The birth of a new and exciting Olympic year is now firmly upon us and it was refreshing to witness the young blood and possible future 2020 Olympians carving out their own unique stamp on the Butterfly plywood. A total of seventy young players from eight different counties enjoyed plenty of match competition at yet [...]
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William, one of promising Waterside’s juniors, enjoyed a great weekend of table tennis during the Waterside 1-star tournament that was held on 7-8 January 2012. William played a marathon of matches, taking part in all four categories for boys: U11, U13, Cadets and Juniors. At the end of Sunday, he had played 27 matches, and [...]
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If it was football and we were playing Championship, and according to statistics, we would be well positioned for promotion (as the Mighty Saints!). But it is table tennis and we are playing Division 4 and we will have to continue to play well. In any case, “we are top of the league”, 10 games, [...]
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A match full of uncertainty, especially with Dave Goodyer suffering with an injury which prevents too much movement. It was going to be a tough match! However, our fears were dispelled as the Waterside H trio each gained 2 games plus the doubles against Lesley Jerram and Gerry White. Once again, Tony Tidswell’s style (and [...]
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Matt was unwell so we gave away even more than normal in the difference in average age in our encounter with the enterprising youngsters of Southampton West N. For them, Alan Dawson was very quick on his feet and gave a good account of himself. If we (Bob and Tony) had not turned the doubles [...]
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The Waterside “H” squad of Dave, Colin & Jeff arrived in plenty of time for the match against Hedge End “B”, at their Social Club, and had to wait for a significant time for the home team to present themselves and set up the equipment. At least the surrounding were comfortable! The warm-ups in no [...]
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Another good Young Players Tournament with 25 entries, from Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Winchester, Gosport, Camberley and the local area. After the first round it was split into A and B groups. One of the best matches of the day was the semi-final of Group A that was won by Zac Dowling (Bournemouth) 8, -3, 4, 10 [...]
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It is always difficult playing another team from the same club, especially if opposing players have previously sparred with each other on several occasions on practice nights at Testwood. Each player knows the others’ weaknesses and need to produce something special to win the games. With Wojciech playing for the G side, it seemed like [...]
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We were able to welcome a familiar sight (and sound!) back to Testwood for this one. It was good to see Brian Hayes enjoying his game again. Boy, can this guy play. He was too hot for any of us to handle that’s for sure. We had to therefore concentrate on picking up points from [...]
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Waterside hosted on Sunday the 13th of November this season’s first of three rounds of the InterTown table tennis tournament for Cadets (Under 15) and Juniors (Under 18). Team’s from Andover, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton took part in two seperate events for Cadets and Juniors. The format of the day’s play involved a total of [...]
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