Amber lights up table tennis event in Belgium

​Amber finished an excellent fifth in a European Under 11 Masters event in Blegny, Belgium.

The Hampton Hargate pupil won two of her six group matches in a high-class event, before performing superbly in her first knockout match to beat a Spanish opponent 3-1.

Amber was then beaten by eventual runner-up Carmen Gomez, also from Spain, who went on to finish second. It was a terrific tussle with the Spaniard just edging the fifth and final set for a 3-2 win.

But the local girl bounced back well to beat opponents from Czechia and Germany 3-1 to clinch fifth place.

Amber beat opposition from Belgium and Portugal 3-0 in the group stages.

Amber was following in the footsteps of clubmate Hannah Saunders, a King’s School student, who also finished fifth in the same event 12 months ago.

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