Amy excels in East Midlands 4*
The East Midlands 4* was held at the Grantham
Meres Leisure Centre on Saturday the 7th and Sunday 9th
January 2012.
In the Cadet event on Saturday, Amy faced a
challenge as she had drawn a tough group, which included Tin-Tin Ho,
Kayleigh Forster and Bhavika Mistry. Even though she was expected to
come third in her group, her first match against Kayleigh Forster
went by in a flash, a straight 3-0 win, which left Kayleigh shell
shocked. Then after comfortably beating Bhavika
Mistry, Amy faced the 1st feed for the first time. In
good form, Amy gave Tin-Tin a run for her money losing 7,8,12.
After coming runner up in her group, Amy went
on to the next round to play Nicole Bird from Northamptonshire,
winning again in 3 straight sets. In the last 8, she faced Maria
Tsaptsinos, the 2nd seed from Berkshire, for the second
time in the season. After receiving decent results from the National
Championships (9, 5, 6) Amy Topped this with 9, 9, 6 just losing out
on close points, but showing that she has improved since their last
encounter. Tin-Tin went on to win the competition in 5 against
Maria.
On Sunday, the Junior and Banded events, Amy
didn’t get off to a flying start losing to Sharlene Williams of
Wales in 4, but beat Rhiannon Evans in 3 straight in the group
stage. After a nervous start to the event, Amy managed to pick
herself up to take on the challenge of Daniella Gray, ranked
slightly higher, Amy lost in 4 but managing to turn the 3rd
game around winning 11-2.
In the Junior Event, Amy was unlucky coming
third due to count back in the group, after losing to Vicky Smith in
3 (6,5,8) and to Hiba Feredj in 5, but managing to beat higher
ranked Emily Roys, also from the East Midlands
Regional Squad, 3-1! Emily just scraped 2nd
Over the weekend, a few other players from
Draycott also attended some events including: Adam Cross, Georgina
Walker and Sigourney Ducksbury along with Aman Rashid from Knighton
Park.
Overall a good performance, but some points
to work on.