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Ron Eyes Commemorative Tournament

The Ron Eyes Commemorative Table Tennis Tournament took place at Formby Table Tennis Centre on Sunday 28th November. Despite the cold weather the majority of invited players turned out for what was an excellent tournament in memory of Ron Eyes.

The tournament was arranged as Ron Eyes' legacy to the sport in the hope it will improve participation at the grass roots level.

Order of events

Junior League Players
(to include two senior members of Paraplegics Club)
I. Littlewood, R.Coutihno, J.Cummins, L.Ward, J.Dempsey, C.Lowe,
M.Cranny, C.Lawrenson, J.Whiitingham, J.Mullin, S.Quirk, D.Gresty,
L.Shaw, T.Miller and Jess Whiitingham

* * * *

Junior Non-League Players
B.Eyes, H.Eyes, J.Howard, O.Newlove, A.Lewin, M.Teague-Sharpe,
A.Fraser, J.Walsh, J.Hetherhill, M Sutch, M Hind, L McCarthy, H Cave,
S Parks and J Hurst.

* * * *

Senior Non-League Players
D Eyes,L Bryce, B Barrass, B Johnson, P Lawrenson,
G.Roberts, D Smith,

* * * *

Elite League Players Round Robin
Stewart Mudie, Steve Green, Jamie Hewitt and Dave Evans

* * * *

Ron Eyes Tournament - Photographer Dave Eyes

The Ron Eyes Tournament in progress

In memory of her husband's love of table tennis, Ron's wife Barbara has also donated a perpetual trophy to the Southport Table Tennis League to be awarded annually to the League’s most improved player encompassing playing ability, acumen on the table and sportsmanship.

Ron Eyes Trophy - Photographer Dave Eyes

The Ron Eyes Trophy

The tournament was played in a good spirit and all the players enjoyed themselves, especially when it was announced that the hot-pot was ready. The food was kindly supplied by the Eyes family and was very much appreciated by all the players and officials on such a cold day.

All participating players received a Ron Eyes tournament medal which were presented by Ron's widow Barbara.

The Eyes family would like to thank everyone that attended the tournament to celebrate Ron's life in particular Dave and Sylvia Graham, the tournament officials and, of course the players who made this day such a success. They hope that this event will be an inspiration to all the junior players that took part and be an incentive for others to take up the sport.