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News Season 2000-01:

Slough League Special General Meeting 2.7.01

The Slough League decided, at its Special General Meeting tonight, not to take advantage of the dispensation offered to leagues by the ETTA to continue with the 21-up scoring system but, instead, decided to adopt the new worldwide Laws of the Game and play 11-up. Matches will now be best of five games rather than best of three.

Schools International Championships 30.6-1.7.01

Three Cippenham players represented England in the annual Schools' International, winning three medals between them. Gemma Chapman helped her England "A" team to gold in the Intermediate age (U16) category and maintained a 100% record herself. Gemma also reached the semi-final of the individual competition gaining a bronze medal. Another player to maintain 100% record in singles and doubles in the team event was David Hayes who made his international debut in England Cadet (U14) "B" team which won the silver medals. David also reached the Q/F of the individual events while Warren Brooks, who played for the Intermediate "B" team, lost to the eventual winner in Round 1 of the singles.

European Veterans' Championships 25-30.6.01

Cippenham's 79 years-old evergreen Georgia Veneer returned from Aarhus, Denmark with another bronze medal from the European Veterans' Championships. Georgia gained her medal by reaching the semi-final of the O75 Women's Doubles with Nelly Penny.

Second team in British League 21.6.01

Cippenham TTC today announced that a second team would be run in the British League next season and had been granted a place in Division 3 South. The team will comprise a mixture of seniors and juniors and is seen as a stepping stone for the Club's aspiring young players as well as providing opportunity for the older ones. The Cippenham first team will once again operate in Division 1 South.

Cippenham Veterans' Summer 2- Star Open 16.6.01

Dave Harvey (Gloucestershire) won the Men's Singles title at his first attempt whereas the Women's Singles was retained by the 2000 winner Janet Brown (Oxon). Harvey beat Henry Buist in his semi to meet up in the final with Dave Crowley who had a deuce in the third win over former champion Steve Davis in his semi. In the women's event the top two seeds clashed in the semi as Sharon Mitchell had finished only second in her preliminary round group. This win set Janet Brown up for a final showdown with Shirley Carroll.

National Under-10/11/12 Championships 9-10.6.01

Cippenham players took three winners' medals at the National Championships for U10/11/12 and the Evans family was responsible for all of them. Bradley took the double of U12 Boys' Singles and Boys' Doubles and has now won the U10, U11 and U12 Boys' Singles events in consecutive years. To add to the family's success his younger brother Gavin, who has only just turned eight, won the U10 Boys' Singles and still has a further two years to go in this age group. Rebecca Tweedy exceeded expectations by reaching the final of the U11 Girls' Singles, beating her Cippenham club-mate Melanie Farquhar in the semi. Other semi-final positions were gained by Gavin Evans (U11BS) Myles Evans (U10BS) and James Milton (U12 Boys' Doubles).

Cippenham Young Players' Summer Festival 2-3.6.01

This two-day massive event over five age groups took sixteen tables and over ten hours to complete the Sunday schedule. Home wins came from Myles Evans (U10BS) and Gavin Evans (U9BS and U8BS) but the star of the Sunday was Darius Knight from the York Gardens club who won both the U13BS and U11BS. Winner of the top girls' event was Gemma Yarnley of Kent.

Annual General Meeting 31.5.01

All the officers of the Club were re-elected at the Annual General Meeting and, in addition, the vacant post of Club Captain was filled by Jeremy Bateman. Terry Boxall also joins as a general Management Committee member. Club Secretary Graham Trimming reported a hugely successful year both on and off the table and Treasurer Peter Hillier reported another large surplus to add to the Club's net worth. All the fees for next season remain unchanged.

Slough League AGM 29.5.01

Two Cippenham members came forward to fill vacant positions at the Slough League's AGM and neither have previous experience of table tennis administration. Jeremy Bateman takes over as General Secretary and his Cippenham Buccaneers team-mate Clive Perry will handle the role of Competitions Secretary. Both roles were vacated with the retirement of Bob Barlow after 18 years of sterling service. Retaining their positions on the Committee are Peter Hillier (Treasurer), Graham Trimming (Fixtures Secretary) (for the 27th year) and Mike Rhodes (Press Secretary) while Elroy Hull steps up to become Inter-League Secretary.

National Team Finals 26-27.5.01

Slough U17 boys' team comprising of Cippenham players Bradley Evans, David Hayes and James Milton regained the national Carter Cup, a trophy Slough last won three years ago. In the final matches they defeated Medway 5-1 and Chesterfield 5-2. However, the same three players could not retain the Leach Cup for U14s, losing their final match to London Progress 3-5 and finishing as runners-up. Also runners-up in their competitions were Cippenham's women's team (Joanna Parker; Gemma Chapman; Sue Hayes) in the Gainsford Cup and Slough U14 girls (Emily Tucker; Sylvana Bielec; Caroline Linz) in the Hammersley Cup.

National Junior Championships 19-20.5.01

Cippenham's Joanna Parker made a clean sweep of all national cadet titles for the season when she won the Cadet Girls' Singles and Cadet Girls' Doubles titles at the National Junior Championships at Wigan. In the doubles Joanna was partnered by her Addleshaw Booth Cippenham team-mate Karen Shepherd. Bradley Evans reached the Q/F of the Cadet Boys' Singles and with David Hayes the S/F of the Cadet Boys' Doubles.

Maidenhead Association AGM 15.5.01

Jan Chapman, the recipient of Cippenham TTC's Outstanding Contribution Award last October, was re-elected as Chairman of the Maidenhead & District Table Tennis Association at its AGM.

Club Championships & Handicap Tournament 12.5.01

The honours were shared out evenly at this annual event with 17 of the 40 competitors taking home a winners' trophy and 31 a trophy of some description. New member Mark Jackson stole the show defeating Mike Rhodes in the Men's Singles Final, teamed up with Mike to beat Derek Wood and Maurice Isaacs in the Doubles and then saw off a 19 in the third challenge from Andy Misseldine in the Tweenies' Singles. Robert Hansell won the Boys' Singles, Emily Tucker the Girls' Singles, David Hayes the Cadet Singles and Myles Evans the Under-12 Singles. Other winners of note were Sue Hayes in the Women's Singles, Mike Rhodes in the Veterans' Singles and Elroy Hull in the Handicap Singles. For a full list click here.

Cippenham Under-12 2-Star Open Championships 6.5.01

Cippenham players had to be content with runners-up positions in the Cippenham Under-12 Open. Myles Evans, aged 9, beat his 8-year old brother Gavin to reach the final of the boys' event but then lost to Daniel Rees (Essex). In the girls' Laura Yarnley event beat off the challenge of the host club's Sylvana Bielec.

Slough League Masters Tournament 1.5.01

Cippenham's Steve Joel, who is leaving the area in two weeks, was the fitting winner of the Slough Masters title tonight. In the final he trounced John Barclay (Chalfont) but his biggest test came in the semi-final against Mike Rhodes. Steve had to come back from a game deficit to defeat Mike who had been unbeaten in the Slough League this season, winning all 41 of his matches in the League plus the Men's and Veterans' Singles at the Closed. The other semi-finalist was Cippenham Club Secretary Graham Trimming.

Inter-Regional Squad Championships 29.4.01

Southern Region, eleven of whose twelve players came from Cippenham TTC, won the inaugural Inter-Regional Championship at Stoke today. After beating South-West 7-5, Midlands 9-3, Eastern 11-1 and Yorkshire 9-3 in the group, the team had a fantastic 7-5 win over North West in the final. The climax of this match was Gavin Evans, who has just turned eight, winning the final game of the day at U12 level. Myles Evans (U10) and Melanie Farquhar (U12) won all their five matches for Southern while Bradley Evans, David Hayes, James Milton, Gavin Evans, Rebecca Tweedy and Sylvana Bielec all won four.

ESTTA Individual Championships 28.4.01

Three Cippenham members won medals at the Schools' Individual Championships - Gemma Chapman 2nd in U16 girls, Warren Brooks 3rd in U16 boys and David Hayes 3rd in U13 boys. There were also quarter-final appearances by Robert Hansell (U19 boys), Myles Evans (U11 boys) and Catherine Hayes (U11 girls).

Cippenham Super League Players' Championship 26.4.01

Jason Sugrue carried his unbeaten form from the Cippenham Super League into the Players' Championship. Jason survived a tight match with Mike Levene early in his group to qualify for a semi-final show-down with Michael Chan. In the other semi, Robert Pountney, who had headed a three-way tie in Group A with Chan and Steve Munson suffered a loss, against the rankings, to Karl Bushell who has been in good form for a few weeks. Karl also led 19-16 and 20-19 in the first game of the final but, in the end, Jason proved too strong and a worthy winner.

British Primary Schools' Championships 21-22.4.01

Cippenham's Evans brothers Bradley (aged 11) and Myles (aged 9) were both unbeaten as England win the British Schools Primary Championships. They both won all eight singles against Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Guernsey. For good measure Bradley also retained his Boys' Singles title, the only player ever to do so.

Veterans' British League 21-22.4.01

The Cippenham veteran men's team suffered greatly though losing the services of top player Clive Payne and finished fifth in Division 2 and consequently face relegation next season. Tim Heaps was in greatly improved form and won 6 of his 10 matches while Mike Rhodes won 4 and Paul Baker 3. A 5-1 win over Seasiders and draws with Ellenborough and Thompson Insurance was not enough to improve upon the position after the first half.

ETTA National Junior Masters 21-22.4.01

Two Cippenham members finished in the silver medal positions today at the National Junior Masters. Joanna Parker almost equalled her gold medal in the Cadet Masters three weeks previously but lost her final match of the weekend to eventual winner Georgina Walker (Notts). Cippenham Super League player Michael Chan finished second in the boys' event on count-back due to his loss to champion Matt Kenny (Yorks). Gemma Chapman was 10th in the girls' event and Robert Hansell eleventh in the boys'.

Slough League Individual Handicap Finals 10.4.01

Jeremy Bateman retained his Lynford Bowl title tonight at the Slough's League handicap finals, beating Cippenham Buccaneers team-mate Clive Perry in the final. The women's Wharton Vase event was won by Catherine Hayes who overcame her mother Sue Hayes in the final.

Slough Closed Championships Senior Events 8.4.01

Mike Rhodes came back from 19-14 down in the third game of the final to retain his Men's Singles title at the Slough Closed Championships. However he was not the only star. David Hayes celebrated his thirteenth birthday by claiming four titles - the Men's Doubles with Bradley Evans (aged 11), the Mixed Doubles with mother Sue Hayes, the Division 1 Singles and the Handicap Singles. Gemma Chapman retained her Ladies' Singles crown while Mike Rhodes regained his Veterans' Singles title.

Slough Closed Championships Junior Events 7.4.01

Bradley Evans was the star at the Slough Closed winning all four of the junior events for which he was eligible - Boys' Singles, Cadet Singles, Under-12 Singles and Boys Doubles with David Hayes. Gemma Chapman won the Girls' Singles. 7-years old Gavin Evans won the Leo Thompson Memorial Award for the most improved junior.

Ormesby Cup 2nd Stage 7.4.01

Cippenham went out of the Ormesby Cup today following two defeats - 5-1 to Farnham Central (Aldershot) and 5-0 to the strong Ifield (Crawley/Horsham). Graham Trimming won the only set for the host team with Mike Rhodes and Robert Hansell the other members.

Cippenham Super League 5.4.01

London Progress (Jason Sugrue; Marco Essomba) swept aside OLOP AWCS (Mike Chan; Rob Pountney) 5-0 tonight to claim the championship of the inaugural IS Networking Solutions sponsored Cippenham Super League and the £400 prize money. In second place were Cippenham Aces (£200), third were OLOP AWCS (£100) and fourth RAMS (£50). Jason Sugrue collected the £50 and cup for the highest individual average with 100%.

Cippenham Super League 3.4.01

London Progress almost ensured themselves of the first Cippenham Super League title tonight with a 5-0 win over RAMS courtesy of Jason Sugrue and Christian Hundhausen. This leaves the British League champions five points clear of Cippenham Aces with just one more match to play.

ETTA National Cadet Masters 31.3-1.4.01

In another highly successful day for Cippenham TTC there were two medals for home players in the National Cadet Masters played at their club. Joanna Parker just about beat off the challenge of Abigail Embling to win the girls' event while Bradley Evans surpassed all expectations to finish second in the boys'. This was a fantastic performance from a player ranked only 7 in the competitors' list. Another home player who shone, especially on Saturday, was David Hayes who came a very creditable 8th having started as the lowest of the 16 players.

Cippenham Cadet 3 Star Open Championships 25.3.01

It was a tale of two clubs taking the honours today at the Cippenham Cadet (U14) 3 Star Open. The home club dominated the Boys' Singles, providing three of the last four players. The final was won by top seed Thomas Mitchell over James Milton while Gavin Evans (at the age of 7!!!) was the other semi-finalist from the Cippenham club. Peniel Academy from Brentwood ruled the roost in the Girls' Singles when Lucy Weil beat Bethany Rees in the final. Lucy had beaten her top-seeded sister Emma in the semi.

County Championships Junior Premier Division 24-25.3.01

A Buckinghamshire team, full of Cippenham players, came so close to winning the County Championships Junior Premier Division. In the end a 5-5 last-ditch draw with Surrey was only enough for second place but this was still an excellent performance from the team in its first season at the top level. Bucks led Surrey 3-1 and 4-2 and had they managed the magical 6-4 scoreline would have become national champions. Despite finishing only second Bucks went through both weekends unbeaten.

Cippenham Super League 22.3.01

London Progress played their big guns of Marco Essomba and Jason Sugrue to defeat Cippenham Aces 4-1 in the top of the table clash tonight. Progress are now only one point behind Aces with a match in hand and are now odds on for the title. Eddie's Lot got their first win of the season over Cippenham Knaves with a brace from in-form Karl Bushell while Mike Levene won two for RAMS in their 4-1 win over an under-strength OLOP team.

Slough Borough Annual Sports Awards 2000 16.3.01

The Club picked up three awards at the Mayor of Slough's Annual Sports Awards tonight. Ken Phillips is now the current holder of three Coach of the Year awards having added the Slough award to those of the English Table Tennis Association and National Coaching Foundation. Gemma Chapman picked up the award for Junior Sportswoman of the Year while Cippenham Table Tennis Club was presented with the Community Club of the Year.

Cippenham Veterans' 2 Star Open Championships 11.3.01

Top seed Dave Harding came through to win the Men's Singles at the Veterans' Open today, beating Cippenham's Mike Rhodes in the final. Mike (seeded 5) had earlier beaten Steve Davis (2) in the quarters then Derek Holman (3) in the semis. Other Cippenham members to impress were Maurice Isaacs who reached the semi, Karl Bushell (quarters) and Tim Heaps who lost narrowly to Holman in the last 16. The Women's Singles was won by Kim Johnson (Wales) who beat Cippenham member Jackie Wood in the final.

National Junior League (Southern Region) 10.3.01

Cippenham Girls' "C" team duly won the Division 1 title of the NJL today despite losing the services of two-thirds (Katherine Tweedy; Helen Smith) of the regular team. Regular member Sylvana Bielec teamed up with reserves to carry the Club to its second title in three years. The promotion of players from the second team to the first team resulted in the former losing out on second place by one point to Bournemouth. However, the Boys "D" team did gain medals by winning Division 2 while the Boys' "C" team finished third in Division 1.

Cippenham Super League 8.3.01

A win apiece for Martin Adams and Wes Bush-Harris gave Cippenham Aces a valuable 3-2 win over OLOP AWCS tonight to effectively end the latter's hopes of claiming the title. This will now be decided between Aces and London Progress. Cippenham Kings also had a very close match with Eddie's Lot and came away with a 3-2 win. Michael Chan and Karl Bushell both won two each for the losing teams.

Slough League championship 6.3.01

Cippenham Outlaws (Mike Rhodes; Paul Baker; Graham Trimming; Roland Clapton) secured the Slough League Division 1 championship tonight. For Mike Rhodes it was a double celebration as he went through the entire season unbeaten in 41 matches. This was Cippenham's 17th Slough League championship and 8th in succession - both of which are records.

Slough League Youth Divisions, Tunes Cup Final 4.3.01

Cippenham Elves (Helen Smith; David Harris) were confirmed as Slough Youth Division 1 champions today while Cippenham Fugitives (Catherine Hayes; Caroline Linz; Rebecca Tweedy) won Division 2 and Cippenham Terrors (Prabdeep Panesar; Jhaapjeet Pansear) were successful in Division 3. The team handicap cpmetition for the Tunes Cup was won by Cippenham Goblins (Andrew Linz; William Mitchell)

Italian Cadet Open 2-4.3.01

Two of Cippenham's young starlets brought back medals from the Italian Cadet Open at the weekend. Joanna Parker, representing England U14 won a silver medal in the Cadet Girls' Team event and a bronze in the Cadet Girls' Doubles. She also reached the quarter-final of the Cadet Girls' Singles. 11-years old Bradley Evans won two bronze medals, in the MiniCadet (U12) Boys' Team event and the U12 Boys' Singles.

Junior British League 17-18.2.01

Cippenham's Girls' "A" team, sponsored by law firm Addleshaw Booth & Co. have retained the Junior British League Girls' Premier Division title and so are national champions for the second time. It was as easy as "ABC" as they did not lose another set after the first encounter of the weekend and had wrapped up the title by Saturday evening. In the final analysis Addleshaw Booth Cippenham won all 10 matches, losing only 4 sets, and were 9 points clear of their nearest challengers. Karen Shepherd went through the season unbeaten while Jo Parker lost only once and Gemma Chapman three times. The Girls' "B" team (Emily Tucker; Gemma Hollett; Francesca Parnell) played exceptionally well also to win Division 2 while the Boys' "A" team (Warren Brooks; Adam Bleakley; Robert Hansell) remained unbeaten throughout the season and were desperately unlucky to be pipped into second place in Division 1.

NCF Coach of the Year Awards 16.2.01

Cippenham's Chairman and Head Coach Ken Phillips was presented with the most illustrious of all awards at Leeds this evening. Ken, who for the past two years has been ETTA Male Coach of the Year was awarded the England Local Volunteer Coach of the Year in an Individual Sport for 2000 by the National Coaching Foundation, the coaching arm of Sport England. This is one of only six annual awards made across the whole spectrum of sporting disciplines in both professional and volunteer capacities. This honour is just reward for the countless hours of work undertaken by Ken over a period of 15 years and which has brought unprecedented success to Cippenham Table Tennis Club.

British League 3rd Weekend 3-4.2.01

Two wins and two draws gave Cippenham six points from a possible eight in the British League Division 1 South weekend played at BATTS, Harlow. Clive Payne had a tremendous weekend winning all his eight matches while Martin Adams won 6, Wesley Bush-Harris 4 and Mike Rhodes 2. Cippenham's victories came 7-1 against Ellenborough and 5-3 against Horsham while the drawn matches were against Moonrakers and Poole.

Cippenham Junior 3 Star Open Championships 3.2.01

Cippenham players won seven of the eight awards at their home club's 3 Star Junior Open Championships. The main honours went to Bradley Evans who played some of his best table tennis ever to thrash top seed Robert Hansell in the final. Four other Cippenham players reached the quarter-finals: James Milton; John Camilleri; Stuart Tweedy and Robert Lemon who went one round further .The Girls' Singles went to Gemma Chapman who defeated Kent's Gemma Yarnley in the final. More Cippenham success in the consolation events which were won by David Hayes and Francesca Parnell.

Women's British League 27-28.1.01

Both Cippenham teams returned from the final session of the Women's British League in Cheshire unsuccessful. The first team finished bottom of the Premier Division, and only secured one draw and a walkover in the last five matches. Surprisingly, the draw came in the final match of the weekend and was gained at the expense of the second-placed team Leeds Ladies. Cippenham went 3-0 down in this match before Joanna Parker, Rebecca Fisher and Gemma Chapman all won their final matches. The second team finished fifth in Division 2 but was severely weakened during the weekend by the absence of team captain Clare Plumridge and Sue Hayes. Jan Chapman deputised along with Ruth Bentley and Jane Dickens. Cippenham's only point came in the 3-3 draw with Norton Ladies when Ruth Bentley starred with a brace.

Veterans' British League 20-21.1.01

Cippenham sorely missed top player Clive Payne (unavailable through work commitments) as the debut weekend in Division 2 produced just 3 points. Paul Baker, with 8 wins from 10 was superb throughout but the team could muster only one win, a 5-1 first round defeat of Seasiders, and a 3-3 draw with PAA from their five matches. Mike Rhodes, elevated to number one position won 3 while debutant Tim Heaps was successful once. Cippenham finished the first weekend in fifth place with much to do in the final round of matches in April.

Cippenham Super League 11.1.01

London Progress came back from 2-0 down to defeat RAMS 3-2 as OLOP beat Eddie's Lot 5-0 in a match much closer than the score suggests. These results have elevated Progress back to the top of the League but they, Cippenham Aces and OLOP are all locked together on 29 points - with OLOP have played one match more. Cippenham Knaves got their first points of the season thanks to a 3-2 win over Cippenham Kings. Tom Mitchell starred with a brace for Knaves in this match.

Cippenham 2 Star Open Championships 7.1.01

Martin Adams became the first Cippenham member to win the Men's Singles title at the Club's 2 Star Open. The top seed was barely troubled in his quest and beat Steve Davis (Sy) 21-8, 25-23 in the final. Another Cippenham Super League player, Karl Bushell, reached the semi-final. The women's event was won also by the top seed, Rosemary Rainton (Sx).

National Junior & Cadet Trials 6-7.1.01

Four Cippenham players qualified for the National Masters tournaments from their results at the National Trials. Bradley Evans and Thomas Mitchell both reached the semi-final of the Cadet Boys' event and qualify while David Hayes, who finished seventh, is first reserve. Gemma Chapman was runner-up in the Junior Girls' and Emily Tucker reached the quarter-final of the Cadet Girls' and won her play-off to also qualify for the Masters.

Gainsford Cup Stage 1 6.1.01

Like the men's team the week before, Cippenham women's team progressed in the Gainsford Cup despite losing 5-2 to Settlement (North Herts) due to Norton Ladies (Potteries) failing to raise a side. Cippenham were represented by Gemma Chapman, Claire Plumridge and Ruth Bentley and now qualify for the national finals in May.

Carter Cup Stage 1 30.12.00

Both High Wycombe and Slough, both comprised entirely of Cippenham players, progressed when the first stage of the Carter Cup was staged at Cippenham. Wycombe beat Slough 5-2 and both teams beat Crawley/Horsham 5-0.

Ormesby Cup Stage 1 30.12.00

Following the withdrawal of North Downs (Bromley) Cippenham had only one match in Stage 1 of the Ormesby Cup. Polish (Reading) were the visitors to Cippenham and triumphed 5-1. Polish were actually Cippenham's British League side in disguise. Despite this loss Cippenham progress to Stage 2 on April 7th.

National Junior League Southern Region 16.12.00

Cippenham Girls' "C" team (Helen Smith; Katherine Tweedy; Sylvana Bielec) made the championship of the NJL Southern Region with a whole session of three matches still to play. Cippenham have opened up a 23 point gap at the top of Division 1. The top boys' team ("C") also had a good day, getting a win and three draws from their five matches. 7 years-old Gavin Evans' awesome precocious talent was in fine evidence with 8 wins from 10, playing 9 years out of his age group!

Cippenham Super League 14.12.00

Cippenham Aces went back to the top of the Cippenham Super League courtesy of a 5-0 win over Eddie's Lot. Martin Adams and Wesley Bush-Harris were the victorious team. London Progress, in the form of Jason Sugrue and Marco Essomba, beat previous leaders OLOP AWCS also 5-0. OLOP had brought in former England international David Barr for the match.

Cippenham Under-9/10/11 1 Star Open Championships 10.12.00

In another of those great days at Cippenham Table Tennis Centre Myles Evans (aged 9) captured two titles at his home club's tournament - the U9 and U10 Boys' Singles titles. Later in the day, however, Myles was beaten by his 7-years old brother Gavin in the U11 event. Gavin, who had been out of form earlier in the day, went on to reach the final and had championship point in the second game before losing out 21-19 in the third to Luke Alderson of Wales. Other Cippenham stars also won events: Melanie Farquhar (U11GS) and Stephanie Mitchell (U9GS). The U10GS was won by Rachel Jamieson of Essex.

Buckinghamshire Junior Closed Championships 2.12.00

For the fifth consecutive year Cippenham players won every event at the Bucks Junior Closed held at their home club. Top star of the day was 12 years-old James Milton who won the U12 Boys' Singles title and was runner-up in three other events including the U17 Boys' Singles which was retained by Robert Hansell. David Hayes won the U14 event while the girls' events were won by Helen Smith (U17), Emily Tucker (U14) and Sylvana Bielec (U12).

Cippenham Super League 30.11.00

British League champions London Progress brought out their big guns tonight for the top-of-the-table clash with Cippenham Aces. Marco Essomba and Jason Sugrue made their mark on the competition winning 4-1 with only the doubles eluding them and thus ended the last remaining unbeaten record. OLOP AWCS took advantage of this slip by Cippenham to go top of the table on games difference (equal points and equal sets difference) by beating RAMS 4-1. Progress are four points behind the joint leaders with a match in hand.

Southern Region Final Trials 26.11.00

Cippenham players dominated the SR Final Trials played at their home club, providing all the winners and most of the qualifiers for the National Trials. The home players finished in all the top 4 places in the junior boys' event: 1. Bradley Evans (aged 11!); 2. John Camilleri; 3. Warren Brooks; 4. Robert Hansell. It was 1-2-3 for Cippenham in the junior girls with Emma Human on top followed by Emily Tucker and Francesca Parnell. In the cadet boys David Hayes finished 1st and James Milton 3rd while in the cadet girls the two qualifiers were Emily Tucker and Sylvana Bielec with Caroline Linz finishing third.

British League 2nd Weekend 25-26.11.00

The Cippenham team in British League Division 1 South had an unsuccessful weekend. Taking an unbeaten record to Barnet they were unable to further their points tally as they lost three matches to the best three teams in the division. 3-5 reverses were recorded against DML Plymouth and Barnet II while BATTS Team Peniel won their encounter 6-2. Clive Payne was the most successful with 4 wins from 6 matches.

National Junior League Southern Region 25.11.00

Cippenham Girls C finished the first stage of the NJL in indomitable form, losing only 2 sets out of 48 in the eight matches, all of which were won. The team of Helen Smith, Katherine Tweedy and Sylvana Bielec take a twelve point advantage into the second stage which commences next month. The Girls D and E teams finished 4th and 5th respectively while the Boys C and D teams were 3rd and 7th in their section.

St. Ives Junior Team Tournament 18-19.11.00

For the second year running Cippenham teams dominated the St. Ives Junior Team Tournament by winning all three age groups and winning every match 3-0. This year, however, the domination was taken a stage further by providing a second team in each age group to contest the final. The winners were: Under-17: Tom Mitchell; Gemma Chapman; Ross Drabble; Under-14: Bradley Evans; Tom Mitchell; David Hayes; Under-12: Bradley Evans; James Milton; Sylvana Bielec.

Cippenham Super League 16.11.00

Cippenham Aces maintained their top of the table position with 3-2 win over OLOP AWCS in the match between the two teams with 100% records. The star for Aces was Martin Adams who recorded good wins over both Michael Chan and Robert Pountney. Paul Baker was also in match-winning form for Cippenham Kings and won twice in their 3-2 win over Eddie's Lot. Jason Sugrue became the highest ranked (19) player yet to appear in the Cippenham Super League as he helped British League champions London Progress to a 5-0 win over the juniors of Cippenham Knaves.

Bucks Cadet Inter-League 5.11.00

Slough, the England U14 boys' team champions, won the Bucks Cadet Inter-League Championships today. The Slough "A" team of Tom Mitchell, David Hayes and James Milton all went through the competition undefeated. For good measure Slough "B" (Sebastian Bielec, Sylvana Bielec, David Harris, Andrew Dickens) were runners-up.

Cippenham Super League 2.11.00

Cippenham Aces kept up their 100% record with another 5-0 win over RAMS while a weaker London Progress team were defeated 3-2 by Cippenham Kings to give Cippenham' second string their first points. In the third match OLOP AWCS were always in control against the juniors of Cippenham Knaves and won 5-0.

Slough Hard Bat Tournament 25.10.00

Cippenham's Mike Harris became the new Slough Hard Bat Singles champion when he beat defending title holder Mike Rhodes in the final. The latter gained some consolation, however, when he won the Handicap Singles. Winners of the Doubles were Sue Hayes and Graham Trimming.

County Championships Junior Premier Division 21-22.10.00

Buckinghamshire juniors, represented entirely by Cippenham players played superbly to win two and draw (with defending champions Glamorgan) one of their three matches in the Premier Division of the County Championships held at Cippenham. These results place Bucks second in the table behind Surrey who Bucks will play in the second half fixtures at Grantham in March. This was Bucks' first season for many years in the Premier Division, having been promoted from Division One last year. The team comprised Robert Hansell, Bradley Evans, Warren Brooks, Gemma Chapman and Emily Tucker. Brooks remained unbeaten throughout the weekend while Hansell and Evans lost only once each.

Cippenham Super League 19.10.00

Cippenham Aces (Clive Payne; Martin Adams) continued their unblemished start to the new Cippenham Super League with a 5-0 whitewash over the juniors Cippenham Knaves. Meanwhile a strong OLOP AWCS side (Rob Pountney; Michael Chan) opened their account with a 5-0 win over Cippenham Kings.

Junior British League 13-14.10.00

After the first half of the Junior British League, played at Wolverhampton, Cippenham teams lead all three divisions in which they are participating. The girls' first team, sponsored by Addleshaw Booth, are in a commanding position to retain their Premier Division title. Wins in all five matches have resulted in a three point advantage over second placed BATTS. Karen Shepherd remains on 100% while Joanna Parker has lost only once and Gemma Chapman twice. Hardly less successful are the Girls "B" team who head Division 2 also with a 100% win record. Francesca Parnell and Gemma Hollett have 9 wins out of 10, only one ahead of Emily Tucker. Meanwhile three wins and two draws were enough to secure the boys' first team the lead in Division 1 while the "B" team lie fourth in the same division. Adam Bleakley has 80%, John Camilleri, Bradley Evans and Warren Brooks all 70%.

National Junior League 14.10.00

After the first session of the National Junior League Southern Region the Cippenham girls' team head their division. The "C" team of Helen Smith, Katherine Tweedy and Sylvana Bielec won all four matches, dropping only one set in the process. The "E" team are in fourth place and the "D" team fifth. The Boys "C" also played well winning three matches and drawing one of their five and are placed fourth in their section.

Super League Gets Underway 5.10.00

The new Cippenham Super League finally got underway on October 5th, two weeks after a power failure caused the postponement of the first round of fixtures. Cippenham Aces, London Progress and RAMS all got their campaigns off to a flyer with 5-0 wins.

Outstanding Contribution Award/Karen Mitchell Memorial Fund 28.9.00

The Outstanding Contribution Award, now an established highlight of the Anniversary Party, held to celebrate four years since the opening of Cippenham Table Tennis Centre, was made to Jan Chapman. Jan is a Level 2 coach who assists at Cippenham's coaching sessions and also at Arbour Vale School, a special needs school, and one of the feeders to the Cippenham PremierClub hub. Jan is also a great servant to the Club at weekend events either helping on the control desk or as part of the catering corps. Jan was presented with the Karen Mitchell Memorial Trophy by Charles Mitchell. Also announced was the inauguration of the Karen Mitchell Memorial Fund, dedicated to the memory of Karen who lost her battle against cancer in March. This has been funded by a generous donation from Charles and will be augmented by a percentage of the proceeds from the Club's open tournaments. The aim of the Fund is to assist in the costs of competing of the Club's less financially well-off youngsters.

British League 1st weekend 23-24.9.00

The Cippenham team played superbly to exceed all expectations as they took six out of eight possible points on their debut in Division 1 South of the British League. Cippenham earned promotion from Division 2 last season and with the same squad beat Ellenborough 7-1 and Limberlost Pine Poole 6-2. 4-4 draws with Horsham II and PSP Moonrakers I earned the Slough-based club an unbeaten record after the first weekend. Team captain Clive Payne was magnificent with 7 wins out of 8, while Martin Adams and Wesley Bush-Harris won five each. Mike Rhodes and Steve Joel both won half of their four matches.

Home Countries Senior International Championships 22-24.9.00

Cippenham's Gareth Herbert won two more titles at this event when he helped England to wins 10-0 over the Isle of Man, 9-1 against both Scotland and Wales and 8-2 over Ireland. Gareth then beat European junior silver medallist Adam Robertson to take the Men's Singles title.

Roland Clapton - first from junior to veteran 19.9.00

Roland Clapton became the first player ever to appear for Cippenham as both a junior and veteran. Roland made his debut, aged 13, for Cippenham in 1973, a few weeks after the Club was founded and rejoined the Club in 1999. Roland's first match as a veteran was a Slough League encounter in which his Cippenham Outlaws team beat Division 1 rivals Chalfont Argonauts 6-4.

Women's British League 9-10.9.00

Cippenham's teams in the Women's British League fared only moderately after having both been promoted above their finishing places of last season. The Cippenham first team was especially surprised to be elevated from the Second to the Premier Division and, without the unavailable Sue Collier, mustered two draws and three 2-4 losses from their five matches and are in last position at the half way stage. Kai Milvek, who flew in from Estonia especially for the event, was Cippenham's most successful player with 5 wins from 8, while 13-years old Joanna Parker excelled with 4 out of 8. Gemma Chapman won twice and Rebecca Fisher once. The second team are in third position in Division 2 after two wins and three losses. Team captain Claire Plumridge led the way with 6 out of 8 with Ruth Bentley won 4 and Jane Dickens and Sue Hayes 2 each.

Bucks Junior Trials 9.9.00

Cippenham players once again dominated the Bucks Junior Trials held at their home club. 11-years old Bradley Evans emerged at the head of the top group on countback after a three-way tie with Warren Brooks and Robert Hansell with Thomas Mitchell in fourth place. In the girls' event Emily Tucker finished ahead of Francesca Parnell, Emma Human, Katherine Tweedy and Sylvana Bielec. Gemma Chapman, away playing for Cippenham at the Women's British League will, however, be ranked number one. Perhaps the best performance of the day came from 8-years old Myles Evans who lost only his final match with James Milton.

Ken Phillips named as ETTA Coach of the Year 2.9.00

Cippenham Head Coach Ken Phillips was today named as the ETTA Male Coach of the Year. This prestigious award has only been made for two years and Ken, who is also Chairman of Cippenham Table Tennis Club, has received it both times. This award is further testimony to the quality of Ken's work and leadership in the coaching field but as Ken said in his acceptance speech "The award is recognition of the work done by the large team of coaches operating at Cippenham, all of whom share the credit for this award".

ETTA National Teaching and Training Conference 1-3.9.00

Cippenham TTC General Secretary, Graham Trimming, accepted an invitation to address the national development personnel and delegates from some of the bigger clubs in the country on the subject "Club Promotion and Membership Services". Graham was asked by ETA National Director of Development, Diccon Gray, to base his presentation on the successful Cippenham club and case studied the Club's Newsletter and web site within a wider-ranging presentation.

London Progress join Super League 31.7.00

The new Cippenham Super League, a 2-a-side fortnightly competition on Thursday evenings, received a tremendous boost tonight with the news the national triple champions London Progress are to enter a star-studded team of Jason Sugrue, Marco Essomba and Christian Hundhausen. The challenge is out - can your team beat Progress for your share of the £1,000 prize fund?

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