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Monday, 6 October 2014

Lara Wins Cadet Title at Cardiff Open

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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lara
Whitton came through a hard-fought five-set match against Jamie Lee Harley to
secure the Cadet Girls crown at the Cardiff Junior Open Championships held at
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Bethany Brewer 3-1 in the semi finals of Cadet Girls whilst Jamie Lee beat
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Lara Wins Cadet Title at Cardiff Open

Lara Whitton came through a hard-fought five-set match against Jamie Lee Harley to secure the Cadet Girls crown at the Cardiff Juni...

Sunday, 21 September 2014

World Bronze for Paul Karabardak

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Paul Karabardak and <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Will Bayley</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">have taken a bronze medal in the men’s class 6-7 team event at the 2014 ITT Para Table Tennis World Championships in Beijing after a battling performance against Ukraine which they eventually lost 1-3.</span></div>
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Swansea-based Karabardak was first to play singles against world number one Maksym Nikolenko and after losing the first set he came back to take the second and pushed the Ukrainian all the way in a 1-3 loss. Bayley then levelled the tie with a 3-1 win over the European champion Mykhaylo Popov, recovering from the loss of the first set to take the next three 5, 9 and 6.</div>
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The doubles was always going to be crucial and Ukraine made the better start - taking the first two sets and seeming to be in control. However, the GB pair came back fighting and took the next two to level the match but despite some great play in the fifth they could not quite sustain their effort and Ukraine took the match 3-2 and a 2-1 lead in the tie.</div>
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It was then up to Bayley to keep British hopes alive by beating Nikolenko in a repeat of the singles final earlier in the week. After so many tough matches Bayley was clearly exhausted but fought hard all the way saving match points in the third set and when he took an 8-4 lead in the fourth it looked as if he might stage another remarkable comeback. But it was not to be as the tall Ukrainian used all his power to hit some fierce winners and took the set 11-8 and the match 3-1.</div>
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"To take them to the fifth in the doubles was a great effort and a great comeback - in the fifth set it didn’t quite work out for us but I’m sure one day we will beat them in doubles. We’re not far away."<cite style="border: 0px; color: black; display: block; font-family: normal, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Will Bayley</cite></div>
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“Popov is world number three and a real quality player,” said Bayley, “he medalled in the singles in 2012 and here so it was good to get that win. To take them to the fifth in the doubles was a great effort and a great comeback - in the fifth set it didn’t quite work out for us but I’m sure one day we will beat them in doubles. We’re not far away. </div>
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“It was nearly impossible to then come back and play Nikolenko. It was a real body blow to lose the doubles. Me and Paul both knew that the doubles was absolutely key - if we’ve any chance to win that match we’ve got to win the doubles and it’s very difficult to play another match when you’ve just lost the most crucial match of all. I tried to pick myself up. I didn’t start very well but it could have gone either way - it was very tight and at 8-4 up in the fourth I should finish that set off and then in the fifth I’d have fancied myself to win it but that’s table tennis and we’re proud of the effort we put in - we never gave up.</div>
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“I’m not going to complain - I’m world champion and I’m really proud to get a second medal in the team because I’m delighted for Paul. I’ve said all along that I really wanted to get a medal here with Paul in a World championship - it’s an amazing achievement and I still think we can improve as a doubles pair which I hope we’re going to work on in future.”</div>
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“I thought I played well against Nikolenko,” said Karabardak, “and I did myself better justice than when I played him in the singles as I didn’t really have a chance against him when I played him then. But to push him all the way and to make him work for the win was really good.</div>
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"I’ve won almost everything apart from a World medal and a Paralympic medal so just one more to go now and I’ve got the whole set.” <cite style="border: 0px; color: black; display: block; font-family: normal, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul Karabardak</cite></div>
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“I think it would have been hard to get silver or gold here - I think bronze was realistic although we could have done a bit better but I’m really pleased as this is my first World championship medal and it’s really special because I’ve won almost everything apart from a World medal and a Paralympic medal so just one more to go now and I’ve got the whole set.”</div>
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GB Performance Director was delighted with his team’s performance in Beijing. “I think these World Championships have been great for us - we were without Ross Wilson and Paul Davies here which would have made us stronger but the programme is not depending on one or two players - we have a lot of players in different classes who are medalling now. We have four medals - one gold, two silvers and a bronze.  After London I said I wanted to change the colour of the medals in Rio and we have done it even quicker in the World championships and I will always say it is more difficult to take a medal in the World championships than the Paralympics because you have more players here.  Also we have other players who didn’t medal but put up a great performance and have competed against the top players in the world who will be in Rio and I think with more training they could also be world class.”</div>

World Bronze for Paul Karabardak

Paul Karabardak and Will Bayley have taken a bronze medal in the men’s class 6-7 team event at the 2014 ITT Para Table Tennis World ...

Monday, 8 September 2014

Swansea League

Swansea League

The Swansea League gets underway from the second week in October.

Thursday, 6 December 2012

CARDIFF CITY TT JUNIOR GRAND PRIX

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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>Well done all the Regional players who attended Cardiff City Table Tennis
Club held the second Community Club Junior Grand Prix Tournament on Sunday December
2nd. The entry for the tournament was 1 up on the last event with 68 entrants
competing in all four age categories. Although players were mainly from the
Cardiff area the tournament did manage to attract players from Swansea,
Ael-Y-Bryn and Ferndale.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>In the Under 11's Joseph
Roberts cemented his place at the top of the points list with a victory over
Benedict Watson. Benedict managed to get some revenge for the last tournament
against Jack O'Duffy with a 2-1 in the semis, again these 2 boys produced one
of the matches of the day! The 1 set Consolation event was won by Ael-Y-Bryn's Ellis
Burgess.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>The Under 13's saw a
repeat of November's final with the same result. Joseph beat Harry Langley of
Swansea 2-0 to make it a double again. Benedict Watson came close to making it
a repeat of the earlier final but lost out 2-1 in a tight affair. The
Consolation event was won by Joe Williams.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>In the Under 15's the
competition was again fierce but Chris Griffiths of Ferndale took the title
without losing a set. Macauley Morgan and Elliot Weinburg did well to reach the
Semis but both Chris and Lawrence John were too strong on this occasion. The
final, although the scoreline was 3-0 was a close match with both the first
sets being decided by just 2 points. Bethany Brewer took the Consolation title
with a 1-0 victory over Pouyan Javanmard.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>The Under 18's again saw
a lot of the Under 15's competing with each other with a couple of older
players joining them. The semi-final line up was Chris Griffiths v Jordan Rees
and Lawrence John v Macauley Morgan. Chris managed to tame Jordan's unique
penhold serves that proved difficult to others in the earlier group and won
3-0. Lawrence John also managed to win 3-0 against Macauley who was appearing
in his second semi final of the day. The final was a repeat of the Under 15's
final but the match was a much tighter affair. Lawrence held a 2-1 lead in sets
and also had match point at 10-9 in the 5th but it was Chris's day as he
managed to win 3-2 and take home his second title of the day. Lydia John took
the Consolation title beating Elliot Weinburg in a 1 set final.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Thursday, 4 February 2010

GERTSEN DOES THE JOB IN BRITISH LEAGUE

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Stephen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gertsen</span> from Swansea holds his 100% undefeated run in South & Midlands division 1 in British league. Stephen has <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">currently</span> played 14 matches without losing a match. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Aled</span> Howell from Llanelli also playing in the same division played 14 matches and only losing on 2 occasions. One of these losses coming against his team mate Stephen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gertsen</span> 3-0. In the previous weekend <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">fixture</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Aled</span> brushed aside another Welsh player Owen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Clutterbuck</span> 3-0. Congratultions to both individuals from West Wales in doing so well.<br />
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Carry on the good work!!</div>

GERTSEN DOES THE JOB IN BRITISH LEAGUE

Stephen Gertsen from Swansea holds his 100% undefeated run in South & Midlands division 1 in British league. Stephen has currently p...

Monday, 6 October 2014

Lara Wins Cadet Title at Cardiff Open

Sunday, 21 September 2014

World Bronze for Paul Karabardak

Monday, 8 September 2014

Swansea League

Thursday, 6 December 2012

CARDIFF CITY TT JUNIOR GRAND PRIX

Thursday, 4 February 2010

GERTSEN DOES THE JOB IN BRITISH LEAGUE

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