2013 Ayrshire Schools Championships Results

The Ayrshire Schools Table Tennis Championships were played at Geilsland School, Beith on Sunday 20 January. Support from the three Active Schools regions of South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire enabled extra events to be held outside those required for the Scottish Senior Schools Finals selection. A long days play with all competitors getting plenty of games and nobody completing the day without losing at least one end. Seperate Boys and girls events were held at all age groups except Under 18 and Doubles.

The Ayrshire Table Tennis Accociation would like to congradulate the following competitior who have qualified for the Scottish National Schools Finals in Perth on Sunday 24 February

Under 14 Girls

Rebecca Plaistow	St Matthew's Academy - Saltcoats
Rebecca Melrose	St Matthew's Academy - Saltcoats

Under 14 Boys

Konnar Doyle	St Matthew's Academy - Saltcoats
Charlie Boom	Kyle Academy - Ayr
Ross Dewar	Kyle Academy - Ayr
Martin Johnson	Glencairn PS - Stevenston

Under 16 Girls

Jill Taylor

Ardrossan Academy - Ardrossan

Under 16 Boys

Andrew Macpherson	Greenwood Academy - Dreghorn
Andrew Bogle	Marr College - Troon
Nathan Devlin	Ardrossan Academy - Ardrossan

Under 18 Boys

Christopher Barclay	Ardrossan Academy - Ardrossan
Colin Park	Ardrossan Academy - Ardrossan

The non qualifying events held were Under 12 Boys and Girls, Mixed Plate events for Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 and Doubles. Plate events were held for competitiors who did not win enough games in thier initial group to progress to the finals stages.

 

Under 12 Boys

Winner – Callum Weatherston	Prestwick Academy - Prestwick
Runner Up – Martin Johnson	Glencairn PS - Stevenston

Under 12 Girls

Winner – Jodie McMail	St Lukes PS - Killwinning
Runner Up – Eve Andrews	St Bridgets - Kilbirnie

Under 12 Plate

Winner – Jack Fowler	St Bridget's - Kilbirnie
Runner Up – Leon Doyle	St Bridget's - Kilbirnie

Under 14 Plate

Winner – Derrin Lynch	Ardrossan Academy - Ardrossan
Runner Up – Ryan Henry	St Matthew's Academy - Saltcoats

Under 16 Plate

Winner – Charlie Boom	Kyle Academy - Ayr
Runner Up – Ross Dewar	Kyle Academy - Ayr

Doubles

Winners - Nathan Devlin                 Andrew Bogle	Ardrossan Academy Marr College - Troon
Runners Up - Andrew Macpherson                       Robin Wilson	Greenwood Academy Greenwood Academy

Thank you to Garnock Valley Table Tennis for the use of their Awards For All Funded top class Tables, Sean Doyle and Ian Macpherson for keeping the draw moving to complete all games and special thanks to Jacqui Doyle for umpiring over 20 matches.

2013 Schools Championships

Ayrshire Schools Table Tennis Championships 2013 supported by Active School's, South, East and North Ayrshire

Ayrshire Regional Qualifier

Scottish Schools Table Tennis Championships 2013

SUNDAY 20^th January 2013, 10: 00am start

Geilsland School, Beith

Main Entrance on Wardrop St, B777

Entry Form Available here:  2013 Ayrshire Schools Entry

The Top four players in Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 Events Qualify to enter in
the Scottish Schools Championships in Perth on Sunday 24 February 2013

RULES and REGULATIONS

• Play will start at 10.00 am. (Players will be notified if there is any change).
• 3 star 40mm white balls will be used.
• Please wear dark top and training shoes. No football tops please.
• All matches will be the best of 5 games, 11 points up and will be played in groups.
• Some age categories may play as a combined event if there is insufficient entries.
• The Organisers will do the seeding for the competition.
• All players have two (2) minutes to appear, warm up and start play when called to the table.
• All players will be required to umpire.
• ITTF Regulations/Rules for International Competition at that time will apply
• All cheques to be made payable to: Ayrshire Table Tennis Association

Bring your own Lunch, Drinks and Snacks. There are NO vending machines.

Return Entry Form to: Sean Doyle, 16 Coldgreen Av, Kilbirnie, KA256BB

Email: tabletennisayrshire@live.co.uk

LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: Wednesday 16 ^th January 2013

December Start to 2012-2013 Junior League

Results from first two rounds of Ayrshire Table Tennis Junior League

League Tables

Individual Percentages

Next league date is Sunday 14 April. 10:30am start. 3 rounds to be played.

Inter League - Results

A total of 21 players represented Ayrshire in The Inter League Competition which was held at Inverclyde Sports Centre, Largs on 30 March & 1 April. A great turnout from all the registered leagues in Scotland competing to see who is the best. Plenty of matches were played over the 2 days with Ayrshire 'B' Senior Men team still playing at 9pm on Saturday night 12 hours after they started.

Mens Singles - Our 'A' team finished r-up to a strong Edinburgh side, losing 3-1 in the final. Ayrshire 'B' team finished 10th after losing several tight matches on the Saturday and beating Dumbarton on the Sunday.

Veterans - Ian Macpherson, Will Kennedy and Ian McHarg had a successful weekend finishing 3rd behind Stirling and West of Scotland.

Junior Boys - Our 'A' team finished 4th behind West of Scotland, Edinburgh & Dundee. Ayrshire 'B' side finished 9th but gave a creditable performance all weekend.

Minor Boys - Martin Johnson, Callum Weatherston, Callum Murray & Fraser Murray finished 4th ahead of both the Dumfries teams and Perth.

For full report go to http://www.tabletennisscotland.com/documents/reports/tts%20inter%20league_2012.pdf

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.