TABLE tennis stars from county schools descended on Bromsgrove last Saturday for a major tournament.

More than 70 competitors contested 240 matches at U11s, U13s, U16s and U19s level in the Worcestershire Schools Individual Table Tennis Championships at Parkside Middle School, in Stourbridge Road.

Competitors came from all over the county including from North and South Bromsgrove high schools, Droitwich Spa High School and Westacre and Witton middle schools, in Droitwich.

The girls events were dominated by Evesham players Grace Ford, winning the U11 Girls, beating Ella Parry-Reece in the final. Katie Sellick was champion in the U13 Girls, the runner up Emily Stuart from Franche. Rachel Sellick, older sister of Katie, was champion in both the U16 and U19 Girls events, beating Katie and Eleanor Lasota in the respective finals.

The U11 Boys saw Daniel Brown (St Egwins) become champion beating Adam Nutland from Franche in a very close five set match. In the U13, Ben Salisbury from Christopher Whitehead, Worcester, beat Michael Langston from Droitwich Spa in a four set final. Sasha Grokhotov from Bromsgrove succeeded in the U16 Boys beating Chris Baldwin in the final. Grokhotov also reached the semi-finals in the U19 event, losing a very close five set match to David Smith. Smith (from Malvern) played Will Pritchard from Kidderminster in the U19 final, Prichard coming out on top of a fantastic four set match.

Tournament organiser Margaret Hughes, head of PE at Parkside, said: "The tournament was a great success and saw many fantastic matches throughout the day. Since this is my last year of organising the championships, I would like to thank everyone for their support - all the coaches and schools - and say well done to all the players involved."