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Veteran’s British League – weekend one
The first weekend of the Veteran’s British League took place at Derby Arena on Saturday and Sunday 16 & 17 September.
Ormesby Table Tennis Club had two teams playing, one in Division 2B and the second team in Division 4B.
Michael Young on the left and Carl White both finished the first weekend of matches with 9 wins out of a possible ten.
Ormesby I are currently in second place in Division 2B after 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 7 points from an available 10, 1 point behind the league leaders.
The team started the weekend off with a 4-2 victory over Bribar Failand, following up with a 3-3 draw against Archway Peterborough I, then another 4-2 win this time against PSP Insurance.
Sunday started with yet another 4-2 win, this time against the league leaders Westfield Nomads. The final match of the weekend finished on a disappointing note with a 5-1 loss against Dewsbury. Dave Ashwell finished with 4 wins from 10, Jevon Chan 3 from 10 and Carl white 9 from 10.
Ormesby II are in fourth place in a very tight Division 4B after 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. The 4-2 defeat was in there first match against Blackpool. However the team bounced back with a comprehensive 6-0 win in their second match against Archway Peterborough II. The final 3 matches of the weekend all ended with 3-3 draws. Micheal Young finished with 9 wins from 10 played. Karl Shaw 1 from 8, Gary Whyman 5 from 8 and David Noutch 2 from 4.
The final round of matches will also take place at Derby Arena on 24th & 25th February 2018.
British Championship League – first weekend
Players from the ten teams along with umpires and officials
Newly promoted Ormesby 2nd team made a good start in the first weekend of the season in the Championship Division of the British Table Tennis League when the first round of matches were hosted at the Ormesby Club last weekend.
Ormesby II left to right George Hill, David Gofton, Joe Cope, team coach Denis Neale, Tom Rayner and Joe Cope
With a team made up entirely of local youngsters, Ormesby won one of their four matches with a victory against the team that was in the Premier Division last season, Halton of Merseyside, by 8-0 with two wins each from Joe Cope, David Gofton, Thomas Rayner and Jack Cope.
Earlier on Sunday, the team picked up two remarkable individual wins when they entertained the well-known Reading Club Kingfisher before going down 6-2. Joe Cope produced the first remarkable victory by beating the English Junior International Marcus Giles who is ranked at No. 39 in the England Seniors, 84 places above the Ormesby player. Cope won by 3 games to 1.
David Gofton above after beating Jamie Liu
David Gofton followed this up with a second remarkable victory. David who is ranked at No. 6 in the England Cadet (Under 15) list beat the current England Under 15 No. 1, Jamie Liu from Reading, with a spectacular 11-7 win in the deciding fifth game victory.
On the first day Saturday, the Ormesby team found the standard in the Championship hard going as they met two of the top teams Nottingham Sycamore and London Academy they were well beaten by 8-0 and 7-1 respectively with Jack Cope picking up the single victory.
Joe Cope won the single victory against London Academy
Over the weekend Joe and Jack Cope did well with three wins from eight sets as did David Gofton with the same score line whilst Thomas Rayner concluded with two from eight.
The target for Ormesby’s 2nd team this season is to finish in the top eight of the division so as to avoid relegation. They are in 8th place after the first weekend. Ormesby have two points and a useful sets average with 11 for and 21 against.
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Super 10 Tournament
l-r Michael Young, Tom Raymer, Alan Ransome and Ben Piggott
The first place in the Ormesby Super 10 Group 1 went to Tom Rayner with Ben Piggott 2nd and Michael Young 3rd.
Tom won all his games apart from the last one, losing 3-2 Michael Young.
Both Tom and Ben only lost one of their games but with Tom winning the game against Ben this put Tom in first position.
Third placed Michael Young lost two games to Ben and 4th placed Adam Ridley. Michael’s best result of the day was his 3 – 2 win over Tom.
l-r Ravi Prabhakar, Rana Rassem, Alan Ransome and Issy Doyle.
First place in the Ormesby Super 10 Group 2 went to Rana Rassem with Issy Doyle 2nd and Ravi Prabhakar 3rd.
It was a very good performance by Rana who didn’t drop an end all day. Issy had a really good performance too with 5 wins, some of these quite unexpected.
For Ravi it also proved to be a good day finishing in 3rd place after a count back with Eve Witterick and Madz Dunn.
SUPER 10 REPORT by ALAN RANSOME OBE
One of England’s leading Cadet players Thomas Rayner won Ormesby’s Super 10 Table Tennis Tournament on Sunday winning eight of his nine sets played during the competition.
Thomas Rayner won a very competitive opening set against one of England’s top under 13 players Ben Piggott in a hard fought contest. Thomas won by 3-1.
Thomas Rayners only loss was in the final set against the player who finished in third position the experienced veteran Michael Young. Young won by 3-2.
Piggott continued to do well throughout the event. He won his remaining eight sets which included a 3-1 win over both Michael Young and the player in fourth place Adam Ridley who was seeded in second positon. Young eventually came third after a loss to Adam Ridley. Adam’s win against Michael Young was cancelled out by a defeat to Chrissy Edwards.
The finishing positions were 1st Tom Rayner, 2nd Ben Piggott, 3rd Michael Young, 4th Adam Ridley, 5th Sarah Dyson, 6th Chrissy Edwards, 7th Ryan Nassau, 8th Luke Robinson, 9th Tom Webster and 10th David Noutch.
In the second Super 10 group the convincing winner was Rana Rassem who won all of her sets in straight games. In second place Issy Doyle excelled to win five of her sets the only defeat in addition to Rana Rassem was to Eve Witterick who finished fifth.
Ravi Prabhakar finished in third place whilst Madz Dunn was fourth.
The finishing positions were 1st Rana Rassem, 2nd Issy Doyle, 3rd Ravi Prabhakar, 4th Madz Dunn, 5th Eve Witterick, 6th Reem Rassem, 7th Edward Adams, and 8th Alexander Wardrop.
60+ Presentation for Tom
l to r: Barry Pearson, Tom Hand and Keith Thomas
Keith Thomas the Treasurer of Table Tennis England, was on hand to present Ormesby player Tom Hand with his runner-up 60+ Handicap Singles trophy.
Barry Pearson kindly donated the trophies for the 60+ Handicap Singles event which was held at the Middlesbrough Championships.
Barry also donated the prize money which had been present to Tom and the winner of the event Bruce Lowther at the Championships along with Mike Howling who finished third.
Premier League 4 Sport
Left to right: Eliza Hannaway, Issy Doyle and Georgina Hughes
Several of Ormesby’s Premier League 4 Sport players made their way to St Mary’s College, Hull at the weekend for what was, sadly, the last PL4S regional competition.
The days competition consisted of 4 groups;
Under 14 Boys, Under 14 Girls, Under 11 Boys, Under 11 Girls.
There was also an additional open competition in the afternoon.
Left to right: Sahan Perera, Jak Ali, Dylan Savage and Jonah Hannaway
It was an extremely competitive day with some brilliant performances and with an extraordinary amount of matches going to the fifth end – the majority of these favouring the M’bro players who amazingly kept their cool at the business end. These victories, I believe, culminated in the success of most groups.
THE BOYS UNDER 14 – Gold
THE GIRLS UNDER 14 – Gold
THE GIRLS UNDER 11 – Gold
Issy Doyle was awarded the “Most Outstanding Player of the Day” with some unbelievable performances.
And to cap it off the players won the Overall Team Trophy.
On the day, not one Middlesbrough players was below par. Everyone was focussed and gave their all. What was most memorable for me was the way all PL4S players encouraged their team mates and willed them to win those 5th Enders. Team spirit was clearly there in abundance and a joy to observe. Such a shame that Premier League 4 Sport has come to an end.
Malcolm Muldoon
Tees Valley School Games
The 2017 Tees Valley School Games were held on Wednesday 21 June at Middlesbrough Sports Village.
The areas represented were Redcar and Cleveland, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton Northfield and Stockton Central playing in three groups. Primary Schools years 5 and 6 boys and girls, Senior Schools years 7 and 8 and a Schools Disability event.
Years 7 & 8 Boys
The year 7 & 8 boys event was won by Longfield Academy – Darlington with Ormesby player Tom Rayner playing in the gold medal winning team.
Silver medalists were MacMillan Academy – Middlesbrough and Bronze medalists were Nunthorpe Academy – Redcar and Cleveland.
Years 7 & 8 Girls
The Girls Year Year 7 & 8 winning team were Acklam Grange – Middlesbrough
Acklam Grange – Middlesbrough Year 7 & 8 girls with the Mayor of Stockton, Councillor Maurice Perry and Mayoress, Laraine Perry who presented all the medals.
Silver medal winners were Northfield School, Billingham – Stockton with the Bronze medals being won by Huntcliff School, Saltburn – Redcar and Cleveland
Years 5 & 6 Boys
The Primary Schools Year 5 & 6 boys event was won by Bankfields School, Eston – Redcar and Cleveland.
Bankfield Primary School Eston – Redcar and Cleveland
The silver medal winners were Polam Hall – Darlington and bronze medal winners Prior Mill – Stockton Central.
Year 5 & 6 Silver Medal winners Polam Hall – Darlington
Years 5 & 6 Girls
The Girls year 5 & 6 gold medal winners were Acklam Whin Primary – Middlesbrough
Acklam Whin Primary School winners of years 5 & 6 Girls
Bankfield Primary School – Redcar and Cleveland won the silver medals. Bronze medal winners were Bewley Primary School, Billingham – Stockton Northfield.
Disability Boys and Girls
The Disability event gold medal winners were from Middlesbrough with silver medals going to the players from Redcar and Cleveland. The Bronze medal winners were players from Stockton.
Bonnar wins Bronze in Barcelona
Marc on the right above with his doubles partner Guillermo
Ormesby Wheeler, Marc Bonnar crowned his international debut with a bronze medal in the men’s 1 – 2 team event in the 2017 PTT Spanish Open Ciutat del Prat.
Marc won the medal with his Argentinian partner Guillermo Bustamante Sierra.
Marc and Guillermo began with a 2-0 win against Chinese Taipei followed by a 2-0 loss to Thailand but they progressed from the group in second place with a 2-1 win against France. They lost to the Irish/Spanish combination of Colin Judge and Miguel Toledo in the semi-final 2-0 .
Marc can be very proud of taking a medal in his first international event.
North East Region Training Day
Alan Roskilly from Cramlington TTC won the Group 2 competition at the North East Region training day held on Sunday 11 June at Ormesby Table Tennis Club. Alan is pictured below with David Noutch one of the coaches and the training day organiser being presented with his prize money.
David Gofton won the Group 2 competition and Ben Piggott won the 1 pointer.
England Cadet Call-Up for Joe Cope
15 year old Ormesby table tennis player Joe Cope has received his first international call up when he is selected to represent England Cadets (Under 15) Six Nations Championships in Zoetameer, Netherlands this weekend.
Joe has been brought to his current level with coaching from the former English Champion, Carole Moore.
The Cadet Six Nationals is the major Competition for players at this age level prior to the European Junior Championships which will take place in July.
Along with England the following countries are taking part: Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands.
The England team is named as: Ethan Walsh (Herefordshire), Amiral Hussain (Lincolnshire), Joe Cope Cleveland), Jamie Lui (Berkshire) and Joshua Weatherby (Durham).
Alan Ransone OBE
Tees Sport Darlington 2* Junior Open
Tees Sport Darlington 2 Star Junior Open Table Tennis Championships
Ormesby players dominated the Boys’ events in the Tees Sport Darlington 2 Star Junior Open Table Tennis Championships that were played on Saturday.
David Gofton left and Ben Piggott
David Gofton was the star of the Championships winning both of the Junior Boys’ (Under 18) Singles and the Cadet (Under 15) Singles, without the loss of a single game.
In the final of the Junior Boys Singles Gofton defeated Kieran Wardell from the Swerve Club by 3-0.
In the Cadet Under 15 Singles, Gofton defeated three of his Ormesby team mates Ben Piggott in the quarter final, Thomas Rayner in the semi’s and Adam Webster in the final.
Ormesby’s domination was completed by Ben Piggott winning the Under 13 Boys’ Singles. In the final Piggott beat Sam Lowe from Scarborough.
The Ormesby Girls produced a particularly good performance in their events. Eve Witterick reached the final of the Under 13 Girls Singles before losing to Moke Warburton of Scarborough by 3-2.
Report by Alan Ransome OBE
Photo by Chris Rayner
KO Handicap Cup Win for Ormesby G
L-R Ryan Davies, Eve Witterick and Jonah Hannaway
A really great performance at the Ormesby Club by the young Ormesby G team players, Eve Witterick, Jonah Hannaway and Ryan Davies saw them win the Middlesbrough Table Tennis League KO Handicap Cup final beating the East Cleveland TTC team 5 – 1.
Jonah hopes the ball is in Paul Flanigan’s left hand as he gets ready to play his game against Noel Clerkin. East Cleveland’s third player was Huw Williams.
A great celebration by the Ormesby youngsters after the game was over showing just how pleased they were with their performance.
English Schools selection for Tom
Congratulations to Tom Rayner on his selection to play in the Home Countries Senior Schools’ International Championships to be held in Jersey from 23rd/25th June 2017.
Tom will play in the England Under 14 Boys team against teams from Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
North East Regional Training Day
Sunday 14 May 2017 saw another North East Regional Training at Ormesby TTC.
The sessions, which are organised by David Noutch, run from 11.00am to 5.00pm giving young players from all over the region the opportunity to have some excellent coaching lead by Denis Neale.
It was good to have a visit from Colin Davison, the North East Regional Chairman who was very impressed with all the players.
Before the lunch break the usual one point shoot out took place with Jonah Hannaway from Ormesby winning after a really good rally with Rana Rassem, the runner up.
After the lunch break the players continued with more coaching followed by the tournament. Players were split into three groups allowing for the different standards of playing ability.
Alan Ransome was on hand to present the three group winners with their prizes
Group One winner Chris Edwards from Ormesby
Group Two winner – Alfie Davies from Cramlington
Group Three winner – Minoj Munipalle from Nunthorpe School PL4 Sport
Ormesby v Halton
Ormesby Table Tennis Club will complete their fixtures in the Premier Division of the British Table Tennis League this weekend when they entertain the Merseyside Club Halton, at the Club’s headquarters on Sunday 30 April at 2pm.
Included in the Ormesby team will be the English Internationals Danny Reed and Darius Knight, plus the Polish Star Filip Szymanski. The fourth place for this match will be filled by another very promising Ormesby Junior David Gofton.
The Halton Club are the leading side from the North West, but have found playing in the Premier Division particularly hard. They are currently at the bottom of the table, facing a playoff match to avoid relegation.
This is Ormesby’s final fixture and will confirm their position in the League table in second place behind the 2017 Champions Drumchapel of Glasgow.
Ormesby played two very tight matches against Drumchapel and if two or three single points had gone the other way, Ormesby themselves would have been Champions.
The match again starts at 2pm, will be played on two courts and it will be broadcasted via the Ormesby Club’s Facebook page. Spectators are most welcome.
Cadet and Under – 12 National Cup 2017
JOE COPE
Three of Ormesby’s young players took part in the 2017 Cadet and Under-12 National Cup held at the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre at the University of Central Lancashire on 8 & 9 April.
In the Cadet Boys, Joe Cope pictured above finished in 5th place and Ben Piggott below came 4th in the Under 12 – Boys.
BEN PIGGOTT
Highlight of the weekend for Ben was a remarkable win over Gold Medalist Naphong Boonyaprapa who according to the TTE website was demolished by Ben.
Thomas Rayner unfortunately had to retire on the second day of competition due to a shoulder injury which must have been really disappointing for him.
Chris Rayner’s Calendar
Chris Rayner put his photography skills to good use when he had calendars and desk calendars printed using some of his landscape pictures.
Chris raised £300 by selling the calendars and this was kindly matched by Barclaycard.
Thanks Chris for your much appreciated donation to Ormesby Table Tennis Club.
The picture shows the Infinity Bridge in Stockton which is on the front cover of the calendar.
Premier League win against North Ayrshire
The 6-2 victory against the Scottish Club North Ayrshire, Ormesby have clinched second place in the Premier Division of the British Table Tennis League following the home match at the Club on Saturday.
Filip Symanski – Man of the Match
Danny Reed and Filip Szymanski were outstanding for Ormesby, both winning their two sets by comfortable margins. Reed opened his scoring by beating the Ayrshire No. 1 Shaun Docherty in three straight games and then followed this up with a 3-1 victory over Craig Hardy. Szymanski beat Richard Main and Docherty both in straights sets.
Danny Reed who also comfortably won his two games
Darius Knight had a close match with Colin Dalgleish winning 11-8 in the fifth in his first match, and then beat Main in straight games in the second.
Following the injury to Michael Marsden, Joe Cope came in at fourth position and produced a good performance against the Scottish Internationals taking a game from both Hardy and Dalgleish, but the Scottish players proved too strong for Cope, both winning 3-1.
With a 7-1 win against Cardiff City on Saturday the leaders, Drumchapel of Glasgow appear to be unassailable and therefore Drumchapel will be the Champions of the Premier Division of the British Table Tennis League with Ormesby in second position for the second year running.
Ormesby’s next match is away to Fusion on 8 April, in London.
British Premier League – Ormesby v North Ayrshire
Ormesby British League Match – 25 March 2017
Ormesby are looking to take the opportunity to clinch 2nd place in the Premier Division of the British Table Tennis League on Saturday when they entertain North Ayrshire at the Club’s headquarters in Middlesbrough, with a 2pm start.
Ormesby will be fielding a strong team consisting of Filip Szymanski, Danny Reed, Darius Knight and Michael Marsden. The North Ayrshire team is likely to include four Scottish Internationals Shaun Docherty, Christopher and Richard Main and Colin Dalgleish.
Ormesby are currently in 2nd position in the table and barring any slipups by Drumchapel, Glasgow have little chance of winning the title this season. North Ayrshire are mid-table in 5th position, but well clear of the relegation zone.
All spectators are very welcome.
Take a look at the Table Tennis England Website
You may be interested to know that the Club is featured in 2 of the top 4 stories on the Table Tennis England website (see link below) with the Danny Reed story about his charity challenge with Richard Kirby, who visited the Club prior to the British League match against Cardiff City on Saturday, which the Club won 8-0.
Also the report of the Cardiff City match, this includes a picture of Joe Cope who won both of his sets in this match on his debut for Ormesby.
This weekend there is a full set of British League fixtures in Division 2 with our 3rd team at home and our 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th teams all away. There are 2 matches on Saturday and 2 matches on Sunday at the Club.
Next weekend is the next home match in the Premier Division against North Ayrshire on Saturday 25 March at 2pm.
https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/
Middlesbrough Championship 2017 – report and results
Middlesbrough and District Table Tennis Championships
Jevon Chan from Stockton was the winner of the Open Singles in the Middlesbrough and District Table Tennis Championships which took place at the Ormesby Club last weekend.
Chan won his qualification group with victories over Ryan Nassau and Gary Whyman. In the semi-final, Chan defeated Michael Young who came through his section with a win against seeded Thomas Rayner. In the final Chan defeated David Ashwell in straight games after Ashwell, beat top seed Mark Simon in his semi-final.
Simon came into his own in the Doubles when he partnered Phil Webster taking the title in the final against Chrissy Edwards and Ryan Nassau.
Rayner produced his best performance in the Division 1 Singles beating Sam Bailey 3-1 in the semis and Michael Young in the final. Young led by 2-0 before Rayner won the next three at 12-10, 11-9, and 11-9. Young did well to reach the final with a victory over Simon.
Chan won his second title taking the Veterans Singles (over 40’s) in a straight set victory over Ashwell in the final. Ashwell beat Simon in his semi, whilst Chan beat Young.
The Handicap Singles was won by Ryan Nassau. He gave nine points start to Chris Rayner and then won 21-19, 21-17 in the final. Nassau defeated Karl Shaw in the semi.
In the over 60’s Handicaps, sponsored by Barry Pearson, Bruce Lowther won the title after winning from a level start against Tom Hand at 21-19 and 21-20. Lowther beat Robert Evans in the semi-final.
In the Division 2 Singles, the title was won by Angus Poole who beat Lowther in three straight games.
The Hardbat Competition was won by Thomas Rayner who defeated Young in the final.
In the Wheelchair Singles, Mark Bonnar won the round robin competition.
Open Singles
Jevon Chan beat David Ashwell 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
Doubles
Mark Simon & Phil Webster beat Chrissy Edward & Ryan Nassau 11-7, 11-5, 11-8
Division 1 Singles
Thomas Rayner beat Michael Young 3-11, 611, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9
Veterans Singles Title
Jevon Chan beat David Ashwell 12-10, 12-10, 11-9
The Handicap Singles
Ryan Nassau beat Chris Rayner 21-19, 21-17, Chris had 9 start
The 60’s Handicap, Sponsored by Barry Pearson
Bruce Lowther beat Tom Hand 21-19, 21-20 off level start
Division 2 Singles
Angus Poole beat Bruce Lowther 11-5, 11-9, 11-9
The Hardbat Competition
Thomas Rayner beat Michael Young 31-19
The Wheelchair Singles – Round Robin Competition
Winner Mark Bonnar
2nd Noel Thomas
3rd Brian Holloway
Alan Ranaome OBE