2013 Sainsburys School Games. Sheffield 12th – 15th September 2013
The 2013 Sainsburys School Games took place in Sheffield between 12th and 15th September with a fully integrated competition including wheelchair players, standing disabled players and players with a learning disability. The winners of the individual events were as follows:
Lawrence John (Wales) – Standing Disability Event
Patrick Cox (Midlands) – Learning Disability Event
Nico Anderson (South East) – Wheelchair Event
All the games were very competitive producing a high level of quality table tennis. In the mixed disability team event the winners were England (Midlands).
Overall when both the individual and team events were added together it was the South East team who came out on top over the whole weekend.
For more information and pictures please see the Sainsburys School Games 2013 website.
The DSE Championships Nottingham 15 – 16 June 2013
The standard of play at the 2013 DSE championships was very high, with many exciting and very close matches for the spectators to enjoy. .Three players, all from Wales , dominated the championships, Ashley Davis, and Nathan Thomas both finishing as triple champion and Lawrence John, a very promising junior and current BTTAD Junior champion finishing with a gold, silver and bronze.
In the wheelchair events, Ashley Davis repeated his success in last year’s championships by again winning each of the three events that he entered, although Ryan Hubbard took him very close in the Open final. Ashley must now be considered as one of the top GB wheelchair players.
Nathan Thomas, a class 10, dominated the standing events , taking gold in all 3 events, although David Wetherill, the world number 4 in class 6 , did manage to get a game off him in the final of the Open. Nathan beat Lawrence John in the final of the Class 8-10 singles and the two paired to win the standing doubles. As Nathan coaches Lawrence, it proved to be a good weekend for coach and pupil. In the Open semi-finals, Nathan had beaten Lawrence, whilst David had beaten Peter Cameron in a very close game 9 in the fifth. Lawrence beat Peter Cameron to take the bronze in this event.
In the Class 6-7 final, David played Peter again, but this time it was Peter, from Scotland, who took the gold with another five game thriller, taking the final game 11-9. Peter’s gold and two semi-final places demonstrated that our more experienced players can still challenge our ever increasing band of up and coming youngsters.
The win of the tournament was without doubt Lucie Bouron’s 5th game victory over Shaun Newcomb in the Quarter-Finals of the Wheelchair Open. Lucie lost in the semi to Ryan Hubbard but played well. Daniel Bullen, the other semi-finalist, beat Lucie to take the bronze.
Ella Booker won the Ladies Standing Open and, following the retirement of Victoria Bromley, is quickly establishing herself as the new number one in GB
Other impressive performances included Craig Allen narrowly losing 13-11in the fifth to Lawrence John in the Class 8-10 semi-finals, Thomas Matthews, form Wales taking bronze in the class 1-2 singles and pairing with Ashley Davies to take the gold in the doubles
Results
Mens Class 1 – 5 Open Singles
Final
Ashley Davis b Ryan Hubbard 8, -7, 7, -8, 6
Third Place Playoff
Daniel Bullen b Lucie Bouron 10, 10, 4
Semi-Finals
Ryan Hubbard b Lucie Bouron 9, 5, 10
Ashley Davis b Daniel Bullen 7, 3, 5
Quarter-Finals
Lucie Bouron b Shaun Newcomb -6, 10, 9, -6, 9
Ryan Hubbard b Mike Prendergast 9, 7, 0
Daniel Bullen b Nico Anderson -10, 5, 12, -12, 9
Ashley Davis b Richard Barton 5, 6, -8, 13
Mens Class 1 – 5 Open Band B Singles Final
Thomas Matthews b Adam Blackbourne 6, 6, 7
Third Place Playoff
Alice Murray b Steven Parry 7, 14, -12, 9
Semi-Finals
Thomas Matthews b Steven Parry -6, 3, -0, 10, 7
Adam Blackbourne b Alice Murray 7, 4, y
Mens Class 6 – 11 Open Singles
Final
Nathan Thomas b David Wetherill 7, 11, -6, 6
Third Place Playoff
Lawrence John b Peter Cameron 9, -8, -12, 12, 4
Semi-Finals
Nathan Thomas b Lawrence John 9, 5, 8
David Wetherill b Peter Cameron 6, -9, 10, -6, 9
Quarter-Finals
Lawrence John b Adam Thompson -12, 11, 7, 6
Peter Cameron b Paul Waumsley 9, -8, -12, 12, 4
Mens Class 6 – 11 Band B Open Singles
Final
Medhi Zarafshana b Conor Gordon 9, 6, -9, 4
Third Place Playoff
Craig Allen b Martin Perry 5, 8, 8
Semi-Finals
Conor Gordon b Martin Perry 8, -5, 7, 8
Medhi Zarafshana b Craig Allen 3, 2, 8
Quarter-Finals
Conor Gordon b Kevin McCorack 8, -8, 13, 5
Martin Perry b Euan McLaughlin -8, 8, 4, 7
Craig Allen b Neil Innes 6, 3, -9, 6
Medhi Zarafshana b Lee Wilkinson 4, 7, 2
Mens Class 6 – 11 Band C Open Singles
Final
Alex Bland b Ryszard Elgert -6, 7, 9, 6
Third Place Playoff
Adam Gittings b James Hollingsworth 3, 6, 8
Semi-Finals
Ryszard Elgert b Adam Gittings -4, 4, =5, 8, 7
Alex Bland b James Hollingsworth 6, -9, 10, 9
Quarter-Finals
Ryszard Elgert b Jason Reynolds 8, 5, 9
Adam Gittings b Robert Bootyman 5, 7, 4
Alex Bland b Jack Donagh 5, 5, 3
James Hollingsworth b Daniel Williams 2, 2, 0
Ladies Class 6 – 11 Open Singles
Final
Ella Booker b Emily Turner 5, 1, 5
Third Place Playoff
Jessica Bromley b Felicity Pickard
Semi -Finals
Ella Booker b Felicity Pickard 10, -9, 6, 6
Emily Turner b Jessica Bromley 8 , -6, 5, -2, 4
Mixed Class 1 – 5 Doubles
Final
Ashley Davis/Thomas Matthews b Nico Anderson/ Lucie Bouron 10, 9, 8
Semi -Finals
Ashley Davis/Thomas Matthews b Shaun Newcomb/Roger Hales 12, 9, -10, -6, 6
Nico Anderson/ Lucie Bouron b Oye Jemiyo/Mike Prendergast 7, 9, 6
Quarter –Finals
Ashley Davis/Thomas Matthews b Brown/ Richard Barton 6, 8, 5
Nico Anderson/ Lucie Bouron b Daniel Bullenm/Cellan Hall 9, -9, -4, 6, 7
Mixed Class 6 – 11 Doubles
Final
Nathan Thomas/Lawrence John b Adam Thompson/Patrick Cox 8, 8, 7
Semi -Finals
Nathan Thomas/Lawrence John b Paul Waumsley / Peter Cameron 5, -8, -5, 5
Adam Thompson/Patrick Cox b Michael Shilton / Billy Shilton 8, 8, -13, 3
Quarter-Finals
Paul Waumsley / Peter Cameron b Lee Wilkinson/Charles Sketchley -8, -5, 5
Nathan Thomas/Lawrence John b Conor Gordaon/Josh Morgan 7, 3, 11
Adam Thompson/Patrick Cox b Neil Innes/Euan McLaughlin -14, 5, 7, 5
Michael Shilton / Billy Shilton b David Wetherill/Martin Perry 6, 10, -9, 6
Mixed Class 1 – 2 Singles
Final
Richard Baton b Oye Jemiyo -8, 7, 8, -4, 8
Third Place Playoff
Thomas Matthews b Lucie Bouron 7, 9, 7
Semi-Finals
Oye Jemiyo b Lucie Bouron 6, 9, 9,
Richard Barton b Thomas Matthews 9, 7, 8
Mens Class 3 Singles
Final
Ashley Davis b Roger Hales 7, 8, 7
Third Place
Adam Blackbourn b Andrew Green 7, 3, 3
Mixed Class 4 Singles
Final
Shaun Newcomb b Daniel Bullen 7, 3, 8
Third Place
Nico Anderson b Cellan Hall 7, -5 , 8, 9
Mixed Class 5 Singles
Final
Mike Prendergast b Ryan Huubbard 6, 11, 6
Third Place
Alice Murray b Steven Parry 6, -8, -5, 9, 4
Mens Class 6-7 Singles
Winner
Peter Cameron b David Wetherill 6, 8, -9, -8, 9
Thlrd Place Playoff
Mehdi Zarafshani b Billy Shilton 10, 10, 6
Semi-Finals
Peter Cameron b Billy Shilton 2, 14, 9
David Wetherill b Mehdi Zarafshani 8, 7, -9, 6
Quarter-Finals
Peter Cameron b Alex Bland 2, 2, 6
Billy Shilton b Martin Perry 2, 14, 9
Mehdi Zarafshani b Charles Sketchley 7, 6, 2
David Wetherill b Euan McLaughlin 9, 11, 6
Mens Class 8-10 Singles
Final
Nathan Thomas b Lawrence John 8, 9, 4
Third Place
Craig Allen b Conor Gordon 11, -4, 8, 9
Semi-Finals
Lawrence John b Craig Allen 3, 4, -8, -9, 11
Nathan Thomas b Conor Gordon 0, 6, 6
Quarter-Finals
Craig Allen b Alan Barrett 10, 8, 10
Nathan Thomas b Paul Waumsley -9, 6, 4, 7
Mens Class 11 Singles
Final
Adam Thompson b Simon Green 3, 3, 1
4, 3, 1
Semi-Finals
Adam Thompson b Patrick Cox 3, 4, 4
Simon Green b Adam Gittings -8, -7, 10, 7, 7,
Quarter-Finals
Adam Thompson b Jeffrey Jarvis 2, 2, 1
Patrick Cox b Alistair Feltham 5, 4, 7
Adam Gittings b Ashley Wray 8, -8, 8, -9, 8
Simon Green b Daniel Williams 1, -9, 10, 5
Ladies Class 11 Singles
Final
Jacqui Smith b Jessica Bromley -9, -8, 10, 7, 5
Third Place
Emma Hunt b Jenny Turner 5, 7, 9
Player of the Tournament Ben Cliffe
Peter Taylor
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