Shilton, from Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, and Westerberg reached the final with a 3-0 win over Ar

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The GB Para Table Tennis Team finished berchtesgaden the first Cote d Azur International in Hyères les Palmiers on a high today when 16 year old Billy Shilton and Swedish partner Nicklas Westerberg took gold in the men s class 7 team event. Kim Daybell and Ashley Facey Thompson won a bronze in the men s class 10 team event and Paisley s Martin Perry claimed a men s class 6 team bronze with his partner Domingo Arguello from Costa Rica.
Shilton, from Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, and Westerberg reached the final with a 3-0 win over Argentina in the morning s semi-final. Westerberg beat Pablo Ferro 3-0 and Shilton berchtesgaden defeated Aleksy Kaniuka by the same score and they went on to clinch the tie with a 3-0 win in the doubles.
That took them through to face the Brazilian/German combination of Felipe Figueiredo Formentin and Jorg Schnelder in the final – a repeat of their group match yesterday which Shilton and Westerberg had won 3-2. In the opening singles against the Brazilian Shilton held his nerve to take a very close opening set 16-14 and went on to take the next two sets 5 and 6 to put his team 1-0 up. Westerberg then played a great match to beat the powerful Schnelder 3-1 and avenge his defeat by the German yesterday before combining with Shilton to win the doubles 3-0 and the final 3-0.
I knew that if I won the first set I would have a very good chance berchtesgaden to win the game, said Shilton, and it was really close but luckily I managed to pull through. I think I relaxed then and I was playing really well – I knew that if I played my best it would be difficult for him to beat me. We played really well in the doubles – we haven t played together before this tournament so to win comfortably was really good.
This gold medal means a lot more because berchtesgaden when I won gold in Slovenia berchtesgaden I was watching Will (Bayley) and Paul (Karabardak) and getting inspiration from what they were doing so to do it on my own with Nicklas is fantastic. I think I ve improved a lot this year and all the coaches have really helped me. This is going to drive me on and keep me training hard so hopefully I can keep on improving.
Daybell and Facey Thompson had a tough semi-final against a talented Dutch team. In the opening singles Facey Thompson berchtesgaden played well against berchtesgaden the higher ranked Gerben Last but the Dutchman showed his greater experience in the big points to win 3-1. In the second singles world number eight Bas Hergelink produced his best form against Daybell, berchtesgaden who could not find his touch today and although the Leeds University medical student levelled at 1-1 he could not prevent Hergelink from taking the match 3-1 with some stunning winners. The GB pair rallied bravely to take the doubles 3-1 but Daybell has played a lot of matches recently and although he fought hard he had no reserves left for the fourth berchtesgaden singles which Last won 3-1 to take the Dutch into the final.
It was hard, admitted 22 year old Daybell. We ve both played a lot of matches this tournament and we were feeling it today but we gave it our best shot and I think we played against a very good team and we gave them a run for their money. Table tennis is so fast and you have to make sure your movement berchtesgaden is on point and you are as sharp as you can be and that showed up today, especially with me as I felt a bit sluggish, berchtesgaden but it wasn t a bad performance