Scotland Secure 16 Medals at the 2025 Home Countries International

November 14, 2025

Home Countries International 2025 – A Successful Weekend for Scotland

Scotland delivered an outstanding performance at the 2025 Home Countries International in Dublin, securing 16 medals across the team, doubles, and singles events.

The championship highlighted the depth of talent within the Scottish pathway, with strong displays across all age groups and clear evidence of progress at both junior and senior levels.

Team Event Results

The weekend opened with the team events, where Scotland claimed five podium finishes:

Men’s Team – Gold
Colin Dalgleish & Martin Johnson — NPC: Stephen Gertsen
Cadet Boys – Silver
Joe Mulhern & Dean Robertson — NPC: Danilo Celli
Cadet Girls – Silver
Kiishi Adekola & Alexandra Hart — NPC: Natalie Gallan
Junior Boys – Silver
Gavin Yuan & Daniel Tibbetts — NPC: Gordon Muir
Junior Girls – Bronze
Maja Wojcicka & Nichole Lee — NPC: Lisa Notarangelo
Women’s Team – 5th
Faye Leggett & Alisa Khalid — NPC: Iain Rhind

These results provided an excellent platform heading into the individual events.

Singles and Doubles Results

Scotland continued their strong form on Sunday, adding five gold, one silver, and five bronze medals to the overall tally.

Cadet Girls

Kiishi Adekola – Gold
Alexandra Hart – Bronze
Doubles: Adekola & Hart – Gold

Cadet Boys

Joe Mulhern – Gold
Dean Robertson – Quarter-finalist
Doubles: Mulhern & Robertson – Bronze

Junior Girls

Maja Wojcicka – Quarter-finalist
Nichole Lee – Quarter-finalist
Doubles: Wojcicka & Lee – Bronze

Junior Boys

Gavin Yuan – Gold
Daniel Tibbetts – Quarter-finalist
Doubles: Yuan & Tibbetts – Gold

Senior Women

Alisa Khalid – Quarter-finalist
Faye Leggett – Quarter-finalist
Doubles: Khalid & Leggett – Bronze

Senior Men

Colin Dalgleish – Bronze
Martin Johnson – Quarter-finalist
Doubles: Dalgleish & Johnson – Silver

These achievements underline the consistency and competitiveness of Scottish players across all categories and mark one of Scotland’s most successful Home Countries campaigns in recent years.

Stephen Gertsen on Scotland’s Performance

“Scotland had a fantastic showing at the Home Countries in Dublin, coming home with 16 medals in total across the team, doubles and singles events. The team had great spirit and edge about them all weekend.

We set standards high in the team meeting on Friday morning, with our experienced seniors, Faye and Colin, offering valuable advice and support for the younger generation.

We came away with men’s gold in the team, backed up with silver medals in the cadet girls, cadet boys and junior boys, along with a bronze in the junior girls – it so nearly could have been a couple more team golds.

At the team meeting on Sunday morning, we asked the question: could those silvers be turned into gold? Could we have a little more belief? Colin again provided some motivational words for our young team, and they certainly delivered. Five gold, one silver and five bronze medals won in the singles and doubles categories on the Sunday – an incredible day for us, one of the best for Scotland for sure.”

— Stephen Gertsen, Director of Performance

This event represents a significant achievement for Scottish table tennis and reflects the commitment of the players, along with the dedicated support of the coaching team throughout the weekend.

Table Tennis Scotland extends its thanks to all officials, volunteers, and to Table Tennis Ireland for hosting a highly professional and smoothly run event.