Kent Invicta travelled down to Torbay, Devon to the NBTA Twirling National Championships to get some new players involved in flicking whilst their sisters were busy twirling. Over 3 days, including a day to learn the rules and how to play, 8 new players tried the game and got trophies at the end of 3 days intensive competition whilst representing their twirling teams.
The 2 WASPA tournaments saw Kye and Louis play out finals on both days, winning one each but the trophies and attention must go to all the new flickers who really applied themselves and enjoyed the tournaments with great enthusiasm throughout across nearly 70 matches in 2 days.
Many thanks to Torbay Leisure Centre, NBTA and Tony McCann for his fields for what proved to be an excellent opportunity to bring new players into the game in the Under 12’s and Under 15’s age groups from around Southern England.

PLAYER (Cat) - TEAM
Terry Arnold (Vets) - Kent Invicta
Kye Arnold (U15) – KIV
Louis Singh (U19) – KIV
Jacob Silvester (U15)- KIV
Alfie Webb – (U15) – Oasis
Ashley Fedder (U15) – Genesis
Lee Elkington (U15) – Genesis
Aaron Woolf (U15) – Chafford Hundred
Jenson Fellows (U12) – Genesis
Reece Allen-Bailey (U12) – Genesis
James Dawes (U15) – Innovation
Kieron Black (U12) – Genesis

Wednesday – 2 groups of 6 then placing matchups – players/results:-
Group 1
Kye 5-0 Ashley
Reece 0-0 Ashley
Terry 3-1 Ashley
Aaron 0-0 Ashley
Kye 5-0 Reece
Kye 1-1 Terry
Kye 5-0 Aaron
Reece 0-4 Terry
Reece 0-0 Aaron
Aaron 0-2 Terry
Kieron 0-2 Ashley
Reece 0-0 Kieron
Aaron 1-0 Kieron
Terry 2-0 Kieron
Kye 5-0 Kieron

1. Kye 13pts +20
2. Terry 13pts +10
3. Ashley 5pts -5
4. Aaron 5pts -6
5. Reece 3pts -9
6. Kieron 1pt -10

Group 2
Louis 3-0 Lee
Louis 3-0 Jacob
Louis 4-0 Alfie
Louis 5-0 Jenson
Jacob 1-0 Alfie
Jacob 0-1 Lee
Jacob 1-0 Jenson
Alfie 0-1 Lee
Alfie 1-0 Jenson
Lee 1-0 Jenson
Jenson 1-0 James
James 1-2 Alfie
Lee 2-0 James
Jacob 2-0 James
James 0-4 Louis

1. Louis 15pts +19
2. Lee 12pts +2
3. Jacob 9pts –
4. Alfie 6pts -4
5. Jenson 3pts -7
6. James 0pts -11

11th/12th place game
Kieron 1-0 James

9th/10th place game
Reece 0-0 Jenson : 3-2 shots

7th/8th place game
Alfie 1-0 Aaron

5th/ 6th place game
Jacob 1-1 Ashley : 2-1 shots

3rd/4th place game
Terry 1-0 Lee

Final
Kye 0-0 Louis : 1-0 shots

Final Wednesday placings:-
1. Kye
2. Louis
3. Terry
4. Lee
5. Jacob
6. Ashley
7. Alfie
8. Aaron
9. Reece
10. Jenson
11. Kieron
12. James

Thursday – 3 groups of 4 then placing groups – players/results:-
Group 1
Kye 5-0 Aaron
Jenson 0-1 Lee
Kye 2-0 Lee
Aaron 0-0 Jenson
Kye 5-0 Jenson
Lee 2-0 Aaron

Group 2
Terry 2-0 Ashley
Alfie 1-0 Reece
Terry 3-0 Alfie
Ashley 1-1 Reece
Terry 3-0 Reece
Alfie 0-0 Ashley

Group 3
Louis 4-0 Kieron
Jacob 4-0 James
Louis 3-0 Jacob
Kieron 0-0 James
Louis 4-0 James
Jacob 3-0 Kieron

10th / 11th/ 12th place games:-
Aaron 2-1 Reece
Aaron 1-0 James
Reece 3-2 James

7th / 8th / 9th place games:-
Jenson 0-1 Ashley
Jenson 0-1 Kieron
Ashley 2-1 Kieron

4th / 5th / 6th place games:-
Lee 1-0 Alfie
Lee 3-1 Jacob
Alfie 0-1 Jacob

1st / 2nd / 3rd place games:-
Kye 2-0 Terry
Kye 0-1 Louis
Terry 2-3 Louis

Final Thursday placings:-
1. Louis
2. Kye
3. Terry
4. Lee
5. Jacob
6. Alfie
7. Ashley
8. Kieron
9. Jenson
10. Aaron
11. Reece
12. James