Liverpool 4*

The weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of October Maria participated at the City of Liverpool four star tournament  for Cadets, Band 1 Cadets, Juniors and Band 1 Juniors. For the Band 1 Juniors Maria qualified for the knock out stages as group winner and successfully negotiated her first round encounters to reach the quarter-finals.For the Juniors again she reached the quarter finals losing on the fifth to Charleigh Kirby. For the Cadets top seed Emma Torkington (Sx) had a 2-0 lead against Maria and 15 all for the final set but Maria won the next two points, though, went the way of Miss Tsaptsino as did the remaining games which cemented her place at the top of the group earning her a last eight clash with Miss Slott who won 11-7 in the fifth.

Girls’ Last 16
C Whyte bt H Rutherford 6, 6, 6; M Knowles bt J Gibson 5, 8, -7, 9; A Milwain I Ashley 6, 11, 5; E Collier bt J Birbeck 5, 3, 9; J Dawson bt S Miah 8, 8, 6;
M Jasmin bt S Neil -7, 7, 7, 9; C Kirby bt L Zhu 9, 8, 8; M Tsaptsinos bt C Spencer 5, 8, 9;
Q/F Whyte bt Knowles 6, 6, 7; Milwain bt Collier 5, 8, -8, 4; Dawson bt Yasmin 6, 9, 9;  Kirby bt Tsaptsinos 9, -4, 10, -3, 8;
S/F Milwain bt Whyte 6, 7, -8, 7; Dawson bt Kirby 10, -3, 9, 8;
Final: Dawson bt Milwain 8, 10, -8, 3;
Girls’ Band one Last 16
E Collier bt N Finn 4, 8, 5;  M Tsaptsinos bt L Zhu 6, 7, 6;   E Torkington bt L Higham 0, 7, 9;  C Kirby bt H Taylor 11, 3, 5; S Neil bt C Slott 9, 9, 9; M Jasmin bt S Miah -7, 5, 5, 9;
N Jackson bt D Gray -6, 6, 8, -9, 7; J Birbeck bt M Slatter 8, -10, -5, 9, 4;
Q/F Collier bt Tsaptsinos 6, 9, -7, -7, 6; Kirby bt Torkington -7, 7, 5, -6, 7; Jasmin bt Neil 7, 8, -3, 9; Birbeck bt Jackson -10, -8, 9, 5, 10;
S/F Kirby bt Collier -8, -9, 5, 2, 6;  Jasmin bt Birbeck 7, -7, 6, 0 (nil)
Final: Kirby bt Yasmin 6, 6, 9;