Congratulations to Megan Jones, who got a double gold win at UK Nationals
She was U/17 singles and doubles champion.
Megan uses Stiga Nostalgic V11 with DNA Platinum rubbers.
Congratulations to Megan Jones, who got a double gold win at UK Nationals
She was U/17 singles and doubles champion.
Megan uses Stiga Nostalgic V11 with DNA Platinum rubbers.
Congratulations to rising Star Stiga Player Charlotte Bardsley National under 21 winner.
Charlotte a former National Junior Champion and International Slovakian Junior Champion.
Charlotte uses Stiga DNA Platinum rubbers.
Congratulations to Stiga Player Tom Jarvis. National Champion winner.
Tom uses the new Stiga Cybershape blade
https://thorntonstabletennis.co.uk/product/table-tennis-blade-stiga-cybershape-carbon-table-tennis-blade-pre-order-jan-2022/
with DNA XH on the fore hand
and DNA H on the back hand.
The same combination as World silver medallist Truls Möregårdh.
England Squad Announced For European Championships – A Double for Charlotte Bardsley
England have named a five-strong squad for the European Championships due to take place in Warsaw from June 22-27.
Liam Pitchford, Paul Drinkhall and Sam Walker will compete in the men’s events and Tin-Tin Ho and Charlotte Bardsley in the women’s. The events are individual (singles and doubles).
Charlotte with 2 years left as an under 19 is currently ranked 44 in the Worlds Junior ranking.
Charlotte a Stiga sponsored player also heads the Squad for the European Junior Championships.
Charlotte twice Junior National Champion currently trains and plays in the German national league
Author: Paul Stimpson
Publish date: May 24, 2021
Stiga Sponsored players Fan’s Zhendong the Mens No 1 and Chen Meng the Womens No 1 reclaim the top spot in the January 2020 World Ranking!
Following his compatriot and closest competitor Xu Xin, China’s Fan Zhendong recovers his no.1 position. Fen is listed in top spot on the men’s world rankings issued for January.
For the women, Chen Meng maintains her status as world no.1.
https://www.ittf.com/…/fans-back-zhendong-reclaims-top-spo…/
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Stiga player Charlotte Bardsley is an ITTF Junior Circuit gold medallist! The English teenager romped to the Junior Girls’ Singles title at the Slovakian Junior & Cadet Open with a string of impressive performances.
The second seed claimed the gold with a 4-0 victory in the final, edging two tight games and then pulling away to clinch the gold against seventh seed Zuzana Pekova of the host nation with a 13-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6 scoreline.
Bardsley earlier topped her group – though she needed to come from 2-1 down to win in five against the host nation’s Jana Terezkova.
She won her last-16 and quarter-final matches 4-0 and then took charge of her semi-final against fifth seed Charlotte Lutz of France in the fifth game, which she won 13-11, going on to complete a 4-2 (10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7) victory.
Meanwhile, Millie Rogove and Sam Wilson both reached the consolation finals in their respective singles competitions.
Rogove ended up facing the competition’s top seed in the final of the consolation event – Norway’s Martine Toftaker, who had only finished third in her group.
And though Rogove held her own, taking the third game, Toftaker had enough to claim a 3-1 (11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7) win.
Rogove had earlier made her way through three rounds, all in four games and all against Slovakian opponents.
Wilson won one of his group matches, beating Mathias Lecaro of Ecuador, but a narrow defeat in his final match, losing 12-10 in the fifth to Japan’s Seu Goto, meant he had to settle for a place in the consolation singles.
He needed five games in the round of 32, but powered through the next three matches for the combined loss of only one game to reach the final against Michal Malachowski of Poland.
Wilson battled back from two sets down to level and, having taken the fourth 11-2 looked to have the momentum. But Malachowski bounced back in the fifth to seal a 3-2 (11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 2-11, 11-8) victory.
Rhys Davies picked up one group win out of three, overcoming Poland’s Szymon Wisniewski, and then won his first match in the consolation event. He was eliminated in the last 16 by a Czech opponent.
In the doubles, the two combinations of English pairs both went out at the first hurdle.
Junior Girls’ Singles
Group 2
Charlotte Bardsley bt Dominika Gilewska (POL) 3-1 (11-9, 11-13, 11-2, 11-1)
Bardsley bt Jana Terezkova (SVK) 3-2 (8-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5)
Bardsley bt Danijela Karkusova (SVK) 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3)
Group 7
Zuzana Pekova (SVK) bt Millie Rogove 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-7)
Rogove bt Nela Hanakova (CZE) 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7)
Aleksandra Jarkowska (POL) bt Rogove 3-0 (14-12, 11-6, 12-10)
Round of 16
Bardsley bt Julia Tomecka (POL) 4-0 (11-9, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7)
Quarter-finals
Bardsley bt Miriam Carnovale (ITA) 4-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2)
Semi-finals
Bardsley bt Charlotte Lutz (FRA) 4-2 (10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7)
Final
Bardsley bt Zuzana Pekova (SVK) 4-0 (13-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6)
Author: Paul Stimpson
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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
#stigatabletennis #stiga #charlottebardsley #thorntonstabletennis
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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