SUCCESS was shared around in the junior events at the Braintree Table Tennis League’s individual tournament.

Unusually all the entrants were under 15 and therefore eligible for both the cadets’ singles as well as the junior boys’ or girls’ singles - but different names will appear on all four trophies.

The events have been dominated by the Bettley brothers William and Alexander in the past two years but their decision to give up the game left the field wide open and into the gap came Ben Jackson, Rio Teplizki, Barry Buckle and Charlie Craig.

It was Jackson who took the junior (under-18) boys’ singles when he beat Buckle in four games in the semi-final and then Teplizki 11-6, 13-11, 14-12 in the final.

Jackson fell in the semi-final of the cadets’ singles when Craig just edged him out 3-11, 11-8, 6-11, 14-12, 11-7.

But it was Telplizki who triumphed in the final 11-2, 11-9, 11-3.

Neither of the two singles winners progressed past the first round in the junior doubles where Buckle and Craig beat Elliott Game and Nicholas Grice 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 in the final.

With three entries, the girls’ singles was played as a round robin and it was Mia Charles who regained the title she last won in 2014.

She beat Zara Darcy-Willis 12-10, 11-7, 11-7 and Ellie White 11-4, 11-5, 11-8.

Darcy-Willis beat White to take the runners-up medal.

The preliminary rounds of the veterans and over-50s singles were also held at the weekend and there will be no repeat of last year’s double success for Peter Hayden.

Clearly troubled by his chronic wrist injury, he was unable to keep going against Ken Lewis and surrendered 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4.

Lewis will make his first appearance in the final against new veteran Paul Davison.

The five-times men’s singles winner had a straight games victory over Steve Pennell in the semi-final.

And it is Lewis and Pennell who will face each other in the over 50s’ final.

Lewis, winner of the event in 2007 and 2008, beat Robin Armstrong in four games in the semi-final, while Pennell, who has been runner-up three times, beat Adrian Pitt, also in four games, in his semi-final.

The finals of those events, together with the finals of the other major events, will be held on finals night, on Sunday at Black Notley Community Association, starting around 5pm.

n Braintree League players were greatly saddened to hear of the death of Jake Whiteside, son of Richard, grandson of Ian, on Wednesday April 19.

Jake, who was 16, had been diagnosed with cancer in July last year.

A student at Notley High School, Jake had been a regular attender at the league’s Sunday afternoon coaching sessions, played in the Click League for Black Notley and some games for Rayne in the Braintree League.

The funeral will be held at Rayne Church at 11am on Tuesday May 2.