After the group stages Michael Zhang and Sam Herd, Greg McCaffer and Mac Smith met in semi finals.Michael and Sam Herd had some good rallies and close sets but Sam was a worthy winner 3-0.Greg had a good start to the match leading 2-0 but Mac responded well levelling the match 2-2.Greg however regained his form and won 3-2 to meet Sam Herd in final. Greg had gained confidence from his win over Mac and despite Sam’s best endeavours won 3-0.A difficult challenge for Erin Shepherd and Sam Young who hopefully enjoyed the tournament and will come back next time.

U13 Winner Allan Woodhouse R/U Jack Regan

A group of four players Allan Woodhouse, Carter McCreadie, Jack Regan, Scott Vassie.This group was dominated by Allan but many of the games became at times tense and close encounters.Jack did very well to finish runner up having won U11 last year. Both Scott and Carter played well and will improve.

U18 Winner Justin Yang R/U Callum Ralston

Group 1 Justin Yang ,Callum Ralston, Jonathan Hamilton, Mitchell McCluckie This group had some great rallies and good attacking play. Justin and Callum qualified for semi finals places but Jonathan and Mitchell made it difficult for both players and can be pleased with their performances in the group stages.

Group 2 Lewis McCallum ,Euan McLaughlin ,Conor Shepherd

Every game in this group went to five sets. The matches had everything –very entertaining. Euan and Lewis eventually clinched semi final spots.Conor however was very close to playing in semis and with a bit of little of luck would have qualified.

Justin and Lewis Justin won the first two sets 11-8,11-8 but Lewis responded 19-17 however Justin took command once again to win 11-5.

Euan and Callum This match was great to watch with both players determined to win a place in final.Callum started well 12-10 but Euan responded winning next two sets 9-11,8-11.Callum levelled at 11-7 before finally holding his nerve to win 12-10.A game very evenly balanced either player could have won a place in the final but it was Callum who progressed to meet Justin.

Final

Justin dominated this match from the start and although Callum tried hard to respond there was only going to be one winner. Justin 3-0.

U18 winner – Jacob Aitchison R/U Callum Quinn.

U18  group matches and semi-finals provided some great rallies and exciting games.There then followed a tense but always entertaining final in which Jacob recoverd from 0-2 to beat Callum 3-2.

U13 winner – Matthew Aitchison R/U Conor Shepherd

Many of the players performed very well on the day but were unfortunate to find two players Matthew and Connor dominating the group stages and reaching the final.Matthew proved to strong for Connor in the final and converted his advantage into a 3-1 win.

U11 winner – Jack Regan R/U Samuel Herd

The young players provided a good standard of play and all players deserve great credit for that. Jack and Samuel reached the final stages and once again they didn’t disappoint with a very entertaining match and a win for Jack 2-0.

U18 Doubles winners Jonny Diack/Andrew Irwin R/U Jacob Aitchison/Callum Quinn

U13 Doubles winners Conor Shepherd /Jack Regan R/U Carter McCreadie /Callum Ralston

Thanks to Brendan and Mark Faulds for their assistance and all who attended and supported this event.

All EKTTC players who attended this event received a warm welcome.A well organised event proved to be successful for EK Squad.
Alan Woodhouse Winner U11 and R/U at U13 events.Jonny Diack Winner U18 event.All EK players performed well on the day.

Thanks for the invite NATTA.

Thanks to all who competed in the Mini League Series.

A big thank you to organisers Craig,Alan and Lewis.

Group Photo

East Kilbride teams competed in the final league games of the West Of Scotland Junior League with three teams on the day having the possibility of playing in the finals.

In 2nd division two East Kilbride teams played in their final league match against one another for a place in the division final.
EK2 (Hong Tai Chan,Chris McKenna,Andrew Irwin)defeated EK1(Cameron Lang,Mark Faulds,Darren McConnell) 4-1 which meant EK1 missed out in a final place.

Division 3 was slightly different as both EKA and EKB had to win to have any chance of reaching the final.
EKA (Jacob Aitchison,Euan Watson,Robert Matthew) defeated 278BB 5-0 but unfortunately EKB (Jonny  Diack,Ryan Gavigan,Scott Cummings) lost to North Ayrshire 3-2.
EKA therefore progressed to the final and what an exciting final it was against North Ayrshire with great rallies and a very good standard of play from both teams. North Ayshire were however worthy 3-1 winners.

In division 4 EK (Andrew Howie,Liam McLaughlin,Andrew Nutley) had already reached the final without losing a match however in a very tense encounter EK played Knightwood and despite being 1-0, and 2-1 down they could not overcome Knightwood who won 3-2 to take the title.

EK SHIELD 2008

U13 Singles – Winner J. Diack R/U Jacob Aitchison

U13 Doubles – Winners – R.Gavigan & S. Cummings R/U – J.Diack & J.Aitchison

U13 Consolation – Winner R.Matthew R/U S.Cummings

U13 Singles

Group 1 Jonathan Diack,Ryan Gavigan,Robert Matthew,Fraser Harris,Gary Bennett
Group 2 Jacob Aitchison,Euan Watson,Scott Cummings,Alan Woodhouse,Liam McLaughlin.

Group 1
The first match was a great contest and which would eventually decide the group winner.
An exciting match with good rallies. Jonny held his nerve in the first game (-9) and Ryan in the second (-8).
The final game was won (-9) by Jonny, possibly as a result of his experiences and success in other events.
Two other matches of note were Robert v Jonny and Gary v Robert. Once again Jonny took the first match (-8) and lost the second game (-8) but held on to win the final end (-7). Gary playing in his first event mostly likely surprised Robert by winning the first match (-6) but Robert rallied well to win the next two games and match (-9), (-9).
Both sets of players performed well and provided an entertaining match.

Group 2
This group provided three excellent matches Allan v Liam, Scott v Euan, Jacob v Euan.
Allan performing at his first event made Liam work hard for this win. Liam won the first game (-13), lost the second (-8) and showed his experience to win the final game (-6).
Both Scott and Euan provided an entertaining match with both players potential group winners.
Euan lost the first game (-9) but showed good composure and won the match (-7,-11).
This set up the group decider between Jacob and Euan. Jacob lost the first game (-9) against Euan but showed his experience at this level winning the next two games (-13,-3).

Semi-finals Jonny v Euan, Jacob v Ryan
Euan had a great start to this tie winning the first end (-3), however this only inspired Jonny to lift his game and with some good play he won the match (-5,-8).
Both Ryan and Jacob played extremely well in the match providing some entertaining rallies.
Jacob lost the first end (-7), but won next two games (-6,-8). Jacob having played more matches at this level recently had the edge and gained a place in the final.

Final Jonny v Jacob
A good final but from the outset there was only going to be one winner.
Jonny who had struggled at various stages to the final took command of the match.
Jacob had performed well leading up to the final.Jonny in the end had a convincing 3-0 win (-5,-8,-8).

U18 Singles – Winner C.Lang R/U G.Mitchell
U18 Doubles – Winners – C.McKenna & Darren McConnell R/U – H.Chan & C.Lang

U18 Singles
Group 1 Graeme Mitchell,Chris McKenna,Andrew Irwin
Group 2 Hong Tai Chan,Cameron Lang,D.McConnell,Mark Faulds

Group 1
Graeme was taken to four games in his first match against Andrew having lost the first game (-4) he quickly regained his form to win the following three games (-4,-4,-7).
His next match against Chris he won convincingly 3-0 (-7,-8,-6).
The final match between Chris and Andrew would decide the second semi finalist. After winning the first game Andrew had a setback losing the next game (-4) however he went on to win the match (-9,-10).
A good win for Andrew.

Group 2
The first match between Hong Tai and Cameron set the pattern for games to come in this group.
Cameron lost the first two games (-3,-3) and Hong Tai looked certain to win the match but Cameron took command in the next three games and won the match (-7,-9,-12).
Cameron continued with this good form winning his next two matches against Mark and Darren 3-1 in each case.
Darren had a good start to the event winning the first two games (-12,-10) but lost the next game to Mark (-9),however he finished the match (-6).
Darren had to battle hard to win the next match against Hong Tai. Both players were evenly matched after four games in what was an open and entertaining match. Darren showed good composure to clinch the match (-5).
Both Cameron and Darren progress to semi –final.

Semi–final Graeme v Darren Cameron v Andrew

Graeme showed his experience in this semi-final against Darren with a 3-0 win (-2,-7,-5)
Darren battled hard but Graeme was showed more believe in winning this match.
The next match was closely fought with both players winning a game.
However Cameron took control in the final games to win the match 3-1 (-8,-9).

Final Graeme V Cameron
Both players playing well on the day looked set to provide a good final.
Cameron lost the first game (-7) before he took command of the match winning the match 3-1 (-6 ,-9,-7 ).
Cameron has been working at his game for sometime and has gained experience at other events which will have helped in clinching this title.

The club would like to thank Andrew Fraser and Jim Diack for their assistance in running the event and also parents who supported the event on the day.