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Benalla Table Tennis Club celebrates 2023

The best: A-grade winners — the Owls’ Brian Harrington and Gareth Burnell.

The Benalla Table Tennis Club held its 2023 presentation night at the Benalla Golf Club on December 12.

The club celebrated the winners, consistent performers and those who put their heart and soul into the club.

The B-team: B-grade winners — the Frogs’ Xavier Rhodes and Patrick Cornell.

The award receipts were:

2023 spring pennant

  • A-grade winners — Owls — Brian Harrington and Gareth Burnell. Runners-up — Redbacks — William Ong and Max O’Loughlin.
  • B-grade winners — Frogs — Xavier Rhodes and Patrick Cornell. Runners-up — Gliders — Logan Hyland and Sienna Bajada.
  • C-grade winners — Hawks — Val Kipping and Jack Erickson. Runners-up — Koalas — Laurence Donaldson and Andrew Donaldson.
All smiles: C grade winners the Hawks, Val Kipping and Jack Erickson.

Club awards

  • A-grade leading player — John Bajada’
  • B-grade leading player — Sienna Bajada;
  • C-grade leading player — Andrea Cathcart;
  • 2023 Most improved player — Patrick Cornell;
  • 2022 Perry Family Perpetual Trophy — Ann Degan;
  • 2023 Perry Family Perpetual Trophy — John Spencer.
Standout: A-grade leading player John Bajada.

Winners or not, club members enjoyed a night reminiscing about past wins and setting their sights on the first season of 2024.

Top player: B-grade leading player Sienna Bajada.
Claiming the prize: C-grade leading player Andrea Cathcart.
Invaluable: The 2023 Perry Family Perpetual Trophy winner John Spencer.