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Dumfries Festival of Table Tennis

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WTTD 2023

This year we're celebrating World Table Tennis Day with a Festival of Table Tennis 22nd -23rd April. We've got the return of our Club Championships on Sat 22nd and the morning of Sun 23rd, and friends, family and general spectators are most welcome to drop in and watch. Then on the Sunday afternoon we're inviting all-comers for free table tennis.

Saturday 22 April 9.30 am—3.30 pm Club Championships Open singles, Doubles & Handicap events

Sunday 23 April 9.30 am—2.00 pm Junior Club Championships

World Table Tennis Day celebrates the joy of playing table tennis for fun and bringing people together, with events taking place in over 60 countries around the world. This year’s theme is Sustainability, and we’ve planned several activities to reflect that.

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Club Championships Return

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After a three year gap for Covid, we’re delighted to be running our Club Championships again, on the 22nd and 23rd April.
Saturday 22nd April sees the Open Singles, Open Doubles, Handicap Singles, Handicap Doubles, and Veterans singles (Over 40 years).
Sunday 23rd April has the Minor singles (U13), Cadet Singles(U15) and Junior Singles (U18). Juniors are encouraged to play in Saturday’s Open events as well.
To enter, just add your name to the sign-up sheets on the main noticeboard in the club before April 14th. The cost is £3 per event up to a maximum of £12 if entering multiple events, and fees will be collected on the day of the tournament.
Trophies for all the events will be presented at an awards ceremony later in the year.
We encourage friends and family to come and watch and enjoy the day with us. This year the Club championships coincide with World Table Tennis Day on the 23rd April, and we’ll have a range of other activities organized for players and visitors – more on this soon!

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Junior British League Success for Shannon

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Shannon Brown competed in the Junior British League in Derby Arena over the 18th/19th February, despite ongoing injury issues. Alongside her team-mates in Drumchapel Glasgow’s Junior Girls team - Amelia Smolarek and Megan Mulhern - she took part in a second gruelling programme of five matches. The first batch of matches was played on October 8th and 9th, 2022, when the team won three of their Division 4 matches (all 5/1), drew one (3-3), and lost to the top team Lillington TTC 1-5.

Saturday 18th February The day began with a draw against Chelmsford, whom Drumchapel had beaten 5-1 in October. All three girls won one match and lost one. The next match, with Fusion, also ended in a draw, just as had happened in October. Shannon won one tie 3/0 and lost the other by the same score. Next up was Brighton TTC and the team pulled off another 5-1 victory. Shannon won both her ties and was awarded the Player of the Match accolade. She had been Player of the Match twice in October, the first time against Brighton TTC and the second time against Ellenborough Girls.

Sunday 19th February The Drumchapel girls faced Ellenborough Girls first thing on Sunday morning. This time they went one better, defeating them 6-0. Shannon won one tie 3/0 but had a bit of a struggle on her hands in the second, which she finally won 3/2.
The final match of the weekend was with Lillington TTC. Having lost the last encounter 1/5, the only win coming from Amelia, Drumchapel improved on that result when Megan also won a tie, to make the score 2-4.

The girls finished the weekend in second place, which hopefully will afford the team the chance of promotion to Division 3. Amelia and Shannon won 65% of their matches, with Megan scoring 60%. This was an excellent learning opportunity for all three as it widened their experience of playing new opponents. This is very important as Scotland currently has a small number of girls playing at national level.

 

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League Report February

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Top Bananas faced The Chuckle Brothers on the 11th February; when Maria De Silva opened with a 3/0 win against Barry Kirkpatrick, 13-11, 11-9, 11-3. Brother Reuben followed up with a 3/0 victory over Paul Dowson, and the siblings then won the doubles 3/0. Next Paul defeated Maria, 7, 8, -8, 3, for what turned out to be his side’s only point as Reuben beat Barry in the last tie.

The men were in action again four days later against Apple Crumble, who fielded Iain Macleod and Craig Wilson. Iain began well by beating Barry in a tense five-set match in which he won the last set 12-10. Thereafter The Chuckle Brothers amassed four points, though the going was pretty tough. They went 1-2 down in the doubles but clawed their way back to win it 3/2. Paul and Iain then played a see-saw tie, which Paul finally won 11-8 in the fifth set. Barry secured the fourth point with a 3/0 victory over Craig.

On the same night Gaulty Towers chalked up a 4/1 win over Netflicks. Paul Borrowdale won the opening match against Gordon Duff, 9, 9, -3, 10, and Graham Gault took a close tie from Shona Morton, 11, 7, -10, 6. After lagging behind 0-2, the men won the doubles -10, -8, 5, 3, 4, to lead 3/0. Any match between Graham and Gordon has the potential to go the distance, and so it proved this time as Gordon battled back from 0-2 down to beat Graham -10, -11, 6, 8, 7. In the last tie Paul was in top form and won the fourth point by beating Shona 3/0.

The last update of the League statistics was on the 31st January, at which point Top Bananas had completed the first half of their scheduled matches and topped the division with 31 points. Lying second were the then unbeaten Netflicks, with 25 points. The Chuckle Brothers and Apple Crumble were locked in a fifth-place tie, each with two wins from six matches and 11 points.

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DTTC gets a Defibrillator

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We're pleased to announce that the club now has a Defibrillator. Table tennis is a fantastic healthy activity, but this piece of kit can save a life in the rare event someone collapses and isn't breathing. Though defibrillators can be used without training, it's really useful to see how it works and to improve confidence we could use it if need be. The club has therefore arranged for a short DeFib training session in the club on March 27th at 19:00. We'd like to get a big group of club users trained up, so please attend if you can. There are sign-up sheets at the club, or email info@dumfriesttc.co.uk as we need to know numbers well in advance.

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League Report January

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 In mid-January Netflicks inflicted a defeat on Top Bananas, represented by Reuben and Maria De Silva. Reuben lived up to expectation with two singles wins, though Gordon Duff won a set from him. Shona Morton and Gordon edged the first set of the doubles 11-9 and swung into a “well-oiled machine” mode to win the second and third sets easily. In her first tie Maria took a set from Gordon, then fought out a much closer four-set match with Shona, who narrowly won the final set 12-10.

Burns Night found Netflicks and KB Spinners locked in combat. Kay Solaja opened with a 3/1 victory over Shona, whilst Brian Kirkpatrick lost a gruelling five-set tie to Gordon. Shona and Gordon won the doubles, -5,6, 9, 10, to pull 2/1 up, and Gordon made it 3/1 with a 3/0 win against Kay. In the final tie Brian edged Shona out of all three sets, 9, 9, 11, for an extra point.

KB Spinners had had mixed fortunes in their previous matches. In early January they lost 2/3 to Gaulty Towers, when Graham Gault beat both players, and Paul Borrowdale defeated Brian. Kay managed to beat Paul, 3/1, and he and Brian won the doubles 3/0. A week later the Spinners won maximum points against the Watsonians. A good performance here from Mike Watson, who came close to winning a couple of sets against Kay, after which he and Doug Campbell won a set in the very competitive doubles. Meanwhile Top Bananas, with Dylan and Reuben, also earned five points against the Owd Coots, who had suffered the same fate a week before against the Chuckle Brothers. Scores were more encouraging in the latter fixture although they were unable to win a set.

The Watsonians’ other matches against Apple Crumble and the Chuckle Brothers earned them one point. Gary Watson battled hard against Apple Crumble’s Craig Wilson, pulling back from 0/2 down to win, -11, -6, 8, 3, 8. However, the Chuckle Brothers only let slip two sets, when Doug Campbell and Mike Watson both pushed Barry Kirkpatrick to a fourth set.

Linda Powell

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Five matches took place before Christmas. Netflicks gained another nine points, with wins over Apple Crumble and The Chuckle Brothers. Iain Macleod (AC) proved to be their Achilles heel when he defeated Shona Morton 3/2. The Chuckle Brothers came close to taking a couple of points when Paul Dowson took Gordon Duff to a fifth set and Barry Kirkpatrick lost a tight match with Shona.

KB Spinners also defeated The Chuckle Brothers. This match was interesting as it brought Brian and Barry Kirkpatrick into conflict. Dad Brian lost the first set 12-14 but brought his son into line in the next three sets. However, there are signs that the younger pair is finding its feet amongst the former Division 1 sides: not only did they win the doubles, 11-8 in the fifth from 1-2 down, but all the singles required a fourth set.

Apple Crumble’s last match of the old year gained them five points against that feisty duo, The Owd Coots. There were several very close sets, but the defeated side won only one, when Steve Cussell pushed Craig Wilson to a fourth set.

Gaulty Towers was firmly in control against the Watsonians in their last game of 2022. However, they met their match in their first fixture of 2023. The Top Bananas fielded Dylan and Reuben De Silva and coasted to a reasonably comfortable victory. Graham Gault took a set from Reuben, but that was the sum total of his team’s success.

The Watsonians were in more familiar territory in early January against their former Division 2 opponents, The Owd Coots. In a closely contested match the latter went ahead 2-0 when Steve Cussell beat Gary Watson 3/1 and Ray Pirrie defeated Mike 3/1. However, Gary and Mike struck back to win the doubles, 3/1, after which Mike earned a 3/0 victory over Steve. In the last tie Gary put up a good fight against Ray, but finally went down 1/3, giving The Owd Coots a 3/1 win.

The Top Bananas’ match with the Watsonians the next night netted them another five points; Mike Watson did well to take a set from Maria De Silva in the last tie.

Linda Powell, D & G Standard report 10-01-23

 

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Our 50/50 Draw is Back

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We’re restarting our popular 50/50 Prize Draw from 28 January 2023. It’s a chance to win a cash prize and help the club at the same time. Just select your lucky number from the grid at the club and pay £12 for a year’s entry. Each month we check the bonus ball from the national lottery and whoever’s name comes up wins half of the pot and the other half goes to club funds.

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