DRUMCHAPEL Table Tennis Club’s Martin Perry has won his first gold medal after clinching victory in the team event alongside David Wetherill at the Romanian Open.
A young GB squad won eight medals at para table tennis event in Cluj Napoca, other winners included 20-year-old Lucie Bouron and 22-year-old Lee Wilkinson on his international debut.
Wetherill and Perry started their men’s class 6 round-robin team event with a 3-1 win over Chile and they clinched gold with 3-0 wins over a Greek/Costa Rican combination and a team from Montenegro and Serbia.
Perry said: “I think I’ve had better performances, but I had a real good fighting spirit. I was 2-0 down and match point down and I dug deep and came back to win one of the crucial matches 3-2 which I think showed my character.
“It is fantastic to win my first gold and to win it alongside someone with Dave’s experience — hopefully we can win more in the future.” Wetherill added: “It’s good to see the young players doing well here and great to win gold with Martin — I know how much it means to him.”
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