Our FABULOUS Mini RED, ORANGE & GREEN players have won 1 Grade 3 Titles, 14 Grade 4 Titles, 1 Grade 5 Title & 18 Grade 6 Titles in 2024 so far, We also saw a number of mini players join clubmates in the Devon County Training & one player continuing in Regional Training. Well done TEAM “Mini” ILFRACOMBE...
2024 began with Kit (2016) finishing runner-up in the first County Tour (Grade 4) 9U Singles event in January at ARC, following his LTA passport early to 9U in autumn 2023 after winning the Devon County Championships (Grade 3) 8U Boys Singles in August 2023 & winning his first 9U Whirlwind Mini Tour Grade 6 Title at ARC in November 2023. Dylan won the additional 9U Grade 5 Singles at the same event. Next, Robin finished runner-up in the TARKA 11U Boys Singles Grade 5 & Dylan, Max & Ralph ALL won the ARC Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles & Kit & Marlow won the 9U Singles. Max then won the Newquay Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles & Hayle 9U Singles.
In February, Robin won the ARC Whirlwind Mini Tour 10U Singles. At the North Devon Open Grade 4, Robin won 10U Doubles with partner Joey.
Again, at the North Devon Open Grade 4, Kit was runner-up the 8U Singles, Kit & Max were runners-up the 8U Doubles & Marlow runner-up in the 9U Singles.
At the St Austell Open Grade 4 Max won the 8U Singles & Ralph was runner-up. At the Sherborne Open Grade 4 Marlow won the 9U Singles, Kit runner-up, & the 9U Doubles with partner Hugo, Kit & Max runners-up. Ralph won a Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles event at Nuffield.
In March, Dylan won the Exeter Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles, Kit won his first Grade 4 9U Singles at ARC & Kit & Marlow represented Devon in the 9U County Cup.
Then Dylan, Max & Ralph won ARC Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles & Max 9U Singles titles.
In April, Ralph won the Ivybridge Grade 4 8U Singles , Dylan was runner-up & Robin won the 10U Singles. At the Sherborne Open Grade 4 Marlow again won the 9U Singles & the 9U Doubles with partner Hugo.
Robin then won the ARC Grade 4 10U Singles. Dylan, Kit, Max & Ralph represented Devon in the 8U County Cup.
In May, Max won a Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles event at Tiverton, Dylan & Max then won Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles events at ARC.
Robin represented Devon in the 10U County Cup,winning the South West Group against Avon, Cornwall & Somerset & going to the South Final in June.
Then Dylan won his first ever Grade 3 Title at the Heron Open, winning the 8U Doubles & finishing runner-up in the 8U Singles Grade 3!
At the ARC SUMMER OPEN Grade 4, Max won the 8U Boys Singles event & Ralph runner-up, Kit & Ralph finished runners-up in the 9U Doubles , Robin runner-up in the 10U Boys Singles & Robin won the 10U Doubles with patner Pranav (Sam).
In June, Dylan won a Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles event at Ivybridge , Evelyn & Juliet attended the Devon County Tennis Festival Finale at Exmouth & were invited onto the County Training programme.
Then, Robin represented Devon in the 10U County Cup South Final.
DAY 1 - A super day for the Devon 10U boys today even though the overall results weren’t quite as we hoped. We started against South Wales and got off to a flying start with both Rufus and Sammy securing fantastic wins at 3 and 4 singles. Robin and Tudor were next up against 2 players who were very highly ranked. Despite both gallantly doing and giving everything the South Wales boys were too strong. At 2-2 it was still all to play for with the doubles. Sadly the boys lost out in both matches by the narrowest of margins - in a 3rd set match tie breaker! Pranav and Rufus even had a match point - so so close and could easily have been 4-2 win to Devon. An extremely strong Surrey team were up next - and although the boys gave everything and tried all that they knew the Surrey team were a step up and the boys went down 6-0. The boys though are absolutely buzzing and can’t wait for tomorrow and the matches firstly against a winnable Oxfordshire and then Middlesex! Good luck Devon - be strong 💪
DAY 2 - A tough day yesterday for the Devon 10U boys team at Bromley for the final day of the County Cup Finals. Huge credit must be given to the boys as it was an incredible achievement to just reach the finals, but this weekend they came across 4 other very strong teams. Unfortunately they went down to both Oxfordshire and Middlesex yesterday 6-0. Although a little disappointing against Oxfordshire, it was excellent that they regrouped and raised their level one more time to challenge a very strong Middlesex team and were actually unfortunate not to win a rubber against them. Regardless of the results it was brilliant for the boys to see and play against the best players in the country at this age group, and a fantastic opportunity for them to learn, and push on with their own development. The support from the parents and families over the weekend was superb, and great to be one big team. We have a fantastic group of 10U players in the county which bodes so well for the future - well done boys! The boys team were: - Tudor, Robin, Sammy, Rufus and Pranav , Huge thanks also to Team Captains Liam and Will.
Then, Dylan won a Whirlwind Mini Tour 8U Singles event at Cullompton & Kit won the Whirlwind Mini Tour 9U Singles event at Exeter.
1 Grade 3 Titles, 14 Grade 4 Titles, 1 Grade 5 Title & 18 Grade 6 Titles, Well done TEAM “Mini” ILFRACOMBE
SUN 30JUN - TIVERTON Whirlwind RED & GREEN (both 9-1230) Max, Ralph
Bicclescombe Park & Mill Events:
SUN 30JUN (11am) Car Boot Sale
Tennis Club Events:
SUN 30JUN (10-1pm TBC) FULL COURT Mini ,Junior, Parent, Family , Club/Team Player Doubles events (Divisions by standard of pairs)
In July,
SAT 06JUL24 - NUFFIELD Whirlwind RED
SAT 06JUL24 - NEWQUAY Whirlwind GREEN
SUN 07JUL24 - PENZANCE Whirlwind RED
SAT 13JUL24 - REDRUTH Whirlwind RED & ORANGE
SUN 14JUL - TARKA 10U Grade 4(9am (B), 12pm (G))
---SUMMER HOLIDAYS BEGIN---
SAT 20JUL24 - ARC Whirlwind RED Dylan, ORANGE & GREEN
SAT 20JUL24 - REDRUTH Whirlwind GREEN
SUN 21JUL24 - PENZANCE Whirlwind ORANGE (1pm)
21-26JUL24 - PLYMOUTH OPEN GRADE 4
SUN 21JUL - 8U/9U (9-12), 10U (1230-4)
21-27JUL24 - WINSCOMBE GRADE 3
SUN 21JUL - 9U
FRI 26JUL- 10U
SAT 27JUL - 10U
SUN 28JUL24 - IVYBRIDGE Whirlwind ORANGE
SUN 28JUL24 - TIVERTON Whirlwind RED & GREEN
28JUL-01AUG24 - ST AUSTELL SUMMER OPEN GRADE 4
SUN 28JUL - 9U
MON 29JUL - 8U, 10U
28JUL-03AUG24 - PAINSWICK SUMMER OPEN GRADE 4
In August...
04-10AUG24 - TAUNTON GRADE 3
SUN 04AUG - 8U, 9U
SAT 10AUG - 10U
11-15AUG24 - HERON (NEWQUAY) SUMMER OPEN GRADE 4
MON 12AUG - 8US&D
TUE 13AUG -10US&D
WED 14AUG - 9US&D
11-17AUG24 - TORBAY GRADE 3
SUN-MON 11-12AUG - 10US&D
WED 14AUG - 8U
THU 15AUG - 9U
18-23AUG24 - PENZANCE OPEN GRADE 3
SUN 18AUG - 10U
MON 19AUG - 10U
TUE 20AUG - 9U
THU 22AUG - 8U
18-24AUG24 - BURNHAM-ON-SEA GRADE 3
TUE 20AUG - 9U
FRI 23AUG - 10U
SAT 24AUG - 8U/10US
In August at the Devon County Championships 2024...
25-31AUG - Devon Junior County Championships (Closed) - Maximum Entry 2 Singles, 2 Doubles and 1 mixed. ALL finals will be played on Saturday 31st except 8U & 9U. Both 9U and 10U Doubles events can be made up of either combination, girl/boy, boy/boy, girl/girl. THIS IS A CLOSED EVENT. You must have a play county of Devon on your player profile. 14UXD?
SUN 25AUG - 9U, 9UD, 9XD, 14UD, 18UD
MON 26AUG - 12U, 14UD, 16U, 18UD
TUE 27AUG - 8U, 12U, 12UD, 16U
WED 28AUG - 11U, 12UXD, 12UD, 14U
THU 29AUG - 11U, 14U, 18U
FRI 30AUG - 10U, 10UD, 10UXD, 18U, 18UXD
SAT 31AUG - ALL finals will be played on Saturday 31st except 8U & 9U
SUN 08SEP - Whirlwind Mini Masters Finals - RED, ORANGE, GREEN
SUMMARY
2024 Mini RED & ORANGE & GREEN Titles
JAN24
ARC Grade 4 & Grade 5 - 9U G4 - Kit R-up, 9U G5 - Dylan, 11U G5 - Robin r-up
ARC Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Dylan, Max & Ralph, r-up Finn, 9U - Kit & Marlow
Newquay Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Max
Hayle Whirlwind Grade 6 - 9U - Max
FEB23
ARC Whirlwind Grade 6 - 10- Robin
Nuffield Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - r-up Dylan
North Devon Open Grade 4 - 8U - r-up Kit, 8U Doubles - r-up Kit & Max, 9U - r-up Marlow, 10UD - Robin (& Joey Raven)
St Austell Grade 4 - 8U - Max, r-up Ralph
Sherborne Grade 4 - 9U S&D - Marlow, r-up Kit, D r-up Kit & Max
Nuffield Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Ralph, r-up Dylan
Newquay Whirlwind Grade 6 - 9U - r-up Max
MAR24 COUNTY CUP - 9U - Kit & Marlow
Exeter Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Dylan
ARC Grade 4 - 9U - Kit
ARC Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Dylan, Max & Ralph, 9U - Max
APR24 COUNTY CUP - 8U - Dylan, Kit & Max & Ralph
Ivybridge Easter Open Grade 4 - 8U - Ralph, r-up Dylan, 9U - r-up Marlow, 10U - Robin
Sherborne Grade 4 - 9U S&D - Marlow
ARC Grade 4 - 10U - Robin
Cullompton Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Dylan
MAY24 COUNTY CUP - 10U - Robin (DEVON WINNERS)
Tiverton Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Max, r-up Ralph
ARC Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Dylan & Max, r-up Ralph, 9U - r-up Kit
HERON Grade 3 - 8U Singles Runner-up Dylan, 8U Doubles Winner Dylan & Sebastian
ARC SUMMER OPEN Grade 4 - 8U Boys Singles - Max Winner, Ralph r-up, 9U Doubles - Kit & Ralph runners-up, 10U Boys Singles - Robin r-up , 10U Doubles - Robin Winner with partner Pranav (Sam).
JUN24 COUNTY CUP - 10U - Robin (SOUTH FINAL)
Ivybridge Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Dylan
Cullompton Whirlwind Grade 6 - 8U - Dylan
Exeter Whirlwind Grade 6 - 9U - Kit