Loveridge heading for the shops after good win

ALICE LOVERIDGE celebrated her qualification to play for Britain at the Youth Olympic Games by winning the Jersey Open and a potential shopping spree on the back of it.

The 15-year-old Guernsey table tennis star was last week informed that she will be Great Britain's sole representative in August's inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore.

Then on Monday, Loveridge, who is based at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield with the Great Britain senior development squad, overcame Chloe Whyte in the Jersey Open's women's singles final at the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre.

With her usual attacking style to the fore the Sarnian comfortably won 11-7, 11-4, 11-6.

'I won quite easily, I was quite surprised,' said Loveridge.

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