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The Hull Tennis Xmas Open, which was played over the Xmas and New Year period, saw Moorgate's talented juniors, Josh Bows, aged 16 and Daniel Porter aged 15, take part in several events.

Josh, rated at 3.1, took part in the 18 and Under Doubles event, where he partnered 15 year old Joel Gibson, a 3.2 player from Durham/Cleveland and the pair were seeded number 1, a position that they justified with a 100% record, in the Fast 4 round robin tournament, during which they did not lose a set, to claim the title.

Josh then partnered Daniel, in the 16 and Under doubles, where only a tie break loss, to the number 1 seeds prevented them from winning the event, but they claimed the runners up spot, before Daniel came third, in the 16 and Under singles, having claimed some notable scalps, in the early rounds.

Josh then entered the Men's Open Singles and performed heroically, to take the runners up spot, in a highly competitive field, where he was unseeded.

His first match pitted him against the number 1 seed, Ali Alaahassan, a 1.2 rated player, who is ranked number 2 in Cumbria and the match went to a championship tie break, which Josh won 10-8, which meant he would face his doubles partner, Joel Gibson, in the quarter final, which also went to a tie break, which he won 10-3.

In the semi final he faced Zachary Cox, a 2.2 rated player, from Cambridgeshire, who had beaten him, in their previous encounter and in yet another championship tie break, Josh came out on top, by a 10-8 score line.

The final saw him up against his Yorkshire county colleague, the 2.2 rated Adam Hillerby, who won in two close sets.