J & K Transport Top 10 Tournament 2008

The 2008 Top 10 tournament took place at the Weavers Centre in Wellingborough for the first time on Sunday 28 September. The boys' and girls' tournaments were held simultaneously from 9.30am to 1.00pm. Two boys made their excuses for non attendance but the remaining eight competed well to win places in the County Junior and Cadet teams. The final order was, strangely, exactly the same as the players' County Ranking order.

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Jordan Dainty - Top 10 Champion 2008

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J & K Transport Top 10 Tournament 2008

1
 Jordan Dainty (Ch)
2
 Jack Coleman
3
 Sam Wildman
4
 Nathan Thompson
5
 Rob Griffin
6
 Dominic Barker
7
 Miles Chan
8
 Leon Chan

 

Top 8 Tournament 2007

 

The 2007 Top 12 Tournament became the Top 8 Tournament this year, to allow the players to play the best of 5 games, and was played at Kingsthorpe Grove P S sports hall on 23 September. The final order was as follows:

 

Top 8 2007
No
Player
Wins
1
 Jordan Dainty
7
2
 Dan Smalley
6
3
 Sam Wildman
5
4
 Jack Coleman
4
5
 Rob Griffin
3
6
 Nick Smalley
2
7
 Nathan Thompson
1
8
 Sam Mabey
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JORDAN DAINTY - TOP 8 CHAMPION 2007

 

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Jordan lifts the Top 8 title

There were shocks aplenty as the Northants Top 8s moved towards an unexpected conclusion.In the boys section Robert Griffin maintained his recent fine form to account for the higher ranked Nick Smalley and Nathan Thompson. Then Sam Wildman took advantage of a Friday night practice session to gain a surprise 11-5,11-3,9-11,11-6 victory over Jack Coleman.

In the final match of this competition Daniel Smalley, the county-ranked No.38 faced Jordan Dainty (104). The match ebbed and flowed with Dainty taking the first end 11-4, Smalley levelling 11-9, Dainty going back in front 11-6 only for Smalley to take the fourth 11-8. In the fifth-end decider Dainty soon took control to win 11-4 and so lift the title he so narrowly missed last season.

Ten year-old Sam Mabey performed well without ultimate success. However, he can be well satisfied with his achievements at national level. He has recently moved up 29 places to stand ninth in the national rankings for Under 11s and is the youngest ever county player to reach the top 10 in this age group.

      Dennis Millman (County Press Officer)

 

 

Top 12 Tournament 2006

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No
Top 12 Results
1
Matt Carter
2
Jordan Dainty
3
 Dan Smalley
4
Carl Leeson
5
Ryan Harrison
6
Marcus Dimmock
7
Jack Coleman
8
Angus Oliver
9
Matt Horrocks
10
Sam Wildman
11
Sean Oliver
12
 Tom Low

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Top 12 Champion Matt Carter with Top 8 Champion Charlotte Binley

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Congratulations to Top 12 Invitation Tournament winner Matt Carter. In a fiercely fought competition three players, Matt Carter, Jordan Dainty and Dan Smalley, each finished with ten wins out of eleven matches. Under the rules of the competition we then had to look at who won when the players met and each had beaten one of the other two. Matt, the highest County ranked player in the tournament, won very closely, by one game in fact, on the best games difference. Had we specified that we would only compare those who finished equal it would also have been close but the result would have been exactly the same. Matt, Jordan and Dan all finished up 2-2 in games and the points difference in their games were Matt (+3), Jordan (-1) and Dan (-2). It only goes to emphasise the old adage you play for every point!