* Category B Open Championships (Level Singles for Handicaps 10-19) 2026
Sep 04, 2026 - Sep 06, 2026 Hyde Bridport J Brodie
The Category B Level Tournament for players between a 10.0 and 19.9 handicap
Entry fee will be £50 (although this will depend on the number of entrants and potential total court time).
Professionals will be expected to mark.
Entries close on Sunday 9th August
In group 1, Jez Brodie, Baudouin Huynh-Lenhardt (Bordeaux) and Seth Kashdan (Bristol) had all won one match each, but Jez and Seth went through on a better games won divided by games lost ratio. In the other groups, unfortunately Beau Swallow (Queen’s), Will Todd (Leamington) and Jack Carter (Middlesex) all struggled against their opponents, and were ultimately also knocked out after their two group-stage matches.
On Sunday morning, Jez and Nick Jamieson (Oxford) were up first in the main draw semi-final. Nick served some great railroads, making it tricky for Jez to lay any chases, and despite some great shots, he lost 1/6 2/6. Our two youngest entrants were up next, as Robert Blizzard (RTC) played Archie Campbell (Radley) in the second semi-final. After losing the first set, it looked like he was making a comeback and would take it to a third set, but Archie persevered, winning 6/2 6/5. In the first of the plate semi-finals, Seth seemed tired after both his matches on Friday and Saturday went to three sets, and was up against James Ryan's (Canford) knowledge of the Hyde court as James won 6/5 6/5. Next, despite struggling to cover the large dedans, Seb Sawrey-Cookson (Canford) came back against Sammy Legg (Hobart) after being 5/1 down. He just lost the first set 5/6 and unfortunately couldn't continue his new-found momentum into the second set, losing 2/6.
In the main draw final, Nick's railroads were once again tricky. Archie (another left-hander) struggled to turn and take them on his forehand, becoming stuck at the hazard end as Nick got ball after ball back. Beating Archie 6/2 6/1, for the third year in a row, Nick won the main draw of the Cat B tournament.
In our plate final, James hit Sammy's serves into the dedans again and again, and managed to serve well enough to stop Sammy from doing the same to him. He won the plate tournament after beating Sammy 6/5 6/3.
Many thanks to all of the players for making the trip over to play - it was a lovely weekend with lots of excellent Tennis. Thank you also to the T&RA for kindly sponsoring the tournament and prizes.
Entries are now closed - the deadline was Aug 09, 2026
