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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.
Ormesby Crowdfunder
I am pleased to announce that we have launched our Crowdfunder programme in order to raise funds to support the development plan that I sent to you recently including the refurbishment of some aspects of the Club.
The Crowdfunder programme is a project in conjunction with Sport England. If we can raise £10,000 in donations then Sport England will match this figure with a further £10,000, therefore, raising £20,000 for the club.
The funding from this Crowdfunder is to partly increase participation in sections of the community including the 50+, disability, schools and senior groups as well as to upgrade the facility for all users.
We will increase the number of people who play the sport and the number of sessions we run every week.
The funding will be also used towards the upgrade of the club. The current facilities of the club are largely based on the former school sports hall and whilst they have worked well for the 17 years that the club has been operating an upgrade of the facilities is really needed. This will include a new specialist ITTF approved floor to replace the one that was in place when we took over the sports hall and to improve the changing facilities and toilets to bring them up to modern standards. Improve the presentation of the exterior of the club as some aspects are becoming tired including the signage and the facia boards around the top of the building. Replace the table tennis tables which worked very well for the club over the period but do need to be renewed and new tables will clearly provide a playing improvement.
We need to have 100 people donating and there is no limit to the level of donation, so it could just be a £5 donation with no upper limit.
Our programme is also eligible for Gift Aid, so if a donor is a UK taxpayer the Club could benefit from an additional 25% of the value of the donation.
To encourage support, we have been able to secure a number of incentives which we hope you will find attractive. These rewards are:
- Family photograph shoot from our Deputy Chairman, Karl Shaw, who is a professional photographer and runs a design studio.
- £30. Voucher from Morrison’s supermarket
- 4 x 30 minute coaching sessions on a 1-to-1 or group basis with Carole Moore.
In addition to this, our equipment sponsors, Tees Sport, have provided 50 boxes of 12 Butterfly R40 3* table tennis balls.
Your donations need to be registered with Crowdfunder by following the linkhttps://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ormesby-ttc-community-development-programme
The Crowdfunder programme is just one part of our new activities which include a number of other developments and fund-raising schemes, as detailed in the Development Plan that was sent to you recently.
One of the incentives that we have discussed with regard to the new programme is to host more tournaments at the Ormesby Club. An initiative from Richard Scruton is to run an Ormesby Open Tournament as a 2* and this has been agreed with Table Tennis England for the 10th June. This will be an Open Tournament with mixed singles, so both men and women can enter, and we organise on a ranking basis so that 8 players of a similar standard play each other.
Your support for our Crowdfunding programme would be greatly appreciated.
Alan Ransome
National Cadet and Junior League 2022/23
Arrangements are in hand for the National Junior League and the National Cadet League
to run in the North East for next season.
The dates are:
NJL – Saturdays
15th October 2022
19th November 2022
21st January 2023
25th February 2023
NCL – Sundays
6th November 2022
27th November 2022
8th January 2023
12th March 2023
The venue is Ormesby TTC.
Entry forms are available on the TTE website and can be downloaded.
https://www.tabletennisengland.co.uk/competitions/national-cadet-and-junior-league/
Double Celebration
Latest results from the European Trophy women – Region A
Karina Le Fevre
FIRST ROUND OF MATCHES
Joola Plymouth TTC 0 – 3 Fusion TTC
Evie Collier v Elena Todirca 11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 7-11
Rachel Trevorrow v Sanne De Hoop 11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 3-11, (1 – 6)
Gemma Kerr v Danielle Kelly 4-11, 4-11, 8-11
Draycott & Long Eaton TTC 3 – 0 St Neots TTC
Sophie Earley v Steffi Popa 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
Erin Green v Lorissa Titiarskaja 11-6, 11-5, 11-5
Megan Jones v Ella Barnard 11-9, 8-11, 11-1, 11-6
Ormesby TTC 3 – 1 Murrayfield TTC
Karina Le Fevre v Meijun Qu 15 -13, 11-3. 8- 11, 11- 8
Rebecca Savage v Mae Ng 13-15, 6-11, 3-11
Charlotte Weatherby v Yuxi Ren 11-5, 11-4, 12-14, 12-10
Karina Le Fevre v Mae Ng 14- 12, 10-12, 11-8, 8-11, (6-4)
SECOND ROUND OF MATCHES
St Neots TTC 1 – 3 Murrayfield TTC
Larisa Titieuskaja v Mae Ng 5-11, 5-11, 8-11
Ella Bardard v Meijun Qu 7-11, 7-11, 7-11
Lowri Hurd v Yuxi Ren 11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 13-11, (6-0)
Larisa Titieuskaja v Meijun Qu 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 6-11 (1-6)
Fusion TTC 1 – 3 Ormesby TTC
Elena Todirca v Charlotte Weatherby 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
Sanne De Hoop v Karina Le Fevre 11-7, 10-12, 4-11, 6-11
Tiana Dennison v Rebecca Savage 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, (5-6)
Danielle Kelly v Karina Le Fevre 4-11, 16-14, 10-12, 6-11
Joola Plymouth TTC 0 – 3 Draycott & Long Eaton TTC
Rachel Trevorrow v Megan Jones 4-11, 9-11, 7-11
Evie Collier v Sophie Earley 7-11, 10-12, 3-11
Gemma Kerr v Anna Green 11-13, 11-2, 9-11, 5
THIRD ROUND OF MATCHES
Draycott & Long Eaton TTC 3 – 1 Ormesby TTC
Sophie Earley v Rebecca Savage 11-3, 11-2, 11-5
Erin Green v Karina Le Fevre 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 6-11
Anna Green v Charlotte Weatherby 11-6, 5-11, 11-2, 11-9
Sophie Earley v Karina Le Fevre 6-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
MurrayField TTC 1 – 3 Fusion TTC
Mae Ng v Danielle Kelly 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-14
Maejun Qu v Elena Todirca 5-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, (6-2)
Yuxi Ren v Tiana Dennison 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, (4-6)
Mae Ng v Sanne De Hoop 8-11, 3-11, 7-11,
Joola Plymouth 3 – 0 St Neots TTC
Evie Collier v Ella Bernard 11-9, 11-7, 11-7
Rachel Trevorrow c Steffi Popa 11-5, 11-8, 12-10
Gemma Kerr v Lowri Hurd 12-10, 14-12, 11-9
EUROPEAN TROPHY – Women Section
This weekend the club are hosting the most important competition for many years, as we have been asked to conduct the qualification tournament for the European Women’s Trophy by the European Table Tennis Union.
This event will take place over this weekend. There will be 6 teams in the event.
- Joola Plymouth TTC
- Fushion TTC – London
- Draycott & Long Eaton TTC – Derby
- St, Neots Table Tennis Club
- Ormesby Table Tennis Club (host)
- Murrayfield TTC – Edinburgh
There will be three matches with the first match at 11:00am on Saturday morning and two matches on Sunday starting at 10:30am. The winners of the competition will qualify for the European Trophy Finals.
This competition sees a return of our most successful female player for many years, Karina Lefevre. Karina retired from international play 2 or 3 years ago but is coming back to represent the club in this competition and is likely to be representing the club in more competitions next season. We are pleased to welcome Karina back. She won many important junior titles within her successful career which spanned almost 10 years, and she represented England in many competitions including the Senior World, European and Commonwealth competitions. Also, included in the Ormesby team are Rebecca Savage and Charlotte Weatherby.
