Lancs No. 1 stops Oldfield’s charge

Saturday 11th October 2008, 9:29AM BST.

Serving up a performance: Jack Oldfield reached the final in Bolton. (0545474)

JACK OLDFIELD enjoyed a successful run at the under-11 Winter Indoor Series event at the Bolton Arena and High Performance Centre.

He went all the way to the final before succumbing to the top seed.

The tournament was a pre-qualifier for a qualifying event to the under-11 Grand Prix – a series of three tournaments ending with a Masters Event for the top 16 boys in the country.

Oldfield’s opponents in Bolton had similar to or higher ratings than him and, presumably, had not started the day at 5am to get to the venue, which the Guernsey junior did.

His first match was against Josh Clayton from Lancashire and, despite a slow start, it quickly went Oldfield’s way as he found his service rhythm, winning comfortably 6-1, 6-2.