THE closing date for entries for the 2015/16 Clacton and District League season is Friday, July 31.

Any club needing information, or any player without a team wanting to play, should contact league secretary Lyn White on 01255 425292.

Older members of the league will be saddened to learn of the death of Gordon Smith, aged 78.

Before retiring from table tennis in 1988, Gordon had been a stalwart division one player for over 30 years and had also served on the management committee as vice-chairman and treasurer.

The league sends its sincere condolences to Gordon’s family.