OMs at Wimbledon
The Junior Wimbledon campaign of rising OM tennis star Richard Gabb (Edgarley and Day 1997-2009) sadly came to an end with a quarter-final defeat in the Doubles.
Richard, and former TeamBath colleague Ashley Hewitt, went down 6-4, 6-4 to Russia’s Mikhail Biryukov and Alexander Rumyanstev, perhaps feeling the effects of a marathon last set (16-14) in winning their previous round against the number 2 seeds, a game watched by a number of OM supporters (pictured right) and his former Millfield coach, Phil Thomas, who commented:
“It was a great opportunity for us, as coaches and current pupils, to watch and support one of our former boys from last year in the Boys Doubles Event at Junior Wimbledon. I thought Rich and his partner did exceptionally well to win that match after quite a lot of momentum swings back-and-forth throughout…I felt that the support we provided possibly gave them the edge they needed in the third set.”
For the second year running, Richard has been selected, along with Ashley and Jack Carpenter, as a member of the GB Under18 Tennis team for the European Summer Cup.
Scott and Charlie help Millfield to title honours
Young OMs Scott Clayton (Edgarley and Shapwick; 2006-10) and Charlie Cohen (Keen’s Elm; 2005-2010) helped Millfield to win the prestigious Independent Schools Tennis Association Youll Cup, played at Eton College on 5th July.
In the final of the Under 19s Scott and Charlie beat the top seeds Reeds School, from Surrey, 11-9 in the deciding tiebreak having saved five match points!