English Table Tennis National Cadet League round 1

 Scarborough fielded two teams in this competition.  As Scarborough won both the A and B divisions last year both teams went as defending champions.  Scarborough A are Thomas Harrington, Keegan Barstow, Jessica West, and Scarborough B are Jennifer Wood, Macauley Youngson, Stuart Chadwick.  With grateful thanks to Neil Raine and Chris Wood our two coaches who travelled with the teams and Gemma Deeley for team support.  Both teams got of to a flying start to their title defence in round 1.  Scarborough A first met another local area team Helmsley A this was a strong battle between both teams with Scarborough A winning the battle 5-4.  Scarborough A then went on to win their other 3 matches 9-0.  Scarborough B won their first 3 matches 9-0, 8-1, 9-0 they then had a bye in their 4^th due to a no show by the other team so claim the 4^th match 9-0.  This puts both teams in strong positions for the next round in December.  Well done to all players who turned up in their new club members shirts all looked the part and all behaved impeccably.  Club shirts are now available please contact Carole Harrington on 378546 or ask at the table tennis centre Graham School.

New Club Team Stiga Shirts

HALIFAX AND SCARBOROUGH HEAD WINNERS AT YORKSHIRE TRIALS

Halifax and Scarborough provided two winners each out of seven events which was recently held at Scarborough Table Tennis Centre under the watchful eye of organising team of Richard and Brenda Hudson and Barry Snowden.

There were eight events scheduled in total but due to a poor entry the under 11 girls event did not run but their was a good entry of 79 players for the remaining events which were under 18, 15 and 13 sections for boys and girls along with an under 11 boys.

The under 15,13 and 11 events were part of the ETTA national trials with four places up for grabs in these events for qualification through to the regional trials but it was decided to hold an under 18 event also to assess players for possible selection for Yorkshire County teams.

Pictured from the left are Rebecca George, Gemma Deeley,

 Steffi Garrett and Emma Lindle.

The final four in the under 15 boys are from left to right Reece Lowe, Daniel Adams,

James Atkins and Tom Harrington.

The under 18 boys event was won by top seed Jonny Giles of Halifax who, after the preliminary groups was joined by the four other groups winners James Berry, also of Halifax and three Hull players Andy Cundill, Alex Britton and Dominic Welburn.

Giles was fully expected to be a member of the county first team squad and his performance confirmed his selection for the county first team with the other four players in the final group all cementing their places in the county second team for their first round of matches scheduled to be played at Halifax TTC on October 20th.

The under 18 girls was won by top seed Rebecca George of Scarborough who, in the four player event won all her sets in straight games but the surprise package of the event was newcomer Emma Lindle of Bradford Fastbats who beat both last seasons county cadets players Steffi Garrett and Gemma Deeley in four games to finish runner up to Rebecca.

Rebecca will now join Mary Fuller in the county first team whilst the other three girls in the group have been selected to represent Yorkshire seconds when they play for matches against Lancashire No 1 and No 2 and the second teams of Cheshire and Durham at Halifax in October.

The under 15 (cadets) boys event had two Pudsey TTC players in the top four as James Atkins took the event with last seasons cadets county player Daniel Adams in third. They were separated by Reece Lo of Hull who was runner up and home player Tom Harrington completed a fine day by finishing fourth.

The under 15 girls group back row from left to right Alex Lee, Gemma Cundill and Hannah Kendall

with the front row Jessica West, Grace Blenkinsop and Jennifer Wood.

Under 13 boys left to right James Mayne. Macauley Youngson,

Vishall Dattani and Scott Hollowood.

Atkins had survived a scare in his group when he was take the distance by James mason of Halifax and the Pudsey player just came through 8-11 11-5 8-11 11-4 11-9 but in the final it was the first match up that was crucial as Atkins beat hi s Pudsey club mate Adams despite a first game reversal 9-11 11-8 11-8 11-7.

Scarborough’s Harrington caught the eye in the final group and could consider himself unfortunate as he was involved in three of the better sets and he actually played two sets on the trot losing them both in five games as he was beaten 7-11 11-6 8-11 11-7 8-11 by Lo then 11-6 7-11 11-5 9-11 7-11 by Adams before losing in four to eventual winner Atkins 5-11 7-11 11-8 7-11, This after beating one of the favourites Ross McFadyen 11-8 6-11 11-8 9-11 13-11 in his group.

With the cadets county championships not being staged until late February the squad will not be selected until the turn of the year but these four finalists will have done themselves no harm at all and be in the driving seat for county selection in the new year.

The under 15 girls event was a six player round robin and came down to a clash of the top two as Scarborough’s Alex Lee beat Gemma Cundill from Hull in four 11-8 10-12 11-2 11-8 in their last set to take the event.

The two players were the top two in the event with Lee only dropping the one game in her campaign to Cundill and Cundill only dropped one more apart from her defeat to Lee whne she was taken to four game s by another Scarborough player Jennifer Wood.

For Wood and the other three players in this event, Jessica West and Grace Blenkinsop of Scarborough and Hannah Kendall of Halifax it will have been a great opportunity to gain experience and although Lee and Cundill will be the favourites for county call up come February, other players Wood in particular gave the top two a good work out when they met.

The under 13 boys event was won by James Mayne of Ryedale who completed the event by not dropping a single game in either his group of the final winners group. Vishal Dittani of Leeds was runner up with Doncaster league player Scott Hollowood third and Scarborough’s Macauley Youngson fourth.

Under 13 girls back row Ellen Auty, Nicole Finn, Katie Lee and Rihanna Wood
With Catherine Moseley and Georgia Rose in front.

The under 11 boys event was won by Micheal Whittaker of Bradford and

making a Bradford 1-2 was James Celaire with Leeds player Neil Dattani third

and Brendan Wilson McGarry of Scarborough fourth

The under 13 girls event was a six player round robin and went to Georgia Rose of Halifax who tied on sets with Katie Lee of Scarborough with both girls losing one set but by virtue of beating Katie it was Georgia who won the event.

Rhianna Wood finished third in this event as she beat winner Rose but lost to Lee and also disappointingly lost to Nicole Finn of Leeds in the first match of the day which had she won would have left all three girls on 4 wins and a headache for the organizers.
The under 11 boys event was won by Micheal Whittaker of Bradford and making a Bradford 1-2 was James Celaire with Leeds player Neil Dattani third and Brendan Wilson McGarry of Scarborough fourth

The top four in the under 15,13 and 11 sections will now join their South Yorkshire counterparts in the regional trials which take place at Halifax TTC on the 1st December

Barry Snowden
YTTA