Ashford Vetts Play in South West Masters
By ATTC Webmaster on Apr 29, 2024 with Comments 0
The Veterans English Table Tennis Society (VETTS) held the South West Masters tournament in the Thornbury Leisure Centre (near Bristol) on the weekend of the 6th and 7th of April 2024.
A very healthy number (18) of Ashford TTC members packed their suitcases and made the journey west to participate in the tournament.
These members were, in no particular order, as follows:
- Tony Needham
- Graham Outrim
- Syd Montgomery
- Sarah Horsnell
- Percy Collino
- Michael Silver
- Rupert Bole
- Sujay Jagannathan
- James Johnson
- Steve Davis
- Alan Boyle
- Gerry Hawkins
- Peter Wilcox
- Paul Elliot
- James Sprackling
- Sarah Horsnell
- Jian Guo
- Diane Mclellan
- Rachel Smith
Ashford members were in the later stages or winning medals in their respective age competitions.
Notable performances were as follows:
- Sujay Jagannathan reached the semi-final and the finals of the over 40 singles, plus the final open mixed event (partnering Tumay Ekrem from Middlesex). Sujay and Tumay were semi-finalists at the previous tournament in Preston – so they are obviously a good combination.
- Percy (The Wall) Collino won a silver medal as runner up in the over 60 singles. Percy was a very impressive semi-final winner against Paul Giles from Devon and played very well in a closely fought final.
- Sarah Horsnell partnering Jarek Chrzanowski from Middlesex reached the semi-final in the over 40 mixed doubles.
- Tony (Formidable) Needham won a silver medal in the over 70 singles plus won gold with partner Barry Hill from Dorset in the over 75 doubles.
- Syd (Steak and Kidney) Montgomery reached the semi-final of the over 80 singles losing to the number one seed.
- Jian Guo reached the semi-final of the over 60 singles, with a number of good performances over the weekend.
- Diane Mclellan had an excellent victory over Kent’s Sue Pingram in an earlier round of the over 50 open singles.
So, overall, there were a number of excellent performances from Ashford players. Congratulations to everyone who did particularly well and all those Ashford members who also participated.
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Tony Needham (right) with Barry Hill – winners over 75 doubles – click image to enlarge…
Tony Needham (right) with Barry Hill – winners over 75 doubles
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