Billy Shilton will head a squad of nine Athletes who have been selected in the British Para Table Tennis team who will compete at the PTT Spanish Open in Almeria which starts on Thursday and will be concluded on Sunday, November 18.

Shilton, from Stonehouse, narrowly missed out on qualification for this year’s World Championships and will be joined in Spain by Commonwealth bronze medallist Josh Stacey who took gold in the Czech Open in September, and six British Pathway and Development athletes.

The full British team for the Spanish Open is:

Craig Allen – Class 9 (Bromsgrove)

Alex Bland – Class 7 (Rotherham)

Marc Bonnar – Class 2 (Ingleby, Middlesbrough)

Lucie Bouron – Class 3 (Bracknell)

Daniel Bullen – Class 5 (St Neots)

Martin Perry – Class 6 (Paisley/Sheffield),

Billy Shilton – Class 8(Stonehouse/Sheffield)

Joshua Stacey – Class 9(St Mellons/Sheffield)

Shae Thakker – Class 10. (Denham, Bucks)