By Isle of Wight Observer
The IWTTA 2025 Finals Night, was held at the IW Table Tennis Centre on Wednesday, April 30, with fifteen matches contested in front of a large crowd, who were treated to some high quality table tennis.
The undoubted star of the night was Junior, Ryan Cates, who not only won the Men’s Doubles, with Paul Rainford, and the Mixed Doubles, with Ann Joyce, but also won the Junior Singles against Lewis Johnstone and the Men’s Singles against Rainford. The final between Cates and Rainford saw stunning shots from both players.
Rainford claimed two singles titles on the night, defeating Mike Turner, in the over-40s Singles, and the over-60s Singles.
Elaine Mills won the Women’s Singles against Nicky Dando, to claim her first singles title on the Island. Anna Joyce claimed another Doubles title playing alongside Dando in the Women’s Doubles.
The Division Two title was won by Spike Hughes, who beat cadet, Jye Lock, in four sets, although Lock was successful in the cadets’ final, winning against Theo Lewis in another four set match.
The Division Three title was claimed by Junior, Joe Millward, who won against Paul Cates.
The Gordon Burns Handicapped Singles trophy is played in memory of a former chairman of the IWTTA. Gordon’s son, Danny Burns, contested the final against cadet Theo Lewis, and won the title.
Theo teamed up with John Cornforth in the Brian Warne Doubles, which they won against cadet, Thane Taylor, and Bryce Wilson.