This was held at the end of October indoors and was a great success. 80 different people entered a variety of events and competition was fierce during the week. Both weekends and 4 evenings were used and competitors were aged from 15 upwards. This tournament is an annual event in the ARC Calendar so please reserve the date for next year! (Last week in October)
The Men’s Singles Winner was ARC’s Lewie Parker, completing his hat trick of ARC wins this year. (Summer Open and ARC Club Championships being the other two) Sam Laidler from Malvern (last year’s winner was the runner up. Well done to Shakira from Bournemouth who is 15, this is her 3rd win in Grade 4 tournaments at ARC but congratulations also to Niamh Ramsay from ARC playing in her first Ladies Singles event as Runner Up.
The Mens’ Doubles title went to a pair from Ivybridge and Somerset – Jon Doel and Frankie King, they beat Matt Johns and Billy Pearce in a fast hitting final.
The Mixed final saw some of the “older players” competing against each other and after a closely fought match, Teresa Poole and Gerald Sussex beat Marian Vinall and Mark Clayton.
Vets’ Mens Doubles opened the tournament with 8 pairs and it was great to see Martyn Beer and Phil Yabsley picking up the title by defeating Gerald Sussex and John Norman in a Championship tiebreak.
The closest event of the week was the Vets Ladies Doubles where 3 pairs came out on top with 3 wins each, after a long round robin of 4 matches each. It had to be left to the computer to decide the winners, based on win and loss % of games. Congratulations go to Helen Beer and Lynne Wiseman Cooke, with Debbie Chaffe and Sara Milburn 2nd and Denise and Marian wishing they had won one more game!! The moral of this event is remember every game counts!!
The Ladies Doubles title was retained by Mother and Daughter Denise and Lottie Koval in a championship tiebreak.
The Mixed Vets’ was the largest event of the week and played on the final day and everyone felt the necessity to play as many tiebreaks as possible! After just under 7 hours of play the Winners were Andy Koval & Janet Sanders who beat Andrew and Ali Swinton from Ilfracombe in the final.
It was a great week and lots of fun was had by everyone who entered. Next ARC Adult Tournament is the usual weeklong in May with events for all categories including juniors. See you there.
Marian
