Eight champions tasted success at the Butterfly Schools Individual Finals on a busy day of almost 800 matches.

Boys and girls battled it out in four age groups – Under-11, Under-13, Under-16 and Under-19 to win the coveted national titles.

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Under-11 Girls

Cindy Xiao added the Butterfly Schools national title to the title she won at the Mark Bates Ltd U10-13 National Championships earlier this month.

The top seed came out on top as she met second seed Phoebe O’Brien in the final, prevailing 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-8).

In the semi-finals, it was a similar 3-0 *11-8, 11-6, 11-6) scoreline for the champion against Bethany Yang, while the other bronze medal went to Isabella Xiao Xu, who was defeated 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 15-13) by O’Brien.

Under-11 Boys

Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar matched Cindy Xiao’s feat by adding the schools title to the Under-11 crown he won at the Mark Bates Ltd U10-13 Nationals.

The champion defeated top seed Jayden Xuan Chan 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-5) in the final.

Bronze medals went to Lusio Wen, who lost 3-0 (14-12, 11-5, 11-4) to Prasanna Kumar, and to Zacharia Sarri, who was beaten 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-9) by Chen.

Third seed Prasanna Kumar dropped only one game in the knockouts, to Oliver Glowacki in the quarter-finals, winning 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7).

Under-13 Girls

The final went to five games as top seed Gianna Pang defeated third seed Amber Lemmon 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7).

Bronze medals were won by Senuli Ranasinghe, who was beaten 3-0 (11-2, 11-8, 11-4) by Pang, and Assil Sarri, who lost out 3-1 (7-11, 18-16, 11-7, 11-1) to Lemmon.

In the quarter-finals, Sarri knocked out the second seed, Alyssa Nguyen, 3-2 (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6), while Ranasinghe got through 12-10 in the fifth against Charlotte Wong, having been 2-0 down.

Under-13 Boys

Kai Lun Chow recently won a bronze medal in the Europe Youth Series event in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and he went two better here, taking gold and successfully defending the title he won last year.

The top seed had to come from behind in the final as second seed Rishaan Sawant took the opening game, but Chow hit back to win 3-1 (10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9).

Chow was tested in the semi-finals as Zaid Aldilimi took two games to deuce before Chow completed a 3-0 (14-12, 11-4, 12-10) victory.

The other bronze medallist was Aaron Wong, who was beaten 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7) in the semi-finals by Sawant.

Under-16 Girls

Ella Pashley, hot-foot from WTT Feeder Manchester, won the title, the top seed beating second seed Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-6) in the final.

But the semi-final so nearly got away from Pashley as opponent Eva Eccles, the fifth see, pushed it to a decider. In the end, Pashley claimed a 3-2 (8-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7) victory.

Eccles herself nearly went out in the first round, as she got past Isabella Turner Samuels 3-2 (10-12, 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7).

The other bronze medallist was Chloe Evans, who lost out 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-8) to Rahmani-Walentynska.

Under-16 Boys

Top seed Max Radiven recovered from 2-0 down in his semi-final as he went on to win the title.

His opponent in that match was Angad Saggu, who edged two tight games before Radiven turned it up a notch – though Saggu continued to press him before the winner took it 3-2 (9-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-8, 11-5).

In the other semi-final, Jake Davidson needed four to get past Ryan Holland 3-1 (11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8).

So it was two left-handers in the final and Radiven was in no mood for another battle as he won it 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-5).

There was a notable match in the quarter-finals as Holland got past Oscar Nikolli 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 14-16, 11-7, 11-9).

Under-19 Girls

Hannah Silcock lived up to top seeding as she claimed the gold medal and the title of national schools champion.

The Jersey athlete defeated Rachel Chak Ya Li 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-6) in the final to confirm her domination of the event.

The semi-finalists and bronze medallists were Mia Longman, beaten 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-6) by Silcock and Mabel Shute, who lost out 3-1 )6-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9) to Chak Ya Li.

Chak Ya Li had to come through a tough quarter-final, defeating Jonabel Taguibao 3-2 (11-2, 11-13, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8).

Under-19 Boys

Third seed Krish Chotai has been a medallist here before, but never won gold – until now. He defeated Joseph Dennison in the final, recovering from losing the first game to win 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7).

Both semi-finals were also done in four games – Chotai beat Hugo Nguyen 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5), while Dennison overcame Daniel Chang 3-1 (11-9, 11-4, 4-11, 11-8).

Back in the first round, champion Chotai had to recover a 2-0 deficit to beat top seed Masa Hiko Yan, who had finished as runner-up to Chang in Group A. Chotai won the clash 3-2 (8-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7).

Chang himself had a battle in the same round, overcoming Joseph Fortnum-Adams 3-2 (10-12, 13-11, 11-9, 8-11, 13-11).