Tennis in Surrey Magazine 2016
Magazine published by Tennis Surrey showcasing 2016.
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9U Boys<br />
<strong>Surrey</strong> County<br />
Championships <strong>2016</strong><br />
It was the end of August and<br />
we were back at Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Academy for the <strong>2016</strong> County<br />
Championships. Many thanks to<br />
Sutton for welcom<strong>in</strong>g both us and<br />
the players back, for provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />
excellent refreshments and for<br />
keep<strong>in</strong>g the bad weather at bay.<br />
Unfortunately, we were unable<br />
to run any of the qualify<strong>in</strong>g events<br />
but <strong>in</strong>stead dedicated the first<br />
two days of competition to the<br />
Orange event. We watched some<br />
very enterta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and hard-fought<br />
tennis matches over the two days<br />
and everyone went away with<br />
a certificate to recognise their<br />
accomplishments.<br />
The County Champions at 9 &<br />
Under were Hannah Klugman<br />
who beat Natasha Cook 7-2, 7-4,<br />
and Sami Khediri who beat Oliver<br />
Bond<strong>in</strong>g 7-0 7-3. We anticipate<br />
great th<strong>in</strong>gs from all these players.<br />
Tuesday arrived and we started<br />
the yellow ball competition<br />
runn<strong>in</strong>g s<strong>in</strong>gles events <strong>in</strong> the 12,<br />
14, 16, 18 and Open categories,<br />
with doubles events for 12U boys,<br />
14U girls, 16U boys and Open<br />
men’s, women’s and mixed.<br />
In addition to the yellow ball<br />
competition was the Green event<br />
for boys and girls. This year we<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduced a Green Mixed Doubles<br />
event which attracted much<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest. Kai-Luca Ampaw and Alex<br />
Gruffat ran out w<strong>in</strong>ners <strong>in</strong> this,<br />
beat<strong>in</strong>g Joseph Blackman and<br />
Joshua Pye <strong>in</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>al 0-4, 4-2,<br />
1-0(2). I th<strong>in</strong>k we will certa<strong>in</strong>ly run<br />
this event aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2017.<br />
The Red event was held <strong>in</strong>doors<br />
on the f<strong>in</strong>al day of the tournament<br />
alongside the F<strong>in</strong>als, which were<br />
played outdoors on the clay courts.<br />
A total of 173 red matches were<br />
played on the day so credit must<br />
go to all the players as well as the<br />
court assistants who helped with<br />
the scor<strong>in</strong>g on each court. Many of<br />
the matches were excellent, which<br />
bodes well for the future of tennis<br />
<strong>in</strong> our county. At the end of play,<br />
8U Boys<br />
Matthew Ground won the boys’<br />
event, beat<strong>in</strong>g Freddie Johnson<br />
10-0, with Hannah Klugman<br />
triumph<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the girls’, beat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Martha Ground 10-6.<br />
As with every year, I can’t<br />
thank David Fuchs and Tim<br />
Pearce enough for their pure<br />
professionalism <strong>in</strong> runn<strong>in</strong>g this<br />
tournament. Their contribution<br />
makes the <strong>Surrey</strong> Championships a<br />
great event.<br />
Chris Risebro<br />
36 tennis <strong>in</strong> surrey <strong>2016</strong> facebook.com/<strong>Tennis</strong><strong>Surrey</strong> www.tennissurrey.org.uk
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