On the 4th and 5th of June Lawrence John (Penlan), Harry Langley (Penlan), Thomas Heydon (Mumbles) and Niall Owen (Carmarthen) were selected to attend a training camp held by former Welsh coach Stephen Gertsen. This was a great chance for our youngsters to gain some excellent training with a number of players across the border. On the Saturday the boys attended the Development day with around 27 participants. During the day they played a friendly match against the Regional squad.
4 boys from the East were Ethan Walsh, Anthony Close, Jordan Ingles and James Knudson. They secured a 7-3 victory overall against out Welsh youngsters.
In the a afternoon a tournament was held with 7 groups consisting of 3 players and 1 group with 4 players. The top 2 went through to the main draw with the others going into a consolation event. The tournament although very competitive was played in a great spirit. The semi finals of the main draw saw 2 Welsh v 2 English with Ethan Walsh knocking out number one seed Thomas Heydon and Lawrence John beating number 2 seed Anthony Close to quite fittingly set up a Wales v England finale. 9 year old Ethan played superbly in the final with aggresive table tennis taking it 2-0 against Lawrence. Well to Lawrence on his first trip away.
4 boys from the East were Ethan Walsh, Anthony Close, Jordan Ingles and James Knudson. They secured a 7-3 victory overall against out Welsh youngsters.
In the a afternoon a tournament was held with 7 groups consisting of 3 players and 1 group with 4 players. The top 2 went through to the main draw with the others going into a consolation event. The tournament although very competitive was played in a great spirit. The semi finals of the main draw saw 2 Welsh v 2 English with Ethan Walsh knocking out number one seed Thomas Heydon and Lawrence John beating number 2 seed Anthony Close to quite fittingly set up a Wales v England finale. 9 year old Ethan played superbly in the final with aggresive table tennis taking it 2-0 against Lawrence. Well to Lawrence on his first trip away.
The boys then attended the under 14's Regional squad on the Sunday.
Well done to all the boys on their hard word over the weekend.
A big thank you goes to Stephen Gertsen for his hard work on organising the event and inviting kids from his former stomping ground.
