Dominent Dawson powers to race victory (From Basingstoke Gazette)

Dominent Dawson powers to race victory

1:00pm Wednesday 13th July 2011 in Tennis

ALEX Dawson, Alexei Studd and Christopher Adeshina were winners in the latest Totally Tennis Champions and Mini race events.

In the Junior Champions Race, Dawson won Box A after defeating Andrew Dingwall 5-1, Chris Yarni 7-0 and Charles Mather 5-1.

Runner-up was Mather who beat Dingwall 5-1 and Yarni 7-2. Dingwall was in third place beating Yarni 7-0.

Box B winner was Miles Bromilow who defeated Anthony Scregg 5-2, Charlie Flynn 3-0 and Jack Dainton 8-0.

Scregg was runner-up beating Flynn 5-1, and Dainton 4-2, while Flynn was third after a 7-1 success against Dainton 7-1.

Liam Hignett won Box C, defeating Ellis Wyles 4-1 and Will Flynn 5-1. Wyles was runner-up after beating Flynn 6-1 In the semi-finals Box A winner Dawson defeated Box C winner Hignett 2-1 and Box B winner Bromilow beat the best runner-up, Mather, 4-0.

Dawson then beat Bromilow in the final 5-1.

In the consolation matches Wyles beat Dingwall 5-1 and then Dingwall defeated Dawson 3-1.

In the Mini Champions Race Orange event, Jed Voysey won Box One defeating Chris Bundhoo 4-0 and Kate Murphy 2-0. Bundhoo was second after beating Murphy 4-0. In Box Two Studd was the winner winning her matches against Lucy Groves 2-1, Sam Bundhoo 4-0 and Harrison Feast 4-2. Sam Bundhoo was runner up beating Groves 3-2, and Feast 3-2 In the Orange final Murphy defeated Groves 3 -1, Sam Bundhoo beat Voysey 3-1 and Studd was the overall winner beating Chris Bundhoo 3-1.

In the Red event of the Mini Champions Race Chris Adeshina, Aaron Dawson, Isla Hignett and Kirsty Da Silva all competed in a round-robin format up to ten points. Aaron Dawson won all three of his matches beating Hignett 10-6, Da Silva 10-2 and Adeshina 10-4.

After beating Hignett 10 -4 and Da Silva 10-3, Adeshina was runner-up.

Third place went to Hignett who beat Da Silva 10-1.

In the final Adeshina played really well, avenging his earlier defeat in the Round Robin stage as he beat Dawson 10-4 to claim the maximum ten points for the leaderboard.