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22nd JULY 2010 |
O65's finish second at the Veterans Finals in Stoke - weekend of 24th - 25th April 2010
Avon 0.65 team were runners up in the Veterans National Finals
played at Fenton Manor, Stoke-on-Trent on 24 & 25 th April.
The team of Ray Badman, Piers Hutton, John Forster, Pat Dyer, Muriel Gayler and Ann Shaw faced some strong opposition. Playing a full league match each day they beat Yorkshire 5-4 on the Saturday, but lost to Kent 6-3 on Sunday after some tough games.
It was a great weekend. Well played the team and thanks to all the supporters who suffered a few chewed nails and frayed nerves.
(Photo - Jeff Malborn)
Mike Cox and Val O’Neill take SILVER at the World Seniors in Spain
Winning against pairs from Ireland in both round 1 and round 2, they then met the 4th seeded Germans in the Quarter Finals, finally taking the 3rd set of a tight match by 24-22.
The semi final then saw a re-match against their Danish Opponents from last year’s Europeans semi-final, this time winning by taking the third set 21-18.
In the closely fought final, playing against strong Japanese opposition who had already defeated England’s No 1 60+ pair of Rena Jones and Jim Garrett (Kent) in their Quarter final, Val and Mike played well losing the first set 21-16, then taking the second 18-21, they went down 21-10 in the third to bring home silver medals.
With more than 700 players from 34 countries, England had a team of 76 players, from age 35+ to 65+ and finished top of the medal table with 32.5 medals, 9.5 gold, 7 silver and 16 bronze narrowly beating Denmark who finished with 33 medals, 5 gold 8 silver and 20 bronze.
The full results can be reached from the BE web site.
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Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total Medals |
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1 |
England |
9.5 |
7 |
16 |
32.5 |
2 |
Denmark |
5 |
8 |
20 |
33 |
3 |
Japan |
4 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
4 |
Germany |
3 |
6 |
11 |
20 |
5 |
Sweden |
2.5 |
2 |
2.5 |
7 |
6 |
Poland |
2 |
2.5 |
1 |
5.5 |
7 |
Thailand |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Israel |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
9 |
Scotland |
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
4.5 |
10 |
India |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Following their Bronze medal successes at last year's European Seniors, Val O'Neill and Mike Cox are this year representing England at 60+ mixed in the upcoming World Championships starting on 25th September - possibly a first for an Avon duo. These are being played at the same venue in Spain as the Europeans were last year.
Mike is playing singles, mens doubles with Jim Garrett (Kent), and mixed. Val is playing ladies doubles with Barbara Gibson (Worcester) and mixed.
These are the 4th World Seniors Championships and they have previously been held in Sofia (2003), Kuala Lumpur (2005) and Taipei (2007), England have a strong team of about 100 players travelling and the organisers anticipate around 40 Countries to be represented with approximately 600 players taking part, across ages from 35+ to 65+.
Bob Hammersley and Mike Cox are the Vets coordinator this season.
Team Managers/ Selectors.
O40 Cathy Jowitt, Phil Burton.
O45 Di Durston, Chris Hufflett & Ian Nicholls.
O50 John Gray.
O55 Cathy Alexander & Mike Chapman.
O60 Joanna Elson, Dave Offer, Malcolm Dover & Bob Hammersley.
O65 Chris Fear-Davis, June Malborn.
Players are needed in all age groups, so please do not hesitate to contact me if you require information of any kind.
Bob Hammersley
Avon Veterans Coordinator
Tel: 07974-183582
Email: Bob Hammersley
2008/09 SEASON
Val O'Neill and Mike Cox played in the European Seniors (Vets to us!!) in Punta Umbria, Southern Spain recently. They both won two bronze medals at over 60 category. They played mixed together and Mike played with Jim Garrett from Kent in Mens Doubles-O60 while Val played with Rena Jones from Kent in Ldies doubles. Joanna Elson was Val's partner but unfortunately got injured so she asked Rena to play. As they had never played together this was a great result for them.
Mike and Jim had won West of England last year at O60 and Joanna and Val had won West of England at Ladies O60 and also Hampshire. Reports on the great Engand results are on BE website but England won 13 Gold, 9 Silver and 23 Bronze, the most successful country.
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