Comberton Results in the County Closed

Comberton players turned out in force at Hemingford Grey Squash last weekend for the County Closed Tournament. In fact we had more entrants than any other club. Everyone put in maximum effort - so well done to all our juniors. Thanks also to all the parents who turned out to support. And also to our coaches Bob Maison and Andy D'Alessandro who gave helpful advice and helped with the refereeing .

Saturday was given over to the under-11, -15 and -19 events.

In the U15 final Tom Symmons, who has only just turned 13, put in a storming performance to beat Toby Reeves (St Ivo), who will be over 15 in just a couple of weeks. This was a match that showed it is not how hard you hit the ball that matters but the accuracy to hit it tight to the wall. So although Tom has had to hand in his U13 trophy he won a new U15 trophy to take home.

Will Harris had previously been knocked out by Toby Reeves (St Ivo) the eventual runner-up.

Sam Prime got throught to the U15 plate semi-final but was knocked out then by Alex Curtis.

In the under-19 event Nils Downes was knocked out by Rob Dadds (Hunts Leisure but also training at Comberton).

Unfortunately Andy Hall was forced to retire injured during his first match against Paul McDonald (Hunts County) with muscle spasms that have now been diagnosed as due to a slightly displaced backbone. We all hope that he will be back on full power soon.

Ben Stutchbury got through to the second round but here was beaten by Dan Mcginn - who was the eventual runner-up to Sammy Chambers (Crown)

Matt Cole got through to the semi-final of the U19 Plate event but was put out by Paul McDonald (Hunts County). Euan Macnamee looked set to win this U19 Plate but unfortunately after a rearrangement of the line-up there was a late entry to that of Ahmed El-Refee (Hunts Leisure) who proved too strong for Euan and was the eventual winner.

Gareth Nunns was a worthy runner up in the U11 plate competition

On Sunday came the U13, U17, and the girls U15 and U17 competitions.

In the U13 main event Tom Blair won through to the final but was beaten by Liam Barnard (Peterborough) who was runner up last year.

Will Collett had performed well in the U13 and can take some comfort from the fact that he was knocked out by the eventual winner Liam Barnard.

In the U13 Plate competition both the winner and runner up were Comberton lads: Marcus Connolly and Will Thorne.

Ollie Thorne did well in the under-17 Plate competition getting through to the second round but being knocked-out by the eventual winner Sean Gant (Hunts Leisure).

Comberton girls were up against strong opposition but put in good performances: Amy Lamb in the under-15 and Ana Carter in the under-17.

Finally, the highlight of the day was a very hard-fought U17 final between Daniel McGinn and Robert Dadds (Hunts Leisure) - with Rob the eventual winner - a popular new U17 champion. Rob is coached by Bob Maison at Comberton and we are lucky to have him as number one in our adult leagues first team.