Cup Competitions .......

[DaveR]

This weekend, 14th and 15th June, sees the finals of the English Leagues Cup Competitions being played at the Draycott and Long Eaton Table Tennis Centre in Derbyshire.

The Bromfield Trophy (Junior Girls) and Carter Cup (Junior Boys) matches will be held on Saturday starting at 10am. Top seeds are North Middlesex and West Cornwall for the Bromfield Trophy and Reading A and West Cornwall for the Carter Cup.

The Wilmott Cup (Men) and J M Rose Bowl (Women) matches being played on Sunday will also start at 10am. Bedford A and Nottingham are the top seeds in the Wilmott Cup whilst Leicester and Bournemouth take the top spots in the J M Rose Bowl.

The four competitions were re-introduced this season in a new format with four singles and one doubles being played in all matches. 33 leagues in total have taken part.

A little bit of history
The Wilmott Cup was originally presented by A J Wilmott in 1934 for a National Men’s Team Competition. The first year of competition saw the Manchester League victors with 24 entries from the 71 leagues then in existence. The original cup was destroyed in 1940 when the ETTA offices in London were bombed.

The J M Rose Bowl was donated in 1938 by J M Rose, President of the South London Table Tennis League. The first winners were Exeter and 48 teams entered the event.

The Bromfield Trophy and Carter Cup competitions are more recent, both starting in the 1965/66 season when East London beat Birmingham in both finals.

A lady by the name of Connie Moran was the Grimsby League Tournament Secretary for the J M Rose Bowl in 1959. Many of you will know Connie is still going strong with her involvement in table tennis including umpiring at this season’s Cadet and Junior Nationals. Quite an achievement.

[Mr Wilko]

a little bit of a question for you tt anoraks,

can you name the player who played in the carter cup & leech cup on the same day and came away with 2 gold medals???

then many years later was also in the winning team in the wilmott cup???

[Hovis Bread Eater]

andrew wilkinson

[Mr Wilko]

Hovis you know everything there is to know about TT, you should go on mastermind with your specialist subject being Table Tennis!!!!

WELL DONE!!!!

[Hovis Bread Eater]

i guessed you was blowing your own trumpet.

[Powerhouse]

Thats not hard to work out, this guy should put the trumpet down and let someone else blow it - any volunteers!


*the sound of feet running*

[MK Chris]

I don't fancy blowing someone else's trumpet, thanks.

[Mr Wilko]

wow wow wow!!!!!! its magic you know!!!!!
can we have some order in here please......................

come on lads credit were credit is due please, i dont get that much these days!!!!!

plus i wouldnt let you blow my trumpet thank you very much!!! LOL

[Hovis Bread Eater]

i've heard he can blow his own trumpet and used to on a regular basis

[DaveR]

By Diane Kirkwood

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Day 1

The Draycott and Long Eaton Table Tennis Centre in Derbyshire gave a warm welcome to all it’s visitors at the start of the two day event to find the champions of the four events in the English Leagues Cup Competitions – the Bromfield Trophy (Junior Girls), Carter Cup (Junior Boys), J M Rose Bowl (Women) and Wilmott Cup (Men). An excellent venue much complimented on by many of the competitors, officials and spectators. The hard working team from the centre ensured that we were well looked after.
Bromfield Trophy
The finals of the Girls Junior Trophy saw North Middlesex, Hastings, Warrington and Ilfracombe meet in Group A. North Middlesex were the top seed with Lindsey Armstrong and Megan Sparrey having good wins against Warrington and Ilfracombe. Warrington fought hard against North Middlesex and Sarah Bardsley had a good five set win over Megan Sparrey. Warrington also had a straight 5 – 0 win over the young team from Ilfracombe. Hastings duo of Chelsea Furnival and Alison Beckingham defeated North Middlesex by 3 – 2 with the doubles making the difference between the two teams.
Group A Results
North Middlesex beat Warrington4 – 1Hastings beat Ilfracombe5 – 0Hastings beat Warrington4 – 1North Middlsex beat Ilfracombe5 – 0Hastings beat North Middlesex3 – 2Warrington beat Ilfracombe5 – 0
The other half of the draw saw West Cornwall, Guildford and Plymouth competing in some very tight matches. West Cornwall’s two player team of Rachel Trevorrow and Kelly Reed ended up the winner’s of the group. Feifei Pei of Guildford had a good match against West Cornwall taking both singles but West Cornwall took the other games giving them victory. Vicky Smith of Plymouth won both her singles against Guildford and her team mate, Amy Whiting, sealed the victory with a fifth match win.
Group B Results

West Cornwall beat Guildford3 – 2Plymouth beat Guildford3 – 2West Cornwall beat Plymouth4 – 1
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The Play Offs
The play offs were set. West Cornwall v Hastings for first and second positions. Rachel Trevorrow won the first match against Alison Beckingham. The second saw Chelsea Furnival level the score against Kelly Reed. The doubles went to four sets and Hastings drew ahead. A close five set match saw Rachel level the score at 2 – 2. The last match and everything to play for saw a more experienced Kelly Reed beat Alison Beckingham in three straight for West Cornwall to take the trophy off Hastings, the holders.
North Middlesex met Plymouth to decide the third and fourth places with North Middlesex being the victors by 3 – 0. Lindsay Hardy of Warrington had an excellent four set win over a much higher ranked Lucy Burks of Guildford but Guildford’s overall stronger team meant they finished fifth with Warrington in sixth place.
Final Placings
1. West CornwallKelly Reed, Rachel Trevorrow2. HastingsChelsea Furnival, Alison Beckingham3. North MiddlesexLindsey Armstrong, Megan Sparrey4. PlymouthVicky Smith, Laura McLeod, Amy Whiting5. GuildfordFeifei Pei, Lucy Burks, Lucy Lou6. WarringtonSarah Bardsley, Lindsay Hardy7. IlfracombeLeanne Saunders, Katie Smaldenhttp://www.etta.co.uk/etta_website/images/spacer.gif
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Carter Cup
Reading A’s team of Richard Andrews and Tom Maynard justified their top seeding by comfortably winning Group A against opposition from Birmingham and Brighton. The Birmingham team of Alan Caffery and Jack Williamson played well to beat the higher seeded team from Brighton 3 - 2. All players won one singles, so once again the crucial decider was the doubles which Birmingham won 3 - 1 taking them into the play off position for third and fourth place.
Group A Results
Reading A beat Birmingham5 – 0Reading A beat Brighton4 – 1Birmingham beat Brighton3 – 2
Sunderland, Leicester, West Wilts and West Cornwall were the challengers for Group B with West Cornwall’s team of Darren Reed and Matthew Trevorrow ended up top of the group. Leicester’s rapidly improving team of Joel Carton and Amrish Rana finished second in the group after defeating Sunderland and West Wilts.
Group B Results
West Cornwall beat Leicester5 – 0Sunderland beat West Wilts5 – 0West Cornwall beat West Wilts5 – 0Leicester beat Sunderland3 – 2West Cornwall beat Sunderland3 – 2Leicester beat West Wilts5 – 0
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The Play Offs
The number one and two seeds were in the final. Reading A v West Cornwall. The first match went to Reading with Richard Andrews defeating Matthew Trevorrow. The second match saw Darren Reed defeat Tom Maynard to bring the score level, 1 – 1. The doubles was well fought and saw West Cornwall come out on top.Richard Andrews then beat Darren Reed in four to make the score even. The final game, Tom Maynard of Reading v Matthew Trevorrow of West Cornwall. A win for Tom and the Carter Cup and gold medals went to Reading with West Cornwall taking the silver.
A Midland Derby for third and fourth place saw the Leicester lads winning in three straight against Birmingham.
A north v south fixture for the fifth and sixth places saw the northern pairing of the Barella brothers, Anthony and Graeme, win against the two Stephen’s (Eckford and Denman) of Brighton 3 – 1.
Final Placings
1. Reading ARichard Andrews, Tom Maynard2. West CornwallDarren Reed, Matthew Trevorrow3. LeicesterJoel Carton, Amrish Rana4. BirminghamAlan Caffery, Jack Williamson5. SunderlandAnthony Barella, Graeme Barella6. BrightonStephen Eckford, Stephen Denman7. West WiltsChris Pickard, Adam Valovechttp://www.etta.co.uk/etta_website/images/spacer.gif Day 2

After a successful and enjoyable first day, day two got off to a bad start when just before the first matches were to go on it was reported one team was not able to make the event for the Wilmott Cup. This left five teams in the finals. After consultation with those teams present it was agreed to play a round robin with matches being played to a result only. Some swift re-scheduling by Referee, Steve Welch, and matches were underway.
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Wilmott Cup

The contest was now between Aldershot, Bournemouth, Ilford, Nottingham and Potteries.
Nottingham got off to a good start beating Potteries 3 – 1 and Aldershot 3 – 0. Top seeded Nottingham, Shaun Marples and Adam Frost, had a fairly comfortable win against Aldershot but were pushed harder against Potteries although Russell Boone had a superb win against Shaun Marples in the second match taking the fifth 14 – 12, despite some other close games this was the only win for the Potteries. The Potteries tasted success against Ilford 3 – 1 although Ilford’s Matt Spero and Didier Ngoma had a fine win in the doubles, 13 – 11 in the fifth. Bournemouth’s first match against Aldershot saw some tight matches with Bournemouth ending up 3 –1 winners, Graham Watts had a good win against Bournemouth’s Mark Butler in the first match but Matt Ware got the better of Graham in the fourth match and ensured Bournemouth’s first win. Aldershot’s match against Ilford saw Ilford win 3 – 0.
Nottingham were too strong for Ilford winning 3 – 0 and Bournemouth took Potteries 3 – 1 with Potteries result coming from the doubles pairing of Brian Johns and Paul Malkin winning 13 – 11 in the fifth. Another fine doubles win for Potteries, this time Brian Johns and Mark Evans defeating Robin Pretty and Graham Watts of Aldershot, 11 – 5 in the fifth, giving Potteries an overall win of 3 – 1. Bournemouth had a straight 3 – 0 win over Ilford which set them up for the crunch match against Nottingham. Nottingham started well with Adam Frost winning 3 – 0 against Mark Butler. Matt Ware evened the score in three straight against Shaun Marples. The doubles went to four and Nottingham came out on top, Matt Ware again levelled the score in the fourth match making it a full house of wins. Two games all. The final match, and Shaun Marples after winning the first set, lost the second but went on to win the next two and the cup for Nottingham.
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Results
Potteries beat Aldershot3 – 1Nottingham beat Aldershot3 – 0Bournemouth beat Potteries3 – 1Ilford beat Aldershot3 – 0Bournemouth beat Aldershot3 – 1Nottingham beat Ilford3 – 0Potteries beat Ilford3 – 1Nottingham beat Potteries3 – 1Bournemouth beat Ilford3 – 0Nottingham beat Bournemouth3 – 2
Final Placings

1. NottinghamAdam Frost, Shaun Marples2. BournemouthMark Butler, Matt Ware3. PotteriesRussell Boone, Mark Evans, Brian Johns, Paul Malkin4. IlfordDidier Ngoma, Matt Spero5. AldershotRobin Pretty, Graham Wattshttp://www.etta.co.uk/etta_website/images/spacer.gif http://www.sportfocus.com/images/dynabiz/ID3153/imggallery/7572.jpg


J M Rose Bowl

Top seeded Leicester had North Herts and Nottingham in their group. Nottingham started well with Viktoria Szirtesi winning the first match against Karen Smith of Leicester. However, this proved to be the only win for Nottingham. Jose Bongers with Karen won the remaining matches against Viktoria and her partner Elaine Li. Leicester then went on to beat the North Herts team of Sandra Harper and Janice Laing, 4 – 1, with Sandra defeating Jose Bongers in the fourth. North Herts won a close match against Nottingham, 3 – 2, for North Herts to finish second in Group A.
Group A Results
Leicester beat Nottingham4 – 1North Herts beat Nottingham3 – 2Leicester beat North Herts4 – 1
Group B comprised of teams from Bracknell and Wokingham, Guildford, Hastings and Bournemouth. The young team from Guildford of Feifei Pei, Lucy Burks and Lucy Lou who had all played the previous day in the Bromfield Trophy had a particularly good day, defeating Bracknell and Wokingham and taking a match off both Hastings and Bournemouth. Bracknell and Wokingham put up a spirited defence against the youngsters of Guildford leading 2 – 0 with wins from Mary Allan and Denise Rolfe. Guildford doubles pair of Feifei and Lucy Burks took the third, they were on a roll with Lucy Burks winning the next singles and Lucy Lou had a very impressive five set win to take the match. However, the decider for top place was between Hastings and Bournemouth, who were without their top player of Sanja Clements. It was left to the two juniors of Hannah Hicks and Joy Whitehorn to overcome Hastings 4 – 1 with Rose Rainton getting the consolation singles against Joy who defeated the higher ranked Sheila King in the last match.
Group B Results
Bournemouth beat Bracknell & Wokingham5 – 0Hastings beat Guildford4 – 1Bournemouth beat Guildford4 – 1Hastings beat Bracknell & Wokingham5 – 0Bournemouth beat Hastings4 – 1Guildford beat Bracknell & Wokingham3 – 2
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The Play Offs
Leicester v Bournemouth for first and second. A good start for Leicester with Karen Smith taking the first match. Hannah Hicks then defeated Jose Bongers, 1 –1. A four setter in the doubles and Bournemouth were in the lead. The undefeated Hannah Hicks then ensured victory for Bournemouth with a 3 –1 win over Leicester’s Karen Smith. The Rose Bowl and gold medals to Bournemouth.
North Herts defeated Hastings 3 – 1 to finish third and fourth respectively and in a close match Nottingham edged out Guildford 3 – 2 for fifth and sixth positions.
Final Placings

1. BournemouthHannah Hicks, Joy Whitehorn2. LeicesterJose Bongers, Karen Smith3. North HertsSandra Harper, Janice Laing4. HastingsSheila King, Rose Rainton, Lisa Standen5. NottinghamElaine Li, Viktoria Szirtesi6. GuildfordLucy Burks, Lucy Lou, Feifei Pei7. Bracknell & WokinghamMary Allen, Sharon Mitchell, Denise Rolfehttp://www.etta.co.uk/etta_website/images/spacer.gif http://www.sportfocus.com/images/dynabiz/ID3153/imggallery/7574.jpg


Finally

No tournament can run without it’s officials and much appreciation must go to Steve and Margaret Welch (Referee and Assistant), the hard working band of umpires and the ETTA Events staff of Matt Porter and Vanda Jones. Thanks must also be expressed to Keith Ponting, Competitions Vice Chairman, Alex Murdoch, ETTA Chairman, and National Council for supporting the running of these championships in their new format this season. A special thank you to the Brian Savage and his team at Draycott and Long Eaton Table Tennis Centre for their hospitality. Brian had worked tirelessly before and during the event even setting up a live interview on Radio Derby.
Many thanks to everyone who made the event a success.
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Pictures
Bromfield Trophy winners West Cornwall - Kelly Reed, Rachel Trevorrow
Bromfield Trophy runners up Hastings - Chelsea Furnival, Alison Beckingham
Carter Cup winners Reading A - Richard Andrews, Tom Maynard
Carter Cup runners up West Cornwall - Darren Reed, Matthew Trevorrow
Wilmott Cup winners Nottingham - Adam Frost, Shaun Marples
Wilmott Cup runners up Bournemouth - Mark Butler, Matt Ware
J M Rose Bowl winners Bournemouth - Hannah Hicks, Joy Whitehorn
J M Rose Bowl runners up Leicester - Jose Bongers, Karen Smith
Officials
Draycott and Long Eaton Table Tennis Centre Team