COUNTY SENIOR TOURNAMENT 4/10/09
Report by Andrew Dosher
With 26 entries this
year and seven trophies to play for there were many exciting matches at this
season’s event.
In the men's doubles event
both top seeds were knocked out at the first hurdle, number one seeds Andrew
Warner and Charles Fulcher lost surprisingly easily to Jimmy Farrow and Richard
Goodhand 3-0 while father and son combination Malcolm and Ryan
Collins lost in three very close games to Kevin James and Michael Wright.
In the end It was Nigel
Hodder and Gary Young that overcame Ian Brown and Paul Broxton in the final.
In the final of the womens doubles
Aimee Sparkes and Claire Emmerson overcame Vicky Gray and Sonja Talbot 11-4 in
the final set.
Hodder took out another title
with partner Talbot in the final of the Mixed doubles beating the fancied
favourites Ryan Collins and Sparkes 3-1 which was well deserved as
they had also beaten the number two seeds in the semi's Warner and Gray.
Hodder had a fantastic day
and in the handicap singles carried all before him, unfortunately his
final opponent James conceded due to illness, after doing so well to get
there having beaten Warner and Sparkes on the way.
Former mens's singles runner
up Hodder showed a rich vein of form winning three titles on the
day.
One of the talking points on
Sunday was the improved form of Portuguese player Rui Campos who has always had
the potential but not delivered when it mattered, however in the restricted
singles he took out a number of higher ranked players in Broxton, Sparkes and
James on route, and it looked like he would beat defending champion
Richard Goodhand in the final as he powered his way to a 2-0 lead, however
Goodhand's defensive web eventually stifled the flow of his opponent and
despite a spirited effort at the death it was the holder that retained his
title.
In the womens singles all
five entrants played a round robin event.
Claire Emmerson with two
hard fought five set victories over former champion Vicky Gray and Sonja Talbot
saw her take the runner up spot, while defending champion Aimee Sparkes beat
all her group opponents to retain her title.
In the men's singles Hodder
continued his good form through to the semi's with wins over Michael
Wright and Gary Young, however there he couldn’t contain the number one seed
and top England 100 player Ryan Collins losing 3-0
In the other half Wayne Shaw
using a hard bat had powered through against Andrew Dosher and Ian Brown, there
he met Andrew Warner who had seen off Paul Broxton and Malcolm Collins.
This was highly entertaining
as Shaw blocked and hit with Warner trying to play his control game, in the end
a very tight first game which could have gone either way proved decisive as
Warner edged through in four close games.
Ryan Collins and Andrew
Warner have played in the last three Ipswich finals, and they have all been
memorable and won by the favourite Collins.
This final was no different
as it saw Collins at times throw the kitchen sink at Warner who still
managed to get most balls back from all areas of the court.
In a tight first set Collins
just got home at nine, however a good start in the second set for Warner
get even better as he ran away with it. Would Collins regain his
composure in the third set?
Another bad start saw
desperation set in for the favourite and he started to pull his
shots missing by his standards some straight forward shots, amid growing
confidence from Warner who was now beggeing to believe that he could take the
Suffolk crown, the third set to Warner at 5.
Not surprisingly Collins
focused and played some breathtaking power shots to win the fourth and set
up a decider.
Both players remained calm in
the final set and stuck to the task and at 6-6 it was hard to call a
winner, however as so often he does Collins went for it and with greater
overall power got home at 11-8 for his second singles title.
Andrew Warner deserves a lot
or credit for his performance coming so close, while Ryan Collins is still only
19, and if he stays fit and continues to play he could get somewhere
near the record amount of singles titles won by Suffolk’s best two players
Stuart Palmer and John Kitchener.
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008/9 Held on 14th
February 2009.
Stowupland High School Sports
Centre hosted the Suffolk County Junior table tennis championships with this
years entries being at the highest level for some years. This is a reflection of
increased participation both within schools and local clubs and bodes well for
the future of the sport. Star of the show was Jake Collins (
There were no real shocks in
the Boys U13 group matches with all 8 seeds coming through to contest the
quarter-finals. Pick of these matches was Connor Laird(Stowmarket) playing Callum Wilkinson(Bury) with Connor coming out on top with a 12-10, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6 win with
the more consistent winners. Again the seeding went to plan with the top 4
seeds coming through to the semi-finals. William Hall (Rougham) had a
comfortable win over Max Boulter (Bury) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 but Connor Laird had a much tougher match against a fired up
Ruairidh Penman (Ipswich), but with the match level at 2 sets all Connor tired
to a rampant Ruairidh who clinched victory with an emphatic 11-4 deciding set.
An entertaining final saw the match finely balanced at 1 set all but with
William Hall being just the more consistent with his winners deservedly secured
the Boys U13 championship with the next 2 closely fought sets – 12-10, 12-10.
In the girls U13 event, Nos 1
& 2 seeds, Rachel West (Mildenhall) and newcomer Lucy Zhu (Stowmarket) topped their
respective groups with the runners-up spots being secured by Megan Bollen
(Stowmarket) who showed real determination in her 3 group wins along with
Natalie Wills (Ipswich) who made a positive start with 2 wins. Both semi-finals
saw comfortable wins for both county players, Rachel and Lucy. In an attractive
4 set final Rachel ran out a worthy champion 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6 but later
on Lucy was to have her revenge in the U15 event – this was played on a round
robin basis with 5 girls contesting this final. With both girls winning 3 games
each this championship was settled by a more consistent performance from Lucy
who defeated a shocked Rachel in 3 straight sets 12-10, 11-9, 11-8. There will
no doubt be some great battles ahead.
In the boys U15 event, 31
players started out in 8 groups. Of the 16 players who went through to contest
the 1st round knock-out all 8 of the top seeds came through, 7 as group winners
and 1 as a group runner-up. There was some excellent play in all of these
matches, most notably Alex Holmes (Stowmarket) overcoming group 7 winner
William Woods (Rougham) 11-8,14-12, 11-7 and Jack Anthony (Bury) defeating
the on form Ruairidh Penman (Ipswich) 12-10,11-5, 12-10. In the quarter-finals
No 1 seed George Kizis (Bury) came through a testing time against Alex Holmes
11-8, 14-12, 11-7, William Hall (Rougham) again excelled to knock-out Group 5
winner Kieran Perez (Ipswich) and playing with some consistency and flair, Joe
Easdown (Bury) claimed the scalp of Jack Anthony with a comfortable 11-4, 11-4,
11-5 win. The final semi-final berth was secured by last seasons U13 winner,
defender, Rhys Davies (Haverhill) with backhand push and chop came through an
attractive encounter with Ipswich promising youngster Elliot Branton 8-11,
11-8, 11-4, 11-4. Both semi-finals produced fine matches with George Kizis
(Bury) maintaining his winning streak by defeating U13 champion William Hall
(Rougham) 7-11, 11-4, 11-4 11-4 and Joe Easdown (Bury) breaking down the huge
defensive qualities of Rhys Davies 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4 in a 5 set
thriller. In a see-saw outstanding final with
both players set for attack, George came back from 1-2 sets down to
clinch the Boys u15 title 8-11, 11-6, 12-14, 11-3, 11-8.
Results.
Boys U18 Champion Jake
Collins (
Boys U15 Champion George
Kizis (Bury St. Edmunds).
Girls U15 Champion Lucy Zhu
(Stowmarket)
Boys U13 Champion William
Hall (Rougham).
Girls U13 Champion Rachel West (Mildenhall).
Doubles Champions Jake Collins/Lucy Zhu.
Results
from County Junior Championships held on Saturday 16th. February
2008.
Held recently at the County Table Tennis
Centre, Stowupland High School, these championships produced some quality
attacking play none more so than from brother and sister, Martin & Rachel
West (Stowmarket/Bury). Both have worked hard at their games and are becoming
accomplished players, achieved in a very short time span.
In the Boys U13, No.1 seed Rhys Davies (
In the Girls U13, a round robin saw Rachel
West (Stowmarket/Bury) comfortably beat off all opposition with newcomer Alice
Leather (Bury) taking the runners-up spot.
The Boys U15 groups produced some tight
finishes, with No 1 seed Martin West (Stowmarket/Bury, Aston Dowdy (
proved to be correct as Martin and
George came through fairly comfortably to contest the final. Throwing caution
to the wind both players went for all out attack producing some fine rallies.
Martin, being a little more consistent came through to win in 4 engrossing
sets.
In the Girls U15 event, only 2 entries
were received so this went straight to a final between Becky MacIntyre
(Stowmarket/Bury) and Rachel West (Stowmarket/Bury).
In what was an extremely close encounter
with both girls liking to attack the ball Becky
came through to win in 4 tight sets.
The largest entry came in the Boys U18
although some players were playing up out of their age group. Both George Kizis
(Bury) and William Vale (Bury) cruised through to win their group with
runners-up Martin West (Stowmarket/Bury) and Aston Dowdy (
in the 5th. set to Martin
having been 2-1 down and having lost comfortably to George in their group
encounter. So a great day for the West family having captured both Boys U18 and
U15 titles and Girls U13 – and it did not stop there as brother and sister
combination came through 3 matches to clinch the Doubles title.
Final event was the Girls U18 – a round
robin which saw County No 1
her matches comfortably – runner-up was
Becky MacIntyre.
Results:-
Event
Winner
Runner-up.
Score
Boys U13
Rhys Davies
William Hall. 11-6 11-7
11-3
Girls U13
Rachel West
Boys
U15 Martin West George Kizis 11-7 11-5 13-15 11-5
Girls U15 Becky
MacIntyre Rachel West. 11-9 5-11 13-11 13-11.
Boys U18 Martin West George Kizis 11-9 12-14 8-11 11-5 16-14
Girls U18
Doubles M & R.
West Josh Pearson/William Vale 11-7 11-6
11-4.
COUNTY
VETS TOURNAMENT
Report by
Andrew Dosher
Andrew Warner,
Malcolm Collins, Clive Grimwood and John Seabrook were the success stories of
this seasons Suffolk veteran table tennis championships reaching a number
of finals to take silverware.
The
first event of the day the handicap singles, which pitches players of all
standards together with a format of one game and first to 31, saw some
tight matches and an eventual winner in Clive Grimwood from the Bury league
over Ipswich's John Seabrook, Clive performing perhaps better than his handicap
suggested.
Seabrook
though got his revenge by beating Grimwood in the final of the restricted
singles 11-9 in the decider.
Peter
Fordham won the over 60's event with victory over John Seabrook.
In the
over 50's singles Malcom Collins faced Andrew Holmes and in a tight finish
Collins saved five game points to take the match 3-1.
In the
over 40's singles there were groups first before the knockout stage. In
group one Phil Sinclair took a leg off number one seed Andy Warner, while
Andrew Dosher was fortunate to beat Colin Baxter from 3-8 down in the decider.
In the
quarter finals Malcolm Collins was a comfortable winner over David Gaught
in their quarter final, while the main upset of the day was number two
seed Dosher losing to Ken James, Dosher usually effective against
combination bats was beaten in four sets.
Andy
Holmes found Colin Baxter a handful in their encounter and just won deuce
in the fifth, while Warner saw off Ken Lewis 3-1.
In the
semi finals Warner won the first set easily against Holmes but found his
opponent in the last three games much tougher, Warner won 3-1.
In the
other semi Collins faced a stiff challenge from James but with the first
four games shared it was Collins that showed some superb hitting to romp
through the decider.
The
final was excellent as Collins continued his attacking form to take the first
at 5, Warner responded with his own attacking game to equate also at 5, then
two tight games shared at 9 saw a decider which see sawed until Warner got
his nose in front from 6 all to eventually win the title
Scores
from the dome:
Men's
over 40 quarter finals: A Warner beat K Lewis 7 9 -11 8
A
Holmes beat C Baxter 10 9 -2 -11 10
M Collins beat D Gaught 3 6 8
K James beat A Dosher -10 4 10 7
Semi
finals: Warner beat Holmes 4 9 -8 9
Collins
beat James 5 -6 -9 8 2
Final
Warner beat Collins -5 5 9 -9 7
Men's
over 50's final: Collins beat Holmes
3-1
Men's over
60's singles Peter Fordham beat John Seabrook 7 4
7
Handicap
final
Grimwood beat Seabrook 31 - 15
Restricted
final
Seabrook beat Grimwood -4 6 8 -10 9
Doubles
final
Warner / Collins beat Baxter / Sinclair 6 8 9
SUFFOLK CLOSED SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Report by Andrew Dosher
Ryan Collins confirmed his
status as the best player in Suffolk at the weekend with a number of dazzling
displays to take his first Suffolk singles title at Stowupland.
In the woman’s singles in a
round robin event that went to a count back it was Vicky Gray who took her
fourth title on the trot.
Unfortunately numbers were
down again with just 16 male players and five woman players, this didn't deter
a number of players in their attempt for silverware though.
The handicap got the event
underway which gives players from all standards the chance to compete, it
is just one game up to 31 and one of the highlight matches was Gary Young's
match with Nicola Doy, Young trailed 29-8 and looked to be out, however he
staged a remarkable comeback to get to just 29-30 down only to lose the next
point! Nicola eventually went on to take the title over Ryan
Collins, Ryan did however start form -7 against a plus 22 score
line!
In the restricted singles
Jason Annal in an early round came from 0-2 down against Ian Brown for a
stunning win. Number one seed Malcolm Collins came through to the final to meet
Mark Lewis, in a fluctuating game it was Lewis who showed some superb attacking
shots to deserve his title.
In the mixed doubles it was
Aimee Sparkes and Richard Hutchinson who overcame Vicky Gray and Andrew Warner,
the men’s doubles not surprisingly were won by Ryan and Jake Collins over Andy
Warner and Malcolm Collins, while in the woman’s doubles Aimee Sparkes and Sian
Cooke beat Vicky Gray and Sonja Talbot.
In the woman’s singles round
robin Sonja Talbot stunned number two seed Vicky Gray by recovering from 10-6
down in the fourth to save four match points and win the match, however other
matches went Vicky’s way and she won her other games 3-0, Sian Cook also
beat number one seed Aimee Sparkes, which meant that Sian finished as
runner up.
In the men’s singles there
were four groups of four with all players seeded, the seedings proved accurate
as all eight seeds came through to the knock out stage, there were a
few close calls in the group stage as Mark Lewis took a leg off Jake Collins as
did father Malcolm in group one and in group four Richard Ingle just went
down in five sets to Andrew Dosher.
This followed with the top
four seeds also getting to the semis as Jake was too powerful for Gary
Bloomfield, Andrew Warner beat Dosher in four sets, Richard
Hutchinson took out Gary Young 3-0 and Ryan Collins beat Wayne Shaw
3-0.
In the semi's the Ryan looked
awesome against Hutchinson looping at will against some of the best returns
using his serve to set himself up, despite a brave attempt by Hutchinson who
took the third set Ryan cruised through in fourth to reach the final.
The other semi was more even
and exiting as Jake Collins played Andrew Warner, Jake took the
first set but Warner got off to a good second leg which he won and then went
2-1 up, back came Jake to just take it to a decider but is seemed Andy was
sharper on the exchanges as he led 8-4 and 9-7 however with some determined
play much to the frustration of Warner it was Jake that made it
through.
So we had history being made
as the first brothers to play in a Suffolk Closed singles final. Jake
seeded one due to his national junior ranking found number two seed Ryan in
super form, Ryan’s array of forehand and back hand shots put
pressure on his brother throughout, though it wasn't all one way, there some
good rallies and in the second set with Ryan leading 1-0 Jake put together
some power shots to earn himself game point, this though spurred on Ryan to his
trademark play and he dully saved game point and went on to take
the next two sets for his first senior men’s title.
Scores from Stowupland
Men’s singles quarter final
Jake Collins beat Gary Bloomfield
9 7 11
Andy Warner beat Andrew Dosher
5 9 -9 7
Richard Hutchinson beat Gary
Young 13 6 7
Ryan Collins beat Wayne Shaw 5
9 7
Semi finals
Jake Collins beat Andy
Warner 7 -4 -8 7 9
Ryan Collins beat Richard
Hutchinson 9 7 -9 5
Final - double header with U 21 singles
Ryan Collins beat Jake
Collins 8 12 9
Woman’s singles round robin
Vicky Gray winner,
Sian Cook runner up
Handicap singles final
Nicola Doy
beat Ryan Collins 31 - 2
Restricted singles final
Mark Lewis beat Malcolm
Collins -9 7 8 -5 6
Mixed doubles final
R Hutchinson and A
Sparkes beat A Warner and V Gray -8 -5 5 9 9
Woman’s doubles final
A Sparkes and S Cooke
beat V Gray and S Talbot 7 7 -6 6
Men’s doubles final
J and R Collins beat M
Collins and A Warner 5 5 4
SUFFOLK SENIOR
CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Report by Andrew Dosher)
This years Suffolk
Senior closed table tennis championships were arguably the most exciting &
hard fought in years, with many seeding upsets.
In the men’s singles
of the eight top seeds only the winner made it past the quarter finals.
Defending champion
Dave Cole was unwell & Wayne Shaw had family commitments, while second
& fourth seeds Ryan & Jake Collins failed to qualify from their groups.
The main talking point
was the play of new player Rohit Kumar who has only been playing in division
one of the Ipswich league.
As no one knew his
playing ability he was put in group two with Ryan Collins & Richard
Hutchinson, he trailed Ryan 0-2 in their game but came back to win deuce in the
fifth, he also took out Richard Hutchinson also in five games. This meant that
who ever lost between Ryan & Richard would go out as it went last years
runner up & number two seed Ryan went out losing 3-0.
In group four Gary
Young played above is seeding with first time wins over Andrew Dosher &
number four seed Jake Collins to leave the match between these players to
determine who would join him, after a hard four set win it was Dosher that went
through.
In the quarters Kumar
continued his progress with a comfortable win over former champion Dosher, as
Andrew Warner just missed out against Nigel Hodder 9 in the decider, Hutchinson
won 3-0 against Young & Aaron Self
beat fellow Bury player Tony West 3-2.
In the semi’s
Hutchinson over came Hodder in four sets, while Self gave a good account of
himself losing 3-1 to Kumar.
In the final Kumar was
looking to become a winner from an unseeded position, where as Hutchinson was
looking to avenge his earlier group loss & become champion for the fourth
time.
Kumar just did enough
to take the first set, but the game was set as a cat & mouse encounter with
neither player totally comfortable against the other, Kumar looping &
smashing against the defensive grit of Hutchinson. The next three sets were all
tight as Hutchinson used all his experience in defence & attack, one
particular rally saw Hutchinson at the edge of the arena chop an unbelievable
shot from Kumer & then race in to play an impossible backhand winner from
the tightest of angles. Hutchinson eventually won his fourth men’s singles
title in seven years & after Suffolk legends John Kitchener & Stuart
Palmer become the third most successful men’s singles winner in county history.
Amazingly enough in
the restricted singles which excludes the highest seeded players, Kumar lost at
the first hurdle to former premier player Rex Manning 3-2.
Manning made it all
the way to the final where he was beaten by another new player to the league
Nitan Shrivastrava.
In the woman’s singles
Vicky Gray once again lifted the title for the umpteenth time in a round robin
group, Sian Cook showed her improvement with a win over Suffolk number three
lady Clare Emmerson to get the runners up spot.
In the handicap &
under 21 singles Ryan Collins beat father Malcolm & Aaron Self
respectively.
Clare Emmerson &
Sian Cook beat Vicky Gray & Sonja Talbot for the womans doubles, while it
was another success for Hutchinson & Bloomfield & Warner & Gray in
the men’s & mixed doubles respectively.
RESULTS
Men’s Singles Quarter finals
Hodder beat Warner 5 12 -6 -6 9
Hutchinson beat Young 6 9 4
Self beat West -7 7 5 -4 6
Kumar beat Dosher 1 6 5
Semi Finals
Hutchinson beat Hodder 10 12 -7 9
Kumar beat Self 10 7 -7 5
Final
Hutchinson beat Kumar -9 9 9 9
Womens Singles
Round robin – winner Gray runner up
Cook
Restricted Singles Final
Nitan Shrivastrava beat Rex Manning
6 5 4
Handicap Singles Final
Ryan Collins beat Malcolm
Collins 31 – 29
Under 21 Final
Ryan
Collins beat Aaron Self 3 7 -7 6
Mens Doubles Final
Hutchinson & Bloomfield beat R & J Collins -9 8 10 8
Women’s Doubles Final
Emmerson & Cook beat Gray &
Talbot 8 -8 6 9
Mixed Doubles Final
Warner & Gray beat J Collins
& Cook 8 5 8
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2005-6
SUFFOLK CLOSED
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd JANUARY 2006(Report by Geoff Brook)
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JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd JANUARY 2006 |
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|
Event |
Winner |
Runner
Up |
Score |
|
Boys Under 18 |
Lee Barnes |
Ryan Collins |
7,-4,-10,10,6 |
|
Girls Under 18 |
Chelsea Bennett |
Gemma Butler |
Round Robin |
|
Girls Under 15 |
Stacey Howard |
Alice Carroll |
Round Robin |
|
Boys Under 15 |
Jake Collins |
Josh Broadbent |
3,10,5 |
|
Girls Under 13 |
Stacey Howard |
Alice Carroll |
Round Robin |
|
Boys Under 13 |
Josh Broadbent |
Aston Dowdy |
7,2,4 |
|
Junior Doubles |
Ryan Collins/Jake Collins |
Chelsea Bennett/Lee Barnes |
7,8,9 |
In the Junior event 43 players participated with 6 players
from Capel St. Mary making their presence felt.
In the under 18 boys singles Lok Wong from Bury came through to the semi
finals & was unseeded, a terrific effort but he wasn't able to halt
Champion Lee Barnes & went down in straight sets. In the other semi final
brothers Ryan & Jake played with Ryan winning 3-1
The final was much looked forword to as this season Ryan &
Lee have played a number of times Ryan beating Lee at the Ipswich top 12 &
the Suffolk senior championships, while Lee won their league encounter.
This game didn't dissapoint as the players played in front of a large
crowd, Barnes took the first set but was pegged back in the next & just
lost the third at duce, in the fourth Ryan had two match points at 10-8 but
Barnes showed his mettle saving a match point with a spectacular shot
& eventually took the fourth, in the fifth Ryan led 6-5 &
then didn't score another point as Barnes retained his title.
In the under 18 girls Chelsea Bennett was a clear winner winning
all three of her games in this round robin event, in a count back Gemma Butler
was the runner up.
It was good to see a number of new juniors coming through & in the
girls under 15 & under 13 singles Stacey Howard beat Alice Carroll for
top spot to runner up in a round robin event.
Josh Broadbent gave Jake Collins a difficult second set but went down
3-0 in the final of the under 15 boys singles, Josh though got some silverware
by winning the under 13 boys singles.
Suffolk county chairman Geoff Brook was particularly pleased with the
attendance & performance of some of the newer players & praised Ron
& Reine Clark for their help with the junior event.
SUFFOLK CLOSED VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd
JANUARY 2006(Report
by Andrew Dosher)
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VETTS CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd JANUARY 2006 |
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|
Event |
Winner |
Runner Up |
Score |
|
Over 40’s |
Fred Dove |
Nigel Hodder |
9,8,-8,5 |
|
Over 50’s |
Fred Dove |
Dave Halliday |
10,9,9 |
|
Over 60’s |
Dave Halliday |
Peter Fordham |
Round Robin |
|
Restricted |
Malcolm Collins |
Ian Brown |
8,-7,10,-6,10 |
|
Handicap |
Dave Halliday |
Fred Dove |
2, 0 |
|
Doubles |
Andy Warner/Fred Dove |
Dave Halliday/John
Tallent |
13,7,-8,5 |
In the Veterans event's Fred Dove in the early part of the day swiftly
got to the final of the over 50's events beating Clive Grimwood & Phil
Sinclair on route, he was joined by Dave Halliday who had come from 0-2 to beat
Ian Brown in the semi's.
In the final Dove ran out a 3-0 with all games being close.
Dove & Halliday again played in the handicap final but as Halliday
isn't ranked in Suffolk he was given a good handicap that Dove wasn't able to
catch, Halliday ran out a 2-0 winner.
In the restricted final Ian Brown just lost out in a thriller with
Malcolm Collins deuce in the fifth.
In the mens doubles Hallday & Tallent knocked out number two seeds
Dosher & Fulcher & then went down to Warner & Dove in the
final
3-1.
Paul Packwood, Peter Fordham & Dave Halliday played a round robin to
determine the over 60's singles champion, Hallday won beating the other
players.
In the main event the over 40's men's singles there were four
groups with the top two players going through to the knockout stage.
Both the top two seeds Fred Dove & Andrew Dosher won all their games
to go through as winners, but in group 3 Warner went down to Andrew Holmes
& finished second, while Dave Halliday beat Nigel Hodder to be the group
winner there.
At the semi final stage all top four seeds still came through, Warner
beat Dosher 3-0 & saved game points in both the first two games, while Dove
came through 3-1 against Hodder.
In the final the first two sets were shared, but Warner was playing at
his best & even though Dove was struggling with an injury & conceded
later in the fourth set found it hard to contain his opponents backhand, Warner
a deserved winner.
SUFFOLK CLOSED SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 23rd
OCTOBER 2005(report by Andrew Dosher)
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SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS 23rd OCTOBER 2005 |
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Event |
Wnr/R/up |
Names |
Score |
|
Mens Singles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Dave Cole Ryan Collins |
11/9,3/11,9/11,11/1 18/16 |
|
Ladies Singles
|
Winner Runner – Up |
Vicky Gray Aimee Sparkes |
11/8, 12/10, 11/5 |
|
Handicap Singles |
Winner
Runner – Up |
Ryan Collins Dave Cole |
21/16, 21/9 |
|
Restricted Singles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Tony West Ian Brown |
13/11, 11/5, 11/4 |
|
Under 21 Singles |
Winner
Runner – Up |
Lee Barnes Aaron Self |
11/7, 11/9, 11/6 |
|
Men’s Doubles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Richard Ingle/Wayne Shaw Lee Barnes/Charlie Fulcher |
11/8, 11/5, 14/12 |
|
Ladies Doubles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Clair Emmerson/Aimee Sparkes Vicky Gray/Sonja Talbot |
Round Robin |
|
Mixed Doubles |
Winner
Runner – Up |
Andy Warner/Vicky Gray Richard Hutchinson/Aimee Sparkes |
15/13, 12/10, 11/9 |
|
|
|
|
|
The Suffolk Closed championships held at Sowupland, bore witness to
the new young tallent emerging in the county plus the quality of one of the
more experienced campainers new to the championships.
In the womans singles there were two groups of three players, number one
seed Aimee Sparkes overcame Claire Emmerson in her group to come top while
Vicky Gray won her group & then faced Claire Emmerson in the semi
final, this game had the attention of the whole audience & affter a very
hard battle Gray saved a match point to win duece in the fifth set.
Aimee Sparkes accounted for Sonja Talbot in her semi & for
the third year on the trot faced Gray. Number two seed Gray went two
sets up but found the going tougher in the third as Sparkes showed some
power forhands to lead 10-8, Gray though saved two game points before closing
the match out for her second successive title.
The mens's singles had many classic matches & of the group
matches only Nigel Hodder of the top eight seeds failed to win his group as he
went down to Tony West, but with two seeds going through Hodder qualified
& faced Fred Dove in the first round in a repeat of this seasons Top
12 semi final where he held four match points befoe losing. This time
Hodder deservedly won 3-1 in a seeding upset.
There were more upsets as top 12 winner Ryan Collins who had early lost
to three time winner Richard Hutchinson in their group match took on defending
champion Lee Barnes, Ryan matched power with power to win 3-1 in a game that
brought the hall to a virtual standstill as players playing on other tables
stopped to watch.
In another first round encounter Jake Collins took on Andrew Warner this
again had the spectators captivated & saw both players holding match points
before Warner using his inspired back hand flick kill got home.
In the quarter finals Dave Cole overcame Tony West 3-0 while Warner
had another thriller with Ryan Collins, this again went the distance with Ryan
edging it 11-9 in the decider.
Wayne Shaw overcame Hodder in their match 3-1 as Hodder
rallied to save the third set after being behind, but found Shaw in no
mood to lose.
Andrew Dosher won his quarter over Richard Hutchinson at nine in
the fourth set.
The first semi saw Dosher push Cole all the way in the first two sets
before Cole's all out attacking play saw him through 3-1 & Shaw showed
stiff resistance before going down to Ryan by 3-1.
The final was extroudinary as the first two sets were won by the closest
of margins by Cole & then Ryan just 15 years old blew Cole away in the
next two sets haveing no trouble attacking the Cole serve &
looping winners of some of Coles best attacking shots. Unfortunately for
Ryan, Cole who had seemed bemused by the youngsters power up untill
then got of to the perfrect start & with his confidence returned
produced a number of power drives to restrict his opponent to just one point in
the final game which hardley does justice to the effort & calmness Ryan
Showed when 0-2 down. This will go down as a classic encounter with expericence
just winning over youth, but none will doubt that Ryan is destined for major
honours most certainly in the county, while Cole showed just how good a player
he will be for the county.
The restriced singles was won for the third time by Tony West, he
enjoyed wins over Ryan & Malcolm Collins before beating Ian Brown in the
final.
In the under 21 singles Lee Barnes overcame Aaron Self who had earlier
showed some excellent form by beating Ryan.
Ryan did enjoy victory in the handicap singles final beating Cole.
There were some tight matches in the doubles & new pairing Dosher
& Sian Cook were unfortunate to lose to Hutchinson & Aimee Sparkes in
the mixed event as they led 10-7 in the decider, Sian showing some good
touches at times to help get the pairing so close.
Warner & Gray eventually overcame Hutchinson & Sparkes in three
tight sets in the final.
In the woman's event Emmerson & Sparkes were winners from Gray &
Sonja Talbot in a round robin event.
In the mens's doubles Fulcher & Barnes came from 0-2 to beat
Cole & Dosher earlier on, but were beaten in the final by Shaw &
Richard Ingle.
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JUNIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS 23rd JANUARY 2005 |
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|
Event |
Wnr/R/up |
Names |
Score |
|
Under 13 Boys |
Winner Runner – Up |
Josh Broadbent Tom Wright |
Group of 4 |
|
Cadet Boys (U15)
|
Winner Runner –
Up |
Jake Collins
Ryan
Collins |
11, 8, 4, 11,
13 6, 11, 11, 8, 11
|
|
Cadet Girls (U15) |
Winner Runner –
Up |
Chelsea Bennett Sian Cook |
Group of 4 |
|
Junior Boys(U18) |
Winner Runner – Up |
Lee Barnes Jake Collins |
11, 11, 11 5, 8, 4 |
|
Junior Girls(U18) |
Winner Runner – Up |
Sian Cook Chelsea Bennett |
Group of 5 |
|
Open Singles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Lee Barnes Ryan Collins |
14, 11, 13, 12, 9, 11 |
|
Consolation |
Winner Runner – Up |
Sam Broadbent Tom Wright |
11, 11, 11 9, 4, 7 |
|
Plate |
Winner Runner – Up |
Josh Broadbent Charlie Clapson |
11, 11, 6, 11 5, 5, 11, 2 |
|
Pot Luck Doubles |
Winners Runners – Up |
Ryan Collins/ William Vale Lee Barnes/ Frazer Last |
11, 12, 11 8, 10, 4 |
|
SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 24/10/2004 |
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|
Event |
Winner |
Runner Up |
Score |
|
Mens Singles |
Lee Barnes |
Nigel Hodder |
|
|
Ladies Singles |
Vicky Gray |
Aimee Sparkes |
Round Robin |
|
Under 21 Singles |
Lee Barnes |
Aimee Sparkes |
Round Robin |
|
Handicap Singles |
Daniel Farrow |
Charles Fulcher |
|
|
Restricted Singles |
Lee Barnes |
Nigel Hodder |
|
|
Mens Doubles |
Ian Brown/Nigel Hodder |
Fred Dove/Andy Warner |
|
|
Ladies Doubles |
Sonja Talbot/Vicky Gray |
Aimee Sparkes/Clair Emmerson |
|
|
Mixed Doubles |
Clair Emmerson/Fred Dove |
Vicky Gray/Andy Warner |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VETTS
CHAMPIONSHIPS 24/10/2004 |
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|
Event |
Winner |
Runner Up |
Score |
|
Over 40’s |
Fred Dove |
Andy Holmes |
|
|
Over 50’s |
Fred Dove |
Ken Lewis |
|
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SUFFOLK CLOSED SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS(Report by Andrew Dosher)
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SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 7th
DECEMBER 2003 |
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|
EVENT |
WINNER |
RUNNER
UP |
SCORES |
|
Mens Singles |
Andrew Dosher |
Richard Hutchinson |
8, 3, -12,7 |
|
Womens Singles |
Aimee Sparkes |
Vicky Gray |
6,-9,5,6 |
|
Under 21 Singles |
Lee Barnes |
Gary Bloomfield |
8,-7,9,-8,9 |
|
Restricted Singles |
Tony West |
Richard Ingle |
|
|
Handicap Singles |
Tony West |
Richard Hutchinson |
|
|
Mens Doubles |
Andy Warner/Fred Dove |
Wayne Shaw/Richard Ingle |
|
|
Womens Doubles |
Vicky Gray/Sonja Talbot |
Aimee Sparkes/Clair Emmerson |
|
|
Mixed Doubles |
Richard Hutchinson/Aimee Sparkes |
Clair Emmerson/Fred Dove |
|
At the end of a breathtaking day’s
play there emerged two new holders of the men’s & woman’s singles title at
Stowupland High school.
.
The night before men’s top seed Paul
Cicchelli had called off & with other seeds unavailable the men’s draw had
to be restructured.
In group one Richard Hutchinson was
paired with former Essex top player Tony West who has made a comeback in the
Bury St Edmunds league this season & Hutchinson emerged a 3-0 winner.
In all other groups the seedings went
as predicted other than in groups seven & eight where Andrew Holmes found a
2-0 lead not enough to stop the talented Paul Broxton, & Lee Barnes found
Ian Browns defence too stiff in their encounter.
The main draw saw some fascinating
matches, a number involving Ipswich champion Andrew Warner, firstly he narrowly
overcame team mate Richard Ingle 11-9 in the decider & then beat Suffolk
junior number one Lee Barnes at 11-8 in the fifth in the quarters.
The other two outstanding games in
the men’s quarter finals were between Tony West & Fred Dove plus Wayne Shaw
against Andrew Dosher.
Tony West seeded just 13 as the
committee were unsure of his current playing ability created the seeding upset
of the tournament by coming from 0-2 down to beat number 2 seed & top 12
champion Fred Dove.
Perhaps not such a surprise when you
consider that at his best West was a leading division one national league
player.
Dosher suffered a big scare coming
from 1-2 down to edge the fifth 11-8 against Shaw in their match, Shaw a little
unfortunate to lose.
In the semi’s firstly Hutchinson
overcame Warner in an absorbing five ender, then Dosher came from a leg down
against West to edge the middle two legs before winning in the fourth
comfortably.
For Dosher this was his third final
yet the one domestic Suffolk title he hadn’t won, while Hutchinson had won this
title three times.
Dosher determined to avenge his
defeat against his opponent in last years final year took the first two legs
but was pegged back in the fourth after having a match point.
Hutchinson went 3-0 up in the fourth
but from then on was under the cosh as Dosher saw out the set at 7 to finally
take the title for the first time. For Hutchinson game in defeat this was
perhaps one game too many on the day.
In the woman’s single event the good
news was that the top woman did play despite reports earlier that this event
clashed with a woman’s national league match & it didn’t disappoint.
The top four women played a round
robin event & in the first game Vicky Gray survived a spirited effort from
Sonja Talbot to win 7 in the decider, Aimee Sparkes then beat her friend &
team mate Claire Emmerson 3-0.
Emmerson then just lost out in four
sets to Gray, while Sparkes set up a final encounter with Gray after beating
Talbot 3-1.
In the final, number one seed Gray
was on previous form expected to beat the number two seed having never lost to
her before
However Sparkes showed how she has
improved & took the game to her opponent showing a wide range of attacking
shots to win comfortably in four sets for her first woman’s singles title.
Sister Becky will have to watch out next season!
In the Handicap singles where players
are graded to give everyone a chance the final was between Hutchinson &
West & in an enthralling final Hutchinson came back from 0-2 down to just
lose out at 11-9 in the fifth.
West took out another title winning
the restricted singles beating Ipswich’s Richard Ingle in the final, despite
losing 3-0 Ingle showed a lot of class on route to this final, while West who
first won this title back in 1994 beat both Ian Brown & Barnes in the early
rounds.
Barnes won the under 21 event &
his match with Gary Bloomfield which decided the title edged one way &
another before
The Leiston youngster got home 9 in
the fifth match.
In the woman’s doubles Gray &
Talbot beat Sparkes & Emmerson 8 in the final set, while in the mixed
doubles last years winners Dove & Emmerson just lost out after a tense
match to Hutchinson & Sparkes 3-2.
Marathon man Hutchinson played in
three finals on the day & took part in 14 matches in all.
The Men’s doubles was taken out for
the second year running by Warner & Dove who beat Shaw & Ingle 3-0.
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SUFFOLK COUNTY
VETERANS TOURNAMENT 2004(Report By Phil Sinclair)
|
VETTS
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 |
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|
EVENT |
WINNER |
RUNNER UP |
SCORE |
|
Over 40’s |
Ken Lewis |
Barry
Thain |
4,-5,-8,3,5 |
|
Over 50’s |
Barry
Thain |
Ken Lewis |
3,-4,-9,11,10 |
|
Restricted
Singles |
Phil
Sinclair |
Colin
Baxter |
7,6,19 |
|
Doubles |
Mick
Palmer/Phil Sinclair |
Peter
Fordham/Colin Baxter |
9,-6,6,9 |
"The Suffolk County
Closed Veterans Table Tennis Tournament was held at Stowupland Sports Centre
and produced some very keenly contested matches in which several Bury League
players were involved.
Unfortunately Mick Palmer (Bury Vikings) aggravated a back injury during the
warm-up which restricted his movement throughout the day. In the Open Singles
he still managed to win through his group but was then beaten by Malcolm
Collins (Ipswich) 11-3, 13-15, 5-11, 11-4, 11-5. Phil Sinclair (British Sugar)
lost at the same stage to Kenny Lewis (Ipswich) 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7. The
other quarter-finals were contested by Ipswich players with Andy Holmes edging
out Rex Manning 11-9, 13-15, 11-3, 5-11, 11-6 and Barry Thain overcoming
Charlie Fulcher 6-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 in a match which featured some
dogged defence and very long rallies.
These results produced a semi-final line-up which included none of the group
winners. Lewis beat Holmes 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9 to set up a final encounter
with Thain who disposed of Collins 12-10, 15-13, 16-14 in a very tight match.
The final was a fluctuating affair from which Lewis eventually emerged
victorious 11-4, 5-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-5.
In the Doubles Palmer and Sinclair partnered each other for the first time and
overcame the Lawshall pair of Clive Grimwood and Dennis Morgan 8-11, 11-7,
11-7, 11-7 in the semi-finals. Peter Fordham (Culford Crusaders) and Colin
Baxter (Thurston) were also playing together for the first time and enjoyed a
good win over the strong Ipswich pairing of Manning and Thain 11-9, 12-10,
18-16 to set up an all Bury League final. After a nervy opening Palmer and
Sinclair produced the stronger attacking shots to take the title11-9, 6-11,
11-6, 11-9.
The Over 50's Singles competition saw Palmer and Sinclair reach the semi-finals
again. However they were unable to overcome their Ipswich opponents with Thain
beating Palmer 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 and Lewis again defeating Sinclair 11-9, 11-9,
8-11, 11-4 to set up a rematch of the Open Singles final. This fluctuated in
much the same way but Thain eventually managed to reverse his previous defeat
by winning through 11-3, 4-11, 9-11, 13-11, 12-10.
The last event was the Restricted Singles which featured three Bury players in
the semi-finals in which Baxter got to grips with Manning's unorthodox play to
win 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 14-12 and Sinclair beat Fordham 11-7, 11-9, 11-9. In the
final Sinclair took early control to win the first two legs 11-7, 11-6 but Baxter
then competed strongly before Sinclair sealed victory in an epic 21-19 third
leg."
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Suffolk
County Junior Championships 2004 (Report
by Peter Avenell)
|
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 |
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|
EVENT |
WINNER |
RUNNER UP |
SCORES |
|
Under 13
Boys |
Jake
Collins |
James
Fulker |
6,3,6 |
|
Under 15
Girls |
Chelsea
Bennett |
Sian Cook |
Round
Robin |
|
Under 15
Boys |
Lee Barnes |
Jake
Collins |
7,10,6 |
|
Under 18
Girls |
Charlie
Clapson |
Chelsea
Bennett |
-5,11,11,-8,11 |
|
Under 18
Boys |
Lee Barnes |
Aaron Self |
8,7,3 |
|
Open
Singles |
Lee Barnes |
Jake
Collins |
7,-8,6,-8,10 |
|
Pot Luck
Doubles |
Ed
Spencer/James Manvers |
Zack
Bush/Andy Jones |
|
The
County Junior Championships were held on Saturday 24th January at
Culford School Bury St Edmunds, and grateful thanks go to Leiston Press who
sponsored the event this year.
23
boys and 7 girls took part in seven events which meant some 160 matches. Play
started at 9.30 and took nine hours to complete. The day started with the Under
13 Boys singles, Cadet Girls (U15) singles and Junior Boys (U18) singles
groups. All the top players were present and Jake was the No 1 seed in U13’s
with James Faulker No2, and as expected they reached there rightful place in
the final however Jake was just too strong and won in three straights sets
11-6, 11-3, 11-6. Five girls played in one group which was a closely contested
event. Chelsea Bennett was No 1 seed and managed to come through reasonably
unscathed, while Charlie Clapson No 2 had rather more problems. It was Sian
Cook the lowest ranked that was having a good day and finish in 2nd
position.
Lee
Barnes was No 1 seed in the Cadet and Junior boys along with Aaron Self at No2.
The junior groups went true to form and all four seed’s made it to the semi
final stage. Sam Walker in his last season as a junior was at No3, and playing
with a suspected broken toe he put up a good fight against Aaron but could not
stop the Aaron attack. It was Lee against Jake for a place in the final, and as
expected a very close encounter was undertaken between the two. However, it was
Lee that had too many big shots to close out the games winning 11-9, 12-10,
11-4. The final was somewhat
disappointing as Lee never allowed Aaron to get into the game and run out a
comfortable winner 11-8, 11-7, 11-3.
The
Cadet boys and Junior girls groups ran side by side. The girls were in 2 groups
of three, and like Sam walker Jacqui Wallace was in her last year as a junior
and seeded at 2 an encounter with Chelsea Bennett in the final was expected.
Once again we saw an upset in the group stage and Jacqui finished second in her
group. This meant she played Chelsea in the semi final and a very close match
was seen, but it was Chelsea coming through 12-10, 12-10, 11-8. The other semi final saw Gemma Butler meet Charlie Clapson, and once again a very
close match which Charlie won 11-4, 11-7, 6-11,
11-6.
With
Charlie not having a very good Cadet event she was determined to do better now
and this she did taking Chelsea to five games and taking the title 5-11, 11-9,
11-6, 8-11, 11-8.
Seven
groups of 3 competed for a place in the quarter finals of the Cadet boys and
all 4 seeds came through to fight it out in the semi finals, and we saw Ryan
Collins this time taking on Lee which was an all to easy an affair winning
11-5, 11-3, 11-3. Next up was Aaron against Jake the No 2 and 3 seeds, which
predictably it went to 5 games with a real battle going on. Aaron just got the
first 11-9 only for Jake to take the next 11-3. Aaron then had to pull himself
together which he managed to do winning 11-9. Jake came straight back with a
11-4 win and they were now into a deciding game. It was clear that when Jake
got a good start he won fairly easy so it was vital that Aaron didn’t let this
happen, with the advantage swinging one way then the other it got to 10 all and
it was Jake who went for broke and succeeded 12-10 to snatch the match. This
set up another confrontation with Lee Barnes and this time Jake seemed a little
weary after a series of matches one after the other, and Lee won a little
easier 11-7, 12-10, 11-6.
The
next event was the open singles where the boys and girls came together. Seven
groups of 4 players took part and this was not seeded after the group stage so
the winners and runners up played off. This made for some interesting quarter
final pairings with Lee playing Aaron and Lee winning 11-7, 11-3, 10-12, 13-11.
Ryan Collins then played Sam Walker who had another hard tussle to win in 3
straight games. Jake Collins played Edward Spencer from Bury and the Stowmarket
academy and got through in 4 games. Two outsiders came through in the last
quarter final and it was Sam Broadbent who won the right to play Jake in the
semi final. So Lee came through against Sam Walker thus booking his place in
yet another final, and Jake had a reasonably easy passage to meet him yet
again. This time Jake was out to get his revenge and took Lee all the way to
the fifth game, and Jake seemed to making the dream come true with a 2 point
lead at 9-7 only to do a half long serve to allow Lee to get back to 10all, Lee
then seized his chance and closed out the match 12-10.
The
last event of the day was the Pot Luck Doubles an event that they were all
looking forward to. All those players that wanted to play were put into a hat
and the partners drawn. Some interesting pairs came out with Sam Walker &
Jaqui Wallace at the top and Aaron Self with Chelsea Bennett at the bottom
should have made it to the final on paper. However playing together for the
first time doesn’t work like that and Sam & Jaqui went down at the first
hurdle to Gemma Butler & Sam Broadbent who then lost in the semi-final to
Zack Bush & Andy Jones, a pair that gelled together on the day. In the
other half the pairing of Edward Spencer & James Manvers just managed to
put out the talented pair of Aaron Self & Chelsea Bennett in the 5 game. The
final swung one way then the other, but it was Edward & James who came out
the victors.
The
day ended at 6.45 with the presentation of trophies was made by Mrs Louise
Barnes of Leiston Press who kindly sponsored the Championships. Grateful thanks
went to Bob Watts the referee on the day, and all those that helped keep the
events running throughout the day.