Charlotte Bardsley Defeats Fourth Seed in the Last 16 of the Junior Girls’ Singles at the European Youth Championships.

Congratulations to Stiga player Charlotte Bardsley who defeated the fourth seed on her way to reaching the last 16 of the Junior Girls’ Singles at the European Youth Championships.

The Stourbridge player sunk Russia’s Kristina Kazantseva in five games in the last 64, opening up a 3-0 lead and then sealing it in the fifth after losing the fourth on deuce.

Bardsley was not finished there as she followed up by eliminating 27th seed Kornelija Riliskyte of Lithuania in the last 32. Her next opponent in Ostrava is the 12th seed Ema Labosova of Slovakia on Monday afternoon.

Mollie Patterson gave a good account of herself in the last 64 before going out in six games to top seed Tania Plaian of Romania, while Megan Gidney went out in five to 28th seed Marta Vukelic of Croatia.

Ruby Chan made it through to the last 32 of the Cadet Girls’ Singles, thanks to a super 4-3 defeat of Dalma Hasanova of Bulgaria. She recovered from 2-0 and 3-1 down – taking the third with an 11-0 scoreline – and ultimately prevailed 16-14 in the decider.

Author: Paul Stimpson
Publish date: July 14, 2019
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Stiga Player Tin Tin Ho Ready To Take To Table In Minsk

Stiga Player Tin Tin Ho ready to take to table in Minsk

Tin-Tin Ho will be the first Team GB player in action when the table tennis events get under way at the European Games in Minsk on Saturday.

The England No 1 has been drawn to face Finland’s Anna Kirichenko, who at No 204 is 95 places below Ho in the world rankings. The match is at 10am UK time.

The tie is the only one in the first round, with the winner to play Yang Xiaoxin (WR 73) of Monaco in the second round later on Saturday. Charlotte Carey of Team GB is straight into the second round, where she will play Amelie Solja of Austria (WR 67).

In the men’s singles, Sam Walker has a bye into the second round, where he will take on Pavel Platonov of the host national Belarus, who is ranked 14 places below him at No 100. The winner will face No 10 seed Jonathan Groth of Denmark in the third round on Sunday.

Liam Pitchford, seeded fourth, comes in for the third round and will face the winner of the match between Panagiotis Gionis of Greece (WR 54) and Luka Mladenovic of Luxembourg (Wr 219).

Meanwhile, the men’s team draw throws up another potential clash between Team GB and France in the quarter-finals. No 4 seeds GB will play the winners of the first-round match between the French and Portugal.

If it is France, it would repeat the match between the two at the Round of 16 at the Rio Olympics, which GB won in the deciding game of the deciding match. The England team featuring the same three players – Pitchford, Walker and Paul Drinkhall – also beat France in the quarter-finals of the 2016 World Championships.

The team events get under way on next Thursday, June 27.
Author: Paul Stimpson
Publish date: June 21, 2019
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Stiga Player Charotte Bardsley is a National Cup Champion Again.

Congratulations to Stiga player Charotte Bardsley who is a Cup champion again.
Charlotte Bardsley came out on top of a three-way countback and became Junior National Cup champion.
 
All pictures by John Upham.
 
The top three seeds in the girls’ competition had been level after the first day in Plymouth, and nothing had changed at the end of the second day – except that each lost their 100% record.
 
The first to go was in round 7 when Bardsley beat Mollie Patterson 4-1. The following round saw Patterson come from 3-1 down to defeat Denise Payet 4-3 (7-11, 7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 13-11, 11-7, 12-10).
 
It meant Payet needed to beat Bardsley to retain a chance of gold, and she did so in the final round by a scoreline of 4-2 (12-10, 7-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-7).
 
That left the final verdict with the ‘mathematicians’ and it was second seed Bardsley who had done enough, finishing a fraction ahead of top-ranked Payet, with third seed Patterson in third.
 
Charlotte Bardsley ‘There were also two terrific comebacks in the girls’ competition on Sunday as eighth seed Mari Baldwin came from 3-0 down to defeat fourth-ranked Jasmin Wong 14-12 in the decider in round 6, while seventh seed Gemma Kerr also turned around a 3-0 deficit against fifth seed Darcie Proud in the following round.
 
Final standings
Girls: 1 Charlotte Bardsley, 2 Denise Payet, 3 Mollie Patterson, 4 Ruby Chan, 5 Megan Gidney, 6 Mari Baldwin, 7 Jasmin Wong, 8 Darcie Proud, 9 Tiana Dennison, 10 Gemma Kerr
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Stiga Sponsored Rebecca Plaistow the Scottish Number 1 who won her 3rd Ladies National Championship

Congratulations to Stiga sponsored Rebecca Plaistow Scottish Number 1 who won her 3rd Ladies National Championship together with the Ladies doubles.

After taking a short break due to university and exams, she had some ‘good training sessions at her club’ (South Ayrshire), which really set her up for the national championships. Plaistow also felt that playing Women’s British had help to sharpen her game

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Congratulations to Tin-Tin Ho who is once again a European champion!

Congratulations to Tin-Tin Ho who is once again a European champion!

Tin-Tin Ho has a gold medal around her neck after she and Karoline Mischek won the women’s doubles at the European Under-21 Championships.

Having yesterday overcome the second seeds to reach the last four, Ho and her Austrian team-mate saw off fifth seeds Zhang & Zarif in the semi-finals to take their place in the gold medal match.

Their opponents were the Wegrzyn sisters from Poland and it was a big opportunity for the pairing, seeded seventh, as they faced a pair ranked 19th.

And it was an opportunity they took, though not without a struggle at times as they won it 3-0 (11-8, 15-13, 11-8) – overturning a 6-1 deficit in the final game to get on the top step of the podium.

Tin-Tin said: “I’m really happy to get the gold. We played together at the Portugal Open recently and we lost our first match, so we didn’t know what to expect. But we know each other’s games really well because we practise together in Linz and we complement each other.

“I don’t think we thought about winning and losing at any point, we just wanted to keep working away, even when we were down in games, and we were really calm.

“It’s definitely up there with my other achievements – to be the Under-21 European champion is a great feeling.”

Results
Women’s Doubles
Semi-finals
Ho & Mischek bt Xuan Zhang (ESP) & Audrey Zarif (FRA) 3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 11-13, 11-9, 11-9)

Final
Ho & Mischek bt Anna Wegrzyn & Katarzyna Wegrzyn (POL) 3-0 (11-8, 15-13, 11-8)
Author: Paul Stimpson
Publish date: March 10, 2019
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Rhys Davies Becomes Cadet National Cup Champion

Congratulations to Stiga player Rhys Davies on becoming Cadet National Cup champion this weekend.

The astonishing end to the competition had its genesis in the day’s first round, when Rhys Davies ended the only 100% record left, that of top seed Louis Price.

And he did so in style with a 4-0 scoreline – the second game the key as Davies took it 15-13.

That gave Thomas Rayner and Naphong Boonyaprapa the chance to join Price on five victories and they took the opportunity, though with contrasting results.

While Rayner had few worries in getting past Bertie Kelly in four, Boonyaprapa had plenty against Ben Piggott, three times trailing his opponent before taking the decider 11-6.

Jie Fu Tham held off a comeback by his Ackworth School colleague Felix Thomis, seeing a 3-0 lead eroded to 3-2, and missing match points in the fifth, before claiming the sixth. Connor Green defeated Ollie Maric-Murray 4-1 in the other Round 6 match.

Round 7 saw Davies take an important 4-2 win over Rayner in what – at that stage – looked like a play-off for bronze. The match hinged on the fourth game which Davies, 2-1 down, took 11-2 to seize the initiative.

At the top, Price got his show back on the road, though he had to shake off Tham 4-2, while Boonyaprapa’s task was a more straightforward 4-0 win over Maric-Murray.

Piggott overcame Thomis 4-1 and it was 4-2 for Green against Kelly – who raised hopes of his first win when he came from 2-0 down to level.

So to Round 8, and the sands shifted in favour of Boonyaprapa as he defeated Tham 4-0, while Price was beaten in five close games by Green.

Davies and Rayner kept up their medal bids in contrasting matches – Davies overcoming Kelly in four, though he saved several game points in the third, while Rayner had a definitive switchback ride against Thomis. Rayner led 2-0, trailed 3-2 and saved a match point in the sixth before triumphing 11-9 in a decider. The final match of the round saw Piggott defeat Maric-Murray 4-0.

The final-round results saw Rayner and Davies both win 4-1 – against Maric-Murray and Thomis respectively – to ensure their medals.

The key result proved to be Price’s 4-3 win over Boonyaprapa, bagging the top seed the silver and leaving unlucky Boonyaprapa empty-handed.

Piggott ended with a 4-2 win over Kelly – who did fight back from 3-0 down as he searched for that elusive victory – and Tham overcame Green 4-3.

Final positions: 1 Rhys Davies, 2 Louis Price, 3 Thomas Rayner, 4 Naphong Boonyaprapa, 5 Ben Piggott, 6 Connor Green, 7 Jie Fu Tham, 8 Felix Thomis, 9 Ollie Maric-Murray, 10 Bertie Kelly.

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Author: Paul Stimpson
Publish date: March 10, 2019

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Stiga Player Rhys Davies wins the Cadet Boys at the STIGA Blackpool Junior 4 Star

Congratulations to Stiga player Rhys Davies who won the Cadet Boys at the STIGA Blackpool Junior 4 Star this weekend on the 16/17 Feb 2019.

Photos by Graham Coupe
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/bpltabletennis/sets/72157705315841671/page1
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