The Spanish Para Open in Alicante that was due to take place from 22nd to 25th September has been cancelled due to lack of entries. Because the entry closing dates were during the Tokyo 2020 ParaOlympics many of the nations had not entered as they were still competing in Tokyo. Also after 5 years of training and preparation it was felt that many athletes and support staff would not support the event as it was so close to Tokyo.
For British Para Table Tennis the ParaOlympics was their best ever as regards medals. 2 Silver and 5 Bronzes was the haul and although no Golds this time it beat the Rio 2016 haul so a great time to be involved in Para Table Tennis in Great Britain.
October sees the resumption of the Para calendar and I have been entered in the Finland Para Open, Spanish Para Open and the Jordan Para Open for the coming month and will be representing Great Britain on a self funding basis.This will be the first International event that I have played in since my debut in December 2019 in Costa Rica so a long time coming to test my improvement against the best athletes in the world in my Class in these FA20 tournaments.
The image below was taken last weekend when I took part in the VETTS North East Masters where I was the only wheelchair athlete in the tournament competing against able bodied players.
