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Coup Droit


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The opening ceremony is on Tuesday 18th and tennis kicks off on the Wednesday.

Good luck to Britain's representatives:

 

England:

Peter Alam, Altringham

Indianna Spink, Welwyn Garden City

 

Wales:
 
James Story (16, Cardiff)

Morgan Cross (15, Flintshire)

 

Scotland:

Hamish Stewart (Glasgow)

Alexandra Hunter (Edinburgh)

 

(No team from Northern Ireland)

 
 


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I though Hamish was too old.


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paulisi wrote:

I though Hamish was too old.

 

Shh  

 

I've no idea re the eligibility. Hamish was born 30/07/99.



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Yeah, would be a bit of a shame if he got all the way there and found out there'd been an admin mess-up



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Well the official England athletics site says the games are open for althletes born in 2000 and 2001 only.......



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indiana wrote:
paulisi wrote:

I though Hamish was too old.

 

Shh  

 

I've no idea re the eligibility. Hamish was born 30/07/99.

 

Sorry, I meant 30/07/00  



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The Optimist wrote:

Well the official England athletics site says the games are open for althletes born in 2000 and 2001 only.......

 But the LTA are sending Indy Spink who is born in 2002 ???

So maybe that's just the English Athletics federation's own stipulation for choosing representatives ?



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The Optimist wrote:

Well the official England athletics site says the games are open for althletes born in 2000 and 2001 only.......

 That is the reason I asked, as I have one of my club members selected for 400m and athletics has a very strict criteria both on age and times. In fact we would have got a second athlete selected, but her time was in a mixed race and deemed inelligible.



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paulisi wrote:
The Optimist wrote:

Well the official England athletics site says the games are open for althletes born in 2000 and 2001 only.......

 That is the reason I asked, as I have one of my club members selected for 400m and athletics has a very strict criteria both on age and times. In fact we would have got a second athlete selected, but her time was in a mixed race and deemed inelligible.

It may differ between sports (or maybe national federations for some sports set their own conditions) because on the event website, it says athletes are aged 14-18. I thought the entry/eligibility form at http://www.thecgf.com/cyg/Bahamas2017-Entry-Eligibility-Conditions-Form.pdf might have more details but as far as I can see, it doesn't say anything about age in the eligibility conditions.



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Was expecting different teams if the age goes up to 18....

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tennischamp wrote:

Was expecting different teams if the age goes up to 18....

Presumably only some 18-year-olds (i.e. those born in 1999) are eligible, though without knowing who you are thinking about, I don't know whether that makes a difference!



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The Wimbledon-goers etc, the top 200....
The youth games is never that strong a tournament, not sure why.

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Just to be clear, the Youth Commonwealth Games site's tennis page says:

"Age Group: Men and Women 15 18 years of age (athletes born in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002)"

The tennis event started yesterday but, after a lot of looking (how hard should it be?), I think that most of our players got BYES so will play their first matches today.

However, Peter Alam won in two sets. As did Alexandra Hunter for Scotland.

Mind you, I did learn the flag of Norfolk Island Nice flag - shame I've no idea where Norfolk island is....



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 20th of July 2017 08:05:25 AM

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R2 wins for Hamish Stewart, Peter Alam, James Story, Alex Hunter, Indy Spink and Morgan Cross - i.e. everyone !

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In the BOYS QFs, Hamish Stewart and James Story both won in two sets, Peter Alam lost in two to a Cypriot.

In the GIRLS QFs, Indy Spink beat Alexandra Hunter in two sets and Morgan Cross lost out in three sets to a player from South Africa.

In the mixed doubles, Wales defeated England and Scotland lost to Cyprus.

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