International

Symbolic golds for Shackleton, Pickard and Twomey

On International Women’s Day, three of the British Para table tennis team’s women shone in the doubles events at the ITTF Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy.

March 9, 2024 | Francesca Bullock
International

Golds boost McKibbin and Twomey Paralympic hopes

Aaron McKibbin and 13-year-old Bly Twomey enhanced their qualification hopes for the Paralympic Games in Paris by taking gold in the men’s class 8 singles and women’s class 7 singles respectively at the ITTF Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy.

March 8, 2024 | Francesca Bullock
GB performance

Silver at the treble for Para GB players in Kazakhstan

The British Para table tennis team took three medals in the doubles events on the final day of the ITTF Astana Para Open in Kazakhstan with Will Bayley & Martin Perry (men’s class 14), Megan Shackleton with Tamara Leonelli Leonelli (women’s class 5-10) and Grace Williams with Raisa Chebanika (women’s class 14) all taking silver in their respective events.

March 4, 2024 | Francesca Bullock
Para table tennis

Bayley and Shackleton keep up their golden series

World No 1 Will Bayley, the ITTF Male Para Player of the Year in 2023, made a winning start to 2024 and continued his unbeaten run by taking gold in the men’s class 7 singles at the ITTF Astana Para Open in Kazakhstan.

March 2, 2024 | Francesca Bullock
GB performance

Superstar Bayley wins world player of the year award

Will Bayley has won the Male Para Player of the Year for 2023 at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Awards held in Busan, Korea Republic.

February 27, 2024 | Francesca Bullock
GB performance

Ryan mighty! Chris wins his first international gold medal

Chris Ryan, who led the GB wheelchair rugby team to Paralympic gold in Tokyo, won his first gold medal since switching to table tennis in 2022 when combining with Spanish partner Daniel Rodriguez to win the men’s class 4 doubles on the final day of the ITTF Brazilian Para Open in Sao Paulo.  

February 5, 2024 | Paul Stimpson
GB performance

Shackleton strikes gold in Sao Paolo

Megan Shackleton took gold in the women’s class 4-5 singles at the ITTF Brazilian Para Open in Sao Paulo, and there was a silver for Chris Ryan and a bronze for Ashley Facey.

February 3, 2024 | Paul Stimpson
GB performance

Facey looking to add to maiden title in Brazil

Recently crowned US Open champion Ashley Facey is looking to follow-up his men’s class 9 singles gold medal in Texas earlier this month with another medal-winning performance in the 2024 ITTF Brazilian Para Open taking place in Sao Paulo from February 1-4.

January 29, 2024 | Francesca Bullock
GB performance

Facey’s second gold headlines good day for para GB

Ashley Facey won his second gold medal at the ITTF US Para Open in Corpus Christi, Texas, combining with Joshua Stacey to win the men’s class 18 doubles.

January 19, 2024 | Francesca Bullock
GB performance

Golds for Aaron, Ashley and Megan in USA

Aaron McKibbin (men’s class 8) and Ashley Facey (men’s class 9) both came out on top in all-GB finals to take gold in their respective singles events at the ITTF US Para Open in Corpus Christi, Texas while Megan Shackleton also took gold in the combined women’s class 1-5 event.

January 18, 2024 | Francesca Bullock