title and his 3rd Doubles title, this time with Dan Grant, in a three-game epic against Ben Beltrami & Charlie Brooks. National Schools U16 champion Val Fikhter won the Singles Plate, beating Julian Hanton, while home pairing Richard Christie & Lewis Keates beat Alleyn Old Boys pair Patrick Harrison & Gwydion Wiseman in the Doubles Plate final.
The RFA’s thanks go to Lewis and the Derby Moor team for taking on this event after the recent flooding of the Manchester Y Club courts.
Singles
Preliminary round: Z Winson Yates bt M Staryk 7-11, 9-11, 7-11
1st round: D Tristao bt Winson Yates 11-1, 11-0; D Murdoc bt N Geere 11-1, 11-2; D Grant bt D Wright 11-0, 11-0; J Tilston bt V Fikhter 11-5, 12-10; L Keates bt P Harrison 11-2, 11-6; G Wiseman bt J Hanton 11-2, 11-4; S Beattie bt J Smith 11-8, 11-8; J Aquilina bt D Fox 11-1, 11-1
Quarter-finals: Tristao bt Murdoc 11-5, 11-6; Grant bt Tilston 12-10, 11-4; Wiseman bt Keates 11-9, 10-12, 12-10; Aquilina bt Beattie 11-0, 11-2
Semi-finals: Tristao bt Grant 12-11, 11-7; Aquilina bt Wiseman 11-4, 11-0
Final: Tristao bt Aquilina 11-6, 11-5
Plate: Fikhter bt Hanton 15-11
Doubles
Group A: 1st Beltrami & Brooks 9 pts; 2nd Aquilina & Tilston 6 pts; 3rd Christie & Keates 3 pts; 4th Staryk & Winson Yates 0 pts
Group B: 1st Grant & Tristao 6pts; 2nd Fikhter & J Smith 3 pts; 3rd P Harrison & Wiseman 0 pts
Semi-finals: Beltrami & Brooks bt Fikhter & Smith 11-1, 11-4; Grant & Tristao bt Aquilina & Tilston 11-8, 11-4
Final: Grant & Tristao bt Beltrami & Brooks 8-11, 11-2 11-8
Plate: Christie & Keates bt Harrison & Wiseman 15-12, 15-9
End of play
7-time champion
The Singles finalists Dan and Julian
Dan and Val – two generations
The Doubles champions with the Beswick and Enstone trophies
Doubles finalists
How it ends
Partners
Eye on the ball
Dan at work
Derby Moor Plate winners Richard and Lewis
Plate Doubles finalists
The Home Team