Slip against bottom team costs juniors the title

DESPITE beating the champions Woodfield, Guernsey's British League juniors boys' table tennis team had to settle for the runners-up spot in their annual campaign on the national stage.

The trio of Josh and Lawrence Stacey, plus Alex Robinson, beat Woodfield in the final match of the second and concluding weekend of British League Division 3B in Aldersley, but paid for a lack of concentration elsewhere.

Nevertheless, Becks O'Keefe, development officer for the Guernsey Table Tennis Association, was more than happy at how the youngsters fared over the season, having initially feared they would struggle at this level.

'I didn't expect us to get results to be honest,' she said.