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 |
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Mens Singles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Dave Cole Ryan Collins |
11/9,3/11,9/11,11/1 18/16 |
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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 |
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