Wednesbury’s Kirsty Maull secures a National date
Wednesbury’s Kirsty Maull will be mixing it with the best players in England at the National Championships.
The 15-year-old finished 11th at the qualifying tournament at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham to book her place on the event.
Although a top-10 finish was needed to secure a date at the Nationals, one of the players finishing above her had already qualified by virtue of her national ranking.
It means Maull, a pupil at Wood Green Academy, will now compete alongside the top-22 ranked senior English players at the same venue from February 28-March 1, and could earn a plum draw against one of England’s leading players, including 2018 Commonwealth Games medallists Tin-Tin Ho, Maria Tsaptsinos and Denise Payet.
Maull said: “I’m ecstatic. It was tough, but I got there in the end. I’m nervous about Senior Nationals, but it will be good experience. I’ve just got to keep my head and play well and do the best I can and keep pushing through.”
