The finals of the York Table Tennis knock-out handicap team competitions were played on Thursday 11th May 2017 at York RI.

In a close Shepherd Trophy final York RI C beat Clarence B 5.5–3.5. After the first four matches the score was 2-2, but then Mikey Arnold and Rich Crowther had comfortable wins to give RI a 4-2 lead. The seventh match, between Mikey and Alfie Potter, was crucial. It ended in a draw, which favoured RI as they had a massive lead on countback in the event of an overall draw. Mick Kenyon beat Andy Fletcher to pull it back to 4.5-3.5 but Rich Crowther secured the win for RI with a comfortable win over Martin Hood. For RI Richard Crowther won his three matches and Mikey Arnold won two and drew one. For Clarence, Alfie Potter won one and a half with Martin Hood and Mick Kenyon winning one each. The third RI player was Andy Fletcher, who was unsuccessful on the night.

In the Machell Trophy, for teams who were knocked out in the first round, Clarence A beat Bootham B 5.5–0.5. There were some close games that went Clarence’s way. Bootham’s Ian Hilton drew one and lost another by one point. Milo Cupik and Graham Hatfield won two each and John Farmery won one and drew one for Clarence. The other Bootham players were Gareth Brynyng and Jo Suchecki.

Thanks to David Atkinson for organising the competitions. Trophies were presented by Steve Tindall (Association Vice-President).

Semi Finals

Tuesday 2^nd May 2017 (at York RI)

Shepherd: York RI C 5 (Mikey Arnold 2-0, Richard Crowther 1-1, Andy Fletcher 2-0) Coneysthorpe B 1 (Mal Haswell 0-2, Keith Wilkinson 0-2, Paul Young 1-1)

Machell: Clarence A 5 (John Farmery 3-0, Graham Hatfield 1-1, Aidan Ranftler 1-1) York RI H 2 (Paul Greenwood 2-1, Simon Lawrence 0-2, Marcin Ziolek 0-2)

Thursday 4^th May 2017 (at York RI)

Shepherd: Clarence B 5 (John Farmery 1-2, Mick Kenyon 1-2, Alfie Potter 3-0) York RI I 4 (Mark Antrobus 1-2, Jacob Martindale 1-2, Arthur Sorley 2-1)

Machell: Bootham B 5 (Gareth Brynyng 2-0, Ian Hilton 2-0, Jo Suchecki 1-0) Clarence C 0 (Clara Bellstedt 0-1, Mike Belton 0-2, Bob Young 0-2)

Finals

Thursday 11th May 2017 (at York RI)

Shepherd: York RI C 5.5 (Mikey Arnold 2.5-0.5, Richard Crowther 3-0, Andy Fletcher 0-3) Clarence B 3.5 (Martin Hood 1-2, Mick Kenyon 1-2, Alfie Potter 1.5-1.5)

Machell: Clarence A 5.5 (Milo Cupik 2-0, John Farmery 1.5-0.5, Graham Hatfield 2-0) Bootham B 0.5 (Gareth Brynyng 0-2, Ian Hilton 0.5-1.5, Jo Suchecki 0-2)