Junior Review 2010-11

Achievements by Horsham TTC’s Juniors In the League Last Season

All junior side of Mark Collins, Erik Van-Mol & Matt Van Yperen won the K1 division at their 1st attempt. They were level on points with Copthorne/Maidenbower but had won more matches. Mark & Erik both had about 80% & Matt had 65%.

In the Premier Division the league’s top junior is Helshan Weerasinghe, who is ranked no. 1 in U15s in England. He got 95% in the league & was a member of the Premier Division winning team. Next down were Daniel Barna with 65% & Alex Forshaw with 61%. This was a big leap for Dan, who had 25% last season. Next was Daniel Pound with just under 30%. Again this was a big jump from just over 0% last season.

Mark Collins played up 4 times & managed to get a good win over Don North. In K2 division there were 4 Horsham junior players, all new to league competition. 12 year-old James Arnold fared the best with 65%, followed by James Van Yperen on 56% & both Freddy Goodall & Tim Priddis on 50%. 10 year old Kate Cheer had an impressive 32% for someone so young.

In the Super League at the end of the season, Mark, Erik & Matt were promoted to the Premier Division along with Dan Barna, Dan Pound & Alex Forshaw. Alex was really high in the averages with 78%. Next followed Daniel Barna on 61% & Daniel Pound on a much improved 60%. The 3 promoted juniors found the step up to be a difficult proposition, but Mark manages to pick up 4 wins, Erik 3 & Matt 2. There were also a number of 5th set losses especially for Mark.

In the Crawley & Horsham League Closed Champs Mark Collins got to the final of the Division 1 event, Daniel Barna won the junior event & Alex Forshaw was 2nd & Mark Collins 3rd, Dan Barna & Alex won the junior doubles, Alex got to the semi final of the Men’s singles & Dan B got to the quarters. They got to the doubles semis finals together.

Achievements Outside of League Play

(only including players who continue to get coaching & practice at HTTC, which excludes Helshan, Dan B & Alex):

Kate Cheer:

National Champion U11s Girls & semi-finalist in U12s, Played for England Schools in Primary Schools International, got to the final of England Schools U11s Girls, Winner of Mixed National Cadet League Div 4 playing for Horsham, Winner of Sussex Mixed U11s Championships, played for Sussex Cadet (U15s) teams & the team achieved 2nd place, etc.

James Arnold:

Winner of Sussex U13s Boys Championships & semi-finalist in the U15s, Runner-up in Regional Trials in Boys U13s, Played for Sussex U15s & won 2/4, Winner of December Horsham Circuit Band A, Competed well in Division 1 of the NCL & Division 2 of the NJL playing for Horsham, Winner of the West Sussex Schools U13s event & won 3 matches in National finals.

Matt Van Yperen:

Played in Junior British League for Horsham & won a good no. of matches, Semi-finalist in Sussex Championships U15s & won the Junior Doubles event with Mark Collins, Played for Sussex Cadets on 2 occasions & won 9/12 matches & the team finished 2nd.

Mark Collins:

Won HTTC Junior of the Year Award, got to the final of the Sussex Championships U18s event, semi finals of the Division 2 event & won the junior doubles event with Matt Van Yperen, played well in JBL & won a good no. of matches & got to the quarter finals of Men’s Band 5 at the Sussex satellite Grand Prix.

Erik Van-Mol:

Runner-up to Daniel Barna 11-9 in the 5th in the West Sussex Schools Championships U16s, Played for Horsham in JBL.

Freddy Goodall:

Competed well in Division 1 of NCL for Horsham, won January Horsham Circuit band A both morning & afternoon events.