Rugby Table Tennis Club

Schools Table Tennis

Abbots Farm Lawrence Sheriff Warwickshire English Schools

Most of the the junior players at Rugby Table Tennis Club go to Lawrence Sheriff School, where the table tennis centre is based. There are also strong links and regular coaching sessions at Abbots Farm Junior School, Bilton, Avon Valley and Ashlawn.

See Warwickshire website for the latest info, results & archives

2008/9

Dates for the Warwickshire County Schools team and individual events are shown here

2007/8

LAWRENCE SHERIFF SCHOOL UNDER 15 TEAM WINS COUNTY SCHOOLS FINAL

In the Warwickshire Schools Team event, held at the school table tennis centre, Ben Meakin, Jack Randle, Matthew Outhwaite and Jesse Kendrick-Hill won gold beating school teams from the second city in both the final and semi. They progressed to the zone finals next month in Cheltenham. The school U19 team suffered the narrowest of defeats in the final to King Edward VI – the match ended 4 games all, 12 ends/sets all and 241 points to 244. For the U13 team it was their first experience of competitive play but they performed well winning the play off for third and fourth place.

2006/7

Warwickshire Schools Individual Championships

Rugby Cadets dominated the U13 Boys event with Saturdays successful Cadet threesome making it through to the semi-finals. Sheriff boys Matthew and Jack met in one semi-final. They played some of the most competitive table tennis of the night enthralling many of the watching players and parents. the match ended in a narrow win for Jack in the fifth. Jack then battled bravely against Xiaoyang in the final but Xiao played his customary high level to win in straight sets and go through to the National finals in Stoke-on-Trent.

The U16 Boys event also saw three club players from Lawrence Sheriff making it through to the semi-finals. Tristan Mobbs battled out four ends with Alex Phillips before running out of steam with Alex winning the fifth. Ben came through the other semi, also in five ends against Phil Blowey of Lillington to set up a final with Alex. The final was a tight affair with long rallies, again going to a fifth end. Ben started the fifth brightly working himself into an 8-3 lead but then Alex mounted a comeback bringing the match to deuce before edging ahead to win and go forward to represent the county at Stoke.

The U11 boys event went to Jesse Kendrick-Hill who won his group which included the U13 and U16 girls. Another club member, Annalise Thornhill, won through as the only U13 girl and competed well on the night to gain some valuable match experience.

Only in the U19 boys and U11 girls were the club without strong representation.

Winners
Boys
U11 Jesse Kendrick Hill (Paddox)
U13 Ma Xiaoyang (Cardinal Wiseman)
U16 Alex Philips (Lawrence Sheriff)
U19 Tristan Gretton (King Edwards V1)
Girls
U11 Holly Thompson (Kingsley)
U13 Annalise Thornhill (Ashlawn)
U16 Charlotte Spencer (North Leamington)
U19 No entries
All winners now go forward to the National Schools Final on Saturday 21st April at
Fenton Manor Leisure Centre in Stoke on Trent.

Sunday 21st January 2007 ESTTA Schools Zone Finals Cheltenham

The U13's won both their matches; an 8-0 against Duston School from Northampton was followed by a 5-3 against Droitwich Spa High School. Jack Randle and Matthew Outhwaite won all four of their games with Nic Evangelinos adding three and Jack Davis two.

The U16's had three matches. They beat both Northampton School for Boys and Balcarras, Cheltenham 8-0 and drew 4-4 with Wolverley High School, Kidderminster. Tom Bradley won all six of his games, Tristan Mobbs and Alex Phillips both five with Ben Meakin four. It was a close call but they went through on a sets count back having beaten Wolverley 15-14. Thankfully by winning their groups they avoided the need to travel to Croydon, as runners-up, in the next round!

Thursday 23rd November 2006 Report of Warwickshire Schools Team Tournament

Once again the U13 and U16 Lawrence Sheriff school teams were the best in the county. Nineteen teams took part in the Warwickshire Schools tournament held in the school table tennis centre on Thursday. At U13 level Jack Randle, Matthew Outhwaite, Greg Clarke and Nic Evangelinos won in the final against North Leamington.
The U16 Sheriff team were also successful. Ben Meakin, Alex Phillips, Tristan Mobbs and Tom Bradley won a large group and then overpowered George Elliot 7-1 in the final. Bringing Daniel Fellowes out of retirement couldn’t help the less experienced U19 Sheriff team who lost out in the final to Stratford. For the second year running Abbots Farm qualified at U11 level. See the results on the Warwickshire County site here.

2005

Saturday 22nd April

Schools Individuals Stoke-on-Trent

representing Warwickshire were

U11 Matthew, U13 Jack, U16 Daniel, U19 Tristan.

all attend Lawrence Sheriff except Matthew who is at Abbots Farm.

Sunday 19th February

English Schools Regional Finals

Held in Southampton with four club members; Jack Randle, David McGott, Greg Clarke and Jack Haynes representing Lawrence Sheriff School at U13 level:

lost to William Parker 8-0
lost to Peniel Academy (eventual winners) 7-1 (Jack beat their number 1)
beat Court Field 5-3 Jack 2 David 2 Greg 1

Unfortunately Regional Finals day was a half-term Sunday and clashed with the club table tennis tour of Jersey. This ruled out one of the better players! Perversely, had the U13 team entered the U19 event, they may have done even better, as the eventual winners had three players who the U13's players had beaten in a different competition earlier in the season!! This shows that the standard of play is improving.

Sunday 22nd January

English Schools Zone Finals Report

Abbots Farm lost both games 6-2 with Matthew winning all 4 of his games. (Therefore didn't progress.)

Photo of the Abbots Farm Team who represented the county at U11 level.
Lawrence Sheriff School U13 won two, 8-0 and 7-1, and lost to Franche Middle from Kidderminster 6-2. Finished 2nd and have progressed to regional finals. Jack Randle and Ben Meakin won 5 out of 6, Greg Clarke 4 and David McGott 3.They all played well.
Lawrence Sheriff School U16 won 2 (7-1, 7-1) lost 1 (0-8) and drew one. Daniel Fellowes, Tom Bradley and Alex Phillips won 5 with Alex Armitage winning 3.