Sherborne School, Dorset
Saturday/Sunday, 26-27 October 2024
STOP PRESS The scheduled knock-out draw for Singles and Doubles was abandoned in favour of round robins, so as to give as much playing time to the competitors as possible. In the Singles these produced four players to contest two semi-finals, from which Ben Beltrami and Theo Parker emerged to play each other in the final. It was a repeat of the Yorkshire Open of the previous month, with Ben winning in straight games once more to claim his second singles title of the new season. Meanwhile JP Cheng beat his fellow Wykehamist Jeffery Chan in the Plate.
10 pairs contested the Doubles in two groups, from which four pairs emerged to play semi-finals. These produced a final featuring Ben Beltrami & Penn Chai versus Lewis Keates & Theo Parker. The match was predictably close, with Ben notching up his third doubles title of the season and Penn Chai his first ever regional title. The Plate went to the experienced pair of Ed Brooke & Chris Jones.
Singles
Group A
1st B Beltrami 60/60 pts; 2nd C Lacewing 48 pts; 3rd J Cheng 41 pts; 4th N Geere 24 pts; 5th A Upton 10 pts
Group B
1st T Parker 76/76 pts; 2nd L Keates 74/75 pts; 3rd J Chan 49 pts; 4th A Rackham 33 pts; 5th R Mason 26 pts; 6th R Beard 10 pts
Semi-finals: Beltrami bt Keates 11-5, 11-1; Parker bt Lacewing 11-3, 11-7
Final: Beltrami bt Parker 11-5, 11-0
Plate: Cheng bt Chan 11-7, 11-1
Doubles
Group A
1st B Beltrami & P Chai; 2nd J Chan & J Cheng; 3rd E Brooke & C Jones; 4th B Baral & K Kennerley; 5th P Grant & R Mason
Group B
1st L Keates & T Parker; 2nd K Brice & C Low; 3rd N Geere & A Landon; 4th D Brooke & S Brooke; 5th R Beard & A Upton
Semi-finals: Beltrami & Chai bt Brice & Low 11-3, 11-4; Keates & Parker bt Chan & Cheng 11-0, 11-7
Final: Beltrami & Chai bt Keates & Parker 11-8, 11-8
Plate: 1st Brooke & Jones; 2nd Baral & Kennerley; 3rd Brooke & Brooke; 4th Grant & Mason; 5th Geere & Landon
Ben’s second singles title of the season
Ben and Theo contest the Singles final
Straight games for Ben
Action from the Singles final
Below: JP wins the Singles Plate
Doubles finalists Lewis, Ben, Penn and Theo
Below: Chris and Ed win the Doubles plate
