This week saw the players and officials from the Burnham & District Table Tennis League bedecked in their sartorial elegance as they descended upon the League’s Annual Awards Presentation Evening. “ I don’t recognise you with your clothes on” seemed to be the most common phrase as friends and foes united to support this year’s winners and runners up in both the league and tournament events. Big winners on the night were Maldon’s Harrison Hill who bagged 4 winners trophies, Eric Green (Cold Norton) who won 3 winners trophies and 2 runners up, for the biggest haul of the evening. Lin Roff (Mapledene) and Duncan Taylor (Cold Norton) both won 4 trophies with a nice even split on winners and runners-up. Alex Wilson (Woodham) chipped in with 4 awards including 1 winner. Some of us got nothing and we were happy with that!
Reece Seddon was presented with the coveted Men’s Singles Cup by League President Peter Ballard, and an unexpecting and unprepared Colin Napper was awarded the President’s Trophy for his services to the League once he had endured the slow handclap as he was plucked from the facilities. No handshake ensued!
Big thank yous to organisers Kath Little and Dawn Baldry, to Alan Dadswell for his compere stint and history lesson on the origin of each Cup, and Eamonn Hall for sourcing and managing the trophies and press duties. We were also delighted to have Wendy Richardson to present the Dan Richardson Trophy named in honour of her son who was taken from us way too early, Marina Partridge who was able to present the Bob Partridge Trophy awarded to the best junior at the tournament, and Dave Goody for presenting the Brian Ellis award for the best player in Division 2. The remaining trophies and awards, including the Peter Ballard Cup, were presented by League President Peter Ballard.
Pic 1 – Peter Ballard presents the Men’s Singles Cup to Reece Seddon of Mapledene TTC
Pic 2 – Colin Napper receives the Presidents Trophy from League President Peter Ballard
Pic 3 – Marina Partridge presents Harrison Hill with the Bob Partridge Trophy
Pic 4 – The Peter Ballard Cup presented by Peter Ballard to John Poysden of Fambridge TTC
Pic 5 – Members of the Stow Maries ‘D’ Team collecting their Division 3 Winners Trophy
Pic 6 – Lin Roff and the Ladies Singles Winner’s Rose Bowl – presented by Peter Ballard
Pic 7 – Peter Ballard with Duncan Taylor for one of his many awards of the evening
Pic 8 – John Poysden collects the Division 1 Trophy for his outstanding Fambridge Galacticos
Burnham Table Tennis League – Honours List 2022/23
LEAGUE AWARDS
DIVISION 1 SHIELD
Winners – Fambridge
Runners-Up – Cold Norton B
DIVISION 1 POY – Peter Ballard Cup
Winner – John Poysden (90% win rate)
Runner-Up – Mark Stones (79%)
DIVISION 2 SHIELD
Winners – Mapledene C
Runners-Up – Maldon B
DIVISION 2 POY – Brian Ellis Cup
Winner – Andy Seaman (92% win rate)
Runner-Up – Steve Aspland (85%)
DIVISION 3 SHIELD
Winners – Stow Maries D
Runners-Up – Woodham D
DIVISION 3 POY – Roy Davis Cup
Winner – Tim Pulham (97% win rate)
Runner-Up – Mike Burton (86%)
TEAM HANDICAP KNOCKOUT CUP
Winners – Cold Norton B
Runners-Up – Woodham D
TOURNAMENT TROPHIES
MENS SINGLES
Winner – Reece Seddon
Runner-Up – Keith Adams
LADIES SINGLES
Winner – Lin Roff
Runner-Up – Dawn Baldry
MENS DOUBLES
Winners – Keith Adams & Lee McHugh
Runners-Up – Duncan Taylor & Kevin Read
VETERANS SINGLES
Winner – Kevin Read
Runner-Up – Duncan Taylor
MIXED DOUBLES
Winners – Duncan Taylor & Andrea Alleyne
Runners-Up – Lee McHugh & Lin Roff
MIXED OPEN SINGLES
Winner – Sam Lowman
Runner-Up – Eric Green
VETERANS DOUBLES
Winners – Duncan Taylor & Kevin Read
Runners-Up – George Reeves & Steve Muth
OVER-70s SINGLES
Winner – Steve Whiteley
Runner-Up – Dave Goody
Over-60s SINGLES
Winner – Eric Green
Runner-Up – John Monk
LADIES DOUBLES
Winner – Dawn Baldry & Andrea Alleyne
Runner-Up – Lin Roff & Tina Hutchinson
HANDICAP SINGLES
Winner – Eric Green
Runner-Up – Joerg Poeschus
DAN RICHARDSON TROPHY (Restricted Singles)
Winner – Harrison Hill
Runner-Up – Colin Napper
FAMBRIDGE TROPHY
Winner – Tim Huxtable
Runner-Up – Mike Burton
JUNIOR SINGLES
Winner – Harrison Hill
Runner-Up – Alex Wilson
CADET SINGLES
Winner – Harrison Hill
Runner-Up – Jude Mayet
PLATE COMPETITION
Winner – Charles Sweeny
Runner-Up – David Meah
AWARDED TROPHIES
BOB PARTRIDGE TROPHY
Winner – Harrison Hill
MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR
Winner – Alex Wilson
PRESIDENTS TROPHY
Winner – Colin Napper
