National Schools' Championships 2025 - Pre-Main Week Tournaments
22/03/25: The 2025 National Schools' Championships in association with Advanta Wealth get underway at Shrewsbury tomorrow.
There have already been several competitions completed at various venues around the country, however, with some of the younger age groups and qualifying competitions taking place.
Highlights on the girls side have been wins for Cranleigh in the U13s and Ipswich in the U14s, while on the boys side, Sunningdale won the U11s, Berkhamsted the U12s and Highgate the U13s. Full results are below.
Keep an eye on the news page of the EFA website for daily updates next week from Shrewsbury.
U13 Girls
Quarter-Finals
Cranleigh 1 beat Highgate 5 2-0 (8-1, 8-0)
Highgate 3 beat Highgate 2 2-1 (8-1, 6-8, 8-5)
Cranleigh 2 beat Cranleigh 3 2-0 (8-2, 8-3)
Highgate 4 beat Highgate 1 2-0 (8-6, 9-1)
Semi-Finals
Cranleigh 1 (H.Bushnell & O.Rettle) beat Highgate 3 (M.Kudrashova & ?) 2-0 (8-1, 8-0)
Highgate 4 (I.Grady & Z.Vigder) beat Cranleigh 2 (P.Davis & A.Sheehan)
Final
Cranleigh 1 beat Highgate 4 2-0 (12-0, 12-2)
U13 Boys
Quarter-Finals
Highgate 1 beat St.Olave's 2 2-0 (8-3, 8-1)
Cranleigh 1 beat Belmont 1 2-0 (8-0, 8-2)
Cranleigh 2 beat Highgate 2 2-1 (7-8, 8-4, 8-5)
St.Olave's 1 beat Highgate 3 2-0 (8-3, 8-2)
Semi-Finals
Highgate 1 (C.Demeshki & A.Chandramouli) beat Cranleigh 1 (W.Hirst & O.Dann) 2-0 (8-5, 8-7)
St.Olave's 1 (K.Okpenerho & A.Lutzow) beat Cranleigh 2 (F.Harvey & M.O'Neill-Dunne) 2-1 (5-8, 8-6, 8-6)
Final
Highgate 1 beat St.Olave's 1 2-0 (12-5, 12-5)
Under 11
Semi-Finals
Sunningdale 1 (D.Ugwu & P.Bathurst) beat Berkhamsted 2 (A.Matthews & E.Kendall) 2-0 (12-3, 12-5)
Sunningdale 2 (F.Blundell & F.Hoare) beat Berkhamsted 3 (H.Papinau-Legris & L.Dicello) 2-1 (8-12, 12-7, 12-5)
Final
Sunningdale 1 beat Sunningdale 2 2-0 (12-10, 12-4)
Under 14 Girls
Quarter-Finals
Berkhamsted 1 beat Ipswich 3 8-0
Highgate 5 beat Holyport 1 12-10
Ipswich 2 beat Highgate 1 12-5
Ipswich 1 beat Repton 1 8-1
Semi-Finals
Berkhamsted 1 beat Highgate 5 2-0 (12-0 12-0)
Ipswich 1 beat Ipswich 2 2-0 (12-8 12-2)
Final
Ipswich 1 (B.Laws & M.Hodgkinson) beat Berkhamsted 1 (I.Conde & R.Whitby) 2-0 (12-9, 12-8)
3rd/4th
Ipswich 2 beat Highgate 5 2-0 (12-3 12-0)
Plate A winners: Shrewsbury 1
Plate B winners: Highgate 3
Plate C winners: Ipswich 3
Winners of best beginner pair: Repton 1
Under 12
Semi-Finals
Berkhamsted 1 (H.Seddon & O.Moss) beat Cranleigh 1 (D.Fairbairn & J.Johnson) 2-0 (12-2, 12-6)
Sunningdale 1 (N.Lintott & T.Logue) beat Berkhamsted 2 (R.Sabugeiro & G.Gie) 2-0 (12-8, 12-9)
Final
Berkhamsted 1 beat Sunningdale 1 2-1 (12-7, 11-14, 15-14)
Qualifying Tournaments
U13
Quarter-Finals
Cranleigh 1 beat Holyport 1 2-0 (8-0, 8-0)
Cranleigh 3 beat Cranleigh 4 2-0 (8-1, 8-2)
Cranleigh 2 beat Belmont 4 2-0 (8-1, 8-0)
Belmont 1 beat Holyport 4 2-0 (8-0, 8-0)
Semi-Finals
Cranleigh 1 (F.Harvey & M.O'Neill-Dunne) beat Cranleigh 3 (H.Bartlett & J.Austin-Brown) 2-0 (8-1, 8-0)
Belmont 1 (T.Barriball & F.Namey) beat Cranleigh 2 (W.Hirst & F.Harris) 2-0 (8-5, 8-1)
Final
Belmont 1 beat Cranleigh 1 2-1 (9-12, 12-8, 12-10)
U16
Quarter-Finals
Aldenham 1 beat Charterhouse 3 2-1 (9-12, 12-7, 12-7)
QEB 1 beat Charterhouse 1 2-1 (3-12, 12-10, 12-10)
Charterhouse 2 beat QEB 2 2-0 (12-2, 12-3)
Repton 1 beat QEB 4 2-0 (8-2, 8-1)
Semi-Finals
Repton 1 (T.Gilbody & F.Tebbs) beat Charterhouse 2 (J.Michalski & B.Marshall-Rice) 2-0 (12-6, 12-6)
QEB 1 (V.Gali & S.Sabarinath) beat Aldenham 1 (G.Stephenson & E.Cormican) 2-0 (12-4, 12-9)
Final
Repton 1 beat QEB 1 2-1 (12-6, 13-14, 12-6)
U12
Quarter-Finals
Cranleigh 1 beat Berkhamsted 3 8-0
Cranleigh 3 beat Berkhamsted 1 8-1
Cranleigh 2 v Berkhamsted 2 ?
Belmont 1 beat Berkhamsted 4 12-9
Semi-Finals
Cranleigh 2 (G.Swayne & C.Ruddy) beat Belmont 1 (O.Griffiths & S.Vercoe) 2-0 (12-10, 12-4)
Cranleigh 1 (O.Fairbairne & C.Lewis) beat Cranleigh 3 (C.Swayne & F.Nataraj) 2-0 (8-1, 8-0)
Final
Cranleigh 1 beat Cranleigh 2 2-0 (12-2, 12-2)
U14
Quarter-Finals
Berkhamsted 3 beat Holyport 1 12-10
Aldenham 1 beat Aldenham 5 12-2
Berkhamsted 1 beat Holyport 7 8-1
Berkhamsted 2 beat Aldenham 2 8-0
Semi-Finals
Berkhamsted 1 (A.Passey & S.Stewart) beat Berkhamsted 3 (J.Wheeler & L.Mepham) 2-0 (12-0, 12-2)
Berkhamsted 2 (T.Little & S.Finn) beat Aldenham 1 (F.Cockeurs & S.Wolanski) 2-1 (12-2, 11-14, 12-2)
Final
Berkhamsted 1 beat Berkhamsted 2 2-0 (12-5, 12-2)
