Table Tennis: Flip-ping fantastic result

Feb 6 2004

Neil Macfarlane, Evening Gazette

Four Teesside ping-pong starlets have brought more sporting success to their school. The Village Primary School at Thornaby are celebrating after the girls' table tennis team triumphed yet again to become champions of the North-east. The girls stunned last year's finalists from Scarborough with an 8-0 trouncing at Northfield School, Billingham. They now travel to Blackburn for the Northern finals tomorrow, where they will ping-pong battle it out against teams from across the region for a place in the national finals. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT Team coach and teacher Mr Christine said: "'We are all delighted." Year 6 pupils Caren Pennock, Karina LeFevre and Catherine Pillar teamed up with Abbie Ibbetson from Year 5 to brush their opponents aside. Mr Christine was quick to praise the entire team's effort, but took time out to applaud the progress of the team's youngest member, Abbie Ibbetson. "Abbie has only been playing for a year or two. She has come on startlingly. "But all the girls were fantastic. There is hardly a weakness in the team." The youngsters only dropped one game in the earlier round, beating reigning champions Billingham South in the final to finish as Cleveland Champions. Now, the Thornaby girls are hoping to repeat Billingham South's achievement from last year when they reached the national finals.

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