The best juniors from around the North East across all age groups gathered at Pontefract for this year’s Aspire North East Regional Closed on Sun 12th October, and there were some excellent results from our 14 juniors in attendance.
MU9
Six year old Omar Barkouk took part in his first ever England Squash santioned event, and pulled of some brilliant results, finishing 8th overall. Definetly a one to watch in the future!
BU11
There were some impressive performances from our U11 boys, as Marwan Dawood won 3 of his 4 matches to place 5th, just ahead of Tynemouth’s Archer Robson in 6th, with Freddie Gilberg just a few spots behind in 13th.
BU13
Huey Lamb continued his fine form of late to reach the bottom step of the podium, narrowly losing out in the semi final before winning the 3rd/4th playoff.
GU13
Salma Barkouk, Charlotte Roberston and Lucy Barnett all played in the girls U13 event. County champion Salma topped the trio in 5th, followed by Charlotte in 8th and Lucy in 10th.
BU15
James Southern was the standout performer of the day, easing his way through the draw, dropping just 1 game en-route to becoming North East BU15 champion!
Also, in the Boys under 15, William Brocklehurst finished an excellent 4th and Kiran Sarkar was 11th and Charlie Davies 14th.
GU15/17
There was a mixed U15 to U17 category for the girls, and players were split into 3 groups. Lucy Ulyatt came 2nd in the intial group and then topper her placement group to finish 4th overall, while Freya Finnemore was 7th.
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