CTTA Finals Night 2005

Trophies on display at this years Finals Night

Some of the Winners at this years event

The Cheltenham Table Tennis League held their Annual Awards Evening at the Saracens Club in Cheltenham on Friday night. The evening was attended by well over 60 guests, and included a quiz for the first time. The awards evening was held in recognition of players and teams achievements throughout the season. Nick Davidson, the Vice Chairman, was master of ceremonies. Trophies were presented by President, John Boyd and Chairman, Dave Foulser.

The Junior players were the first to receive their awards for the Junior Closed Championships. Michael Harvey won the Boys Under 18's title with his brother Robert claiming the runners up trophy. The Girls Under 18's went to Emma Mollison and Emma Hiscoke for coming runner up. Robert Harvey stepped up to receive the Boys Under 15's award, with Milan Dragojlovic winning the runners up trophy. Emma Mollison again won the Under 15's Girls trophy and Nicola Sadie won for coming second place. Milan Dragojlovic won the Boys Under 13's trophy whilst Ryan Makepeace won the runners up award. Sophie Newbery secured the Under 13's Girls silverware with Alice Rodger winning the Runners-Up trophy. Ryan Makepeace claimed the Under 11's Boys trophy and Karl Foster was awarded the runners up spot. In the Under 11's Girls event, Jennifer Sadie won with Natasha Wakefield securing the runners up trophy.

Judy Morley and Mike Harvey

The awards then moved onto the main league presentation. Michael Harvey won the Open Singles gold with Rob Willsher finishing runner up. The Open Doubles award went to Guy Greening and Michael Harvey, whilst Paul Perks and Laurence Shahlaei picked up the second place. Judy Morley once again secured the Ladies Singles, with Christine Williams picking up second place. Judy also won the Mixed Doubles with partner Michael Harvey. Her husband, Roy Morley and Christine Williams picked up the runners up trophy.

The Veterans Singles, usually reserved for either Dave Harvey or Bill Dawe, was won by Guy Greening. Harvey and Dawe have battled over the Veterans Cup for many previous years, but both were unable to participate in this years Veterans Final due to Harvey sustaining a broken ankle during mid-season and Dawe unable to play. Second place went to Paul Perks. Michael Harvey was once again summoned to the stage to receive the Intermediate (under 21) Singles trophy. Sam White picked up the runners-up trophy. Brothers, Dave and Martin Cosnette managed to prise the Minor Doubles trophy away from runners up Dave Green and Mike Fry who have been previous winners for the last two years running.

Rob Willsher won the Masters Singles against Judy Morley. The Jubilee event was won by Sam White and Matt Mulcahy, with Mike Fry and Tony Iles receiving the consolation runners up trophy.

The presentations quickly moved onto the Division Handicap winners, with Sam White winning the Division One trophy and Chris Lane securing the runners up place. Dave Foulser won the Second Division Handicap with Christine Williams winning second place. Rob Amphlett, an outstanding player who topped the averages in the division had no trouble winning the Division Three Handicap with Alan Harvey taking the second place trophy. Neil Cameron won the Division Four title and Tiffany Hopton, another top of the averages player, won the runners up silverware.

Matt Hartwell and Doug Payne from Smiths A - Division One Champions 2004/2005
Matt Hartwell and Doug Payne

Smiths A were crowned Division One Champions, with players Doug Payne, Mark Bilsborrow, Matt Hartwell, Nick Mytton and Dave White picking up their well deserved prize after finishing 20 points above the other teams in the Division. The Cirencester squad consisting of Rob Willsher, Dave Adamson, Tony Clarkson, Dave Lloyd and Gordon Shaw picked up the runners up trophy.

Smiths B - Winners of Division 2 - 2004/2005 Season
Andy Richards, Dave Dawkins, Andy East, Craig East

The Second Division title went to Smith B. The team of Andy Richards, Dave Dawkins, Andy East and Ken Smith finished up with a whopping 35 point lead which is probably a record for the division. The Smiths C team of Chris White, Graham Chandler, Barrie Pope and Paul Singh finished second place and also gain promotion.

Tewkesbury A secured the Division Three title. The team of John Goodchild, Rob Amphlett, Simon Lockley and Mike Tyrrell won the league by 11 points over Tony Iles, Neil Barwick, Mark Nally and Neil Penny, who all play for runners up Saracens E.		Winchcombe Eagles won Division Four with 13 points to spare. Derek Brown, Adam Andrews, Mick Holder and Tiffany Hopton claimed promotion along with the Tewkesbury B team of Wayne Lippett, Alison Lockley, Sam Tennant, Roger Tyrrell and Tom Ubanski.
	John Goodchild, Rob Amphlett, Mike Tyrrell and Simon Lockley		Derek Brown and Mick Holder

The Cheltenham Junior Player Of The Year award was presented to 11 year old Ryan Makepeace. The youngsters accomplishments this season included winning the Under 11's Boys Singles title, finishing runner up in the Under 13's Singles, and in the Junior Under 16 League Division One, he and his brother Jamie together with Abid Hussain were the winners. He played in one match in Division Four of the Senior League and won all 3 sets. Ryan was selected to play for Cheltenham B in the National Cadet League Division 2 and achieved a remarkable average of winning 17 out of 18 games!

He played a major part in the team becoming runners up to the Gloucester 1st team, as he won his two sets. He was 4-8 down in the 5th and final set, but recovered to win 12-10. Despite his lack of height he chases every drive and is an aggressive defender, which is unusual in today's game. The award could not have gone to a more worthy player.

Ryan Makepeace

	Finally, the Ron Dawkins Award was the last presentation of the night. The Trophy is given to the person who has shown the most improvement over the season, or to a person who made an outstanding contribution to table tennis in the local area. This years award went to Michael Harvey, who has showed some outstanding performances throughout the season. He secured many championships this season, both in the local area and up and down the Country which include in the Cheltenham League, The Open Singles, Mixed Doubles (with Judy Morley), Intermediate Under 21's Singles and Boys Under 18's titles. Surely Michael is a great prospect for the County who is quickly following in the footsteps of his father, Dave Harvey.
Ron Dawkins Award		Mike Harvey