1st June 2008

Under 13 National Champions, Sam Walker of Nottingham and Tin Tin Ho of Middlesex

In the Boys event the Number 2 seed, effectively the No 1 seed due to the absence of Zac Zilesnik due to injury, Sam Walker was in domineering form dropping only 1 set in a event which saw many close clashes in the earlier rounds. In the Final the unlucky Scott Hollowood of South Yorkshire had to settle for his second silver medal of the day. Sam was on fire in the Final winning all 3 sets very comfortably

In the Under 13 Girls few would have bet against Under 14 Champion Emily Bates claiming another Title but Hampshire’s Tressa Armitage had other ideas. In a superb first round performance Tressa took a astounding 5 set win over the favourite and No 1 seed Emily Bates. She could not repeat her winning ways in the Semi Final however, going down to Jessica Dawson of Cleveland.   In the bottom half all was much quieter, the already double champion Tin Tin Ho of Middlesex dispatched Bethany March of Essex in 3 sets and in the Semi final although Vicky Smith of Devon took the first set Tin Tin recovered to reach her third Final of the weekend.   The Final was a final triumph of the weekend for Tin Tin Ho, a hat trick of titles, this time another 3 straight win over Jessica Dawson of Cleveland provided a fitting climax to a weekend of matches that belonged at least as far as the Girls were concerned to the rising star from Middlesex. For complete results click here   Photos: Tin Tin Ho with all her three Trophies (Title Photo)              Sam Walker(First Photo)               Tin Tin Ho (Second Photo)   All photographs courtesy of David Wearn (dw.photographic@virgin.net)