Over 20 youngsters from Horsham and Crawley Community table tennis clubs convened at Forest School, new home of Horsham Table Tennis Club, today for a developmental competition. Three children dropped out due to illness and it was great to have three dads stepping into the breach to make good organiser Ian Ford’s schedules.

The main fare of the day saw players divided up by ability/experience into four round-robin groups of six players. Dad Steve Ettridge won out in Group D but highest junior finisher and therefore trophy winner was Thomas Chan with Ocean Young getting up the runner-up medal. Samuel Zimmerman’s machine gun forehand topspin saw him win a full-house of victories in Group C with Lap Yan Man coming second.

Gordon Chan cruised to the Group B title with five wins. Nathaniel Craig confirmed his blossoming talent by being the next highest finisher. Coach Tat On Man powered to the top of Group A but junior Will Ettridge earned the trophy with four wins and Oisin Shihab runners-up spot with three.

In the last hour the top four of each group played in a handicapped Super 16 competition, and the bottom two of each went into a subsidiary Super 8 handicap. In the main draw Tat On Man again was dominant despite all his opponents starting with a points advantage. He beat Jason Bourne in the final and Sam Zimmerman impressed again finishing third.  Lucas Rymarz ould the Super 8 beating Arkaidy in the final. Toby Gee beat his dad Clive to claim third spot.

Well done to everyone to all players involved for performing well and playing in a super spirit.

RESULTS

GROUP COMPETITIONS

Adults bracketed and discounted for trophy/medals issue

GROUP A

  • 1st (Tat On Man) – 5 wins
  • 2nd Will Ettridge – 4 wins
  • 3rd Oisin Shihab – 3 wins
  • 4th Jason Bourne – 2 wins
  • 5th (Mark Cornell) – 1 win
  • 6th Lucas Rymarz – 0 wins

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GROUP B

  • 1st Gordon Chan – 5 wins
  • 2nd Nathaniel Craig – 4 wins
  • 3rd Henry Jones – 3 wins
  • 4th Alfie Botting – 2 wins
  • 5th Ethan Duggan – 1 win
  • 6th Liam Taylor – 0 wins

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GROUP C

  • 1st Samuel Zimmerman – 5 wins
  • 2nd Lap Yan Man – 4 wins
  • 3rd Frankie Abbotts – 3 wins
  • 4th Sam Antoun – 2 wins
  • 5th (Clive Gee) – 1 win
  • 6th Oscar Finch – 0 wins

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GROUP D

  • 1st (Steve Ettridge) – 5 wins
  • 2nd Thomas Chan – 4 wins
  • 3rd (Gleb Zimmerman) – 3 wins
  • 4th Ocean Yung – 2 wins
  • 5th Arkaidy – 1 win
  • 6th Toby Gee – 0 wins

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HANDICAP COMPETITIONS

MAIN EVENT

  • 1st Tat On Man (+0)
  • 2nd Jason Bourne (4)
  • 3rd Sam Zimmerman (10)
  • 4th Thomas Chan (11)
  • 5th Oisin Shihab (3)
  • 6th Will Ettridge (1)
  • 7th Sam Antoun (13)
  • 8th Frankie Abbotts (12)
  • 9th Nathaniel Craig (7)
  • 10th Ocean Yung (12)
  • 11th Alfie Botting (10)
  • 12th Steve Ettridge (7)
  • 13th Gordon Chan (6)
  • 14th Gleb Zimmerman (9)
  • 15th = Henry Jones (9) and Lap Yan Man (8)

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SUBSIDIARY EVENT

  • 1st Lucas Rymarz (6)
  • 2nd Arkaidy (14)
  • 3rd Toby Gee (15)
  • 4th Clive Gee (11)
  • 5th Mark Cornell (5)
  • 6th Oscar Finch (12)
  • 7th Ethan Duggan (8)
  • 8th Liam Taylor (10)