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22/10/2019
British Junior Open News
Forster and Adderley to headline record-breaking British
Junior Championships
By Elizabeth Botcherby
England’s Max Forster and Scotland’s Georgia Adderley have been named as
top seeds in the Boys and Girls Under 19s draws respectively at the 2019
Dunlop British Junior Championships (BJC) in Nottingham after the draw
was released last week.
The four-day event, now established as one of the largest domestic
junior events, will see a record 450 players as young as seven competing
across ten categories from 31st October to 3rd November at five venues
around Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Boys Under 19
Current English Junior champion
 Max
Forster (right) (Nbria)
tops a hotly contested BU19 draw and is seeded to meet
16-year-old Sam Todd [2] of Yorkshire in a mouth-watering title decider.
Todd, a two-time British Junior Open champion, edged Forster in their
last encounter, a closely contested five-setter in the Dutch U19 Junior
Open final. Capable of causing a huge upset is [3] Lewis Anderson (Warks)
who went into the WSF World Junior Championships in July unseeded and
landed a podium finish, clinching bronze.
Girls Under 19
 Reigning
champion [1] Georgia Adderley (right) who leads the largest Scottish
contingent to date, headlines the GU19 draw and is seeded to lock horns
with 2019 European U19 silver medallist [2] Katie Malliff (Bucks).
Adderley will first have to navigate past [3] Alice Green (Essex) in
what could be a repeat of last year’s GU19 title decider.
Boys Under 17
Last year’s BU15 champion Denis Gilevskiy (Ire) moves up to the BU17
category as top seed where he’s seeded to meet Sussex’s Franklyn Smith
[2] with 3/4 seeds Hassan Khalil (Warks) and Oliver Green (Essex) posing
a serious threat.
Girls Under 17
Two-time BJC champion Torrie Malik (Sussex) is favourite to claim the
GU17 title but will face stiff competition from current English GU17
champion [2] Saran Nghiem (Lancs). Hot on their heels will be [3/4]
Aliza Sheikh (Essex) and [3/4] Emma Bartley (Suffolk).
Boys Under 15
Top seed Jonah Bryant (Sussex) is on course to meet [2] Abd-Allah Eissa
(Warks), the current British Junior Open BU13 champion, in what could be
a repeat of March’s English BU15 final in which Bryant emerged
victorious. Looking to upset proceedings is [3/4] Yusuf Sheikh (Essex)
who edged Eissa in five in last year’s BU13 final.
Girls Under 15
2017 champion Asia Harris (Yorks) is in prime position to take the GU15
title but will have to navigate past last year’s BJC GU13 champion [2]
Amelie Haworth (Hants), with Wales’ [3/4] Alyx Kelleher looking to cause
an upset.
Boys Under 13
Fresh off the back of his victory at the Dutch Open BU13, [1] Alexander
Broadbridge (Hants) will be looking to clinch his maiden British title.
Challengers include [2] Harry Bloomfield (Glos), [3/4] Archie Turnbull
(Wales) and last year’s BU11 champion [7] Ronnie Hickling (Surrey).
Girls Under 13
Current English GU13 champion Charlie McCrone (Lancs) will be hungry to
capture her maiden British title and is seeded to lock horns with [2]
Megan Light (Hants). 10-year-old [3] Mariam Eissa (Warks), last year’s
GU11 champion, will be looking to mount a serious challenge and is a
strong contender alongside [4] Emily Coulcher-Porter (Bucks).
Boys Under 11
If all goes to seeding, the BU11 title decider will feature Surrey’s [1]
Jake Johnston and second seed George Griffiths (Hants) - September’s
South West Gold champion.
Girls Under 11
Reka Kemecsei (Sussex) is favourite for the GU11 trophy but is likely to
face stern competition from [2] Fearne Copley (Yorks) who captured the
GU11 title at September’s South West Gold.
Round one commences on Thursday 31st October at the University of
Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Squash Rackets Club,
Duffield Squash Club and Ilkeston Manor Squash Club. The finals are
scheduled for Sunday 3rd November on the all-glass show court at the
University of Nottingham.
All spectators wishing to see the best of British are welcome free of
charge
For draws visit
englandsquash.com/bjc
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