Swindon Table Tennis League

🏓 TODAY'S THE DAY! 🎉📚

Join us today as we celebrate two very special milestones in Swindon table tennis history!

📖 Book Launch: The Story of Table Tennis in Swindon by Alan Duke

🎊 Swindon Table Tennis League Centenary Finale Celebrations

📅 Today
🕖 7:00pm – 11:00pm
📍 The Southbrook Inn, Southbrook Street, Swindon, SN2 1HF

🏓 Swindon Table Tennis League – Season Summary 🏓

Another fantastic season comes to an end with some brilliant performances across the league and tournaments.

🏆 Division 1 Champions were Sanford A, who were crowned Division 1 Champions for the FOURTH year in a row

Sanford A team:
• Ian Neate • Andy Hurley • John Ramsden • James Lovelock

Special mention to Ian Neate, who completed the season with a 100% win record and 15 Player of the Match awards 👏

🏆 Division 2 Champions were Ferndale H

What makes this achievement even more impressive is that the team is made up of young U15 and U19 players:
• Pranjal Parasher • Kunal Sharma • Tanishq Parasher

A fantastic achievement and a great sign for the future of table tennis in the league.

Runners-up were St Saviours A:
• Chris Howell • Sandy Steele-Davis • Vicki Pepper

Chris Howell also finished the season with a 100% win record and an incredible 18 Player of the Match awards 👏

🏓 Tournament Winners 🏓

Division 1 Singles:🥇 Ian Neate🥈 Jack Tupman

Division 2 Singles:🥇 Pranjal Parasher 🥈 Chris Howell

Robey Handicap Singles:🥇 Pranjal Parasher 🥈 Chris Howell

Handicap Doubles:🥇 Alan Kimber / Sally Howse 🥈 Raj Jagan / Sarkin Auyeung

Pickett Team Handicap:🥇 St Saviours 🥈 Northside

Dave Kethero:

Senior Singles:🥇 Ian Neate 🥈 Daniel Prakash

Consolation Singles: 🥇 Jack Tupman 🥈 Steve McBean

Doubles: 🥇 Ian Neate / Andy Hurley 🥈 Rajinder Singh / Gaurav Sharma

Veteran Singles:🥇 Ian Neate 🥈 Andy Hurley

Veteran Doubles:🥇 Ian Neate / Andy Hurley 🥈 Daniel Prakash / Alan Duke

3-Point Knock-Out:🥇 Rajinder Singh 🥈 Jose Pereira

Oliver Tarrant Centenary:🥇 Jack Tupman 🥈 Karl Bushell

Oliver Tarrant Centenary Plate:🥇 Jose Pereira 🥈 Kevin Brooker

🏅 Player of the Season goes to Ian Neate after an outstanding year winning:
• Division 1
• Division 1 Singles
• Dave Kethero Senior Singles & Doubles
• Dave Kethero Veteran Singles & Doubles
• Wiltshire Veterans Singles & Doubles

A massive well done to all players, teams, organisers and supporters for another great season of table tennis in Swindon and Wiltshire 👏🏓

Swindon Table Tennis Season Honours Summary
Club Team Titles Player Titles
Sanford 1 8
Ferndale 1 3
St Saviours 1 2

We are happy to support the 🏓 Sanford Summer League 2026

A great opportunity for league, social, and new players to enjoy more table tennis this summer.

📅 Starts: Tuesday, 30 June
📍 Lawn Manor Academy
👥 Teams of 2–5 players

Register by 12th June and get involved! 💪🔥

Summer League 2026 - Open to all The number of division and teams per divisions will depend on the number of entries. Duration of the league could be between 7 to 10 weeks (July and August), and if needed, September

🏓 2025–26 Centenary Pickett Competition Champions 🏆

After beginning with multiple teams across several rounds, the competition ended with three fantastic matches full of drama.

In the first semi-final, KV Northside fought back from a deficit to beat Ferndale 1 456–419.

The second semi-final was even closer, with St Saviour’s edging out Ferndale 4 by just ONE point (467–466) in a thrilling final-game decider.

The final delivered more drama as St Saviour’s held off KV Northside by just 8 points (493–485) to become our 2025–26 Centenary Pickett Champions! 🎉

👏 Congratulations to the winning St Saviour’s squad:
Chris Howell
Sandy Steele-Davis
Vicki Pepper
Alan Kimber
Sally Howse
Tony Bettley
John Lewis
Neil Hayward

A fantastic achievement — and well done to everyone who took part in another brilliant competition!

🏓🔥 Handicap Finals Night Highlights! 🔥🏓

An exciting night of table tennis with fantastic performances across both events!

Doubles Semi-Finals:
Alan Kimber & Sally Howse (St Saviours) came back from +7 against Mandy & Paul to reach the final 💪
Raj & Sarkin (Ferndale) overcame Alan Duke & Olha (Northside) (+2) to secure their spot 👏

Doubles Final:
In a thrilling match, Alan & Sally defeated Raj & Sarkin (+4) in the deciding set to become Doubles Handicap Champions! 🏆

Singles Semi-Finals:
Mandy Kwok vs Pranjal Parasher
Jackson Viegas vs Chris Howell
👉 Pranjal and Chris both overturned huge handicaps (~20 points) to reach the final—an incredible effort!

Singles Final:
In a close rematch, Pranjal Parasher came out on top to claim his second title of the season—now both Division 2 and Handicap Singles Champion 👑

🎉 Well done to all players for a brilliant night!
🏓 St Saviours – Doubles Champions
🏓 Ferndale – Singles Champion

🔥 Handicap Doubles🔥

Another fantastic night of table tennis with great energy, fun and some brilliant matches! 🏓💥

👏 Congratulations to all the teams through to the semi-finals:
• Alan Kimber & Sally Howse (St Saviours)
• Raj & Sarkin (Ferndale)
• Alan Duke & Olha (Northside)
• Mandy & Paul

🌟 Four teams. Four clubs. One goal.

👏 Credit as well to last year’s champions Ian & John, who gave it everything but fell short this time. A -18 handicap is always a huge challenge – especially against a +12! Respect 👊

📅 Next Tuesday (7th April) also brings the Handicap Singles & Doubles Semi-Finals – expect a night full of action, intensity, and great table tennis!

Who’s making the final? 🔥

🏓 Handicap Singles was packed with long rallies and really close matches!

We now have our final four for the semi-finals on 07/04:

Chris Howell -12
Pranjal Parasher -11
Mandy Kwok +10
Jackson Viegas +8

All four semi-finalists come from Division 2.

Semi-finals:
Mandy Kwok +10 vs Pranjal Parasher -11
Jackson Viegas +8 vs Chris Howell -12

Representing the final four: 2 from Sanford, 1 from Ferndale and 1 from St Saviours 👏

Who’s making the final? 🔥

🏓 **Oliver Tarrant Centenary Tournament**
**Lawn Manor Academy – 22 March 2026** 🏓

A huge congratulations to Jack Tupman on winning the main event at the Oliver Tarrant Centenary Tournament at Lawn Manor Academy.

Jack secured the title with an excellent win in the final against **Karl Bushell**, after already producing a superb performance in the semi-final against **Gary Baldwin**.

His victory also meant the main title stayed with a current Swindon League player, overcoming former Swindon League players on the way to success.

In the Centenary Plate, Jose Pereira also delivered a fantastic performance, defeating Kevin Brooker in the final and once again ensuring the win went to a current Swindon League player against a former Swindon League player.

A brilliant day of table tennis and a great showcase for the strength of current Swindon League players. Well done to Jack Tupman and Jose Pereira on excellent achievements.