Dorset Cadet Table Tennis Report – October 2017
Dorset under 15’s cadet teams have started their season in fine form in the county championships. The Dorset 1st team play in Division 1A and are seeking promotion to the premier division. The Dorset 2nd team play in Division 2a.
The Dorset 1st team, played their first round of fixtures at Waterside Table Tennis Club, Southampton and were unbeaten in their 3 matches. Matt Stanfield was 100% for the day winning all 6 of his games, well supported by Jack Trafford (4/6) and Jordan Pang (2/6).
The Dorset girls were represented by Portland’s Jess Moggeridge winning 4 from 6 and Sophie Barscai 3/6. The form of these 2 young girls bodes well for the future with Jess aged 11 and Sophie aged just 9.
Full results
Dorset 9 Essex 1
Dorset 5 Surrey 5
Dorset 6 Middlesex 4
The Dorset 2nd team played at Haygrove School, Bridgwater and were playing 1st teams from Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The Weymouth based girls, Ella Stanton and Edith Dedman, showed that Dorset have some strength in depth in the girls squad this year and both were only to lose 1 game each throughout the day.
The Dorset Boys were a young trio making their debuts, including Weymouth’s Jed Brackenridge and Bournemouth based Ewan Turner and Sam Taylor. The boys soon found their confidence and all contributed well to wins over Somerset and Wiltshire.
Full results
Dorset 4 Glos 6
Dorset 6 Somerset 4
Dorset 7 Wiltshire 3
Dorset 2nd team coach Andy Millar praised the Dorset teams efforts in the first round of matches ‘Dorset may be a small county, but the hard work in the Bournemouth and Weymouth areas is starting to pay off and the players were very competitive today. These results show there are many talented youngsters coming through the ranks and days like today should encourage them further.’
Report from Andy Millar, Team Coach & Team Secretary