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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Tennis
By Duncan Buckmaster, Head of Tennis
The senior boys’ 1st VI had a fantastic season,
joining the teams of 1978 and 1979 with an
unbeaten record. They played brilliant tennis at
times and had to dig deep on others, especially
against Winchester where it came down to the
final match. Other notable wins were against
Abingdon, Cheltenham and Bradfield. The
unbeaten team were Greg Kratt (
Swanbourne
House
), Jack Power (
St Hugh’s
), Georgios
Doxiadis (
St Catherine’s British Embassy School
),
Theo Barker (
Thomas’s, Battersea
), Edward
Beccle (
Cothill House
), Henry Bray (
Dragon
),
Edward Tanner (
Moulsford
) and Peter Yakovlev
(
St Andrew’s College
).
The U16 boys had a very tough term; they
fought well to win against Abingdon but were
unable to repeat this feat.
The girls’ 1st VI, led by captain Romey
Oulton (
Thomas’s, Battersea
) and her partner
Serena Lloyd (
Dragon
), got off to a flying start
with a 9-0 win against Bloxham but were
brought back to earth with tight losses to
Stowe and Dean Close. However, without
their first pair, the VI produced a fantastic
performance against Bradfield to win a thrilling
encounter 5-4. Lucy Higgins (
St Helen and
St Katharine
) and Eleanore Wood (
École de
l’Assomption
) were outstanding at first pair
and were ably supported by regular 1st VI
pair, Kitty and Flora Lloyd (
Cheam
) as well as
Clara Wilson (
Cheam
) and Harriet Batstone
(
St Hugh’s
).
The 2nd team comprising Lucy Kellock
(
Cheam
), Flora King (
Swanbourne House
), Emily
Potter (
Queen Anne’s
), Georgia Boardman
(
Francis Holland
), Ella Royden (
Maidwell Hall
),
Tara Wilson (
Cheam
), Natasha Tisminieszky
(
Banda
) and Nicola Roberts (
Winchester
House
) also started well with a 9-0 victory
over Bloxham but again lost a number of their
fixtures by the narrowest of 5-4 margins. The
3rd team enjoyed a perfect term, winning
all of their matches, including 9-0 victories
over Bloxham and Bradfield and a 7-2 defeat
of Stowe. The 4ths also enjoyed good wins
against Bloxham and Bradfield 9-0, 7-2
respectively but lost a tight encounter to Stowe
4-5 whilst the 5th VI comfortably won their
only fixture against Bloxham 9-0.
The U15A girls started strongly, winning
against Bloxham but then losing narrowly to
Wellington, Stowe and Dean Close before
finishing with wins against Bradfield and Tudor
Hall. The team included Hattie Harries-Jones
(
Dragon
), Kyla Haslett-Hawkins (
Dragon
), Bea
Mountain (
Highfield
), Alice Isola (
Sotogrande
International
), Rosie Turner (
Cheam
) and Jess
MacLeod (
Swanbourne House
).
The U15B’s had a very good term,
recording wins against Bloxham, Dean Close,
Bradfield, St Helen and St Katharine and Tudor
Hall. The U15C’s had wins against Dean
Close and Bradfield where Selena Thompson
(
Sylvia Young
) and Lettie Neame (
Junior King’s
)
were unbeaten in the two fixtures, but lost to
Wellington, Stowe and Tudor Hall. The U15D’s
only had two fixtures and unfortunately
lost both but took Stowe to the final game
narrowly losing 5-4.
The Shells had a very tough term; the A’s
lost all 7 fixtures but their tennis has improved
and this showed with how close the games
were towards the end of term. The B’s won
their last fixture against Tudor Hall and the C’s
won against Bloxham and Tudor Hall.
The final competition of the term was
ISTA. We sent a senior boys’ team of Jack
Power, Gregg Kratt, Ed Beccle and Henry
Bray who narrowly lost to Ewell Castle and
Cokethorpe on championship tie breaks. The
U15 boys’ team of Alexander Martin-Lof
(
The Beacon
), Gong Limsong (
Chulalongkorn
University Demonstration School
) and Tom
Wright (
Highfield
) and the U15 girls’ team of
Bea Mountain and Daisy Chancellor (
Cheam
)
were unable to make it to the second day. The
U15s Hattie Harries-Jones and Kyla Haslett-
Hawkins got through to the final 16 of the
main competition, narrowly losing to a strong
Surbiton pair.
Clara Wilson
Georgios Doxiadis