LONDON CHAMPIONS! With Five Ellenborough Players 
London Region won the Regional Squad Championships held at The Dome, Doncaster on 17th April 2011.
The team of: U11’s: Denise Payet, Tiana Dennison, James Smith and Reiss Vydelingum, U13’s: Eda Aydin, Laura Burbuleviciute, Marcus Giles, Vincent Stacey and Omar Khasal, U15’s Samantha Lai, Hiba Fredj, Tyrone Wells, Daniel Wright all performed brilliantly under pressure and it was a great all round team performance. (Ellenborough players highlighted in Blue)
TEAM RESULTS:
v North East 6 - 6
v West Midlands 9 - 3
v North West 10 - 2
v South East 11 - 1
Final - East Midlands 8 - 4
The 1st match of the day against North East was tight with some exciting matches. Billy Forster played very well against Marcus Giles winning 15-13, 11-8, 13-15, 14-12, 11-7 in a great match. Laura Burbuleviciute beat Katie Barlow in a fast hitting encounter 12-10 in the fifth. Samantha Lai had a great start to the day beating Kayleigh Forster, no. 16 in England, 11-5, 11-7 and 11-2. The final match score showed how close the match was at 6 - 6.
London then beat West Midlands 9 - 3 with Denise Payet, No. 1 U10 in England, beating Holly Bilsborrow, No. 3 in England, 11-4, 12-10, 11-7. Tiana Dennison also performed very well with a great win against Aimee Evans no. 9 in England U11’s. London then beat North West 10-2.
The next match saw London play South East and London came out with an 11-1 win. Although the score doesn’t reflect this, there were some tough matches. Denise beat Kate Cheer 3-1, James Smith beat Keiran Gray 13-11 in 4th, Tiana Dennison came back from 1-2 down to beat Lauren Pound 11-2 in 5th. There were some cracking boys matches with Tyrone Wells beating Dan Lawrence 17-15, 11-9, 11-9 and Daniel Wright beat Jack Bennett from 1-2 down in games to win 11-5 in the 5th.
With London coming out top in their group they then faced the experienced tough opponents in East Midlands. With 5 matches going to the final set and London winning 4 of these, it really made a difference and London came out the Regional Squad Champions 8-4. Eda Aydin beat Amy Humphreys (no. 4 in England) 10 in the 5th, Tyrone Wells beat Adam Harrison (no. 4 in England) 3-0, Laura Burbuleviciute beat Jayden Budworth (no. 6 in England) 3-1 and Daniel Wright finishing the match in fine form from 2-0 down beating Miles Chan (no. 15 in England) 6-11, 10-12, 13-11, 14-12, 11-9.
Player averages – showing a real team performance with numerous unexpected wins:
U11’s
Denise Payet 100%, Tiana Dennison 75%, James Smith &Reiss Vydelingum 60%
U13’s
Eda Aydin 60%, Laura Burbuleviciute 100%, Marcus Giles 50%, Vincent Stacey 100% & Omar Khasal 50%
U15’s
Samantha Lai 60%, Hiba Fredj 50%, Tyrone Wells 80%, Daniel Wright 100%
The team were thrilled with their win and will continue with their hard work.
Thank you to: Kristina Dimitrova, John Dennison, Steve Giles, Bhavin Savjani and Tim Yarnall for their coaching support.
