Jakob Kurowski of the Match Point Club from Cambridgeshire was the winner of the Ormesby Senior Open 2 Star tournament held on Sunday 18 January 2026, one of a number of competitions which took advantage of the second day of the third British Club League weekend, which only had fixtures on the Saturday. 

The competition was played on a round-robin basis with 4 Bands and 8 or 9 players in each Band. 

The crucial match for the Band 1 winner was a victory for Kurowski against Ormesby’s Josh Harland where, after Harland won the first game at 11-9, two further very close games followed with Kurowski winning 11-9 and 12-10 before taking the fourth game comfortably.

This Band saw a number of very close matches. Harland won second place after countback with Ben Savage of Yorkshire. Kurowski’s only loss was to Savage of Yorkshire, at 11-7 in the decider, while Harland beat Savage, so he finished in runner-up position.

Finishing positions: Band 1
1 Jakob Kurowski (Cambridgeshire), 2 Josh Harland (Cleveland), 3 Ban Savage (Yorkshire), 4 Daniel Fielding (Cambridgeshire), 5 Bradley King (Northumberland), 6 Oliver Ho (Northumberland), 7 Adam Watson (Lincolnshire), 8 Tudor Eftinca (Yorkshire)

There were insufficient entries for a women’s event and, therefore, the club publicised that the lady player who finished highest in the competition would be declared the Women’s Singles winner. 

The winner of this prize was Ormesby’s 11-year-old Mindy Gao of Cleveland, who won three of her matches in Band 3 against Theo Spring of Cumbria, David Noutch of Yorkshire and James Longstaff of Lincolnshire. Two of Mindy’s victories were at deuce in the fifth. The player in second place was Pat Clements of Cleveland, who beat Mindy but overall won fewer matches.

Women’s finishing positions:
1 Mindy Gao (Cleveland), 2 Pat Clements (Cleveland), 3 Mila Gao (Cleveland), 4 Aliya Zhuzbayeva (Cleveland), 5 Victoria Chacel (Durham)

The Band 2 winner was Aidan Ranftler with Damian Galka both from Yorkshire in second position. The match that decided the title was between the top two which went to five games, with an 11-6 scoreline in the decider.

Finishing Positions: Band 2
1 Aidan Ranftler (Yorkshire), 2 Damian Galka (Yorkshire), 3 Helmuth Osbourne (Nottinghamshire), 4 Oma Wasi (Northumberland), 5 Daniel Hogan (Yorkshire), 6 Daniel Foster (Northumberland), 7 Adam Ridley (Yorkshire), 8 Charl Myburgh (Northumberland)

The Band 3 winner was James Bradbury from Nottinghamshire with the second place won by James Longstaff after a countback with Jack Walker and Aaron Christie, both from Ormesby. Bradbury beat Longstaff by 3 games to 1. Longstaff beat Walker and Christie, both by 3-2, and won second place on the countback. 

Finishing Positions: Band 3
1 James Bradbury (Northumberland), 2 James Longstaff (Lincolnshire), 3 Jack Walker (Cleveland), 4 Aaron Christie (Cleveland), 5 Mindy Gao (Cleveland), 6 David Noutch (Yorkshire), 7 Theo Spring (Cumbria), 8 Pat Clements (Cleveland)

The Band 4 winner was Sami Osman from Northumberland with Anthony Doyle, also Northumberland, in second place. Osman beat Doyle by 11-7 in the decider.

Finishing Positions: Band 4
1 Sami Osman (Northumberland), 2 Anthony Doyle (Northumberland), 3 Iain Wood (Northumberland), 4 Phillip Hansom (Durham), 5 Lewis Paton (Cleveland), 6 Mila Gao (Cleveland), 7 Aliya Zhuzbayeva (Cleveland), 8 Alfie Hunter (Durham), 9 Victoria Chacel (Durham)