Ladies first last week and this week it is time to recognise the Men’s Singles Champions in the U21 event. The event was first run in 1979 and incorporated into the National Championships in 1998.
Douggie Johnson was the winner in the first year and three players have been triple champions with Darius Knight the only one to achieve this in consecutive years. 17 names on the trophy, will another be added this year?
![Douggie Johnson 1979](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/1.-Douggie-Johnson-U21-NC-1979.jpg)
![Graham Sandley 1980.](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/2.-Graham-Sandley-U21-NC-1980..jpg)
![Jonathan Taylor 1991, 1993](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/3.-Jonathan-Taylor-U21-NC-1991-1993.jpg)
![Bradley Billington 1992](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/4.-Bradley-Billington-U21-NC-1992.jpg)
![Andrew Eden 1994](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/5.-Andrew-Eden-U21-NC-1994.jpg)
![Alex Perry 1995](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/6.-Alex-Perry-U21-NC-1995.jpg)
![Gareth Herbert 1996](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/7.-Gareth-Herbert-U21-NC-1996.jpg)
![Darren Blake 1998](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/8.-Dareen-Blake-U21NC-1998.jpg)
![Terry Young 1999](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/9.-Terry-Young-U21-NC-1999.jpg)
![Andrew Baggaley 2000.](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/10.-Andrew-Baggaley-U21-NC-2000..jpg)
![Andrew Rushton 2001, 2003, 2004.](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/11.-Andrew-Rushton-U21-NC-2001-2003-2004..jpg)
![Dale Barham 2002](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/12.-Dale-Barham-U21-NC-2002.jpg)
![Paul Drinkhall 2005, 2009, 2010.](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/13.-Paul-Drinkhall-U21-NC-2005-2009-2010..jpg)
![Darius Knight 2006, 2007, 2008](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/14.-Darius-Knight-U21-NC-2006-2007-2008.jpg)
![Liam Pitchford 2011.](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/15.-Liam-Pitchford-U21-NC-2011..jpg)
![Gavin Evans 2012, 2014. Photo by Steve Parkin](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/16.-Gavin-Evans-U21-NC-2012-2014.-Photo-by-Steve-Parkin..jpg)
![Sam Walker 2013, 2015. Photo by Michael Loveder.](https://newsarchive.tabletennisengland.co.uk/content/uploads/2016/03/17.-Sam-Walker-U21-NC-2013-2015.-Photo-by-Michael-Loveder..jpg)
If anyone has additional photos that could be added to the Archive Photo Gallery I would be delighted to hear from you and can be contacted on [email protected]