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Ormesby Junior 1 star

David Gofton left and Jack Dewar

David Gofton left and Jack Dewar

Lead by a strong display by Jack Dewar dominated the 1st Ormesby Junior 1 Star Open Championships which took place at the Club on Sunday on 22nd November 2015.

Dewar remarkably won 3 singles titles, the Junior Boys Singles, the Cadet Boys Singles and the Junior Banded Singles.

In the main event of the Junior Boys Singles, Dewar, the 3rd seed, beat Lancashire Jack Dunning in the 3 games to win in the quarter final. Next was top seed Robert Renton of Durham by 11-9 in the deciding game in the semi-final and then Dewar proved too good for the 2nd seed Ormesby team mate David Gofton by 3 games to 1 in the final.

In the Cadet Singles Dewar came through from the 2nd seeded position to beat Adam Webster of Northumberland in the semi-final and top seed Gofton in the final both in straight games.

In the banded Junior Singles, after losing to Gofton in the qualifying groups, Dewar beat the 2nd seed Lee Tinkler of Durham 3-0 in the quarter finals. Thaaqib Saleem also of Durham was Dewar’s victim by 3-1 in the semi, he then scored his third victory over the 3rd seed Gofton by 3-1 in the final.

Gofton had beaten the top seed Edward Sett of Durham by 3-1 in the semi.

Gofton combined with Ormesby team mate Chris Edwards to win the Junior Doubles beating Dewar and George Hill by 3 games to 1.

In the Under 12 Singles, 2 emerging Ormesby talents took the Junior Boys and Junior Girls Singles.

Lola and Gene McGhee November 22 2015

Lola and Gene McGhee

9 year old Gene McGhee was the winner of the boys event beating Jonah Hannaway to take the boys title, whilst his 10 year old sister, Lola McGhee excelled in the girls event beating Reem Rassem of Durham in the final by 3 games to 0.

The two McGhee youngsters are regarded as top prospect for the Ormesby Club for the future.

The Junior Girls Singles was won by Durham’s Rana Rassem who won the event comfortably beating Ormesby Beth Wardell in three straight games.

The Junior Girls Banded event was won by Wardell who beat Durham’s Emma Smith by 3 straight games in the final. Rassem also won the Cadet Girls Singles beating Smith by 3-1 to take the title.

‘PING’ Festival at Ormesby Table Tennis Club

In the picture are the winners of the four events, the Under 11’s, Under 16’s, Adults and a Challenge competition. Ormesby Club Chairman Alan Ransome is fourth from the right at the back and Malcolm Muldoon ‘PING’ Organiser for the Ormesby Club second from right.

The final event of ‘PING’ Middlesbrough took place at Ormesby Table Tennis Club on August 16. The ‘PING’ Festival was for players who hadn’t played in competitve table tennis before.

Super 10 Tournament

Ormesby Table Tennis Club is holding its anual Summer League Tournament on Sunday 9  August.

Entry forms are available from the club or call 01642 310163 to enter.

Players will be guaranteed a minimum of 9 games with play starting at 10.00am.

Come and get some extra practice before the new season begins

‘PING’ Middlesbrough and National Table Tennis Day

Pictured left to right back row: John Richardson, Mick Sullivan, Chris Wallis, John Harrington. Denis Neale and Bruce Lowther. Front Row Malcolm Muldoon, Keith Robinson and Chris Flynn.

A double celebration was held at Ormesby Table Tennis Club on National Table Tennis Day.

Once again we had a visit from the Thursday night ‘Posh Pingers’ who were following on from their successful appearance at last years ‘Ping’ Middlesbrough at the National Trust property, Ormesby Hall.

This year they came to help the Ormesby Club celebrate both National Table Tennis Day as well as ‘PING’ Middlesbrough.

FOR MORE PICTURES FROM NATIONAL TABLE TENNIS DAY AND ‘PING’ MIDDLESBROUGH 2015 PLEASE LOOK IN THE PHOTO GALLERY

National Table Tennis Day at Ormesby

‘PING’ Middlesbrough and Ormesby Table Tennis Club are celebrating National Table Tennis day on Thursday 16 July.

Lots of events have been arranged to run throughout the day.

The day begins with the usual 50+ session from 10.00am to 12.00noon. A Hard Bat tournament is planned for this session.

Six times English Champion Denis Neale will be present throughout the afternoon and he will be challenging all comers to a game of Whiff Whaff.

Lots of other events will take place during the rest of the day as can be seen on the poster.

The final event of the day will be an Aerobic Table Tennis Session and it is hoped all present will join in.

The event is open to anyone who would like to come along and join in the fun.

BTTAD Medal Winners

Pictured left to right: Noel Thomas, Grand Prix Referee Dave Cochrane and Marc Bonnar

There were medals galore for Ormesby Disability table tennis players most of whom had entered a BTTAD event for the first.

More pictures and a list of medal winners will be posted on the Disability page.

BTTAD Grand Prix

Ormesby Table Tenis Club is hosting The Ormesby Para Open Table Tennis Championship on Saturday 11 July 2015 . The event is part of the BTTAD Grand Prix Series.

Over a dozen Ormesby players will be taking part giving them a chance to compete against players from various part of the country.

The Championships sponsored by TEES SPORT start at 9.00am and spectators can come along and support the event free of charge.

Sunderland Sportsman of the year

Congratulation to Josh Weatherby who won ‘Sportsman of the Year’ for the Sunderland Sports Fund

Josh who is only 11 years of age received a trophy and a cheque for £250.

Open Singles

Martin Rutter, pictured right, winner of the Open Singles with runner up John Crawford left and Middlesbrough League chairman Alan Ransome centre who presented the prize money.

Ormesby’s Martin Rutter regained the men’s single title in the Middlesbrough Table Tennis Championship which took place at the Ormesby Club on Sunday.  Rutter won 3 titles in total adding both the Division One singles and the hard bat singles to his list of honours.

In the open singles semi final Rutter defeated his Ormesby team mate Dave Ashwell in three straight games.  In the final he beat a Durham County player John Crawford by the same score.  The closest match in this competition was Crawford beating Karl Shaw at 11-9 in the 5th game after Shaw lead by 2 games to 0.

In Division One singles Rutter defeated Michael Young by 3 games to 1.

In the hard bat event Crawford reached the final only to be beaten by Rutter 31-20.

Promising 11 year old Josh Weatherby enjoyed an excellent tournament winning 4 titles, the Junior singles (under 18), Cadet singles (under 15) the Under 12’s and the Open Doubles.

In the junior event Weatherby scored a comfortable win against another Ormesby player Jack Dewar.

In the Cadets, Weatherby beat Kieran Wardell in the final 3-1 and the under 12’s saw a 3 straight victory over David Gofton.

Another player to have a very good tournament was Ashwell who won 3 titles.  He won the (Veterans) Over 40 singles beating Crawford in 3 straight games in the final. He also won the handicap event beating Adam Purcell of Ormesby at 21-19 in the third game.  Ashwell and Weatherby won the doubles beating Crawford and Tony Langley.

The Division 2 singles was won by David Williams who beat Kieran Wardell to take the title.  The wheelchair singles winner was Noel Thomas who beat Marc Bonner in the final

Alan Ransome OBE

Ormesby K Wheelers

Pictured left to right Andrew Green, Marc Bonnar, Chris Samuels, John Fenwick, Brian Holloway and Peter McIntosh. Noel Thomas who also plays for the Wheelers team was unavailable when the picture was taken.

Congratulations to the Ormesby  K  Wheelers team have won the Midddlesbrough Table Tennis League, Division Two Handicap League for the 2014 – 2015 season.

North Regional Under 11 to 14 Qualifications

Teesside players dominated the Table Tennis England North East Qualification Competition held at Ormesby last Sunday to decide the players who compete in the Under 11 – 14 National Championships.

The two Under 14 events were won by Will Dobinson of Northfield and Charlotte Weatherby of Ormesby.  Dobinson defeated Joe Cope of Northfield to clinch the title whilst Ormesby’s Kieran Wardell and Jack Dewar qualified in 3rd and 4th positions.  Second in the Girls’ event was Katie Peacock of Darlington whilst Madelaine Dunn of Swerve was in 3rd position.

In the Under 13 event the winner was Northfield’s Joe Cope whilst Kieran Wardell of Ormesby was in 2nd place and Boldon’s Peter Smallcombe was 3rd with George Forster of Swerve 4th.  The Under 13 Girls’ was won by Charlotte McCarty of Northfield and Katie Wray of Darlington second.

The Under 11 and Under 12 Boys’ were both won by Ormesby’s Thomas Rayner with Gene McGhee of Ormesby 2nd in the Under 11 Boys’ and David Gofton of Ormesby in 2nd place in the Under 12 Boys’.  Peter Smallcombe from Boldon was in 3rd position and Ormesby’s Adam Gent 4th in the Under 12’s.  Leo Pontone of Bishop Auckland was in 3rd place with Thomas Lambert of Serve 4th in the Under 11’s. The Under 11 and Under 12 Girls’ were won by Lola McGhee of Ormesby with Lucy Gent, also of Ormesby, in 2nd place.

Alan Ransome OBE

British League -final weekend

Teesside teams had mixed results in the final weekend of the British League which took place last weekend with 2 of the 3 Ormesby teams moving out of the relegation zone in Division 1 and Division 3, Northfield being relegated from Division 1 and Beaumont Accountancy Services Nomads winning the 3rd Division Championship and promotion to Division 2.

In Widnes Ormesby’s 2nd team in Division 1 enjoyed their best weekend as they won 3 of their matches against Northfield 6-2, Halton 6-2 and champions Drumchapel 6-2 as well as drawing with the team in second place, Cardiff, 4 all.  Harry Dai playing in the 4th position excelled to win all his 8 sets whilst Ormesby’s recent signing, Warren Li Kam Wa, did well at No 1, winning 7 of his 8 sets.  Martin Rutter and Josh Harland contributed with 5 wins out of 8 and 2 from 8 respectively.

Despite a good performance from Billy Forster, Northfield were relegated after losing all 4 matches to Ormesby 6-2, Halton 5-3, Drumchapel 6-2 and Rotherham 7-1.  Forster won 4 of his 8 sets, whilst Damien Nicholls and Joseph Clark both won 2 from 8.

Playing at the Ormesby Club Beaumont Accountancy Services Nomads came from 2nd position in the table after playing 4 difficult matches to win the 3rd division and promotion to the 2nd Division.  Beaumont beat Drumchapel 6-2, Colin Deaton Chesterfield 5-3, leaders Pudsey 5-3 and Arbory also 5-3.  The big match was against Pudsey on Sunday morning with the team winning a tremendous battle by 5-3.  Beaumont still had to win the final set against Arbory and looked in trouble when they trailed 2-0 but fought back to win the next 5 sets and clinch the 2 final points they needed to head the table.  Anthony Phoenix, Sam Hitchen and Steve Cooper all won 5 from 8 whilst Mark Walpole, who won the decisive game in the Pudsey match, won 6 from 8.

In Derby Ormesby’s3rd team were unable to recover from their position at the bottom of Division 3 North from the first 3 weekends and are relegated from this division after losing to Scarborough 7-1, Woodfield 7-1, Formby 5-3.  They picked up one point by drawing with Orlap of Reading 4 all.  Dave Ashwell and Adam Smith won 3 from 8 whilst Carl White won 2 from 6 and Mick Young 1 from 6.

Easter Holiday – extra sessions

Open Practice Sessions are being held from 12.30pm until 6.30pm on:

Monday 30 March – Tuesday 31 March – Wednesday 1 April – Thursday 2 April

Tuesday 7 April – Wednesday 8 April – Thursday 9 April – Friday 10 April

Aerobic Table Tennis

Don’t forget, Friday 20 March sees the start of Aerobic Table Tennis at Ormesby Table Tennis Club when Steve Rowe will be demonstrating the new fitness routine.

Anyone can join in the free sessions.

No need to book – just turn up and see this new idea in fitness.

The first session is from 10.30am until 11.30am and the second session 6.00pm until 7.00pm.

Senior British Premier League Triumph

Pictured left to right: Keith Thomas,Table Tennis England Treasurer, Alan Ransome, Ormesby Table Tennis Club Chairman, Team Captain, Michael Marsden, Tom Jarvis, Enio Mendes, Darius Knight and Helshan Weerasinghe

By winning 3 of their matches 8-0 and playing a draw with the current Champions, Sycamore, Ormesby won the Premier Division of the British League when the club hosted the final round of matches on Sunday.  This result has meant tht Ormesby has achieved a unique treble, winning the women’s and Junior British League Premier Division titles as well as the Senior title.

The title coming to Ormesby was an all-round team performance with all 4 members that played on the weekend – Darius Knight, Enio Mendes, Helshan Weerasinghe  and Tom Jarvis, winning 7 of their 8 sets. The season climaxed on Sunday morning after Ormesby had improved their sets average with two 8-0 victories against Kingfisher of Reading and Bournemouth whilst their main challengers for the title, Sycamore, had dropped sets, beating London Academy 7-1 and Drumchapel by 6-2 so that, provided Ormesby had a good result against Drumchapel on Sunday afternoon, a 4 all draw would be sufficient to win the title.

The match started badly for Ormesby when Sycamore’s Japanese player, Kenichi Matsubuchi, scored a very narrow victory over Mendes at 11-9 in the 5th deciding game.  Knight, in a second thrilling match, levelled the score by beating English international and 6 Nations Champion, Chris Doran, at 14-12 in the decider.  Then came the 2 big surprise results for Ormesby when Jarvis scored a comfortable win against higher ranked Mathew Ware in 3 straight games and Weerasinghe beat the Irish No 1, Paul McCreery by 11-2 in the deciding game.

Sycamore came back into the match when Matsubuchi scored a comfortable win against Knight but Mendes proved too strong for Ware, winning with 3 comfortable games to clinch at least the 4-4 draw  As was anticipated, Sycamore finished the match strongly with Doran beating Weerasinghe 3-1 and McCreery defeating Jarvis 3-0 but the all-important draw from Ormesby’s perspective had been achieved which simply left a win over Drumchapel of Glasgow, the third placed team, by 6-2 required for Ormesby to take the title.

In the final match Ormesby started strongly when Knight defeated Scottish international Craig Howieson in straight games and then Mendes beat Drumchapel’s star man, Chinese Sung Meng Cheng, by the same score and from that point it was downhill all the way for Ormesby as the team ran out a convincing 8-0 winner.

At the same time deflated Sycamore lost their final match against the London club Fusion by 5-3 to give Ormesby a clear 2 point lead at the top of the table.

Mendes won the League award for the player who won the most matches during the season with 24 wins from 28 matches whilst Knight was in second place with 23.  Weerasinghe was 4th with 20 from 25 whilst Jarvis was in 7th place with 15 from 17.  Michael Marsden, the player/coach, won 6 from 12.

This result concluded a remarkable season for Ormesby in British Premier Division table tennis.  In February the Women’s team with Karina Le Fevre, Sarah Berge, Maria Tsaptsinos and Chloe Whyte, retained the Women’s British title when they defeated Nottingham Draycott 5-1 in the final weekend.

Also in February the Junior team with Tom Jarvis, Christopher Wheeler, Josh Harland and Zehong Huang won the British Junior title after playing a 3-3 draw in the final match with London Academy.  Then last weekend, Ormesby won the title with the final victory over Drumchapel.

British Premier League

With the Championship race for the Premier Division of the British Table Tennis League so finely balanced, the key match between Ormesby and the current champions, Nottingham Sycamore, is proving to be the most anticipated clash in the competition for several years.

The final weekend of matches takes place at the Ormesby Club on Saturday and Sunday and gives the Teesside team the home advantage.

Nottingham and Ormesby are locked together at the top of the table, both with 19 points, both with a sets average of 62 against 18.  Nottingham Sycamore have a slight advantage on the games average – 209 to 95 against 201 to 89 – but Ormesby have an easier final run in than Nottingham Sycamore so this could change in Ormesby’s favour.

Nottingham Sycamore’s chances of retaining the title have improved by their signing of a leading Japanese player, Kenichi Matsubuchi, who this season is playing most of his table tennis in Sweden.  Matsubuchi travelled to Britain to win the West of Scotland Grand Prix tournament and will make his second appearance for Sycamore this weekend.

The Ormesby v Nottingham Sycamore match takes place on Sunday morning starting at 10.00 am.  The first 2 sets are vital when the Nottingham Sycamore No 1 Chris Doran played Enio Mendes for Ormesby and then Darius Knight, playing No 1 for Ormesby, plays Matsubuchi.  The lower half of the match is also very interesting as Nottingham Sycamore have, on paper, the advantage with Matthew Ware and Irish international Paul McCreery.  Ormesby’s likely players are the fast improving youngsters Helshan Weerasinghe and Tom Jarvis.

The match between the 2 leading teams is likely to be very tight.  If it goes to a 4 all draw, which was the result when the two teams played in the first half of the season, the Championship will be decided on sets or games average.  The other likely result is 5-3 but the question would be in which team’s favour.

Ormesby have the easier fixtures on Saturday when they play the two teams at the bottom of the table, Kingfisher from Reading at 11.00 am and Bournemouth at 3.00 pm.  Nottingham Sycamore have 5th placed London Academy at 11.00 am and 3rd placed Drumchapel at 3.00 pm.  In the final round of matches on Sunday afternoon, when the title could be decided, Ormesby meet Drumchapel and Sycamore play the 6th placed team Fusion of South London.

Ormesby have already won 2 British League Premier Division titles this season with the women being convincing winners for the third year in a row in January and the junior team winning the title after a battle with London Academy in February.  A victory at Ormesby on Sunday would give the home team a unique treble.

Spectators are welcome throughout the weekend.

Alan Ransome OBE

Aerobic Table Tennis Comes to Ormesby

A day of Aerobic Table Tennis is coming to Ormesby Table Tennis Club on Friday 20 March 2015.

See the poster for details of this special day with free sessions for all.

British Premier League Final Weekend

Pictured right: Darius Knight (curtesy of John Upham)

The Ormesby Club are in contention for the Senior British Table Tennis League Premier Division title when they host the final round of matches at the club’s headquarters on Cargo Fleet Lane on 14 and 15 March.

Ormesby are locked in a battle for the title with the current holders, the Sycamore club of Nottingham, and the two teams will meet on the morning of Sunday 15 March.

Ormesby have already captured two National titles with the Women’s Premier and Junior Premier divisions this season.  If Ormesby win the Senior title, this will be a unique treble.

The British League weekend will consist of 4 rounds of matches – 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday – and most of Britain’s top 50 players will be in action.  The clubs who will be participating are:

Barrow Tornadoes – Bournemouth Sports – Drumchapel Glasgow – Fusion of South London – Kingfisher of Reading – London Academy – Ormesby and Sycamore

Leading the Ormesby team will be Darius Knight whilst Sycamore’s top player is the English International Chris Doran.

National Junior League 2015

Pictured left to right: Justin Wong, Jack Dewar, David Gofton, Nathan Kell, Jasmin Wong and Kieran Wardell

The final round of matches in the 2014- 15 National Junior League took place at Ormesby Table Tennis Club on Saturday 28 February.

The original ten team division was spilt into two for the final days play.

Ormesby C team players Jasmin Wong, Kieran Wardell and Justin Wong won Group A with Ormesby A players Jack Dewar, Nathan Kell and David Gofton finishing top of Group B.

Nathan Kell who was unbeaten thoughout the days four rounds of matches was awarded player of the weekend by Craig Wardell the event organiser.

Fun Fit Friday

‘FUN FIT FRIDAY’ begins on Friday 27 February from 10.30am to 11.30am.

Come along and enjoy keeping fit.

Stop and have a chat – refreshments available.

All Welcome