Today 17 boys battled it out on the tennis courts to compete in the LTA’s ‘Road to Wimbledon’ school’s competition. The boys were placed into 4 pools where they were required to play each other to see who would qualify for the knock-out semi final stage.

Daniel Lyons emerged the winner in group 1, beating each of his opponents. Stuart Allcock, seeded 1 in the group, proved to be his toughest opponent, that match was decided on a tie-break at 5-5.

Alex Williams had a comfortable path through to the semi finals only dropping 2 games in the group stage.

Jack Walls made it to the knock-out stage in some style without losing a single game. Well done Jack!

Pool 4 proved to be the toughest group to qualify from. Each boy had to play 4 matches. The last match to be played was a winner takes all thriller between Lloyd and Adam. Both boys had won their first 3 games, so the last game was a must win situation! Lloyd emerged victorious and went through to play Jack in the semi finals.

Semi Final:

Final:

Winner 2008: Jack Walls

Both Jack and Alex have qualified for the county championships to be played in June in Lewes. Success there will see them playing in the national finals on the sacred grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon at the end of august. Good luck Jack and Alex!