Butterfly Schools Individual Championships

[DaveR]

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Over 250 players from 50 counties will gather at The Dome, Doncaster on Saturday 26th April to participate in the Butterfly Schools' Individual Championships organised by the English Schools' Table Tennis Assocation.

This event is the largest one day competition in the English table tennis calendar for players at Under 11, 13, 16 and 19 age groups for both boys and girls.

Play starts at 9.00 am, with group matches for Under 11s, 13s, 16s and 19s later in the day.

The event is supported by Butterfly, the sole equipment sponsor of ESTTA

Click here (http://www.sportfocus.com/reguser/dynabizinfo/download.cfm?number=13606)for the girls draw and here (http://www.sportfocus.com/reguser/dynabizinfo/download.cfm?number=13605) for the boys draw.

By John Arnold, ESTTA

[Mr Wilko]

its a good tournament, i played in these in my day and did very well.

you will prob get the see some stars of the future if they continue to play once they realise the other things in life like i did. (i still managed the odd game now and then though) LOL

[HarryBelafonte]

modesty forbids you from sayin it....ha ha.... star ......

[Mr Wilko]

sarcasism is your forte Harry!!!!

:tomato::tomato::tomato:

[JKC]

How well did you do Mr Wilko?

[Mr Wilko]

was runner up twice and won it twice both in different age groups (U14 & U19) then won the international event at U19 and also dbls with Mark smith from Yorkshire 2 years running!!!!!!! so didnt do to badly!! lol

[HarryBelafonte]

well done..:resent:

[Mr Wilko]

cheers Harry the good days are gone now though its all up hill from here!!!! lol

[Hovis Bread Eater]

Mr Wilko - vetts next for you.

[Mr Wilko]

aye not long to go neither hovis only another 8 years i think before i can play in the world vetts

[DaveR]

Following up on the initial thread............

More than 250 players from 50 counties met at the Doncaster Dome to take part in the Butterfly Schools’ Individual Championships on 26th April 2008. This event with eight age groups, organised by the English Schools’ Table Tennis Association, is the largest one day event in the table tennis calendar, with over 12 hours of continuous on 20 tables.

The eight events witnessed seven new champions, with only Helshan Weerasinghe (Kent Co.) retaining his Under 11 Boys’ crown with a final straight games win over Sam Mabey (Leicestershire). This gave Helshan his second schools’ victory this year, having won the British Primary Schools’ Championships held in April in the Isle of Man.

Nottinghamshire players claimed two titles with Sam Walker defeating Edward Mitchell (Buckinghamshire) in the Boys’ Under 13 and Emma Vickers defeating Karina Le Fevre (Cleveland) in the Girls’ Under 19 Final.

Both Under 16 events provided much skill and entertainment, each going to a fifth deciding game. Natalie (Staffordshire) beating Lucy Davidson (Derbyshire) 11-5, 11-13, 14-12, 9-11, 13-11 and Garth Kinlocke (Avon) defeating Richard Andrews (Berkshire) 11-7, 8-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-7.

In the Under 11 Girls Tin Tin Ho (Middlesex Met.) was victorious and repeated her British Primary Schools’ Championship success. Liam Pitchford (Derbyshire) was the winner of the Under 19 Boys and Yolanda King (East Sussex) the Under 13 Girls.

ETTA is grateful to Dennis Worrell, Championship Organiser, for a most successful event and would also like to thank Butterfly for their continued support.

Click here (http://www.sportfocus.com/reguser/dynabizinfo/download.cfm?number=13664) for the results.