The fourth ranking tournament at the Table Tennis Academy was held recently at the Civil Service Sports Club, Valletta.

Top honours went to Andrew Gambina in the Five Star category, Ryan Tabone in Four Star and Rosie Geraghty in the 3/2 star category.

On a national level, Table Tennis Academy players made a clean sweep of all honours in the fourth junior ranking tournament held by the MTTA in early April.

In the Under 13 boys category, Andrea Portelli was once again the convincing winner, with Dylan Zammit winning the plate event. Therese Genovese again won the Girls Under 13 category.

The final for the Under 15 Mixed category was played between brothers Marcus and Andrea Portelli, with Andrea emerging victor for the second time running.

In the Under 18 group, Andrew Gambina displayed good form, defeating TT Academy colleague Steve Bugeja for first place; the plate event was won by Keith Vanhear. 

The Table Tennis Academy players recently attended coaching sessions with a visiting table tennis coach from Portugal, who will be re-visiting in the summer months together with a selection of students from Portugal for an intensive training camp and tournaments.