Despite his win against the top qualifier, Lawrence did not earn the number 2 spot, as this was taken by Robinson. Robinson needed all of his concentration to defeat Lawrence in their match which he pinched 13-11 in the 5^th, an untimely fault serve from Lawrence cruelly ending proceedings in the decider. His match against twin Joshua was another hard fought encounter which also ended with a narrow victory in the winning game. Their match did not go to the decider on this occasion, it was won 14-12 in the 4^th by Alex.

It was Joshua that took 3^rd position as he came out on top in the battle of the twins. He reversed a 2-1 deficit to win 11-8 in the decisive 5^th end. This result meant that Lawrence took 4^th spot.

The 5^th and 6^th spots were realistically achievable by any of the remaining 6 players at the start of the night, such is the small difference in standard between the players. The younger players that cashed in on the opportunity on this occasion were 12 year old Ben Foss and 15 year old Chloe Le Tissier. Foss was 5^th and only lost to the players that qualified above him. His first match was against 1^st Division player Rabey and his 3-0 win over him was also the first time that he had beaten his elder and higher ranked opponent. Le Tissier had a tough start to the event as she came up against 3 of the top 4 qualifiers in her first 3 matches. She bounced back from defeats in those matches by winning her next 3. The most important of these wins came in round 6 where she defeated Alderney’s Jack Ives 11-4 in the final game. Ives was the only Ridunian present and gave a good account of himself at the event, narrowly missing out on qualification via his 7^th position finish. His best win was his 5 game victory over Rabey in the final round of the evening. Le Tissier also needed the full 5 games to get past an out of sorts Rabey in 5 in a win that sealed her qualification in the penultimate round of matches.

The Channel Island event will take place on Sunday 24^th November at the Guernsey Table Tennis Centre based at Hougue Du Pommier.

The annual event’s location alternates between the 2 Islands each year, with last year’s event held in Jersey being won by Caesarean Hugo Tupper.

Tupper was one of the 6 Jersey players to qualify from their respective qualification event which was held on 20^th October at the Geoff Reed centre. Tupper is not the highest qualifier this time as that spot went to the rapidly improving and current form player, Jordan Wykes. Wykes has produced some good performances in the Jersey local league thus far this season where he has obtained wins over former Green Trophy players Tupper and current Jersey Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles Island champion in the form of Pole, Gregorz Frankowski.