Table Tennis Wales - West: December 2009

CERI WINS IN LONDON GP

With five players competing in Band 4, making it through to the next round was always going to be hard, but enjoyable work for them. Scott Cundy sailed through his group in first place and managed to get through to the second round but his opponent there proved too strong. Matt Lancey came 2nd in his group, secured his 1st round match win, following which he was very unlucky to lose 11-9 in the 5th in round two. Dean Cundy, Josh Jenkins and Lee Morgan all advanced successfully through their groups but found opponents in the 1st round too strong. Ceri James, in Band 2, came 1st in his group, and advanced to the 2nd round where he lost a close fought game in the 5th. In the afternoon session Matt Lancey his won his Band 5 group comfortably, but found his opponent just too strong losing in the 5th set. Scott finished 1st in his band 3 group and successfully advanced to the 2nd round, where he found number 3 seed Ping Ho too powerful. Lee Morgan also got through his group picking up a good win over Daniel Keenan of Ireland, however, his next opponent proved too much. Dean had a difficult group and, despite beating number 4 seed Billy Pegg, he failed to progress. It was a similar story for Josh Jenkins where despite beating Jersey number 1, Josh Band, he lost two tight games 3-2, and so failed to get through. Ceri was in fine form and advanced through his band 3 group in 1st position. He then disposed of John McBeath, Sullivan Morais, Wayne Mason and Damiola Thomas to reach the final. There he met Jared Patel, who he had previously met in the group stages, and again won 3-1, to take home the Band 3 title. On the Sunday only Ceri and Dean took part. Dean enjoyed a fine run of form to defeat Emran Hussain, who was ranked nearly 2000 points higher than Dean, to reach a preliminary round where he had a close fought victory over Lukasz Janisiewicz. In the first round proper, Dean played highly ranked Gavin Maguire where Dean lost out 3-1, however he competed very well and was very close to taking the first two ends which could have meant a different result. Ceri failed to reach the knockout stages after losing out to Sherwin Remata 3-2 despite having match points. In the Under 21s, Dean and Ceri both got through their groups, where they both met higher ranked opposition in Paul McCreery and Ashley Willetts respectively. Unfortunately, both players proved too strong for the Welsh boys. Well done all!

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

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With five players competing in Band 4, making it through to the next round was always going to be hard, but enjoyable work for them.Scott Cundy sailed through his group in first place and managed to g...

CERI WINS IN LONDON GP

Dragon Tounament Cardiff

Congratulations to Aliln State, Maxime Cros from Q.E. High and Sophie Richards, James Nash and Gethin Jones from Bro Myrddin in the recent Dragon event held in Cardiff. In their first ever table tennis tournament they excelled with Alin finishing 14th, Sophie playing extremely well and finishing 20th, Maxime 23rd, Gethin, 25th and James 26th. Well done!! Despite being just 2 weekends before Christmas the December Dragon Tournament was contested by 56 players spread between the 3 age groups. There has now been an incredible 89 young players who have sampled competitive table tennis via the Dragon Tournaments. Indeed such is now the clamour for entries that the organisers advise players to get their entry forms off early, as the competition is full before the closing date! The under 11 event saw Jac Jenkins in fine form winning his 2nd under 11 Dragon, runner up was Matthew Francis. Mathew also played out of his skin and some of the best table tennis I have seen him play to beat Caitlin Williams from Nantymoel. Player of the under 11 event however, must be North Gwent’s Lewis Jones, who playing in his 1st Dragon managed 3rd place. In the under 15 event ace defender Ethan Lewis finally managed a well deserved win after being close in the last 2 Dragons, Jamie Davies was runner up for the 2nd time. Surprise of this event was TTK Tonypandy’s Callum Thomas who finished in 3rd place to spoil the Ferndale party. TTK Tonypandy’s new coach Alan Monks has certainly done a good job on this young man. The under 13s event also held some suprises, this time in the form of the eventual winner Alex Francis from the Penlan club and member of the Swansea Centre of Excellence, and a brilliant 3rd place by Caitlin Williams of Nantymoel. Runner up was Ethan Lewis who collected his second trophy of the day. The next Dragon will be 17th of January 2010, organisers advise entries are sent in early to avoid disappointment.

CERI WINS IN LONDON GP

CERI WINS IN LONDON GP

Dragon Tounament Cardiff

Dragon Tounament Cardiff

Visit from North Wales Development Coach

Visit from North Wales Development Coach

LEE MORGAN WINS AGAIN!!

LEE MORGAN WINS AGAIN!!

Matt Lancey dos the job!!!

Matt Lancey dos the job!!!

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