Gold for Karabardak – plus first medal for 13-year-old Bly
Paul Karabardak won gold at the ITTF Polish Para Open in Wladyslawowo without dropping a set and on a good day for the British Para Table Tennis Team there were silver medals for Billy Shilton, Ashley Facey and Grace Williams, while 13-year-old Bly Twomey won bronze in only her second international tournament.
Tokyo medallists in GB squad for Poland
Tokyo Paralympic medallists Paul Karabardak and Billy Shilton head a squad of nine British athletes competing in the ITTF Polish Para Open in Wladyslawowo from May 26-28.
Three doubles bronzes for GB in Slovenia
On the final day of the ITTF Slovenia Para Open in Lasko the British team won three bronze medals in the doubles events. Will Bayley and Martin Perry took bronze in men’s class 14, Ashley Facey and Joshua Stacey took bronze in men’s class 18 and Jack Hunter-Spivey and Megan Shackleton took bronze in mixed class 10.
Bayley takes gold in Slovenia
Medal success for Para athletes in Slovenia, with Bayley taking gold, silver for Hunter-Spivey and bronze for Matthews, McKibbin, Wilson and Pickard.
Two doubles medals for British Para squad in Montenegro
Romain Simon wins his first international medal in Montenegro with silver, while Megan Shackleton gets a bronze.
Good performances but no medals for GB in Montenegro
A strong field including a powerful team from China competing internationally for the first time since the Tokyo Paralympic Games provided tough competition for the largely inexperienced British squad at the Montenegro Para Championship in Podgorica.
Bayley and team-mates ready for big test in Slovenia
World champion Will Bayley heads a strong British Para Table Tennis squad of 17 athletes who will compete in next week’s Slovenia Open in Lasko from May 9-13.
Shackleton focused on match-play as comeback gathers pace
Paralympic medallist Megan Shackleton will continue her comeback from injury in the Montenegro Para Championships in Podgorica this week
Perry and McKibbin have the golden touch
Martin Perry and Aaron McKibbin combined to take gold in the men’s class 14 doubles on the final day of the Greek Para Open in Argostoli.
Stacey’s silver leads four GB medals in Greece
Commonwealth champion Joshua Stacey started his Paralympic qualification year by taking silver in the men’s class 9 singles in the Greek Para Open.
