SAMUEL Jennings, aged nine of Bude, recently finished third in the County Tennis Championships held at the Heron Centre, Newquay. The standard was very high from the start. Samuel got into his stride very quickly, winning his first match 7-1, 7-1, which he followed with a tough win over Jowan Rawson 7-1, 7-5. Samuel then lost to the event winner, Will Daniel in the semi-final. He made Will work very hard for his victory, eventually going down 3-7, 3-7. Samuel though played his best match in the third and fourth place play-off winning 7-1, 7-5, to finish a very respectable third overall.

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