CHARLOTTE CAREY AND MATT LANCEY WIN IN CHELTENHAM
27 Welsh players made their way to Cheltenham to play in the Cotswold Junior 4*/3* Open tournament over the weekend. The venue at the Cheltenham College Sports Complex had excellent conditions and local amenities were close by.
Day one saw some excellent Welsh performances with Matthew Lancey winning the Cadet boys banded event which had an entry on over 70 players. Matthew (no. 8 seed) eventually overcame Liam Mctiernan (no. 4 seed) in the final.
Charlotte Carey comfortably won the U13 girls event only dropping one end to Emma Torkington in the final.
Chloe Thomas played well to get to the final of the Cadet Girls Open before finding Yolanda King too strong for her.
Lewis Williams reached the final of the Under 13 boys before losing to an in-form Jared Patel.
Sunday saw some more good Welsh performances with both Chloe Thomas and Natasha Rees reaching the semi finals of the junior girls open losing out to Emma Vickers and Jolanda king (the eventual winner) respectively.
Patrick Thomas reached the quarter final of the junior boys losing out 3-2 to the eventual runner up Emran Hussain in a very entertaining match.
Huw Jones reached the semi final of the Junior boys banded but the highlight of the day was Charlotte Carey winning the junior girls banded event beating Megan Phillips 3-2 in the semi-final then Vicky Smith 3-2 in the final after being 2-0 down.
Selected results
U13 boys – winner Jared Patel, runner up Lewis Williams
U13 girls – winner Charlotte Carey, runner up Emma Torkington
Cadet boys banded – winner Matt Lancey, runner up Liam Mctiernan
Cadet girls banded – winner Saloni Shirwaiker
Cadet Girls open – winner Jolanda King, runner up Chloe Thomas
Junior Girls open – winner Jolanda King, runner up Emma Vickers
Junior boys open – winner Garth Kinlocke, runner up Emran Hussain
Junior girls banded – winner Charlotte Carey, runner up Vicky Smith