Gloucestershire Schools Individual Championships - 4 January 2014 The above tournament was held at Waterwells on 4 January 2014.

The girls U16 saw only three entrants who played each other in a group. atie Trinder !"# was the com$ortable winner with %linor &rescott !"# as runner'up. The boys U11 had si( entrants who played in two groups. The top two )uali$ied $or the semi $inals. "tanley "hilton !"# beat "cott *ramley !+i# in the $irst semi $inal and ,re- .awiesnia- !+h# de$eated *en/amin 0reve !"# in the second. The $inal saw "tanley beat ,re- in straight games. There were nine entrants in the boys U11 so this meant three groups with the top two in each group ma-ing it through to the -noc-out phase. *en Tyndall !0# beat 2rederic- 3onald !+i# in the $irst semi $inal and 4ouis 4ovell !"# saw o$$ Jac- Jones !0# in the second. *en de$eated 4ouis three games to one in the $inal. The boys U16 saw the largest entry with 15 players who competed in si( groups. The )uarter $inals saw 6lly Tyndall !0# beat %d *irt !0#7 "hrey *hardwa/ !+h# beat 8a( *enson'*unch !0#7 im *enson'*unch !0# beat Jamie Theyer !+h# and *en 0lover !"# beat "eb +ulpepper !"#. 6lly beat "hrey in straight games in the $irst semi $inal to set up a $inal with *en who also scored a straight games victory over im. 6lly then de$eated *en in straight games in the $inal. The boys U15 had $ive entrants who all played each other and this turned out to be the closest event o$ the day with no player being unbeaten. The closest matches saw "am Turner !0# beat 6wen *erry !0# 12 9 10 in the $inal game and 6liver &hilp !"# beat 4iam James !0# 11 9 5 in the $i$th. The $inal match o$ the day decided who would be the winner with *en :oberts !0# up against 6wen. 6wen too- the match in $our very close games to win the event on count bac-; with *en $inishing as runner'up. Than-s go to 4es "mith !0TT< &resident# $or presenting the trophies !and umpiring one match#; 0ary Tyndall $or helping to set up the venue and -eeping everyone supplied with re$reshments; and the players; &radeep *hardwa/ and Tom Watmore $or ensuring that each match had an umpire. The winners all go through to the national $inals in 3oncaster on "aturday 26 <pril 2014. We wish them success.