Reported by TONY LEE
Junior/Youth Development Consultant

Four members of the WSTTA, Charles Chau, Tony Bo, Adam Green and John Tawadrous were selected to represent NSW in the Australian Youth Championship and Easter Classic Tournament at Melbourne from the 17 April to 22 April. Top junior and youth players from all over Australia participated in these two tournaments.

The 4 player NSW team won the Bronze Medal in the Youth U20 Team Event and were extremely unlucky not to win the Gold Medal, narrowly missing by 2 points in a match against Queensland. John Tawadrous and Adam Green got to the semi finals and each won a Bronze Medal in the Youth Singles with John losing the semi final to the eventual winner of the event by 2 points in a closely fought match. John combined with Charles to also win a Bronze Medal in the Youth Doubles. All in all, the team won a total of 9 Bronze Medals. Fourteen year old whiz kid, John Tawadrous was awarded the most successful player at the end of the tournament and was ranked No.1 in the Top Ten Performers in the Championship after remaining undefeated in the team matches. Charles and Adam were ranked No.7 and 10 respectively.

In the following Easter Classic Tournament, one of the biggest tournaments in Australia, John again showed his class by winning the U14, U16, U18 and U20 Singles and combined with Charles to win the U20 Doubles. He was also the Runners up in the U14 and U16 Mixed Doubles. He also reached the quarter final in the Men�s Open Event losing to Australian Olympian Russell Lavale in a close match. This tournament confirmed that John is now the undisputed No.1 junior player in Australia.

Team manager and coach Tony Lee stated that the team could have won gold in the Team event and at least silver in the Singles event with a bit of luck. However he was satisfied with the team�s performance as the players all tried their best and showed tremendous fight and spirit in their play. All the players have gained some experience from the tournament and will improve further in the future under the Wah Sing Development Program.

Team Round 1 & 2

Team Round 3 & 4

Team Round 5 & 6

Team Round 7

U/20 Team Analysis