Skegness table tennis player wins team bronze at Commonwealth Games
Another bronze for a Lincolnshire competitor
Tom Jarvis saw all his dreams come true when he won the English Championship earlier this year. He is now also a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist. | Photo: Alan Man
Lincolnshire-based sports star Tom Jarvis has won a bronze medal as part of England’s Commonwealth Games table tennis team in Birmingham.
Jarvis, 22, born and raised in Skegness, was part of a strong England team that fancied its chances of a medal in table tennis at the Commonwealth Games, currently taking place in Birmingham.
It has been a very successful year for Tom, having won his first English Championships in 2022 and following that up with a selection in England’s Commonwealth Games squad.
He spoke to The Lincolnite ahead of the Games, saying “it doesn’t get much bigger” than a home competition, and while he had ambitions of gold, he and his England teammates will have to settle for bronze this time round.
Tom has played table tennis for 16 years, and has been winning competitions for a decade. | Photo: Alan Man
After racing into the semi-finals, England were met with a shock defeat to Singapore to deny their hopes of a gold medal matchup, instead relegating them to a bronze medal showdown with Nigeria.
Jarvis did not feature in the semi-final defeat, but he showed his quality on Tuesday by comfortably winning his doubles match alongside Paul Drinkhall against the Nigerian duo of Bode Abiodun and Olajide Omotayo.
Liam Pritchard and Paul Drinkhall then went on to cruise through their singles matches and secure a bronze medal for England, less than a day after the disappointment of that Singapore defeat.
It follows another team bronze at the Games involving a Lincolnshire competitor, when 18-year-old Grantham swimmer Freya Colbert came 3rd as part of the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle relay final on Sunday.
Grantham swimming sensation Freya Colbert. | Photo: @chewbokeh/Steve Li
Keeping in Lincolnshire, Lincoln-based distance runner Sam Atkin will be looking to write his name in the history books in the 10,000m final on Tuesday evening, as well as the 5,000m final on Saturday.
Newark’s Shona McAllin, a two-time Olympic medalist, will also be aiming for a spot on the podium with the England hockey team.
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Court summons are pending for two motorists, one in a car and another on a motorbike, after they clocked up unbelievable speeds on the A46 on Tuesday.
Lincolnshire Police Specialist Operations received two reports of excessive speeds on the A46 between Newark and Lincoln on Tuesday.
A car and motorbike both hit speeds of almost double the dual carriageway speed limit, with the car driver reaching 120 miles per hour and the motorbike going even quicker at 127mph.
Both motorists will be receiving a summons for court “in due course”, according to Lincolnshire Police.
Work by our Lincoln Neighbourhood Policing Teams to combat theft in the city has had another boost following the charge of a further two individuals.
Adam Golightly, 43, of Allandale View, Lincoln, was arrested following a proactive shop theft operation in the city centre last week. He has been charged with seven counts of theft and two bike thefts.
All of the shop thefts are reported to have taken place at Co-op stores in the city centre area and Carholme Road between June and last week. Items stolen included meat and cleaning products to the value of £424. The bike thefts also happened during that period. One of the bikes stolen was valued at £360, the other was an unknown value.
Following a hearing at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on 12 August where he entered a not guilty plea, he has been given conditional bail and will appear at the court for trial on 22 September. His bail condition is not to enter any Coop store in Lincolnshire.
In a separate case, Carl Atkin, 37, of Friar’s Lane, Lincoln, was charged on 11 August with five bike thefts which took place at different times and locations across the city. On 12 August at a hearing at Lincoln Magistrate’s Court, he was given a 10 week sentence, suspended for 12 months.
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