TTT31. Summer 2023
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Under 11-Under 13 National Championships<br />
10 th -11 th June <strong>2023</strong>: Wolverhampton<br />
The youngest aged players took to the stage for their National Championships, two age groups, the Under 11s<br />
and Under 13s.<br />
It was young Hannah Saunders who was the standout player of the weekend winning both the Under 11 and<br />
Under 13 Girls’ Singles titles and earning a silver in the Under 13 Girls’ Doubles with her partner, Amber<br />
Lemmon.<br />
Alyssa Nguyen, last year’s Under 11 champion, also had a good weekend with a runners-up spot in the Under<br />
13 Girls’ Singles and gold in the doubles for that age group partnered with Evie Knaapen. The doubles bronze<br />
medallists were Bly Twomey and Violet-Lily Marquis and Eva Yared and Nour Alamine.<br />
The two bronze medals in the Under 13 Girls’ Singles went to Bly Twomey and unseeded Maisha Patel whilst<br />
the Under 11 Girls’ Singles silver medal went to Saunders’ doubles partner, Lemmon, with Marquis and Assil<br />
Sarri the bronze medallists.<br />
Zihan Lin was top of the podium in the Under 11 Boys’ Singles having beaten Sinan Surensoy in the final.<br />
Dimitar Dimitrov and Zaid Aldilimi were the losing semi-finalists. It was two gold medals for Kacper Piwowar<br />
in the Under 13 events, winning the Singles titles by defeating his doubles partner Abraham Sellado in the final<br />
with the pair winning the Doubles title together. Bronze medallists in the Singles were Theo Kniep and Adam<br />
Alibhai.<br />
Alibhai stepped up one level in the doubles to earn a silver with Pablo Ramirez-Rioja. It was bronze for Dimtrov<br />
playing with Euan Hacking and Nishil Shah with Yacoub Rahmani-Walentynska.<br />
Hannah Saunders, Zihan Lin, Kacper Piwowar<br />
Congratulations and there are certainly names to look out for in the future.<br />
Many of the players in these Championships have been selected to play in the Euro Mini Championships in<br />
Schiltigheim, France from 25 th -27 th August <strong>2023</strong>. The Under 11 Girls’ will be represented by Hannah Saunders<br />
and Amber Lemmon, the Under 11 Boys’ by Zihan Lin and Lewis Wu, the Under 13 Girls’ by Bly Twomey and<br />
the Under 13 Boys’ by Ryan Goodier, Abraham Sellado and Adam Alibhai. Saunders, Lemmon, Lin and Wu are<br />
all members of the Peterborough Archway Club where former international, Gareth Herbert, is head coach.<br />
Table Tennis Times 31: <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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