130 boys and girls in Klecken at the start
Around 130 young talents (94 last year) took part in the two-day youth table tennis district championships in the Rosengarten sports hall in Klecken. In all individual competitions, the first two in each group continued in a play-off field in the main round. The remaining participants enjoyed knockout games in the consolation round.
In the age group (AK) 13, the local heroes from the host club SC Klecken secured the title. Johanna Kay and Fiete Krebs (on the right in the picture) each stood on the podium three times. Together they also won the mixed competition.
In the girls’ competition, Evita Gosselk (MTV Brackel) remained undefeated in six singles, and she also won in the doubles alongside Paula Röse (SC Klecken).
On the second day of the tournament, the games of the age group (AK) 11 were on the program. In the boys’ singles, Maximilian Eggers (TuS Fleestedt) achieved a 7:0 record and won the singles and doubles title together with his club colleague Bennet Schlotmann.
After a total of 429 games, the new youth district champions were finally decided. Host SC Klecken had the most players in the title fights with 20 starters and also offered all participants optimal competition conditions.
Here is an overview of the new district champions:
Age group (AK) 19, boys singles: Emil Lüllau (TuS Fleestedt), Emil Lüllau and Lasse Wübbe (both TuS Fleestedt).
Girls’ singles: Evita Gosselk (MTV Brackel), doubles: Evita Gosselk (MTV Brackel) and Paula Röse (SC Klecken), mixed: Romy Wöbel (TSC Steinbeck-Meilsen) and Paul Guth (MTV Moisburg).
AK 15, boys singles: Lukas Wotka (MTV Brackel), doubles: Lennard Schlotmann and Gabriel Lechel (both TuS Fleestedt).
Girls singles: Paula Röse (SC Klecken), doubles: Paula Röse and Johanna Kay (both SC Klecken), mixed: Melissa Harms (TSC Steinbeck-Meilsen) and Lukas Wotka (MTV Brackel).
AK 13, boys singles: Fiete Krebs (SC Klecken), doubles: Fiete Krebs and Vincent Grenzendörfer (both SC Klecken).
Girls singles: Johanna Kay (SC Klecken), doubles: Johanna Kay and Darya Ahmadi (SC Klecken), mixed: Johanna Kay and Fiete Krebs (both SC Klecken).
AK 11, boys singles: Maximilian Eggers (TuS Fleestedt), doubles: Maximilian Eggers and Bennet Schlotmann (both TuS Fleestedt). (cc)
