REFCA Under 12s: No fretting for Ipswichian George
Dominique Redmond reports:
On Sunday December 4th at Eton, REFCA held its annual U12s individual competition. This competition allows schools to enter as many players as they wish as it is not a pairs event. Players are all given a number and are randomly partnered up and against different opponents/partners in each round. We had 28 players take part from four schools - Emanuel School, Berkhamsted, Ipswich and St Olaves. There where two players who gained the maxium of 84 points by winning all their matches and a place in the final: James Tate from St Olave's School and George Frettingham from Ipswich. These top two were joined in the final by Berkhamstedian Toby O'Gorman, who only dropped 6 points, and Olavian Josh Limbrey, who only dropped 7. The final was decided by the usual blind date method where George was asked to pick a number from 1-3. George ended up partnering Toby in the final, which was a good match that had some amazing cuts returns and terrific general play for players who have only been playing a term. The combined pair of Ipswich and Berkhamsted won the final, leaving Ipswichian Frettingham as the day's only undefeated player.
Click on the thumbnail to see photos from Dominique Redmond and Peter Boughton from the day's play
On Sunday December 4th at Eton, REFCA held its annual U12s individual competition. This competition allows schools to enter as many players as they wish as it is not a pairs event. Players are all given a number and are randomly partnered up and against different opponents/partners in each round. We had 28 players take part from four schools - Emanuel School, Berkhamsted, Ipswich and St Olaves. There where two players who gained the maxium of 84 points by winning all their matches and a place in the final: James Tate from St Olave's School and George Frettingham from Ipswich. These top two were joined in the final by Berkhamstedian Toby O'Gorman, who only dropped 6 points, and Olavian Josh Limbrey, who only dropped 7. The final was decided by the usual blind date method where George was asked to pick a number from 1-3. George ended up partnering Toby in the final, which was a good match that had some amazing cuts returns and terrific general play for players who have only been playing a term. The combined pair of Ipswich and Berkhamsted won the final, leaving Ipswichian Frettingham as the day's only undefeated player.
Click on the thumbnail to see photos from Dominique Redmond and Peter Boughton from the day's play