Southport Table Tennis League holds finals night

Second Division winner Tim Nelson, receiving his trophy from Merseyrail's Dave Mullan

For the second year running, Merseyrail generously sponsored the Southport & District Table Tennis Championships.

Following a very successful and well organised qualification day at Formby TTC on Sunday, Argyle Tennis Club was again the venue for the Finals Night held on Wednesday 19th February 2014.

There were seven trophies up for  grabs in the evening, and 10 players  competed for them. Of these, only  three were not from Formby TTC,  and two of those played each other to  guarantee at least one non-Formby win!

The evening began with the Open Singles semi-finals, and in a switch  from last year, Robert Barker beat  Joe Mullin, and Jack Dempsey beat  Steve Green to come through their  semi-finals.

In the Third Division Singles, Sam Pierce (Formby TTC) beat Ben  Shellien (Formby TTC), and in the  Open Doubles, Robert Barker/Jack Dempsey (Formby TTC) beat Steve  Green/Gary Watson (Formby TTC).

Following the intermission the Over 55s Singles saw Gordon Wood  (Waddington) beat Paul Lunan  (Southport TTC), and then in the Juniors Singles, Robert Barker repeated his feat of last year in  beating Jack Dempsey.

Gordon Wood

The Over 40s Singles was again won by Steve Green (Formby TTC), this year beating his doubles  partner, Gary Watson (also Formby  TTC).

The Second Division Singles was won by young Tim Nelson (Formby  TTC) over Danny Houghton (Southport TTC).

The highlight of the evening was the Open Singles final between  Robert Barker and Jack Dempsey  both of Formby TTC. This was a  much closer game than the one between them last year, but Jack once more triumphed.