They won both boys’ and girls’ categories in the Under-11 and Under-13 age groups, plus the Under-16 Girls’ competition. The Under-16 Boys’ competition could not be completed on the day, with London Academy left waiting as their opponents in the final round were not decided on the day.
London Academy started their winning streak in the Under-11 Girls, beating Fox Primary 5-2.
The winning line-up was Alexia Ciobanica, Suhayla Ali Farah, Darcey Parker, Real Kola and Iliona Kola. The Edgware-based school doubled up at the age group when their Under-11 Boys defeated Churchfield. The Academy won the first five matches to take an unassailable lead.
The winning line-up was Zacharia Sarri, Rafael Henzel Wacker, Dominic Rimmy and Nicholas Andrei. London Academy had overcome Fox Primary 7-1 in the semi-finals.
The Under-13 Girls’ competition was a round-robin tournament between five schools and London Academy came out on top, dropping only one individual match as they beat Woodford County High, Addey & Stanhope, Putney High School and Wallington High School for Girls.
London Academy again doubled up, taking the U13 Boys’ title with an 8-0 whitewash of King’s College. The winning team was Adam Riadi, Yacoub Rahmani-Walentynski, Stefan Pop and Lewis Macsween.
London Academy were unassailable again in the Under-16 Girls’ category. The squad of Sienna Jetha, Alisha Dutta and Mauli Shah defeated Marylebone 4-0 in the final.
They had earlier defeated Addey & Stanhope by the same score in the semi-finals.
Original story at Table Tennis England.
