Three titles each for Claire Blackman & Richard Bashford
The Maidstone Table Tennis League closed championships were held on the 9th / 10th February 2019 at the Cornwallis Academy. The seeds generally made their way through the group stage in the Men’s Singles, but third seed Wayne Youngs was beaten by Paul Woollven and fourth seed Miro Danadzhiev was given a real scare just scraping home against second division Alan Morton. Sixth seed Will Wrapson overcame Martin Ball in one semi-final, while in the opposite semi, top seed Wayne Matthews beat Miro Danadzhiev 11-5, 11-8, 11-7. Wrapson went on to complete a comfortable win over Matthews 11-6, 11-7, 15-13 in the final. The Ladies Singles provided the closest semi finals and final. Reigning Champion Claire Blackman scraped through 11-5, 11-6, 4-11, 8-11, 12-10 against Julie Parker and Anna Virogonova was very fortunate to win against the combination bat of Julie Hall 7-11, 12-10, 6-11, 14-12, 11-7. The final proved equally close with Blackman beating Virogonova 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 5-11, 11-7 to take the title. Claire went on the win the veteran Ladies Singles and the Ladies Doubles with partner Anna Virogonova. Third division Bashford had an excellent win over first division Barry Skates in the veterans O’70’s and went on to gain two more titles winning both the Men’s Class 3 & Division 3 titles. Shev McDonald teamed up with Julie Parker to win the Veteran mixed doubles and claimed the O’60 singles title with a good win over team mate David Clapperton.
10-year-old Joshua Klein showed great promise in the Non-League taster tournament, finally losing to the vastly more experienced Keith Rowland in the final.
Men’s Singles semi-final - Will Wrapson beat Martin Ball 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
Men’s Singles semi-final – Wayne Matthews beat Miro Danadzhiev 11-5, 11-8, 11-7.
Men’s Singles –Will Wrapson beat Wayne Matthews 11-6, 11-7, 15-13
Ladies Singles – Claire Blackman beat Anna Virogonova 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 5-11, 11-7
Men’s Doubles - Miro Danadzhiev / Petar Tancevski beat Wayne Matthews / Wayne Youngs 8-11, 11-2, 11-1, 11-7
Ladies Doubles – Claire Blackman / Anna Virogonova beat Julie Parker / Julie Hall 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6
Mixed Doubles –Miro Danadzhive / Anna Virogonova beat Shev McDonald / Julie Parker 13-11, 11-6, 11-5
Veteran Men’s Singles – Peter Ives beat Martin Hewett 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
O’50 Singles - Wayne Matthews beat Wayne Youngs 11-8, 15-17, 12-10, 11-8
O’60 Single’s – Shev McDonald beat David Clapperton 11-6, 11-7, 13-11
O’70 Singles – Richard Bashford beat Barry Skates 13-11, 15-17, 12-10, 11-5
Veteran Ladies Singles – Claire Blackman beat Julie Parker 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8
Veteran Men’s Doubles –Martin Hewett / Petar Tancevski beat Wayne Youngs / Wayne Matthews 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7
Veteran Ladies Doubles –Julie Hall / Julie Parker beat Susan Boyle / Eileen Corke 11-4, 11-1, 11-5
Veteran Mixed Doubles – Shev McDonald / Julie Parker beat Petar Tancevski / Claire Blackman 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9
Men’s Singles Class 1 - Wayne Youngs beat Paul Godson 11-4, 11-5, 11-6
Men’s Singles Class 2 - Alan Morton beat Paul Cullern 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
Men’s Singles Class 3 – Richard Bashford beat Billy Revell 9-11, 11-3, 11-5, 13-15, 11-5
Ladies consolation Singles – Rachael Woollven beat Christina Flinn 11-3, 11-2, 11-3
Division 2 Singles – Jason Brooks beat Adam Simpson 11-8, 11-6, 11-13, 11-8
Division 3 Singles –Richard Bashford beat Graham Minter 11-7, 13-11, 11-8
Division 4 Singles – Dylan Wright beat Joe Boyle 13-11, 11-8, 11-5
Non-League taster tournament
Non-League Singles – Keith Rowland beat Joshua Klein 11-9, 3-11, 11-8, 11-8
Non-League Singles Class 1 – Alex Davidson beat James Tremaine 11-7, 11-8, 13-11
Non-League Doubles – Jen Akehurst / Keith Rowland beat Sue Hartley / Jennifer Meredith 11-3, 11-8, 11-6
