Number one seed Duncan Taylor earned the 2025 men’s singles title at ‘Finals Night’ with a 3-1 victory over Reece Seddon.

Taylor beat Chelmsford’s Harry Chivers in the semi-final after victories over Jamie Elliott and Nikita Tkachuck in the earlier knockout rounds. Seddon’s path to the final saw wins over Dan Anderson (last 16), John Poysden (quarter-finals) and Keith Adams (semi-final).

2024 ladies’ singles runner-up Alesha Ellis-Austin went one better with an exhilarating final victory over No 1 seed Dawn Baldry. Ellis-Austin had beaten Frances Hutt in the semi-final while Baldry beat Lucy Elliott at the same stage.

Third seed Joshua Freeman was victorious over top seed and defending champion Charlie Ware in the final of the under-13s’ singles. Freeman earned his place in the final with a 11-9 fifth-game success over second seed Grace Liu while Charlie beat his younger brother Jago.

The unseeded Kuzey Musabak earned the under-15s single title with victory over third seed and 2024 runner up Joshua Freeman. Musabak beat second seed Grace Liu in the semi-final while Freeman won his match with number one seed Charlie Ware.

Alesha Ellis-Austin made it three junior girls’ singles titles in a row by going undefeated in the round-robin event. Ellis-Austin was pushed to fifth-game deciders by both Lucy Elliott and Grace Liu but won in three straight games against runner-up Adhuna Das.

Third seed Aidan Lees won an exciting junior boys’ singles final over defending champion and No 1 seed Harry Chivers. Chivers earned his place in the final without dropping a game in either the quarter-final against U15 boys champion Kuzey Musabak or semi-final opponent Jamie Elliott, while Lees beat Nikita Tkachuk and Joshua Bickles at the same stages. In the final itself Lees held his nerve to take the deciding fifth game.

There are new names on the junior doubles trophy as second seeds Aidan Lees & Nikita Tkachuk beat first seeds and defending champions Joshua Bickles & Harry Chivers 3-1 in the final. Lees & Tkachuk beat Jamie Elliott & Lucy Elliott 3-1 in the semi-final while Chivers/Bickles beat Cleon & Dion Fernandes 3-0.

Top seeds Dawn Baldry & Reece Seddon won the mixed doubles title with a 3-1 final victory over Jamie & Lucy Elliott. Baldry & Seddon beat Jacqui Smith & Duncan Taylor 3-1 in the semi-final while Jamie & Lucy Elliott posted the same scoreline in their victory over Gary Young & Adhuna Das.

Despite being on the opposite side of the table in the final of this event last year Dawn Baldry & Alesha Ellis-Austin joined forces for victory in the ladies’ doubles over the sister duo of Francesca & Freya Hart.

Second seeds Gary Young & Keith Adams became men’s doubles champions with a straight game final victory over the unseeded Jamie Elliott & Joshua Bickles. Ellott/Bickles won through to the final having disposed of top seeds Duncan Taylor/Kevin Read over five games in the semi-final, while Young/Adams beat fifth seeds Paul Davison & Sanjay Saptarshi at the same stage.

In the division two singles event, last year’s semi-finalist Sanjay Saptarshi produced a comeback from 2-1 down in the final for victory over last year’s division three singles winner Jamie Elliott. Both finalists won their semi-final matches by a 3-0 scoreline, Saptarshi seeing off Ian Whiteside while Elliott beat Robert Burton.

Hatfield Peverel’s Neil Freeman lifted the division three singles title with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Harry Sawford (Buttsbury). Freeman’s route to the final included victories over last year’s finalist David Moles and division four singles winner Cleon Fernandes, while Sawford’s path included wins over Ryan Pitt and Peter Harverson.

Charlie Ware (Hutton) lifted the division four singles title following a 3-1 final success over second seed Oscar Hutt (Buttsbury). Ware’s route to the final included victory over top seed Alex Ware (runner-up last year) in the last four while Hutt beat Buttsbury clubmate Lucy Elliott in the other semi-final.

Third seed Lee Vallis recovered from 2-1 down to get the better of unseeded Hutton clubmate Gheorghe Nita in the division five singles final. Vallis beat first seed Peter Davenport (Chelmsford) 3-1 in the semi-final while Nita fought back from 1-0 down to beat Jago Ware (Hutton) in four games.

Buttsbury’s Jamie Elliott defended the handicap singles title he won last year with a 21-19, 21-19 win over Hutton’s Vincente Beco. Elliott had beaten last year’s runner up Peter Davenport in the semi-final while Beto got the better of Lucy Elliott in the other semi-final to dash hopes of a brother/sister showdown.

Charlie Ware & Lucy Elliott eased to the handicap doubles title by losing just one game in their three knockout matches, beating Alex Ware & Jago Ware in the semi-finals following wins over Douglas Bawuah & Ken Wilding as well as Felix Reeve & Rev Matthews.

Their opponents in the final were the duo of Joshua Bickles & Richard Pond who had a more complex route to the final when overcoming the duos of Adhuna Das/Peter Harverson in three, Cleon Fernandes/Mark Glenister in three and Davina Brazier/Neil Freeman in two close games in the semi-final. The final itself was relatively close in the first game which Ware/Elliott won to 16 before clinching victory to 11. Elliott retains her half of the title she won last year with Saul Chivers.

Harry Chivers defended the hard bat singles title he won last year with a 2-0 victory in the final against Dan Anderson. Chivers was taken the distance by both brother Saul and Maldon’s Derek Balding in the knockout rounds while Anderson made the final with straight game wins over Paul Mulley, Mark Glenister and Ian Wall.

Second seed Reece Seddon felled top seed and defending under-40s’ singles champion Ian Wall in the final following wins over Daniel Piggott and Arron Chandler in the previous two rounds. Wall made the final with a semi-final win over Dan Anderson and quarter-final success over Matt Stringer.

Top seeds Ian Wall & Matthew Stringer defended their under 40’s doubles title with a 3-1 final victory over Dan Anderson & Arron Chandler. Wall & Stringer made the final with victory over Paul Sturton & Harry Sawford while Anderson & Chandler squeezed through with a 3-2 come-from-behind success over Saul Chivers & Wiktor Delimat.

In the senior age categories, Gary Young earned the over-50 singles title with a 3-1 victory over Kevin Read. Young made the final with 3-0 wins over both Robbie Burton (quarter-finals) and Mark Glenister (semi-finals) while final opponent Read came through 3-0 against Neil Freeman (quarter-Finals) and 3-1 against John Poysden (semi-finals).

Bruce Kettle (Danbury) beat Sanjay Saptarshi 3-2 in an exciting final to earn victory in the over-60s’ singles event. Lloyd made the final with comfortable victories over Davina Brazier (quarter-finals) and Rev Matthews (semi-finals) while runner-up Saptarshi beat Hamish Innes (quarter-finals) and John Poysden (semi-finals) en route to the final.

Ian Whiteside went one better than his runner-up position in the 2024 event as he beat Hamish Innes in the final of the over-70s’ singles event. Whiteside beat Derek Balding in the semi-final while Innes triumphed over Denis Crapnell.

Third seed Keith Adams beat seventh seed Sanjay Saptarshi 3-1 in the veterans’ singles final. Saptarshi made the final with victories in the knockout stages over Adi Kamma (last 16), top seed Kevin Read (quarter-final) as well as John Poysden (semi-final), while Adams had wins over Matthew Brown, Bruce Kettle and Paul Davison.

In a repeat of last year’s final, reigning veteran doubles champions Kevin Read & Keith Adams beat top seeds Duncan Taylor & Paul Davison in three straight games. Read & Adams made the final with victories over Gary Young & John Poysden in the semi-final while Taylor/Davison saw off Neil Freeman & Matthew Brown at the same stage.