Simon Heaps broke more new ground by winning three medals at an international para tournament for the first time. Heaps took Men’s Singles silver, plus bronze in both the Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles at the Jordan Para Open in Amman. Competing in the Class 4-5 category, Heaps won his two singles group matches 3-0 against Meiirbek Otepov of Kazakhstan and Ibrahim Sabra of Jordan. He then beat Trivendra Singh of India 3-1 (11-2, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6) in the semi-finals and Muntadher Al Sarraji of Iraq 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7) in the final. Both doubles were round-robin and, in the Men’s, Heaps &am ..read more

Week 31 saw division 2B’s Hutton Harriers and division 2C’s Chelmsford Panthers take the first two of four junior divisional titles on offer. Chelmsford Junior League division 2A The Hutton Hawks moved within touching distance of the division 2A title with a 4-1 home win over the Chelmsford Cougars. Charlie Ware was in dominating form as he won both of his matches 3-0 – dropping just 24 points over the six games. Ben Robinson earned the sole point for the visitors with a 3-1 win over Noah Middleton. The Chelmsford Eagles kept their hopes of catching leaders the Hutton Hawks alive with a 3-2 w ..read more

The Isle of Wight Association organises an annual hardbat tournament, which can be quite difficult to adjust to but is always great fun. This year, Island’s Hardbat event took place at the T. Tennis Centre at Smallbrook and 23 people took part. The Singles event was won by one of the Island’s top players, Alex Rorke. In the final he beat Ryan Cates, a 17-year-old with great potential. In the Doubles, Ryan partnered Peter Clarke and they managed to beat Glenn Morley & Nicky Dando. It was terrific fun and a pertinent reminder of days gone by when our table tennis ancestors all played w ..read more

Top seeds Connor Green and Tianer Yu duly took the gold medals at the Junior National Cup held at BATTS TTC in Harlow. The event sees the top 10 players in the rankings play on a round-robin basis over the weekend to decide the medallists. The champions are pictured above with Table Tennis England President Jill Parker MBE and Director Don Parker. Girls Top seed Tianer Yu had an almost perfect record as she won the girls’ event, conceding only two games on the way. Sixth seed Ella Pashley was second with seven wins out of nine, with second seed Sienna Jetha one victory behind to take the bron ..read more

Kacper Piwowar and Abraham Sellado reached the knockout stage in two age groups at the WTT Youth Contender Luxembourg. Both went through with one victory out of two in the older under-17 group stage, before bowing out to higher-ranked players in the round of 64 – Sellado (WR 326) to Noah Vitel of France (WR 169) and Piwowar (WR 301) to world No 63 junior Julian Rzihauschek of Austria. In the under-15s, Piwowar and Sellado both topped their groups and received byes through the last 64 to the last 32. Both were defeated – Sellado by Mateusz Gawlas of Poland (WR 383) and Piwowar by Austria’s Tob ..read more

A programme from the inaugural 1926 World Championships in London, a bronze medal won by England at the 1939 Worlds in Cairo and mementos of England’s Swaythling Cup victory in 1953 were among artefacts on display at the Mark Bates Ltd National Championships recently. England is of course hosting the centenary World Team Championships at the OVO Arena, Wembley, in 2026. Apart from the first ever tournament 98 years ago, England has hosted the Championships on six other occasions – in London in 1935, 1938, 1948 and 1954, Birmingham in 1977 and, most recently, in Manchester in 1997. England als ..read more

Grantham College may need to invest in a bigger trophy cabinet as students on the table tennis programme continue to win multiple medals at home and abroad. From Preston to Plymouth and Stockton to Sweden, the squad has racked up a staggering haul of gold, silver and bronze this season. Female and male players from England, Wales and further afield have contributed to the success, which spans international events as well as domestic Grands Prix, one-to-four-star events and, most recently, the Mark Bates Ltd National Championships, where Ella Pashley (pictured above) picked up Under-21 Women’s ..read more

Paralympic champion Will Bayley and rising star Bly Twomey journeyed to the birthplace of the Paralympics when they caught up with a Brighton TTC club-mate at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC). Photos by Caleb Yule Photography The star duo joined Brighton TTC founder Tim Holtam to visit Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, where 18-year-old Jack Silberston has been undergoing rehabilitation. Jack came to the NSIC following a tumour on his spine and started playing wheelchair table tennis during his first admission. He enjoyed the sessions so much that he began playing regularly at Br ..read more

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