Minis
Playing against some of the best 10&U girls in the UK, Kira Reuter won 5th place in the Grade 1 (which means National standard) Aegon Winter Grand Prix Masters, held at the LTA National Tennis Centre in Roehampton on March 6th and 7th.
Kira won her first match against a player, whom she had never beaten before, 2-4 5-4(1) 10-7, before narrowly losing to the fourth seed, 1-4 5-4(3) 10-4.
On Sunday she put in a strong performance of attacking tennis to beat her first opponent 4-2, 4-0 and her second opponent 4-1, 5-4 (3) to secure 5th place overall, a great achievement.'
Natasha Scott was crowned girls county champion on 31 January 2010 at the 8&Unders Mini Tennis Red County Finals. Natasha put in a great performance beating Chaaya 10 -9 in the semi final and Olivia 10 -7 in the final.
In the Boys competition Kellan Hickinson, Leon Kewney, Sam Woods, and Jacob Young all performed well against older boys, with Kellan progressing to the quarter finals.
Huntingdon's U8s (mini reds) were county champions, and came 2nd in the East Region Champions Cup (8 counties)
This was a mixed team with Imogen Kennedy, Archie Sootheran, Oscar Bryden, and Matthew Anscomb
The girls 10&U team (Megan Potts, Millie Kennedy, Anna Traherne and Abby Hanson) were county champions, and came 3rd in the East Region Champions Cup
3 of the 10&U girls, Millie, Abby and Anna seen below, played for the county in the County Cup (2nd overall in East Area)
Regional Training Selection
Kira Reuter and Matthew Anscomb were selected for Regional training.
8 year old Kira Reuter was one of only 16 girls invited to the 9&U Junior National Tournament at the LTA National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. The event took place on Thursday 13th August. After 3 closely fought matches Kira was extremely unlucky to lose out by just one point to reach the final stages of the competition finishing 14th overall. Kira showed great determination and her coach Julian Payne said that her performance over the summer had shown great promise for the future
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juniors
A very big Well Done to Eilish Mackie who won the Cambs 14&U Road to Wimbledon.
The Road To Wimbledon National 14 and Under Challenge is the UK’s largest national junior grass court tournament. 13 year old Eilish Mackie won both the Club and Cambridgeshire county rounds to qualify for the main tournament held at Wimbledon
Eilish played really well at Wimbledon wining her qualifiying box to reach the main draw where she joined the top 32 players in the country. Eilish reached the quarter finals where she was unlucky to lose a very competitive match. Her coach Julian Payne said this wonderful achievement is a reflection of the hard work Eilish has put in this year
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Childrens Successes
