Kings of the Ping

Primary schools table tennis competition returned to the Horsham area this afternoon as teams from Kingslea and Southwater Juniors convened in Kingslea’s school hall. Kingslea had eight teams of two playing and Southwater four, making a total of 24 players sharing the four tables available.Well done to Kingslea A for winning the event, beating Kingslea B 21-16 in a good quality final.

The event was played on the format of ‘team singles’ where if a player in the pair won a point s/he stayed on to play the next, if s/he lost the point their teammate played the next point and if someone wins three points in a row for their team they automatically have to swap. It didn’t take long for the children to pick it up and some excellent matches ensued. It was particularly good to see a number of girls in the Kingslea teams showing they could mix it with the lads on the tables.

In the first phase of the event teams were grouped into threes. Kingslea and Southwater A teams negotiated their groups confidently. Group 3 was the tightest seeing two of the three matches finishing 21-20 and meaning Kingslea B and E teams both finished with 41 points and had to go into extra-time, with the B’s winning the first to five point challenge. Kingslea F were impressive in topping Group 4.

All teams played two more games in the second phase. In the top section Kingslea A took out Southwater A  21-14, a real statement of intent whilst Kingslea B had more trouble in seeing off their own F team, 21-17. All leading to the final from which Kingslea A emerged victorious. Southwater A rediscovered their winning mojo to take third place.

All female Kingslea E having just missed out on qualifying for the top section also bounced back nicely from that disappointment. In the middle play-off section they beat both Southwater B and Kingslea C to secure fifth place. In the seventh place play-off Southwater B ensured alphabetical order was maintained by beating their own C team.

In the lower section Southwater D took ninth with a big win over Kingslea G and in the all Kingslea game for eleventh D proved superior to H.

Commendations to all players for providing some excellent TT and, just as importantly, conducting themselves with high regard to sportsmanship and fair play.

RESULTS

 

TABLE/GROUP 1 

Kingslea A 42pts 

Southwater C 35pts 

Kingslea G 12pts 

TABLE/GROUP 2 

Kingslea H 15pts 

Southwater A 42pts 

Kingslea C 39pts 

TABLE/GROUP 3 

Kingslea B 41pts (win 5 pt play-off) 

Southwater D 32pts 

Kingslea E 41pts 

TABLE/GROUP 4 

Kingslea F 

Southwater B 

Kingslea D 

 

PHASE 1 

3.36-3.45 

21 Kingslea A v Southwater C 14 

21 Southwater A v Kingslea C 18 

20 Kingslea B v Kingslea E 21 

14 Southwater B v Kingslea F 21 

3.47-3.56 

21 Kingslea A v Kingslea G 5 

21 Southwater A v Kingslea H 7 

20 Kingslea B v Southwater D 11 

21 Southwater B v Kingslea D 17 

3.58-4.07 

21 Southwater C v Kingslea G 7 

21 Kingslea C v Kingslea H 8 

20 Kingslea E v Southwater D 21 

21 Kingslea F v Kingslea D 14 

 

PHASE 2 

4.10-4.19 

MATCH 1 

1st Group 1 v 1st Group 2 

21 Kingslea A v Southwater A 14 

MATCH 2 

1st Group 3 v 1st Group 4 

21 Kingslea B v Kingslea F 17 

MATCH 3 

2nd Group 1 v 2nd Group 2 

15 Southwater C v Kingslea C 21 

MATCH 4 

2nd Group 3 v 2nd Group 4 

21 Kingslea E v Southwater B 13 

4.21-4.30 

MATCH 5 

3rd Group 1 v 3rd Group 2 

21 Kingslea G v Kingslea H 17 

MATCH 6 

3rd Group 3 v 3rd Group 4 
21 Southwater D v Kingslea D 20 

5TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 

Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4 

16 Kingslea C v Kingslea E 21 

7TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 

Loser Match 3 v Loser Match 4 

16 Southwater C v South B 21 

4.32-4.41 

FINAL 

Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2 

21 Kingslea A v Kingslea 16 

3RD PLACE PLAY-OFF 

Loser Match 1 v Loser Match 2 

21 Southwater A v Kingslea F 16 

9TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 

Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6 

10 Kingslea G v Southwater D 21 

11TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 

Loser Match 5 v Loser Match 6 

14 Kingslea H v Kingslea D 21 

FINAL PLACINGS 

  1. Kingslea A 
  2. Kingslea B 
  3. Southwater A 
  4. Kingslea F 
  5. Kingslea E 
  6. Kingslea C 
  7. Southwater B 
  8. Southwater C 
  9. Southwater D 
  10. Kingslea G 
  11. Kingslea D 
  12. Kingslea H