3 Visiting teams (boys and girls) from England, Germany (Baden Wurttemburg) and Luxembourg joined 2 Wales teams at the Welsh Institute of Sport Thursday 24th January to Saturday 26th January 2008. All the players were between the ages of 9 and 13 and they combined to provide some excellent displays of table tennis over the 3 days.
All the Welsh players acquitted themselves well at this tournament; however the standard was very high, the England Boys and German girls were especially good. Highlights for Wales were excellent performances from Lewis Williams and Charlotte Carey both of whom finished 4th in their respective singles. Both the girls and boys A teams finished 3rd behind the England and German teams.
Wales players:
Boys – Lewis Williams, Alex O Connell, Ashley Stavrakis, Lee Morgan, Jared Parsons and John Tann
Girls – Charlotte Carey, Amy Palin, Beth Roberts, Sasha Denby, Lauren Cundy and Carys Webster.
With thanks to Alan Griffiths and Gerald Watkins for their excellent organisation over the 3 days and to Clive Wheatley for his umpiring services.