Whitehead tips balance Warrington's way
Posted by on 30 March 2014
Warrington TTC's juniors narrowly secured the runners up spot in the NJL 2nd division.
With Formby the run-away leaders in division 2 of the National Junior League, the focus of match-day four turned to the battle for second place between Warrington and Glossop - tied in second place on 56 points.
WTTC Junior second team:
Connor Whitehead, Matthew Halsall,
Jonny Pine and left Yubo Zhou
Rasmussen
Warrington secured second during the very last match against league leaders Formby when Connor Whitehead beat Tim Nelson in a tense five-game match.
Warrington had a consistent team throughout the season and they had done enough to keep in contention for the runner up spot. But with the first team a player down for match-day four, Jonny, Yubo and Matthew each had to play up for at least one match which meant Connor Whitehead from the third team was needed in all of the matches.
Coach Kevin Eden said: "I'd like to congratulate each of our players. Jonny, Yubo, Matthew and Connor have all played well this season."
"Connor was playing in this team for the first time and was under pressure to win matches against more experienced players. He managed that very well and won several key matches that made the difference."
Connor Whitehead in between games in the deciding
match against Formby and below serving at match point
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