An annual charity event where the top champions of the North West go head to head Adults £3 on the door and kids go free!
This Champions Challenge is the brain child of our very own Jim Bolton - a dedicated member of 3 leagues in the North West and who is a veteran TT player with over 40 years under his belt. Each year the TT season comes to an end in April and with so many leagues there are a lot of players who never get to play the creme de la creme from wider areas. Jim saw a gap in the market for this and each y
24/05/2026
What another Fantastic day of table tennis 🏓
It was a new format this year which saw our players at The Martin Machin champions challenge, battle it out early doors in heats, quarter finals, semis and then the final challenge where Shaun Hall beat Joseph Illia in the final!
Huge congrats to all of our players who made it a top championship
And well done Shaun ! This year’s champion !
We'll be live streaming the quarter finals very shortly.
23/05/2026
The players are SO good the games are going on to full time!
Currently on round 2, game 1 so could be another hour until the quarters
Such amazing TT as always !
Huge welcome to our 2 time champion Matty Westworth back to the Championship… aiming to do it for a third time - and if he does he’ll be our first!
We also have a double CC champion Jonathan Taylor here - last time Jonathan won was 2015!
Can he or Matty make it our first Triple champion OR will someone new grab the slot!?
Expecting the winner to be crowned by about 10 pm this eve …. Keep with us folks, it’s sure to be a great day of sport ! 🏓
Music and a proper champions entrance for 2026! Thanks to Chris and Jim, Thomas and all the team
23/05/2026
Thanks to on you tube all games are live now!
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21/05/2026
Who’s coming down this week!
The Martin Machin Champions Challenge
Finally we have our confirmed list of names for this years event!
League / Qualification
Player
Wigan
Stuart Horn
WICC Winner 2025
Matty Westworth
Epoch
Shaun Hall
Bury & Oldham
Roman Rubanets
Southport
Charlie Williams
Warrington
Joseph Ilia
Bolton & Liverpool
Fraser Massey
Wirral
Jonathan Taylor
You will see some of our previous players and winners in the comp this year and some new faces!
Don’t forget it’s NEXT SATURDAY!! And starts at 3 pm with the semis (ALL players) expected around 7 and final after that!
Please come and support for whatever part you can
All proceeds as always for Wigan & Leigh Hospice
Again in memory of our beautiful friend Martin Machin.
Thank you all!!
(Usual venue - LEIGH MINERS social club )
| Monday | 6am - 10pm |
| Tuesday | 6am - 10pm |
| Wednesday | 6am - 10pm |
| Thursday | 6am - 10pm |
| Friday | 6am - 9pm |
| Saturday | 8am - 8pm |
| Sunday | 8am - 8pm |