News – Page 2 – British Para Table Tennis

McKibbin and Twomey boost Paris hopes with gold in Italy

Aaron McKibbin and 13-year-old Bly Twomey enhanced their qualification hopes for the Paralympic Games in Paris by taking gold in the men’s class 8 singles and women’s class 7 singles respectively at the ITTF Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy...

Three silver medals for British team in Kazakhstan doubles events

The British Para table tennis team took three medals in the doubles events on the final day of the ITTF Astana Para Open in Kazakhstan with Will Bayley and Martin Perry (men’s class 14), Megan Shackleton with Tamara Leonelli Leonelli...

Gold for Bayley and Shackleton in Kazakhstan

World number one Will Bayley, the ITTF Male Para Player of the Year in 2023, made a winning start to 2024 and continued his unbeaten run by taking gold in the men’s class 7 singles at the ITTF Astana Para...

Bayley wins ITTF Player of the Year award

Will Bayley has won the Male Para Player of the Year for 2023 at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Awards held in Busan, Korea Republic. The 36-year-old former Paralympic champion added the European title last September to the World...

March tournaments key to Paralympic qualification for British Para table tennis team

As Para table tennis enters its final month of qualification for the 2024 Paralympic Games British athletes will be travelling to Kazakhstan, Italy, Spain and Poland in March hoping to consolidate or improve their chances of competing in Paris later...

Doubles gold for Ryan in Brazil

Chris Ryan, who led the GB wheelchair rugby team to Paralympic gold in Tokyo, won his first gold medal since switching to table tennis in 2022 when combining with Spanish partner Daniel Rodriguez to win the men’s class 4 doubles...

Shackleton wins second consecutive singles title in Brazil

Megan Shackleton followed up her gold medal winning performance at last month’s US Para Open by taking gold in the women’s class 4-5 singles at the ITTF Brazilian Para Open in Sao Paulo today. Former GB wheelchair rugby captain Chris...

Facey looking to back up US Open performance in Brazil

Recently crowned US Open champion Ashley Facey is looking to follow-up his men’s class 9 singles gold medal in Texas earlier this month with another medal-winning performance in the 2024 ITTF Brazilian Para Open taking place in Sao Paulo from...

Second gold for Facey in US Open doubles

Ashley Facey won his second gold medal at the ITTF US Para Open in Corpus Christi, Texas, combining with Joshua Stacey to win the men’s class 18 doubles. On the final day of competition World champions Billy Shilton and Paul...

Three gold medals for British squad in US Open singles

Aaron McKibbin (men’s class 8) and Ashley Facey (men’s class 9) both came out on top in all-GB finals to take gold in their respective singles events at the ITTF US Para Open in Corpus Christi, Texas while Megan Shackleton...