Ormesby U17 2 Star Open Championship Report – Table Tennis England

While players of the Ormesby Pathway Development Center dominated both the U15 and U13 events, Zain Ali made his journey from Birmingham completely worth Tesside when he won the U17 -Singles in the Ormesby U17 2 Star Open Championship on 7^one September in the Ormesby Club in Cleveland.

The entry for the events meant that it was practical to run one competition at each of the three age levels for all the boys and girls who came in.

In the U17 -Singles, Ali was unbeaten with his most important victory over the player who ended in 2^ND Place, Sebastion Runcanu from Barnsley in Yorkshire in 3 consecutive games. Ali’s victory over the 3^RD Place player, Abu Sami Osman of Newcastle, with a closer match that went into the 4 deuce^one game. In the battle for second place, Runcanu Osman defeated on 11-9 in the 4^one and 11-8 in the decision maker.

1^star Zain Ali (wa)
2^ND Sebastion Runcanu (YK)
3^RD Abu Sami Osman (ND)
4^one Charl Myburg (ND)
5^one David Sherwood (YK)
6^one Harvey Ralph (YK)

The winner of the U15 singles was Charlie Burnside who, after losing the first match against his Ormesby teammate, won Jack Walker, on 11-5 the next 3 games to take the first place. Against the player who ended in 3^RD Position, Oscar Dixon from Driffield, Burnside had an easier victory in straight games, but the match for 2^ND Place between Walker and Dixon was one of the nearest sets of the day with Walker who won 11-8 in the decision maker. The player in 4^one Position, Mindy Gao, was the nearest match of Burnside with Burnside winning in 5 games.

1^star Charlie Burnside (du)
2^ND Jack Walker (CV)
3^RD Oscar Dixon (YK)
4^one Mindy Gao (CV)
5^one Alfie Hunter (you)
6^one Aliya Zhuzbayeva (CV)
7^one Jonti Barnes (CV)
8^one Harriet Goodwin (you)
9^one John Lyons (du)

The U13 -Singles were dominated by two girls with Sophie Dodds who won the titles with Mila Gao in 2^ND place. In the decision maker with Gao, Dodds was the winner in 3 consecutive games, although Dodds lost one of her sets against Flynn Payne from York after being 2-1 higher. Payne won the following 2 games at 11-9, but Payne lost four other sets and ended in 6^one position. The title was therefore decided in the match between Dodds and GAO that was comfortably won by Dodds.

1^star Sophie Dodds (du)
2^ND Mila Gao (CV)
3^RD Jamie Dent (du)
4^one Evie Main (CV)
5^one John Graham (YK)
6^one Flynn Payne (YK)
7^one Nate Merril (YK)
8^one Chloe man advertisement (yk)

Report and photos delivered by Alan Ransome OBE, chairman of Ormesby Table Tennis Club.