Jakob Kurowski of Cambridgeshire’s Match Point Club was the winner of the Ormesby Senior Open 2 Star tournament held on Sunday 18 January 2026, one of a number of competitions to take advantage of the second day of the third British Club League weekend, which only had matches on Saturdays.
The competition was played on a round-robin basis with 4 bands and 8 or 9 players in each band.
The crucial match for the winner of Band 1 was a victory for Kurowski against Josh Harland from Ormesby, where, after Harland won the first game 11-9, two more very close games followed, with Kurowski winning 11-9 and 12-10 before taking the fourth game comfortably.
This band saw some very close matches. Harland won second place on countback with Yorkshire’s Ben Savage. Kurowski’s only defeat came against Savage of Yorkshire, at 11–7 in the decider, while Harland defeated Savage to finish in second place.
End positions: Band 1
1 Jakob Kurowski (Cambridgeshire), 2 Josh Harland (Cleveland), 3 Ban Savage (Yorkshire), 4 Daniel Fielding (Cambridgeshire), 5 Bradley King (Northumberland), 6 Oliver Ho (Northumberland), 7 Adam Watson (Lincolnshire), 8 Tudor Eftinca (Yorkshire)
There were insufficient entries for a women’s event and so the club announced that the female player who finished highest in the competition would be declared the winner of the women’s singles.
The winner of this award was Ormesby’s 11-year-old Mindy Gao from Cleveland, who won three of her matches in Band 3 against Theo Spring from Cumbria, David Noutch from Yorkshire and James Longstaff from Lincolnshire. Two of Mindy’s wins came at two in the fifth. The second-place player was Pat Clements of Cleveland, who defeated Mindy but won fewer matches overall.
Final positions ladies:
1 Mindy Gao (Cleveland), 2 Pat Clements (Cleveland), 3 Mila Gao (Cleveland), 4 Aliya Zhuzbayeva (Cleveland), 5 Victoria Chacel (Durham)
The winner of Band 2 was Aidan Ranftler with Damian Galka, both from Yorkshire, in second place. The match that decided the title was between the top two, which went to five games, with an 11-6 scoreline in the decider.
Final positions: Band 2
1 Aidan Ranftler (Yorkshire), 2 Damian Galka (Yorkshire), 3 Helmuth Osbourne (Nottinghamshire), 4 Oma Wasi (Northumberland), 5 Daniel Hogan (Yorkshire), 6 Daniel Foster (Northumberland), 7 Adam Ridley (Yorkshire), 8 Charl Myburgh (Northumberland)
The winner of Band 3 was James Bradbury from Nottinghamshire, with second place won by James Longstaff after a countback with Jack Walker and Aaron Christie, both from Ormesby. Bradbury defeated Longstaff 3 games to 1. Longstaff defeated Walker and Christie, both 3–2, to win second place on countback.
Final positions: Band 3
1 James Bradbury (Northumberland), 2 James Longstaff (Lincolnshire), 3 Jack Walker (Cleveland), 4 Aaron Christie (Cleveland), 5 Mindy Gao (Cleveland), 6 David Noutch (Yorkshire), 7 Theo Spring (Cumbria), 8 Pat Clements (Cleveland)
The winner of Band 4 was Sami Osman from Northumberland with Anthony Doyle, also Northumberland, in second place. Osman defeated Doyle 11-7 in the decider.
Final positions: Band 4
1 Sami Osman (Northumberland), 2 Anthony Doyle (Northumberland), 3 Iain Wood (Northumberland), 4 Phillip Hansom (Durham), 5 Lewis Paton (Cleveland), 6 Mila Gao (Cleveland), 7 Aliya Zhuzbayeva (Cleveland), 8 Alfie Hunter (Durham), 9 Victoria Chacel (Durham)
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