It was great to see our returning InterLeague players and to welcome several new faces to our events and once again to see players enjoying our table tennis tournament.   

Massive thanks to Thornton’s Table Tennis for sponsoring the tournament and special thanks to Bill for setting up his stand with some fantastic merchandise. They also have a brilliant website for all your table tennis needs, www.thorntonstabletennis.co.uk.

 Many congratulations to the winners, there really were some close results and hard fought battles.

   

 Overall Champion – Garry Owen

Group 1 Winner – Daniel Watkinson

Group 2 Winner – Dawid Kakol

Group 3 Winner – Kate Watkinson

Group 4 Winner – Garry Owen

Group 5 Winner – Ben Keeley

One Point Challenge – Kate Watkinson

 

 It was great to see 3 new winners and some really close results. The Watkinson family in particular had a fabulous day with 2 group wins and the One Point Challenge. Fantastic!

 In a competitive Group 1, Daniel Watkinson won Group 1 for the first time with some amazing table tennis. It’s great to see Daniel win the group after several attempts. The new grip must be working, he didn’t drop a set all day!  Great performance Daniel, we look forward to seeing you defend your position in the next tournament.

It was great to welcome Dawid Kakol back and watch him give a superb performance to take Group 2, narrowly beating Vojtech Sanc in his first ever InterLeague, stepping in as a last minute reserve. The winner was decided by their game against each other with Dawid taking the win. Group 1 for Dawid next!

Kate Watkinson, newly promoted to Group 3 after winning Group 4 in January, stunned us all with an amazing performance, winning Group 3 on her first attempt. It was a tight group and came down to points with Kate narrowly beating Ivan Kouril into second place. Great performances from both players. Welcome back Ivan!  Amazing result Kate! Kate also took the One Point Challenge prize.

In his first InterLeague win, the much deserved winner of Group 4 was Garry Owen. It was great to see Garry who is a great InterLeague supporter, take his first group trophy.  Not only did he not drop a set, he didn’t lose a game which meant he also took the overall champion title and his second trophy of the day. Well done Garry.      

Another new winner for Group 5 was a WTTC junior,young Ben Keeley, at just 10 years, the youngest performer of the day. Both Ben and Sam Davies, also of WTTC, hadn’t dropped a match all day so it came down to a thrilling  show down between the two junior players, with Ben taking the title in a thrilling match, played in the true spirit of the game. Great performance from both, well done Ben on your first table tennis trophy. It won’t be the last.   

There were some brilliant performances on the day with 4 players in contention for the Champion trophy. Garry Owen, Daniel Watkinson, Ben Keeley and Dawid Kakol didn’t drop a set but Garry reigned supreme, not dropping a single game. Brilliant!