National Schools Championships Up And Running At Shrewsbury
24/03/25: The main week of the 2025 National Schools' Championships in association with Advanta Wealth got underway at Shrewsbury yesterday with the U15s kicking things off.
The first silverware of the week went to the host school as Shrewsbury won the U15 girls competition, beating last year's U14 winners Highgate in a tight three game final. The finalists in the recent U14 girls competition - Ipswich and Berkhamsted - both fell at the semi-final stage.
The boys U15 competition also got underway, reaching the last four; the semi-finals and final will take place today as well as the opening stages of the U16 competitions.
Results
Girls U15
Quarter-Finals
Shrewsbury 1 beat Highgate 2 15-5
Ipswich 1 beat Shrewsbury 5 15-0
Berkhamsted 1 beat Shrewsbury 2 15-6
Highgate 1 beat Ipswich 2 15-0
Semi-Finals
Shrewsbury 1 (S.Earles & T.Leung) beat Ipswich 1 (B.Laws & M.Hodgkinson) 2-0 (12-6, 15-14)
Highgate 1 (L Offerinda & V Maslovski) beat Berkhamsted 1 (I.Conde & R.Whitby) 2-0 (12-9, 13-12)
Final
Shrewsbury 1 beat Highgate 1 2-1 (12-7, 7-12, 12-5)
Boys U15
Last Sixteen
Berkhamsted 1 beat Highgate 1 2-0 (12-2, 12-4)
Ipswich 1 beat Shrewsbury 2 2-0 (12-4, 12-1)
Eton 1 beat QEB 1 2-1 (7-12, 12-8, 12-4)
Harrow 2 beat Charterhouse 1 2-1 (12-8, 9-12, 12-10)
Harrow 1 beat Shrewsbury 3 2-0 (12-4, 12-3)
Mill Hill 1 beat QEB 3 2-1 (12-7, 7-12, 12-6)
Shrewsbury 1 beat St.Olave's 2 2-0 (12-4, 12-8)
St.Olave's 1 beat Berkhamsted 2 2-1 (12-6, 11-14, 14-11)
Quarter-Finals
Berkhamsted 1 w/o
Eton 1 beat Harrow 2 2-0
Harrow 1 beat Mill Hill 1 2-0
Shrewsbury 1 beat St.Olave's 1 2-0
For results from the tournaments held before the main week, CLICK HERE
