2013 Ladies Final: Cooley and Hird triumph in five game thriller
C.Cooley & K.Hird beat D.Redmond & M.Catmull 3-2 (5-12, 12-7, 2-12, 12-4, 12-2)
The final of the 2013 Ladies Championships was won at Eton on Sunday by Charlotta Cooley and Karen Hird who came from 1-2 down to beat top seeds Dominique Redmond and Marianne Catmull in a feisty five game thriller and bring to an end Dom's remarkable eight year winning streak in this competition.
2013 Ladies Championships: Top two cruise though
The 2013 Ladies Championships took place at Eton yesterday with the tournament getting as far as the semi-final stage. One or two high profile absentees due to various illnesses, injuries and clashes with holidays meant that the top two seeds went though the day pretty much unchallenged and Dominique Redmond & Marianne Catmull will face Charlotta Cooley & Karen Hird in the final at Eton on Sunday April 7th. There were some encouraging signs elsewhere in the tournament as some new faces took the opportunity to demonstrate their improvement and make it through to the latter stages of the competition.
2012 Ladies Final: Red Letter Day for the Redmond Sisters
The 2012 Ladies Final was won at Eton yesterday by sisters Dominique and Lia Redmond who beat Charlotta Cooley and Marianne Rees 12-5, 12-9, 12-5 in a splendid exhibition of Fives.
2012 Ladies Championships: Experience wins the day
The qualifying rounds for the 2012 Ladies championships took place at Eton on Sunday with 25 pairs taking part in a day that showcased the increasing strength in depth of the ladies game and some of the talented young players coming through.
2011 Ladies Final: A Dom-inant White-wash
The Final of the National Ladies Championships took place at Eton yesterday, with Kerry White and Dominique Redmond defending their title yet again with a 12-1, 12-5, 12-6 win over Charlotta Cooley and Marianne Rees.
2011 Ladies National Championships: Top seeds cruise through
20 pairs took part in the qualifying rounds of the National Ladies Championships at Eton on Sunday. Half-term meant that unfortunately none of the talented Highgate school pairs were able to test themselves at this level, but it was pleasing to see good representation from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, a testament to the great work being done there by Constance Mantle, Eli Hullis, Annabel Griffiths and others. There were also players from Shrewsbury, Emanuel, Oakham, Westway, North Oxford and even Marlborough and hopefully the ladies game can continue to expand in these and other centres to raise the entry in this competition in future years.
2010 Ladies Championships: Six in a row for Dom and Kerry
Dom Redmond reports:
The Ladies Championship was won at Eton on Sunday 11th April by Kerry White and Dominique Redmond, who beat Charlotta Cooley and Marianne Rees 3-0 in a one-sided final. This was their sixth consecutive win in this competition as a pair and Kerry's eleventh in total.
2009 Ladies Championships
Dominique Redmond reports:
The Ladies Championship, like last year, took place on the Sunday of the Kinnaird weekend, so that the ladies could enjoy the benefits of a marquee and the snacks and refreshments.
2008 Ladies Championships
Dominique Redmond reports:
This years Ladies event was run on the second day of the Kinnaird, in the afternoon and early evening.
2007 Ladies Championships
Howard Wiseman reports:
The event took place on a not so sunny morning at Eton with a healthy entry of fourteen pairs taking part. A few minutes after the start time of the tournament we were one pair and one player down, but fortunately one of the spectators stepped in and made up the thirteenth pair.