Table Tennis year-end rankings out

The Namibian Table Tennis Association (NTTA) officially released its year-end rankings of the various playing categories. Points of no less than six tournaments flowed into the standings. In the senior category, Swakopmund and Windhoek open champion Heiko Fleidl took over the first place from last year’s number one Ramon Hansen after the season opening tournament in February and never gave it up again. The member of the SKW Table Tennis Club acquired 1084 points, 213 more than second-placed Charles Cui Yunke. The Chinese native himself had a fantastic year, clinching the Namibian Open title along the way. Johann Malan moved to third place, pushing Wayne Green, who eventually had to settle for fourth place, from a top-3 spot. Danré Dennis (Eliminators Club) was the most improved player, ending the season on 20th place. He started the year as un-seeded  The other year-end ranking top-10 standings according to points are as follows:

Senior Men:
1. Heiko Fleidl 1084; 2. Cui Yunke 871; 3. Johann Malan 653; 4. Wayne Green 652; 5. Theo Beukes 559; 6. Ashley Julius 544; 7. Fabian Tait 517; 8. Reinhardt Stanley 509; 9. Ramon Hansen 497; 10 Reinholt Schurz 437.
 Senior doubles:
1. Heiko Fleidl/Reinholt Schurz 591; 2. Ramon Hansen/Partner 499; 3. Colin Wang Yuqing/Charles Cui Yunke 436; 4. Theo Beukes/Wayne Green 406; 5. Johann Malan/Reinhardt Stanley 317; 6. Ashley Julius/Roger Beukes 235; 7. Johann Malan/Theo Beukes 184; 8. Ramon Hansen/Wayne Green 176; 9. Heiko Fleidl/Johann Malan 157; 10. Leroy Beukes/Danre Dennis 137.
U18 boys:
1. Darren Strauss 1152; 2. Dietrich Möwes 985; 3. PW Steenkamp 847; 4. Ronaldo Vogel 697; 5. Conwin van Wyk 682; 6. Ethan Januarie 664; 7. Raimo Dengeinge 537; 8. Romario Olivier 474; 9. Polla Thornburn 434; 10. Danco Burger 399.
U18 girls
1. Kaitlyn Beukes 1070; 2. Reese Saunderson 1057; 3. Anja Steenkamp 588; 4. Ciara Thornburn 506; 5. Jesse Joseph 484; 6. Jana Hein 255; 7. Nicole van Wyk 250; 8. Clarise Feris 226; 9. Faghma Coleman 189; 10. Beulah van Wyk 174.