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Twinning
Jersey
www.jtta.org.je
February 2006
Rüsselsheim
(Germany)
www.svdisbu.de
September 2005
Waiting for the plane home from Jersey!
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Club Tour to Jersey
During the
half-term break a group of four seniors and four juniors from Rugby
Table Tennis Club went on a trip, organised by club chairman Dick
Frost, to Jersey to compete against table tennis players on the
island.
The juniors were
matched very evenly with the Jersey youngsters and ended up with a
16-16 draw in their matches overall. Daniel Fellows' defensive style
proved successful with him winning 7 of his 8 matches, Matthew
Outhwaite 5 and Ben Meakin 4. Stephen Maddison had so many 5 set
matches that could easily have gone his way, but it was just not his
week for luck on the tables.
The senior team
of Dick Frost, Adrian Pilgrim, Rachel Pilgrim and Jo Outhwaite were
faced with the Jersey World Cup team, which proved to be rather
daunting. Nevertheless, Rachel won 3 out of her 4 singles and Adrian
showed everyone what a skilful player he is, winning all his 4
singles in fine style. Jersey's squad proved too strong in the
senior doubles, though there were some very enjoyable games in mens',
ladies', and mixed doubles. Overall the seniors' result was 13-7 in
Jersey's favour.
In addition to
table tennis, the group managed to find time for a number of
other
activities including ten pin bowling, swimming, visiting the
underground museum 'Jersey Tunnels', Jersey Pottery, Jersey Zoo,
various sightseeing drives and possibly the windiest walk they could
have had without being blown over!
The players were
well looked after with superb accommodation at
Hotel la
Tour
in St Aubin, and use of the Georgetown Community Bus made it
possible to see more of the island than anyone could have dared hope
in such a short time. After this successful trip it is hoped that
Jersey players will visit Rugby next year for a return fixture.
Thanks to Jo Outhwaite for the report.
Rüsselsheim
(Germany)
www.svdisbu.de
September 2005
Smiles all round before play
starts!
The tables were set up on
Friday evening ready for the weekend's matches.
Three matches were played on
Saturday;
Russelsheim Seniors
proved too strong for Rugby Seniors (Jack Koumi, Nicolas Perrin,
Rachel Pilgrim) winning 10-0.
Russelsheim Junior A
(Tobias 1, Anil, Umut) lost 1-9 to Rugby Junior A (Daniel 3,
Jack 2, Matthew 3 doubles)
Russelsheim Junior B (Jason
2, Marcel H 2, Marcel V 1 doubles) won 6-4 against Rugby Junior B
(Ben Meakin 3, Thomas Frampton 1, Matthew Frampton)
Sue and Dorothy laid on a
marvellous buffet lunch so no-one went hungry!
After the days play the clubs
went "up the park" to kick a ball about.
In the evening both clubs went
along to the Ten Pin Bowling at junction 1.
Three matches were played on
Sunday;
Russelsheim Seniors won
6-4 against Rugby Seniors (Adrian 3, Don, Joe; Adrian + Don
won the doubles)
Russelsheim Junior A
(Tobias 1, Anil 2, Jason) lost 3-7 to Rugby Junior A (Daniel
3, Ben 2, Matthew 1 doubles)
Russelsheim Junior B (Umut 2,
Marcel H 1, Marcel V doubles) lost 4-6 to Rugby Mixed (Tristan
Mobbs 3, Jackie Frampton 2, Jo Outhwaite 1)
AMAZING!
After six matches the score was 3-3 and 30-30 in games!
On Sunday evening there was a Civic
"do" at the town hall to round off the weekend before the guests got their coach
home at midnight.
Local newspaper article:
http://www.rugbyreviewtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=690&ArticleID=1133110
Rugby Juniors Ben, Tristan and Daniel try to avoid the umpires chair!
Russelsheim Juniors - discussing tactics?
Rugby's Ben and Matthew win the
last game of the weekend to level the match score to 3-3
The top players from either side!
The matches completed and the 2005 SV Disbu Players look resplendent in
their Rugby Club shirts!
Anil Mesvat,
Jason Bump, Marcel Hartmann, Umut Bulut, Tobias Garten, Marcel Voltz .
Seniors: Umut Cömert, Markus Felka, Prakash Kalayankary.
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