Oxford & District Table Tennis Association
ODTTA INVITATION TOURNAMENT
MAY 22, 2011
Jingyu Sun (Vikings) successfully defended his title of Men's champion, winning the Oxford Mail Cup (Men’s Singles) by beating Andy Misseldine (Kidlington Forum) 11-9, 15-13, 11-9. The championships, held again at the Exeter Close Pavilion, Kidlington, witnessed a rerun of last year's final. Misseldine was in great form, but found Sun just as resilient as last year and this time failed to take a game off Oxford's top, and still rapidly improving, player. Misseldine earned his place in the final by beating Karl Bushell (Forum), while Sun saw off a tough challenge by Tony Gorman (Bicester).
Dawn Pearce (Begbroke) rolled back the years to win the Ladies Singles (the Chandler Cup) once again, and the mixed doubles with Pavel Jaskolski (Vikings). Pearce was leading lady in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Pearce beat Joyce Witney (Vikings) in the semi-finals, then Sharon Curtis (Holton) in the final. Curtis earned her place in the final by beating Lianne Fisher (Vikings) 14-12 in the deciding game of a desperately close battle. With Jaskolski, Pearce beat Witney and Andy McColgan (British Rail), then Fisher and Sun in the final. Fisher and Sun beat Curtis and Roel Dullens (Vikings) to get to the final.
The Men's Doubles (President's Cup) produced a quality final that saw Mark Scott (Vikings) and Misseldine beating Tony Stead (Rutherford) and Alan Cherry (Vikings). In the semis, Scott and Misseldine survived a tremendous battle against Bushell and Andrew Flint (Forum), while Stead and Cherry saw off Glen Freeman (Rutherford) and Vincent Yang (Vikings).
The Veteran's Singles competition again featured Misseldine and Bushell in the final, but this turned out to be Misseldine's year. Bushell got to the final by beating Stead, and Misseldine beat Cherry. Last year it was a fairly comfortable three straight victory to Bushell, but there was nothing comfortable about this year. Four desperately close games were shared, then Misseldine took the decider 11-9 to win this title for the first time.
Presentation Evening
The presentation commenced at 7pm, and was well supported.
Along with all the trophies for division winners and runners-up, there was the presentation of the Warner Cup for the most wins in Division 1. This year it was shared by Jingyu Sun of Vikings and Karl Bushell of Kidlington Forum.
For most wins in other divisions, there was:
the Eric Minns Cup for Eamonn Deeley, Vikings, in Division 2;
the Ted Arnold Shield for Marco Zhang, Forum, and Malcolm Burr, Haddenham, in Division 3;
and in Division 4 the Derek Sawyer Shield went to Terry Morris, Witney.
Simon Price, Forum, received the Ken Ford Trophy as best junior newcomer to league play.
Jonah Stott, Forum, picked up the McKechnie/Hawkins Cup.
Chloe Yau, Forum, picked up the Hawkins/McKechnie Cup.
David Smart, Forum, collected the Dave Hawkins Cup for best performance by a junior this year.
John Birkin was awarded the Alan Hopwood Trophy for all his work for the Association.
Div 3 Runners-Up
Vikings F:
Tjun Kiat
Max Jackson
Lianne Fisher
Div 3 Winners
Haddenham A:
Malcolm Burr
John Cripps
Div 2 Winners
Vikings D:
Julian Lawton Smith
Bill Mason
Div 1 Runners-Up
Forum B:
Karl Bushell
Andy Misseldine
Div 1 Winners
Vikings B:
Nigel Taylor
Jingyu Sun
Pavel Jaskolski
John Birkin
Alan Cherry
Div 4 Winners
Witney B:
Terry Morris
Div 4 Runners-Up
Forum K:
Simon Price
Jonah Stott
Player with most wins in Div 4
Terry Morris (Witney B)
Player with most wins in Div 3
Malcolm Burr (Hadenham A)
shared with Marco Zhang (Forum H)
Player with most wins in Div 1
Karl Bushell (Forum B)
Jingyu Sun (Vikings B)
Men's Runner-Up
Andy Misseldine
Men's Doubles Runners-Up
Alan Cherry
Tony Stead
Men's Doubles Winners
Andy Misseldine
Mark Scott
Mixed Doubles Winner
Pavel Jaskolski
Pavel can still raise a smile, despite the disappearance of his partner, Dawn Pearce, the lack of trophies and the quality of the photo.
Mixed Doubles Runners-Up
Jingyu Sun
Lianne Fisher
Veteran Winner
Andy Misseldine
Veteran Runner-Up
Karl Bushell
Ladies Runner-Up
Sharon Curtis
Hawkins/McKechnie trophy presented to:
Chloe Yau
...and last but not least...
Alan Hopwood Trophy trophy presented to:
John Birkin
Dave Hawkins Cup trophy presented to:
David Smart
Ken Ford Trophy trophy presented to:
Simon Price
McKechnie and Hawkins Cup presented to:
Jonah Stott
MEN’S SINGLES (Oxford Mail Cup)
Semi: Jingyu Sun bt Tony Gorman 11-6, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9
Semi: Andy Misseldine bt Karl Bushell 12-10, 4-11, 11-9, 11-7
Final: Jingyu Sun bt Andy Misseldine 11-9, 15-13, 11-9
LADIES’ SINGLES (Chandler Cup)
Semi: Sharon Curtis bt Lianne Fisher 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 14-12
Semi: Dawn Pearce bt Joyce Witney 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
Final: Dawn Pearce bt Sharon Curtis 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
MEN’S DOUBLES (President’s Cup)
Semi: Tony Stead/ bt Glen Freeman/ 11-8, 11-7, 12-10
Alan Cherry Vincent Yang
Semi: Mark Scott/ bt Andrew Flint/ 13-11, 12-14, 15-13, 11-9
Andy Misseldine Karl Bushell
Final: Mark Scott/ bt Tony Stead/ 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10
Andy Misseldine Alan Cherry
MIXED DOUBLES
Semi: Dawn Pearce/ bt Joyce Witney/ 12-10, 11-7, 4-11, 11-6
Pavel Jaskolski Andy McColgan
Semi: Lianne Fisher/ bt Sharon Curtis/ 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10
Jingyu Sun Roel Dullens
Final: Dawn Pearce/ bt Lianne Fisher/ 11-6, 11-7, 11-8
Pavel Jaskolski Jingyu Sun
VETERANS’ SINGLES
Semi: Karl Bushell bt Tony Stead 11-9, 11-4, 11-4
Semi: Andy Misseldine bt Alan Cherry 11-9, 11-8, 11-8
Final: Andy Misseldine bt Karl Bushell 12-14, 15-13, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9
