Ayrshire has a Scottish Champion.

Rebecca Plaistow of Garnock Valley Table Tennis has proved unstopable in recent months which culminated in her winning the Scottish National Championships Minor Girls (under 13) title at Scotsttoun Leisure Centre on Sunday 4 March. Showing better form each time she steps up to the table, Rebecca made her way to the semi finals to find Anna Liddle of Edinburgh, who had beatten Rebecca in the Primary Schools Final early in the season. Rebecca wasted no time in setting to task and made up for her early season loss to Anna to move on to the final against first seed Nadia Docherty of Glasgow. Lack of conentration and unforced errors let Nadia take a 2 game lead. A pep talk with coach, Sean Doyle, before the start of game 3 provided the motivation for Rebecca to win the next 2 games and taking the match to a 5 game decider. Both girls produced Table Tennis worthy of the National final with Rebecca edging Nadia out 12-10, leaving the court with a huge victory smile knowing she was the 2012 Scottish Champion.

Fraser Murray selected to play British Primary Schools

As Scotland are the host nation for this years Primary Schools' International, Scotland has the opportunity to offer some additional players the opportunity to participate in the Individual event. As Fraser reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Primary Schools back in December, losing to the eventual winner, he has been selected to compete in this prestigious event. All the top players from England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man & Guernsey are competing which will give Fraser a great chance to play at a top level and gain valuable experience. The event is being held at the sportscotland National Centre Inverclyde, Largs and the Individual competition will commence at 10am on Sunday 15th April.

North Ayrshire TTC - Scottish Champions.

North Ayrshire's Division 1 team of Chris Main, Richard Main & Colin Dalgliesh became Scottish National League Champions yesterday. They successfully beat the mighty Drumchapel team 5-1 to secure the trophy and league title. From start to finish North Ayrshire dominated Division 1, winning 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 5-1, 6-0, 5-1. Colin & Chirs remained undefeated while Richard's only loss was to Scottish no4 Stewart Crawford. Allan McCarry stepped up to replace Chris as Chris was unfit to play and scored a fantastic win over Daniel Swiatek 3-0. This is a great acheivement for the club, winning the top division in Scotland in which several top 10 players in Scotland compete in. This shows the consistency of North Ayrshire's top players & hopefully they can make it 2 in a row next season.

Rebecca Plaistow on Top Form

Rebecca Plaistow achieved a rare double at the Scottish Secondary Schools finals on Sunday 26 February achieving a semi final spot which gained her automatic selection for the Scottish Under 14 Girls Team. She will will travel with the team to Guernsey in June to play in the British Senior Schools Championships. Rebecca had already been selected for the Scottish Under 12 Team to play in the Primary Schools International in Largs April 13-15. Rebecca has had a very successful season winning several Regional and National titles which is a great achievement for her with not having a local club and training venue. Most Friday's and Saturday's Rebecca travels with the rest of the Garnock Valley Juniors to venues in South and East Ayrshire to train with coach Sean Doyle.

Inter League Teams Announced.

nter League competition is back and will be held at the National Sports Centre Inverclyde, Largs on March 31st & April 1st. Ayrshire has put in their strongest players in hope of picking up a trophy. Teams as follows : Senior Men Team A - Chris Main, Richard Main, James Weatherston & Allan McCarry. Senior Men Team B - Des Bogle, Jamie Skelton, Kevin Morrison & Jordan McGinlay. Veterans Men - Will Kennedy, Ian McHarg, Ian Macpherson. Junior Boys Team A - Chris Barclay, Andy Macpherson, James Kennedy. Junior Boys Team B - Jordan Turner, Nathan Devlin, Colin Park, Andy Bogle. Minor Boys Team A - Callum Weatherston, Fraser Murray, Callum Murray & Martin Johnson.