Category: events

Woodfield held a mini tournament for the  Under 13 and Under 11 age group players at the club in January of this year. This was aimed at giving some of the younger players the opportunity to try out their newly learnt skills in a more competitive environment but within the familiar surroundings of the club. Sixteen young players competed in different group categories. Jamie Chen, Leo Martin, Akhil Viswanath and Harry Fletcher came away as winners this time around. There will be some more tournaments this year to give the players plenty of practice for when they compete in the cadet and junior competitions away from Woodfield.

On Saturday 27^th September Woodfield held it first Senior Closed Championships in many years. Open to all Woodfield members, this event attracted 28 men and 3 ladies .

Matches commenced in groups of 4 progressing to the knockout stages.  In the Quarter finals Steve Horton the No 1 seed faced Boguslaw Okonek and was pushed all the way winning 11 – 6 in the 5^th game. In the second Quarter final Pat Glynn faced a determined and in form  Nick  Gilmour , with Pat scraping through in an even closer match winning 13 – 11 in the final game. Next match on was Jody Bevington against Steve Robinson. Robinson was rumoured to be in good form and this proved to be the case, with Steve causing an upset winning 11 – 4 in the 5^th . Last Quarter was between Chris Tarr and Jason Thompson. This was a cagey match with play even at 1 game all with the 3^rd game proving to be crucial, Tarr having chances to go 2 – 1 up, but he was unable to convert and lost the end. This proved to be crucial with the momentum swinging  toward Thompson who took the win with an 11-7 fourth end.

At the Semi Final stages Steve Horton faced Pat Glynn and came through in straight sets winning 11- 7 11 – 5 11- 4. In the other Semi final Jason Thompson the no 2 seed faced the dark horse of the competition Steve Robinson who had already beaten the no 4 seed Tom Savary and the highly rated Jody Bevington. Could he do it again ?  Not this time losing a mammoth battle in the final game 11-5 .

In the final, the match swung back and forwards with both players sharing the first 2 games. Thompson managed to secure a close 3^rd game 11 – 9 . In the 4^th game it was again very close  until the end of the game when Thompson managed to get ahead and held a match point for the title at 10 – 9 .  Steve Horton known for his dogged determination was not going down without a fight, coming back to win the fourth 12 – 10 . As throughout the match it was a battle to the end with Steve Horton winning the title 13 – 11 in the final game.