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Tournament Director Paul Hutchins Blog, May 2012

Summer soon comes around and the National Finals of the HSBC Road To Wimbledon will be taking place 13-18 August 2012. However, before that we must reflect on this year’s event which began in earnest in April with the club and school events taking place throughout the country. This is Stage 1, and these events [...]

A message from HSBC Road to Wimbledon Tournament Director, Paul Hutchins

Click here to apply to host a HSBC Road to Wimbledon 2012 Stage 1 Competition Hi all, The New Year has gathered pace and we are looking ahead to another exciting HSBC Road To Wimbledon in 2012. There is an online entry form which I hope you will read thoroughly as the tournament format is [...]

The 10th National Finals at The All England Club

Day 6: The 2011 Finals

The girls and boys took to the Wimbledon courts on a beautiful morning at The All England Club bathed in glorious sunshine and bustling with excitement with players from all over the country eager to get on court and spend a couple of hours with Tim Henman, who as tournament ambassador every year shares his [...]

The Tim Henman clinic

Looking ahead to the Finals

The players have toughed it out for six days now here at The All England Club and at last we have our elite bunch of fourteen year olds that will contest Saturdays finals. In the boy’s singles final, fourth seed Mason Recci will represent Warwickshire after dismantling the charge of number one seed George Hedley [...]

Day 5: Semi-finals gallery

Tommy Hindley photographs all the action from the penultimate day of the 10th HSBC Road to Wimbledon National Finals

Day 5: Semi-finals preview

On a day where the rain finally came in and disrupted play from 2 o’clock until the close of play forcing some of the matches that had not been completed to head indoors, we now look ahead to a dry Friday and the semi-finals in the singles. The doubles events are also tantalisingly close to [...]

Boy’s singles quarter-finals gallery

Tommy Hindley photographs the boy’s in action at the quarter-finals stages of the 10th HSBC Road to Wimbledon National Finals

Girls’ singles quarter-finals gallery

Professional sports photographer Tommy Hindley captures the 10th HSBC Road to Wimbledon girls’ singles quarter-finals.

Day 3: Knockout Wednesday

The players have officially reached the half way point of the national finals at The All England Club and the quarter-finalists have been decided. Day 3 always gives the title contenders a thorough examination of their credentials with three outings on the courts that include two rounds of singles followed by one match of doubles [...]

Players party at The Wingfield restaurant on Centre Court

Day 3: Main draw preview

The last group matches were contested today and the final standings have been confirmed as each player competed in their third and final group head-to-head and now we can look ahead to an exciting main draw. The top two players from all 32 groups, 16 boys and 16 girls have defended their ratings from potential [...]

HSBC Road to Wimbledon off to the perfect start

It was the perfect start to the 10th HSBC Road to Wimbledon, Monday began with half an hour’s practice at 10am and after being granted the use of The Championships courts 14 to 19, it was full steam ahead on Day 1 of the National Finals, with the fortunate few, smiling intently picking up their [...]

The 10th HSBC Road To Wimbledon tournament preview

The atmosphere is building at The All England Club as all eyes turn towards the 128 competitors that have just arrived from all over the country, to be at the home of The Championships this week, having earned their places at the 10th HSBC Road to Wimbledon National Finals. After Sunday’s practice session, and welcome [...]

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