City Of Derby Junior 4 *
8th Mayby Nick Pine
The listing was posted by English Table Tennis Association
An entry of 240 made the tournament a busy weekend, especially on Saturday when 6 events were contested. A little disappointing was Under 11 entries with only 12 in each event, with a preponderance of players from Essex.
There was plenty of local Derbyshire interest on Saturday with Lucy Davidson and Daniel Lowe winning the Cadet titles. Both the Under 13 event trophies stayed in the East Midlands thanks to Emily Bates (Li) and Sam Walker (Ng).
Emily had a good day on Sunday beating No1 seed Emma Vickers in 4 in the semi-final, she then beat the No2 seed Rachel Jamieson in the final, coming back strongly after losing the first 2 games.
The Derby Association is appreciative of the financial help given by the City of Derby and by Jarvis Sports and to help from Association members who worked hard to support the Tournament Organiser Brian Webster and Referee Tim Harris.
Saturday
Under 11 Boys
Helshan Weerasinghe (Sx) bt. Hilkiah Adebanjo (E) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
Under 11 Girls
Tin Tin Ho (Mi) bt. Esther Hoskin (E) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3
Under 13 Boys
Sam Walker (Ng) bt. Helshan Weerasinghe (Sx)
Under 13 Girls
Emily Bates (Li) bt. Tin Tin Ho (Mi) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
Cadet Boys Band 1
Joshua Band (Jey) bt. Huw Jones (Wal) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4
Cadet Girls Band 1
Tin Tin Ho (Mi) bt. Chloe Thomas (Wal) 8-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7
Cadet Boys Open
Daniel Lowe (Dy) b.t Calum Main (Sco) 12-10, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7
Cadet Girls Open
Lucy Davidson (Dy) bt. Emily bates (Li) 11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11, 12-10
Sunday
Junior Boys Band 1
Luca Mariano (E) bt. Azarel Adebanjo (E) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7
Junior Girls Band 1
Chloe Thomas (Wal) bt. Angharad Phillips (Wal) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7
Junior Boys Open
Matthew Ware (Ha) bt. Richard Marshall (Dv) 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 11-7
Junior Girls Open
Emily Bates (Li) bt. Rachel Jamieson (E) 8-12, 8-12, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9