Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska will aim to ‘upgrade’ her under-15 title from last season to under-19 gold this time around as the National Series reaches a climax this weekend.

The London Academy player (pictured above) is the top seed in Division 1 of the Junior section, where she will face a challenge from five other top English players in the Junior bracket, plus Ireland’s Anjali Singh and Scotland’s Maja Wojcicka.

Based on seeding, her biggest challenger will be Eva Eccles of Norfolk, but the round-robin nature of the competition means every player has the chance to make a name for themselves.

In the corresponding boys’ category, Issac Kingham is top seed, with Leo Nguyen next in the rankings and Jake Davidson – last year’s U15 champion – third.

Last year’s Under-13 champions, Amber Lemmon and Rishaan Sawant, both have the chance to step up and win U15 honours, though neither is top seed.

In the girls’ competition, Lemmon is ranked third behind top seed Hannah Saunders and second-ranked Alyssa Nguyen. Scotland’s Kiishi Adekola is the only non-English player in the fray.

The U15 boys’ field is headed by Ryan Holland, ahead of Oscar Nikolli and Ryan Goodier, with Sawant in fifth.

The Under-13 Girls’ top seed is Bethany Yang, ahead of Isabella Xiao Xu and Phoebe O’Brien, while the corresponding boys’ top division is headed by Malek Shamakh, Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar and Li Hao Chen.

The National Series provides a regular high-quality competitive opportunity for the top cohort in each youth age-group – Under-13, Cadet (U15) and Junior (U19), with multiple divisions of up to eight players in each age/gender category, played in a round-robin format.

The Under-13s and Under-19 competitions will take place at Grantham College and the Under-15s at Nottingham TTC, with the girls’ divisions on Saturday and the boys playing on Sunday.

In total, there will be 15 divisional winners crowned, including the six champions.