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Full report of Four Counties Tournament at Burnham on 25th April 2010
Having won the Under 13s last year and the under 11s the year before, Bucks narrowly missed out in both age groups this year at Burnham on April 25th and had to settle for second place in both. Very creditable performances though – losing to Hants, a very strong county, in both groups is no disgrace. 4/1 victories over Berks and Hants in both groups clinched the second place for both teams.
Encouragingly for the future, the gap between Bucks and Hants appears to be closing and we are now fielding players from North Bucks as well South Bucks. The development of youngsters in North Bucks, notably at Shenley Leisure Centre, is a great step forward.
Our squads this year were:
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Ranking |
Under 11 |
Under 13 |
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 |
Harry Maskell Edward Eaton-Hart Freddie Evans Oli Moir Will Piper Harry Hewitt |
Huw Riddall James Wyatt Amy Jones Brian Hornsby Gareth Williams Harry Chapples |
Other reserves not available on the day were Jan-seb Shah for the under 11s and Tom Burge for the under 13s.
Particular congratulations to Huw Riddall and Amy Jones for remaining undefeated throughout the tournament but all players performed well. James Wyatt, Edward and Oli won 2 from 3; Harry Maskell and Brian 1 from 3; Freddie, Harry Hewitt and Gareth 1 from 2; and finally Harry Chapples who stood in at 5 in one match went down with a fighting 1/3 result.
Amongst the grittiest performances were Harry Hewitt with an 11/10 result in the fifth against Berks; Amy Jones winning 3/2 against Oxon; Huw Riddall with a 3/2 against Hants; Will Piper with a 3/2 against Oxon; Edward Eaton-Hart and Freddie Evans with 3/2s against Hants and Berks. Another stirling performance, though losing 0/3, was James Wyatt’s 9/11, 9/11, 9/11 loss against Hants.
Well done to all though!
Championship Results Table:- Under 11
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Berks |
Bucks |
Hants |
Oxon |
Total |
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Berks |
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8 |
4 |
9 |
21 |
4th |
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Bucks |
21 |
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2 |
22 |
45 |
2nd |
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Hants |
21 |
25 |
xxxxxxxxxx |
25 |
71 |
1st |
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Oxon |
18 |
7 |
0 |
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25 |
3rd |
Under 13
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Berks |
Bucks |
Hants |
Oxon |
Total |
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Berks |
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4 |
2 |
10 |
16 |
4th |
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Bucks |
22 |
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8 |
23 |
53 |
2nd |
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Hants |
25 |
19 |
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25 |
69 |
1st |
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Oxon |
19 |
7 |
3 |
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29 |
3rd |
The Junior Intercounty regulations for the 2009/2010 season may be accessed if youclick thislink
2009/2010 Inter County Information and Results
2nd Stage
Under 19 Boys.
Junior report: Boys U 19
After finishing second in our group in Stage 1 of the Inter-county competition, Bucks U19 boys hosted Group Y of this year’s event in the newly opened Bletchley Leisure Centre in Milton Keynes. On Sunday 24 January 2010, we took on Berkshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire for the right to go forward to the Trophy final.
The team started very brightly against Lincolnshire with convincing wins for Ben Paine and Charlie Yerrell which left us needing one win from three. A titanic match from Mahdi Ali against a top-twenty player gave us the tie against Lincolnshire with Will Buckfield adding another 3-0 win at the end to wrap things up 4-1.
In the second fixture against Cambridgeshire we struggled at the top of the order against very experienced opponents but wins at 3, 4 and 5 left us needing to win the tie against Berkshire to seal our place in the Trophy final.
The Berkshire match was a nail-biter but once again Charlie Yerrell tore into his opponent to give us a good start to round off a very successful day for him, winning all three of his matches 3-0. Ben Paine looked to be cruising to a comfortable win but from 2-0 up found himself in a scrap which he did well to win in five hard games. Meanwhile, Stefan, still struggling with his fitness following injury, simply had too much pride to go home winless and turned around a 0-2 deficit to win in five, sealing the tie for Bucks. Then Ali delivered another 3-2 win for Bucks and we were in the Trophy final.
Results in detail:
Bucks v Lincs
1 Mahdi Ali v Adam Auckland 3-2
2 Stefan Lubek v Dominic Price 1-3
3 Will Buckfield v Adam Hildred 3-0
4 Charlie Yerrell v George Gregory 3-0
5 Ben Paine v Wesley Elcock 3-0
Bucks v Cambs
1 Mahdi Ali v Robert Dadds 0-3
2 Stefan Lubek v Peter Dickinson 0-3
3 Will Buckfield v Declan Osborn 3-0
4 Charlie Yerrell v Toby Reeves 3-0
5 Ben Paine v - 3-0 (w/o)
Bucks v Berks
1 Mahdi Ali v Stuart Hadden 3-2
2 Stefan Lubek v Jamie Waters 3-2
3 Will Buckfield v Toby Moth 0-3
4 Charlie Yerrell v Brett Norman 3-0
5 Ben Paine v Matt Davies 3-2
Terry Maloney
Under 15 Boys
Under 15 boys battled well to come 3rd in their groupat Hove. The squad comprised Ben Sheldon, Joseph Yerrel, Huw Riddall, Ed Walker, Tom Maskell and Joseph Elphasi. - the squad with team manager Peter Hoade are shown below after their first match, a 5/0 win against Avon.
Detailed results:-
| INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULT SHEET | ||||||
| Category | Boys 15 | |||||
| Stage | ii | |||||
| Division | ||||||
| Date | 24/01/2010 | |||||
| Match 1 | SUSSEX | v | SOUTH EAST WALES | Score | Games | |
| 1 | J OSBORNE | J TIMOTHY | 3/0 | 11/5 11/8 11/4 | ||
| 2 | D BERKLEY | R POMPEUS | 0/3 | 7/11 8/11 4/11 | ||
| 3 | R JOHNSON | D BERGIN | 3/0 | 11/9 11/7 11/3 | ||
| 4 | C MALIK | D BANKS | 3/0 | 11/8 11/2 11/3 | ||
| 5 | P BERKLEY | A BULL | 3/0 | 11/4 11/3 11/4 | ||
| Result | 4/1 | |||||
| Match 2 | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | v | AVON | Score | Games | |
| 1 | B SHELDON | A BARNES | 3/2 | 6/11 11/7 11/3 9/11 11/7 | ||
| 2 | J YERRELL | N MATTHEW | 3/0 | 12/10 13/11 13/11 | ||
| 3 | H RIDDALL | J BLUE | 3/0 | 11/5 11/7 12/10 | ||
| 4 | E WALKER | J QUILTER | 3/0 | 11/8 11/6 11/7 | ||
| 5 | T MASKELL | A RICHARDS | 3/0 | 11/5 11/4 11/7 | ||
| Result | 5/0 | |||||
| Match 3 | SUSSEX | v | AVON | Score | Games | |
| 1 | J OSBORNE | A BARNES | 3/0 | 11/3 11/5 11/3 | ||
| 2 | D BERKLEY | N MATTHEWS | 3/0 | 11/8 17/15 14/12 | ||
| 3 | R JOHNSON | J BLUE | 3/0 | 11/4 11/6 11/7 | ||
| 4 | C MALIK | J QUILTER | 3/0 | 11/0 11/3 11/4 | ||
| 5 | P BERKLEY | A RICHARDS | 3/0 | 11/3 11/5 11/3 | ||
| Result | 5/0 | |||||
| Match 4 | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | v | SOUTH EAST WALES | Score | Games | |
| 1 | B SHELDON | J TIMOTHY | 3/2 | 7/11 5/11 11/1 11/6 11/2 | ||
| 2 | J YERRELL | R POMPEUS | 0/3 | 4/11 1/11 3/11 | ||
| 3 | H RIDDALL | D BERGIN | 0/3 | 7/11 14/16 6/11 | ||
| 4 | T MASKELL | A BULL | 2/3 | 11/6 12/10 10/12 9/11 6/11 | ||
| 5 | J ELFASI | J CORNWALL | 1/3 | 12/10 7/11 10/12 9/11 | ||
| Result | 1/4 | |||||
| Match 5 | SUSSEX | v | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | Score | Games | |
| 1 | J OSBORNE | B SHELDON | 3/0 | 11/5 12/10 11/8 | ||
| 2 | D BERKLEY | J YERRELL | 3/2 | 10/12 11/8 8/11 11/9 11/7 | ||
| 3 | R JOHNSON | H RIDDALL | 3/0 | 11/1 11/4 11/7 | ||
| 4 | C MALIK | E WALKER | 3/0 | 11/5 11/2 16/14 | ||
| 5 | P BERKLEY | J ELFASI | 3/1 | 12/10 7/11 11/4 12/10 | ||
| Result | 5/0 | |||||
| Match 6 | AVON | v | SOUTH EAST WALES | Score | Games | |
| 1 | A BARNES | J TIMOTHY | 1/3 | 11/6 7/11 11/3 11/9 | ||
| 2 | N MATTHEW | R POMPEUS | 0/3 | 5/11 5/11 8/11 | ||
| 3 | J BLUE | D BERGIN | 0/3 | 6/11 2/11 4/11 | ||
| 4 | J QUILTER | D BANKS | 0/3 | 6/11 8/11 7/11 | ||
| 5 | A RICHARDS | J CORNWALL | 0/3 | 6/11 1/11 2/11 | ||
| Result | 1/4 | |||||
| Final Places | Ties | Points | ||||
| 1 | SUSSEX | 3 | 57 | |||
| 2 | SOUTH EAST WALES | 2 | 38 | |||
| 3 | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | 1 | 30 | |||
| 4 | AVON | 0 | 5 | |||
| One point for each game won in a match | ||||||
| 5 bonus points to team winning the tie | ||||||
| Match = player v player | ||||||
| Tie = county v county | ||||||
Under 15 Girls
| GIRLS UNDER 15 STAGE 2 INTER-COUNTY RESULTS | ||||||||
| On 24 January 2010 the under 15 girls travelled to Winchester for their stage 2 matches. | ||||||||
| The opponents were Hampshire and Avon - both of whom were missing their no. 1 players. | ||||||||
| All of our girls won their matches 3-0 (other than Natalie who struggled slightly in her first | ||||||||
| having been on a "sleep over" the night before and had very little, if any, sleep!) | ||||||||
| The girls now wait to hear who their opponents will be in the trophy finals to be played on | ||||||||
| 21 March 2010. | ||||||||
| Full results below - only 4 strings were played in each match as, both Hampshire and Avon | ||||||||
| only had 4 players. | ||||||||
| BUCKS V HAMPSHIRE | ||||||||
| Natalie Machin beat Lydia Hume | 3-2 | 9/11,8/11,11/5,11/9,11/9 | ||||||
| Isabel Maloney beat Alisha Bhanot | 3-0 | 11/8,11/0,11/2 | ||||||
| Megan McNeil beat Carmen Alexander | 3-0 | 11/7,11/5,11/6 | ||||||
| Amy Jones beat Bethany Holford | 3-0 | 11/1,11/1,11/1 | ||||||
| BUCKS V AVON | ||||||||
| Natalie Machin beat Natasha Burrett | 3-0 | 11/8,11/4,11/4 | ||||||
| Isabel Maloney beat Emma Neudegg | 3-0 | 11/1,11/9,11/2 | ||||||
| Megan McNeil beat Charlotte Weldrake | 3-0 | 11/5,11/0,11/8 | ||||||
| Amy Jones beat Mollie Kendal | 3-0 | 11/5,11/4,11/6 | ||||||
| HAMPSHIRE V AVON | ||||||||
| Lydia Hume beat Natasha Burrett | 3-0 | 11/9.11/8.11/5 | ||||||
| Alisha Bhanot beat Emma Neudegg | 3-0 | 12/10,11/8,11/6 | ||||||
| Carmen Alexander beat Charlotte Weldrake | 3-2 | 11/6,11/0,11/12,8/11,11/5 | ||||||
| Bethany Holford lost to Mollie Kendal | 0-3 | 7/11,6/11,4/11 | ||||||
| TOTAL | ||||||||
| BUCKS | 34 points | |||||||
| HAMPSHIRE | 16 points | |||||||
| AVON | 5 points | |||||||
Bucks squad continued their improvement in national ranking by getting to within one match of reaching this years finals. They couldn’t quite emulate the feat of this year’s under 19 boys and under 15 girls but an excellent performance nevertheless.
4/1 victories over Leicestershire and Berkshire followed a 0/5 loss to a very strong North Wales team. Despite the final score line, there were some excellent performances in this match.
All seven of the squad pictured and listed below played in one or more of the three matches
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The squad comprised:-
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As with the Under 19s and Under 15s this year, Bucks Under 13s included a team member from the Shenley Club in Milton Keynes. It’s great to see representation now from North Bucks in our county teams. I used to refer to the area as a “Junior Squash Desert”. Hopefully, the good work at Shenley Leisure Centre will produce more county players in the future. Perhaps, other North Bucks clubs too.
All three of this year’s newcomers to the squad performed well at number five in the three matches. Gareth Williams losing 1/3 against the strongest team North Wales and and Harry Chapples and Alex Dyson winning 3/1 and 3/0 against Leicestershire and Berkshire respectively.
The top four players all won matches too: Huw Riddall 2 from 3 at number 1; James Wyatt 1 from 3 at number 2 and losing narrowly 2/3 and 12/14 in the 5th game in our final match; Scott Jones at 3 won 2 of his 3 matches as did Tom Burge at number 4.
For full results click here
The under 17 girls travelled to Abingdon in Oxon for matches against Oxon, Hampshire and Worcs.
They won comfortably 5-0 against Oxon and Worcs. A much closer match against Hamps resulted in a 2-3 loss.
This left them 2nd on the day which was good enough to qualify for the trophy finals on 28 March 2010
Full results below:
INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULT SHEET
Category
Girls 17
Stage
2nd
Division
Region 2, B
Date
31-Jan-10
Match 1
Oxfordshire
v
Hampshire
Score
Games
1
Rebecca Dixon
Emily Heyes
0-3
10/12 10/12 9/11
2
Emily Carr
Emily Crowcroft
0-3
11/13 11/8 11/9
3
Aisling Guerzoni
Emily Hume
3-2
11/6 8/11 11/8 8/11 11/5
4
Lucy Hill
Lydia Hume
0-3
4/11 3/11 2/11
5
Amber Berry
Amy Stenner
0-3
0/11 5/11 1/11
Result
3-19
Match 2
Buckinghamshire
v
Worcestershire
Score
Games
1
Natalie Machin
Elizabeth Parks
3-1
11/9 8/11 11/7 11/6
2
Roisin McNeil
Anna Johnston
3-0
11/9 11/6 11/5
3
Isabel Maloney
Charlotte Yeardsley
3-0
11/1 11/4 11/6
4
Megan McNeil
Olivia Carter
3-0
11/4 11/4 11/0
5
Rachael Hamp
Jessica Wittin
3-0
11/1 11/2 11/2
Result
20-1
Match 3
Oxfordshire
v
Worcestershire
Score
Games
1
Rebecca Dixon
Elizabeth Parks
2-3
11/7 6/11 11/9 6/11 3/11
2
Emily Carr
Anna Johnston
3-1
15/13 6/11 11/5 11/4
3
Aisling Guerzoni
Charlotte Yeardsley
3-0
11/4 11/9 11/6
4
Lucy Hill
Olivia Carter
2-3
8/11 11/7 8/11 12/10 8/11
5
w/o
Jessica Wittin
0-3
w/o
Result
10-15
Match 4
Buckinghamshire
v
Hampshire
Score
Games
1
Natalie Machin
Emily Heyes
1-3
11/7 6/11 9/11 2/11
2
Roisin McNeil
Emily Crowcroft
3-0
11/3 12/10 12/10
3
Isabel Maloney
Emily Hume
3-1
7/11 11/9 11/8 11/7
4
Megan McNeil
Lydia Hume
1-3
11/8 3/11 10/12 10/12
5
Lauren Casling
Amy Stenner
0-3
3/11 7/11 2/11
Result
8-15
Match 5
Oxfordshire
v
Buckinghamshire
Score
Games
1
Rebecca Dixon
Natalie Machin
1-3
3/11 11/9 6/11 4/11
2
Emily Carr
Roisin McNeil
0-3
2/11 7/11 7/11
3
Aisling Guerzoni
Isabel Maloney
0-3
4/11 1/11 9/11
4
Lucy Hill
Megan McNeil
0-3
2/11 2/11 4/11
5
w/o
Lauren Casling
0-3
w/o
Result
1-20
Match 6
Worcestershire
v
Hampshire
Score
Games
1
Elizabeth Parks
Emily Heyes
1-3
11/6 111 5/11 9/11
2
Anna Johnston
Emily Crowcroft
2-3
7/11 11/4 11/9 6/11 10/12
3
Charlotte Yeardsley
Emily Hume
0-3
4
Olivia Carter
Lydia Hume
0-3
1/11 0/11 3/11
5
Jessica Wittin
Amy Stenner
0-3
2/11 4/11 4/11
Result
3-20
Final Places
Ties
Points
1
Hampshire
54
2
Buckinghamshire
48
3
Worcestershire
19
4
Oxfordshire
14
One point for each game won in a match
5 bonus points to team winning the tie
Match = player v player
Tie = county v county
Under 13 Girls (B' Division)
Girls under 13 Stage 2 Inter County Results ; 31st January 2010 – Hosters; Hants
As far as games were concerned, the results were ; Oxforshire -22, Dorset – 19, Bucks – 16 and Hants – 5.
Bucks V Dorset
Amy Jones beat Jessica West 11/4, 11/2, 11/2
Alice Fedorovsky lost to Elise Bailey 5/11, 1/11, 5/11
Isabel Piper lost to Abbi Hurd 11/9, 6/11, 3/11, 4/11
Hampshire V Bucks
Bethany Holford lost to Amy Jones 6/11, 1/11, 3/11
Abbie Cook lost to Isobel Piper 4/11, 2/11, 1/11
Amdeep Sahota lost to Alice Fedorovsky 11/5, 11/6, 11/13, 12/14, 8/11
Oxfordshire V Bucks
Lucy Millington lost to Amy Jones 8/11, 7/11, 1/11
Kathryn Hoarsley beat Alice Fedorovsky 11/4, 11/2, 11/1
Eve Coxon beat Isobel Piper 11/8, 12/10, 12/10
Well done to all the girls for all their excellent effort and participation. Credit to Alice Fedorovsky for her fight in coming back after 0/2 down and winning the last three with overall match score 3/2 against Hampshire.! To Isobel Piper for her bravery – considering it's her first experience playing for the Inter County competition – Well done.! Last but not least, well done to Amy Jones for playing brilliantly on the week and supporting the girls...
First stage
GIRLS UNDER 15 FIRST STAGE INTER-COUNTY MATCH
Sunday 11th October the Bucks Girls under 15's headed to Kenilworth Tennis and Squash Clubwhere Warwickshire were hosting the Inter County matches.
The day was shortened by the withdrawal of the Worcestershire girls team, and we started with our match against Oxfordshire. This was won 4-1, with Natalie Machin, Isabel Maloney, Megan McNeil and Amy Jones all winning 3-0, and newcomer Dorina Pokai playing well in her first county match losing 1-3 in a well fought encounter.
After lunch a tough encounter took place against Warwickshire. Natalie Machin fought hard and retrieved magnificently in the match of the day against her close rival Alicia Mead ultimately to lose 1-3, Isabel Maloney played well against another strong opponent Lucy Pallett losing 0-3, Megan McNeil started well but was out foxed by Alice Harvey losing 2-3, Dorina Pokai played well but lost 0-3 to a strong Elle Atkinson and Amy Jones, in great form,was our 3-0 winner against Joanna Lord.
Bucks came second overall, and we will have towait to see which group we will go into in the New Year.
Bucks v Oxfordshire
Natalie Machin beat Aisling Guerzoni 11-4, 11-2, 11-1
Isabel Maloney beat Katie Abell 11-3, 11-0, 11-3
Megan McNeil beat Kathryn Horsley 11-3, 11-0, 11-1
Amy Jones beat Hannah Jackson 11-1, 11-4, 11-2
Dorina Pokai lost to Betsy Clark 6-11, 8-11, 11-5, 12-14
Bucks v Warwickshire
Natalie Machin lost to Alicia Mead 8-11, 8-11, 14-12, 5-11
Isabel Maloney lost to Lucy Pallett 7-11, 4-11, 4-11
Megan McNeil lost to Alice Harvey 4-11, 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 3-11
Amy Jones beat Joanna Lord 11-9, 11-6, 11-5
Dorina Pokai lost to Elle Atkinson 2-11, 0-11, 3-11
GIRLS UNDER 17 FIRST STAGE INTER-COUNTY MATCH
On Sunday 25 October the Bucks girls under 17’s went to ClubKingswood in Basildon where Essex were hosting the fixture.
They were joined by Surrey and Kent.
Our first match against Essex was won 3-2. Natalie Machin, Roisin McNeil and Megan McNeil all won their matches. Newcomers Lauren Casling and Rachael Hamp from Shenley Leisure Centre both played very well once they had overcome their initial nerves.
Second match was against Kent which we won 5-0. Well done to Lauren and Rachael, winning their first matches for the County.
Lastly, we played the third and expected tough match against Surrey. They proved too strong for our girls and we lost this one 1-4. Natalie Machin had a long battle against Georgie Ingham, eventually coming out the winner 3-2.
Bucks came second overall and we will have to wait to see which group we go into in the 2nd stage early next year.
Details results:
Bucks v Essex
Natalie Machin beat Anna Kimberley 3-1 (9/11 11/6 11/6 12/10)
Roisin McNeil beat Emma Payne 3-0 (11/9 11/9 11/9)
Megan McNeil beat Francesca Humfrey 3-1 (7/11 11/3 11/7 11/3)
Lauren Casling lost to Georgina Gard 1-3 (5/11 11/7 9/11 5/11)
Rachael Hamp lost to Beth Dowie 0-3 (0/11 9/11 9/11)
Bucks v Kent
Natalie Machin beat Elizabeth Ashworth 3-1 (11/4 8/11 11/2 13/11)
Roisin McNeil beat Alice Davidson-Richards 3-0 (11/6 11/4 11/3)
Megan McNeil beat Lucy Lawson 3-0 (11/3 11/4 11/3)
Lauren Casling beat Laura Savage 3-0 (11/3 11/3 11/6)
Rachael Hamp beat Anna Davies 3-0 (11/6 11/7 11/7)
Bucks v Surrey
Natalie Machin beat Georgie Ingham 3-2 (11/9 4/11 4/11 11/9 11/9)
Roisin McNeil lost to Clare Wright 0-3 (7/11 7/11 12/14)
Megan McNeil lost to Hannah Measures 0-3 (7/11 4/11 7/11)
Lauren Casling lost to Katie Wilson 0-3 (4/11 1/11 2/11)
Rachael Hamp lost to Maddy Peddy 0-3 (4/11 3/11 5/11)
GIRLS UNDER 13's FIRST STAGE INTER COUNTY MATCH ( Region II ) on 25th October 2009
The Bucks Girls Under 13's – Amy Jones, Alice Fedorovsky, Rachel Albin and Rebecca Meyrick ( Reserve) went to Kingswood in Basildon - Essex hosting the fixtures. They were joined by Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire.
Our first match was against Herts. Amy Jones started well but was out foxed by Grace Gear, losing 1-3. Both Alice Fedorovsky and Rachel Albin lost 0-3 to their opponents whom by far more experience in this circuits.
Second match was against Essex – they proved too strong for our girls. Once again Amy Jones fought hard against her close rival Elise Lazarus but lose 1-3. Alice Fedorovsky lose 0-3 to Collette Whittington and a big round applaused to Rachel Albin who managed to grab one game in her match against Lauren Conway but lose 1-3. A big praise to Rebecca Meyrick(R) for her bravery against Chloe Rudkin(R) but lose 0-3.
Finally, our third match was against Oxon which we won 3-0. Seemingly, Oxon was the slightly weaker county as they were one player down. Amy Jones won 3-0 comfortably against Katherine Horsley and another big round applaused to Alice Fedorosky for playing very well against Eve Coxon and won 3-1.
Last but not least, I would like to congratulate all the girls under13 in their excellent effort and especially to our newcomers girls from Holmer Green and Chesham 1879 for their magnificent participation and bravery. We now need to look forward to a strong performance in stage II against slightly weaker opponents one assumes. Well done, Girls.
Bucks managed to came third overall and likewise, we will have to wait and see which group we go into in the 2nd stage, early next year.
Bucks v Herts:
Amy Jones lost to Grace Gear 11/8 5/11 8/11 4/11
Alice Fedorosky lost to Helen Gibson 4/11 4/11 2/11
Rachel Albin lost to Amber Marshall 0/11 2/11 2/11
Bucks v Essex:
Amy Jones lost to Elise Lazarus 2/11 5/11 11/7 6/11
Alice Fedorosky lost to Collette Whittington 2/11 4/11 3/11
Rachel Albin lost to Lauren Conway 7/11 12/10 5/11 4/11
Rebecca Meyricks - Reserved
Bucks v Oxon:
Amy Jones beat Katherine Horsley 11/6 11/3 11/2
Alice Fedorosky beat Eve Coxon 11/6 7/11 13/11 11/3
Rachel Albin gets walkover from Hannah Steventon 3/0
BoysUnder 19First Stage:
On Sunday 11 October 2009, Bucks U19 boys took on Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire in Stage 1 of the Inter-county competition. Following the withdrawal of Charlie Wyatt and Stefan Lubek through illness and injury, we faced a tough task to qualify for the winners’ group in Stage 2 of the event. As it turned out, Warwickshire were the team to beat and even if we’d had a full strength team might have proved a little too strong for us.
Nevertheless, our team put in some good performances against decent opposition and in two hard-fought contests with Oxfordshire and Berkshire came out on top. In the match against Warwickshire all our team fought hard but Ali was our only winner.
Finishing 2nd in a tough group was a good result and my thanks go to all the players for turning out and performing so well. Stage 2 will be played on 24 January 2010.
Results in detail:
Bucks v Oxfordshire
1 Harry Carr v Will John 3-2 (11/3 13/11 7/11 5/11 11/4)
2 Mahdi Ali v Joss Tipping 3-0 (11/8 11/5 11/5)
3 Will Buckfield v Tom Wellstead 0-3 (6/11 9/11 15/17)
4 Charlie Yerrell v Jack Roddan 3-0 (11/6 11/8 11/6)
5 Ben Paine v Oliver Hayes 3-0 (11/5 12/10 11/2)
Match result: 17-5
Bucks v Warwickshire
1 Harry Carr v Guy Pearson 1-3 (13/11 4/11 7/11 12/14)
2 Mahdi Ali v Alex Dakin 3-2 (11/5 11/5 11-13 7-11 11-6)
3 Will Buckfield v Jack Bere 0-3 (9/11 9/11 4/11)
4 Charlie Yerrell v Eliot Ward 2-3 (9/11 11/7 11/7 5/11 0/11)
5 Ben Paine v Liam Robinson 1-3 (4/11 11/6 7/11 11/13)
Match result: 7-19
Bucks v Berkshire
1 Harry Carr v Stuart Hadden 3-2 (11/9 11/5 7/11 9/11 11/7)
2 Mahdi Ali v Jack Turnell 3-2 (6/11 11/9 7/11 11/3 11/5)
3 Will Buckfield v Jamie Waters 0-3 (7/11 4/11 11/13)
4 Charlie Yerrell v Toby Moth 3-0 (11/9 11/6 11/5)
5 Ben Paine v Brett Normann 0-3 (6/11 6/11 6/11)
Match result: 14-10
Bucks Under 15 Boys – Region 4 Inter county stage 1 result
As a result of last year’s excellent result in getting to the Under 15 Trophy final, Bucks this year ended up in a very strong group, including last year’s final winners Kent. The other two counties – Surrey and Sussex – also proved to be very strong. Our squad of Ben Sheldon, Joe Yerrell, Huw Riddall, Ed Walker, Joe Elfasi and Scott Jones nevertheless put in some good performances. In particular Ben Sheldon did extremely well to win two matches at one.
Detailed results are as follows:=
Bucks versus Kent
Bucks versus Sussex
Bucks versus Surrey
We now need to look forward to a strong performance in stage 2 against slightly weaker opponents one assumes.
BOYS UNDER 17 FIRST STAGE INTER-COUNTY MATCH
These are the full results.
As pointed out Oxford had 3, Warks and Glous had 4 players ranked higher than Ben – our number 1. This was a very tough draw.
In spite of that, Ellis won at 6 in his first ever match against Glos.
Tom P had a good fight against Matt Boal ranked 30 places above him taking the first and narrowly losing the 4th.
In the second match v Oxford Owen had a good win against Alex Noakes – maintaining his cool despite a strong fight back from the no15 ranked U15 in the country and Tom P beat Kian - a stalwart of the Oxford team for the second time in 3 days (for Challoners on Friday!).
Ben has a horrid job at 1 playing 2 top 20 players, but very nearly beat Tom Wellstead against Oxford, eventually narrowly losing 2-3.
In the last match Tom Limebear had probably the best win of the day against James Prendeville of Warks (ranked 36 at U17) matching him power shot for power shot and keeping his cool when the rackets and the expletives were flying!
Joe had a typically combative debut and managed to beat the Oxfordshire no 6 in the second game so gaining a victory in his first showing for the U17 team.
All in all a lot of tough experience and (Ellis) a new player blooded in county competition. I’m looking forward to working with the squad over the next year ready for a fairer bash in 2010/11 when we are a year older and the other teams have lost some of their players to the U19’s.
MP
Boys under 13
Bucks Under 13 Boys came top of their group on Sunday 25th October in matches at the Cumberland Club in Finchley. They beat Berks 3/2, Middlesex 4/1 and Northants 5/0. Congratulations to Huw Riddall, James Wyatt, Scott Jones, Tom Burge, Alex Dyson and Gareth Williams.
