Ellis reigns supreme and is off to Alexandra Palace
HE MAY have only used his 'golden ball' once in the dying stages of the day, but Eugene Ellis proved to be the golden player as 'ping pong' came to Guernsey for the first time.
Barry Hearn's latest brainchild – the World Championship of Ping Pong – has grown in stature year-on-year and here it was just as well received by the 32 Channel Islanders battling it out.
But in the end, a busy day ended much as it had started, with Ellis – one of two visiting Jerseymen – dominating proceedings and booking his spot at the Alexandra Palace.
Guernsey threw everything they could at the 55-year-old Caesarean, but Garry Dodd and Paul Hainsworth were brushed aside in the semi-finals and then final respectively, both in straight sets.
Full report in Mondays Guernsey Press.
