Sherborne School, Dorset
Saturday/Sunday 23-24 October 2021
STOP PRESS Ed Kay added a second West of England Open Singles title to his record while beating both Will Ellison and Dan Tristao in the process. Ed went on to record a fifth consecutive Doubles title with partner Will Ellison, for whom it is an eighth Doubles title, having previously won twice with Hal Mohammed and once with Hamish Buchanan. Sam Russell won a closely contested Singles Plate, beating Chris Davey in the final; Old Blundellians Boris Ames and Will Bucknell won the Doubles Plate, beating a number of more experienced pairs in the process.
Report to come
Singles
1st round: B Ames bt L Mathias 11-0, 11-1; C Davey bt S Watson 11-6, 11-5; W Bucknell bt N Geere 12-10, 11-4
2nd round: D Tristao bt Ames 11-3, 11-3; O Arnold bt S Russell 11-9, 2-11, 11-3; J Aquilina bt Davey 11-0, 11-2; B Beltrami bt A McCreath 11-0, 11-2; W Ellison bt C Low 11-4, 11-4; T Watkinson bt J Sumner 11-2, 11-0; M Shaw bt L Keates 11-4, 11-9; E Kay bt Bucknell 11-0, 11-2
Quarter-finals: Tristao bt Arnold 11-5, 11-0; Beltrami bt Aquilina 11-8, 11-2; Ellison bt Watkinson 8-11, 11-7, 11-1; Kay bt Shaw 11-4, 11-9
Semi-finals: Tristao bt Beltrami 11-8, 4-11, 11-4; Kay bt Ellison 11-5, 11-0
Final: Kay bt Tristao 11-8, 11-0
Plate: Russell bt Davey 11-3, 11-4
Doubles
1st round: Ames & Bucknell bt K Kennerley & Watson 11-0, 11-6; Davey & Mathias bt B Baral & N Geere 11-1, 11-7
Quarter-finals: Ellison & Kay bt Ames & Bucknell 11-5, 11-0; Russell & Watkinson bt Keates & Sumner 7-11, 11-6, 11-3; Shaw & Tristao bt Low & McCreath 12-10, 11-2; Arnold & Beltrami bt Davey & Mathias 11-6, 11-4
Semi-finals: Ellison & Kay bt Russell & Watkinson 11-2, 11-6; Arnold & Beltrami bt Shaw & Tristao 8-11, 11-5, 11-5
Final: Ellison & Kay bt Arnold & Beltrami 11-3, 11-3
Plate: Ames & Bucknell bt Low & McCreath 15-8
Singles finalists Ed and Dan
Singles Plate finalists Sam and Chris
Doubles finalists Ben, Will, Ed and Ollie
Doubles Plate winners Will & Boris