Open Tournament - Results

The annual Crewe & District Open Tournament was held at Sandbach Boys School on Sunday 8th April, with all 5 trophies being contested.

The mens doubles enjoyed the largest field, with pairs split into two groups of 4, with semis and final to decide the winner.

Jack & Dave Raiswell won group 1 and played Tom Ravenscroft and Jason Webb from Cegelec in semi final 1, winning the game to progress Into the final.

In the other semi, Matt Dex and Rich Jakemen, winners of group 2, took on John Hunter and Dave Lee, all 4 players from Remnants.  John & Dave came out on top of a very close game.

The final was another close game, going to setting, and with Jack & Dave victorious.

The ladies doubles was between three pairs.  The winners were Claire Griffin and Zoe Raiswell from Welsh Row who won all their games, with runners up being Jess Gentles & Elizabeth Stirling from Cegelec.

The round robin stage of the mixed doubles saw Jack & Zoe Raiswell finishing top, with Iain Owen & Claire Griffin second.  An all Welsh Row final was played between the top two teams and, in a reverse to the round robin game, Iain & Claire came out ahead, with Jack & Zoe runners up.

A number of brave individuals entered the mens singles, which was just a round robin affair.  The result went according to form with Jack Raiswell winning all his games and taking home the trophy again.  A big congratulations to Pawel Chlebowicz from South Cheshire who won all bar one of his games and finished in second place.

The ladies singles was initially cancelled because of the number of entries, but on the day there were enough players keen to take part, so an impromptu event was staged.

Jess Gentles from Cegelec finished in first place, adding her name to the trophy, with second spot going to Rachael Darlington from Weaverham.

Congratulations to all the winners and runners up, and a big thank you to everyone who took part.