The AIM Outreach Championships are a series of ranking league tournaments that take place throughout the 2024/25 season.
The Outreach Championship tournaments are designed to allow every player to take part in a meaningful competition at their own level. Last year we awarded gold, silver and bronze medals to players in 66 separate competitions, with competitors ranging from beginners to some of the the best juniors in England.
Every single match win counts towards each player’s points total and we also award points for participation/attendance.
Online entries must be completed by 6:00pm, Tuesday 8th April.
Every year we award 2 championship trophies to players in our S-Tier and A-Tier competitions.
Practice / Registration starts at 9:00am. Competition start time is 10:00am and will finish around 4:00pm.
Players must wear sports clothing (T-shirt & shorts or tracksuit bottoms) on the day. No white or light coloured T-shirts are allowed.
Your child will need a packed lunch/drinks. Parents are welcome to come along to watch/support their child while taking part in the competition.
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Our final Senior 2 Star of the season saw local player Gabriel Achampong tear through the entire competition for the loss of only one set.
That single set loss came in his Quarter-final match against eBaTT’s Ben Levi, who had taken a break from dominating the U19 Boys to try his luck in the Senior Mixed. A Semi-final win over another eBaTT player, Janak Shah meant that Achampong would meet newcomer Mahmood Kelani in the final, after his straight sets win over eBaTT's Rajiv Padman.
After a tight first set, the London Academy player found an extra gear to take the final two sets quickly for a 3-0 win.
In the Under 19 Boys, Janak’s brother Nishil faced off against Marcel Ndongola in the final. Despite a competitive match, Marcel's greater power showed in a 3-1 victory. Nishil was taken to five sets in the Semi-final against late entrant Louis Alexander, whereas Marcel only needed four sets to see off Yacoub Rahmanni Walentynske in the other Semi-final.
In the Under 19 Girls, Serene Rahmani-Walentynska took the first of two titles by coming top of a single group of five players.
On Sunday the Under 15 Boys saw Nishil Shah reach another final, this time facing off against Greenhouse’s Parsia Ashani. Ashani won in four sets to take the title.
Both players had to overcome fierce local resistance in the knockout stages. Nishil was taken the distance by Adam Riadi in their Quarter-final, but it was Parsia who had the biggest challenge from Yacoub Rahmani -Walentynske, who went 10-6 up in the fifth set before the Greenhouse player clawed it back. In the Semi-finals Shah dismantled Stefan Pop in three sets, while Ashani beat third seed Adam Watson, also in three.
In the Under 15 Girls Serene won her second title of the weekend when she defeated Alexia Ciobanica in the final. Serene had reached the final by beating another London Academy player, Ruby Gandi Bamidele in four sets. Alexia also need four to beat Greenhouse's Nylah Fernandez in the other semi-final.
The Under 13 Mixed saw an influx of talented players moving up from the U11 division. The best of these on the day was Fox's Lev Samhurov, who matched his schoolmate Nikolas Karavas by reaching the Semi-finals. Both went out at this stage to the eventual finalists, Joshua Freeman and Jayden Xuan Chen. The final was a tight nervy affair. Jayden took a two set lead before Joshua started to fight back to level the match at 2-2. The fifth set was a gripping affair with chances for both to win. In the end Jayden took it 13-11.
In the Under 11 Mixed Jacob Vogl took full advantage of an open field by winning all four of his Division one matches to take the gold. Colin Ho took Silver after a three way countback which saw Odysseas Karassav take the Bronze.
Isabella xiao XU won the consolation division ahead of Sanav Sethi and Luca Turner in third place.
Sienna had a busy weekend as she also took Silver medals in the Under 17 Girls Singles and Mixed Doubles to take her haul to three. Soraya had to settle for an Under 15 Girls Doubles Bronze when she and Assil Sarri lost their Semi-final match in 5 sets.
The two London Academy stars even met on the table once, when Sienna came out on top with a win in their mixed-doubles Quarter Final.
For several years, Sienna held the position of number 1 Cadet Girl in the country, only relinquishing it when she moved up to the Junior age group. Last month Soraya regained that honour for London Academy when she took the number 1 ranking position, and cemented her claim as the best Under 15 Girl in England by taking the National Championship title.
Her biggest scare came in the Quarter Finals against a fired up Evie Knappen. However, Soraya showed a cool head, coming from behind and winning the last two sets by the slimmest of margins.
Soraya has now qualified for the 2025 European Youth Championships to take place in Ostrava, Czech Republic in July.
Her training schedule between now and then will include a two week training camp in Weihai, China alongside more than a dozen of her fellow London Academy pupils.
