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The RTTL 2010 Closed Tournament report by Andrew Chappell
Over
50 players gathered at the magnificent new Sports Hall of Norton College
on Sunday 7 March for the 2010 Ryedale Table Tennis League Closed
Tournament. Paul Stansfield, ably assisted by his son James, had
everything organised to a tee which enabled all 10 competitions to be
completed in the day and a great time to be had by all who took part.
There
was a very happy birthday celebration for 80 years young Ryedale D
stalwart Ken Pidgeon and on the playing front it was the evergreen Ray
Mitchell who collected most titles with an amazing 3 trophies coming his
way. First he won the Division 1 Plate with a fine 3 sets to 1 win over
the sprightly Ruth Purseglove. Then he went one better than last year in
the hardbat championship, beating Malcolm Haswell 2 sets to nil. He
concluded a wonderful day as he combined with his Swinton team mate Steve
Oldfield to take the Doubles 12-10 in the third over the father and son
combination of Titch and Stephen Temple.
Oldfield
had earlier won the Division 1 Singles with a fine win against Chris
Londesborough. Tim Adams won out over Stephen Temple in the Division 2
singles and 10 year old James Rule took the Division 3 title with a great
3-1 victory over the vastly experienced and tricky Andy Grayson.
Nick
Knight took the Division 3 Plate for the second year running although he
was run very close by plucky Helmsley junior Guy Harris.
The
Handicap Singles was won by
In one
of the shock results of the tournament, James Ellis of Div 3 knocked out
top first division player Paul Young in the hardbat competition.
Tournament
results
Division
1 Main Event: Winner – Steve Oldfield, Runner Up – Chris
Londesborough
Division
1 Plate: Winner – Ray Mitchell, Runner Up – Ruth Purseglove
Division
2 Main Event: Winner – Tim Adams, Runner Up – Stephen Temple
Division
2 Plate: Winner –
Division
3 Main Event: Winner – James Rule, Runner Up – Andy Grayson
Division
3 Plate: Winner – Nick Knight, Runner Up – Guy Harris
Handicap:
Winner –
Hardbat:
Winner – Ray Mitchell, Runner Up – Malcolm Haswell
Doubles:
Winner – Ray Mitchell and Steve Oldfield, Runner Up –
Selected
Doubles: Winner –
Photos (many thanks to Andrew Chappell)
Organisers Paul and James Stansfield hard at work - well done you two!
First Div Singles winner Steve Oldfield, right with bronzed runner up Chris Londesborough, left and umpire John Gascoyne, centre.
Div 2 singles: Tim Adams (winner), Hovis Brown (ref) and Steve Temple (r/u)
Div 3 singles: Winner James Rule with umpire Geraldo Cosens and runner up Andrew Grayson
Doubles: winners Steve Oldfield and Ray Mitchell plus dad and son runner up combo Steve and Titch Temple. Richard Brown was the ref again.
Div 1 Plate: Ruth Purseglove (r/u), Kenny Brown (ref) and Ray Mitchell (winner)
Div 2 plate: Ken Darby (r/u), Titch Temple (ref) and winner Jean Wardman
Div 3 Plate: Guy Harris (r/u), ref Ian Dawson and winner Nick Knight
Hardbat: A slightly weary winner Ray Mitchell steadies himself against a sprightly looking runner up, Malcolm Haswell.
"I thought you had the key.."
A big cake for a lovely man: Ken Pidgeon is 80!
Some of RTTL's excellent young players
Tim Adams and Steve Temple limber up for the Div 2 final
It's all action in the Div 2 plate...
Good backhand style from Helmsley's Guy Harris
Titch is much taller than his name suggests, ahem. photographer Andrew Chappell, left, and Titch Temple.
The less said about this the better...
Andrew Chappell took over 60 photos at the tournament. If anyone wants him to email one featuring them he will gladly do so if they contact him at qvp@btinternet.com, if he has one.
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