The Graham Spicer under-15’s 2026 1* was held on Sunday 22 February.  Players came from Yorkshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey. 

Band 1

Top seed Thomas Otterbu (Surrey) won Band 1 without dropping a set, even beating the long-pimped player Gabriel James Church (Kent) in a great match. Gabriel came second and Neev Bakshi (Herefordshire) came third.

Band 2

Band 2 went the way of the seeding with Aditya Johri Sethi (Middlesex) first, Qifan Li (Surrey) second and Priyansh Solanki (Surrey) third. It was closer than you might think as both Aditya and Qifan won 4 and lost 1. However, Aditya won the head-to-head match.

Band 3

Band 3 didn’t go the way of the seeding as the top seed lost all his matches. Three players won 4 matches and lost 1.  On Count back Oscar Liu (Surrey) was first, Harris Hayden (Surrey) second and Jaeha Kim (Surrey) third.

Band 4

Second seed Iurii Kurin (Surrey), a penhold player, won all his matches to win Band 4. Top seed Sam Hunter-Brook (Surrey) came second and third seed Liam Fong (Surrey) was third.

Band 5

Joshua Koo (Surrey) came first, Deniz Kentsu (Surrey) second and Emillio Haddad (Surrey) third.

Band 6

Top seed James Siese (Surrey) won Band 6, with Jacob Tavener (Surrey) second and Henry Crabb (Surrey) third.

The tournament was run by Tournament Organiser Jin Su Choi and refereed by Chris Andrews with help from Jane Barella and club Chairman Patrick Caunt.