ROB Farrington held his nerve in the penalty-flick shoot-out to ensure Whitgift School completed a superb double at the Junior National Indoor Hockey Championships.

Having already seen the U16 side win their age-group title for the third successive year, the U18s completed the hosts' dominance with a dramatic final success over Cranleigh.

HERE'S JONTY: Whitgift's Jonty Griffiths goes on the attack Photo courtesy of www.hockeyweb.co.uk

There was little to separate the two sides in a repeat of the Divisional Indoor final. Sam Driver (England U18) gave Whitgift the lead but it took some outstanding saves from goalkeeper Callum Chaundy to keep his side in the game after Cranleigh had pulled level.

All square at full-time, the game went to penalty flicks. Harrison Sellers and Matt Laidman both converted for Whitgift and with Cranleigh missing one of their flicks, it was left to Farrington to place the ball into the bottom right-hand corner to spark jubilant scenes at Whitgift.

The U18s had started their campaign with a 3-1 win over Taunton followed by a convincing 7-1 success over Egglescliffe. A 3-2 win over Bromsgrove allowed Whitgift the luxury of being able to lose 1-0 to Ipswich and still top their pool.

A tense semi-final against The Perse saw Whitgift waste a number of good chances before finally going through 2-1.

Hosting the championships for the first time, Whitgift got the weekend off to a flying start when the U16s beat a strong Millfield outfit 8-1 thanks to some powerful drag flicks from Luke Taylor (England U18).

Whitgift dominated their second game beating Egglescliffe 6-0 and a superb team display saw Warwick School convincingly beaten 10-0. Jonty Griffiths (England U16) produced some sublime individual skills in the 5-2 victory over Thomas Deacon Academy to put Whitgift into the semi-finals.

Trailing 1-0 to South Dartmoor, Whitgift upped their game and two goals in quick succession from Luca Petrozzi (Saxon Tigers U16) helped them run out 5-3 winners

Whitgift faced a much improved Millfield side in the final but the individual flair of Griffiths and Rhys Smith, and flicking power of Luke Taylor proved decisive as the holders powered to a 6-2 win.

Ryan Ravenscroft, head of hockey, said: "I'm immensely proud of what we have achieved. It has been a genuine team effort of which all the boys, staff and parents can be proud. My thanks go to coaches Craig Carolan and Stuart Litchfield for all their hard work."