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Scottish table tennis star forced to pay for his own training

CRAIG HOWIESON is delighted he will be going to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games — but said today that he fears he will be left counting the cost of funding cuts.

The 27-year-old was named in the Team Scotland squad which will depart for Australia in early April.

Yet the Edinburgh player remains bitter about Sport Scotland’s decision to withdraw financial backing for table tennis competitors in the wake of the Glasgow Games four years ago.

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