2015 Under 18 National Championships – Days 1 & 2
It’s been a tough two days so far for the Victorian Under 18 male and female contingents at their National Championships being staged in the Nation’s Capital Canberra at Tuggeranong BC.
Their Day One activities saw them up against very strong New South Wales combinations and all that was salvaged from this round of matches were wins in the Boy’s Fours 21-11, the Boy’s Pairs 16-12 and the Girl’s Singles 21-10. New South Wales took the overall honours 10 points to 6 points at the conclusion of the eight matches played and the rubber was completed just after lunch.
The Victorians were out to make amends for the earlier efforts in the day and came up against an opponent they’d had the better of in their previous test encounter in Melbourne in June, but the tables were turned by the South Australians as they finished off their Day One roster with only one victory out of the four contested matches. Victoria went down in the Girl’s Fours 7-12, the Boy’s Pairs 13-15 and the Boy’s Triples 13-22. The only shining light in the late afternoon was the performance in the Girl’s Singles of Tiffany Brodie who chalked up her second win in a row 21-7.
It could have been a case of off to bed without your supper for the meagre return of Day One, but there had to be something to play for on Day Two as the final four matches had to be finished against the South Australians who were tickled pink with their earlier results over the Victorians.
The Victorian Girls squared the ledger with a win in the Girls Triples 21-13, but the Girl’s Pairs suffered their second consecutive loss 12-17 to effectively put them out of medal contention.
As if the Day One demons were not enough, the Boy’s Fours failed to fire and went down 10-17 to their counterparts, but Jayden Christie in the Boy’s Singles was able to salvage some pride for the team with a brilliant 21-11 win to gain two points from what was becoming a less than formidable defence of their tile won in 2014 as National Boys Champion State in Darwin.
South Australia lowered Victoria’s colours with a very hard earned 10 points to 6 points win.
Come Tuesday lunchtime and there must have been something in the sandwiches as the Victorians blazed away against the host state ACT as they recorded wins in all four matches played. The Boy’s Triples cracked it for their first win 27-11, as did the Girl’s Fours who won their last sectional round 19-8. The Boy’s Pairs recorded their second win of the Championships with a 22-9 win and Tiffany Brodie made it three wins from as many starts with a 21-12 result going her way to claim a place in the Gold Medal final on Wednesday morning.
Players representing Victoria in the Under 18 National Championships are:
Girl’s Singles
Tiffany Brodie
Boy’s Singles
Jayden Christie
Girl’s Pairs
Mikayla Long
Tayla Morison (s)
Boy’s Pairs
Jayden Christie
Joshua Corless (s)
Girl’s Triples
Amelia Bruggy
Tiffany Brodie
Natasha Russell (s)
Boy’s Triples
Todd Trewarne
Curtis Hanley
Jordan Yates (s)
Girl’s Fours
Amelia Bruggy
Mikayla Long
Natasha Russell
Tayla Morison (s)
Boy’s Fours
Todd Trewarne
Jordan Yates
Curtis Hanley
Joshua Corless (s)
