This past weekend 23/06 – 25/06 Table Tennis Ireland hosted the Senior Schools International in the Kingfisher club, Galway. TTI welcomed teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man.
Team Ireland brought 21 competitors to the competition including: Aaditya Singh, Clifford Tan, Christopher Allsop, Toby Caldwell, Rebecca Scott, Ahna McDonnell, Aeden McGivern, Bruce Tan, Senan Sheridan, Alex Lo, Grace Looney, Niamh Mason, Lily Parke, Melissa Johnston, Caoimhe Deane, Adam Faulkner, Tom Irwin, Cillian Kirby, Ben Loughnane, Anjali Singh, Emily Flynn
Along with the following NPC’s: Tom Davis, Thuy Linh Cashman, Sam Logue, Paddy Vaughan, Erin Thompson, Claire Nelson, Ryan Farrell, Ranjit Singh, Tara Fusco, Marcus McDonnell, and team manager Gavin Maguire.
Day 1 and 2 seen competitors battling it out in the teams events. Some great performances from team Ireland resulted in bronze medals for both U18 Girls Ireland A team consisting of Anjali Singh, Emily Flynn and NPC Tara Fusco and U18 Boys Ireland A team consisting of Adam Faulkner, Tom Irwin and NPC Ryan Farrell. Well done to both teams.
On day 3 the team fought hard in the singles events. Some great matches and lots of experience gained! Well done to the following medal winners:
Under 14 Boys Plate Silver medalist – Toby Caldwell
U14 Boys Singles Bronze medalist – Clifford Tan
U14 Girls Plate Winner – Rebecca Scott
U18 Girls Singles Bronze medalist – Emily Flynn
U18 Boys Runner up – Adam Faulkner
The team finished the weekend with 1 gold,2 silver and 4 bronze. Well done and big thanks to all countries who travelled over to compete in the tournament. A big thanks also goes out to all Team Ireland coaches and umpire’s, and special thank you to Niall O’Flaherty and referee Con O’Ceadaigh who helped the weekend run smoothly