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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
British Premier League
Ormesby 1 v Cardiff City
15 year old Joe Cope made his debut for Ormesby in the Premier Division of the British Table Tennis League on Saturday when he and won both of his sets, as part of the Clubs 8-0 victory over Cardiff City.
Joe Cope
Cope, who came in as a late replacement for the injured Gavin Evans, opened his account with a victory over Pouyan Javanmard in three straight games 11-7, 12-10 and 11-9. In his second match he beat Ryan Cowley in four games 11-4, 11-7, 13-11 and 11-4.
The match was one-side as the score line suggests with Filip Szymanski, Danny Reed and Darius Knight all winning their sets in straight games, except in the case of Knight’s match against Dean Cundy 3-1.
These results, combined with the defeat of the third placed club BATTS of Harlow by 7-1 by the leaders Drumchapel puts Ormesby within one point of clinching second place in the Division as the Teesside Club have 14 points, against BATTS with 9 points.
Ormesby’s next match is at home against the Scottish club North Ayrshire on Saturday 25 March 2017.
Alan Ransome OBE
Richard Kirby’s Challenge with Danny Reed
To play table tennis against an England International was Richard Kirby’s 85th and latest challenge.
Danny Reed who plays for the Ormesby Premier team helped Richard from Normanby achieve his goal before the start of the Cardiff City match on March 11.
Richard who is raising money for MIND has been doing his Challenges since 2014.
County Umpire Gary Whyman above right, and Harry Wildridge below left, from the Ormesby Junior Club kindly officiated for the match.
Ormesby v Cardiff City – British Premier League
Ormesby pursues their bid for second place in the Premier Division of the British League this coming Saturday when they entertain the leading Welsh team, Cardiff City, which starts at 2pm.
Ormesby are fielding a strong team and includes Danny Reed who came very close to beating Paul Drinkhall in the semi-final of the National Championships on Sunday when he led 3-1, also in the Ormesby team is Polish International Filip Szymanski, plus English Internationals Darius Knight and Gavin Evans.
Cardiff who are currently placed in 5th position in the table are likely to include within their team Daniel O’Connell, Dean Cundy, Nathan Thomas and Lloyd Gregory.
Ormesby are currently in second position in the Premier Division with 12 points from 8 matches played. The Teesside Club could go further ahead of the third placed team BATTS of Harlow as BATTS entertain the leaders Drumchapel in their fixture on Saturday.
The Ormesby match is being played at the Club Centre on Saturday 11 March at the Ormesby Club on Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough and spectators are most welcome.