Stroud & District Table Tennis Youth League report 12-11-10
Youth League entries up by 30% as newcomers Wycliffe set early pace
The Stroud Table Tennis Youth League began its’ 2010-2011 programme on 12th November at Stroud High School with 18 teams taking part and 57 players registered. A number of students who entered last season opted for other sports this time around but new ones came in to replace some of them and there were new teams from Archway, Bussage/Eastcombe (Busscombe), Nailsworth Phoenix, Stroud High and Wycliffe.
Division 1
Early leaders are Wycliffe D who started with a 5-0 win over Rednock B with Zaim Risa and Gabriel Khattar going through the match without dropping a game.
A point behind come Thornbury, one of the pre-season favourites who beat Wycliffe B 4-1. Joe Constable was unbeaten for Thornbury and Wycliffe’s Rowan Weeks had a good win against Mark Attwood but the ‘match of the day’ had to be the 11-6, 9-11, 12-14, 12-10, 12-10 win by Mark over Wycliffe’s Angus Tulberg.
Soul-Cal were without last year’s number 1 Declan Fardon but Tom Watts with two wins was well supported by Joe Iwasek (on loan from Rednock!) to give the team a 3-2 win over Wycliffe C. For Wycliffe, David Forss beat Joe,narrowly lost 6-11, 12-10, 8-11, 12-14 to Tom and teamed up with Sam Ealey to take the doubles
The match between Wycliffe A and TKS was on paper going to be a close affair and so it proved with Wycliffe winning a cracking doubles match 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 13-15, 13-11 for a 3-2 win.
As one of the favourites to take the singles title TKS’s Dan Ind started well beating Alex Doerr but was quickly brought down to earth by Ken Wohlmstetter. Ken won 11-9, 11-6, 11-3 and must now be the man to beat. For TKS, Oscar Costelloe had a good win over Alex and put up a good fight against Ken before losing 9-11, 6-11,8-11
Wycliffe E just got the better of Rednock A with a 3-2 win. Rory Maybery and Peter Kemp picked up a point each and combined to take the doubles for Wycliffe. George Gwilliam started the season well for Rednock with two wins and team mate Kieran Bartlett was close to picking up a point against Peter just losing out 12-14, 8-11, 9-11
Division 1 Table
Team / P / W / L / PtsWycliffe D / 5 / 5 / 0 / 5
Thornbury / 5 / 4 / 1 / 4
Soul-Cal / 5 / 3 / 2 / 3
Wycliffe A / 5 / 3 / 2 / 3
Wycliffe E / 5 / 3 / 2 / 3
Rednock A / 5 / 2 / 3 / 2
Thomas Keble / 5 / 2 / 3 / 2
Wycliffe C / 5 / 2 / 3 / 2
Wycliffe B / 5 / 1 / 4 / 1
Rednock B / 5 / 0 / 5 / 0
Division 1 Averages
Name / Team / P / W / L / Pts / %Gabriel Khattar / Wycliffe D / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
George Gwilliam / Rednock A / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Joe Constable / Thornbury / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Ken Wohlmanstetter / Wycliffe A / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Tom Watts / Soul-Cal / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Zaim Ahmad Risa / Wycliffe E / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Dan Ind / Thomas Keble / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
David Forss / Wycliffe C / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Joe Iwasek / Rednock A / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Mark Attwood / Thornbury / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Oscar Costelloe / Thomas Keble / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Peter Kemp / Wycliffe E / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Rory Maybery / Wycliffe E / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Rowan Weeks / Wycliffe B / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Alex Doerr / Wycliffe A / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Angus Tulberg / Wycliffe B / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Ben Saunderson / Rednock B / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Edward Paddock / Rednock B / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Kieran Bartlett / Rednock A / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Sam Ealey / Wycliffe C / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Division 2
Newcomers Nailsworth Phoenix top Division 1 after a 5-0 win over Busscombe with Harry Ash and Rowan Hutchings unbeaten although the scoreline could have been closer as Matthew Davey, Rory Macefield and Ben Edmonds (doubles) made them fight all the way
The Chalford Hill A v SHS B and Chalford Hill B V SHS A matches started with a bit of confusion about team selection and playing format as none of the players (and parents) had previous tournament experience but it take parents long to get things under control.
Poppy Baker was unbeaten for SHS B as they started the competition with a 4-1 win over the youngsters from Chalford A. Natalie Jones also picked up a point and Poppy and Harriet Green teamed up to win the doubles. Harry Baber scored Chalford’s only point although Francesca Price had close games against Poppy and Natalie
SHS A were a player short but Emily Philp (on loan from Archway!) and Leah Davies won a match each plus the doubles to give the girls a 3-2 win over Chalford B for whom Robert Sheldrick had a good match with two wins.
The match between Archway and KLB was a close affair with Archway’s Billy Shilton and Oliver Philp taking the doubles to win 3-2. Oliver was out of luck in his singles losing out to Ian and Katie Trinder but Billy also had two wins to cap a great day for him.
Division 2 Table
Team / P / W / L / PtsNailsworth Phoenix / 5 / 5 / 0 / 5
Stroud High B / 5 / 4 / 1 / 4
Archway / 5 / 3 / 2 / 3
Stroud High A / 5 / 3 / 2 / 3
Chalford Hill B / 5 / 2 / 3 / 2
Kathrine Lady Berkeley / 5 / 2 / 3 / 2
Busscombe / 5 / 0 / 5 / 0
Chalford Hill A / 5 / 0 / 5 / 0
Division 2 Averages
Name / Team / P / W / L / Pts / %Billy Shilton / Archway / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Harry Ash / Nailsworth Phoenix / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Poppy Baker / SHS B / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Robert Sheldrick / Chalford Hill B / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Rowan Hutchings / Nailsworth Phoenix / 2 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 100%
Emily Philp / Archway / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Harry Baber / Chalford Hill A / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Ian Trinder / KLB / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Katie Trinder / KLB / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Leah Davis / SHS A / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Natalie Jones / SHS B / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 50%
Francesca Smith / Chalford Hill A / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Jade Ballinger / Chalford Hill B / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Matthew Davey / Busscombe / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Oliver Philp / Archway / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%
Rory Macefield / Busscombe / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0%