HOPE: STARS OF THE FUTURE


 HOPE: STARS OF THE FUTURE

"England youngsters strike gold in France," 
Table Tennis England - 22 May 2023


May 30, 2023 | Paul Stimpson

"Members of the England Futures Squad won a total of eight medals, including five golds at the Mulhouse International Youth Open in France.

The medallists included a clean sweep in the under-11 boys’ competition, which was won by Zihan Lin, with Lewis Wu second and Dimitar Dimitrov third.

There were two medals in the under-13 boys’, where Ryan Goodier won the gold and Theo Kniep the bronze.

Further golds went to Hannah Saunders in the under-11 girls’ event, and in both under-nine competitions, in which Cindy Xiao and Jayden Chen won the respective girls’ and boys’ events.

Also competing in France were Pablo Ramirez Rioja, who just missed a medal in the under-13 boys, finishing fourth – one place ahead of team-mate Teagan Khazal. Oscar Nikolli was eighth, Jake Davidson 10th, Charlie Donald 11th and Nishil Shah 17th – Shah also won the consolation event.

In the under-11s, Lihao Chen was just outside the medals in fourth, Malek Shamakh was ninth and Taha Shamakh 13th.

As well as her gold in the under-nines, Xiao was fifth in the under-11s, while Violet-Lily Marquis was fifth in the under-13 girls.

Their joint achievements were enough for England to be named team of the tournament. The full squad is pictured below and the medallists above."

They won four Champion titles and a silver medal.


Un9 girls Champion- Cindy Xiao (Woodston Primary School, Peterborough)

Un11 girls Champion- Hannah Saunders (King's School, Peterborough)

Un9 boys Champion - Jayden Chen (Norwood Primary School, Peterborough)
Un11 boys Champion- Daniel Lin (Longthorpe Primary School, Peterborough)
Un11 boys silver medal to Lewis Wu (Coates Primary School, Peterborough)
Un11 boys 4th place to Lihao Chen (Linchfield Community Primary School, P
eterborough)

"East rise to the top at Inter-Regionals," 
Table Tennis England - 22 May 2023


May 22, 2023 | Paul Stimpson

"East edged out London to take the Tonge Trophy for the best performing team at the Inter-Regional Championships at the weekend.

With 12 team and individual competitions across three age groups, it was a busy weekend at WV Active in Wolverhampton, and the overall standings went down to the wire, with East finally overhauling London by 158 points to 153. West Midlands took third on 126 points.

It was Sunday’s individual event which made the difference for the East team as they won three of the six gold medals on offer, having been behind London after the first day’s team competitions.

Pictured above are East’s Lewis Wu and Hannah Saunders receiving the Tong Trophy from Ken Tonge and Karen Tonge OBE."

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