CI Championships & Inter Insulars

24th - 25th April 2026, GTTA Centre, Jersey

Channel Island Championships

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Men's Singles: Garry Dodd 4-1 Leon Pierre

Women's Singles: Kay Chivers 4-1 Freya Allaway

Men's Doubles: Garry Dodd & Alex Robinson 4-1 Leon Pierre & Theo De Poerck

Women's Doubles: Freya Allaway & Ella Devlin 4-1 Kay Chivers & Marli Barker

Mixed Doubles: Alex Robinson & Marli Barker 4-2 Leon Pierre / Freya Allaway

Under-11: Perran Lomax 4-0 Hamish McCullough

Under-13: Luke Evans 4-0 Evan Ness

Under-15 Girls: Keira Eldridge 4-0 Ella Devlin

Under-15 Boys: Luke Evans 4-1 Oskar Karwowski

Under-18 Men: Oskar Karwowski 4-3 Luke Evans

Under-18 Women: Ruby Devlin 4-2 Keira Eldridge

Under-18 Doubles: Cameron Powell & Micah Cohen 4-2 Callum Allaway & Theo De Poerck

Under-21: John Le Fondre 4-1 Luke Evans

Restricted: Alex Robinson 4-3 Alfie Sutherland

Veterans: Mariusz Cieminski 4-0 Phil Ogier

Women's Veterans: Kay Chivers 4-0 Anne-Cecile Clare

Veterans Doubles: Phil Ogier & Nye Matthew 4-0 Martin Tupper & Tony Wood

Over-50: Phil Ogier 4-0 Martin Tupper

Over-60: Kay Chivers 4-0 Martin Tupper

Over-70: Terry Trustum 4-0 Paul Routier

The leading Guernsey table tennis players showed their quality on Friday evening with heavy success over their Jersey counterparts at the GTTA centre. The resultant success saw 15 of the coveted 20 Channel Island Championship crowns going the way of the Sarnians, with no less than 5 players picking up multiple titles.

Most significantly were the victories for Guernsey players in the blue riband Men’s and Women’s Singles events. Garry Dodd continues to show his dominance of this event and his 5th consecutive CI title and 12th total leaves him just a single title short of the record that has been held by Bert Brenton nearly 80 years ago.

Dodd started his final against the youthful Leon Pierre in emphatic fashion and blazed through the opening 2 sets with matching 11-4 scores. To his great credit, the Caesarean did not fold under the pressure, and he increased his level well, taking the 3rd set 11-7 with some strong early attacking strokes. He continued to display strong form and led the majority of the 4th set until Dodd whipped an impressive backhand top-spin at the end of a long rally to reduce arrears to 5-7. Pierre did however remain in the ascendancy and closed in on the set at 9-8. Fortune favoured Dodd at this

stage with a ball that clipped the edge and a few strong serves and forehand top-spin third ball saw him move into an important 3-1 lead. The 5th set was an almost mirror image of the prior set, with Pierre leading throughout, until parity was restored at 7-7. A long rally at 9-8 won by Pierre kept him in it, however Dodd played consecutive strong points to conclude an 11-4, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9 triumph.

Chivers on the other hand enjoyed an identical 5-set success in the Women’s Singles, with Freya Allaway dispatched. The success was her 7th CI title in this category and like Dodd, she set the tone from the start, courtesy of taking the opening 2 sets for the loss of just 13 points. The third set was also taken 11-6 to put the title in sight. Allaway battled strongly and saved a match point at 10-9 in the 4th set, taking it at her first opportunity 2 points later. Chivers was however not to be stopped and she cruised through the 5th set to complete an 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5 victory.

Dodd and Chivers both tasted further success in other events they competed in on the night. For Dodd, he combined with Alex Robinson in the Men’s Doubles where they defeated the spirited efforts of Pierre and Junior Theo De Poerck over 5 sets, whilst Chivers was a clinical straight sets winner over Martin Tupper to lift the Over 60’s Open Singles title. Chivers added a third title of the night when she clinically put away Anne Cecille-Clare in straight sets in the Women’s Veterans Singles.

The final blue riband trophy to go the way of the hosts was one of the closest of the night in the Mixed Doubles between Robinson and Marli Barker and Pierre and Allaway. The Jersey duo always led in a match which saw sets swing back and forth until 3-3. The important 7th set saw Robinson and Barker enjoy success from their more difficult side for the first time in the match, surging into an important 5-3 lead at the change of ends. A timeout was taken by the Guernsey duo when the score was levelled at 5-5 and this paid huge dividends as it saw them motor into a decisive 10-6 lead, with

the title eventually sealed 11-7 when a service return from Barker narrowly struck the edge of the table. The only core title not to go the way of the Sarnians was the Women’s Doubles, which saw Allaway and Ella Devlin combine excellently to see off Chivers and Barker in 5 sets.

Robinson’s evening had started with another encounter that went the full 7-set distance, in an epic clash with Alfie Sutherland in the Restricted Singles. He was looking in good form when he took the opening 2 sets and led 9-7 in the 3rd, however Sutherland snuck the 3rd 11-9 after a rare fault serve from Robinson. A comfortable 11-5 set win in the 4th opened a commanding 3-1 lead, however once more Sutherland showed good battling quality and he refused to go down, comfortably taking the next 2 sets for the loss of just 9 points. Despite losing the opening point of the decider, Robinson started a super run which saw him change ends with a 5-2 lead. Despite more resistance from the Jersey man, Robinson had too much firepower and took it 11-6 at the first time of asking. 

In an evening dominated by Guernsey Veterans, Phil Ogier was the leading player as he picked up 2 titles. He was a dominant straight sets winner of the Over 50’s Open Singles over Tupper, whilst in the Veterans Open Doubles alongside Nye Matthew, they dispatched Tupper and Tony Wood in straight sets. Terry Trustum rounded off Guernsey success in the Veterans events with a strong 4-0 win over former JTTA President Paul Routier in the Over 70’s Open Singles. The sole Veterans title to elude Guernsey’s hands was the Over 40’s Open Singles, with the strong Green Trophy player Mariusz Cieminski having too much in the locker for Ogier and winning in straight sets.

The leading Sarnian junior players also tasted excellent success, winning 5 of the 8 events contested. The biggest winner of the night was Luke Evans, who picked up titles in 2 events. He was a comfortable straight sets winner over Evan Ness in the Under 13 Open Singles, whilst he played superbly to dispatch Oskar Karwowski 4-1 in the Under 15 Boys Singles. He was unfortunate not to come away with a further title as he narrowly slipped to a 7-set defeat to Karwowski in a hard-fought Under 18 Men’s final, whilst he also lost out to the impressive John Le Fondre in 5-sets in the Under 21 Open Singles. Keira Eldridge was in strong form in the Under 15 Girls, where she overcame Ella Devlin in straight sets and she will rue her Under 18 Women’s Final with Ruby Devlin, where she fell in 6 sets, despite having led 2-0. Micah Cohen and Cameron Powell played excellently in the Under 18 Open Doubles, shocking Callum Allaway and De Poerck with a 6-set win, whilst in the youngest age category, Perran Lomax showed superb composure during a convincing straight sets win over Hamish McCullough in the Under 11 Open Singles.

Inter Insulars

Full Results

Guernsey’s dominant record in the Inter-Insulars, particularly those contested on home soil, continued on Saturday at the GTTA centre, with an overall 76-64 success. This victory was Guernsey’s 39th triumph in the Aggregate trophy, with Jersey having won just 11 in the history of the event. It also continues the near flawless home record, whereby defeat has only been tasted once by Guernsey in the 26 contests.

Despite the overall success, Guernsey could not keep the prestigious Green or Margaret trophies on home soil, after an entertaining evening of action saw Jersey walk away with both trophies. The Green Trophy was in typical fashion an epic encounter, with both sides giving their all in an attritional evening of action which finished not long before midnight. The team of Alex Robinson, Joshua Stacey and Lawrence Stacey fought excellently, with nothing to separate them from the Jersey trio of Chris Wheeler, Leon Pierre, and Mariusz Cieminski, with a 5-5 score the end outcome. Jersey retained the trophy due to their emphatic victory at Fort Regent last year.

Led by the excellent coach in CI Men’s Singles Champion Garry Dodd, Guernsey came out of the traps in lighting fashion, with Josh playing strong table tennis during a straight sets win over Jersey Men’s Singles champion Leon Pierre. Alex Robinson, making his first appearance in the Green in over a decade impressed with a gritty victory over Cieminski in the 2d rubber. Trailing 7-5 in the deciding 5th set, he also saved 2 match points from 8-10. The super win was sealed at the second time of asking, 13-11 thanks to a strong forehand topspin return. The win was even more pertinent as it also sealed the aggregate trophy for Guernsey, much to the delight of the strong Guernsey contingent in attendance.

The impressive former Scottish International Chris Wheeler set the tone for Jersey’s resurgent comeback as he directly contributed to 3 Jersey victories in the space of 4 matches. This started with a 3-1 victory over Lawrence Stacey. Robinson was up next against Pierre in another 5-set classic. Pierre’s quick start to the decider proved too much and the Caesarean duly closed it out 11-6 to level proceedings at 2-2 in the match. Josh continued where he left off against Pierre and he was looking in good shape against Wheeler when he took the opener 11-8 and led the second set 9-7. He had an opportunity to take it at 10-9, however Wheeler edged through 12-10, before he negotiated the following 2 sets to put Jersey into the lead.

Josh and Lawrence started the doubles clash against Wheeler and Pierre in superb fashion, winning the opener 11-3 following an audacious round the back shot by Lawrence, followed by a strong backhand topspin from Josh. However, a 7-5 advantage in the second set saw a run of 6 unanswered points from the Jersey duo. The momentum stayed with Jersey, and they secured a 3-1 win after strong 3rd and 4th sets. Guernsey knew that they would need to win all 4 remaining matches to regain the trophy and Lawrence kept the hopes alive when he ousted Cieminski 11-8 in the deciding 5th end of their clash. However, Wheeler was not to be stopped, and he concluded an impressive unbeaten evening when he defeated Robinson in straight sets and gave Jersey the 5th rubber they needed.

Guernsey were determined to not go down without a fight, and they played the final 2 matches with excellent intensity. Lawrence started with a strong 4-set win over Pierre and Josh completed the comeback when he dispatched Cieminski in 4 sets. There was however disappointment in the Women’s Margaret Trophy event as it saw Jersey claim the honours and hold the trophy for the first time this century, with their last victory incredibly coming in 1999.

The narrow 6-4 victory came from an initial losing position, with a 2-0 match deficit turned into a 3-2 advantage for the visitors. Shelby Timms had done excellently to overturn a 2-0 lead in defeating Esther Lewis in 5 sets, whilst Kay Chivers had been a comfortable straight sets winner over Ruby Devlin. Jersey Women’s Singles Island Champion Freya Allaway entered the fray at this stage, and she contributed significantly with matching straight sets wins over both Timms and Paula Le Ber, whilst sandwiched between this was an upset 4-set win for Lewis over Chivers. A narrow doubles victory for Chivers and Timms over Allaway and Lewis which saw them take it 11-9 in the deciding 5th set looked to set the Sarnians back on their way from 3-3, however a couple of narrow defeats in the following 2 rubbers proved decisive to the rare Jersey success. Le Ber was dispatched 11-9 in the deciding set by Ruby, whilst Chivers was edged 12-10 in the deciding set by Allaway, reversing her success the prior evening in the Women’s Singles, which she won 4-1. Le Ber’s 4-set defeat to Lewis in the penultimate match gave Jersey the trophy, with Timms finishing with a strong straight sets win over Ruby.

Guernsey’s performances in the other 12 Inter-Insular team matches had paved the way for the success in the Aggregate, with the morning session won 32-28 by the Sarnians and the afternoon session won 35-25. The success was underpinned by the exceptional results of Guernsey’s strong veterans, who contributed just under half of the points from these 2 sessions, taking 33 from a possible 40. The best of these results came in the Over 60’s, where the team of Mark Pipet, Craig Dunning and Chivers put Martin Tupper, Tom Quinn, and Tony Wood to the sword, earning a crucial 10-0 whitewash. In a dominant performance, just 1 of the matches was extended to a 5th set and this saw Dunning and Chivers fight back from 2-0 down to edge past Jersey’s Veterans Open Doubles Island Champions Wood and Tupper in 5 sets, 11-7 the score in the deciding end. The Over 50’s and Over 70’s events were both won via dominant 9-1 scores. In the Over 50’s, Phil Ogier, Nye Matthew, and Andy Gill were almost flawless over Terry Boucher, Hilary Le Cornu, and Anne Cecille-Clair. Every set was won in straight sets by the Sarnians except for Gill’s clash with Boucher. Gill had led this penultimate game of the match 2-1, however the Jersey player saved some pride for his team when he won the final 2 sets 11-9, 11-8. In the Over 70’s Terry Trustum, Gary Wilcocks and Brian Ferbrache were strong winners over Paul Routier, Dave Le Clerq and Kevin O’Sullivan. The sole victory for Jersey came in the match opener when Routier fought back strongly from 2-1 down to overcome Ferbrache. The only other close match was a repeat of the CI final from the prior evening, with Trustum once more dispatching Routier, albeit this time via a much close 5-set win.

The Over 40’s was the closest Veterans encounter, and it ended in a 5-5 stalemate, a result which sees Jersey retain the trophy. Phil Ogier, Jamie Ferbrache and Steve Ozanne all defeated newcomer Almel Jacob in straight sets, with Ferbrache earning a solid 4-set win over Miguel Freitas. The doubles was an important match which saw Ogier and Ferbrache combine well to defeat Freitas and Mariusz Cieminski in 4 sets. However, Guernsey was unable to find the vital 6th rubber, with Jersey winning the final 2 games of the match, Cieminski beating Ozanne in straight sets and Freitas earning a super 4-set win over Ogier in the final game of the match. The final age category beyond juniors was the Restricted and this saw a narrow 6-4 victory for a strong Jersey team. The event which is for players between 21-40 that have not played in the Green trophy the prior year, or the current year saw Jersey include former multiple-time Green trophy players Chris Morshead and Alfie Sutherland in their lineup and they delivered to secure the title for Jersey. Paul Hainsworth, Liam Robilliard and Matthew Casey all comfortably beat Selasi Dunoo in straight sets, whilst the regular doubles combination of Hainsworth and Robilliard earned anexcellent 4-set doubles win over Morshead and Sutherland, overturning a 7-1 deficit in the 4th end to take it 12-10. However, the Sarnians could not find a further win, with Robilliard coming the closest in his clash with Sutherland in the penultimate game of the match. Leading 2-1, he was edged out 11-9 in the deciding end.

Guernsey’s leading Junior players put in some excellent displays to add a number of trophies and important points towards the aggregate. Importantly and encouragingly, this saw an emphatic 10-0 whitewash obtained in the Under 11 Open. Perran Lomax, Keil Butt and Noah Finn were in dominant form against Aimee Moreria, Hamish McCullough and Thomas McGuiness and only dropped 2 sets in the entire fixture. The Under 15 Girls team played excellently during a gritty 8-2 win. The team of Keira Eldridge, Isla Bretel and Thea Cummins held their nerve excellently and won all 5 matches that went the full 5-set distances. This saw Cummins unbeaten as she defeated Maia Bowden, Anna Middleton, and Ella Devlin all over the distance. She came back from 2-0 down to Bowden and 2-1 down to Middleton during these wins. Eldridge was also unbeaten and she too won a 5-set clash of her own over Middleton in the final game of the match. Bretel came back from 2-1 down to beat Bowden, whilst Eldridge and Cummins combined well to defeat Middleton and Bowden in 4 sets in the doubles clash.

The Under 13 Open team secured a solid 7-3 win which saw contributions from all players. Luke Evans led the way with some classy performances. He defeated Rory Quinn, Evan Ness, and James Cleverley without dropping a set. He also teamed with Olivia Gilbert in the doubles where they defeated Quinn and Cleverly in 4 sets. Gilbert earned an important 5-set win over Cleverley, whilst she also dispatched Ness in 4 sets. Cummins played well during a straight sets win over Cleverley. Despite losing 7-3, there was an excellent effort for the youthful Under 21 team of Barney Groves, Micah Cohen, and Cameron Powell. Groves and Cohen each defeated Kevan Moreira in singles action, with Groves and Powell combining to good effect to earn an impressive 5-set doubles win over Moreira and William Cornthwaite. Powell was unfortunate not to add to the tally as he was edged out 13-11 in the deciding 5th set by Moreira.

Evans was the best performer in the 8-2 defeat to Jersey in the Under 15 Boys event. He defeated Ness and Jonty Porter in straight sets, going down only to Oskar Karwowski in 4-sets in the match opener. The Under 18 Girls team of Eldridge, Emily Gavey and Ella Le Ber fell 10-0 to a strong Jersey team which contained the winning Margaret Trophy players. Eldridge lost to Allaway in 5-sets despite leading 2-1, whilst alongside Emily Gavey, they lost 11-9 in the 5th set of a doubles match to Allaway and Ruby Devlin, despite also having held a 2-1 lead.

The final event saw a 10-0 defeat for the Under 18 Men’s team of Groves, Cohen, and Ollie Sparks. Once more this included a number of close matches, including Cohen’s clash with Karwowski, in which he led 2-1 before being narrowly edged 13-11 in the deciding 5th set.