Surrey Table Tennis News, October 2024

Published on: 11 Oct, 2024
Updated on: 11 Oct, 2024

By Chris Andrews

Former England international Jean Head (nee Winn), from Merton, passed away peacefully on September 2 aged 94.

Jean Head

Jean reached one of the four area finals of the renowned Daily Mirror competition, only to lose to twice world doubles champion Diane Rowe. Entries were around 10,000 for four events,

She reached England number 3. When you consider that England had several players in the world top 10 at the time this was quite some achievement. As a member of England’s Corbillon Cup team, Jean reached the pinnacle of her playing days when the quartet came third, earning Jean a World Championship bronze medal. Our condolences go to all Jean’s family.

At the Paralympics in Paris, Aaron McKibbin lost 3-0 to China’s Shuai Zhao, the reigning champion in the quarter-finals of the Men’s class 8 event.

Aaron McKibbin.

Aaron beat Richard Csejtey, a former World Champion from Slovakia, in the last 16 match 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-8) in the Men’s Singles class 8 event.

In the Men’s class 18 Doubles event, Aaron and Joshua Stacey lost in the last 16 to Maksym Chudzicki and Igor Misztal of Poland in the deciding fifth set.

Tony Needham (New Malden) won a silver medal at the Veteran Home Nations Tournament in Guernsey while playing for Wales over 75’s team.

Krish Chotai.

In the under-21‘s National Cup Krish Chotai (New Malden) came seventh in the Men’s event.

Eunice Lok Yiu Lam.

At the inaugural Graham Spicer Under-15 1 star tournament, Surrey’s Eunice Lok Yiu Lam (New Malden) won the Girls Band 1 event with Alena Bondar (New Malden) in second place and Phoebe Chan third.

Top seed Benjamin Willis of Kent won the Boys Band 1 event with Matheusz Niedzielak (New Malden) of Surrey second and Louis Green of Essex third.

In the Boys Band 2 Surrey’s Hojeong Yoon (New Malden) won the event with Thomas Orbach Otterbu of Middlesex second and Leo Gardener (New Malden) of Surrey third.

The Boys Band 3 was very close as first and second both had four out of five wins but as Kai Drake of Hertfordshire beat Henry Markall of Somerset he topped the group with Henry second.

In third place was Oliver Willis of Kent.

Ashvin Waegner (New Malden) of Surrey won the Boys Band 4 event with Rex Morgan of Surrey second and Kaden Gallagher third.

Kumiko Williams (New Malden) was the tournament referee and Pawel Meryn (New Malden) was the tournament organiser.

The WTT China Smash saw Surrey-based Paul Drinkhall (Ashford) knocked out in the first qualifying round by Hong Kong’s Lam Siu Hang.

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