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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
Cleveland County Closed 2015
Pictured left to right: David Ashwell, Alan Ransome and David Pashley
Ormesby’s Martin Rutter won the Men’s Singles title for the third successive year in the Cleveland County Closed Table Tennis Championships that took place at the Ormesby Club on Sunday after tough matches in both the semi final and in the final.
Rutter was taken the distance by his Ormesby team mate, Dave Ashwell, in the final. Rutter led by 2 games to 1 before Ashwell levelled at 2 all. Rutter, who employs the more powerful game, stepped up a gear in the decider and ran out the winner by 11-7 in the fifth.
In the semi final Rutter lost the third game which was one of the best of the Championship to junior Kaine Macdonald by 14-12 but still led by 2 games to 1. In the fourth Rutter built an early lead and never looked back, running out the winner by 11-7. In his semi final Ashwell defeated another of his Ormesby team mates, Peter Wilkinson, by 3 games to 1.
Macdonald’s chance of honours came in the Junior (Under 18) singles where he won the title without the loss of a single game. In the final he beat Nathan Kell by 11-9, 11-7, 11-5. Second seed Kell beat Kieran Wardell in the semi final whilst Macdonald defeated Dewar.
The Cadet (Under 15) Singles was won by Kieran Wardell who beat Northfield’s George Forster by 3-1 in the semi final and club mate Thomas Rayner by the same score in the final. Rayner did well to beat Jack Dewar in the semi final after trailing by 2 games to 1. Rayner won the fourth at 11-9 and the fifth at 11-8.
In the Mini Cadet Singles Ormesby’s Rayner won the title after playing an even closer contest with Swerve’s George Forster. Rayner led by 2 games to 1 before Forster won the fourth at 11-9. Rayner took command at the beginning of the fifth to win 11-4.
The Veteran Singles was won by Dave Ashwell who defeated East Cleveland’s Dave Pashley by 3-1 in the final. Ashwell’s toughest match was in the semi final against Michael Boyce where he won 11-6 in the decider. Pashley did well to beat Peter Wilkinson, the second seed, in his semi final by 3 games to 1.
Ashwell won his second title in the popular Handicap Singles where he defeated Wardell in the final. Wardell looked on track to clinch the title when he won the first game by 21-9 but Ashwell recovered from the 11 point handicap to win the second and third game, both at 21-19.
The Wheelchair Singles, which was played as a round robin competition, was won by Brian Holloway who was undefeated. The deciding match was against Noel Thomas who finished second, where Holloway won 16-14, 11-7, 11-9.
RESULTS
Men’s Singles – Martin Rutter (Ormesby) beat David Ashwell (Ormesby) 11-2, 6-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7
Junior Mixed Singles – Kaine Macdonald (Ormesby) beat Nathan Kell (Ormesby) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5
Cadet Mixed Singles – Kieran Wardell (Ormesby) beat Thomas Rayner (Ormesby) 11-7, 10-10, 13-11, 11-7
Mini Cadet Mixed Singles – Thomas Rayner (Ormesby)beat George Forster (Swerve)11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-4
Veteran Singles – David Ashwell (Ormesby) beat David Pashley (East Cleveland) 11-5, 11-7, 12-14, 11-8
Handicap Singles – David Ashwell (Ormesby) beat Kieran Wardell (Ormesby) 9-21, 21-19, 21-19
Wheelchair Singles – Brian Holloway (Ormesby) beat Noel Thomas (Ormesby) 16-14, 11-7, 11-9
Alan Ransome OBE
British Junior League title for Ormesby
Ormesby’s British Junior Premier League winners left to right: Tom Jarvis, Chris Wheeler and Zehong Huang
With a brilliant performance by Tom Jarvis, Ormesby clinched their second British League title in 2 weeks when the club won the Junior title at Wolverhampton over the weekend.
After the first round of matches in October, Ormesby led the table by just one point over London Academy but Ormesby’s chances were adversely affected by the injury to Josh Harland who had contributed significantly to the success in the first round of matches.
The system of play required Ormesby to play 2 more matches in the first round which achieved a 5-1 win against Ireland and a 4-2 victory against the London club, EBATTS.
In the final round of matches Ormesby started still ahead of main rivals London Academy by one point but were then level when drawing with EBATTS in the second match 3 all after Jarvis had won 2 and Christopher Wheeler 1. Ormesby beat Wood Green of Birmingham 4-2 next with 2 each from Jarvis and Wheeler and needed a 3 all draw in the final match against London Academy to clinch the title.
This was a cliffhanger as Wheeler lost his first match to England cadet Luke Savill. Jarvis produced great form to beat Gabriel Achampong at 11-8 in the 5th game and then came from 2-1 down to beat Savill at 11-6 in the 5th. The Championship hung on the final set between Wheeler and London Academy’s Swedish player, William Apeoqvist. After 4 very close games Wheeler won at 11-8 in the 4th to clinch the title for Ormesby.
This Championship adds to the Women’s title won by Ormesby in Doncaster last week. The club’s Senior Men’s team are neck and neck with the current British Champions, Sycamore. The final round of matches will be at home for Ormesby, including the decider with Sycamore, over the weekend of 14 and 15 March.
The second Teesside club to excel over the weekend was Northfield who were comfortable winners of Division 1 and, subject to confirmation, will gain promotion to the Premier Division next year.
Northfield won 4 and drew 1 of their matches over the weekend. They beat Formby from Liverpool, Sussex Alliance and London Academy by 5-1, Ellenborough by 4-2 before drawing their final match with Greenhouse London 3 all, which was after the Championship had been decided.
Primary Schools International
Congratulations to 11 year old Josh Weatherby who has been picked to play in the Primary Schools International at Blackburn from the 10 to 12 April 2015.
Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland Schools Individual results
In the picture are some of the competitors at the Under 16 and Under 19 event played on Wednesday 11 February.
Almost 200 children from schools across the South Cleveland area took part in the Schools Individual Tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday 10 and 11 February.
On Tuesday 24 February the winners and runners up in each category will play the winners and runners up from the schools from the Hartlepool and Stockton area (North Cleveland) which was hosted by Northfield Table Tennis Club.
RESULTS
Primary Boys
Winner – Adam Gent, St Bernadettes RC Primary School, Nunthorpe – Runner up Gene McGhee – Green Lane Primary Academy, Middlesbrough
Primary Girls
Winner – Lucy Gent, St Bernadettes RC Primary School, Nunthorpe – Runner up – Lola McGhee, Green Lane Primary Academy, Middlesbrough
Under 13 Boys
Winner – David Gofton, Nunthorpe Academy – Runner up – Chris Edwards, Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough
Under 13 Girls
Winner – Alice Kneeshaw, Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough – Runner up – Eve Jackson, Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough
Under 16 Boys
Winner – Alec Ward, Nunthorpe Academy – Runner up – George Hill, Sacred Heart School, Redcar
Under 16 Girls
Winner – Kate Miller, Sacred Heart School, Redcar – Runner up – Jasmine Kelly, Sacred Heart School, Redcar
Under 19 Boys
Winner – Conner Mucklow, Redcar Academy – Runner up – Reece Singleton, Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough
Under 19 Girls
Winner – Lucy Nassau, Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough – Runner up – Jodie Meek, Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough
The Women’s British League Trophy returns to Ormesby
Pictured: Chloe Whyte holding the Rose Bowl surrounded by some of the Ormesby Top Squad.
The day after the Ormesby Women’s British League team won the Premier Division of the League for the third consecutive year, Chloe Whyte and team captain Alan Ransome brought the Rose Bowl back to Ormesby Table Tennis Club. The trophy will remain in pride of place in the Club’s Trophy Cabinet.
Chloe and Alan can be seen in the picture with some of the Ormesby Top Squad.
The Ormesby Women’s Premier Team Win the Title for the Third Consecutive Year
The winning team pictured left to right: Maria Tsaptsinos, Sarah Burge, Karina Lefevre and Chloe Whyte
Led by a 100% record from Karina Lefevre, Ormesby won the Women’s British Table Tennis League for the third successive year in Doncaster last weekend and finish in the season with a string of victories over the rest of the field.
Playing at number one in the team Karina won all of her eight sets in the final round of matches.
In the fixture against the clubs main rivals, Draycot East Midlands, Karina beat both the current leader of the English Grand Prix series Abbie Milwain by 3 games to nil and her England team colleague Emma Vickers by 3 – 1.
Karina was supported strongly by the rest of the team. Maria Tsaptsinos won 9 of her 10 sets including all straight games victory over Vickers in the opening set in Ormesby’s of the Draycot match.
She also helped the team with a win over Yolanda King the number one player for YHL of Devon who finished in 3rd position. Maria won by 3 games to 2 after trailing 4 -1in the decider winning at 11 – 6.
Sarah Berge was a tower of strength at number 3 for Ormesby finishing with an unbeaten record in Doncaster including straight games wins over the highly rated Guernsey International Alice Loveridge and Milwain both with convincing straight games scorelines in the Draycot match
Chloe Whyte played her part in winning 2 against the Leicester team Knighton Park. Ormesby won their first four matches of the weekend by 6 sets to 0 beating Knighton Park, Halton of Merseyside, Burton and YHL.
In the final match against Draycot, Ormesby won 5 – 1, the East Midlands teams only victory being Loveridge over Tsaptsinos by 3 games to 1.
Le Fevre finished with a 100% record 16 wins from 16 sets throughout the season. Tsaptsinos and Berge both had 95% with 19 out of 20 whilst Whyte also had a 100% with 4 from 4.
Ormesby have lifted the Women’s British League title now 5 times in the last 7 years including all the last 3.
Karina Le Fevre and Chloe Whyte have been an important part of the squad throughout the whole of that period.
The trophy, the Butterfly ball was presented to the Ormesby team by the Chair of table Tennis England Sandra Deaton.
Alan Ransome OBE
West of Scotland Open win for Karina
Karina Le Fevre – pictured right – enjoyed one of her best results of the season when she won the West of Scotland Open table tennis tournament in Glasgow last weekend.
Karina is the lead player in the Ormesby team that will be fighting to retain the Women’s British League title when the final round of matches is played in Doncaster this weekend.
The Glasgow tournament, which is part of the Table Tennis England’s Grand Prix series, was an important win for Karina in her aim to retain the overall national Grand Prix title.
In the final Le Fevre beat her England team mate the in-form Derbyshire player, Emma Vickers, by 3 games to 1. The key game was the third with the scores poised at 1 set all, when Karina won on deuce. She took the fourth at 11-6.
To reach the final Le Fevre beat the Welsh international Megan Phillips by 3 games to 1 in the quarter final and then the Scottish No 1, Gillian Edwards, by 3-0 in the semi final.
Ormesby are favourites to retain the Women’s British League title this weekend after an excellent performance in the first round of matches in September. Ormesby lead the table with an maximum of 10 points from 5 matches played and with a sets average of 29 against 1. The team in second place and realistically the only team that can take the title from Ormesby, Draycott East Midlands, have 8 points and a sets average of 22-8. Draycott however have a stronger squad this weekend as, in addition to their two main players, Emma Vickers and Abbie Milwain, they have the strong Guernsey international Alice Loveridge in their squad for Doncaster.
With Le Fevre in the Ormesby team are the French international Sarah Berge, English Junior champion Maria Tsaptsinos and the former English Masters winner, Chloe Whyte.
Alan Ransome OBE
Good news for Victoria
Victoria Linsley, a keen footballer, has been invited to train with the England Under 19 womens football squad which is taking place at St Georges Park in Birmingham.
Victoria who plays table tennis for the Ormesby L team in the Middlesbrough & District Table Tennis League will be taking part in the four day training camp.
Christmas Super 10 7-Jan-2015
Martin Rutter retained his Super 10 title when the latest tournament was held at the Ormesby Club on 28 December.
Rutter was unbeaten, winning all 8 of his sets, with his closest match being with the former England Cadet player, Michael Laird, who Rutter defeated by 3 games to 1. Rapidly improving Nathan Kell excelled to finish in 3rd position with 6 wins against 2 losses whilst another improving youngster, David Gofton, exceeded expectations to finish 6th.
The second group was won by Katie Peacock from Darlington who beat Chris Edwards by 3 games to 2 in the deciding match. The finishing positions were as below:
Group 1
1..Martin Rutter 8-0 2. Michael Laird 7-1
3. Nathan Kell 6-2 4. Ryan Nassau 5-3
5. David Noutch 4-4 6. David Gofton 3-5
7. Kieran Wardell 2-6 8. Slavik Moryson 1-8
9. Arek Hnat 0-8
Group 2
1. Katie Peacock 8-1 2. Chris Edwards 8-1
3. Jamie Peacock 7-2 4. Alan Perry 6-3
5. Kevin Wray 6-3 6. Shan Aslam 3-6
7. Beth Wardell 2-7 8. Katie Wray 2-7
9. Devon McQuade 1-8 10. John Fenwick 1-8
Alan Ransome OBE
Ormesby Christmas Party
Ormesby Table Tennis Club – Christmas Party will now be held on Saturday 3 January.
Super 10 November 29 2014
On the left of the picture Martin Rutter can be seen being presented with his prize money after winning Group One in the Super Ten Tournament held at the Ormesby Club on Saturday November 29 by Club Chairman, Alan Ransome.
Former Middlesbrough champion Martin Rutter produced some of his best table tennis of the season to win the Ormesby Super 10 Tournament which was played at the Club’s Headquarters on Saturday.
Rutter went through the event unbeaten, only dropping a game to both Josh Harland and Nathan Kell. His best victory was over Harland. Rutter beat the 3rd seed, Harry Dai, who won the silver medal in the English Under 15 Championships last week, in straight games. He defeated the visiting Chinese player, Huang Zehong, also in straight games. Huang Zehong finished in second place with victories over both Harland and Dai. Harland was third with 5 wins and 2 defeats whilst Dai finished fourth in the top group with 4-3.
In the second group the winner was Paul Noutch from Darlington who won all his 9 sets. Mike Pickering, also from Darlington, finished second with 8 wins and 1 loss after losing narrowly to Noutch. In third place was promising Ormesby cadet Jack Dewar who did well to win 6 of his matches.
In the third group the winner was Joe Bosomworth who won 6 and lost 1 whilst Katie Peacock from Darlington did well to finish in second place, also winning 6 and losing 1.
The finishing positions were:
Group 1
1. Martin Rutter 7-0
2. Huang Zehong 6-1
3. Josh Harland 5-2
4. Harry Dai 4-3
5. James Hill 2-5
6. David Noutch 2-5
7. Nathan Kell 1-6
8. Ryan Nassau 1-6
Group 2
1. Paul Noutch 9-0
2. Mike Pickering 8-1
3. Jack Dewar 6-3
4. Adam Gent 5-4
5. Slawomri Moryson 5-4
6. Arak Knat 4-5
7. David Gofton 4-5
8. George Hill 3-6
9. Syd Davis 1-8
10. Alan Perry 0-9
Group 3
1. Joe Bosomworth 6-1
2. Katie Peacock 6-1
3. Chris Edwards 5-2
4. Jamie Peacock 5-2
5. Erin Greensmith 3-4
6. Devon McQuade 2-5
7. Shan Aslam 1-6
8. Aaron Davidson 0-7
Six Nations
Karina Le Fevre plays an important role in England domination of the Six Nations Table Tennis Championships
By winning a Gold medal in the Team event and the Silver medal in the Singles Karina Le Fevre did her part in helping the England Team to a clean sweep in the Six Nations Table Tennis Championships which were held in Largs, Scotland over the weekend.
In partnership with Derbyshire’s Emma Vickers Le Fevre helped England’s victory 3-2 against Wales, 3-2 against Guernsey, 3-0 against Ireland and 3-0 against Scotland to take the title.
In the Welsh match Le Fevre won both her Singles including a win against Angharad Phillips in straight games to help England to a 3-2 victory.
In the match against Guernsey one of Britain’s top women’s players Alice Loveridge was on good form beating both Vickers 3-0 and Le Fevre by 3-1. Nevertheless, England won the match 3-2 including a victory in the Doubles by 3 games to 2.
In the women’s singles competition Le Fevre won her group and beat Nicole Hall of Wales 3-0 in the Quarter finals.
Le Fevre defeated Angharad Phillips of Wales by 3-2 in the Semi Final. Le Fevre was beaten by her England team mate Vickers 11-7 in the fifth game. Le Fevre had beaten Vickers a week earlier to win the Bristol Grand Prix.
In the Men’s event the England team Chris Doran (Northamptonshire) and David McBeath (Hampshire) won the team event. Both players reached the final of the Singles were Doran from beat McBeath from by 3 games to 2 in the final.
English Junior and Cadet Championships
Teesside youngsters enjoyed good success in the English Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships played in Preston over the weekend.
Joe Clark of Northfield partnered Ormesby’s Harry Dai won the cadet Under 15 Boys Doubles.
In the final they beat top seeds Alex Ramsden from Northampton and James Smith from Kent by 11-3 in the deciding fifth game.
In the Cadet Singles Dai did well to reach the final before losing to Ramsden 3-1. Clark reached the Semi-final and went even closer against Ramsden before losing 11-5 in the fifth game.
In the Cadet Girls Singles Sophie Barlow, from the Swerve Club, reached the final by beating Yorkshires Gauri Duhan by 11-5 in the fifth in the Semi-final.
In the Final Barlow put up a good display to level at 2 games all with the top seed Denise Payet before losing at 11-6 in the fifth.
Karina’s ‘Grand Prix win’
Karina Le Fevre won her first major tournament of the season, the Table Tennis England Bristol Grand Prix, on Sunday beating her England team mate, Emma Vickers of Derbyshire, in 3 straight games in the final.
Le Fevre’s route to the final was more difficult than anticipate when one of the top seeds, Alice Loveridge, finished only second in her group and therefore qualified to meet Le Fevre in the quarter finals. The Ormesby girl won this match against the Guernsey international who has represented Team GB in Olympic competitions, by 3 games to 1.
Le Fevre’s semi final opponent was Yolanda King who beat the winner of the first Grand Prix of the season, 3rd seed Abbie Milwain of Derbyshire, by 3 games to 1. King, who represents Sussex, was beaten in straight games by Le Fevre at 11-4, 11-8, 15-13.
Vickers came through to the final after a tight semi final with Diana Rusinova, also of Derbyshire, where she recovered from a deficit of 2-0 to win 11-4 in the 5th.
Le Fevre won the vital first game of the final at 12-10 and then took command, winning the 2nd and 3rd at 11-8 and 11-7. This avenged the win between the pair for Vickers in the South Shields Grand Prix, although Le Fevre beat her playing for for Ormesby in the vital Women’s British League top of the table match at the start of the season.
Le Fevre and Vickers team up this weekend to represent England in the 6 Nations Championship at Largs in Scotland. This competition consists of the international team event on Friday and Saturday and then an individual competition for the 6 Nations title on Sunday. Representing England’s men are Chris Doran from Northamptonshire, who reached the final of the Bristol Grand Prix at the weekend, and David Macbeth from Hampshire. They will be playing teams from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Jersey and Guernsey.
Alan Ransome OBE
Three Medal’s for Andrew
Andrew Green in action at the BATTS Para Open in Harlow Essex, November 15 2014 – the first of the new BTTAD grand prix series run by Dave Cochrane on behalf of BTTAD.
Andrew came away with 3 medals – Bronze in class 3&4 singles, Bronze in Junior W/C event, Bronze in Doubles W/C event with Daniel Bullen.
Not a bad day out !!!
Dave Cochrane
Major Award for Alan
The picture of Alan was taken at the Stockton 4* Cadet and Junior Tounament on Saturday 25 October 2014 where he was coaching children from Ormesby Table Tennis Club and also presenting some of the prizes.
It is with much pleasure that we have heard that our Chairman Alan has been awarded an honorary degree by Teesside University, This prestigious award is a great honour for Alan who works extremely hard for both his business and table tennis. Alan is devoted to Ormesby Table Tennis Club and I’m sure you will all want to congratulate him on his Doctorate award.
Please see the report on the Table Tennis England website – News page.