English National Table Tennis Championships Explained

English National Table Tennis Championships
Frequency:	annual
Country:	England
First:	1959/60
Organised:	Table Tennis England

The English National Table Tennis Championships are run by the English Table Tennis Association. The first championships were held in 1960.^[1] Desmond Douglas has won the most singles titles with 11,^[2] whilst the leading woman is Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley with seven singles titles.^[3]

Senior Events

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1959/60		Diane Rowe		Jill Mills-Rook Diane Rowe
1960/61	Ian Harrison	Diane Rowe	Ian Harrison Bryan Merrett	Elsie Carrington-Weaver Jean McCree
1961/62	Robert Stevens	Diane Rowe	Bobbie Raybould Robert Stevens	Jill Mills-Rook Diane Rowe
1962/63	Chester Barnes	Mary Wright-Shannon	Bobbie Raybould Robert Stevens	Diane Rowe Mary Wright-Shannon
1963/64	Chester Barnes	Diane Rowe	David Creamer Johnny Leach	Diane Rowe Mary Wright-Shannon
1964/65	Chester Barnes	Mary Wright-Shannon	Chester Barnes Ian Harrison	Diane Rowe Mary Wright-Shannon
1965/66	Denis Neale	Mary Wright-Shannon	Chester Barnes Ian Harrison	Karenza Mathews-Smith Mary Wright-Shannon
1966/67	Ian Harrison	Mary Wright-Shannon	Chester Barnes Ian Harrison	Karenza Mathews-Smith Mary Wright-Shannon
1967/68	Denis Neale	Mary Wright-Shannon	Chester Barnes Ian Harrison	Jackie Billington Elsie Carrington-Weaver
1968/69	Denis Neale	Judy Williams	Alan Hydes Denis Neale	Judy Heaps Pauline Piddock
1969/70	Denis Neale	Mary Wright-Shannon	Alan Hydes Denis Neale	Karenza Mathews-Smith Mary Wright-Shannon
1970/71	Chester Barnes	Karenza Mathews-Smith	Chester Barnes Trevor Taylor	Karenza Mathews-Smith Jill Hammersley
1971/72	Trevor Taylor	Karenza Mathews-Smith	Alan Hydes Denis Neale	Jill Hammersley Karenza Mathews-Smith
1972/73	Trevor Taylor	Jill Hammersley	Denis Neale Trevor Taylor	Linda Jarvis-Howard Karenza Mathews-Smith
1973/74	Chester Barnes	Jill Hammersley	Alan Hydes Denis Neale	Linda Jarvis-Howard Karenza Mathews-Smith
1974/75	Denis Neale	Jill Hammersley	Andy Barden Paul Day	Carole Knight Karenza Mathews-Smith
1975/76	Desmond Douglas	Jill Hammersley	Desmond Douglas Denis Neale	Jill Hammersley Linda Jarvis-Howard
1976/77	Denis Neale	Carole Knight	Desmond Douglas Denis Neale	Jill Hammersley Linda Jarvis-Howard
1977/78	Paul Day	Jill Hammersley	Andy Barden Paul Day	Jill Hammersley Linda Jarvis-Howard
1978/79	Desmond Douglas	Jill Hammersley	Desmond Douglas Jimmy Walker	Jill Hammersley Linda Jarvis-Howard
1979/80	Desmond Douglas	Carole Knight	Paul Day Nicky Jarvis	Carole Knight Anita Stevenson
1980/81	Desmond Douglas	Jill Hammersley	Desmond Douglas Paul Day	Jill Hammersley Linda Jarvis-Howard
1981/82	Desmond Douglas	Carole Knight	Desmond Douglas Paul Day	Carole Knight Anita Stevenson
1982/83	Desmond Douglas	Karen Witt	Desmond Douglas Paul Day	Jill Hammersley Karen Witt
1983/84	Desmond Douglas	Alison Gordon	Desmond Douglas Paul Day	Alison Gordon Mandy Sainsbury
1984/85	Desmond Douglas	Lisa Lomas-Bellinger	Desmond Douglas Carl Prean	Jackie Bellinger Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1985/86	Desmond Douglas	Joy Grundy	Desmond Douglas Carl Prean	Jill Hammersley Joy Grundy
1986/87	Desmond Douglas	Fiona Elliot	Sky Andrew Nicky Mason	Jackie Bellinger Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1987/88	Alan Cooke	Alison Gordon	Sky Andrew Nicky Mason	Fiona Elliot Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1988/89	Alan Cooke	Lisa Lomas-Bellinger	Sky Andrew Nicky Mason	Fiona Elliot Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1989/90	Desmond Douglas	Fiona Elliot	Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas	Fiona Elliot Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1990/91	Carl Prean	Andrea Holt	Sky Andrew Nicky Mason	Fiona Elliot Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1991/92	Chen Xinhua	Alison Gordon	Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas	Fiona Elliot Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1992/93	Carl Prean	Andrea Holt	Sky Andrew Nicky Mason	Katy Goodall Andrea Holt
1993/94	Chen Xinhua	Lisa Lomas-Bellinger	Sky Andrew Nicky Mason	Lisa Lomas-Bellinger Fiona Mommessin
1994/95	Carl Prean	Andrea Holt	Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas	Katy Goodall Andrea Holt
1995/96	Alan Cooke	Alison Gordon	Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas	Alison Gordon Nicola Deaton
1996/97	Matthew Syed	Nicola Deaton	Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas	Andrea Holt Kubrat Owolabi
1997/98	Matthew Syed	Lisa Lomas-Bellinger	Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas	Andrea Holt Lisa Lomas-Bellinger
1998/99	Alex Perry	Nicola Deaton	Gareth Herbert Alex Perry	Nicola Deaton Helen Lower
1999/00	Matthew Syed	Nicola Deaton	Gareth Herbert Alex Perry	Nicola Deaton Helen Lower
2000/01	Matthew Syed	Nicola Deaton	Bradley Billington Alan Cooke	Nicola Deaton Helen Lower
2001/02	Andrew Baggaley	Nicola Deaton	Andrew Baggaley Gareth Herbert	Nicola Deaton Helen Lower
2002/03	Alan Cooke	Andrea Holt	Alex Perry Terry Young	Nicola Deaton Kubrat Owolabi
2003/04	Alan Cooke	Andrea Holt	Bradley Billington Alan Cooke	Helen Lower Georgina Walker
2004/05	Alan Cooke	Helen Lower	Alex Perry Terry Young	Natalie Bawden Helen Lower
2005/06	Alex Perry	Helen Lower	Alan Cooke Paul Drinkhall	Helen Lower Georgina Walker
2006/07	Paul Drinkhall	Helen Lower	Paul Drinkhall Darius Knight	Natalie Bawden Helen Lower
2007/08	Andrew Baggaley	Kelly Sibley	Paul Drinkhall Darius Knight	Kelly Sibley Joanna Parker
2008/09	Paul Drinkhall	Joanna Parker	Paul Drinkhall Darius Knight
2009/10	Andrew Baggaley	Joanna Parker	Gavin Evans Liam Pitchford	Joanna Parker Kelly Sibley
2010/11	Paul Drinkhall	Kelly Sibley		Joanna Parker Kelly Sibley
2011/12	Paul Drinkhall	Kelly Sibley	Daniel Reed Darius Knight	Joanna Parker Kelly Sibley
2012/13	Liam Pitchford	Kelly Sibley	Liam Pitchford Paul Drinkhall	Joanna Parker Kelly Sibley
2013/14	Liam Pitchford	Joanna Parker	Liam Pitchford Paul Drinkhall	Joanna Parker Kelly Sibley
2014/15	Liam Pitchford	Kelly Sibley	Liam Pitchford Paul Drinkhall	Tin-Tin Ho Maria Tsaptsinos
2015/16	Paul Drinkhall	Tin-Tin Ho	Liam Pitchford Paul Drinkhall	Tin-Tin Ho Maria Tsaptsinos
2016/17	Paul Drinkhall	Tin-Tin Ho	Liam Pitchford Paul Drinkhall	Tin-Tin Ho Maria Tsaptsinos
2017/18	Liam Pitchford	Tin-Tin Ho	Paul Drinkhall David McBeath	Kelly Sibley Maria Tsaptsinos
2018/19	Liam Pitchford	Maria Tsaptsinos	Liam Pitchford Paul Drinkhall	Tin-Tin Ho Maria Tsaptsinos
2019/20	Liam Pitchford	Tin-Tin Ho
2021/22	Tom Jarvis	Maria Tsaptsinos
2022/23	Tom Jarvis	Tin-Tin Ho
2023/24	Paul Drinkhall	Tin-Tin Ho				^[4]

Junior Events

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1997/98	Darren Blake	Shelly Ruocco
1998/99	Ian Smith	Shelly Ruocco
1999/00	Andrew Baggaley	Georgina Walker
2000/01	Andrew Rushton	Louise Durrant
2001/02	Dale Barham	Amber Theobalds
2002/03	Dale Barham	Georgina Walker
2003/04	Andrew Rushton	Natalie Bawden
2004/05	Paul Drinkhall	Georgina Walker
2005/06	Darius Knight	Joanna Parker
2006/07	Darius Knight	Kelly Sibley
2007/08		Kelly Sibley
2008/09	Paul Drinkhall	Emma Vickers
2009/10	Paul Drinkhall	Emma Vickers
2010/11	Liam Pitchford	Hannah Hicks
2011/12	Gavin Evans	Emma Vickers
2012/13	Sam Walker	Tin-Tin Ho
2013/14	Gavin Evans	Maria Tsaptsinos
2014/15	Sam Walker	Tin-Tin Ho
2015/16	Tom Jarvis	Maria Tsaptsinos
2016/17	Tom Jarvis	Tin-Tin Ho
2017/18	Helshan Weerasinghe	Tin-Tin Ho
2018/19	Tom Jarvis	Tin-Tin Ho
2019/20	Luke Savill
2021/22	Shayan Siraj	Charlotte Bardsley
2022/23		Jasmin Wong
2023/24		Tianer Yu

Multiple titles

No.	Name	Gender	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Total
1	Desmond Douglas	Male	11	15	4	30
2	Paul Drinkhall	Male	7	14	5	26
3	Tin-Tin Ho	Female	6	7	7	20
4	Alan Cooke	Male	6	9	3	18
4	Denis Neale	Male	6	7	5	18
4	Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley	Female	7	9	2	18
7	Helen Lower	Female	3	8	6	17
8	Liam Pitchford	Male	6	9	1	16
8	Nicola Deaton	Female	5	6	5	16
8	Mary Wright-Shannon	Female	6	6	4	16
11	Karenza Mathews-Smith	Female	2	8	5	15
11	Kelly Sibley	Female	5	7	3	15
11	Fiona Elliot-Mommessin	Female	2	6	7	15
14	Lisa Lomas-Bellinger	Female	5	9	0	14
14	Joanna Parker	Female	3	6	5	14
14	Sky Andrew	Male	0	6	8	14
17	Alex Perry	Male	1	4	8	13
18	Chester Barnes	Male	5	5	2	12
18	Linda Jarvis-Howard	Female	0	7	5	12
20	Diane Rowe	Female	4	4	3	11
21	Andrea Holt	Female	4	4	1	9
21	Maria Tsaptsinos	Female	2	6	1	9
23		Male	2	5	1	8
23	Sam Walker	Male	0	2	6	8
25	Darius Knight	Male	0	4	3	7
26	Nicky Mason	Male	0	6	0	6
26	Carole Knight	Female	3	3	0	6
26	Alison Gordon	Female	3	2	1	6
29	Alan Hydes	Male	0	4	1	5
29	Carl Prean	Male	3	2	0	5
29	Trevor Taylor	Male	2	3	0	5
32	Johnny Leach	Male	0	2	2	4
32	Matthew Syed	Male	4	0	0	4
32	Andrew Baggaley	Male	3	1	0	4
35	Tom Jarvis	Male	2	1	0	3
35	Robert Stevens	Male	1	2	0	3
35	Karen Witt	Female	1	1	1	3
35	Gareth Herbert	Male	0	3	0	3
35	Chen Xinhua	Male	2	0	1	3
40	Bradley Billington	Male	0	2	0	2
40	Daniel Reed	Male	0	2	0	2
40	Bryan Merrett	Male	1	1	0	2
40	Joy Grundy	Female	1	0	1	2
40	Andy Barden	Male	0	2	0	2
40	Anita Stevenson	Female	0	2	0	2
40	Jackie Bellinger	Female	0	2	0	2
40	Elsie Carrington-Weaver	Female	0	2	0	2
40	Georgina Walker	Female	0	2	0	2
40	Nicky Jarvis	Male	0	1	1	2
40	Katy Goodall	Female	0	2	0	2
40	Kubrat Owolabi	Female	0	2	0	2
40	Natalie Bawden	Female	0	2	0	2
40	Bobbie Raybould	Male	0	2	0	2
40	Jackie Billington	Female	0	1	1	2
40	Brian Wright	Male	0	0	2	2
40	Nigel Eckersley	Male	0	0	2	2
40	Jill Mills-Rook	Female	0	2	0	2

External links

• English Table Tennis Association Website

Notes and References

1. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 703-705. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
2. Web site: Eaton, Richard. "Late renaissance of Douglas." Times, 8 May 1990, p. 42. Times Digital Archives.
3. Web site: Senior National Championships. Table Tennis England.
4. Web site: Seven's heaven for Drinkhall and it's six of the best for Ho . Table Tennis England . 25 March 2024.