Gosforth Academy under 19 boys and girls make national school finals

Gosforth Academy under 19 boys and girls teams both qualified for this season`s national schools squash finals at the national squash centre in Manchester. The girls team of Tegan Younger, Josie Barker, Caitlin Vitty, Ellie Watling , Sophie Noble and Anna Watling lost in their semi-final against arch rivals Dame Allans , also of Newcastle , and then lost a very tight 3rd / 4th play off match to finish fourth. The boys squad of Elliot Carr , Alex Robertson, Michael Mattimore , Sam Broughton, Lewis Wake , Sam Birch-Machin and Josh Askew won their semi final comfortably against Dr. Challoners from Northamptonshire and went into the final against the superstars from Millfield school , coached by Jonah Barrington!! Sam Broughton and Lewis Wake got the Academy off to a great start by winning their matches 3-0 but Millfield had the English number 1 ( under 19 ) and two world ranked Iraeli players as their top three. Michael , Alex and Elliot fought valiantly but all lost 3 – 0 . It should be noted that these three top players are scholarship students and also that they are older than the Academy boys so the future is bright !