ITTF Swedish Open (Updated)

By Chelsea Quickfall | October 30, 2018 |

Charlotte Carey lost out in the first round of the ITTF Swedish Open (World Tour) 4/2 against Taiwan player Liu Hsing- Yin In the doubles today, Charlotte and partner Maria Yovkova beat Bruna Takahaski (BRA) and Maria Xiao (ESP) 3/1 (14:12, 8:11, 11:8, 11:6). In round 2 they face German pair Sabina Winter & Petrissa…

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Day 2 Brings Medals

By Chelsea Quickfall | October 15, 2018 |

After a tough friendly match vs Scotland yesterday, it was all change on day 2 in Perth. Yameen Al- Dahiri started the medal haul in claiming the Junior Boys title. Beth Roberts added a Gold in the Women’s Open beating Alisha Khalid in the final. In the Men ‘s band 1 Final, Yameen had to…

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World Para Champs

By Chelsea Quickfall | October 8, 2018 |

Article by Francesca Bullock 8.10.2018 Paralympic champions Will Bayley and Rob Davies head a squad of 14 British athletes that will compete in the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia from October 17-20, which also includes this year’s Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallists Ross Wilson and Kim Daybell. The full British squad for…

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Double Gold for Josh

By Chelsea Quickfall | September 21, 2018 |

  Team Events   More Gold for Stacey in Ostrava: Kim Daybell, Ashley Facey Thompson and Josh Stacey won gold in the men’s class 10 team event at the Czech Open in Ostrava today, with Fliss Pickard and her Swedish team partner Caisa Stadler taking silver in the women’s class 6-7 event and Craig Allen…

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Last 64 – EC, Alicante

By Chelsea Quickfall | September 20, 2018 |

Callum Evans is having the competition of a lifetime at the European Championships in Alicante this week.   The Welsh number 1, who is now based in Eslov, Sweden, has beaten 2 top International players on route to a last 64 clash with Germany’s Ricardo Walter. In a preliminary round Callum managed to navigate past…

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Day 1 – European Championships

By Chelsea Quickfall | September 19, 2018 |

European Championships Day 1   Callum Evans, World ranked 435, had the win of his career today as he beat Hungarian Tamos Lakatos, who is World ranked at 133. With 300+ places separating the pair, it was role reversal as the Welsh player demolished, German based Lakatos 4/0. Unfortunately Callum couldn’t continue the good form…

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Tour of the Highlands

By Chelsea Quickfall | September 14, 2018 |

Perth Open   Rashad Al-Dahiri will be part of the Welsh team heading to Perth on Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th October. The Bridgend born player will be joined by his brother Yameen, who competed at the recent European Youth Championships in Romania. The other male player sees a return to the Welsh set up…

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Top 10 Report

By Chelsea Quickfall | September 10, 2018 |

Anna Hursey, at the tender age of 12, finished a credible 9th position at the European Youth Top 10 event in Vila Real, Portugal. Anna has 3 more years in this age category and 3 more years in this event so with many players being too old next time around it could be a completely…

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