EIGHT-TIME winner Martin Lowe is the top seed to win the men’s singles at this weekend’s York & District Table Tennis Closed Championships.

Lowe has a 100 per cent record in the league so far this season along with his Coneysthorpe team-mate James Rule who is seeking to defend the title.

A total of 86 players will be competing for 21 trophies at the two day event which starts on Saturday at the York RI Gymnasium.

Richard Moss (York RI), who has won the event six times, is seeded number three with Filip Wojtkowiak (York RI) seeded four.

Lowe is also the top seed in the Veterans’ Singles with Jon Wooldridge (Bootham CC) seeded second. Lowe and Rule are top seeds in the Men’s Doubles.

Anne Barnard (York RI) is the top seed in the Ladies’ Singles with Clara Bellstedt (Clarence TTC) seeded number two.

The pair are also playing in the Ladies’ doubles as top seeds.

Wooldridge and Marian Broadbent (BT) are top seeds in the Mixes Doubles. Wooldridge and Richard Crowther (York RI) are top seeds in the Veterans’ Doubles which they are aiming to win for the third year in a row.

Rule is top seed in the Junior Singles with Mikey Arnold (York RI) second.

Seedings

Men’s Singles: 1 Martin Lowe, 2 James Rule, 3 Richard Moss, 4 Filip Wojtkowiak, 5 Aidan Ranftler, 6 Jon Wooldridge, 7 Joe Wright, 8 Nathan Taylor. Ladies’ Singles: 1 Anne Barnard, 2 Cara Bellstedt. Men’s Doubles: 1 Martin Lowe/James Rule, 2 Richard Crowther/Jon Wooldridge, 3 Aidan Ranftler/John Farmery, 4 Joe Wright/Nathan Taylor. Ladies’ Doubles: 1 Clara Bellstedt/Anne Barnard, 2 Marian Broadbent/Andrea Potter. Mixed Doubles: 1 Marian Broadbent/Jon Wooldridge, 2 Anne Barnard/Richard Crowther. Under-11 Singles: 1 Campbell Holmes, 2 James Borlase. Cadet Singles: 1 Arthur Sorley, 2 Sam Lowe. Junior Singles: 1 James Rule, 2 Mikey Arnold, 3 Lewis Harrison, 4 Matthew Lowe. Veterans’ Singles: 1 Martin Lowe, 2 Jon Wooldridge, 3 Richard Crowther, 4 Andy Fletcher. Veterans’ Doubles: 1 Richard Crowther/Jon Wooldridge, 2 John Farmery/Martin Hood, 3 Jeff Cohen/Andy Fletcher, 4 Andy Kirk/Alfie Potter. Super-Veterans’ Singles: 1 Jeff Cohen, 2 John Farmery, 3 Alfie Potter, 4 Mark Blackburn. Division One Singles: 1 James Rule, 2 Filip Wojtkowiak, 3 Aidan Ranftler, 4 Jon Wooldridge. Division Two Singles: 1 Calum Goodwin, 2 Ryan Hood, 3 Martin Brown, 4 Mark Blackburn. Division Three Singles: 1 Stephen Temple, 2 Razvan Ababei, 3 Jan Suchecki, 4 Paul Greenwood. Division Four Singles: 1 Mark Antrobus, 2 Arthur Sorley, 3 Russ Scott. Hard Bat Singles: 1 James Rule, 2 Filip Wojtkowiak, 3 Aidan Ranftler, 4 Jon Wooldridge, 5 Joe Wright, 6 Nathan Taylor, 7 Richard Crowther, 8 Jake McCarthy.