U11 Northern Cup Team Captain’s report Date: 10th May 2007 Location: Bowdon Squash Club – Manchester Two teams entered from Northumbria 12 teams entered in total Team 1 Team 2 Playing order Greg Bojke (Tyn) – aged 11 Jamie Todd (Tyn) – aged 11 Joe Wareing (Jes) – aged 8 Lewis Bartram (Tyn) – aged 8 Playing order Sam Broughton (Nor) – aged 11 Alex Dyter (Nor) – aged 10 Lewis Follin (Tyn) – aged 8 Matthew Garms (Nor) – aged 11 The team finished 6th – full details below The team had a fantastic start with a 3-1 win over Nottinghamshire. All played outstanding and set the scene for the day. Followed by a really tough game against the eventual 2nd place side Lancashire where all boys were beaten 2-0. Not without a fight though. This meant that the team would play for the 5th – 8th place play off in the afternoon. Again they started off really well beating a strong Cumbria team 3-1 with all matches extremely close. The final match for the 5th/6th play off was against Chester who proved too strong winning 4-0 Jamie Todd and Greg Bojke played some outstanding squash and can use this as a great platform to take into their U13 squash in the upcoming seasons Lewis Bartram and Joe Wareing will still have another two years in this event and what a start for these two young men – what a pair of battlers on court. All played and supported as a team and were outstanding – well done The team finished 10th – full details below The team had one of the hardest draws drawing a really strong Durham and Cleveland team and Yorkshire who are always strong. Not withstanding that they started well and pushed Yorkshire right to the limits with Matthew Garms and Lewis Follin both taking games off their opponents, the team lost out 4-0 though. Durham and Cleveland won 4-0 not surprisingly with no-one taking a game This meant that they would be playing for the 9th – 12th position in the afternoon What a start – they beat Derbyshire 4-0 Matthew Garms and Lewis Follin both coming from 0-1 down to win through 2-1. Alex Dyter and Sam Broughton played excellent squash and won 2-0 in both ties. Last match was for the 9th/10th play off and they drew Lancashire 2nd team. What a fight they put up with Matthew and Lewis just losing out 1-2 despite some injuries and real guts. Sam Broughton fought back excellently from 0-1 down to win his tie and Alex only just lost out 2-1. They all played and won as a team and both teams behaviour, effort and conduct were impeccable Absolute honour to have been team captain with assistance from Dave Todd and all parents– with three 8 years olds getting valuable experience the future is bright and I for one can’t wait for next years event