Warwickshire Juniors Thrive At English Championships
Warwickshire junior players had a hugely successful weekend at the 2019 English Junior Championships in Hull.
Kenilworth’s top seed Mariam Eissa retined her girls under 11 crown, beating Isabella Hutton (Sussex) in straight games, 11-6, 11-3, 12-10. Eissa coming through the entire event without dropping a game.
Solihull’s Ismail Khalil was seeded to reach the quarter finals but upset the seedings with a four game win over Hampshire’s George Griffiths. He wasn’t finished there however, with another upset on the cards as he took out the second seed Jake Johnston (Surrey) in a tight three games win. He produced a stunning comeback in the final against top seed Dylan Kalar (Berkshire) to claim his first national title 11-9. (7-11, 10-12, 14-12, 11-6, 11-9).

Mariam’s older brother Abd-Allah was another seeded to reach the quarter finals, this time in the boys under 15’s. He would have fancied his chances to progress further and duly took out Kent’s Caleb boy in three to reach the semi-finals. Here he overcame second seed Finlay Withington (Lancashire) over four games to set up a final with the impressive top seed Jonah Bryant. Depsite pushing Bryant close in the first two game, Eissa lost out in a tight three games, 12-10, 11-9, 11-5.

Lewis Anderson (Edgbaston Priory) made ith through to the boys u19 final with 3-1 wins over Oscar Beech (Lancashire) and Jack Mitterer (Kent), the latter being a very close match. Top seed Max Forster (Northumbria) came out on top in a four game final, 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6.

Meha Shah, also of Edgbaston Priory, reached the final of the girls u13 event with victories against Renitha Srindran (Essex) in the quarters and Megan Light (Hampshire) in the semi’s. Despite winning the first game against Lancashire’s Charlie McCrone, Shah just lost out in four.

Hassan Khalil couldn’t quite make it a famly double but ended with a impressive third place finish, only losing out to eventual winner Ben Smith (Lincolshire) in the semi-finals.

Full List of Warwickshire Results
Girls Under 11
Mariam Eissa – Winner
Ameerah Ismail – 10th Place
Lucy Mayers – 15th Place
Boys Under 11
Ismail Kahlil – Winner
Ali Khalil – 10th Place
Connor Walton – 29th Place
Girls Under 13
Meha Shah – Finalist 13
Boys Under 13
James Averill – 6th Place
Harry Green – 8th Place
James Lee – 10th Place
Rohan Sahota – 14th Place
Joel Cleaver – 29th Place
Ojas Mishra – 30th Place
Girls Under 15
Trinity Roberton – 14th Place
Madeleine Willers – 27th Place
Boys Under 15
Abd-Allah Eissa – Finalist
Girls Under 17
Jess Brazier – 11th Place
Emily Jones – 14th Place
Anya Shah – 19th Place
Boys Under 17
Hassan Khalil – 3rd Place
Girls Under 19
Lucy Green – 10th Place
Boys Under 19
Lewis Anderson – Finalist
Dan Haggarty – 10th Place
Panos Liatis – 21st Place