Table Tennis takes centre stage at Kent School Games
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Youngsters in the table tennis event at Sittingbourne Community College
Table tennis action in Sittingbourne
Table tennis action in Sittingbourne
Ashley Houghton playing at Maplesden Noakes School in Maidstone
Calum Lambert tries to win a point at Maplesden Noakes
Pents Valley's under-15 team of Summer Quinnell,Kim Hart,Ellie Gaffney,Kendra Lennon
Polly Comfort in an under-13s match at the Dover Sports Centre
Hundreds of youngsters have competed in the qualifying
table tennis events for next year's Kent School Games.
Thirty teams and almost 400 pupils took part at Dover Leisure
Centre. Dane Court won the boys’ under-13 competition after seeing
off Canterbury High 4-0 in the final, having beaten Simon Langton B
by the same score in the last four.
The boys’ under-15 final was an all-Simon Langton affair, with
the A team beating their B team 3-1.
Earlier, in the semi-finals, the A team defeated Canterbury High
3-1 and the B side beat Harvey GC by the same score.
The girls’ competitions were decided on a group basis and both
age groups were won by teams from Dover GS with the under-13s
finishing 16 points clear of second-placed Pent Valley and the
under-15s finishing 12-clear of the same rivals
At Leigh Technology Academy in Dartford , t he leading teams in
the under-13 boys age group were Leigh Technology College and
Wilmington Boys Grammar School.
The under-15 boys age group saw Leigh Technology College and
Wilmington Boys Grammar School triumph.
Dartford Grammar School Girls A and B teams won the under-15
girls event and the same school saw their A and B teams also win
the under-13 girls event.
At Sittingbourne Community College, SCC won through to July’s
finals in the under-15 boys while Westlands progressed in the
under-13 girls’ and under-15 girls’ categories.
Aylesford Sports College took the honours at Maplesden Noakes
School in Maidstone. Aylesford’s under-13 and under-15 girls team
both won through.
Also going through were Oakwood Park Grammar School’s under-15
boys and, in the under-13 boys section, Oakwood Park Grammar School
and Cornwallis School triumphed.
Organiser Neil Castle said: "It was a big week for table tennis
heats for the Kent School Games. It’s a great opportunity to get so
many young competitors together to show off their talents and
represent their schools and the winners are now a step closer to
being successful in the county finals next July."
Monday, November 30 2009
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