Derby Moor Academy, Littleover
Saturday/Sunday, 14-15 September 2024
STOP PRESS Ben Beltrami won his first Yorkshire Open Singles title, beating Julian Aquilina in the final, while Ander Iraizoz beat Emrys Thursfield in the Plate, with both finals won in straight games. The 2nd Plate went to three games, with Gwydion Wiseman beating Marcus Cloke Browne 11-4, 7-11, 11-1.
The Doubles looked to be a question of who would challenge Ben & Theo in the final, and in the end it was Oscar McIntyre & Gwydion Wiseman. These first-time finalists did not disgrace themselves in their two-game defeat. Marcus Cloke Browne & Emrys Thursfield meanwhile won a competitive Plate.
Thanks go to the Derby Moor team who managed to keep the courts playable in increasingly humid conditions. Above all a huge thank you to John Hawke for the 14 years he has organised (and catered for!) this event, introducing a Singles competition in 2014 and thereby raising its profile and attracting top players every year.
Report to follow
Singles
1st round: B Beltrami bt D Wright 15-0; G Wiseman bt E Thursfield 15-5; O McIntyre bt V Fikhter 15-7; T Parker bt D Swinbank 15-4; L Keates w/o A Hopkins; M Cloke Browne w/o K Davins; A Goodwin bt D Murdoc 15-11; J Aquilina bt A Iraizoz 15-4
Quarter-finals: Beltrami bt Wiseman 11-0, 11-1; Parker bt McIntyre 12-11, 11-8; Keates bt Cloke Browne 11-3, 11-6; Aquilina bt Goodwin 11-1, 11-5
Semi-finals: Beltrami bt Parker 11-6, 11-4; Aquilina bt Keates 11-6, 11-0
Final: Beltrami bt Aquilina 11-2, 11-2
Plate: Iraizoz bt Thursfield 11-8, 11-2
2nd Plate: Wiseman bt Cloke Browne 11-4, 7-11, 11-1
Doubles
1st round: K Davins & V Fikhter bt D Swinbank & D Wright 15-2
Quarter-finals: B Beltrami & T Parker bt Davins & Fikhter 15-5, 15-6; M Frost & A Goodwin bt Cloke Browne & Thursfield 15-5, 15-9; O McIntyre & G Wiseman bt B Kirk & C Yates 15-0, 15-0; L Keates & B Singh bt R Christie & S Kirby 15-4, 15-2
Semi-finals: Beltrami & Parker bt Frost & Goodwin 15-5, 15-10; O McIntyre & G Wiseman bt Keates & Singh 15-7, 15-8
Final: Beltrami & Parker bt McIntyre & Wiseman 11-3, 11-1
Plate: 1st Cloke Browne & Thursfield 60 pts; 2nd Davins & Fikhter 54 pts; 3rd Christie & Kirby 48 pts
John Hawke, gold medal organiser
Yorkshire Open Singles champion Ben Beltrami
The Singles finalists Julian and Ben
Singles Plate finalists Marcus and winner Gwydion
Recording events for social media and the website
The Doubles finalists Oscar & Gwydion, Theo & Ben
Ben & Theo win the Yorkshire Doubles for the first time
Triumph for Theo and Ben
Emrys & Marcus win the Doubles Plate for Cambridge
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