Jen MDS

[Table Tennis Wales @walesTT]

🏓Time to meet another of the TTW Players!

We recently spoke to Jenson Denton-Smith who, despite his young age, has shone at national events and is part of the national set-up.

From looking up to Anna Hursey to how he handles the pressure of representing Wales, we spoke to Jenson about his table tennis journey so far!

Read the full story➡https://t.co/WNp7q2rs6N

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson played @LillingtonTT winning the Junior category & the Grade C category: 12 matches, all 3-0. Congrats to @walesTT player, Sebastian Green, who won the Beginner’s category! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏓Thank you Richard Hancox & his team for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson attended the @gllsf awards for Cardiff athletes hosted by @GlamCricket Grateful to hear from GLL’s Tony Wallace about how athletes have been supported. Thank you @sportwales Daniel Farmer (pictured) for presenting Jenson with a GSF Talent Award for 2025 @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson played in his 1st TTE senior (open age) singles event in England, at the TopSpin Nottingham 2* Open, coming 2nd in his group with 5 out of 7 match wins. Thank you again, Jason Ramage, for organising. Great weekend @Nottinghamttc Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson played in his 1st TopSpin @Nottinghamttc Cadet 2* Open event, winning his group with 6 out of 6 match wins. Congrats to fellow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 player, Oliver Jordan, for winning his Jnr group. Thank u Jason Ramage (pictured) for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Primary Schools Intl: Day3of3: Individual event:✅ After a group win against Jersey’s No.1 and Scotland & Ireland's No.2, Jenson’s campaign ended at QF playing England's No.1. Thank you @CallumEvans3 for coaching & @SimonOyler for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Primary Schools International: Day 2 of 3: Team event done with @walesTT boys achieiving🥉Alongside teammate Dylan, Jenson won a total of 3 out of 5 doubles matches & 9 out of 10 singles matches (2 of them against U13s players rated in England’s top 8%) Individual event tomorrow!

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Primary Schools International: Day 1 of 3: Wales' boys team campaign got underway with a 9-1 win against Jersey. All players winning their singles matches and Jenson & Dylan winning their doubles match. Great to have @CallumEvans3 in their corner. Strong start! Bring on tomorrow!

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson played in Portishead's new TTE 1* event at Bristol TTA finishing 3rd, winning 5 out of 7 matches in the top U15s group! Congrats to Henry who finished 1st! Thank you Nick Davidson for organising and @GordanoSports for hosting. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson reached the quarter-finals of the U21s Men's Singles @ #ButterflyTableTennisWelshNationals 2025. Thank u Ryan Trigg for the privilege to play Harri Docherty & @toby_harwood for the 1st time. Thanks again @walestt for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson reached the semi-finals of both the U13s & U15s at the Welsh National Championships 2025 and along with teammate Penny reached the quarter-finals of the U19s Dbls. Thank u @walestt for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson won the Huw Collins CamGears Jnr Open U19s plate & reached an U15s main event Semi-Final! Congrats Oliver for the wins & a special thanks to Dylan & Jack for the hard fought 5th set matches. Thanks @MorganSiddley for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson came 2nd in the U13s main event @GwentTTC & reached the U15s main event. Congrats to Oliver for the double win & a special thank you to him & Toby Young for the hard fought 5th set matches. Thank you Andrew Ryder for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson, played 3 matches in Day 2 of the Safir International 2025 with some of Europe's top TT players @Idrottshuset in Örebro, Sweden. Great to have such a fantastic experience & winning 54 points over the course of the day. Bring on Day 3! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson, played 3 matches in his age group in the last day of the Safir Intl 2025. He won his 1st European match, qualifying for the Main Event & increased his winning points to 123! Thank you Btksafir & @walestt for making this happen. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson won the Swansea Open 2025 U19s plate, receiving his medal from @NancyYeh8 (pictured) & reached the U15s main event semi-final! Thank u Angelo Robles & his team @SwanseaUniTT for organising. Bring on the next event… one week from now in Örebro, Sweden! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

#playlikeanna trick shot: The Jenson Special @walesTT

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson played a TTE 2* event @BhamTTAcademy : switching it up, he came 2nd in an U15s group & won half his matches in his first ever U19s group! Great to see other 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 players there. Thank u Amelia Stretton & @EdLynnTT for organising. Bring on the next event! 🏓@CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson played in Div5 of the 1st weekend of Senior Team Champs of Wales 2024-25 @sportwales winning 8 out of 10 matches, supported by teammates Jacob & Penny who also played really well. Thank u @SimonOyler & Ryan Trigg for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE

[Jenson Denton-Smith @JensonMDS]

Today, Jenson won the U19s plate event @MsportsacademyC Junior Open & reached one of the main event Semi-Finals of the U15s! Congrats to Lily & Luca for winning the U15s & U19s, respectively! Thank u @CallumEvans3 & Ryan Trigg for organising. Bring on the next event! @CCHSBoysPE