Hobson’s Jersey triumph at training camp
17th February 2012
Twelve year old James Hobson from Yorkshire won the annual Jersey/North West/Yorkshire tournament that was the finale to the joint training camp held at the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre in Jersey. James had a good win in the semi final against local talent Hugo Tupper to set up a final against Joe Pilkington from the North West. It was Joe who made the better start rushing to a two nil lead but the relentless Hobson used a skillfull combination of attack and defence to come through a 3 - 2 winner in an epic final. Beth Farnworth from the North West beat Yorkshire’s Shayan Siraj in the plate final.
Regional Coach Sally Shutt thought the week had been a great success and in particular welcomed the visit by the island’s top strength and conditioning coaches who put the players through their paces.
