4:19pm Monday 23rd November 2009
Kingston schoolboy Marcus Giles won the Surrey Schools U11s table tennis final at Whitgift School, Croydon, at the weekend, defeating Tooting’s Alex Kwaskowski 1-8-9 to claim the county crown.
Giles, of St Luke’s School, surged into an early lead and rarely gave Kwaskowski (St Anselm’s) a look-in as he took top honours.
Giles also cruised to the final of the U13s event.
Whitgift School duo Matthew Gold and Joshua Haasz won the U13s doubles, seeing off Oliver Casey and James Reynolds (Kings College School) -8, 11, 11, 12 in the final.
The U16s doubles event was dominated by Ernest Bevin players. In the final, Emre Ibatoglu and Antoney Patten saw their trophy unexpectedly snatched away by Gobi Sriparen and Lobsang Lama -9, -8, 9, -11.
Wilson’s School pupil Michael Ho lost -6, 6, 15, -9, 7 in the final of the U16s singles to Emre Ibatoglu, but had his revenge in the final of the U19s category, defeating Ibatoglu -10, 13, -9, 7, 6 in the pair’s second meeting.
The U19s doubles final was contested between Whitgift School and Wilson’s. In yet another closely contested set, Patrick Hui and Andrew Ankrah got the better of Michael Ho and Harry Frost with a -8, 12, -2, 8, 11 win.
© Copyright 2001-2012 Newsquest Media Group
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk