News – Page 17 – British Para Table Tennis

Three gold medals for British team in Czech Open singles

Sue Bailey (women’s class 4), Will Bayley (men’s class 7) and Joshua Stacey (men’s class 9) all won gold in their respective classes at the Czech Para Open in Ostrava today. Billy Shilton (men’s class 8) beat the World number...

Seven British players to play for singles medals in Czech Open

The British team is assured of at least four singles medals in the Czech Para Open in Ostrava with Fliss Pickard (women’s class 6), Tom Matthews (men’s class 1) and Paul Karabardak (men’s class 6) through to the semi-finals, while...

British athletes looking for World Championship qualification in Czech Para Open

Rio 2016 Paralympic champions Will Bayley and Rob Davies are among a squad of nine British Para Table Tennis Team athletes who will compete in this week’s Czech Para Open in Ostrava from June 23-25. The tournament has taken on...

Double gold for Bouron on final day in Mexico

Pathway athlete Lucie Bouron won gold in the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles on the final day of the Copa Cristina Hoffmann in Cancun, Mexico today. The 27-year-old from Bracknell won the mixed doubles with British teammate Simon Heaps...

Four singles medals for British athletes in Mexico

British athletes won four medals in the singles events at the Copa Cristina Hoffmann in Cancun, Mexico today. Self-funded Simon Heaps from Milford-on-Sea, a former England Junior international and European cadet champion in 1970 who lost both legs to diabetes,...

Wilson to defend his Commonwealth title in Birmingham

Reigning Commonwealth champion Ross Wilson is one of five British Para Table Tennis Team athletes selected to represent Team England at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham while Joshua Stacey, bronze medallist in 2018, and Grace Williams will represent Team...

BPTT Head Coach Greg Baker to take up role as Boccia UK Performance Director

Greg Baker is leaving his position as British Para Table Tennis Head Coach to take up a new challenge as Performance Director for Boccia UK. Baker started playing table tennis at the age of eight and was ranked England number...

British squad miss out on doubles medals in Montenegro

The inexperienced British squad of Confirmation athlete Grace Williams and four Pathway players Theo Bishop, Dan Bullen, Andrew Guy and Lee York missed out on a medal in the doubles events at the Montenegro Para Championships in Podgorica but gained...

Mixed start to doubles events for British squad in Montenegro

There were three wins for British athletes and some narrow losses as the doubles events started in the Montenegro Para Championships in Podgorica. MD8 - Group 1 Dan Bullen teamed up with Gonzalo Acosta, the class 3 former PanAmerican Championship...

Williams takes bronze in Montenegro

Confirmation athlete Grace Williams has underlined her potential by taking bronze in the women’s class 7-9 singles at the Montenegro Para Championships in Podgorica, her first international singles medal. The 19-year-old from Llanfyllin had reached the semi-final with 3-1 wins...