Dominic Rimmy took the Under-11 Mixed gold with a perfect eight wins out of eight matches at the London Academy Cadet 2* Open last weekend.

Rimmy cruised through his qualifying group without conceding a set. The Championship Division was, of course, a much tougher prospect. Having beaten local rival Bethany Yang and his Clubmate Nicholas Andrei, he then survived a tough five-set match against Isabella Xu (11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 11-7).

This left him facing top seed, Fox’s Lev Samurov in the final match of the day. In a high-quality tie, Dominic was behind for the whole match up until the fifth set. Having kept his nerve to survive a tight fourth, he found an extra gear in the decider to take the gold (7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10, 11-6).

Lev had to wait for a three-way countback to be completed before taking silver, with Isabella grabbing the bronze.

The consolation division was won by Jacob Dennison, with Colin Ho taking the silver and Sopia Hessel the bronze.

The Under-15 Girls’ competition was an all-Greenhouse affair. Played as a single league, the medals were decided after a three-way countback between the top players.

Eventually Niylah Fernandez took the gold from Shnaya Singh on set ratio, with Shirley He taking the bronze.

The Under-15 Boys’ final was an all-London Academy affair, with Yacoub Rahmani Walentyska coming from behind to win in four sets against clubmate Connor Godley (5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6).

Yacoub came through his semi-final against Kingfisher’s Soumyajit Dasgupta also in four sets (12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5), while Connor beat Adam Riadi (9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9).

Peterborough’s Archway players have a long history of success in North London and they took both medals in the Under-13 Girls’ bracket. Cindy Xiao took full advantage of the mid-competition withdrawal of her main challenger, Serene Rahmani-Walentynska, by winning every match for the loss of only a single set.

Ruby Gandi Bamidele took the silver by virtue of a head-to-head win over third placed Gaia Wong (8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10).

Jayden Xuan Chen completed the sweep of the Under-13 Boys with a final win over Rafael Hanzel-Wacker (11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-1). Jayden had sealed his place in the final with a straightforward semi-final win over Luyao Lu (11-7, 11-6, 11-4), while Rafael had to work much harder in a five-set struggle against clubmate George Gaynor (10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9).