{"id":3891,"date":"2025-05-23T21:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2025-05-23T21:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:08:55","slug":"burnham-and-district-2025-presentation-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/23\/burnham-and-district-2025-presentation-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham and District 2025 Presentation Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Burnham &amp; District Table Tennis League held a very successful and well attended Presentation Evening last week.&nbsp; Prizes and cups for all the league and individual competitions were presented by League Representative David Oxley-Goody and League President Peter Ballard.&nbsp; Compere for the evening was League Chairman Alan Dadswell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A highlight of the evening was the multiple junior winners of Peter Harverson and Arthur Shadforth \u2013 not only sweeping the board with the junior events but also winning and making the Finals of some of the open events too, what a bright future they all have.&nbsp; Other notable achievements were Dawn Baldry and Shirley Carroll winning the Ladies Doubles event \u2013 a familiar feeling for Carroll as she has won this specific tournament 16 times now, and the first time being in black &amp; white back in 1975.&nbsp; Duncan Taylor and Kevin Read won the Veterans Doubles for the seventh time as a pair but not as long ago as Ms Carroll!&nbsp; In the main singles events the winning trophies were presented to Dawn Baldry for retaining the Ladies Singles, and a new name for the Open Singles title Mr Liam Squirrell.&nbsp; In fact Squirrell achieved a notable double by winning both the Singles and the Doubles title (with partner Reece Seddon).&nbsp; Both Champions now get automatic entry into the Essex Closed Tournament where they will face the champions and other notable stars from around the County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the League events the Division 3 crown was presented to the unbeaten Maldon C team, with the Division 3 player of the year going to Woodham\u2019s Allan Steel with a remarkable 100% win rate.&nbsp; In Division 2 Stow Maries A displayed great bounce-back-ability as they were crowned champions and make an immediate return to Division 1.&nbsp; The Division 2 player of the season went to Stow\u2019s Gary Brignall with a 96% win rate.&nbsp; The Division 1 title went to the wire and was only finalised with a game to go as Cold Norton B emerged the unlikely but brilliant new Champions.&nbsp; What a year it has been for this Cold Norton side as they also retained the Handicap Cup for the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;year in a row.&nbsp; The Division 1 player of the year and Peter Ballard Cup winner was Reece Seddon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year the Presidents Trophy \u2013 presented for services to the League \u2013 was presented to Dave Goody in recognition of 45 years serving on the League and County Committees.&nbsp; What an innings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>____________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eamonn Hall, Press Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Burnham &amp; District Table Tennis League<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>____________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pic 1 \u2013 Liam Squirrell receiving the Singles Title Trophy from League President Peter Ballard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pic 2 \u2013 Division 3 winners Maldon C with League President Peter Ballard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pic 3 \u2013 Division 1 winners Cold Norton B with League President Peter Ballard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pic 4 \u2013 Presidents Trophy Winner Dave Goody with League President Peter Ballard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Singles-Winner-2025-Liam-Squirrell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Singles-Winner-2025-Liam-Squirrell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3892\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Singles-Winner-2025-Liam-Squirrell.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Singles-Winner-2025-Liam-Squirrell-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Singles winner Liam Squirrell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-3-Winners-2025-Maldon-C.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-3-Winners-2025-Maldon-C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3893\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-3-Winners-2025-Maldon-C.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-3-Winners-2025-Maldon-C-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-3-Winners-2025-Maldon-C-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Division 3 winners Maldon C<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-1-Winners-2025-Cold-Norton-B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-1-Winners-2025-Cold-Norton-B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3894\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-1-Winners-2025-Cold-Norton-B.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-1-Winners-2025-Cold-Norton-B-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Div-1-Winners-2025-Cold-Norton-B-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Division 1 winners Cold Norton B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Presidents-Trophy-2025-Dave-Goody-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Presidents-Trophy-2025-Dave-Goody-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3895\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Presidents-Trophy-2025-Dave-Goody-1.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Presidents-Trophy-2025-Dave-Goody-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Presidents Trophy winner Dave Goody<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Burnham &amp; 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