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Seven young members of the England performance pathway and nine para table tennis athletes have received grants of up to £5,000 from the Backing The Best programme.
Jasmin Wong joined Anna Hursey to win a doubles bronze for Britain and Connor Green put in the best singles performance at a busy Swedish Junior & Cadet Open, where Millie Rogove also won the consolation final.
England picked up a good win over Romania, but it was not enough to make it through to the knockout stage of the Junior Boys’ Team event at the Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open.
Sam Wilson reached the main draw at the Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open, but there was no luck for Thomas Rayner or David Gofton.
Charlotte Bardsley’s run at the European Youth Championships came to an end in the last 16 of the Junior Girls’ Singles today.
Charlotte Bardsley defeated the fourth seed on her way to reaching the last 16 of the Junior Girls’ Singles at the European Youth Championships.
Five out of seven English girls are still going in the singles events at the European Youth Championships in the Czech Republic, but only Naphong Boonyaprapa is left of the boys.
The Cadet Boys line-up of Naphong Boonyaprapa, Louis Price and Thomas Rayner posted the best England finish as the team events came to an end at the European Youth Championships.
England’s Cadet Boys’ team are guaranteed a top-20 finish at the European Youth Championships, but the Junior Girls have narrowly missed out.
England’s Junior Girls won their group at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava, while the two Cadet teams finished second.
All four England teams got off to a winning start at the European Youth Championships in the Czech Republic on Sunday.
Nine promising young English talents have been given a helping hand by the Backing the Best programme.
England have named a full complement of 14 players for the European Youth Championships in the Czech Republic in July.