News for 2011-12
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"Ping Pong, Never Too Old for Gold" will be showing at Harbour Lights Cinema, Southampton, on Wednesday 18th July.
If you're old already, or you think one day you might become old, this one's for you! See you there!
Here's the trailer .
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South Wonston TT Club has achieved ETTA Premier Club status, making it the second Club in Winchester League, alongside Kings Club to achieve this status.
The Club will be training the Hampshire Youth Games table tennis teams for Winchester once again this year
and is looking for Year 7 and Year 8 boys and girls who are interested in playing table tennis for the team.
Anyone who would like to be considered for the team should contact
South Wonston Table Tennis Club for more details.
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Finals Night
Read the full report and see more pictures here .
See a short video here
Julian Walton wins Open Singles for third time in a row
Results
- Junior Singles Under 15s: Ben Cawston (South Wonston) beat Alex Amies (South Wonston) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8
- Junior Singles Under 18s: Morgan Smith (South Wonston) beat Matt Byers (IBM) 4-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-8
- Veterans Singles Over 40s: Nick Webb (IBM) beat Paul May (IBM) 3-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
- Handicap Singles: Ross Lingard (Kings) beat Adrian Reeves(+2) (Kings) 21-13, 21-14
- Open Doubles: Dave Menzel (IBM) and Nick Webb (IBM) beat Julian Walton (IBM) and Matt Byers (IBM) 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 12-10
- Division 2 Singles: Ross Lingard (Kings) beat Adrian Reeves (Kings) 13-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9
- Open Singles: Julian Walton (IBM) beat Dave Menzel (IBM) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Awards:
- Arthur Richards Cup: Paul Martin (Kings) (for services as General Secretary over many years)
- Owen Booker Cup (best average): Julian Walton (IBM), 98%
- Colin Sly Cup (Giantkiller): Ryan Johnston (South Wonston) 29% beat a player on 83%
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#new Nico Coltabiano has been appointed as the new Hampshire Table Tennis Development Officer. Nico is on the Committee of
Waterside TTC, one of the most progressive clubs in Hampshire, so he is well-qualified to move our sport forward.
Nico can be contacted as follows:
Nico Caltabiano
Hampshire Table Tennis Development Officer
Phone: 07952 940697
Email: acaltabiano@etta.co.uk
Address: Sport Hampshire & IOW, Hampshire County Council, Castle Avenue, Winchester, SO23 8UL
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Junior Heats were held at South Wonston on Sunday 1st April 2012.
See the Under 18 round-robin results here - several very close and see-sawing matches! Only 2 entries for the Under-15s,
so no playoffs were required.
As a result, the under 18 Final will be between Matt Byers and Morgan Smith and the under 15 Final will be between Alex Amies and Ben Cawston.
Adrian Reeves reports: "Some very entertaining and close matches; Tom Aldous lost three 5 setters, two of them from deuce!"
L to R: Tom Aldous, Matt Byers, Jenna Armitage, Adam Lee, Adrian Reeves, Morgan Smith, David Binns
Thanks to Jenna, Adrian and David for organising the event!
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The League AGM will take place at the Castle Club, Chilcomb, on Thursday 17th May at 8:00 pm. TONIGHT!Every club should be represented.
You can find directions
to the Castle club here
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Senior Tournament Heats
Round-by-Round Summary
Both Singles finalists had some awkward moments on the way to their Final.
See the
full details here, kindly supplied by Adrian Reeves
who, with his team, ran the event magnificently.
In action: Allan Bransgrove, Matt Byers
Below: Ross Lingard, Cameron Brealey
Tournament Heats Results
Full details here
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Conder-Winnall Handicap Final
IBM C beat Hursley A 7-2
IBM C overcame the handicaps handily.
Teams: IBM C -  Clive Hacker,  Andy Creighton, Keith Dickenson;
Hursley A:  Ian Fursey,  Steve Rouse,  Andy Prince
Team Eliminator Final
IBM A retained their title, beating IBM C 5-1. Teams: IBM A -  Don Child,  Keith Middleton,  Julian Walton;
IBM C - Keith Dickenson, Tim Kimber, Carmine Cristallo.
Hursley Shield Final (Scoresheet here)
South Wonston C beat Kings B to win the Hursley Shield (Division 2 knockout)! Congratulations to
 Tom Aldous,  Ben Payne and  Isaac Tallack, who beat James Stewart,
Adrian Reeves and Cameron Brealey 5-4 (in the 9th leg!) in a pulsating Final at Kings on Monday.
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National Junior League (Hampshire area): report from David Binns (thanks!)
"After four hard fought Saturdays the Winchester team of Morgan Smith,
Adam Lee, Ben Payne,
Tom Aldous and Isaac Tallack finished runners up in the Second Division.
All the Juniors helped in picking us a silver medal after a strong finish, beating strong teams from Fareham and Bournemouth.
The regular pair of Morgan Smith and Adam Lee have been the catalyst to the success with several key
performances on each of the four days and with the perfect support from Tom, Ben and
Isaac the future is looking very bright from Winchester Table Tennis.
The photo is of Morgan Smith, Ben Payne and Adam Lee."
Saturday is Finals Night!
With the League now complete (IBM B sensationally beat IBM A in the final League match on Monday), and the Team Cups done and polished, it's time to concentrate on Finals Night!
For your diary: Sat 21st April, 7:00pm for 7:30 pm: Finals Night at
Itchen Abbas and Avington Village Hall. The evening will finish around 10:00 pm after
the presentation of cups and trophies, and a fund-raising raffle. There is no admission charge.
If you've been to Finals Night before, you know it takes place on a Saturday evening at the height of Spring
in one of the loveliest villages in the Itchen valley, a couple of miles down the road from the Kings TT Club venue on the B3047. The hall itself
is modern and perfect for watching or playing table tennis - you can take your family and friends there with pride!
Parking is plentiful, and a bar will run throughout the evening.
You can expect to see some exciting table tennis, culminating in the Open Singles Final between Julian Walton and Dave Menzel. Until the
final match of the season
neither man had been defeated in the League this season, so expect fireworks and a very high standard of play!
Here's the programme (the exact running order is not yet known):
- Handicap: Adrian Reeves(+2) Vs Ross Lingard
- Doubles: Dave Menzel and Nick Webb Vs Julian Walton and Matt Byers
- Veterans: Nick Webb Vs Paul May
- Under 15: Alex Amies Vs Ben Cawston
- Under 18: Matt Byers Vs Morgan Smith
- Division 2: Ross Lingard Vs Adrian Reeves
- Open Singles: Julian Walton Vs Dave Menzel
Each club/team is asked to provide a prize for the Raffle - thanks!
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3 former Winchester League players feature strongly in ETTA English National Championships!
David McBeath beat Garth Kinlocke in the Semis of the Under 21 Men's Singles, while Hannah Hicks won the Final of the Under 21 Women's Singles!
Last time we saw them in our League (2007), they were in the winning Division 1 team for Winnall.
You can watch live streaming from the event via the ETTA web pages. As I write, Hannah, and Tressa Armitage (formerly of the South Wonston club),
are making good progress in the Women's Doubles!
Kings will be closed on Monday 5th March because of a parents' meeting at Princes Mead School. Normal service will resume on 12th March!
- Recent TT videos from YouTube:
- When two Giantkillers meet ...
- Time to give up? Not if you're only 88. See Les D'Arcy here .
Les won the World Championship in his age-group in 2009.
- But if you started after you were more than 18 months old you may have been too late - see here
The late John Colborne
I'm very sorry to tell you that John Colborne, of Five Tees, has recently died.
Here is an appreciation of John by Steve Buckmaster:
"It is with the greatest sadness that I write to inform you of the passing of John Colborne on 4th January 2012.
It is believed that John suffered a heart attack and despite the best efforts of us and the ambulance team, John did not recover.
We do know that John passed without suffering and was among his friends and team mates.
We have given our sympathy to John's family on everyone's behalf.
John was a great friend and team mate in Southampton West Table Tennis Club.
John loved table tennis always playing as a true sportsman and always willing to help and support everyone.
He will be sorely missed by us all."
The funeral will be on Thursday 19th January. Details here.
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Kings Table Tennis Club
Kings is now on its Christmas and New Year break and is recommencing on Monday 9th January (7.15 to 10.15 pm).
As a consequence of an increase
in hall rental of £10 per hour the committee has reluctantly raised the
charge for an evening session to £3.00, which still represents excellent value.
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St Denys Tournament
Organised by Barry Dobson , this is being held on Sunday 26th February 2012 at Testwood College, Totton.
Contact Barry on 02380 329019 or 07721 631086 for an entry form.
The tournament is in its 22nd year and is open to any players playing in Division 2 in Winchester, along with players of a similar standard in Southampton.
The doors open at 0900 with play commencing at 0930.
The format is a Level Singles Tournament in groups then knock out. The players that do not qualify for the knock out stages go into a Plate Event.
This is followed by a Handicap Tournament, again in groups then knock out.
And finally a Doubles Tournament. Pairings are drawn on the day for the Doubles. This is just knock out.
The cost is £15 for the day.
This is a friendly tournament aimed at players of all standards with the exception of those playing in teams at the
top of Winchester Division 1 (or equivalent).
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Hursley Shield Semifinal scorecard, Kings B vs Kings C, is here!
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Team Eliminator
Round 2 - 19th December 2011
| IBM D vs Five Tees A |
| | Geoff Ball and Martin Healey Vs Mark Waughman and John Butcher | 19-11, 15-17, 14-12, 8-11 | 0 - 1
| | Dom Evans Vs Paul Newbery | 4-11, 7-11, 2-11 | 0 - 1
| | Martin Healey Vs Mark Waughman | 9 - 11, 3-11, 4-11 | 0 - 1
| | Geoff Ball Vs John Butcher | 10-6, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 10-12 | 0 - 1
| | Martin Healey and Dom Evans Vs John Butcher and Paul Newbery | 3-11, 4-11, 9-11 | 0 - 1
| | Geoff Ball Vs Mark Waughman | 11-8, 15-13, 6-11, 5-11, 11-13 | 0 - 1
| | Martin Healey Vs Paul Newbery | 6-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11 | 0 - 1
| | Dom Evans Vs John Butcher | 1-11 8-11, 3-11 | 0 - 1
| | Geoff Ball and Dom Evans Vs Mark Waughman and Paul Newbery | 8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 10-12 | 0 - 1
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Result: IBM D 0, Five Tees A 9
Hursley Shield
Round 2 - 12th December 2011
| IBM D vs Kings B |
| | Geoff Ball and Martin Healey Vs Ross Lingard and Adrian Reeves | 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 7-11 | 0 - 1
| | Dom Evans Vs Jill Wilson | 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 4-11, 9-11 | 0 - 1
| | Martin Healey Vs Ross Lingard | 5-11, 7-11, 3-11 | 0 - 1
| | Geoff Ball Vs Adrian Reeves | 14-12, 11-4, 11-7 | 1 - 0
| | Martin Healey and Dom Evans Vs Adrian Reeves and Jill Wilson | 11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 8-11 | 0 - 1
| | Geoff Ball Vs Ross Lingard | 11-5, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11 | 0 - 1
| | Martin Healey Vs Jill Wilson | 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 | 1 - 0
| | Dom Evans Vs Adrian Reeves | 5-11, 5-11, 8-11 | 0 - 1
| | Geoff Ball and Dom Evans Vs Ross Lingard and Jill Wilson | 11-7, 11-7, 12-14, 11-9 | 1 - 0
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Result: IBM D 3, Kings B 6
Hursley Shield
Round 2 - 12th December 2011
Report by Bob Garlick:
Unfortunately, the away team could only muster two players so, trailing 4-0, they had to win ALL of the possible matches to avoid defeat (their 3rd player conceding their two singles and the two doubles that they would have played in). It looked possible when Kings trailed in the opening doubles match 5-3 at the change of ends in the fifth game, but Roy and Bob rallied to take the game, and thus the match with their doubles win. The match was played to a conclusion and Adam beat Roy but narrowly lost to Bob. Phil was taken to the wire by Barry.
Round 2 - 12th December 2011
| Kings C Vs South Wonston B |
| | Roy Bright and Bob Garlick Vs Adam Lee and Phil Lee | 4-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8 | 1 - 0
| | Barry Mitchell Vs "missing" | walk over | 1 - 0
| | Bob Garlick Vs Adam Lee | 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 13-11 | 1 - 0
| | Roy Bright Vs Phil Lee | 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2 | 1 - 0
| | Bob Garlick and Barry Mitchell Vs Phil Lee and "missing" | walk over | 1 - 0
| | Roy Bright Vs Adam Lee | 4-11, 11-6, 9-11, 1-11 | 0 - 1
| | Bob Garlick Vs "missing" | walk over | 1 - 0
| | Barry Mitchell Vs Phil Lee | 11-8, 3-11, 6-11, 14-12, 2-11 | 0 - 1
| | Roy Bright and Barry Mitchell Vs Adam Lee and "missing" | walk over | 1 - 0
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Result: Kings C 7, South Wonston B 2
Conder-Winnall Handicap
Round 2
| Five Tees A vs Kings A |
| | John Butcher(+2) Vs Paul Martin(+2) | 21-18, 21-13 | 1 - 0
| | Paul Newbery(+4) Vs John deWind(Scr) | 16-21, 22-20, 20-22 | 0 - 1
| | Peter Whitmarsh(+4) Vs Keith Hewitt(Scr) | 21-16, 18-21, 20-22 | 0 - 1
| | Paul Newbery(+4) Vs Paul Martin(+2) | 21-18, 21-15 | 1 - 0
| | John Butcher(+2) Vs Keith Hewitt(Scr) | 25-23, 13-21, 17-21 | 0 - 1
| | Peter Whitmarsh(+4) Vs John deWind(Scr) | 20-22, 14-21 | 0 - 1
| | Paul Newbery(+4) Vs Keith Hewitt(Scr) | 19-21, 23-21, 21-15 | 1 - 0
| | Peter Whitmarsh(+4) Vs Paul Martin(+2) | 9-21, 15-21 | 0 - 1
| | John Butcher(+2) Vs John deWind(Scr) | 21-12, 12-21, 18-21 | 0 - 1
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Result: Five Tees A 3, Kings A 6
Conder-Winnall Handicap
Quarter Final
| Five Tees B vs Kings B |
| | C Westbrook+3 Vs A Reeves+1 | 21-17, 21-19 | 0 - 1
| | G Storey+7 Vs J Wilson+9 | 21-16, 23-25, 21-17 | 0 - 1
| | M Richardson+9 Vs R Lingard | 13-21, 20-22 | 0 - 1
| | G Storey+7 Vs A Reeves+1 | 20-22, 21-14, 21-17 | 1 - 0
| | C Westbrook+3 Vs R Lingard | 19-21, 19-21 | 0 - 1
| | M Richardson+9 Vs J Wilson+9 | 11-21, 8-21 | 0 - 1
| | G Storey+7 Vs R Lingard | 21-17, 24-22, 17-21 | 1 - 0
| | M Richardson+9 Vs A Reeves+1 | 21-10, 18-21, 17-21 | 0 - 1
| | C Westbrook+3 Vs J Wilson+9 | 21-23, 19-21 | 1 - 0
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Result: Five Tees B 3 Kings B 6
Team Eliminator
Quarter Final
| Kings C vs Five Tees A |
| | Roy Bright and Bob Garlick Vs John Butcher and Bert Newbery | 4-11, 11-6, 7-11,7-11 | 0 - 1
| | Barry Mitchell Vs Peter Whitmarsh | 12-10, 2-11, 5-11, 11-5, 6-11 | 0 - 1
| | Bob Garlick Vs John Butcher | 3-11, 7-11, 6-11 | 0 - 1
| | Roy Bright Vs Bert Newbery | 12-14, 9-11, 15-13, 11-7, 9-11 | 0 - 1
| | Bob Garlick and Barry Mitchell Vs Bert Newbery and Peter Whitmarsh | 5-11, 9-11, 5-11 | 0 - 1
| | Roy Bright Vs John Butcher | 10-12, 12-14, 11-9, 11-5, 6-11 | 0 - 1
| | Bob Garlick Vs Peter Whitmarsh | 4-11, 5-11, 8-11 | 0 - 1
| | Barry Mitchell Vs Bert Newbery | 10-12, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 13-11 | 1 - 0
| | Roy Bright and Barry Mitchell Vs John Butcher and Peter Whitmarsh | 3-11, 6-11, 8-11 | 0 - 1
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Result: Kings C 1, Five Tees A 8
- Apart from Tressa (mentioned above), several other past Winchester players appear in the ETTA Rankings: David McBeath 11th in Senior Men, Garth Kinlocke
21st in Senior Men, Chrissie Slot 6th in Cadet Girls. Hannah Hicks, 3rd in Senior Women, played twice in the League in 2006-07!
 At Thursday's Winchester District Sports Awards ceremony, held at Winchester Guildhall,
Mick Bryant was awarded the final trophy of the night by the Deputy Mayor for Service to Sport.
Over the years Mick has done a huge amount for table tennis in Winchester and is currently working hard as the
President of Kings Table Tennis Club, and this award is very well deserved.
Martyn Davey of South Wonston was third in the Senior Coach of the Year category and congratulations go to Martyn for this achievement.
Tressa Armitage of South Wonston club won the Junior Sportswoman of the Year award, a remarkable result. Tressa is currently ranked 4 in
England Junior Girls and 10 in England Senior Women.
Tressa has played for England Juniors several times this year (France, Sweden, Portugal and Russia)
and also had her first Senior Selection as well.
She won her first National title at the Junior Nationals in November becoming the Junior Mixed Doubles National Champion
with her partner Sam Walker.
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WINCHESTER & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012
Heats: Sunday 1st April 2012
At: South Wonston Village Hall, Downs Road, South Wonston, SO21 3EW
START TIME:
UNDER 18s: 12:00
UNDER 15s: 13:00
Entry forms can be found at http://www.healeym.force9.co.uk/junior2011_2012.pdf
- Waterside 1 Star Tournament January 2012 entry form is here .
- Young Players Table Tennis Tournament - Saturday 19th November at Waterside, Southampton. Closing date for entries: Wed 16th November -
sorry for the late notice. More information here.
- Ben Cawston, Adele Payne and Calvin Barlow, playing for Winchester in the Hants/Dorset area of the National Cadets League,
defeated Portsmouth B, Bournemouth E and Waterside B to win Division 3.
- World-class table tennis is coming to London soon!
2011 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - Olympic Games Test Event, 24 Nov 2011 - 27 Nov 2011, London
All probable Olympic medallists will be there, eager to experience the setting and conditions.
For tickets etc see here
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Team Cups reach Final stage
| Event | Draw, Results | Finalists
| | Team Eliminator | here | IBM A, IBM C
| | Conder-Winnall Handicap | here | Hursley A, IBM C
| Hursley Shield
(Div 2 Cup) | here | South Wonston C, Kings B
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The webmaster is going away until the middle of next week, and won't be able to update these pages during that time.
Sorry about that.
Please keep the scorecards coming in, though.
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2 player(s) in the League on 16 May 2012 is/are not known to be Winchester League ETTA member(s).
If you're one of the missing, get enrolled now, nominate WINCHESTER as your 'Organisation', and send your ETTA Member number to
.
All League players are required to register as members of the ETTA. The League will not do this for you, though your Club may.
You can register via the ETTA web pages
here , or call 0845 0500 388 - have your credit card number handy!
Amounts payable to the League by your Club
are reduced correspondingly.
ETTA membership includes free insurance cover. That's important to you - accidents do happen!
- League Fixtures: Please note that Owslebury's home night is Monday, not Wednesday. The fixture dates shown on
these web pages have been altered
accordingly.
Owslebury Vs South Wonston C will still take place on Wednesday 5th October, however.
Sorry this change was not picked up earlier.
- Kings TT Club (near Winchester)
offers friendly, informal table tennis for all, from 7:15 pm to 10:15 pm. Bring £3.00
and you can play for the whole evening! See here for more details.
- League fixtures for 2011-12 are available here . Click on a team name and you will see all League fixtures
for that team. You can optionally download the list in a format that can be imported into Google Calendar and
other popular calendars
- Hampshire Youth Games 2011
Jenna Armitage reports: "Talented youngsters from across the County came together at the Aldershot Garrison Athletics Stadium for the Hampshire Youth Games of 2011 recently. Teams from the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and the New Forest met teams from Winchester, Test Valley and Havant to name but a few, all proudly wearing their team colours for the event.
The young athletes joined together for a day of friendly multi-sport competition which began with a Welcoming Ceremony and Grand Parade. After the parade the young people began the serious business of the day, competing in their chosen sport. These included table tennis, athletics, canoeing, judo, swimming, cycling, new age kurling and many more sports.
Boys and girls selected to represent Winchester in the table tennis competition were trained by South Wonston Table Tennis Club. The boys’ competition began with group play and moved on to a knock out competition and a knock out consolation event. The girls played a round robin competition where all played all.
Winchester’s young table tennis team competed strongly and returned home with a gold medal (Ben Cawston) a silver medal (Adele Payne) and two bronze medals (Calvin Barlow and Nicholas Aldous).
We are very proud of Team Winchester, Well done!"
- See the April ETTA South-East Newsletter here
- The League's AGM will be held at the Castle Club, Chilcomb, Nr Winchester on Thursday 19th May at 8:00 pm. Every Club
should have at least one representative present.
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On Saturday 26th March the team of Reuben Grimshaw , Morgan Smith and Adam Lee represented Winchester Table Tennis League at the South East regional final of the National Junior League.
After the first day's play on 29th January the team where placed in second position just behind Portsmouth A.
Here are the match scores:
Winchester 6 Andover 0
Winchester 4 Portsmouth B 2
Winchester 4 Brighton 2
Winchester 4 Southampton West B 2
Winchester 4 Portsmouth A 2
After winning all their games the team finished runners up to Portsmouth A in Division 2.
Thanks to David Binns for this report and picture.
- MBL East Yorkshire Junior Open, over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (28-30 May 2011) - see more
info and Entry Forms here .
MBL East Yorkshire Junior Open
The weekend of May 28 29 30 2011 sees the return of the MBL East Yorkshire Junior Open tournament once again at the recently refurbished Spa Hall Bridlington. The event is supported by Mark Bates Ltd and the East Riding District Council and will run over three days. This facility allows the presentation of an extended schedule giving the participants maximum playing opportunity. The team event will be played to final positions, with the single events being played in three stages.
There will also be a junior doubles event on the Sunday.
The facilities of this venue will serve to enhance a top class event which will be played on 12 Butterfly Tables. The main events have secured substantial cash prizes, with Butterfly equipment vouchers for the Trophy and Plate competitions.
East Riding District Council who are supporting and promoting the opportunity to bring back a three day junior tournament to Bridlington will also be offering the facility to book accommodation at a very competitive rate.
For further detail e mail: Kieran.lawry@eastriding.gov.uk.
The entry form is available here .
- Young players tournament in Southampton, 26th March 2011 - entry forms here .
- The English National Championships are taking place THIS weekend, Friday 4th March through Sunday 6th March, in Sheffield.
Local interest is provided by Hannah Hicks, David McBeath, Tressa Armitage , Ed Slot and Chrissie Slot , all of whom have
played in Winchester League. They're all playing in Under-21 events as well Senior events.
You can watch them LIVE and
FREE, via this link
The Draw and Timetable is here
Kings TT Club will be CLOSED on Monday 4th April AND Monday 11th April, due to floor repairs! Normal service resumes on 18th April.
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Not currently playing in our League, but still a Winchester resident, Tressa Armitage was
recently presented with the prestigious Mike Watts Award. The annual award is presented to the most improved player within
all categories of the ETTA ranking system.
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Juniors have their day at South Wonston
Mouse over the picture to see it bigger!
The Heats of the League's Junior Championships took place on Sunday 20th February at South Wonston, featuring 11 Under-15s and
4 Under-18s.
The overall standard was really impressive. Most of the Under-15s hadn't played table tennis at all until 6 months ago,
but they were keen, competitive,
and had obviously been well coached. This says a lot for the South Wonston and Kings clubs, as well as for Westgate School, all of which
now offer coaching and excellent facilities for table tennis. The Under-15 and Under-18 Finals will both be held at the League's Finals Night on
Saturday 30th April at Itchen Abbas & Avington Village Hall. Ben Payne and Isaac Tallack made it through (after some close struggles)
to the Under-15 Final, while Reuben Grimshaw and Ross Lingard will contest the Under-18 Final. Everyone was a winner in the Under-15s -
they all passed the ETTA Junior Umpire test, supervised by ETTA official Martyn Reeves , in between matches!
See detailed results here .
 Many of you remember Colin Sly  , who died last year. As well as his table tennis, Colin
was very well known for his operatic
performances, so Southampton Operatic Society is putting on a concert celebrating his life
"To Live and Die a Pirate King" at the
Turner Sims in Southampton on Saturday 19th February at 7:30 pm.
Here's a poster . If you enjoy Gilbert & Sullivan, this is for you!
- Congratulations to Kings TTC on gaining
Sport England's Clubmark accreditation
and ETTA's PremierClub status.
So now it's official - Kings is a great table tennis club! Why not go along and see for yourself, any Monday
from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm?
- Enjoy this: see Michael Bublé (he's a world famous singer, as everyone knows!)
playing TT with Darius Knight and Paul Drinkhall
here .
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Conder-Winnall Cup Final: Reg White reports "The Final was an enjoyable evening of table tennis, with
IBM C defeating Castle C 6 games to 3. Steve Buckmaster was the deciding factor, winning all three."
IBM A beat Kings C 9-0 in the Team Eliminator Final. This was no disgrace for Kings C - IBM A had won all its previous rounds 9-0 also!
Castle B will meet IBM C in the Conder-Winnall (handicap) Final.
Kings B beat Swanmore B 5-3 in the Plate Final. Bob Garlick 's match report is here .
- A tournament for young and less experienced players will be held at Waterside Sports College, Totton, on Saturday
15th January 1:00pm to 5:00 pm. Entry form is here
- U11s - U14s National Championships (Regional qualification, South-Eastern region, at Crawley Sussex, on 05-02-2011) Entry form here
U11s - U14s National Championships (Regional qualification, Southern region, at Basingstoke, on 05-02-2011) Entry form here
- Need a laugh? Try this
- Ed Slot is looking for a Div 1 team to play for during university holidays - contact ederz1234@hotmail.com
- IBM Sports Hall has no heating at present - if you're playing there tonight
(Monday 6th Dec), come warmly dressed, and warn your
team-mates!
- Want to become a proper umpire ? Attend a free seminar in Cippenham, near Slough, and you could! Date: Saturday February 26th 2011 at 10:00am.
Read more details here
- Postponed because of snow: Five Tees Vs IBM B
Other News and Current Info:
- Monday 22nd November was the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the League. Many happy returns!
There's a history of the League 1935-1986 here
- Tressa Armitage reached 3 Finals at the recent English National Junior Championships - see here .
#new Watch a video of the Junior Singles Final here.
- Cliff Chevis has lent me a Programme from the great Winchester League Finals Night in the Guildhall,
1951! See it here !
- Team Competitions: IBM B beat Hursley C in the first round of the Conder-. All Round 1 results are in now.
See here
- More underdogs have been spotted - see here . It's beginning to look like a pack!
If the 'better' player loses a few, and/or the 'underdog' wins some, so that difference in averages falls below 35 percentage points, then this result will disappear.
The leader of the pack at the end of the season wins the Colin Sly Giantkiller Cup!
- Winnall home matches: Dave Hooker has asked me to say that the Winnall venue, Tubbs Hall in Kings Worthy,
is not
available until 7:30 pm, so please regard 7:30 pm (sharp!) as the arrival time rather than the time that play can start.
The advertised 10:30 pm finish time is flexible.
- One small benefit to be had from Hursley A's departure is that almost every week two Division 1 teams will have a 'spare week',
giving an added opportunity to rearrange matches without necessarily waiting for Cup weeks or the end of season.
- Conder-Winnall Handicap Cup:
Don Child's report of IBM A vs Kings A:
"We were 4-4 going into the final game and Keith Charbit-Middleton
giving away a 6 start to [League newcomer] John deWind lost 23-25, 23-21,21-23 in a very long and fluctuating match.
Matt Byers did very well to beat Keith Hewitt 23-21 in the third set.
All matches apart from 1 went to 3 sets."
- Hursley A have withdrawn from the Division 1, owing to not having enough players to cover for
injured players. They had not played any matches so far this season. We hope they will return next Autumn!
Existing Hursley team names will not change. We're sorry that this reduces Division 1 to 8 teams.
- Conder-Winnall Handicap Cup:
Don Child's report of IBM A vs Kings A:
"We were 4-4 going into the final game and Keith Charbit-Middleton
giving away a 6 start to [League newcomer] John deWind lost 23-25, 23-21,21-23 in a very long and fluctuating match.
Matt Byers did very well to beat Keith Hewitt 23-21 in the third set.
All matches apart from 1 went to 3 sets."
- Mick Bryant's address in the Handbook should read 136 Longfield Road, SO23 0NU, and his
phone number is (01962) 865713, not as published. You can see the Handbook online
here or
via the 'League' drop-down menu.
- Howard Jacobson has just won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for contemporary fiction! Buy his very funny 1999 novel, 'The Mighty Walzer',
featuring local league table tennis,
here .
 Search Google for his perceptive newspaper
articles about table tennis.
- At the recent Commonwealth Games a player was faulted for an illegal serve when leading 5-0 in the deciding game, went on to lose the match,
and his team was eliminated instead of progressing to the Final. The umpire decided he wan't throwing the ball up "near vertically".
Mutterings about serves are often heard in the Winchester League, too! Make sure no-one's muttering about you - see
here for the full Laws of Table Tennis.
- Winchester Juniors in National League David Binns reports from Totton: "The team of Ben Payne, George Buley and Oliver Brown
were entering their first tournament after their introduction to table tennis at the Hampshire Youth Games. The National Cadet League (Hampshire area)
is two divisions each of four teams. Winchester were entered into the second division.
The day started well with the team performing well against a young team from Southampton Waterside,
Winchester winning the game by 8-1 with Oliver dropping the only game. Next up was a girls team from Bournemouth.
Once again Winchester triumphed 8-1 after many of the games went the full 5 sets.
In the final match of the day Winchester had to play Portsmouth who were also undefeated for the chance of the second division title.
After several hard fought games Winchester eventually triumphed running out winners 8-1.
Superb performances from Ben Payne, George Buley and Oliver Brown secured the promotion to the first division."
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Some people found the way fixtures were presented was confusing.
See the new format here
You can save your team's fixtures in a format suitable for inporting into Google Calendar.
Any comments or problems: email me at martin@healeys.org.uk
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GB Olympic TT player Alison Gordon (now Broe) has been giving England Junior Tressa Armitage one-on-one coaching at IBM Hursley.
It looks like very hard work as well as fun! League matches going on at the other end of the hall seem a bit easygoing by comparison.
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A Tournament Organiser Course was held on Sunday 26th September in Winchester. You may spot a couple of familiar faces.
The ETTA English Open takes place in Sheffield, 26th-30th January 2011. See here
for more info. Watch live streaming on your PC via this link
There is some useful recent information about registering for ETTA Individual Membership online here
The Laws of Table Tennis have changed recently - see here .
The most interesting change is that a 'double hit' is now to be ignored, as long as it's accidental.
#new Also, "A racket cannot be changed during the course of an individual match unless it becomes accidentally damaged so badly that it is unusable."
The full Laws of Table Tennis are
here .
The late Mick Prince:
I'm very sorry to tell you of the recent death of Mick Prince. Mick played in the League over many years and in all Divisions, helping to start the current Winnall club, as well as introducing sons Andy and Chris to the game. Many of you will remember him as a regular spectator at Finals Night, supporting Andy and Chris whenever they played. Our deep sympathy goes to his family.
John Williams, Mick Prince, Martin Woolf at the club in Garbett Road in the late 60s.
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League news: The new season's Fixtures are here
19 teams have entered the League for the forthcoming season. Relative to last season, IBM has a new team, Hursley C has moved to Kings, while
Hursley A, Hursley E,
Bishops Waltham and Five Tees B have disbanded. Sorry to say goodbye - we hope you'll be back! The League will revert to its previous format, with 2 Divisions (9 and 10 teams respectively), running from 27th September to the end of March. It was impractical to fit 19 teams into smaller divisions without more gaps and blank weeks. The range of playing standards currently is probably narrower now than it has been, so we hope 2 Divisions will still produce many close matches.
The Senior Tournament Heats took place on Sunday 27th February.
See all of the detailed results here , thanks to Adrian Reeves , who ran the event!
Adrian has also kindly supplied the fine pictures.
Singles Glenn Phur knocked very good Junior Matt Byers out in the preliminary round, and was then narrowly beaten in the
5th game of the first round proper by Katie Cleary . Julian Walton beat Katie in the Semi, and will meet Andy Prince in the Final.
Division 2 Ross Lingard , a Juniors Finalist, beat Barry Dobson in the 5th game to reach the Final, where
he will meet Allan Bransgrove , who had earlier beaten James Stewart . A betting man might have backed both Barry and James
to reach this Final.
Veterans (Over 40) Barry Dobson may have lost to Ross Lingard in the Division 2 event, but he showed he's still a
power in the land by beating Andy Prince , a Veterans finalist last year. Barry will play Keith Charbit-Middleton in the Final.
Doubles
The number 1 and number 3 seeded pairs will meet in the Final: Katie Cleary and Julian Walton on one side of the net, and Steve Buckmaster and Andy Creighton
on the other. Keith Charbit-Middleton and Matt Byers were the number 2 seeds but lost to Steve and Andy in the Semis . Katie, Steve and Andy are all new to the Winchester League this season, and we look forward to seeing how they
deal with the special pressures of Finals Night!
Handicap
Matt Byers was prevented by holiday arrangements from competing in the Juniors, but you'll be able to admire his skills in the
Handicap Final, where he'll be opposed by Steve Buckmaster .
A Tournament Organisers Course is coming to Winchester on Sunday 26th September 2010 - see here . For any club currently undertaking PremierClub or looking to become a PremierClub this is the perfect opportunity to undertake this course, as it is unlikely to be held in Hampshire again any time soon!
League players wanted! Hursley TT Club STILL needs players of about Division 1 standard (in this year's 2-Division format)! Please contact Ray Swan on
02380 267753 or 07767 343104 if you're interested. Hursley have moved to St Faith's Hall in St Cross, Winchester, for the 2010-11 season. Handy for the M3, it's a comfortably-heated hall with easy parking!
ETTA Individual Membership (registration) online here
Spotlight on Martyn Reeves on the ETTA web pages - see here !
Kings TT Club will restart on Monday 6th September after the summer break.
Hampshire Youth Games: Winchester youngsters shine!
See here for a report.
Young TT players demonstrate skills in Andover, 4th June: You may have missed this event, so here's a brief report! Four highly-skilled and friendly young players
showed us what they could do, far from the formality of tournaments and the serious hard work of training sessions, having fun
and playing spectacular rallies with great agility, power and good humour. It was brilliant entertainment. As for the
2 singles and the mixed doubles match, all went to 5 games, so all 4 players had plenty of opportunity to show their abilities.
For a fuller account of a recent very similar event in Dorset, see here
Have you read 'Bounce' , by former Commonwealth Table Tennis champion, Matt Syed? How top performers are made, not born. Buy
Amazon's current best-selling book in its 'Recreation', 'Education' and 'Psychology' categories here - only £6.50!
Tressa Armitage had great weekends at the recent Junior (under 18) and Cadets (under 15) Masters events , the 'sternest test there is in the English domestic calendar'
according to this article .
Tressa followed up her fifth place in the Junior (U18) Masters with second place in the Cadets Masters. She has beeen selected to represent
England at Euro 6 Nations in France, and at the Polish Open (juniors and cadets) in Gdansk. She has also been selected to represent
England Schools at U16 at the Schools International in Limerick at the end of June. You can read more about Tressa's progress
here
Chrissie Slot also played in the Masters Cadets event, but unfortunately had to withdraw due to injury.
The League's AGM was held on Thursday 13th May at Castle Sports Club. An important point that came out is
that individual registration with the ETTA comes into force for the 2010-11 season. Unregistered players
will not be covered by the ETTA's insurance. Once you're registered with one League you don't need to register for other Leagues.
The League's team and player registration forms (due out in July) will include ETTA individual registration, or
you can download a printable form here . Online registration is available, too - click here . There will be no change to costs for Winchester League players - if you register
via another League, your costs will actually be about £5 lower for adults (less for juniors).
Dennis Thomson has recently retired as President of South Wonston TT Club. Dennis was involved
with club from its beginning and worked tirelessly for many years doing much of the hard work, and apparently enjoying it all as well!
He is seen here receiving an award from David Binns on behalf of the club, recognising his
great contribution to the Club and to the community of South Wonston as a whole.
Picture by Reuben Grimshaw
Tournament Finals and Award Presentations
Read all about it here - all pictures are available now!
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The final match sees IBM A lose their first League match for 2 seasons!
IBM B have always felt they could run IBM A close, and this time they pulled off a win. No effect on final League positions,
but the psychological impact could be massive!
Although no-one won 3 it was arguably Nick Webb's night, as he
kicked the evening off with an unlikely win over Julian Walton, and concluded it with another win that sealed victory in the match.
Paul May might have clinched the match a little earlier as he had Julian in a stranglehold at 10-6 in the 5th, but Julian
squeezed out of that one to win 11-13. That left Nick needing to beat Matt Byers.
A memorable finish to the match and to the season!
All of these players will be performing at Finals Night on Saturday.
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Kings TT Club's regular club nights are Mondays. Open to all, not just League players!
Looking for a club to join? Your best chances may be with Kings and South Wonston. For contact info, see here
To report scores please use the Webcard which you will find here
Interested in the League's history 1935-1986? It's fascinating! See here
You can see how pictures improve these web pages! Please send your best TT pictures to
for possible use here. If you have some related to your team or club, let me add them to your club's pages.
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News from 2009-10
- Lisa Williams (formerly Boswell), a Level 3 coach, is our area's ETTA Regional Development Officer (RDO). See
what the role of an RDO is here , and hence how Lisa may be able to help you!
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#new Alton Sports Centre are currently looking for a Table Tennis Coach to start junior lessons at the centre where there has been an increase in interest in the sport. If you would be interested in finding out more about this opportunity please contact Sam Kerr (samkerr@dcleisure.co.uk) for more information.
Please can you pass this information onto anyone that would be interested.
Please find attached details of a First Aid course coming up in Southampton on 25th April 2010. If you are interested in booking on to the course please contact Eleanor Wilde (02380 832694 or eleanor.wilde@southampton.gov.uk).
Brochure: here .
There is also a 'How to Coach Disabled People In Sport' course on 24th May 2010 at Brockenhurst College commencing at 5.00pm. Cost per person is £25.00. For further information and a booking application form please contact Terry Burton by email terryburton88@yahoo.co.uk or telephone 02380 898671.
Sport Hampshire & IOW are organising a Multi-Rackets festival for children aged 8-11 years with moderate learning difficulties on Weds 28th April 12-2pm at Fleming Park, Eastleigh.
The festival will consist of fun skill sessions of Table Tennis, Badminton and Tennis. The children will be split into 3 groups and each group will rotate around the different sports. Each session will last 25mins. There will be a maximum of 45 children attending the festival.
I need to find two coaches to run the table tennis sessions - one lead coach and one assistant coach. The lead coach will be paid £20 per hr and the assistant coach will be paid £15 per hr (travel expenses are included in the hourly rate).
Please could you pass this information onto anyone that you think might be interested in coaching and ask them to contact me for further details.
Many Thanks,
Sara Lunn
Table Tennis Development Officer
Sport Hampshire & IOW
Mottisfont Court, High Street,
Winchester. SO23 8ZF
email sara.lunn@hants.gov.uk
tel 01962 847285
website www.sporthampshireiow.co.uk
Please note my working days are: Monday & Tuesday
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The late Colin Sly
I'm very sorry indeed to tell you of the death of Colin Sly
of Hursley Table Tennis Club while playing in February. Colin was popular and well-known to us as a League player, and more widely as a leading
performer with Southampton Operatic Society.
Our thoughts are with Colin's family at
this very sad time.
Colin's funeral took place at
The Southampton Crematorium on Friday 26th February
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- Martyn Reeves is moving out of the Winchester area to work in the South-West.
Martyn says "The position I've accepted is SW (North) Region disability, club support and coaching officer
working for the ETTA. The job involves me working across Gloucestershire, Dorset, Avon and Wiltshire providing
coaching in Schools and local clubs. The other half of my job is working to increase participation in table
tennis across the region but with a particular focus on players with disabilities through the
National Playground
to Podium Scheme . I'm happy for you to include any of this on the website or any news letter and if you want any
more information on what I will be doing then let me know."
- Portsmouth Table Tennis Club and
Generation 2 Table Tennis Club (based in Fareham) are leading Hampshire table tennis clubs that are looking for
Club Support and Coaching Officers. Sara Lunn, Table Tennis Development Officer
Sport Hampshire & IOW, has provided details: see
here (Fareham - Generation 2) and here (Portsmouth)
- Good news - Kings A have rejoined the League for the Spring Mini-League Season!
- Kings A have unfortunately had to withdraw from the League (Division 2), at least until Christmas. The team had
registered 5 players, which would normally be enough, but it turned out that 3 had only very limited availability. It was felt that
the Kings B team players could not reasonably be asked to play in Division 2, so the A team has withdrawn.
Kings is a very important club to the League, offering 'table tennis for all' on Mondays for 11 months of the year
on a scale that few can rival. A 'strong' Kings team in the higher Divisions and an 'improvers' Kings team
in the lower Divisions is exactly what the League needs.
If you're a currently unattached 'stronger' player interested in playing in the League, why not go along to
one of the Monday evening sessions at Princes Mead School? 'Improvers' are welcome too, of course, whether you're interested in playing in the League or not!
Kings Table Tennis Club details are available here
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News from 2008-9
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From Sara Lunn, Table Tennis Development Officer
Sport Hampshire & IOW - interesting coaching courses coming up in June 2009 -
Please find below information on some upcoming courses. Could you please forward this on
to anyone that you feel may be interested.
These courses are organised by Esme Ferguson at
Southampton City Council so any further information required should be addressed
to her (contact details at the end of the email).
Kind Regards,
Sara Lunn
Table Tennis Development Officer
Sport Hampshire & IOW
Mottisfont
Court, High Street,
Winchester. SO23 8ZF
email sara.lunn@hants.gov.uk
tel 01962 847285
website www.sporthampshireiow.co.uk
Please note my working days are: Monday & Tuesday
Equity in Your Coaching (SCUK)
Wednesday
17th June (£25) 6.30–9.30pm
Southampton Solent University
This workshop raises awareness of equality issues and helps you to make your sport
fair, open and accessible to everyone.
- Identify barriers to participation.
- Use appropriate language and terminology.
- Identify and challenge inequitable behaviour.
An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Movement (SCUK)
Wednesday
17th June (£24) 6.30–9.30pm
Cantell
Maths and Computing College
An innate grasp of FUNdamental movement skills are at the heart of a successful
athlete’s performance, are general to all sports and provide a foundation
for advanced sport-specific skills. This practical workshop explores the concepts
of agility, balance, coordination and speed.
- Helps you to observe, analyse and coach good movement patterns within
your sessions.
- By the end of this session coaches will have a knowledge of:
- Agility
- dynamic stability, starting and stopping, momentum, acceleration,
rhythm.
- Balance
- establishing a stable core, static stability, exploring centre
gravity and base of support.
- Coordination
- related to disassociating bodyparts and the coordination of
explosive actions, including jumping, throwing, striking and kicking.
A prerequisite for this workshop is that coaches should have
an understanding of the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model
and associated player pathway within their sport.
Valuing Your Sports Volunteers (Running Sports)
Wednesday 17th June (£25) 6.30–9.30pm
Southampton Solent University
This workshop will help you to recruit more volunteers; motivate, retain, reward
and manage them even more effectively.
- Develop an understanding of the importance of volunteers in English sport.
- Promote coordinated planning for volunteer recruitment, retention, reward and recognition
Esme Ferguson
Sports Development Officer - Clubs,
Coaches and Volunteers
SouthamptonCity
Council
Tel 023 8083 2694
Mobile 07884234210
www.activesouthampton.co.uk
www.southampton.gov.uk/sport
My working days are Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- (From Adrian Hunt - adrian
 pocketbook.co.uk)
Perins Table Tennis Club, Alresford
I mentioned this fledgling club to you a while ago. We meet Tuesday
evenings, 6.30 to 8.30, at Perins Schools in Alresford. We're looking for
more support to ensure the club continues to run. Several of the regulars
are middle to upper Division 4 players and are interested in competing in
the League. We play in the main hall and have six or so good quality tables.
There's plenty of space and headroom though the floor was a bit slippery
last night I noticed. You kindly offered to give the club a mention on the
website. That would be great. Anyone interested should perhaps drop me an
email to check the evening is running and get directions. Or just turn up.
We should be running over the next 4-5 weeks certainly.
Please contact Adrian (email above), or just turn up!
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The next UKCC Level One Coaching Certificate in Table Tennis is taking place over two Sundays on the 8th March and 17th May at the Westgate School, Cippenham, Slough. The closing dates for application is 8th Feb. Information about the course and a booking form is attached and if you have any questions about the course please contact Pauline Adams, National Coaching Administrator (Tel: 01424 456205, Email: pauline.adams@etta.co.uk).
Links:
coaching_course_candidate_application_form_15-07-08.doc
level l info leaflet.pdf
ukcc course programme 2008-09.pdf
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News from 2007-8
Steve Wright has tragically died in a motorbike accident. Steve played in the Winchester League for over 30 years, starting at the age of 14, playing for Firefly Boys Club and then IBM.
Steve enjoyed table tennis for the fun, the excitement and the laughs - and whenever he played,
we all shared in the fun!
He was that kind of man, and much more. We will miss him enormously.
Tressa Armitage, Chrissie Slot, Francis Armitage all do well at Hampshire Juniors
Chrissie Slot
joins Tressa
Armitage as a Hampshire table tennis Champion - with Edwina Kinlocke
as a Runner-Up - see here for
more!
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