There was a singles silver for Brighton’s Harry Fairchild, and a team silver for Great Britain, at the Down Syndrome World Championships in Bulgaria.

Brighton TTC had a five-strong presence representing Great Britain, along with coach Tim Holtam and a number of supporters.

In the Men’s Singles, Fairchild picked up two 3-1 wins over Mahmoutd Mohamet Ahmed of Egypt and Hector Palacios of Mexico to win his group. Andrew Tonkin also won his group with three victories out of three – 3-0 against Mehmet Yasin Bayraktar of Turkiye, 3-1 against Elias Medina Llanas of Mexico and 3-2 against Lenar Vakilov, a Neutral athlete.

Christopher O’Flinn finished second in his group, beating Portugal’s Pedro Azevedo 3-2 and Victor Ivanov of Bulgaria 3-0 and losing out 3-0 to Neutral athlete Nikita Mednikov.

Cole Carey Poynting and Kane Ross went out in the group stage, though Ross picked up a 3-0 win over Dariusz Tekielski of Poland.

In the knockouts, O’Flinn went out in the Round of 16 to Juan Lamelas of Argentina, while Tonkin beat Agustin Nunez of Argentina to reach the quarter-finals, where he went out to Joao Soldato of Portugal.

Fairchild beat Vakilov in the last 16 and Joao Oliveira of Portugal in the quarter-finals, and then went through against Turkiye’s Salihcan Oztankal in the semi-finals. However, he could not overcome Soldato in the final and therefore took silver.

In the Men’s Team, Great Britain won Group 2 with 3-0 victories over Turkiye, Egypt and Poland, so qualifying for the semi-finals.

They then defeated a Neutral team to move into the final against Portugal, but GB had to settle for silver.

There were no medals for GB in the Men’s Doubles as Fairchild & Ross lost in the last 16 and O’Flinn & Tonkin in the quarter-finals.

Table tennis was one of five sports at the event in Sofia, along with athletics, tennis, rhythmic gymnastics and artistic gymnastics.