Oundle School
Sunday, 19th March 2023
The inaugural Schools Mixed Doubles Championship attracted an entry of 19 pairs from 5 schools: Alleyn’s, Oundle, Marlborough, Rugby and Stamford. Organiser Alex Smith set up two categories: Senior (U18) and Junior (U15). 10 pairs contested the Senior competition, which the Alleyn’s pair of Annie Guo & Yarin Negyal won, with Stamford’s Emily Tyler & Teddy Cowin taking the Plate. in the Junior competition Alleyn’s and Stamford provided the 9 pairs between them, though in the end it was Alleyn’s who won the Gold and the Plate.
Results
Senior: U18
Group 1: 1st Marlborough 2 (Erin Butler & Max di Gloria); 2nd Alleyn’s 2 (Emily Erdmeier & Toby Blyth) ; 3rd Rugby 2 (Elena Newbould & Arthur Noble) ; 4th Stamford 1 (Emily Tyler & Teddy Cowin)
Group 2: 1st Alleyn’s 1 (Annie Guo & Yarin Negyal; 2nd Marlborough 1 (Hally Barton & Piers Fulford-Smith); 3rd Oundle 2 (Zara Isaacs & James Yardy)
Group 3: 1st Rugby 1 (Yvonne Tang & David Leng); 2nd Marlborough 3 (Phoenix Fleming & Isaac Bradbury); 3rd Oundle 1 (Tilly x & Lucas Mackenzie)
Quarter-finals: Rugby 1 bt Stamford 1 11-9; Marlborough 1 bt Alleyn’s 2 11-4; Marlborough 2 bt Rugby 2 11-2; Alleyn’s 1 bt Marlborough 3 11-4
Semi-finals: Rugby 1 bt Marlborough 1 15-12; Alleyn’s 1 bt Marlborough 2 15-5
Final: Alleyn’s I (Guo & Negyal) bt Rugby 1 (Tang & Leng) 15-11
Plate: Stamford 1 (Tyler & Cowin) bt Alleyn’s 2 (Erdmeier & Blyth) 15-13
Junior: U15
Group 1: 1st Alleyn’s 3 (Taylor-Rose Foo & James Dorokhov); 2nd Stamford 1 (Bea Grindal & Hari Jones); 3rd Alleyn’s 4 (Anna Ratto & Riley Kinnear)
Group 2: 1st Stamford 2 (Tilly Stevens & Euan Hunter); 2nd Alleyn’s 2 (Annabel Brown & Sam Negyal); 3rd Alleyn’s 6 (Scarlet Wigley & George Shilton)
Group 3: 1st Alleyn’s 1 (Annabel McAllister & Milo Arie); 2nd Alleyn’s 5 (Frieda Hebblethwaite & Rumi Kohashi-Khan); 3rd Stamford 3 (Sophie Dobson & Rory Jones)
Quarter-finals: Alleyn’s 1 bt Alleyn’s 6 11-2; Stamford 1 bt Alleyn’s 2 11-5; Stamford 3 bt Alleyn’s 3 11-6; Stamford 2 bt Alleyn’s 5 11-8
Semi-finals: Alleyn’s 1 bt Stamford 1 15-7; Stamford 2 bt Stamford 3 15-10
Final: Alleyn’s 1 (Annabel McAllister & Milo Arie) bt Stamford 2 (Sophie Dobson & Rory Jones) 11-4, 11-1
Plate: Alleyn’s 3 (Taylor-Rose Foo & James Dorokhov) bt Alleyn’s 6 (Scarlet Wigley & George Shilton) 15-13
The Alleyn’s squad