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World Table Tennis Day Ormesby Table Tennis Club
WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2025
Congratulations to our Parkinson’s @ Ormesby member Julie Norris, who had been chosen by the
International Table Tennis Federation to be a Promoter for
World Table Tennis Day 2025.
Butterfly National School Team Event
left to right: Mila Gao, Evie Main and Mindy Gao
with their coach Malcolm Muldoon
Bankfields Primary school had a very successful day at the School’s Semi Finals team events at the Mere’s Leisure Centre in Grantham on Friday 28 February.
The three Primary school girls, twins Mila and Mindy Gao and Evie Main won all their games and now go forward to the finals at Aldersley Leisure Centre on Sunday 27 April.
Table Tennis Socials
Ormesby Pathway Development Centre
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Another PDC Sunday at Ormesby Table Tennis Club with all players working hard.
Thanks to Joe Clark, Jack Ferguson and Zac Greenhough for assisting.
Some of the Ormesby Pathway Development squad are seen above.
Ormesby Under 17 2 Star
Ormesby 2 Star U17 Open Championship
21st December 2024
The Ormesby 2 Star U17 Open Championship was held at the club on the 21st December with Yorkshire players Tudor Eftinca winning the U17 boys singles and Omar Wasi the Runner Up.
Tudor Eftinca and Omar Wasi – Under 17 Boys Singles
The match between two prize winners was the highlight of the day when Tudor Eftinca recovered from 2 games to 0 down to win at 14-12 in the decider. Eftinca also had a close match with Charlie Burnside winning 11-7 in the 4th, and Omar Wasi was taken to 4 games by both Charl Myburg and Monty Super.
Adam Watson left and David Sherwood
The Under 15 boy’s singles was won by Adam Watson from Durham who was unbeaten. His closest match was with the player who finished in second position, David Sherwood of Yorkshire which he won by 14-12 in the 4th game. Sherwood finished in second position on a count back with Aaron Wong of Yorkshire who finished in third place. In the match that decided the second place, Sherwood won in straight games.
Dorian Cheung left and Mindy Gao
The Under 15 girl’s winner was Dorian Cheung of the NETTS Club in Newcastle who represents Durham, who was the second seed. A deciding match was one against Phoebe O’Brien of Scarborough which Cheung won 11-9 in the deciding game. In second place was Ormesby’s Mindy Gao who also had narrow win against O’Brien who finished third. Gao won by 11-9 in the decider.
Aaron Wong left and Oscar Dixon
In the Under 13 boy’s singles, the winner was Aaron Wong with Oscar Dixon second, both from Yorkshire. Wong won the match between the two award winners in straight games. Dixon was taken very close by Jonti Barnes at 11-8 in the 5th.
Mila Gao left and Phoebe O’Brien
The Under 13 girl’s produced a surprise when Mila Gao won the competition with a victory over Phoebe O’Brien 11-9 in the decider. O’Brien had another close match against Mindy, sister of Mila and this time she won 11-9 in the 5th end.
Alan Ransome OBE – Chairman Ormesby Table Tennis Club who presented the prizes.
Ormesby Parkinson Champions
Ormesby Vetts Rating Tournament
Alan Ransome the Ormesby Club Chairman presented Roman Doryn with his Teessport voucher.
Roman from Leeds won Group One at the Ormesby VETTS Rating Tournament on Sunday 19 September
This was the first VETTS event held at the Ormesby Club and after its success it is hoped that there will be more VETTS events to follow.
ORMESBY VETTS TOURNAMENT RESULTS
GROUP ONE
Winner – Roman Doryn
Runner-up – Andy Wilkinson
GROUP TWO
Winner – Neil Herrington (right)
Runner -up James Bradbury
GROUP THREE
Winner – Anthony Ainley (right)
Runner – Howard McCain
GROUP FOUR
Winner – Gareth Pearson
Runner – up Mark Hodgson
Scottish Parkinson Table Tennis Open
Lynn Tease and Ken Booth who run the Ormesby Parkinson’s group on a Wednesday morning at the Ormesby Club took part in the Scottish Parkinson’s Table Tennis Open on Saturday and Sunday 10th and 11th August
The event was held at Inverclyde Sports Centre the National Sports Centre of Scotland.
With 86 competitors from 14 International Countries taking part, plus teams from England and Scotland it was a very busy weekend.
Ken won a silver medal in the Stage 3 men’s doubles with Gary Lee.
Lynn won a Silver medal in the Stage 2 Women’s Doubles with her partner Diane Kennedy from Scotland.
Lynn also reached the final of the Women’s Plate.
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The Ormesby Parkinson’s Group play from 10.00 am until 12 noon every Wednesday morning and would welcome any new players who just need to turn up.
Bat and Balls are provided.
Ormesby Cadet 2* – 7 July 2024
Phoebe O’Brien, Alan Ransome OBE and Harriet Goodwin
Phoebe O’Brien of Scarborough was the most successful player in the Ormesby Cadet 2 Star Championships that were played at the club on Teesside on July 7.
Phoebe won the U13 girls’ singles by beating the player in second place, Harriet Goodwin of Ormesby, in straight games, in the group round-robin system.
Phoebe was taken to four games by two Ormesby players, Aliya Zhuzbayeva and Mila Gao.
Phoebe’s second title was the U11 girls, where she beat Mindy Gao of Ormesby to take the title.
Mindy Gao, Alan Ransome OBE and Phoebe O’Brien
Adam Watson, Alan Ransome OBE and Jack Buckley
Isaac Davies, AlanRansome OBE and William Fieldhouse
The U15 boys’ championship was won by Newcastle’s Adam Watson who won the title in a three-player countback with Ormesby’s Jack Buckley in second place and Charl Myburgh from NETTS in third place.
Watson beat Myburgh in straight sets, while Myburgh beat Buckley 11-8 in the fifth. Buckley in turn defeated by Watson by 3 games to 1.
The U15 boys, Band 2, was won by Charlie Furness from Northumberland who beat Philip Moss from NETTS, who finished second, by 3 games to 1.
The U11 boys’ singles was won by Darlington’s Isaac Davies who won all his matches in the group, with William Fieldhouse from Yorkshire finishing in second place, with the score 13-11 in the deciding game.
English Schools Selection for Zac
Congratulations to Zac Greenhough who has been selected to represent the England Schools in the Senior Schools International 2024 in the Isle of Man.
The event will take place from Friday 28 June to Sunday 30 June.
SUPER ROUND ROBIN – June 16 2024
GROUP ONE WINNER – ZAC GREENHOUGH with GARY WHYMAN
ZAC with runner up JACK FERGUSON
GROUP ONE – FINAL POSITIONS
1 Zac Greenhough 9 wins
2 Jack Ferguson 8 wins
3 Jamie Lupton 7 wins
4 Ryan Nassau 6 wins
5 Adam Watson 5 wins
6 Michael Young 5 wins
7 David Sherwood 3 wins
8 James Dale 2 wins
9 Aaron Christie 1 win
10 Shashwatt Saran
GROUP TWO WINNER DORIAN CHEUNG with GARY WHYMAN
DORIAN CHEUNG left – with JACK BUCKLEY – GROUP TWO RUNNER UP
GROUP TWO – FINAL POSITIONS
1 Dorian Cheung 8 wins
2 Jack Buckley 7 wins
3 Pat Clements 7 wins
4 Charlie Burnside 6 wins
5 Lewis Paton 6 wins
6 Phoebe O’brien 4 wins
7 Shane Iceton 3 wins
8 Euan Jack 2 wins
9 Harriet Goodwin 2 wins
10 Evie Main
ALIYA ZHUZBAYEVE – GROUP THREE WINNER with GARY WHYMAN
GROUP THREE – FINAL POSITIONS
1 Aliya Zhuzbayeva 6 wins
2 Mila Gao 5 wins
3 Gary Dawson 5 wins
4 Mindy Goa 4 wins
5 Isabelle Graham 3 wins
6 Michael Wright 3 wins
7 Niamh White 1 win
8 Neil Santon 1 win
9 Terry Bache
10 Ben Chambers
ALIYA with Group 3 runner up MILA GOA
The winners and Runners up in each group received £50 and £30 respectively.
Ormesby Super Round Robin
Butterfly Schools Team Finals 2024
Well done to the Under 11 Girls team from Bankfields Primary School, Eston.
The girls who are all coached at Ormesby Table Tennis Club in the Pathway Development Centre, finished in third place at the Butterfly Schools Team finals in Wolverhampton on Sunday 28 April
Malcolm Muldoon who coached the girls is pictured with them Evie Main and twins Mila and Mindy Gao.
All three girls will still be at Bankfields Primary School next year and will hopefully have another attempt to represent their school.
Middlesbrough League
As the Middlesbrough League moves into the final couple of weeks of the
2023/2024 season
Ormesby A are currently in top place and
Ormesby C Pirates are top of the handicap league.
Both teams played each other last week.
The result – Ormesby A won 10-0 and the Pirates won the handicap league 8-1.
Ormesby girls runners in WBL
left to right Rebecca Savage, Karina Le Fevre, Ella Pashley and Mollie Paterson with their coach Alan Ransome OBE.
Congratulations to the team who finished in second place in the 2023/24
Women’s British League Premier Division
Christmas Party
Ormesby Juniors Christmas Party
The ‘Juniors Christmas Party’ was held at the Club yesterday.
All the children had a great time joining in the fun games which was followed by food and drinks – non alcoholic of course!
The Awards were presented by Club Chairman Alan Ransome OBE.
Two were presented for the most improved players. Mindy Gao for the girls and Zac Greenhough for the boys.
Aaron Christie received his award for the ‘Junior Contribution’ to the club.
From left to right – Zac Greenhough, Aaron Christie, Alan Ransome and Mindy Gao.
Middlesbrough Primary Schools
Well done to Acklam Whin Primary School who won the Middlesbrough Primary Schools team competition held at the Ormesby club on Friday 8th December.
All the the Primary School teams had four boys and four girls in each team.
Three of the boys from the winning team are members of the Ormesby Hopes Squad.
Thomas Workman centre is holding the trophy.
Cleveland County Matches
Ormesby Table Tennis Club are hosting four County Vets teams on Saturday December 2nd.
The four teams playing at Ormesby are Northumbria, Durham and the Cleveland 1st and 2nd teams.
The first round of matches begin at 10.00am, the second at 1.00pm and the third at 4.00pm.
All four teams will then play the other four teams at Leeds, Yorkshire, Northampton, Staffordshire and Lancashire. The final round of matches will be played in April 2024.
Spectators are welcome and there is no charge.
Table Tennis for KIDS
Ormesby Senior Open 2star June 11 2023
Ben Piggott winner of Group 1
All pictures by Karl Shaw
Ben Piggott was the winner of the top group in the first Ormesby Senior Open 2 Star Tournament which was played at the club on Teesside on Sunday 11th June. Ben’s toughest match was against his Ormesby team mate, Thomas Rayner, where Piggott won by 3 games to 1.
Tom Rayner who finished second in Group 1 with Alan Ransome presenting Tom with his prize money.
This tournament was run on a large group basis with the top group being for 8 players. Ben Piggott won the rest of his matches in straight games. Thomas Rayner was first challenged by fast improving cadet, Zac Greenhough who was leading 2-1 before Rayner recovered to win the last two games 11 – 8 and 11 – 5. Rayner also had a five set match with Karina le Fevre which he won 11 – 6 in the decider.
GROUP 1 positions
- Ben Piggott,
- Tom Rayner
- Karina Lefevre
- Martin Lowe
- Zac Greenhough
- Jamie Lupton
- Rebecca Savage
- Martin Perry
Karina finished who finished 3rd in group one.
Martin Lowe from Scarborough finishing in 4th place.
The competition was played on a ranking group basis with 8 or 9 players in each of the 5 groups. Although the event was mixed singles, there was a prize for the top lady player and this was won by Karina le Fevre who beat her Ormesby team mate, Rebecca Savage by 3 games to nil.
Winner of Group 2 Janet Adams
Group 2 was won by Yorkshire’s Janet Adams who finished equal top with Ormesby’s Ryan Nassau, but Adams was declared the winner on the basis of the head to head match which was won by Janet at 11-8 in the the fifth in the first match of the day. Adams only defeat was to Louis Fell by 3 games to 1. As Nassau won all the rest of his games despite losing the opening set to Adams.
GROUP 2 positions
- Janet Adams
- Ryan Nassau
- Michael Young
- Louis Fell
- Wesley Burrough
- Helmuth Osborne
- Jamie Collins
- Joseph Allen.
Jamal Mohamed who was runner up in Group 3
Group 3’s winner was Leo Conn after a count back.
In the game between Jamal and Leo, Jemal beat Leo 11-9 in the fifth end
GROUP 3 positions
- Leo Conn
- Jemal Mohamed
- Ryan Morton
- Glenn Hodgson
- Ewan Williams
- Aaron Christie
- Pat Clements
- Shane Iceton
The fourth group was split into two sections A and B with James Bradbury first and Rafael Duarte second in Group 4b
GROUP 4apositions
- James Bradbury
- Rafael Duarte
- Howard McCain
- Philip Hansom
- Adam Watson
- Nigel Green
- Barbara Dumphy
- Euan Jack
Gareth Pearson Group 4b winner
Group 4b group was won by Northumberland’s Gareth Pearson who beat Michael Yip by 3 games to 1
GROUP 4b positions
- Gareth Pearson
- Michael Yip
- James Moore
- Shahwat Saran
- Alan Brown
- Paul Conn
- David Brown
- Charl Myburgh
The event ran very well on 9 tables and produced a format which proved very popular with the participants with a model system to be repeated in future events at the club.