It has been another busy season for the Club. Eighty boys and girls represented College in school fixtures, College singles and House doubles tournaments. More than 60 pupils represented College in the National Schools tournaments at The Queen’s Club and this achievement is not matched by any other school.

The boys’ 1st Pair of Max Kwintner and Spencer Moore saw steady improvement and development over the season. Freddie Moore and Noah Somen as 2nd Pair, and the other senior pairs, all played consistently.

At National Schools Max Kwintner won his first-round match in the Foster Cup and put on an incredible performance in the quarter-final losing to the eventual winner. The Junior Colts’ pair of Lewis Moore and William Billings had a very strong season winning all their school matches and we look forward to watching their development over the coming seasons. The season highlight was finishing as runners up in the National Schools U15s final.

Max Kwintner has been an excellent captain and received his Full Colours for his leadership both on and off the court.

The girls’ rackets programme continues to go from strength to strength. As more schools emulate the College programme, the fixture list grows and is becoming much more competitive and thus is healthier for the game.

Katie Baker, Mary Leslie and Rosa Hanbury rotated at 1st Pair and made good improvements along with Liv Greenwood and Min Fletcher. The highlight of the season was the U16 National doubles final where Poppy Baker and Sophia McCarthy won a tense and nail-biting match 3-2. In the National singles U16s Tilly Coley narrowly missed out on making it an all College final against Poppy Baker who finished as runner up.

The U18s girls’ doubles saw College compete against some strong pairs and they lost in the semi-finals. The U18 singles saw both Katie Baker and Mary Leslie lose their respective semi-finals but they battled hard to get to that stage.

In the College rackets competitions, Max Kwintner won the Dick Bridgeman title and, alongside Jude Richardson won a first K.A Cook cup for boys’ House doubles for Southwood. Katie Baker won the L.E Owen girls’ singles title and Ashmead 2nd Pair Rosa Hanbury and Min Fletcher won the M.P Briers girls’ House doubles.

Lewis Moore won the C.O.A.L. Plate for the junior singles for the second year and Sophia McCarthy won the I.J Deakin Lower College girls’ singles.

We would like to thank the departing Upper Sixth for their continued support for the Club over the past five years. We hope they will continue to play and represent the Old Cheltonians in future events. Good luck also to Liv Greenwood who is taking up a Fellowship at the Tennis and Racquet Club of Philadelphia.

A huge thank you must go to Mr Mark Briers and Mr Sam Matthews for their continued hard work, passion and the long hours that they invest in the game of rackets. With the sheer number of pupils playing and the long hours the court is in use every week, the Club has never been healthier.

Full Colours: Max Kwintner
Half Colours: Min Fletcher, Liv Greenwood, Rosa Hanbury, Mary Leslie, Freddie Moore, Spencer Moore, Jude Richardson, Noah Somen

Mr Matt Coley