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DavidC


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A British expedition to Spain this week.  The main draw is not yet out, but Arthur Fery, Sam Bossem, Lui Maxted, Jack Pinnington Jones, Matthew Rutter, Derrick Chen, Daniel Webb and Amelia Bissett all won their first qualifiers (Eleanor Baglow being the one casualty) .  Harry Wendelken, Felix Gill, Toby Samuel, Erin Richardson and Amarni Banks should be in the main draw.



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Not much success today, with the honourable exception of Jack PJ, who won two more matches to make the main draw. Sam and Amelia won 1, but lost in final qualifying.

Boys R1 (L32)

Elmer Moller (DEN) v Felix Gill
(WC) Daniel Rincon (ESP) v Toby Samuel
(WC) Diego Augusto Barreto Sanchez (ESP) v (4) Harry Wendelken
Sebastian Gima (ROU) v (Q) Jack Pinnington Jones

Girls R1 (L32)

Elizaveta Dementyeva (RUS) v Amarni Banks
(8) Melanie Delai (ITA) v Erin Richardson



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One early result - which didn't go well

Girls R1 (L32)

Elizaveta Dementyeva (RUS) v Amarni Banks
(8) Melanie Delai (ITA) d. Erin Richardson 6-2 6-0

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Things got better later in the day, except for poor Felix

Boys R1 (L32)

Elmer Moller (DEN) d. Felix Gill 6-2 4-0 rtd
Toby Samuel d. (WC) Daniel Rincon (ESP) 3-6 6-4 6-4
(4) Harry Wendelken d. (WC) Diego Augusto Barreto Sanchez (ESP) 6-4 6-3
(Q) Jack Pinnington Jones d. Sebastian Gima (ROU) 6-3 6-3

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Toby Samuel v Mario Gonzalez Fernandez (ESP)
Alex Martinez (ESP) v (4) Harry Wendelken
(Q) Jack Pinnington Jones v (Q) Carlos Hernandez (ESP)

Girls R1 (L32)

Amarni Banks d. Elizaveta Dementyeva (RUS) 6-3 6-4
(8) Melanie Delai (ITA) d. Erin Richardson 6-2 6-0

R2

Amarni Banks v (7) Martina Biagianti (ITA)

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Jack maintains his good run here for his first G2 QF and there is a good win over a seed for Marni, who now plays one of the highest ranked 14 year olds

Boys R2

Mario Gonzalez Fernandez (ESP) d. Toby Samuel 6-1 6-2
(4) Harry Wendelken d. Alex Martinez (ESP) 6-3 7-5
(Q) Jack Pinnington Jones d. (Q) Carlos Hernandez (ESP) 6-4 4-6 6-4

QF

(6) Wojciech Marek (POL) v (4) Harry Wendelken
(8) Loris Pourroy (FRA) v (Q) Jack Pinnington Jones

Girls R2

Amarni Banks d. (7) Martina Biagianti (ITA) 6-4 6-3

QF

Linda Noskova (CZE) v Amarni Banks




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DavidC wrote:

A British expedition to Spain this week.  The main draw is not yet out, but Arthur Fery, Sam Bossem, Lui Maxted, Jack Pinnington Jones, Matthew Rutter, Derrick Chen, Daniel Webb and Amelia Bissett all won their first qualifiers (Eleanor Baglow being the one casualty) .  Harry Wendelken, Felix Gill, Toby Samuel, Erin Richardson and Amarni Banks should be in the main draw.

 There was a training camp in La Manga last week. Hence why they are all there



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Surely they can't all have been at the training camp!

Any clues on who was actually there?

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Assume lots of players, about as many coaches, Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

And seriously, yes it would be interesting to know more.



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I think most of them were. Maybe not Marni as she's based in Spain anyway (I believe).

THere's certainly a huge heap of them in this photo from a couple of days ago:

pbs.twimg.com/media/D1sXVfmX0AASFer.jpg

Remember, the Training Camp at La Manga is the jolly for all the individual coaches and the LTA bods.


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YWe arent going to forget, you remind us every year .... that it is the jolly. Personally I see nothing wrong with it. Generally the place has an elite sporting team there every week and excellent facilities. They do plenty of bussiness with other tennis associations.

Its out of season re holiday makers and would be relatively cheap and the timing is perfect to assess and prepare the youngsters out doors for the coming season. It runs into a string of relatively local high quality tournaments.



-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Thursday 21st of March 2019 08:30:05 AM

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I've no problem with the kids' training camp.

And holding it in a warmer climate.

As you say, a good training block and assessment.

Most federations do it.

But why do the LTA pay for a week's full-time salary, plus travel, plus board and loading for EVERY single personal coach?

No other federation I know does that.

They have a federation training camp, with the couple of federation coaches, and then do a briefing session for the coaches when they get back.

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I'm not sure that individual coaches were allowed to attend this year - or at least not all of them.

The image you've linked in does seem to be very spartan with regard to non-LTA coaching staff!

Possibly now it's just an LTA jolly with a few "chosen" players being brought in to justify it?


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If so, I take it back, Hilda's Uncle, re the individual coaches and just back up your comment that, in that case, there seem to be a very large number of LTA staff.



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Excellent wins for Jack and Marni. Harry narrowly missed out on joining them and ensuring a British finalist

Boys QF

(6) Wojciech Marek (POL) d. (4) Harry Wendelken 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5
(Q) Jack Pinnington Jones d. (8) Loris Pourroy (FRA) 6-3 6-2

SF

(6) Wojciech Marek (POL) v (Q) Jack Pinnington Jones

Girls QF

Amarni Banks d. Linda Noskova (CZE) 6-4 6-3

SF

Nastasja Mariana Schunk (GER) v Amarni Banks

Doubles F

(1) Kostenko/Morlet (UKR/FRA) v (4) Curmi/Rchardson (MLT/GBR)

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Marni won.
Jack lost
Erin lost her final

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