The third edition of the Lewes Junior Open Bronze Event took place on Saturday 20th May with 53 juniors competing across the U11-U19 age categories for the chance to call themselves champions in the beautiful South Downs National Park.
A big thank you to Smash Sports the UK distributors of Tecnifibre and Salming for supplying the Prizes for the event and to the Southdowns Sports Club for supplying the courts! A massive thank you of course to all of the entrants for coming and playing in good spirit and to their parents for giving up their time too!
GU11’s
Megan Light of Hampshire (pictured above) edged out Southdown favourite Poppy Wiles of Sussex (below) to take home the GU11 Title.
Final Standings:
| Megan Light |
| Poppy Wiles |
| Grace Winton |
| Harriet Broadbridge |
BU11’s
Jake Sim-Baskar of Sussex (pictured above) beat Indie Flint of Surrey (pictured below) to take the BU11 title. It was Indie’s brother Sonny who won it in 2016 against Jake!
Final Standings:
| Jake Sim-Baskar |
| Indie Flint |
| Xiang Cheung |
| Thomas Welch |
| George Griffiths |
BU13’s
Troy Southall (pictured below) came out on top in the all-Sussex U13’s final defeating Bailey Malik (above).
Final Standings:
| Troy Southall |
| Bailey Malik |
| Sonny Flint |
| Christian Faergemann |
| Heston Malik |
| Luke Camfield |
| Joseph Purr |
| Oscar Griffin |
| Jack Eadie |
| Sumner Malik (w’drawn) |
GU13’S
Isabel McCulloch of Kent powered to the GU13 title without dropping a game! She beat Amy Faegermann of Surrey in the final 2-0.
Final Standings:
| Amy Faergemann |
| Isabel McCulloch |
| Ella Welch |
| Emily Winton |
| Livvy Wiles |
| Megan Tweed |
BU15’S
Joshua Cutting of Kent (below) upset the seedings to make the final before going down to Joss Sim-Baskar of Sussex (pictured above) 2-0.
Final Standings:
| Joss Sim-Baskar |
| Joshua Cutting |
| Ashley Hughes |
| Joe Pannell |
| Alex Broadbridge |
| Max Tunon |
| James Donaldson |
| Charlie Broad |
| Kai Cheung |
| Thomas Ballard |
| Euan Tweed |
GU15’S
Florrie Edwards of Sussex went one better than last year by winning the main event in the GU15, following up her GU15 plate triumph last year. She defeated Abigail Wilkinson of Middlesex in the final.
Final Standings:
| Florrie Edwards |
| Abigail Wilkinson |
| Laura Page |
| Pippa Softley |
No BU17’s event was held this year.
GU17’S
Maia Pannel (above) edged Torrie Malik in a terrific Girls U17 final to take the trophy back to Surrey!
Final Standings:
| Maia Pannell |
| Torrie Malik |
| Anje Bryant |
| Siobhan Wilkins |
| Rachel Moss |
| Leesha Daniells |
BU19’S
The Squash Company’s own William Rowe took the BU19 title with a 2-0 victory over fellow Sussex player Perry Malik.
Final Standings:
| Will Rowe |
| Perry Malik |
| Louie Martin |
| Noah Meredith |
| Jonah Bryant |
| Jude Peckham |
| Dominik Moorhead |
No GU19’S event was held this year.
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