TTT31. Summer 2023

Cadet, Under 17 & Junior National Championships
29 th -30 th April 2023: University of Nottingham
Photos by Michael Loveder unless named otherwise
On the first day of the Championships there was double gold for 13-year-old Sienna Jetha and for 14-year-old
Naomi Coker. Jetha also got a silver to add to her collection.
In the Cadet Girls’ Singles the top four seeds reached the semi-finals. Top seed Jetha beat third seed, Jonabel
Taguibao, whilst fourth seed Coker beat second seed, Ella Pashley. Good friends Jetha and Coker met in the
final and it was a win for Coker 7, 8, 9.
The corresponding Cadet Boys’ event was a title for number one seed, Ralph Pattison, over Max Radiven,
seeded three, by 6, 9, 6 in the final. In the semi-final Pattison had a tough match against fourth seed, Rohan
Dani, and scraped through 9, -6, 4, -15, 5. In the other semi-final Radiven had beaten eighth seed Harry Randall
4, -5, 9, 7.
Coach, Phil Vickers with Naomi Coker and Ralph Pattison
The Cadet Girls’ Doubles saw Coker and Jetha combining for the gold medal with a win over Taguibao and
Isabella Turner-Samuels 10, 6, 8. The runners-up had an impressive win against the second seeds Mia Lakhani
and Eva Eccles in their semi-final match 4, 8, -3, -11, 11. Tilly Simms and Sophie Ackred were the other semifinalists.
Opponents in the singles turned into partners in the Cadet Boys’ Doubles as Radiven and Randall had a brilliant
run to take the title. In the semi-final they beat the number two seeds Kacper Piwowar and Abraham Sellado
9, 6, -8, -8, 8 before defeating top seeds Isaac Kingham and Pattison in the final 7, 6, 5. Brothers Leo and Hugo
Nguyen were the other semi-finalists.
Table Tennis Times 31: Summer 2023
Jonabel Taguibao & Isabelle Turner-Samuels and Naomi Coker & Sienna Jetha
Isaac Kingham & Ralph Pattison and Max Radiven & Harry Randall
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