Report
by Andrew Dosher
Ryan
Collins confirmed his status as the best player in
In
the woman’s singles in a round robin event that went to a count
back it was Vicky Gray who took her fourth title on the trot.
Unfortunately
numbers were down again with just 16 male players and five woman players, this
didn't deter a number of players in their attempt for silverware though.
The
handicap got the event underway which gives players from all standards the
chance to compete, it is just one game up to 31 and one of the highlight
matches was Gary Young's match with Nicola Doy, Young trailed 29-8
and looked to be out, however he staged a remarkable comeback to get to
just 29-30 down only to lose the next point! Nicola eventually went on to
take the title over Ryan Collins, Ryan did however start form -7 against a
plus 22 score line!
In
the restricted singles Jason Annal in an early round came from 0-2 down against
Ian Brown for a stunning win. Number one seed Malcolm Collins came through to
the final to meet Mark Lewis, in a fluctuating game it was Lewis who showed
some superb attacking shots to deserve his title.
In
the mixed doubles it was Aimee Sparkes and Richard Hutchinson who overcame
Vicky Gray and Andrew Warner, the men’s doubles not surprisingly were won
by Ryan and Jake Collins over Andy Warner and Malcolm Collins, while in the woman’s
doubles Aimee Sparkes and Sian Cooke beat Vicky Gray and Sonja Talbot.
In
the woman’s singles round robin Sonja Talbot stunned number two seed
Vicky Gray by recovering from 10-6 down in the fourth to save four match points
and win the match, however other matches went Vicky’s way and she won her
other games 3-0, Sian Cook also beat number one seed Aimee Sparkes, which
meant that Sian finished as runner up.
In
the men’s singles there were four groups of four with all players seeded,
the seedings proved accurate as all eight seeds came through to the knock
out stage, there were a few close calls in the group stage as Mark Lewis
took a leg off Jake Collins as did father Malcolm in group one and in
group four Richard Ingle just went down in five sets to Andrew Dosher.
This
followed with the top four seeds also getting to the semis as Jake was too
powerful for Gary Bloomfield, Andrew Warner beat Dosher in four sets, Richard
Hutchinson took out Gary Young 3-0 and Ryan Collins beat Wayne Shaw
3-0.
In
the semi's the Ryan looked awesome against Hutchinson looping at will against
some of the best returns using his serve to set himself up, despite a brave
attempt by Hutchinson who took the third set Ryan cruised through in fourth to
reach the final.
The
other semi was more even and exiting as Jake Collins played
Andrew Warner, Jake took the first set but Warner got off to a good second
leg which he won and then went 2-1 up, back came Jake to just take it to a
decider but is seemed Andy was sharper on the exchanges as he led 8-4 and 9-7
however with some determined play much to the frustration of Warner it was
Jake that made it through.
So
we had history being made as the first brothers to play in a Suffolk Closed
singles final. Jake seeded one due to his national junior ranking found
number two seed Ryan in super form, Ryan’s array of forehand
and back hand shots put pressure on his brother throughout, though it
wasn't all one way, there some good rallies and in the second set with
Ryan leading 1-0 Jake put together some power shots to earn himself game point,
this though spurred on Ryan to his trademark play and he dully saved game
point and went on to take the next two sets for his first senior men’s
title.
Scores
from Stowupland
Men’s singles quarter final
Jake
Collins beat Gary Bloomfield 9 7 11
Andy
Warner beat Andrew Dosher 5 9 -9 7
Richard
Hutchinson beat Gary Young 13 6 7
Ryan
Collins beat Wayne Shaw 5 9 7
Semi finals
Jake
Collins beat Andy Warner 7 -4 -8 7 9
Ryan
Collins beat Richard Hutchinson 9 7 -9 5
Final - double header with U 21 singles
Ryan
Collins beat Jake Collins 8 12 9
Woman’s singles round robin
Vicky
Gray winner, Sian Cook runner up
Handicap singles final
Nicola
Doy beat Ryan Collins 31 - 2
Restricted singles final
Mark
Lewis beat Malcolm Collins -9 7 8 -5 6
Mixed doubles final
R
Hutchinson and A Sparkes beat A Warner and V Gray -8 -5 5 9 9
Woman’s doubles final
A
Sparkes and S Cooke beat V Gray and S Talbot 7 7 -6 6
Men’s
doubles final
J
and R Collins beat M Collins and A Warner 5 5 4
SUFFOLK SENIOR CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Report by
Andrew Dosher)
This years Suffolk Senior closed table tennis championships were
arguably the most exciting & hard fought in years, with many seeding
upsets.
In the men’s singles of the eight top seeds only the winner made
it past the quarter finals.
Defending champion Dave Cole was unwell & Wayne Shaw had family
commitments, while second & fourth seeds Ryan & Jake Collins failed to
qualify from their groups.
The main talking point was the play of new player Rohit Kumar who has
only been playing in division one of the Ipswich league.
As no one knew his playing ability he was put in group two with Ryan
Collins & Richard Hutchinson, he trailed Ryan 0-2 in their game but came
back to win deuce in the fifth, he also took out Richard Hutchinson also in
five games. This meant that who ever lost between Ryan & Richard would go
out as it went last years runner up & number two seed Ryan went out losing
3-0.
In group four Gary Young played above is seeding with first time wins
over Andrew Dosher & number four seed Jake Collins to leave the match
between these players to determine who would join him, after a hard four set
win it was Dosher that went through.
In the quarters Kumar continued his progress with a comfortable win
over former champion Dosher, as Andrew Warner just missed out against Nigel
Hodder 9 in the decider, Hutchinson won 3-0 against Young & Aaron Self beat fellow Bury player Tony West 3-2.
In the semi’s Hutchinson over came Hodder in four sets, while
Self gave a good account of himself losing 3-1 to Kumar.
In the final Kumar was looking to become a winner from an unseeded
position, where as Hutchinson was looking to avenge his earlier group loss
& become champion for the fourth time.
Kumar just did enough to take the first set, but the game was set as a
cat & mouse encounter with neither player totally comfortable against the
other, Kumar looping & smashing against the defensive grit of Hutchinson.
The next three sets were all tight as Hutchinson used all his experience in
defence & attack, one particular rally saw Hutchinson at the edge of the
arena chop an unbelievable shot from Kumer & then race in to play an
impossible backhand winner from the tightest of angles. Hutchinson eventually
won his fourth men’s singles title in seven years & after Suffolk
legends John Kitchener & Stuart Palmer become the third most successful
men’s singles winner in county history.
Amazingly enough in the restricted singles which excludes the highest
seeded players, Kumar lost at the first hurdle to former premier player Rex
Manning 3-2.
Manning made it all the way to the final where he was beaten by another
new player to the league Nitan Shrivastrava.
In the woman’s singles Vicky Gray once again lifted the title for
the umpteenth time in a round robin group, Sian Cook showed her improvement
with a win over Suffolk number three lady Clare Emmerson to get the runners up
spot.
In the handicap & under 21 singles Ryan Collins beat father Malcolm
& Aaron Self respectively.
Clare Emmerson & Sian Cook beat Vicky Gray & Sonja Talbot for
the womans doubles, while it was another success for Hutchinson &
Bloomfield & Warner & Gray in the men’s & mixed doubles
respectively.
RESULTS
Men’s
Singles Quarter finals
Hodder beat
Warner 5 12 -6 -6 9
Hutchinson
beat Young 6 9 4
Self beat
West -7 7 5 -4 6
Kumar beat
Dosher 1 6 5
Semi
Finals
Hutchinson
beat Hodder 10 12 -7 9
Kumar beat
Self 10 7 -7 5
Final
Hutchinson
beat Kumar -9 9 9 9
Womens
Singles
Round robin
– winner Gray runner up Cook
Restricted
Singles Final
Nitan
Shrivastrava beat Rex Manning 6 5 4
Handicap
Singles Final
Ryan Collins
beat Malcolm Collins 31 – 29
Under 21
Final
Ryan Collins beat Aaron Self 3 7 -7 6
Mens Doubles
Final
Hutchinson
& Bloomfield beat R & J Collins
-9 8 10 8
Women’s
Doubles Final
Emmerson
& Cook beat Gray & Talbot 8 -8 6
9
Mixed
Doubles Final
Warner &
Gray beat J Collins & Cook 8 5 8
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2005-6
SUFFOLK CLOSED JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd JANUARY
2006(Report by Geoff Brook)
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JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd JANUARY 2006 |
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Event |
Winner |
Runner
Up |
Score |
|
Boys Under 18 |
Lee Barnes |
Ryan Collins |
7,-4,-10,10,6 |
|
Girls Under 18 |
Chelsea Bennett |
Gemma Butler |
Round Robin |
|
Girls Under 15 |
Stacey Howard |
Alice Carroll |
Round Robin |
|
Boys Under 15 |
Jake Collins |
Josh Broadbent |
3,10,5 |
|
Girls Under 13 |
Stacey Howard |
Alice Carroll |
Round Robin |
|
Boys Under 13 |
Josh Broadbent |
Aston Dowdy |
7,2,4 |
|
Junior Doubles |
Ryan Collins/Jake Collins |
Chelsea Bennett/Lee Barnes |
7,8,9 |
In the Junior
event 43 players participated with 6 players from Capel St. Mary
making their presence felt.
In the under 18 boys
singles Lok Wong from Bury came through to the semi finals & was
unseeded, a terrific effort but he wasn't able to halt Champion Lee Barnes
& went down in straight sets. In the other semi final brothers Ryan &
Jake played with Ryan winning 3-1
The final was
much looked forword to as this season Ryan & Lee have played a
number of times Ryan beating Lee at the Ipswich top 12 & the Suffolk senior
championships, while Lee won their league encounter.
This game didn't
dissapoint as the players played in front of a large crowd, Barnes took the
first set but was pegged back in the next & just lost the third at duce, in
the fourth Ryan had two match points at 10-8 but Barnes showed his mettle
saving a match point with a spectacular shot & eventually took
the fourth, in the fifth Ryan led 6-5 & then didn't score another point as
Barnes retained his title.
In the under 18 girls
Chelsea Bennett was a clear winner winning all three of her games in this
round robin event, in a count back Gemma Butler was the runner up.
It was good to see a
number of new juniors coming through & in the girls under 15 &
under 13 singles Stacey Howard beat Alice Carroll for top spot to runner up in a
round robin event.
Josh Broadbent gave
Jake Collins a difficult second set but went down 3-0 in the final of the under
15 boys singles, Josh though got some silverware by winning the under 13 boys
singles.
Suffolk county chairman
Geoff Brook was particularly pleased with the attendance & performance of
some of the newer players & praised Ron & Reine Clark for their help
with the junior event.
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VETTS CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd JANUARY 2006 |
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Event |
Winner |
Runner Up |
Score |
|
Over 40’s |
Fred Dove |
Nigel Hodder |
9,8,-8,5 |
|
Over 50’s |
Fred Dove |
Dave Halliday |
10,9,9 |
|
Over 60’s |
Dave Halliday |
Peter Fordham |
Round Robin |
|
Restricted |
Malcolm Collins |
Ian Brown |
8,-7,10,-6,10 |
|
Handicap |
Dave Halliday |
Fred Dove |
2, 0 |
|
Doubles |
Andy Warner/Fred Dove |
Dave Halliday/John
Tallent |
13,7,-8,5 |
In the Veterans event's
Fred Dove in the early part of the day swiftly got to the final of the over
50's events beating Clive Grimwood & Phil Sinclair on route, he was joined
by Dave Halliday who had come from 0-2 to beat Ian Brown in the semi's.
In the final Dove ran
out a 3-0 with all games being close.
Dove & Halliday
again played in the handicap final but as Halliday isn't ranked in Suffolk he
was given a good handicap that Dove wasn't able to catch, Halliday ran out
a 2-0 winner.
In the restricted final
Ian Brown just lost out in a thriller with Malcolm Collins deuce in the
fifth.
In the mens doubles
Hallday & Tallent knocked out number two seeds Dosher & Fulcher &
then went down to Warner & Dove in the final
3-1.
Paul Packwood, Peter
Fordham & Dave Halliday played a round robin to determine the over 60's
singles champion, Hallday won beating the other players.
In the main
event the over 40's men's singles there were four groups with the top
two players going through to the knockout stage.
Both the top two seeds Fred
Dove & Andrew Dosher won all their games to go through as winners, but in
group 3 Warner went down to Andrew Holmes & finished second, while Dave
Halliday beat Nigel Hodder to be the group winner there.
At the semi final stage
all top four seeds still came through, Warner beat Dosher 3-0 & saved game
points in both the first two games, while Dove came through 3-1 against Hodder.
In the final the first
two sets were shared, but Warner was playing at his best & even though Dove
was struggling with an injury & conceded later in the fourth set found it
hard to contain his opponents backhand, Warner a deserved winner.
SUFFOLK CLOSED SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS 23rd OCTOBER 2005(report by Andrew Dosher)
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SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS 23rd OCTOBER 2005 |
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Event |
Wnr/R/up |
Names |
Score |
|
Mens Singles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Dave Cole Ryan Collins |
11/9,3/11,9/11,11/1 18/16 |
|
Ladies Singles
|
Winner Runner – Up |
Vicky Gray Aimee Sparkes |
11/8, 12/10, 11/5 |
|
Handicap Singles |
Winner
Runner – Up |
Ryan Collins Dave Cole |
21/16, 21/9 |
|
Restricted Singles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Tony West Ian Brown |
13/11, 11/5, 11/4 |
|
Under 21 Singles |
Winner
Runner – Up |
Lee Barnes Aaron Self |
11/7, 11/9, 11/6 |
|
Men’s Doubles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Richard Ingle/Wayne Shaw Lee Barnes/Charlie Fulcher |
11/8, 11/5, 14/12 |
|
Ladies Doubles |
Winner Runner – Up |
Clair Emmerson/Aimee Sparkes Vicky Gray/Sonja Talbot |
Round Robin |
|
Mixed Doubles |
Winner
Runner – Up |
Andy Warner/Vicky Gray Richard Hutchinson/Aimee Sparkes |
15/13, 12/10, 11/9 |
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The Suffolk Closed
championships held at Sowupland, bore witness to the new young tallent emerging
in the county plus the quality of one of the more experienced campainers new to
the championships.
In the womans singles
there were two groups of three players, number one seed Aimee Sparkes overcame
Claire Emmerson in her group to come top while Vicky Gray won her
group & then faced Claire Emmerson in the semi final, this game had the
attention of the whole audience & affter a very hard battle Gray saved a
match point to win duece in the fifth set.
Aimee Sparkes accounted
for Sonja Talbot in her semi & for the third year on the trot faced
Gray. Number two seed Gray went two sets up but found the going
tougher in the third as Sparkes showed some power forhands to lead 10-8, Gray
though saved two game points before closing the match out for her second
successive title.
The mens's singles
had many classic matches & of the group matches only Nigel Hodder of
the top eight seeds failed to win his group as he went down to Tony West, but
with two seeds going through Hodder qualified & faced Fred Dove in the
first round in a repeat of this seasons Top 12 semi final where he
held four match points befoe losing. This time Hodder deservedly won 3-1 in a
seeding upset.
There were more upsets
as top 12 winner Ryan Collins who had early lost to three time winner Richard
Hutchinson in their group match took on defending champion Lee Barnes, Ryan
matched power with power to win 3-1 in a game that brought the hall to a
virtual standstill as players playing on other tables stopped to watch.
In another first round
encounter Jake Collins took on Andrew Warner this again had the spectators
captivated & saw both players holding match points before Warner
using his inspired back hand flick kill got home.
In the quarter finals
Dave Cole overcame Tony West 3-0 while Warner had another thriller with
Ryan Collins, this again went the distance with Ryan edging it 11-9 in the
decider.
Wayne Shaw
overcame Hodder in their match 3-1 as Hodder rallied to save the
third set after being behind, but found Shaw in no mood to lose.
Andrew Dosher won
his quarter over Richard Hutchinson at nine in the fourth set.
The first semi saw
Dosher push Cole all the way in the first two sets before Cole's all out
attacking play saw him through 3-1 & Shaw showed stiff resistance before
going down to Ryan by 3-1.
The final was
extroudinary as the first two sets were won by the closest of margins by Cole
& then Ryan just 15 years old blew Cole away in the next two sets
haveing no trouble attacking the Cole serve & looping winners of some
of Coles best attacking shots. Unfortunately for Ryan, Cole who had seemed
bemused by the youngsters power up untill then got of to the perfrect
start & with his confidence returned produced a number of power drives to
restrict his opponent to just one point in the final game which hardley does
justice to the effort & calmness Ryan Showed when 0-2 down. This will go
down as a classic encounter with expericence just winning over youth, but none
will doubt that Ryan is destined for major honours most certainly in the
county, while Cole showed just how good a player he will be for the county.
The restriced singles
was won for the third time by Tony West, he enjoyed wins over Ryan &
Malcolm Collins before beating Ian Brown in the final.
In the under 21 singles
Lee Barnes overcame Aaron Self who had earlier showed some excellent form by
beating Ryan.
Ryan did enjoy victory
in the handicap singles final beating Cole.
There were some tight
matches in the doubles & new pairing Dosher & Sian Cook were
unfortunate to lose to Hutchinson & Aimee Sparkes in the mixed
event as they led 10-7 in the decider, Sian showing some good touches at
times to help get the pairing so close.
Warner & Gray
eventually overcame Hutchinson & Sparkes in three tight sets in the final.
In the woman's event
Emmerson & Sparkes were winners from Gray & Sonja Talbot in a round
robin event.
In the mens's doubles
Fulcher & Barnes came from 0-2 to beat Cole & Dosher earlier on,
but were beaten in the final by Shaw & Richard Ingle.
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JUNIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS 23rd JANUARY 2005 |
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Event |
Wnr/R/up |
Names |
Score |
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Under 13 Boys |
Winner Runner
– Up |
Josh Broadbent Tom Wright |
Group of 4 |
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Cadet Boys (U15)
|
Winner Runner
– Up |
Jake Collins
Ryan
Collins |
11, 8, 4, 11,
13 6, 11, 11, 8, 11
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|
Cadet Girls (U15) |
Winner Runner
– Up |
Chelsea Bennett Sian Cook |
Group of 4 |
|
Junior Boys(U18) |
Winner Runner – Up |
Lee Barnes Jake Collins |
11, 11, 11 5, 8, 4 |
|
Junior Girls(U18) |
Winner Runner – Up |
Sian Cook Chelsea Bennett |
Group of 5 |