English Open News

  1. The Emergence of Liam Pitchford

    26/03/2010

    Liam takes another win The National Championships was a terrific event in many ways, particularly the competitiveness of the matches in the…

  2. Baggaley Claims Third Senior Title

    07/03/2010

    Andrew Baggaley celebrates his third senior national title Play began pretty evenly until Pitchford gifts Baggaley a host of points, allowing him…

  3. Parker crowned champion for the second year

    07/03/2010

    Jo Parker takes her second succesive senior natiional title Back up to full fitness and training as well as she ever…

  4. Disabled Finals

    07/03/2010

    Kim Daybell winner of the disabled standing event Disabled Standing Final Paralympics hopefuls Will Bayley and Kim Daybell fought for the disabled standing…

  5. Men’s Doubles Finals

    07/03/2010

    Drinkhall and Knight struggle against the young guns Having knocked him out of the singles, Liam Pitchford needs to try it all…

  6. Women’s Doubles Final

    07/03/2010

    Kelly Sibley and Jo Parker - women's doubles champions Parker/Sibley v Le Fevre/Vickers Returning to the final after missing last years due…

  7. Men’s Semi-Finals

    07/03/2010

    Liam Pitchford beat Paul Drinkhall to book a place in the final Formbook says it should be a Paul Drinkhall, Andrew Baggaley…

  8. Men’s Doubles Semi-Finals

    07/03/2010

    Liam Pitchford and Gavin Evans There was a wealth of talent in the semi’s, the usual suspects of Drinkhall/Knight were there, going…

  9. Women’s Doubles Semi-Finals

    07/03/2010

    Semi-Finals Last years winners Mary Fuller and Emily Bates, who claimed the accolade of the youngest ever Women’s Doubles National Champions were…

  10. Women’s Quarter-Finals

    07/03/2010

    The quarter-finals saw the departure of Hannah Hicks, Jessica Dawson and Lindsey Reynolds in straight sets all being dispatched 4-0, although…

  11. Men’s Quarter-Finals

    07/03/2010

    Liam Pitchford defeats Danny Reed to progress to the semi-final Liam Pitchford who has been consistently at the top of his game…

  12. Day 2 Afternoon Summary

    07/03/2010

    Paul Drinkhall and Jo Parker mixed doubles champions Mixed Doubles The first semi-final went to the defending champions Drinkhall/Parker to set up a…

  13. Women’s Doubles

    06/03/2010

    Lindsey Reynolds and Hannah Hicks Tomorrows quarter-finalists all finished of their day with impressive performances, with only Le Fevre/Vickers dropping a set. Parker/Sibley,…

  14. Ware Beats Knight

    06/03/2010

    Matt Ware defeats Darius Knight Men’s Singles As a tense Geoff Ware paced the balconies, Matt Ware was going hammer and nail with…

  15. Women’s Singles, Rd1 & 2

    06/03/2010

    Jordyn layfield Rd1 Play was brief in round 1 with only three games, before the main competition started in round 2. Winners: Mary Fuller, 3-1 Abbie…

  16. Men’s Singles

    06/03/2010

    Damien Nicholls with coach Alex Perry Preliminary Round Zak Zilesnick, 3-1 Ashley Willets, 3-0 Will Maybanks, 3-0 Daniel Lowe, 3-1 Ben Barlow, 3-1 Matthew Dodds, 3-2 Sean Cullen, 3-1 Matt…

  17. Women’s Doubles Rd1 & 2

    06/03/2010

    Rd 1 There were only three matches played in round 1, Whyte/Dawson, May/Smith and Layfield/Langford, all progressing through as a result of…

  18. Men’s Doubles Round 1 & 2

    06/03/2010

    There were no real upsets in the first two rounds of the men’s doubles, with all the top seeds getting ever…

  19. Day 2 Morning Round Up

    06/03/2010

    Lindsey Reynolds & Danny Reed The beginning of Day 2 see’s the groups stages being played out in both the men’s and…

  20. Women’s Singles Groups

    06/03/2010

    Lucy Davidson Out of the 14 groups only 9 went according to form, with three upsets caused by the lowest seeds in…

  21. Mixed Doubles

    06/03/2010

    Derek Yeung and Cherith Graham The action in the mixed doubles has been fast and furious, with the favourites of Drinkhall/Parker and…

  22. Friday Summary

    06/03/2010

    Paul Drinkhall pushed harder than expected but still in control Day 1 was a day of title retention, early exits and bat…

  23. Veteran Men

    05/03/2010

    Lawrence Trumpauskas under pressure in his Quarter Final match Rd 1 winners Trumpauskas BYE Trott 3-0 Papantoniou 3-1 Williams BYE Dennison BYE Bartram 3-1 Wignall 3-1 Taylor 3-1 Quarter-finals There were a…

  24. U21’s Finals

    05/03/2010

    Paul Drinkhall and Gavin Evans after a fantastic final Men’s U21 Final Drinkhall v Evans Drinkhall often falters in the first, but not this…

  25. Veterans Women’s

    05/03/2010

    Sanja Clements the eventual veterans champion Groups There were increased numbers over last year, with six turning out for the title chase, Sanja…

  26. U21 Women’s Rd1- Semi’s

    05/03/2010

    U21 Women’s Rd1 As in the mens’, rd1 contained lots of Byes, with Lucy Davidson and Yolanda King taking the sole wins…

  27. U21 Women’s Groups

    05/03/2010

    Lucy Davidson and Yolanda King caused the only upsets, with the number 3 Davidson in group 7 taking the win, although…

  28. U21 Men’s Semi-Finals

    05/03/2010

    Matt Ware in a tight game against Paul Drinkhall Matt Ware v Paul Drinkhall As ever the volume has picked up when Ware…

  29. U21 Men’s Quarter-Finals

    05/03/2010

    Chris Doran with coach Greg Yarnall The quarter-finals sees the big names starting to drop out, with Liam Pitchford going out at…

  30. U21 Men’s Rd 1 & 2

    05/03/2010

    Will Maybanks With lots of BYE’s, it is round two where everyone has to fight for their place, there were how ever…

  31. Veteran Mens Group Summary

    05/03/2010

    Steve Kerns Group Winners 5 upsets in the veteran mens groups, Lindsay Taylor, John Dennison, Mark Donoghue, Andy Wignall and Chris Clinton all…

  32. Men’s U21’s Group Summary

    05/03/2010

    Sean Cullen Dominant form was shown by almost all the group winners, with 3-0 being the score line of choice. Group 15…

  33. The Nationals Are Here

    04/03/2010

    Don’t miss out on the National Championships starting tomorrow (Friday). Will Paul Drinkhall repeat his dominant form from last year, claiming all…

  34. We Are On Twitter

    04/03/2010

    We will be tweeting live from the English National Championships, giving match by match updates and gossip as it happens. So…