News Season 2002-03:

British Schools' Championships 28-29.6.03

Gemma Chapman survived the weekend entirely unbeaten as she won three events at Largs, Scotland.  She guided England to the gold medal position in the U16 girls' team event and then followed that up with success in the girls' singles and doubles events.  David Hayes and Marc Armstrong were in action for the England U16 Boys' B team that finished third with David beating Marc in the quarters of the singles and the two combining for a semi-final place in the doubles. 

 

Hammersley Cup Final 22.6.03

Slough retained the Hammersley Cup, the national knock-out competition for cadet girls' teams, beating Hastings 7-2 in the final at Cippenham.  Slough were represented by the host club's trio of Sylvana Bielec and Caroline Linz, who both won their three matches, and Catherine Hayes who won one.  Teams from the Cippenham club have now won 17 national team titles in the past eight seasons.

 

Cippenham Veterans' Summer 2-Star Open 15.6.03

Both titles traveled across the border to Wales at the 7th Cippenham Veterans' Summer tournament.  Top seeds Steve Hall and Regina Donovan were the victors in the finals over Dave Harvey (Gs) and Cippenham member Mary Heffernan respectively.

 

Luxembourg International Youth Championships 13-15.6.03

10 years-old Gavin Evans celebrated his England debut with a fantastic win in the mini-boys' (under-13) singles against a strong international field in Luxembourg.  After beating a Swede 3-0 in the semis Gavin overcame Philipp Floerke (GER) 3-1 in the final.  Joanna Parker came third in the junior girls' event and Bradley Evans ninth in the cadet boys'.

 

National Under-10/11/12/13 Championships 7-8.6.03

Gavin Evans won an unprecedented four titles at this event - U10, U11 and U12 singles and the U12 Boys' Doubles with brother Myles.  Myles also reached the semi-final of the U12 singles while Katie Rule and Rachel Farquhar were runners-up in U11 and U10 singles respectively.  Chris Witchell reached the semis of the U11 singles.

 

Annual General Meeting 1.6.03

All existing Officers and Committee members were re-elected into their positions for another term and were joined by Robin Farquhar (Deputy Chairman) and Gemma Chapman (Committee member).  Graham Trimming (General Secretary) presented his 30th annual report and praised the efforts of the Club's management team who continue to keep Cippenham in the forefront of English table tennis.  Treasurer Peter Hillier reported another successful financial year with the Club's cash reserves now topping £50,000.

 

Cippenham Young Players' Summer Festival 31.5-1.6.03

Another bumper entry for the annual two-day Summer Festival saw sixteen tables on the go for this 1-star open.  David Hayes (U16BS) and Melanie Farquhar (U14GS) were the main home club winners while Katie Rule did well to reach three finals, including a win in the U14 consolation while Myles Evans and Sylvana Bielec were each a runner-up in one of the ten main events.

 

Six Nations Cadet Competition

Cippenham's Bradley Evans returned from Sweden with a team gold medal as England beat Germany, France, Netherlands and Denmark and drew with the host nation to win a prestigious title.  Bradley won 8 out of 10 in the team event.  Bradley and his younger brother Gavin have both been selected to play for England in the Luxembourg Youth Championships.

 

Slough League AGM 29.5.03

Cippenham members Jeremy Bateman (General Secretary), Peter Hillier (Treasurer), Graham Trimming (Fixtures Secretary), Clive Perry (Competitions Secretary) and Elroy Hull (Inter-League Secretary) were re-elected into their positions at the Slough League's Annual General Meeting.

 

National Team Finals 25.5.03

The Cippenham women's team turned in a magnificent performance to retain their National Club Championship title and win the Gainsford Cup for the second time.  Led by Gemma Chapman, who won all six of her matches during the day, and supported by crucial wins by Sue Hayes and Jane Dickens, Cippenham beat Bank Street (Liverpool) 5-4 and Bramley Ebenezer (Leeds) 5-3 to clinch the title.  The Slough cadet boys team of David Hayes, James Milton and Ashley Shaw were disappointed at only finishing second in the Leach Cup with 5-2 wins over Chesterfield and Hallam, but a 3-5 reverse against Darlington.

 

National Junior/Cadet Championships 17-18.5.03

Four Cippenham members reached the quarters of the Cadet Boys' Singles but only Bradley Evans made it through to the semis.  Gavin Evans, David Hayes and James Milton were the other three.  Bradley and Gavin combined also to reach the final of the Cadet Boys' Doubles while Joanna Parker won the Junior Girls' Doubles and Junior Mixed Doubles but lost in the final of the Junior Girls' Singles.

 

Slough League Youth Division 4.5.03

Cippenham Goblins (Alex Polding, William Mitchell, Frazer Harper) clinched the Slough Youth Division title with the runners-up spot going to Cippenham Beggars (Alex Lovell, David Baker).

 

British League annual awards 30.4.03

Cippenham Table Tennis Club has won two awards in the British League for the season just finished.  First team captain Clive Payne will receive the award for Player of the Season in Division 1 South, just as he did last season, while the Club itself has gained the Programme of the Season award.

 

Slough Masters Tournament 29.4.03

Mark Banks retained his Slough Masters title tonight, beating his Cippenham Pirates team mate James Milton 11-8 in the fifth in the final.  Mark won the first two games but James came storming back to set up a thrilling finish.  Earlier James had beaten Slough Closed champion David Hayes, also in five games, in a titanic first round clash between the two cadets.  Mike Rhodes and Graham Trimming were the other semi-finalists.

 

Cippenham Junior 2-Star Open 20.4.03

For the fourth year running, both titles at the Junior Open were won by home players.  David Hayes and Caroline Linz were the successful players this time with Katie Rule also winning the Girls' Consolation event.  Good performances also came from runner-up Marc Armstrong and the Shaw brothers, Ashley and Oliver who both reached the quarters.

 

National Cadet Masters 12-13.4.03

Bradley Evans was Cippenham's most successful player at the weekend, finishing fifth while the best overall performance against expectation came from Melanie Farquhar.  Melanie excelled in finishing in seventh place and only a deuce in the fifth loss stopped her being two places higher.  David Hayes finished a slightly disappointing eighth, at the foot of a three-way tie and Rebecca Tweedy twelfth.  Cippenham's other four contestants (making a total of eight out of a national field of 32), Myles and Gavin Evans, Sylvana Bielec and Caroline Linz failed to qualify for the second day's play.

 

National Junior Masters 5-6.4.03

Cippenham's Gemma Chapman finished in a creditable fifth place in this prestigious national event behind three members of the England senior women's team plus Kate Steward.  Former Cippenham player Joanna Parker was runner-up.  Emily Tucker also did well to qualify for the second day's play, primarily through a tremendous victory over the much higher ranked Lauren Springthorpe and eventually finished twelfth.

 

British Primary Schools' Championships 4-6.4.03

Cippenham's three representatives for England in the British Primary Schools' Championships in Blackburn were all very successful.  Nine-years old Gavin Evans was unbeaten as his England team won the boys' event while his older brother Myles lost only once.  England beat Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man and Guernsey all 10-0 and Wales 9-1.  In the individual event Gavin won the Boys' Singles having eliminated Myles in the semi-final.  Katy Rule, making her international debut, lost only once as England were runners-up to Ireland in the team event and then went out to the same Irish player in the quarter-final of the Girls' Singles.

 

Slough League championship 27.3.03

By beating club mates Cippenham Rogues 7-3, Cippenham Pirates have clinched the championship of the Slough and District League.  The team members were Mark Banks, James Milton, Geoff Harris and Robin Benwell.  This is Cippenham's 19th title overall since 1978 and the 10th in succession.  Both are records.

 

County Championships Junior Premier 2nd Weekend 22-23.03.03

The Bucks junior team won all four matches as the Junior Premier Division concluded to finish in fourth place. New Slough MS champion David Hayes was unbeaten in his eight matches while Gavin Evans and Gemma Chapman both won seven, Bradley Evans six and Emily Tucker five.

 

Club Championships & Handicap Tournament 22.3.03

The main two events were dominated by Robert Hansell and Mark Jackson with Robert beating Mark 11-9 in the fifth of a high quality Open Singles final after the pair had earlier won the Open Doubles together.  Nick Hansell (VS), Ashley Shaw (JBS and CS), Melanie Farquhar (JGS) and Alex Polding (U13S) won the age group events.

 

Slough Sports Awards 21.3.03

A staggering four awards were won by the Club at the Mayor of Slough's Annual Sports Awards tonight.  Pride of place must go to Club Chairman and Coaching Officer Ken Phillips who won the prestigious Service to Sport Award for his dedication to table tennis over the past two decades.  Gareth Herbert, the Club's England international and Commonwealth Games double gold medallist, won Senior Sportsperson of the Year while the precocious 9-years old Gavin Evans, ranked 2 in Southern Region U18, won Junior Sportsman of the Year.  The Club itself won the Community Club of the Year award for the third time.

 

British League 4th Weekend 15-16.3.03

Cippenham I had a fantastic weekend winning seven out of a possible eight points and beating the only two teams that eventually finished above them in Division 1 South.  Starting in fifth position at the beginning of the weekend the team finished in a very creditable third position.   Martin Adams and Clive Payne both won seven of their eight matches while Mark Butler won five. The second team went in the opposite direction, slipping from third to fifth with one win and one draw from four starts.  Robert Lemon was the most successful player with six wins. 

 

Slough Closed Championships 2.3.03

Cippenham players won all the major events at the Slough Closed Championships with David Hayes leading the way.  David won MS, MD with Mark Banks, JBS, JBD with Edward Mitchell and the Handicap Singles.  The only event to get away from David was the Cadet Singles where he was beaten by James Milton.  Denise Rolfe did the double of LD and XD while the U12 Singles was won by Alex Polding and VS by Mike Rhodes. 

 

National Junior/Cadet Trials 22-23.2.03

Cippenham members won two of the four events in the national trials at Stratford-upon-Avon over the weekend and both beat other Cippenham members in the final round.  Gemma Chapman reaped the reward for her hard work by winning the Junior Girls' event, beating her JBL team-mate Gemma Yarnley in the final while 9-years-old Gavin Evans, now living in Nottinghamshire, beat Slough's David Hayes in the Cadet Boys' event.

 

Junior British League 2nd Weekend 15-16.2.03

All four JBL teams came back from the final weekend staged at RAF Cosford empty-handed, although this was not unexpected.  The boys' team finished 3rd in Division 1 while the three girls' teams were 3rd in the Premier Division, 4th in Division 1 and 6th in Division 2.

 

Veterans' British League 2nd Weekend 8-9.2.03

Even without injured star player Clive Payne the Cippenham men's team became Division 2 champions and therefore gain their second title in successive years.  Paul Baker was superb as he won 16 of his 20 matches during the season while Mike Rhodes won 12.  Ken Philipson, deputising for Clive, made a telling contribution winning half of his ten matches.  To cap a great weekend, Cippenham were also awarded the Team of the Weekend.

 

Cippenham Veterans' 2-Star Open

The home club's Mike Rhodes went two rounds further than his seeded position to reach the final of the Men's Singles where he lost to top seed and previous champion Dave Harding.  In an all Welsh final of the Women's Singles, Kim Johnson got the better of Regina Donovan.

 

Women's British League 2nd Weekend 25-26.1.03

Cippenham had an uneventful second weekend in the WBL dropping from third to fourth position but this was still the highest finishing position in the Club's history.  A draw with London Progress enabled Cippenham to finish third at the end of stage one but then lost all three matches in the second stage to finish bottom of the top four group.

 

British League 3rd Weekend 19.1.03

Both Cippenham teams tasted victory and defeat in the third weekend of the British League at their home club.  The first team started with an all-round team effort in which the difference was a brace from Martin Adams to beat London Progress II 5-3.  The afternoon match was disappointing as Cippenham slumped to a 0-4 deficit against Ellenborough before reviving to 3-5.  The "B" team suffered a 2-6 defeat at the hands of leaders PSP Westinsure in the morning match but then secured a great 6-2 (but much closer than that suggests) win against Hastings in the afternoon.  Two each from Rob Lemon and Robert Hansell made the difference.

 

Munster Junior Open 18-19.1.03

Cippenham's David Hayes made the trip across to Ireland this weekend and showed that he is better than any of the home players at his age group.  With all the top Irish players competing David won the Cadet Boys' Singles and reached the semi-final of the Junior Boys' Singles.

 

Cippenham U14/16 1-Star Open 12.1.03

Cippenham players won three of the four events on offer at this 1-Star tournament that attracted 160 entries.  Melanie Farquhar topped the bill clinching both the U16 and U14 Girls' Singles while James Milton beat the much higher ranked Vytas Rybakas to take the U16BS.  Rybakas almost lost in the semis to another Cippenham player Ashley Shaw.

 

Bucks Senior/Veterans' Closed 8.12.02

Robert Hansell and Jane Dickens were the stars of the Bucks Senior Closed, taking all five main events between them.  Robert won the men's Singles and then combined with another Cippenham player, Mark Jackson, to win the Men's Doubles.  Mark then combined with Jane to win the Mixed Doubles as the latter completed the treble with Women's Singles and Women's Doubles.

 

Cippenham Banded 2-Star Open 8.12.02

Steve Munson (Band 1), Steve Preston (Band 2), David Langer (Band 3) and Anusha Seneviratne won the major honours at the firstr unning of a Cippenham Banded Open.  Local interest was supplied my Melanie Farquhar who was runner-up in the women's and Andy Spiers who got to the final of the Band 3.

 

Southern Region Junior Trials 24.11.02

Cippenham players were again successful in the regional trials.  Bradley Evans and Melanie Farquhar won the events while 9-years old Gavin Evans showed his incredible potential by finishing second in the boys' event.  Runner-up in the girls was Emily Tucker.

 

Bucks Junior Closed 23.11.02

Cippenham players won all the events at the Bucks Junior Closed held on their own patch.  David Hayes was the most successful, winning JBS, CBS and JBD with Chris Hansell.  The U13BS was won by Chris Witchell. Sylvana Bielec won CGS and JGD with Jenny Hansell, while Gemma Chapman was successful in JGS and Katy Rule in U13GS. 

 

Veterans' British League 16-17.11.02

After drawing the first match 3-3 with Thompson Insurance the Cippenham veterans' team finished strongly with four victories and only one set against to claim top spot at the half-way stage in Division 2.  Clive Payne extended his career never beaten record to 40 matches while Mike Rhodes and Paul Baker both excelled with eight wins our of ten.

 

County Championships Junior Premier Division 2-3.11.02

The Bucks team, having to play without Bradley Evans who was away representing England in Bratislava, found the going tough in the Junior Premier Division played at Cippenham over the weekend.  Only one point was gained but the three matches were all against the top three teams.  The one success was a 5-5 draw with Yorkshire in which both Gavin Evans (aged 9, and playing at number one!) and David Hayes both beat England ranked number 10 Simon Noutch.

 

Cippenham 2-Star Open 20.10.02

Top seeds Ritchie Venner and Michele Cohen were the worthy winners of this event.  100 entries made it the biggest senior tournament yet at Cippenham.  Good local results came from Kimber Choda, James Milton, Mark Jackson, Melanie Farquhar and Marc Armstrong.

 

Junior British League 12-13.10.02

There were mixed fortunes for Cippenham's four teams at the first weekend of the Junior British League.  The girls' first team had to cope without the services of star player Joanna Parker and currently lie third in the Premier Division.  The best performance came from the girls' second team who also lie third in Division 1.  The boys' team occupy fourth place in Division 1 while the new girls' third team struggled in Division 2 and lie in sixth place.

 

European Women's League 12-13.10.02

Cippenham's Joanna Parker made her debut in the European League for England in the Division 1 group matches at Vilnius, Lithuania.  Jo won a crucial singles as England beat Israel 3-2 but lost on her only appearance to the table in the 3-2 win over Spain and the 0-3 defeat to the hosts.

 

Anniversary Party 10.10.02

Cippenham TTC celebrated six years of play at their purpose-built Centre by holding a party at which the annual Outstanding Contribution Award was presented.  The winner was Alan Farral for his weekly work taking charge of the beginners' coaching session and then running the bar later in the evening.  Alan has been doing this for all of the six years and is the first person to be honoured in this way twice, having been also the first recipient in 1997.

 

Club of the Year Presentation 6.10.02

Alan Ransome OBE, Chairman of the ETTA, presented the Club with an award for third place in the PremierClub of the Year Excellence level.  The occasion was the ETTA Southern Region conference "Recruit and Prosper" which attracted about 30 delegates.

 

Southern Region Cadet Trials 22.9.02

Cippenham players won both events at the regional cadet trials.  9 years-old Gavin Evans topped the boys' list while Sylvana Bielec headed the girls.  Other Cippenham players to qualify for the national trials were Myles Evans, Matthew Tucker, Melanie Farquhar, Caroline Linz and Rebecca Tweedy.  The club's top players were exempt.

 

Cippenham Cadet 2-Star Open 15.9.02

Melanie Farquhar and David Hayes were the home club's star players at the Cippenham Cadet Open.  Melanie won the Girls' Singles while David lost out narrowly in the fifth game of the Boys' Singles final.  Ashley Shaw also excelled in reaching the semi-final of the boys' event.  Another good entry of 95 for a Cippenham tournament.

 

Women's British League 1st Weekend 7-8.9.02

Cippenham made a good start to their Premier Division campaign and are in third place of eight after the first five matches.  Two wins, two draws and a solitary defeat to leaders Grove was the result of a good all-round team performance.

 

Bucks Junior Trials 7.9.02

Cippenham players dominated the Bucks trials filling the top 8, top 5, top 4 and top 3 places respectively in the junior boys', cadet boys', junior girls' and cadet girls' categories.  Bradley Evans headed both boys' events, followed by his 9-year old brother Gavin with David Hayes third.  Emily Tucker and Caroline Linz won the girls' events.

 

British League 1st Weekend 31.8-1.9.02

Both Cippenham teams made good starts to their British League campaigns.  On home territory, the "A" team secured six points from a possible eight and lie third in Division 1 South, while the "B" team's five points shows them in fourth position in Division 2 South.  Richard Tilford and Lee Dredge both made good debuts in Cippenham colours and were well supported by the rest of the players, particularly Martin Adams, Mark Butler, Clive Payne, Mark Jackson, Robert Hansell, Robert Lemon and David Hayes.

 

England v. Saudi Arabia 25.8.02

Table tennis' first ever international exchange for persons with disabilities culminated with England playing Saudi Arabia at Cippenham in an international match for deaf players.  Watched by the First Minister of the Saudi Embassy, England romped to a 9-1 win in the "A" team match and 6-4 in the "B" team match.  The Saudi team had been training at Cippenham for ten days, joined on occasions by members of the England Deaf team and members of Cippenham TTC.

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