Photo by Marissa Tiel
NEWLY-MINTED – Christina Nie returns the ball during the women's open competition at the Yukon Table Tennis Championships Saturday at Elijah Smith Elementary School. She was crowned the 2017 open women’s champion.
Photo by Marissa Tiel
FOLLOW-THROUGH – In this multiple exposure photo, Kate Crocker returns the ball during warmup for the women's open competition at the Yukon Table Tennis Championships Saturday at Elijah Smith Elementary School. Crocker captured bronze in the junior girls event.
Nie climbs back to top of the leaderboard at Yukon Championships
Familiar faces were back on the podium at the 2017 Table Tennis Yukon Championships.
Familiar faces were back on the podium at the 2017 Table Tennis Yukon Championships.
Held at Elijah Smith Elementary School, participants circled the handful of tables set up in the gymnasium for round-robin and playoff games.
In the rookie division, Jesse Caley was first, while Rogan Parry was second and Kaleb Parry was third.
Only two junior boys took part, so a pair of open players also played to ensure a fair round-robin. Sam Crocker was first, while Ethan Gaw was second.
The junior girls division saw Emily Gaw of Dawson City repeat her title win. Sarah Nyland was second and Kate Crocker was third.
In the open women division, Christina Nie was back on top after defeating Xui Mei Zhang in the final. Gaw was third.
In the men’s final, Ryan Bachli defeated coach Kevin Murphy to win the championship. Daniel Li was third.
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