Last weekend saw Northern host the annual junior county champs. As usual Northern was the best represented club at the event and once again we had plenty of success.
In the boys events Freddie Gilberg ( Jesmond ) beat Archer Robson ( Tynemouth ) in a close U11 boys final. Hector Wilkinson beat Isaac Woodsford in an all Jesmond U13 boys final. In the U15 boys event Northern player Kiran Sarkar lost out to England development star , James Southern from Tynemouth. The final of the weekend saw Duncan Rutherford sneak a 3 - 2 win over fellow Northern junior , Sam Tufton in a high quality match. Sam Tufton doubled up events to then beat Ethan Brown in the boys U19 event.
The girls events were almost a complete Northern whitewash. Salma Barkouk ( Northern ) beat Hannah Tufton ( Northern ) in a very close and exciting five setter for the U13 championship. Sophia Jameson ( Boldon ) beat Elizabeth Muldoon Smith ( Northern ) in the U15 event Two players from the successful Gosforth Academy team represented Northern in the U17 event and Lucy Ulyatt ran out a 3 - 0 winner.
Another success for Northern was Shae Paterson picking up the John Dale trophy for the best performance by a Northumbria junior in the last 12 months.
Many thanks to Dave Barnet and Liam Gutcher for organising the event and well done to every junior that took part.
