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Boys from Blundell's dominated the events at the third running of the Colquhoun Trophy, winning both the Seniors and Colts titles, as well as one of the plates.
Sam Wyatt-Haines dominated the seniors event, beating Matt Oddy (also of Blundell's) in the final, while Harvey Scott took the honours in the Colts section, beating Hugo Fry of Marlborough in a very closely fought final. Blundell's also won the Colts plate – through Sam Combe – but there was some joy for the home squad as Sherborne's Jamie Smart won the Senior plate.
In the Seniors event, it was a clean sweep for Blundell's, with the Devon school providing all four semi-finalists in the knockout stages after they finished in the top two positions in each of the round-robin pools. In the first semi-final, Wyatt-Haines was a clear winner over Cumberlege, but the second semi was much closer: Oddy edged past his colleague McPherson 15-13. However, come the final, it was Wyatt-Haines all the way, and he deservedly took the title.
In the Colts event, Marlborough's Fry prevented a clean sweep for Blundell's in the semi-finals, although the one Blundell's boy not to make the semis – Combe – did go on to win the Plate. The matches were both closely fought, but led to a final between Fry and Scott, which was equally hard fought. In the end, Scott just sneaked the first game 12-10 before taking the second game more convincingly, and with it the title.
RESULTS
Seniors
Group stages
Pool 1: 1st S Wyatt-Haines (Blundell’s), 2nd T McPherson (Blundell’s), 3rd D George-Carey (Marlborough), 4th E Dance (Sherbone), 5th A Aliev (King’s Bruton)
Pool 2: 1st M Oddy (Blundell’s), 2nd N Cumberlege (Blundell’s), 3rd A Flattery (Malvern), 4th J Smart (Sherborne), 5th Y Kawamoto (King’s Bruton)
Knockout:
Semi-finals: Wyatt-Haines bt Cumberlege 15-2, Oddy bt McPherson 15-13
Final: Wyatt-Haines bt Oddy 11-2, 11-1
Plate: Smart (Sherborne)
Colts
Group stages
Pool 1: 1st H Scott (Blundell’s), 2nd B Charles (Blundell’s), 3rd N Lawrence (Marlborough), 4th G Tims (Sherborne), 5th M Guy (Malvern)
Pool 2: 1st H Fry (Marlborough), 2nd B Brown (Blundell’s), 3rd S Combe (Blundell’s), 4th E Best (Malvern), 5th W Pisani (Sherborne)
Knockout phase:
Semi-finals: Scott bt Brown 15-10, Fry bt Charles 15-11
Final: Scott bt Fry 12-10, 11-5
Plate: Combe
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