A TABLE tennis team from Okehampton College has reached the finals of a national competition.

The Under 13 Girls' team has qualified for the national finals of the English Schools' Table Tennis Association Butterfly national Team Championship to be played at Hinckley Leisure Centre, Leicestershire, on Saturday, May 9.

More than 270 teams, all of them already county champions, set out on the journey with just 32 teams qualifying to take part in one of the eight events which make up the finals.

Success in their zone final in late January was followed by a regional final — one of four around the country — at which they defeated teams from South London, Bucking-hamshire and Hampshire.

A spokesperson from the college said: 'To take the final step to become Butterfly National Schools' Champions, the team of four players will need to be at their very best to overcome opponents from North London, Humberside and Cleveland in what they realise will be the most pressured of atmospheres at the May 9 finals.'