Richmond U15 boys narrowly missed out on a place in the U15 National Finals after finishing third out of four teams in the regional qualifier at Ernest Bevin School, Wandsworth.

They beat UEA Norwich 25-18 25-21, but lost 25-21 25-14 to last year’s champions Boswell School, Essex, and 25-22 25-18 to Ernest Bevin.

Team: Josh Askwith, Sebastian Wieckowski (Teddington School); Jack Tindall, Josue Seekings, Elliott Blagrove (Chessington School); Konrad Borzyazkowski and Allan Wojnowski (London Oratory). David Rijvers (coach) and Theresa Baker (team manager).