European championships – singles events [Day 1]
Patrick Thomas and Steve Jenkins played against two players from Slovenia in the doubles event. The defensive tactics of the opposition put Patrick under pressure from the start and they went down 0-3.
Steve was next up in the 1st round of the singles against Marc Altermatt from Switzerland. He fought bravely but eventually lost 0-4.
Ryan and Patrick played their singles at 14.30 against Fegerl of Austria and Prestreshi of Kosova respectively. Ryan had one of the hardest draws of the round against the higher ranked Fegerl and lost in a brave 2-4 match. Paddy had a great win against the Kosivan winning 4-1 with thanks to Steve Jenkins for coaching him.