Table Tennis News 2

MARCH 2025

The Finals of the Kendal & District League Annual Tournament took place at Natland Village Hall on Tuesday, March 11^th. Burton Table Tennis Club had 2 players in the finals. Gary Deakin won the Veterans Singles defeating Alan Turner from Dalton 3-1 in the final. Ben O’Flynn, also of Burton A, made it all the way to the final of the Band 1 Singles, the blue-ribbon event, only to be beaten 3-0 by Natland’s inspired James Neal.

The annual KDTTL Knock-Out Cup has reached the quarter-final stage. Burton C & Burton D are still involved but both have difficult away matches at Natland. The tennis gods may need to help us!

Attendance at the Thursday evening adult social sessions continues to grow and Phil Newsham has now joined the group of Burton based players which includes Richard Owen, Ali Burrows and Paul Chang, 3 of the original members of the group. Players are also attending from Holme and Carnforth and occasionally Kirkby Lonsdale.

Table Tennis News 1

FEBRUARY 2025

Burton Table Tennis Club currently has 4 teams in the Kendal & District Table Tennis League. There are 2 teams in Division 1, Burton A & B, and 2 teams, Burton C & D, in Division 2. There are 3 players in a team and home matches are played on Wednesday evenings, from 7-9, in the Burton Memorial Hall. At the time of writing, Burton A, having fulfilled half of their fixtures, are lying 2nd in Division 1. The team of Gary Deakin, Ben O’Flynn and Peter Baxendale have won 7 of their 8 matches so far this season, losing only to League Leaders Natland A. Burton B, captained by Paul Hines, are currently lying 3rd but could be caught by a couple of teams with games in hand. In Division 2, Burton D and Burton C are currently 1st and 3rd respectively, but Burton C, featuring a very strong squad of John Fitzgerald, Bryan Walker, Simon Waring and Paul Capstick Newell, with 2 games in hand, are favourites to capture the Division 2 title. The league matches will complete in April.

On Thursday evenings, Junior Coaching runs from 5.15 to 6.00 and is followed by an Adult Social Session from 6 to 7. There are currently 7 juniors attending the junior sessions and 8 people attending the adult social. Anyone interested in getting involved with either of these sessions, or indeed in playing competitively, should contact Tony March (Chair and Level 1 Table Tennis Coach) on 07814 029471 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..