All together a great day at the Rhondda Open

Sorry for the omission but I forgot about Eloise in our tournament yesterday who had a great day by reaching the semi finals of the u/13s and cadet plate events with some exciting matches en route

Well done lads

Another great day for the club at the Bangor Open on the weekend with Dylan the winner of the cadets and Oliver r/up with a 3-2 scoreline which was reversed in the u/13s with Oliver the winner and Dylan r/up another 3-2 match.They have a strong friendly rivalry which shows

Jessie and Eloise also had brilliant days with both reaching the semi final of the u/13s main.Jess also reached the cadet semi and Eloise was r/up in the cadet plate

All in all very pleasing as the report was they were all very good.

Not forgetting Lily who travelled to Cambridge for the very strong 4☆.and reached the last 16 in the main Junior draw after some great group wins

Here are our medal winners from the weekend. Toby Francis Li Gold u/11s Sophie-Gold u/11s. Evie- Bronze u11s . Rushdan Bronze u/11s. Jessie Silver u/13s, Bronze u/15s. Eloise Bronze u/13s. Oliver Gold u/13s,Silver u/15s.

Dylan Silver u13s,Bronze u/15s. Toby Young Bronze u/13s. Amelie Gold-Cadets Lily Silver -juniors,Bronze u/21s, Bronze-Jnr dbls,Bronze- Womens dbls. Callum Gold Mens Singles. Gavin Silver O/40s. Callum and Louie Silver Mens dbls.

20 medals oin all for the Rhondda club

Successful weekend for our Rhondda players at the British Primary Schools Competition. Oliver, Dylan and Toby competed in the team event, securing bronze and being the first boys team to make the podium in a long time, against some incredibly tough competition.

Gracie and Sophie competed in team event for Wales, securing some excellent wins and performed amazingly for their first time. Evie stepped up, and joined the Jersey team, she also did well joining a team she was completely unfamiliar with.

The singles element to the competition brought more success; Oliver securing bronze in the main event, Toby securing silver in the plate event and Sophie securing bronze in the girls plate event. Gracie reached quarter finals in the singles main event.

Dylan narrowly missed out in the round of 16 in the main event. Evie made it to the quarter finals of the plate. Fantastic team spirit all weekend, well done to all those involved 👏

It was a good weekend for Lily Walters at the Cleveland women's open as she took the honours in band 4,was a finalist in the u/21s and also reached the final in the main event.A nice days work as she bagged £160 for her efforts.👍🏆

Really good weekend for club players at the Birmingham Academy 2* where Dylan came 2nd in both his events u/13s Band 1 & u/15s Band 2 an excellent achievement. He won 9/12 matches on the day and took the scalps of some English top 10 players.

Meanwhile Sister Sophie was doing her bit coming 5th in both Band 2 u/11s & Band 3 u/13s .She won 5/12 matches on the day such a good performance from someone playing well above her age group.👍

Jessie did her self proud finishing 3rd in u/13s and u/15s playing some really👍 good T.T.

It was also a busy weekend for Lily at the Nottingham Senior 4* where she was r/up in Band 3 and a quarter finalist in Band 2.losing to the eventual winner of both events.A great effort as this was a Senior event