Posted: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:18
The Team Leicestershire Finals commenced for the 2019/20 season with two action-packed evenings of table tennis at Knighton Park Table Tennis Club! The first final was the U16 boys held on the Tuesday, 12th November, with the U13's boys finals taking place on on the following Tuesday (19th November).
Both evenings were a fantastic showcase of the talent in the sport across Leicestershire schools, with some high-class players producing some exciting and intense match action.
Mike Smith, Schools Table Tennis Association Lead, said: "It is the best standard of competition in a long time, with some extremely close, high quality games."
In the U16's final, Uppingham Community College beat Hastings High School 5-3 in the final, with an excellent performance from both teams.
Stand out players from the night, were Reuben Warburton who was unbeaten throughout the whole competition and so was Alex Boon of Rawlins Academy.
The U13's followed suit, again with some great matches, however Manor High School put on a showstopping performance to secure a 7-1 win in the final against Leicester Grammar School, with The Market Bosworth claiming third place with a fantastic 8-0 victory against Lancaster Academy!
Both nights players demonstrated a high level of sportsmanship, with the U13's playing friendly matches in between finals for the teams who had an odd number of players.
The full results tables for both evenings are as follows:
U13 Boys
1st: Manor High School
2nd: Leicester Grammar
3rd: The Market Bosworth School
4th: Lancaster Academy
5th: Woodbrook Vale
6th: Uppingham Community College
7th: Humphrey Perkins
8th: Soar Valley College
9th: Longfield Academy
U16 Boys
1st: Uppingham Community College
2nd: Hastings High School
3rd: Crown Hills Community College
4th: Rawlins Academy
5th: Leicester Grammar
6th: Gartree
7th: Tudor Grange Samworth Academy
8th: Humphrey Perkins
Photographs from the Team Leicestershire Finals are available to view on our Facebook Page.
Make sure to keep up with all the action over the coming months through our Twitter - @LR_Sport, Instagram - @lr_sport_ and Snapchat - lr_sport using #TeamLeicestershire.
Team Leicestershire is the umbrella Association for all traditional competitive school sport in secondary schools across Leicestershire, Leicester City and Rutland. Team Leicestershire also gives every school bespoke access to an online school fixtures system, where school staff can easily manage all fixtures and results.