Winchester College
Sunday, 12th May 2024
New names on the Paula Smith Trophy: In the absence of last season’s champions Louise Mathias & Ollie Arnold, Shinan Zhang, the organiser, and fellow Executioner Penn Chai paired up to defeat Derby Moor’s Karen Hird & Lewis Keates in a long and hot day of closely contested Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles involving 9 pairs in all.
Report to follow
Results
Group A
1st Shinan Zhang & Penn Chai 45/45; 2nd Helena Tunks & Steven Coffey 37/45; 3rd Emily Scoones & Abhishek Battacharyra 26/45; 4th Maddi Gibbons & Chris Davey 14/45
Group B
1st Karen Hird & Lewis Keates 60/60; 2nd Phoebe Thornhill & Toby Chan 45/60; 3rd Julie McIntyre & Sebastian Ion 37/60; 4th Lisa Denderuk & Patrick Harrison 41/60; 5th Claire Richards & Quentin Hoad 29 /60
Semi-finals: Zhang & Chai bt Thornhill & Chan 11-1, 11-0; Hird & Keates bt Tunks & Coffey 11-9, 11-1
Final: Shinan Zhang & Penn Chai bt Karen Hird & Lewis Keates 15-11, 15-6
3rd/4th Place: Helena Tunks & Steven Coffey bt Phoebe Thornhill & Toby Chan 11-2, 11-3
Plate: 1st Emily Scoones & Abhishek Bhattacharya 60/60; 2nd Lisa Denderuk & Patrick Harrison 52/60
The Players
Gold
Silver
The Plate
Medallists
Executioners!