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Sam Volpe

Newcastle NHS dietician's Commonwealth Games joy as she begins bid at table tennis glory

A nutritionist who's recently moved to Newcastle is donning the colours of Team Scotland in a bid for Commonwealth Games glory.

Table tennis star Rebecca Plaistow, 22, is set to take on some of the best in her sport globally from Wednesday - and she's got the backing of colleagues at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust. Swapping her NHS uniform for a table tennis bat.

Rebecca, originally from Ayrshire in Scotland, is one of four Scottish table tennis players to be selected. She told the Daily Record: “It's probably one of the biggest events I will play in my career, so I am really pleased to be selected. I’m really looking forward to the experience and the different types of players I will get to play.”

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