Hallamshire Tennis & Squash Club hosted the inaugural National Junior Racketball Championships 12 – 13 June. An action packed weekend, played in a great spirit, produced some great racketball and close matches.
More than 60 Juniors took part in both boys & girls events from u13 to u19 level, with all competitors guaranteed a minimum of 3 matches over the 2 days. Players came to compete from all parts of the UK, with a significant number from the host club. The club is already looking forward to holding a bigger and better event next year.
The Winners & Runners up were:-
Boys u13 Harry Falconer (Lincolnshire) & R/up Matthew Barton (Derbyshire)
Boys u15 Hamish Falconer (Lincolnshire) & R/up Adam Turner (Derbyshire)
Boys u17 Tom Turner (Yorkshire) & Peter Widdowson (Yorkshire)
Boys u19 Nick Mulvey (Hertfordshire) & R/up Charlie Johnson (Hertfordshire)
Girls u13 Lucy Ward (Yorkshire) & R/up Grace Spink (Yorkshire)
Girls u15 Lucy Ward (Yorkshire) & R/up Chloe Widdowson (Yorkshire)
Girls u17 Sarah Gill (Yorkshire) & R/up Holly Moore (Yorkshire)
Girls u19 Vicki Iosson (Yorkshire) & R/up Sophie Mullins (Yorkshire)
The boys u15 final took over 1 hour 40 minutes and the boys u19 final lasted over 2 hours. Both were tremendously exciting matches that went down to the wire. Brothers Harry & Hamish Falconer from Lincolnshire won the boys u13 & boys u15 respectively.
In the girls u19 final Vicki Iosson came from 1 – 0 down to beat Sophie Mullins 3 – 1.