Congratulations Benoit Marek & Tom St Johns A Division One Handicap Shield Winners

Strangford A handicap Shield Winners.

LEAGUE UPDATE

Division One. Unfortunately due to players being unavailable Owenbeg has had to withdrew from the League competition so the League title will go to Banbridge. The handicap final will be between Banbridge and St Johns. Competitions Division One Individual Championships will take place at Banbridge table tennis club on a date to be agreed. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Banbridge club for hosting this event.The division two Individuals will take place at Strangford table tennis club on the 14th on March when I hope to have a represetative from Marie Curie present to receive a donation cheque on behalf on the League. The outstanding charity competitions will now be played before the start of the new aseason. Finally League fees are now due £15 per team. Jim League Secretary.

Jim Ritchie League Secretary presents St Johns with the Division two League shield

Lecale League Fixtures 2023-24

 The League committee would like to wish all clubs a successful and enjoyable season.

Senior League Teams.	Home night.
1. Owenbeg A	Monday
2. Banbridge	Wednesday
3. St. John’s A	Monday
4. Owenbeg B	Monday

Senior League

Week Beginning	Match 1	Match 2
23rd Oct.	Owenbeg B v Owenbeg A	Banbridge v St. John’s A
30th Oct.	St. John’s A v Owenbeg B	Owenbeg A v Banbridge
6th Nov.	Owenbeg B v Banbridge	St. John’s A v Owenbeg A
13th Nov.	Owenbeg A v Owenbeg B	St. John’s A v Banbridge
20th Nov.	Owenbeg B v St. John’s A	Banbridge v Owenbeg A
27th Nov.	Banbridge v Owenbeg B	Owenbeg A v St. John’s A

Intermediate League Teams.	Home night.
1. Drumaness	Tuesday
2. Strangford A	Thursday
3. Owenbeg C	Monday
4. Strangford B	Thursday
5. St. John’s B	Wednesday
6. St. John’s C	Wednesday

Intermediate League

Week beginning	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3
23rd Oct.	Strangford A v St. John’s C	St. John’s B v Drumaness	Owenbeg C v Strangford B
30th Oct.	Strangford B v St. John’s B	Drumaness v Strangford A	St. John’s C v Owenbeg C
6th Nov.	Strangford B v Drumaness	St. John’s B v St. John’s C	Owenbeg C v Strangford A
13th Nov.	Drumaness v Owenbeg C	Strangford A v St. John’s B	St. John’s C v Strangford B
20th Nov.	Owenbeg C v St. John’s B	St. John’s C v Drumaness	Strangford A v Strangford B
27th Nov.	Drumaness v St. John’s B	St. John’s C v Strangford A	Strangford B v Owenbeg C
4th Dec.	St. John’s B v Strangford B	Strangford A v Drumaness	Owenbeg C v St. John’s C
11th Dec	Drumaness vs Strangford B	St. John’s C v St. John’s B	Strangford A v Owenbeg C
8th Jan	Owenbeg C v Drumaness	St. John’s B v Strangford A	Strangford B v St. John’s C
15th Jan	St. John’s B v Owenbeg C	Drumaness v St. John’s C	Strangford B v Strangford A

New table tennis club in Castlewellan

The history of Castlewellan and district as a table tennis force is well known. As founder members of the Lecale table tennis league in the late 50s when the town were triple league winners to the emergence of Carnacaville where many of next generation of local players contributed to further successes and finally Aughlisnafin who won a number of intermediate and senior title before its demise in the 80’s which ended Castlewellan association with the sport. But that’s all about to change with the formation of a new club in the town. The man behind the new initiative is John Huyton, one of the local table tennis leading players. The club is based at St Malachy's Parish Centre on Monday from 8-10pm. I am encouraged by the response I have received, said John and I'm confident that before too long we will see the town playing competitive table tennis again. We have practice bats to get you started and coaching is also available. To find out more, drop into the centre and enjoy the sport of table tennis.