Cardonald’s Matthew Grimley won the Under 11 singles title at the Victor Olve Junior tournament in Antwerp yesterday.

He beat his twin brother Christopher 21-17 22-20 in the semi-final and then edged out Irvine’s Jack Riddell in the final 22-24 24-22 21-17. Riddell beat Dumbarton’s Lloyd Holland in the other semi-final as Scotland’s four Under 11 entrants provided all four semi-finalists in the boys’ singles. 

Christopher made up for his singles disappointment by teaming up with Matthew in the doubles and the Bank of Scotland Under 13 National champions won the title with a 22-11 21-8 victory over Linderrt Vandeurzen and Jona Van Niewkerke of Belgium.

In the Under 13s Holly Newall (Mauchline), the Bank of Scotland singles champion, reached the last eight  before going out in a close contest with Dutch player Imke van der Aar 24-22 21-19.

Bank of Scotland Under 13 mixed doubles champions Newall and Alex Dunn (Motherwell) reached the semi-finals of the mixed before losing to Marc Laporte and Delphine Delrue 15-21 21-18 21-16 and the French pair went on to take that title.

Dunn and Brad Habberley (Inverness) reached the boys’ doubles quarter-finals before losing to England’s eventual champions Harry Arksey and David Jones 21-5 21-12 while Newall and Gemma Wright (Edinburgh) also reached the last eight of the girls’ doubles, losing to Dutch pair Imke van der Aar and Marit Willemsen.

A total of 350 players from 18 European nations entered the junior tournament and more than 900 contests were played over the Easter weekend.

Scotland Team:-
Under 11: Christopher Grimley, Matthew Grimley, Lloyd Holland, Jack Riddell.
Under 13: Holly Newall, Gemma Wright, Rory Allardice, Calum Atterbury, Alex Dunn, Brad Habberley.
Coaches: Julie Hogg and Diana Koleva.