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Ormesby Table Tennis Club

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS

- With another unbeaten run Ormesby Girls clinched their second major title at the Junior British League in Stoke this weekend, so scoring a unique double of the Senior and Junior British titles in one season.

Last weekend in Doncaster Ormesby, with a team (pictured left to right) of Karina Lefevre, Karen Shepherd, Jessica Dawson and Chloe Whyte, won the Women's British League title with a run of 5 consecutive wins.  In Stoke this weekend they followed this up with another run of 4 wins to take the Junior title.  Over the full season Ormesby won all 8 of their matches and had 16 points - a 7 point lead over the team in second place, Grantham's Cliffedale Chandlers.

Ormesby opened the weekend with a 5-1 win over the Slough club Cippenham and followed this up with a 4-2 victory against Burton Uxbridge so that by Saturday evening the Championship's title was secured.  On Sunday the Teesside club went on to increrase their lead at the top of the table by beating the Irish club, Ballina, 5-1 and, in the last match, the team in second place Cliffedale Chandlers by 4-2.

Whyte produced the best overall performance with 7 wins from 8 matches played, including victories over Natalie Slater of Cippenham and Yolanda King of Ballina.  Lefevre at No 1 made another major contribution with 6 wins, including beating both the Chandler top 2 players, Emily Bates and Mary Fuller.  Dawson completed the line-up with 5 wins including maximums against Cippenham and Ballina.

Records are being checked but it is believed that this is the first time in the 20+ year history of these competitions that the same club has won both the Senior and Junior Women's competitions in the same season.  This achievement is made even more remarkable by the senior title being won with three quarters of the players still of a junior age.

Girls Premier

Karina Lefevre uses the Primorac Off- with Roundell on the forehand and Tenergy 05 on the backhand.

Karen Shepherd uses the Boll Forte Off blade with Bryce Speed on the forehand and backhand.

Jessica Dawson uses the Balsa Carbo X5 with Bryce Speed on the forehand and Bryce Speed FX on the backhand.

Chloe Whyte uses the Korbel Off with Tenergy 64 on the forehand and Flarestorm on the backhand.

(Photo courtesy of North East Evening Gazette)

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