![]() the Guernsey-hosted 39th Junior and Cadet Six Nations Championships with pride. In spearheading the Guernsey junior boys (under-18s) to fourth place in the team competition, he chalked up a number of impressive victories, not least the 3-2 win over Welshman Ryan Orler who, on the final day of the three-day event at the GTTA Centre at Hougue du Pommier, won the individual boys' title. Against the best youngsters in the United Kingdom, the Guernsey contingent enjoyed few wins but Butler and James Rabey got the junior boys off to a great start with a 3-2 win over Scotland. Butler won both his singles and the doubles, and after 5-0 thrashings by England and Ireland, Butler chalked up two more solo wins and Rabey one, as they beat Isle of Man 3-2. Then in their last match, a 4-1 defeat by Wales, Butler defeated Orler 11-7 in the fifth. England won all four team trophies at stake but the singles trophies were spread around with Orler and England's Maria Tsapsinos winning the junior titles and Scotland's Chris Wheeler and Ireland's Katie McGlone the cadet championships. Ben Foss was the only Sarnian to reach the knockout stage of the singles. |
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