St Pauls Handicap

In a keenly fought match Shelby Films overcame Erin Vaudin in the final of the St Paul's Handicap Tournament- the opening K.O. competition of the 2021/22 TT season. This was sweet payback for her loss to Vaudin earlier in the year in the Junior Women's Island Championships.  Timms beat Vaudin: 21-16, 21-13 in the final.

Giant killers and Stacey slayers 

With a well worked handicap system the St Paul's tournament levelled the the playing field for table tennis players from all four divisions. Matches were played to 21 points and with handicaps as high as 18 to overcome, the island's best players had to be on their mettle to avoid making errors. Wheras the lower division players could attack a little more freely. 

One such was third division Mick Ingrouille who booked his place in the semi-final by knocking out in succession the First Division Stacey twins in round of 16 and the quarter final. Ingrouille took full advantage of his 15 point start to pressure both Staceys into mistakes. Margins of error were very acute and the pressure told on them. At the same time Ingrouille was impressive in laying down several winning attacking shots on both sides of the table - none more spectacular than his signature backhand top spin drive which few players can contend with - in any division.