After an outstanding weekend full of great play and\u00a0sportsmanship the 2013 Devonport Junior Championships OJT White held at the Devonport Tennis Club is now in the books.<\/p>\n
In the 12\/U Girls singles (1) Jessica Fowler (St Helens) stormed through the preliminary rounds en route to a final win against unseeded Sophie Johnstone (Burnie). Fowler was in blistering form dropping a handful of games throughout the\u00a0tournament. In the 14\/U Girls singles (2) Erin Fazackerley (Hobart) upset (1) Jessica Chesterman (Hobart) in the final 6-4, 6-4. This impressive victory was Fazackerley’s first of 2013. Rounding out the girls events the 14\/U Girls doubles between Chesterman\/Fazackerley and Fowler\/Maskell was not played due to fading light and rain.<\/p>\n
The boys events were completely dominated by players from the North-West region\u00a0claiming\u00a0all completed singles and doubles events. \u00a0In the 12\/U Boys singles (1) Ben Cawston (Ulverstone) continued on his recent form not dropping a set en route to a 6-2, 6-1 win in the final against (2) Ruben Mccormack (Launceston). Cawston then teamed with Robert Green (Ulverstone) to win the 12\/U Boys Doubles defeating Tristan Lynch & Oscar Targett (Hobart) 6-3, 6-2. In the 14\/U Boys Singles (4) Daniel Littler (Turners Beach) upset (1) Remy Lynch (Hobart) on his way to the final which he then overcame (2) Henry Ostler (Hobart) 6-4, 7-6(8). This was Daniel’s first OJT win of 2013. Rounding out the North-West sweep (1) Martyn Icke (Burnie) took out the 16\/U Boys Singles defeating Sean Oosthuizen (Hobart) 6-3, 6-4. With the win Icke added yet another title to his growing list in 2013. Due to the fading weather and rain the 16\/U Boys doubles final played between brothers Joab and Daniel Littler against Icke and Oosthuizen was not played.<\/p>\n