Mill Hill Junior Tennis Open
Each year, pupils from 12 of our feeder schools compete in the successful Mill Hill Junior Open Tennis Competition at Gosling Sports Park, Welwyn.
This year, the fifth competition, (which is aimed at Under 11s, Years 5 & 6), attracted over 60 pupils, and once again it was a full day of tennis for the children with both competition and fun coaching drills on a glorious summers day.
The boys’ competition was won by the talented Andrew Rozanov from St Anthony’s School. In the final Andrew beat UCS pupil David Pourquery, 4-1 in a match which consisted of extremely challenging rallies.
The girls’ competition was a Belmontian final between Kiana Goharian and Olivia Gurney-Randall. Being a year older, Kiana out rallied her opponent with some powerful ground strokes. However there is no doubt that we will see Olivia back next year in search of the title.
To add to the excitement of the day, 17 year old professional British tennis player, Tara Moore ran a coaching clinic for the boys and girls who did not make the knock out stages. With a UK ranking of 17 and a world ranking of 604, Tara who is coached by the Gosling Team presented the trophies and prizes to all the finalists.
In the past British Davis Cup players Arvin Parmar and Jamie Delgado have also supported this event.
Results 2010
U11 Boys
| Winner | Andrew Rozanov (St Anthony’s) |
| Runner Up | David Pourquery (University College School) |
| Semi Finalist | Matteo Perper (Arnold House) |
| Semi Finalist | Jamie Osrin (University College School) |
| Q Finalist | Alex Zuckerman (University College School) |
| Q Finalist | Sam Hanson (Belmont) |
| Q Finalist | Daniel Braham (Belmont) |
| Q Finalist | James O’Brien (Newberries) |
U11 Girls
| Winner | Kiana Goharian (Belmont) |
| Runner Up | Olivia Gurney-Randall (Belmont) |
| Semi Finalist | Laura Taylor (Newberries) |
| Semi Finalist | Susannah Regan (Belmont) |
| Q Finalist | Isobel Bird (Edge Grove) |
| Q Finalist | Maya Malken (Edge Grove) |
| Q Finalist | Niamh MacFarlane (Belmont) |
| Q Finalist | Charlotte Day (Newberries) |
Results 2009
U11 Boys
| Winner | Ben Jones (University College School) |
| Runner Up | Salil Navapurkar (St Martin’s) |
| Semi Finalist | Max Benaim (University College School) |
| Semi Finalist | Sean Kacs (Belmont) |
| Q Finalist | Jack Billingham (Belmont) |
| Q Finalist | Jamie Osrin (University College School) |
| Q Finalist | Andrei Karlsson (St Anthony’s) |
| Q Finalist | Andrew Rozanov (St Anthony’s) |
U11 Girls
| Winner | Lucy Booth (Newberries) |
| Runner Up | Sheena Raichura (Belmont) |
| Semi Finalist | Naomi Labrom (Northbridge House) |
| Semi Finalist | Georgia Allen (Devonshire House) |
| Q Finalist | Katherine Griffiths (Edge Grove) |
| Q Finalist | Enya Stock (Edge Grove) |
| Q Finalist | Daisy Curran (Edge Grove) |
| Q Finalist | Laura Taylor (Newberries) |
