KS3 boys and girls and KS4 boys and girls competed on consecutive Mondays after school at the Area Table Tennis tournament at The Regis School in Bognor. Bishop Luffa won the team competition at both U13 and U16 age levels for both boys and girls, and went through to contest the County Table Tennis Championships.
The County Table Tennis Championships took place at Tanbridge House School in Horsham. Whilst the Bishop Luffa teams were beaten at this stage they all played against winning teams with players ranked in either the top15 or top 10 nationally.
Particular credit should go to Frances Jones who played with a broken arm and when her broken arm got too painful switched to playing with her left hand.
In addition the top two boys and top two girls from the competing schools at the area stage will combine to make a WSW team. These top four players representing the local area are all from Bishop Luffa. The next round will be tough but they have lots of time to practice for this competition which will take place on Thursday 23 June 2016 at the K2 centre in Crawley.
The players who represented Bishop Luffa this season are:
U13 – Joe Jackson (7RI); Ollie Jackson (7SH); Gilbert Jones (8OT); William Glanville(8OT); Danielle Morrison (8OT); Grace Kemp (8OT); Emily Williams (8KI); Josie Daines (7); Phoebe Butcher (7WI); Maggie King (8AN).
U16 – George Blake (9BU); Charlie Blake (9AN); Flynn Baxter (11RI), Benedict Targett (11RI), Matt Spencer (10WI), Ben Carter (11KI). Heidi King (10AN), Lucie West (10AN), Freya Peake (10SH); Hattie Fowler (10OT); Alice Curruthers (11AN); Frances Jones (11OT).
My thanks to all the players who took part, played well and showed great determination in all their matches.
Rick West, Head of Economics