To qualify for the English National U11, U12, U13 & U14 Championships players must win their way through via a Regional Qualification event

The finals of the National Under 11 to 14 Championship will this year be held in Doncaster over the weekend of 29th & 30th May but before that, a Qualification Round will be held in each of the ten English Regions on the 3rd or 4th April. Young players will take part in a National Championship but closer to home with the aim of winning their way to the National Finals. A small number of top ranked players will be exempt the Regional Qualification round.

On the basis of which of the following County’s a player lives, is the decision as to which Regional Qualification is entered.

• North East - Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland
• North West - Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire
• Yorkshire - South Yorkshire, Yorkshire
• East Midlands - Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire
• West Midlands - Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
• East - Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex
• London - Middlesex, Surrey
• South - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire
• South East - Kent, Sussex
• South West - Avon, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

In the Regional Qualification round, players can enter only two consecutive events for which they are age qualified eg; 11 & 12’s / 12’s & 13’s / 13’s & 14’s.

The eight top players in all the boys events and in the girls U14 and U13 are exempt having to qualify for the Finals via the Region. The six top ranked U12 and U11 girls are also exempt.

Download the appropriate regional qualification entry form here:

North East
North West
Yorkshire
East Midlands
West Midlands
East
London
South
South East (not available)
South West (not available)

Any player in any age group who has qualified for the Finals, can enter the U14 doubles event which will be held in the Finals only. They will have to partner another player who is also competing in the Finals.

Exempt Players List