News – Page 8 – British Para Table Tennis

Four doubles medals for British team in Italy

The British Para table tennis team took four medals in the doubles events on the final day of competition in the Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy today and there were also some promising performances from other new combinations at...

Golden start for Pickard in Italy

World doubles champion Fliss Pickard made a perfect start to Paralympic qualification year by taking gold in the women’s class 6 singles at the Lignano Master Open in Italy today and there were also bronze medals for Rob Davies (men’s...

Positive end to tough tournament for British squad in Spain

The Costa Brava Spanish Para Open did not produce any medals for the British Para Table Tennis squad but there was plenty to be positive about with the largely young and inexperienced athletes from the Pathway and Development programmes gaining...

Pathway to Paris for British team starts in Italy

The Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy next week (March 15-18) is the start of Paralympic qualification for nine members of the British Para Table Tennis Team Performance Squad, including World champions Fliss Pickard and Billy Shilton, Rio Paralympic champion...

World champion Williams heads British squad in Costa Brava Para Open

Welsh teenager Grace Williams, who won gold with Fliss Pickard in the women’s class 14 doubles at the World Championships in Spain last November, starts her bid for Paralympic qualification next week in the Costa Brava Spanish Para Open taking...

Rushton and Marples take on new roles at British Para Table Tennis

With the qualification period for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games starting next month British Para Table Tennis has appointed Andrew Rushton as Head Coach while Pathway Manager Shaun Marples will take on additional responsibilities as the Programme Manager. Rushton, a...

Ashley Facey returns to British Para Table Tennis

Two-time Paralympian Ashley Facey, who left British Para Table Tennis after the Tokyo Paralympic Games to pursue a new career in cycling, has returned to the sport he fell in love with as an 11-year-old boy growing up in East...

World Championship success testament to strength of BPTT’s development programme

At the end of the Andalucia 2022 World Para Table Tennis Championships, with 10 medals including three golds BPTT Performance Director Gorazd Vecko was able to reflect on the most successful World Championships ever for the British team. “I am...

Brave Stacey takes World Championship silver in Spain

Commonwealth champion Joshua Stacey put up a brave fight against World number one Laurens Devos but had to settle for silver after a 3-1 loss in the final of men’s class 9 at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in...

Brilliant Bayley regains World crown in Spain

Will Bayley produced a brilliant performance to take gold in the men’s class 7 singles at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Andalucia today, beating the European champion and World number two Jean-paul Montanus from Netherlands 3-0. Rob Davies...