News Season 2005-06:

Finish of Grand Prix 2 5.9.06

The second summer Grand Prix concluded tonight with the strongest line-up of players yet seen - it must be the pre-season practice bug! Overall winner, massively in front, was Tim Kiteley while Steve Ible and Sue Hayes finished second and third.

 

Bribar Sponsorship Announced 25.7.06

Cippenham TTC tonight announced a sponsorship deal for the next three years with table tennis equipment and kit distributors Bribar. The deal includes for the Cippenham teams in the various British leagues to wear Joola clothing and tonight Barry and Sue Chapman were present at Cippenham to assist Club members choose the kit for the next three seasons. A yellow shirt, blue shorts and blue tracksuit was chosen.

 

Finish of Grand Prix 25.7.06

A six-week series of small tournaments, aimed at the Club's newer members, finished tonight with the most successful players receiving awards. 14-years old Peter Gajdus brushed aside a first stage defeat at the hands of Amar Abid-Ali to defeat the same player in the final stage. For a delighted Peter this win also brought with it the just reward of the Grand Prix title while Amar had to settle for runner-up. Third place overall was Choi Lee and fourth Ollie Valdez. A new Grand Prix starts next week.

 

Cippenham Veterans' Summer 2-Star Open Championships 2.7.06

The weather was hot and with preliminary round groups of six the table tennis was tiring but all of the 45 players that arrived had an enjoyable day. Winners of the main events were Steve Hall (So) and Regina Donovan (WAL).

 

Start of Grand Prix 13.6.06

A 6-week series of tournaments in Grand Prix format started tonight and will run through to 25 July. 11 players, including many of the Club's less established members, participated in an event that all enjoyed. Winner of the first week, collecting 100 points, was Eddie Mitchell, second was Salman Tanveer (70) and third Oliver Valdez (50).

 

Cippenham Young Players' Summer Festival 10-11.6.06

Another bumper entry for this established 1-star event also brought success to Cippenham players Rachel Farquhar and Eddie Mitchell. Rachel won the U14GS and was runner-up in U13GS while Eddie won U13BS and was runner-up in both U14BS and U12BS. The top (U16) events were won by Billy Deville and Jessica Macken.

 

National Under-11/12/13/14 Championships 3-4.6.06

Cippenham TTC members won three more national titles at Crystal Palace in the U11/12/13/14 Championships. As expected, Gavin Evans, the current European U12 champion, won both the U13 and U14 Boys' Singles while Eddie Mitchell won the U12 Boys' Doubles but lost  to his partner Lewis Gray in the final of the singles. 

 

Annual General Meeting 31.5.06

Club Chairman Graham Trimming reported on another successful year for Cippenham at the AGM. He thanked all the members of the Committee for their hard work during the year and highlighted some of the successes, a year that has seen the Club progress both on and off the table. The annual and financial reports were well received by the members present and thanks given to the Officers from the floor. Peter Hillier was elected as Bookings Officer in place of Anne Farquhar, who stood down, while the position of Club Captain, vacated by Paul Baker, was not filled. Other positions remained as before with John Lloyd joining as a Committee member. 

 

National Team Finals 20-21.5.06

Four times in five years! That's the record now of Cippenham's women's team as they regained the Gainsford Cup. Well done, Lesley Keast, Gemma Chapman and Sue Hayes. Unfortunately, the Slough boys' team of David Hayes, Ashley Shaw and Edward Mitchell could not quote make it a double in the Carter Cup. They came third in a three-way tie after beating the winners Plymouth.

 

World Veterans' Championships 15-20.5.06

Georgia Veneer, Cippenham's oldest member, won the Women's Over-80 Consolation Singles event at the WVC at Bremen, Germany.

 

Junior British League 2nd Weekend 13-14.5.06

Cippenham are Junior British League Girls' Premier Division champions for the third time! Sarah Hall, Melanie Farquhar and Caroline Linz regained the title for the Club for the first time in five years was a series of four wins and then the all-important 3-3 draw with challengers Draycott & Long Eaton to secure the title. All four Cippenham teams performed well and the girls' second team of Rachel Farquhar, Lindsey Armstrong and Catherine Hayes especially excelled elevating their position from bottom to second in Division 2.

 

Opening of David Hayes Academy for Schools

Not many have the honour of having something named after them but Cippenham's David Hayes did tonight. Former British number one Matthew Syed was the star turn at the opening of the David Hayes Table Tennis Academy for Schools. Hosted by Hershel Grammar School, Slough, this exciting venture is the brain child of local coaches Eric Wright and John Raemers. David and Matt played an exhibition match and who won? - David, of course!

 

English National Junior Masters 6-7.5.06

No titles this weekend but more good results for Melanie Farquhar who finished third, Gavin Evans fourth and Bradley Evans seventh.

 

English National Cadet Masters 29-30.4.06

Gavin Evans retained his Cadet Masters title at the Cippenham-hosted event while another Cippenham member Matt Ware finished in third place. Gavin, hot favourite for the title, won all his matches in an event in which he has a further two seasons left.

 

Irish National Junior Championships 29.4.06

Cippenham's David Hayes retained his Irish national junior title in Dublin.

 

Cippenham Banded Open 2-Star Open Championships 23.4.06

A small entry perhaps, but all that came enjoyed a good day's play at the Banded Open. Fred Dove, Yasir Mauthoor and Emran Hussain won the three bands and the best local performance came from Graham Trimming, runner-up in Band 2.

 

English National Junior/Cadet Championships 15-16.4.06

Gavin Evans became England's cadet boys' singles champion for the first time over the Easter weekend, beating another Cippenham member Matt Ware in the final. Then it was the double from the doubles as Gavin and brother Myles Evans beat Matt and his partner to win the Cadet Boys' Doubles.

 

ETTA Carter Cup Stage 2 9.4.06

Eddie Mitchell, deputizing for Ben Wiseman, came from two games down to win 11-9 in the fifth and in doing so secured a 5-4 win over Hull to see Slough's junior boys' team through to the final stage of the Carter Cup. Slough also beat Guildford 5-1 but lost 5-3 to Norwich. The other members of Slough's successful trio were David Hayes and Ashley Shaw.

 

Cippenham Junior 2-Star Open Championships 8.4.06

The seeds prevailed in the Boys' Singles as top ranked Yasir Mauthoor beat Abhay Gehlot in the final. The girls' event was won by Hannah Hicks after a couple of lengthy groups that last all day. Best local performance came from Matthew Tucker who beat fifth seed Emran Hussain and reached the quarter-final and Joe Cheong who won the Consolation event. 

 

ETTA Leach Cup Stage 2 2.4.06

Cippenham's cadet boys team were eliminated from the Leach Cup by holders Plymouth. After beating Brighton 5-2 with Eddie Mitchell and Jonathan Evans unbeaten we lost to Plymouth 5-1.

 

ETTA County Championships Senior Division 1B 1.4.06

Bucks senior first team secured their place in Division 1 B by beating Kent 8-2, claiming a walk-over against Somerset and drawing with Glamorgan 5-5. Buck team included Cippenham players Robert Hansell, David Hayes, Sue Hayes and Caroline Linz.

 

Annual Slough Sports Awards 27.3.06

There were two awards for Cippenham at the Mayor of Slough's annual awards tonight. The Club was presented with the 2005 award for Junior Club of the Year for the third time while European U12 champion Gavin Evans was Junior Sportsman of the Year, an award which he also won in 2002. There were also nominations for the Club for Senior Club of the Year and Community Club of the Year and for Peter Hillier for Service to Sport and Catherine Hayes for Junior Sportswoman of the Year

 

ETTA County Championships Junior Premier Division 2nd Weekend 25-26.3.06

The Buckinghamshire junior first team, comprised entirely of Cippenham members retained its national title when the season concluded at Grantham. Congratulations to Gavin Evans, Bradley Evans, Myles Evans, Caroline Linz and Catherine Hayes.

 

Cippenham Double Group 2-Star Open Championship 18.3.06

Dhavat Pandja came along on the morning of the tournament looking for a scratch entry. The non-appearance of several players, including top seed Hari Gehlot, meant that he and three others were allowed in and what an impression they made. Pandja swept aside all his opponents to reach the final and then recovered from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Cippenham's own Robert Hansell. Robert, himself, had lost his opening match in the group to another scratch entry, local player Krzysztof Zemelka. The beaten semi-finalists were Yasir Mauthoor and Anthony Morris. Overall impression at the first running of a tournament in this format was very positive.

 

British League 4th Weekend 11-12.3.06

All three Cippenham teams finished high in their divisions but none managed to fill the promotion spots. The first team obtained five out of eight points in Division 1 South to improve one place into third while the second team, despite gaining only three points over the weekend, held on to second spot in Division 2 South & Midlands. The third team's five points saw them finish in third place in Division 4 South & West. The best performers during the final weekend were Martin Adams, Mark Butler and Mark Jackson who all score six wins while Ashley Shaw and Ben Wiseman both triumphed five times.

 

Irish Junior Top 8 11.3.06

David Hayes won this tournament in Ireland and his win ensures that he keeps his number one position in the rankings for the end of the season.

 

Catalunya International Open 4-5.3.06

Myles Evans is the latest of the famous family to be tasting success on the international stage. Representing England at the Catalunya International, he excelled in reaching the final of the Cadet Boys' Singles and only narrowly lost that 3-2 to the German Holte.

 

Junior Home International Championships 11-12-2.06

David Hayes and Melanie Farquhar both returned from the Home Internationals with medals. Both obtained medals in their team event, Mel a silver for England and David a bronze for Ireland while David secured a second bronze in the individual singles.

 

Veterans' British League 11-12.2.06

Three draws and two defeats were all the the Cippenham veterans' team could muster from the final weekend of VBL and they therefore slipped into one of the relegation positions in Division One, albeit with the highest number of points of any relegated side in any of the divisions. Diccon Gray was once again in magnificent form and Paul Baker produced some good results but overall the team performance was not quite enough. 

 

Slough League champions 9.2.06

Cippenham Outlaws (Paul Baker; David Hayes; Ashley Shaw; Graham Trimming; Sue Hayes) captured the Slough League title tonight by virtue of their defeat of Burnham Panthers 9-1. The real damage was done by the win over nearest challengers Chalfont Argonauts 6-4 the previous week. This is the 13th time in succession that Cippenham has won the title and the 22nd overall.

 

Cippenham Veterans' 2-Star Open Championships 5.2.06

Steve Davis repeated his summer 2005 success by winning the Men's Singles title at the winter vets open. Davis produced an array of penetrating attacking shots on both wings to beat surprise finalist Steve Preston, conqueror of top seed Chris Pickard in the semi-final. Regina Donovan traveled from Wales to collect another title in the Women's Singles.

 

English National Championships 3-5.2.06

Yet another national champion for Cippenham! Diccon Gray, a member of Cippenham's teams in the British League and Veterans' British League, won the Veterans' Men's Doubles with Trevor Kerry.

 

Women's British League 2nd Weekend 21-22.1.06

The non-available of number one player Abigail Embling, due to an operation, meant that all players shifted up one place with Melanie Farquhar promoted to the first team and Jan Chapman drafted into the second team. The result was that both teams dropped from third to fourth positions in their respective divisions with only a solitary win for the first team and a draw for the second team to show for their troubles. Mel can feel pleased with her performance after winning three of her ten matches in the higher strata.

 

Cippenham Young Players' New Year Festival 14-15.1.06

A new two-day event along the same lines as the established Summer Festival, an open tournament of 1-star status. Its value to the Club was, however, five stars as a huge entry kept Organizer Ken Phillips and sixteen tables busy for two days. Two wins each for Eddie Mitchell (U14/U12) and Rachel Farquhar (I14/U13) and one for Melanie Farquhar (U18) kept the local flags flying.

 

Munster Open 14-15.1.06

David Hayes won two more events in Ireland at the Munster Open - wins that keep him firmly placed at the top of the Irish junior ranking list. In a very successful event, David won both the Junior Boys' Singles and the Under-21 Men's Singles, was runner-up in the Men's Doubles and reached the semi-final of the Men's Singles before succumbing to the Austrian winner.

 

British League 3rd Weekend 8.1.06

Cippenham first two teams both won their two matches to keep alive title hopes, albeit very faint in the first team's case. They had two 6-2 wins, over De Vere NETTS and, more impressively, over divisional leaders DML Woolwell. Martin Adams and Mark Butler were unbeaten. The second team came from behind in both matches to beat both Kingshurst Bribar and Ashford 5-3 with Steve Buck remaining unbeaten all day. The third team lost disappointingly 6-2 to leaders DML Woolwell II but then trounced bottom team Brighton II 7-1 to stay in the hunt for the Division 4 title.

 

Portuguese Youth Open 17-18.12.05

Bradley Evans played a starring role as he and brother Gavin, masquerading as England B, won the boys' team event at the Portuguese Youth Open. Wins against Spain A 3-1, Italy A 3-1 and Portugal B 3-0 put them into the semi-final against France A. Two wins from Bradley and the doubles gave England a 3-2 win, a result repeated in the final against Portugal A when both boys won one each and kept their unbeaten doubles record intact.

 

British League 2nd Weekend 10-11.12.05

A disappointing series of results and yet the second and third teams still both lie second in their divisions, just one point off the lead, with all to play for over the remainder of the season. The third team have Ashley Shaw, who won all eight of his matches, to thank for remaining unbeaten in Div 4, albeit three of the four matches were drawn. The second team in Div 2 suffered from an injury sustained by David Hayes in the Sunday morning practice and, after getting three points on Saturday, drew a blank on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Club's first team's annual visit to Devon in Div 1 proved its usual disappointment with only two points gained in a win over Reading rivals OLOP IMPACT.

 

Southern Region Junior Trials 3-4.12.05

Ben Wiseman (U18 boys), Eddie Mitchell (U13 boys) and Rachel Farquhar (U13 girls) all remained unbeaten as they won their sections of the Southern Region Trials at Cippenham. Also qualified for the next stage were: Ashley Shaw (U18), Matt Ashfield and Alex Parkinson (U11).

 

Cippenham Senior 2-Star Open Championships 20.11.05

Rob Lemon and Sue Hayes secured a double win for the host club by winning the men's and women's singles events at the 11th running of the Senior Open. In a remarkably successful day for home players, three of the four semi-finalists in the Men's Singles were from Cippenham. At that stage David Hayes beat top seed Robert Hansell while Rob Lemon overcame Guildford's Adam Laws. David led 2-0 in games and held three match points in the fifth game of the final before Rob snatched victory 15-13.

 

Veterans' British League 1st Weekend 12-13.11.05

Cippenham finished the first weekend of the VBL in third place in Division 1 with one win, three draws and a solitary defeat in the final match. The division was so closely fought that this final Cippenham result (5-1) was the only match in the entire division not to finish either 3-3 or 4-2. The five points gained place Cippenham three behind leaders Fullerians and two above bottom placed Tameside. Diccon Gray was once again Cippenham's most consistent performer with eight wins from his ten encounters while Mike Rhodes and Paul Baker backed him up well with three wins apiece.

 

County Championships Junior Premier Division 1st Weekend 5-6.11.05

Bucks made a great start to the defence of their Junior Premier Division crown with an unblemished three wins in the first weekend of matches at Cippenham. Lincolnshire (8-2), Yorkshire (9-1) and Kent (7-3) were all beaten by the division leaders and only Essex really stand in the way of a second title. The Evans brothers, Gavin, Bradley and Myles, were all unbeaten while Caroline Linz won five of her six matches and Catherine Hayes one.

 

Ulster Junior Open 30.10.05

David Hayes made a good start to the new season on the Irish Junior circuit by winning the boys' singles at the Ulster Junior Open.

 

World Cadet Challenge 23-30.10.05

World champion! To cap fantastic three months during which Gavin Evan's route has literally been paved with gold, he and his England cadet boys team-mates Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight won the World Cadet Challenge in Dominican Republic. En route England beat the might of Asia and then defeated Europe 3-1 in the final with Gavin gaining retribution for his defeat in the European Youth Championships against European number 3 Tomas Tregler 12-10, 11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 12-10!

 

Hungarian Youth Open Championships 14-16.10.05

12-years old Gavin Evans stepped up into the international junior (U18) arena and instantly hit gold. The same trio that won the European cadet team title in July (Gavin, Paul Drinkhall, Darius Knight), are now the Hungarian Youth Open  team champions also.  England dropped only one set (Gavin lost his match to Poland in the semi-final) in gaining the title. The final was won 3-0 against Hungary.

 

Junior British League 1st Weekend 8-9.10.05

The top Cippenham girls' team is one of four teams that will fight out for the JBL Premier Division title in the new year. Our girls finished level on seven points with, but one set behind, leaders Draycott & Long Eaton, who they beat 4-2, and a point ahead of both Redland Bats and Wirral Premier. Sarah Hall (8/10), Melanie Farquhar (6/10) and Caroline Linz (4/10) were the successful trio. Cippenham's other three teams did not fare so well. The boys' first team lie fifth in Division 2B while both second teams are bottom of their divisions at the half-way stage.

 

Annual Awards Presentation 6.10.05

The Club's annual awards were presented at the Anniversary Party held to celebrate nine years since the opening of Cippenham Table Tennis Centre. For the second time the Karen Mitchell Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution was presented to Jan Chapman for her tireless work in the field of coaching and assistance in tournament administration. The junior players of the year were Eddie Mitchell (England U11 Boys' Singles champion) and Catherine Hayes (England Cadet Girls' Doubles champion). The senior award went to Rob Lemon who has worked his way through the Club's junior and senior teams and whose top 100 national ranking has earned him a place in the Club's premier team in the British League. Cippenham's Social Officer Jacquie Lovell also made presentations to the many volunteers who keep the Club at the forefront of English table tennis.

 

Cippenham Cadet 2-Star Open Championships 2.10.05

Eddie Mitchell, the national U11 champion, added another trophy to his increasingly impressive cabinet with the Boys' Singles title at his own club's Cadet Open. The top seed was rarely troubled en route to the title while the winner of the girls' event was Sally Hughes (Sussex).

 

National Junior League 1st session 1.10.05

Cippenham's teams made indifferent starts to the new NJL campaign. The top boys' and girls' teams played at Cippenham with the boys winning one and drawing one out of four matches and the girls winning one out of two. In addition both teams gained one walkover.

 

Women's British League 1st Weekend 24-25.9.05

The two Cippenham teams finished the first half of the WBL season with identical records - in third place in their divisions with three wins and two defeats from five matches. The first team, in the Premier Division, lost 1-5 to both DML Woolwell and London Progress but recorded 4-2 victories over the other three teams. Gemma Chapman won six matches while Abigail Embling, on her Cippenham debut, and Lesley Keast both won four times. The second team had two 2-4 defeats and tasted victory twice by 5-1 and once by 6-0. Melanie Farquhar and Sue Hayes both won seven times and Caroline Linz six.

 

British League 1st Weekend 10-11.9.05

All three Cippenham teams in the British League got off to good starts in the first round of matches.  The first and second teams, playing at their home venue, secured six and a maximum eight points respectively in Division 1 South and Division 2 South & Midlands. The third team, playing at Southall, secured seven points from their matches in Division Four South and West to top the table. There were good performances from all Cippenham players. The first team was Martin Adams, Robert Hansell, Mark Butler and Rob Lemon. David Hayes led the second team on both days but the remainder of the team changed. On Saturday he was supported by Diccon Gray, Paul Baker and Nick Hansell and on Sunday by Mark Jackson, Steve Buck (on debut) and Mike Rhodes. The third team was Phil Clarkson, Oliver Shaw and Ashley Shaw on both days, with Ben Wiseman (on debut) on Saturday and Paul Baker on Sunday.

 

Bucks Junior Trials 3.9.05

David and Catherine Hayes started the season as they finished last - in top form. Between them they won the boys' and girls' events at the county trials while Ashley Shaw and Ben Wiseman finished second and third in the boys and Angela Oetiker third amongst the girls.

 

Mini European Championships 26-28.8.05

Gavin Evans, a member of  England's gold medal winning cadet boys' team at the recent European Youth Championships is at it again! This time the event was the Mini European Championships for under-12s played at Strasbourg. Once again, Gavin demonstrated that he could be destined for greatness by winning the event and so adding a second European gold medal to his tally in as many months. In the final Gavin scored a devastating 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 win over Swede Anthony Tran.

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