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Middlesbrough TT League KO CUP 20/26
The final of the 2025/2026 KO Handicap Cup was play at Ormesby TTC on Wednesday 22 April
Ormesby Pathway Development B players Mila Gao, Mindy Gao, Evie Main and John Graham won the match 5 – 2.
Ormesby C left of picture, Mike Howling, Barbara Dumphy and Eric Smallwood with match referee Gary Whyman
British Premier League 25-26
Pictures by Chris Rayner
The players from the eight teams of Senior BCL Premier Division with the Referee and Umpires on the right
The Ormesby team are pictured in red centre front row.
David McBeath, Enio Mendes, captain Denis Neale and Ben Piggott
A message from Ormesby Table Tennis Club Chairman – Alan Ransome OBE
I am pleased to advise you that Ormesby was successful in our bid to win the Senior BCL Premier Division. The final round of matches was held at the Ormesby Club this weekend. Our team won all 4 matches beating North Ayrshire 4-3, BATTS 5-2, Ebatts 7-0, then in the final match last year’s champions, Brighton, 5-2.
All the Ormesby team played well with David McBeath winning 7 of his 8 matches, Enio Mendes winning 6 of his 7 matches and Ben Piggott winning 6 out of his 8 matches. The Ormesby team Captain was Denis Neale, the former English Champion.
Table Tennis England Board Member Richie Venner on the left presented the Ormesby players with the Alan Ransome British Premier League trophy.
The event was very well supported by many of the members who came along to support the team. It was also covered on TTE TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hobxSpgWpEY
In the next division of the Championship our Ormesby 2nd team did well in the final weekend to finish in 6thplace, which was a good result particularly in the final weekend when there was a chance of being relegated in the bottom two was a possibility.
Best wishes
Alan Ransome
Chairman
Ormesby Junior Darts Sucess
CONGRATULATIONS RYAN
Proud winner Ryan is pictured below with his trophy and a cheque for £200.00
We are now hoping 16 year old Ryan continues his success and you never know he might become the next Luke Littler
Ormesby Junior table tennis player Ryan Hembury, who plays in the
Ormesby – Junior British Club League and the Middlesbrough TT League
has qualified for the Final of the TEESSIDE DARTS ACADEMY Ranking Series
Good Luck Ryan
Junior British Clubs League
The winning team Ormesby 1
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Aaron Christie, Charlie Burnside, Jack Walker and Jack Walker.
Success for Ormesby 1 in Division One of the Junior British Clubs League played at Ormesby on Sunday 15 February.
Coming soon – Cleveland Senior 4* Open
Super Round Robin Tournament
For more information please call 07803 137 285
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Ormesby Table Tennis Club at Ormesby Hall
Saturday, the first of two days at “Love Local” at Ormesby Hall was a real scorcher.
Every year we seem to have beautiful weather and today was no exception.
It was lovely seeing all the different ages having a go, parents and grandparents showing their the young children how to play.
It was also good to hear from the visitors who told us about when they used to play at the old Ormesby Club, who they played with and some the coaches who coached them.
Brenda and Gary, two of the club’s Trustees are pictured below. Having a go!!!!
Ormesby coach Malcolm was also on hand to give players a few tips.
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It’s on again tomorrow with Lynn and Ken, so do go along and take advantage of the beautiful National Trust surroundings.
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It’s “Love Local” at Ormesby Hall on Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd June 2025
Entry is free including a look around the National Trust’s Ormesby Hall which is well worth a visit.
We will have some table tennis tables “to practice on”.
A wide variety of stalls to treat yourself as well something to eat etc.
We would love to see you there from 10.30am to 4.00pm.
Children’s half term free sessions
Free table tennis sessions for boys and girls.
Tuesday 27 and Friday 30 May
1.00pm until 3.00pm
Learn how to play table tennis – Bats and balls provided
Bring your friends and have some fun.
Cleveland Senior 4*
Cleveland Table Tennis Association is organising the first Senior 4* Tournament at Middlesbrough Sporting Village.
The Cleveland Senior 4* takes place on Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th May 2025.
The closing date for entries is April 14.
ENTRY FORMS
can be downloaded from the Table Tennis England website.
Scarborough 2*
Euan Jack, pictured above, who is a member of the Ormesby PDC Squad came runner-up in the Cadet-Under 15 Boys event at the Scarborough 2* on Saturday 22 March.
Several other children from the PDC squad also did well in the Cadet-Under 15 Boys.
All the boys won through their groups. Jack Walker got to the Semi Finals and Jack Buckley the Quarter Finals.
In the Under 11’s Jamie Dent, playing in his first major competition took some ends off more experienced players.
Evie Main was also playing and her results will follow.
Well done to all
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.