On the first day of the Scottish National Championships Gavin RUMGAY beat the number 2 seed Craig HOWIESON in the final by 4/1 to claim his 9th title. In the ladies event Gillian EDWARDS came back from being 2 sets to 1 down in the semi-final to beat Co On the first day of the Scottish National Championships Gavin RUMGAY beat the number 2 seed Craig HOWIESON in the final by 4/1 to claim his 9th title. In the ladies event Gillian EDWARDS came back from being 2 sets to 1 down in the semi-final to beat Corinna WHITAKER 11/9 in the fifth set and then beat the number 2 seed Lynda FLAWS by 4/2 in the final to take the ladies title. Gavin RUMGAY won his 9th National Championship at Bells Sports Centre on Saturday 1st March. Despite fierce resistance from the number 2 seed Craig HOWIESON who had set points in the fourth end to take it to 2 games all Gavin came back to take the fourth set and then won the fifth by 11/8 to take the match 4/1. There were several upsets in the quarter finals with Nial CAMERON (seeded 3) losing to Chris MAIN in the fifth set and Stewart CRAWFORD (seeded 4) losing in 4 sets to young Yaser RAZOUK. In the semis Gavin was pushed all the way by Sean DOHERTY while Craig HOWIESON beat Colin DALGLISH who had performed very well in the earlier rounds to get to the semis for the first time Gillian EDWARDS and Corinna WHITAKER had a battle royal in the Semi-Finals of the ladies. Corinna was 2 sets to 1 up and close to winning the match in the fourth but lost the set 10/12 and then the decider by 11/9. In the other semi-final the second seed Lynda FLAWS was very close to going out against Lucy ELLIOTT (who had previously beaten Corinna in the opening group). Lynda was 2 sets to 1 down against Lucy but by sheer determination won the 4th set by 13/11. She was also 2 match points down in the final set but again managed to claw her way back to win by 11/9. In the ladies final Gillian EDWARDS got off to a strong start and won the first 3 sets comfortably but Lynda FLAWS again showed her fighting spirit by winning the fourth set 13/11 and the fifth by 11/7. Gillian held her nerve however and took the match and title in the 6th set by 11/8. Scottish National Championships 2014 RESULTS (event winner runner-up) Men’s Singles    Gavin RUMGAY    Craig HOWIESON Ladies Singles    Gillian EDWARDS    Lynda FLAWS Men’s Doubles    Gavin RUMGAY Craig HOWIESON    Calum MAIN Chris WHEELER Ladies Doubles    Lynda FLAWS Corinna WHITAKER    Lucy ELLIOT Stephanie McCALLUM Mixed Doubles    Yaser RAZOUK Lynda FLAWS    Terry McLERNON Lucy ELLIOT Junior boys    Chris WHEELER    Yaser RAZOUK Junior girls    Lucy ELLIOT    Rebecca PLAISTOW Cadet boys    Chris WHEELER    Yaser RAZOUK Cadet girls    Rebecca PLAISTOW    Alisa KHALID Minor boys    Martin JOHNSTON    Yifie FANG Minor girls    Faye LEGGET    Jenny YANG Junior boys Doubles    Chris WHEELER Blair FOWLER    Yaser RAZOUK Stephen GRIMES Junior Girls Doubles    Lucy ELLIOT Rachael CRAWFORD    Jill TAYLOR Caitlin CAMERON

Latvian Champions in 2014 in singles are Antra VINERTE and Sandijs VASILJEVS. In the final of the Women’s Singles Event Antra VINERTE beat Diana RUSINOVA in straight games. Insana MAHAURI and Farogatkhon AZIZKHODJAEVA clinched bronze. Sandijs VASILJEVS be Latvian Champions in 2014 in singles are Antra VINERTE and Sandijs VASILJEVS. In the final of the Women’s Singles Event Antra VINERTE beat Diana RUSINOVA in straight games. Insana MAHAURI and Farogatkhon AZIZKHODJAEVA clinched bronze. Sandijs VASILJEVS beat Igors SIDOROVS in the final of the Men’s Singles Event 4:1. Olegs SIDOROVS and Artus REINHOLDS reached semi final. Sandijs VASILJEVS and Antra VINERTE enriched their cupboard with gold in Mixed Doubles Event. They beat Olegs KARTUZOVS and Olga KARUZOVA in the final. Antra VINERTE added another gold with Olga KARUZOVA in Women’s Doubles Event. Diana RUSINOVA and Insana MAHURI are second. Sandijs VASILJEVS also made it three. In Men’s Doubles Event with Olegs KARTUZOVS he beat Artus REINHOLDS and Leonidis MASLOVS in the final.

Pavel PLATONOV defended his title at the Men’s Singles Event in Minsk. In Women’s Event Aleksandra PRIVALOVA last year’s Belarus champion lost her title after six games duel against Elena DUBKOVA. PLATONOV the top seeded player in Singles beat Vitaly N Pavel PLATONOV defended his title at the Men’s Singles Event in Minsk. In Women’s Event Aleksandra PRIVALOVA last year’s Belarus champion lost her title after six games duel against Elena DUBKOVA. PLATONOV the top seeded player in Singles beat Vitaly NEKHVEDOVICH in the final 4:2. New champions in Men’s Doubles Event are Dimitry CHUMAKOV and Gleb SHAMRUK. In the Women’s Doubles Event final Maryia KUCHUK and Alina ORLOVSKA beat PRIVALOVA and Katsiaryna BARAVOK in straight games. Pavel PLATONOV won the title in Mixed Doubels last year with Alexandra PRIVALOVA but this year he succeeded with BARAVOK.

At the Welsh Championships 2014 in Carmarthen Conor EDWARDS and Charlotte CAREY were winners once again in the junior categories for a 4th time respectively. Conor found himself at 2/2 with Jac JENKINS in the semi finals but squeezed the 5th set to his ad At the Welsh Championships 2014 in Carmarthen Conor EDWARDS and Charlotte CAREY were winners once again in the junior categories for a 4th time respectively. Conor found himself at 2/2 with Jac JENKINS in the semi finals but squeezed the 5th set to his advantage 11/4. In the final Conor beat number 1 seed Ryan OYLER 3/1 with a more powerful display. OYLER beat number 4 seed Callum EVANS in the other half of the draw. Charlotte who retains her cup had a tighter than expected final beating number 2 seed Beth ROBERTS 3/1 in the junior girls final. Beth beat Soffi JENKINS in their semi final encounter as Charlotte beat Kate ROBERTS in the other match. Soffi and Charlotte teamed up to beat the ‘Roberts’ pairing in the junior girls final 3/1. Jac and Callum retained their title beating Lawrence JOHN and Marc CASTRO in the boy’s equivalent. Later that day it was the turn of the U11 boy’s. The winner Joseph ROBERTS was in fine form beating Mithun PADMANABHAN in their final. In the female section 7 year old Anna HURSEY won the U11 girls Championships beating Cardiff’s Lauren STACEY in their final match. In the disability Championships (standing & wheelchair) – Ashley DAVIES beat all 4 opponents in the round robin on offer to win his gold medal with Nathan THOMAS doing the same in their event. Nathan beat Swansea’s Paul KARABARDAK in the final encounter whilst Ashley beat Rebekah EVANS in their event. It’s the first time the Championships have been inclusive with disability events on offer for all entrants. After his semi final loss in the junior singles Jac JENKINS picked himself up to take the cadet singles with a final victory over Marc CASTRO (seeded 2) 3/0. It’s Jac’s first win in these Championships at this age level after losing to Callum EVANS in last year’s final. Lydia JOHN picked up the winner’s trophy in the cadet girls final (again for the first time) with a final win against Jamie-Lee HARLEY 3/1. The last matches of the day saw the U13 boys and girls singles events finals take place. Cade Short faced off vs Joseph ROBERTS whilst the U13 girls were a re-run of the cadet girls final with Jamie-Lee taking on Lydia JOHN. Lydia lost the first end but rallied back to win once again 3/1 for the double. Cade avenged his earlier loss to Joseph to win the U13 singles and captures another Welsh title with a 3/0 win. Day 2 Big matches from the start of the day with Dean CUNDY v Ryan OWEN Megan PHILLIPS v Beth ROBERTS Conor EDWARDS v Neil WRIGHT Ryan OYLER v Reece LO Nicole HALL v Charlotte CAREY Dan O’CONNELL v Ethan DAVIES Naomi OWEN v Chloe THOMAS & Callum EVANS v Patrick THOMAS in the men’s and women’s singles events. Dean CUNDY beat Ryan OWEN 3/1 in their tight group match. Charlotte beat Nicole HALL 3/0 Naomi beat Chloe 3/0 Megan beat Beth 3/1 Patrick beat Callum 3/0 Ryan OYLER beat Reece LO 3/2 (12-10 in the 5th) Dan O’CONNELL beat Ethan DAVIES 3/1 and finally Conor beat Neil WRIGHT 3/1. Once the U21 groups started there were a few games to note. Dan O’CONNELL took Jac JENKINS 3/1 Chloe Thomas beat Megan PHILLIPS 3/1 Conor EDWARDS beat Ryan OYLER 3/1 and Callum EVANS 3/2 whilst Nicole HALL took Angharad in a tight 5th set match. Back to the Men’s and women’s singles and Stephen JENKINS retained his title for a 2nd time with a 3/2 win against Dan O’CONNELL in the final. Dan led 2/1 and had a small lead in the final 5th set but Steve fought back like a champion and held his nerve well to seal it 11/8. The women’s cup will have a new name on it come Monday as Charlotte CAREY took 9 times champion Naomi OWEN in another 5th set battle. The hall stopped for both finals to commence and the crowd were treating to 2 cracking games. The PHILLIPS twins teamed up to take the women’s doubles defeating GRECH/MORGAN in the semis and then CAREY/THOMAS in the final both 3/0. The men’s doubles winners were Dan O’CONNELL and Patrick THOMAS as they beat Conor EDWARDS/Callum EVANS in the final 3/0 and Ryan OYLER/Josh STACEY in the semis 3/1. Charlotte CAREY completed the double with a final victory vs Chloe THOMAS in the U21 women’s singles 11/4  11/6 and 12/10. Daniel O’CONNELL avenged his loss in the men’s singles final with the U21 men’s title against Conor EDWARDS 3/0. The Over 50’s singles was won by local boy David LLOYD who beat Ray GOULDING of Newport 3/2 in an epic challenge. Lee THOMAS won the Vets singles with a tidy 3/0 win over Neil Wright in their encounter. Lee has been off the TT scene in recent years and it’s good to see him back in town. Doubles events went the way of CAREY/O’CONNELL (mixed doubles) and FARROW/THOMAS (Vets) as they took the trophies home. In the final match of the weekend (over 60 singles) it was Roger GRECH who won the title with a magnificent match-up against Ray GOULDING RESULTS Junior Boys – SF – Conor Edwards bt Jac Jenkins 3/2; Ryan Oyler bt Callum Evans 3/1. Final – Conor Edwards bt Ryan Oyler 3/1 Junior Girls – SF – Charlotte Carey bt Kate Roberts 3/0; Beth Roberts bt Soffi Jenkins 3/0. Final – Charlotte Carey bt Beth Roberts 3/1 U11 Girls – Winner Anna Hursey; R/Up Lauren Stacey U11 Boys – Winner Joseph Roberts; R/Up Mithun Padmanabhan Disability Singles – Standing – 1 Nathan Thomas 2 Paul Karabardak 3 Lawrence John 4 Josh Morgan 5 Ashley Wray. Wheelchair – 1 Ashley Davies 2 Rebekah Evans 3 Rob Davies 4 Tom Matthews 5

No surprise at the 82th Belgian table tennis championship in Andenne a small city between Liège and Namur. For Jean-Michel SAIVE it was his 25th victory in 33 appearances from… 1982! At 44 years he looks unbeatable at the Belgian level even when No surprise at the 82th Belgian table tennis championship in Andenne a small city between Liège and Namur. For Jean-Michel SAIVE it was his 25th victory in 33 appearances from… 1982! At 44 years he looks unbeatable at the Belgian level even when his brother (42 years) stretched him to the seven sets in quarter final. In the women competition the young Nathalie MARCHETTI (17 years) retains her crown. And made it triple with the women double and the mixed double But the quest for SAIVE’S 25th crown was far from a formality. Thanks mainly to … Philip his brother who pushed to the 7th set in the quarter -finals. Philippe 42 winner in 1993 and 2003 we had not seen at the National since 2006. Eight years later even if he is no longer at the top of the sporting ambitions his experience can still inflict a crushing 11-1 at number one Belgian at the start of the duel. “ I’m more excited then I was after my first title. Winning for the first time was a childhood dream now it is fabulous . It pays for all the efforts that I have been through and all my sacrifice on daily basis ” said SAIVE. Men’s Singles – Semi final J.M. SAIVE – C. NUYTINCK 4 – 3 (-7 4 -5 4 4 -8 4); B. ROGIERS – Y. Vostes  4 – 1 (10 -6 7 11 3). FINAL Jean-Michel SAIVE – Benjamin ROGIERS 4 – 1 (10-12 11-6 11-7 11-3 11-7). Women’s Singles – Semi final Nathalie MARCHETTI – Margot DEGRAEF 4 – 2 (5 7 -5 9 -8 4); Eline LOYEN  – Lisa LUNG 4 – 1 (8 -8 4 10 8). FINAL Nathalie MARCHETTI – Eline LOYEN 4 – 2 (-9 -12 9 8 10 4). Men’s Doubles – FINAL Lauric JEAN / Florent LAMBIET – Tim JANSSENS / Robin SAUDEMONT 3 – 1 (-12 2 7 11). Women’s Doubles – FINAL Nathalie MARCHETTI / Gabriella VINCI – Florence Van ACKER / Lauranne HAECKEMACH 3 – 1 (7 -8 7 5). Mixed Doubles – FINAL: Nathalie MARCHETTI / Damien DELOBBE – Lauranne HAECKEMACH / Arthur BILLAS 3 – 2 (-10 6 6 -9 13).  

Irfan CEKIC clinched the titles in the Singles and Men’s Doubles and Mixed Double’s Events at the National Championships in Montenegro. In Mojkovac CEKIC beat Filip RADOVIC in the final of the Men’s Singles. With Luka BAKIC he succeeded Irfan CEKIC clinched the titles in the Singles and Men’s Doubles and Mixed Double’s Events at the National Championships in Montenegro. In Mojkovac CEKIC beat Filip RADOVIC in the final of the Men’s Singles. With Luka BAKIC he succeeded in men’s Doubles. They beat Nikola JUSKOVIC and Viktor ROGIC in the final. With Sonja JANKOVIC CEKIC clinched gold in Mixed Doubles. BAKIC and Neda MILACIC BOGDANOVIC suffered at the last hurdle. Neda MILACIC BOGDANOVIC won the title in Women’s Singles Event. She beat Simona PEROVIC in the final. PEROVIC won gold with Sanja JANKOVIC in Women’s Doubles Event. Ivana DALOVIC and MILACIC BOGDANOVIC concluded the competition at the second position.    

Ieva VENSLAVICIUTE and Arnoldas DOMEIKA emerged successfullu after three days of battles at the Lithuanian National Championships. In close final DOMEIKA beat Mata VILKA in full seven games match. Gintautą JUCHNA and Alfreda UDRA won bronze. Eglė STUCKYTE Ieva VENSLAVICIUTE and Arnoldas DOMEIKA emerged successfullu after three days of battles at the Lithuanian National Championships. In close final DOMEIKA beat Mata VILKA in full seven games match. Gintautą JUCHNA and Alfreda UDRA won bronze. Eglė STUCKYTE suffered in the final of the Women’s Doubles Event. Aiste MACAITE and Aukse GECEVICIUTE won bronze. Ugnės BASKUTYTĖS and Vitalijos VENCKUTĖS are Women’s Doubles Event winners Marius BUCYS su Andriumi PREIDZIUMI won the title in Men’s Doubles. Arnoldo DOMEIKOS and Eglės ORLOVATĖS clinched the title in Mixed Doubles Event.

During the weekend of 1 and 2 March 2014 Zwolle was the place to be for Dutch top table tennis. In a packed Landstede Sportcentre almost 2 000 people saw matches of the top national players. Ewout  OOSTWOUDER(Smash ’70) met Barry WIJERS (FvT) in the fina During the weekend of 1 and 2 March 2014 Zwolle was the place to be for Dutch top table tennis. In a packed Landstede Sportcentre almost 2 000 people saw matches of the top national players. Ewout  OOSTWOUDER(Smash ’70) met Barry WIJERS (FvT) in the final of the men’s singles tournament. This match was the copy of the final of the Dutch Masters earlier this year. Just like in January OOSTWOUDER took the title. In the final OOSTWOUDER needed just four games to overcome WIJERS. The toughest match for OOSTWOUDER on the final day was the quarterfinal earlier on Sunday. In this quarterfinal OOSTWOUDER faced a battle with Rajko GOMMERS. GOMMERS took a 3-1 lead but OOSTWOUDER fought back and took the match 4-3. After that the winner of the title didn’t lose any more games. Laurens TROMER and Michel de BOER finished equally in third place. In the women’s single tournament Li Jiao won her 10th consecutive national singles title. With this 10th title Li Jiao equals the 28 year old record of Bettine VRIESEKOOP. In the final LI Jiao faced fellow national team player LI Jie. LI Jie returned to competition after giving birth to her son last year September. The returning player seemed to miss some match rhythm but despite this fact she played pretty constant against Li Jiao. In just four games Li Jiao claimed her 10the title. Third place went to Britt EERLAND and Yana TIMINA. The doubles tournaments always bring unexpected wins and combinations. In women’s double the title was for Carla NOUWEN and Nicky ZETSEN. Earlier during the tournament on Saturday Zetsen won the mixed doubles title with Martijn de VRIES. Barry WIJERS played a great tournament with three out of three finals. He only succeeded in the men’s doubles final with partner Martin KHATCHANOV. In de mixed doubles en men’s single finals he had to settle for second place.

17-year old Elia SCHMID clinched his first title. In the final he won 4:2 against his teammate Lionel WEBER (same age!). SCHMID said: “Before the final I thought it would be 50:50 chances. Several times we played against each other at junior champi 17-year old Elia SCHMID clinched his first title. In the final he won 4:2 against his teammate Lionel WEBER (same age!). SCHMID said: “Before the final I thought it would be 50:50 chances. Several times we played against each other at junior championships. Sometimes Lionel won sometimes it was me.“ The organising club Rio-Star Muttenz was very happy to see two of its youngsters in the final. Rachel MORET was very happy after the championship; she took the gold medal in singles double and mixed. Therefore she repeated her success from 2012. The 24-year old will spent another year playing as a professional player in the French league for EP Isséenne. Results Men’s Singles: Final: Elia Schmid (Rio-Star Muttenz) s. Lionel Weber (Rio-Star Muttenz/3) 4:2 (5:11 11:5 11:6 11:7 8:11 11:3). Semifinals: Lionel Weber s. Nicola Mohler (St. Louis/France/2) 4:1 (11:7 6:11 11:7 12:10 13:11). Elia Schmid s. Christian Hotz (Wil SG/5) 4:2 (11:13 11:6 5:11 11:9 11:6 11:9). Women’s Singles: Final: Rachel Moret (EP Isséenne/France/2) s. Rahel Aschwanden (Weil/Germany/1) 4:2 (10:12 11:1 11:9 11:5 7:11 11:5). Semifinals: Rahel Aschwanden s. Céline Reust (Uster/5) 4:3 (11:8 10:12 13:11 5:11 8:11 11:5 11:6). Rachel Moret s. Laura Schärrer (Weil/Germany /3) 4:2 (11:9 11:5 8:11 10:12 11:4 11:6). Men’s Doubles: Final: Nicola Mohler/Lionel Weber (1) s. Thierry Miller (Bulle)/Stefan Renold (Bremgarten) (2) 3:0 (12:10 11:8 14:12). Women’s Doubles: Final: Rahel Aschwanden/Rachel Moret (1) s. Jacqueline Weiss (Wil)/Laura Schärrer (3) 3:1 (10:12 13:11 11:5 13:11). Mixed Doubles: Final: Mohler/Moret (1) s. Merz/Schärrer (3) 3:0 (11:7 11:3 11:6).

For a first time Alexander SHIBAEV (Yaroslavl) and Olga BARANOVA (Moscow) clinched the national titles in Russia. After almost a week long competition which included the Team’s Event as well Russia celebrated new champions. In the final of the Men’s Singl For a first time Alexander SHIBAEV (Yaroslavl) and Olga BARANOVA (Moscow) clinched the national titles in Russia. After almost a week long competition which included the Team’s Event as well Russia celebrated new champions. In the final of the Men’s Singles Event Alexander SHIBAEV overcame Alexey LIVENTSOV 4:2. Grigory VLASOV and Mihail PAIKOV clinched bronze. In the Women’s Singles Event final Olga BARANOVA overcame Polina MIKHAILOVA 4:0. Valentina SABITOVA and Eliza SHARIPOVA lost in the semi final. In Men’s Doubles Final Alexey ZHOUKOV and Ilya SHAMIN beat Grigory VLASOV and Artur GRIGOREV 3:2 whilst in Women’s Doubles Finals Anastasiya VORONOVA and Yulia PROKHOROVA (Moscow) succeeded against Anna BLAZHKO and Valentina SABITOVA (Moscow) 3:2. New champions in Mixed Doubles Event are Grigory VLASOV and Yana NOSKOVA. They overcame Viacheslav BUROV and Olga BARANOVA at the last hurdle 3:2. The event’s TV streaming here