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Estevan hosts table tennis tournament

The Estevan Comprehensive School hosted an open table tennis tournament on May 28.
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Estevan athletes gather after a table tennis tournament in late May.

The Estevan Comprehensive School hosted an open table tennis tournament on May 28.

More than 30 players competed in four categories, with open singles for any players, junior boys mostly for high school boys, junior girls for high school girls, under 200 for beginners and over 200 for advanced players.

The 200 is based on the individual player’s rating, which is tracked by Table Tennis Canada and can be found on the national organization’s website.

In open singles, Tyler Clements of Saskatoon won gold, Derek Mercer of Estevan took silver and Dallas Kickley of Estevan won bronze.

In the B event, Ysmael Pallarca of Weyburn won gold, Phil Duke of Regina took silver and Jaime Collins of Estevan won bronze.

In junior boys, the A event medallists were Emmanuel Pallacra of Weyburn (gold), Easton Berner of Stoughton (silver) and Justin Folbar of Estevan (bronze). Jed Centeno of Stoughton won gold in the B event, with silver going to Connor Mercer of Spruce Ridge School and bronze going to Jaxon Burback from ECS.

In junior girls, there was just the A event, and three athletes from Stoughton swept the podium: Maia Wilson (gold), Shelby Vogel (silver) and Bailey Baumgartner (bronze).

For the under 200, June Aceron of Estevan won gold in the A event, with Shelby Vogel from Stoughton and Maia Wilson, also from Stoughton, getting silver and bronze, respectively.

There were three events in the over 200. In the A side, Tyler Clements from Saskatoon won gold, with Derek Mercer from Estevan getting silver and Ysmael Pallarca from Weyburn getting bronze.  

Medallists for the B event were Phil Duke of Regina (gold), Emmanuel Pallarca from Weyburn (silver) and Jaime Collins from Estevan (bronze).

As for the C side, Jed Centino from Stoughton won gold, Justin Folbar from ECS silver and Easton Berner from Stoughton bronze.