Manchester Y Club
Saturday/Sunday, 27-28 January 2024
Stop Press: In the absence of the reigning champion, Louise Mathias, the Singles Championship was won for the first time by Camille Beattie from the City of Durham Club. In the final Camille beat Shinan Zhang, who plays her Fives with the London-based Executioners Club. A strong squad from the Edinburgh Academy took away the Singles Plate, won by Chrissie C, while Executioner Helena Tunks won the Plate for quarter-final losers.
The same players dominated the Doubles, with Shinan successfully defending her title with new partner Helena, beating Schools champions Beattie & Wright in the final. In the Plate it was a double for Chrissie C, who partnered Roseanna M-D to a victory over Clemmie D & Phoebe Thornhill.
Singles
1st round: P Thornhill bt M Gibbons 15-7
2nd round: C Beattie bt M Smart 15-0; L Ware bt C Clark 15-1; I Wright bt A Bailey 15-10; K Bell bt C Davidson 15-1; R Ogilvie bt Thornhill 15-8; H Tunks bt J McIntyre 15-0; S Zhang bt P Dobney 15-0; O Smart bt R McNaught-Davis 15-4
Quarter-finals: Beattie bt Ware 11-0, 11-6; Bell bt Wright 11-3, 11-1; Ogilvie bt Tunks 11-9, 11-9; Zhang bt Smart 11-1, 11-2
Semi-finals: Beattie bt Bell 11-3, 11-0; Zhang bt Ogilvie 11-6, 11-2
Final: Beattie bt Zhang 15-8, 15-8
Plate semi-finals: Dobney bt Bailey 11-6; Clark bt McNaught-Davis 11-1
Plate final: Clark bt Dobney 15-13
Quarter-final losers’ Plate: 1st Tunks 33 pts; 2nd Ware 28 pts; 3rd O Smart 19 pts; 4th Wright 17 pts
Doubles
Quarter-finals: C Beattie & I Wright bt A Bailey & M Smart 15-3; K Bell & L Ware bt C Clark & R McNaught-Davis 15-5; R Ogilvie & O Smart bt L Hogarth & J McIntyre 15-2; H Tunks & S Zhang bt C Davidson & P Thornhill 15-1
Semi-finals: Beattie & Wright bt Bell & Ware 11-3, 11-1; Tunks & Zhang bt Ogilvie & Smart 11-0,11-2
Final: Tunks & Zhang bt Beattie & Wright 15-4, 15-6
Plate
Group: 1st Clark & McNaught-Davis 34 pts; 2nd Davidson & Thornhill 32 pts; 3rd Bailey & M Smart 13 pts; 4th Hogarth & McIntyre
Final: Clark & McNaught-Davis bt Davidson & Thornhill 15-10
3rd Place Play-off: Bailey & M Smart bt H0garth & McIntyre 11-3
The competitors …
… from the Edinburgh Academy …
… and the City of Durham Club …
… and ex-Oxford University!
The Singles champion
The Singles finalists
Action from the Singles final …
… streamed — with commentary …
… under the watchful eye of the GenSec.
The Doubles champions from the Executioners
The Doubles finalists
The spirit of Fives
The Academy win both Plates