24th Hard Bat Closed Results 2007 /2008

Singles - There were 5 groups each of 6 players with top 2 going through to main competition, next 2 through to consolation and bottom 2 through to wooden spoon. So in order of the final group positions :-
 
group 1  Ron Davenport, Owen Hatter, Robin Gibbs, Andre Keen, Graham Deeprose, Micheala Green
group 2  Paul Barry, Adam Keen, Chelsea Furnival, Malcolm Hilton, Curtis Coombes, Matt Martin
group 3  Stacey Furnival, Sam Collins, James Winchester, Chris Rainton, Pedro Buenevente, Lawrence Dodds
group 4  Adam Douch, Adrian Goodrum, Jamie Martin, Ken Philcox, John Carpenter, John Robertson
group 5  Rose Rainton, Mick Hart, Andy Furnival, Brian Beaney, John Alexander, Guy Coombes

Main Singles, Prelim,  Ron Davenport beat Sam Collins, Paul Barry beat Adrian Goodrum.

Quarter Finals, Ron Davenport beat Mick Hart, Adam Douch beat Adam Keen, Stacey Furnival beat Owen Hatter, Paul Barry beat Rose Rainton.

Semi-Finals, Ron Davenport beat Adam Douch, Paul Barry beat Stacey Furnival.

Final,  Paul Barry beat Ron Davenport -20, 15, 19
 
Consolation Singles, Prelim, Robin Gibbs beat Chris Rainton, Chelsea Furnival beat Ken Philcox.

Quarter Finals, Brian Beaney beat Robin Gibbs, Jamie Martin beat Malcolm Hilton, Andre Keen beat James Winchester, Andy Furnival beat Chelsea Furnival.

Semi-Finals, Jamie Martin beat Brian Beaney, Andy Furnival beat Andre Keen.

Final,  Jamie Martin beat Andy Furnival
 
Wooden Spoon, Prelim,  Lawrence Dodd beat Graham Deeprose, Curtis Coombes beat John Robertson.

Quarter Finals, Lawrence Dodd beat Guy Coombes, John Carpenter beat Mat Martin, Micheala Green beat Pedro Buenevente, Curtis Coombes beat John Alexander.

Semi-Finals, John Carpenter beat Lawrence Dodd, Curtis Coombes beat Micheala Green.

Final,   Curtis Coombes beat John Carpenter
 
 
Doubles - There were 5 groups with only the winners going through.
 
Prelim,  Paul Barry/Chelsea Furnival beat Andre Keen/ Adam Keen.

Semi-Finals, Paul Barry/Chelsea Furnival beat Ron Davenport/Stacey Furnival, Robin Gibbs/Jamie Martin beat James Winchester/Mick Hart.

Final,   Paul Barry/Chelsea Furnival beat Robin Gibbs/Jamie Martin
 
 
In general the standard again was very high - I cannot imagine another town in the country that would be able to boast so many hard bat players at such a good level.
 
The players of the day must be Robin Gibbs who had entered this tournament for the very first time and played extremely well to reach the doubles final with Jamie Martin and also Chelsea Furnival who backed up Paul really well to take the doubles title, beating the No1 seeds of myself and Stacey Furnival on the way.

Ron Davenport (Organiser)