Dan Jones serves up table tennis gold
A talented Wolverhampton youngster claimed first place and a gold medal at a prestigious table tennis tournament.
Dan Jones represented the West Midlands last week at the Table Tennis England Inter-Regional Finals, which took place in Hertfordshire.
Competing against players from nine other regions, the 12-year-old won the under-13 boys category.
The 12-year-old wasn’t seeded for the competition before it got under way. But made his way through the group and knockout stages to take his place in the final against third seed Joseph Cooper from the East Midlands.
And Jones continued his momentum to win 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-8) and seal the gold medal.
The Highfields School pupil said: “I thought I’d lose the final because I’d lost to him twice before and never beaten him.
“But I had different tactics and my coach helped me plan.
“At the start of the day, I thought I could go quite far but not win it, but I started to believe after the quarter-finals.”
The tournament also featured under-11 and under-15 individual events, plus team competitions.
Jones will next be action when he competes at the under-13 national championships which are being held in Wolverhampton at WV Active Aldersley on June 15 and 16.
