Table Tennis
Whether you are an experienced player, a beginner or somewhere in between, we’d love you to join us. All ages and genders welcome.
We play in Leeds Table Tennis League, with 8 teams in all and are always looking to expand those teams. We also have a good complement of people who play for the sheer enjoyment of the sport, well known for developing and maintaining agility and concentration.
Summer League and Box League
Less formal ways of competing are also on offer. We always put several teams into Leeds Summer League, and we have a 5-division in-club box league, where members compete with each other, and players are promoted or demoted at the end of each month. It’s great fun and offers everyone a chance to meet different players, league and non-league.
Please get in touch! You will find us friendly and welcoming!
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Graham Burns: secretary.ymca.lawnswood@outlook.com can provide you with information about practice sessions, coaching and opportunities for competitive play.
Lawnswood YMCA Table Tennis Club Scoops 2024/25 Honours
The 2024/25 season was highly successful for our Club. It ended with notable team and individual successes in the hard-fought Winter league and the Leeds Closed Championship, contested by many of the highest ranked players in Leeds and its surrounding areas.
These players’ achievements are the result of years of hard work and focussed training.
Congratulations to all those who won honours but thanks also, to everyone who took part and represented our club with distinction.
Leeds Winter League honours
Division 1 champions: YMCA Team A (Shahriar Masoudi (captain); Filip Wojtkowiak; Deo Jones; Mark Bleakley; Josh Bramley; Tim Simpson; James Hobson; David Jackson)
Division 2 champions: YMCA Team B (Daniel Nicholson (captain); Carl O’Connor; Mohammed Reza Rajabi; Bob Bond; Tony Howgate)
Winner of division 1 individual averages: Shahriar Masoudi
Winner of division 2 individual averages: Carl O’Connor
Winner of the Jacques Shield (Division 1 cup): YMCA Team A (team members as above)
Runners-up for the Martin Grayson Cup: YMCA Team E (Steve Bannister (captain); Joe Matthews; Graham Turner; Richard Harris; Andrew Cowling; Steve Bellwood)
Leeds Closed Championship honours
Veterans 40 + winner: Shahriar Masoudi
Veterans 40+ runner-up: Filip Wojtkowiak
Veterans 55+ winner: Deo Jones
Open doubles winners: Shahriar Masoudi and Filip Wojtkowiak
Handicap doubles winners: Joe Matthews and Wuxiaofei Dyson
Fun fact: Joe Matthews and Wuxiaofei Dyson had never met until the day of the Championship! They were paired together by the organisers.
Watch this space for news of the presentation evening, when trophies will be awarded to all the winners.
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As a club, we are proud of our members, some of whom are involved in table tennis at a very high level.
One of our members, Vincenzo Chiarello has recently become an umpire, and regularly travels abroad to officiate at international tournaments.
Here he is pictured below, at the 2025 National Championships in Nottingham, where he is shown umpiring the women’s final, which was won by Tin-Tin Ho.
‘The hardest part is to keep impartial and not to cheer the amazing rallies/points they play!’ he says.
