By Ron Fosker

ZARA Darcy Willis was a double winner in the junior events at the Braintree Table Tennis League individual championships.

Runner-up for the past two years, 13-year-old Darcy Willis finally got her hands on the junior girls’ trophy with a victory in the final over the holder Mia Charles 11-6, 13-11, 11-8.

She also took the cadet girls’ singles, beating Charles in the semi-final this time before beating Melinda Abraham-Victor 11-9, 12-10, 11-4 in the final.

The boys’ events were shared between Jonny Evans and Elliott Game.

Game won the junior singles with an 11-6, 12-10, 14-12 win over Evans in the final, but in the cadets’ event, Evans knocked out Game in the semi-final before beating James Donald 12-14, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 in the final.

Evans and Game then teamed up to win the junior doubles with a final victory over Charles and Darcy Willis 11-4, 11-8, 11-7.

The under-11 event was played as a round robin and was won by Malachi O’Leary, who dropped only one game in beating the other three contenders.

Alexia Mullane, who stretched O’Leary to 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, won her other two singles to finish runner-up.

In other events played to a conclusion before finals night, James Hicks took the handicap singles with a win in the final over Lee McHugh 21-19, 21-13 after McHugh had narrowly squeezed past the holder Takunda Nerutanga in the semi-final 11-21, 22-20, 22-20.

The handicap doubles was won by Antonio Beckles and Stewart Ireland, two players new to the league this season, with a 21-16 victory in the single-game final over Tim Huxtable and Ken Lewis.

The hard bat singles, reintroduced after a 15-year absence, was won by Andy Holmes with a victory in the final over Ryan Pitt.

The most promising boy award went to Harrison Daniels and the most promising girl to Alexia Mullane.

The event was organised by league competition secretary Keith Martin and refereed with his usual efficiency by Arthur Clark.