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Friday 23 December 2011

Welsh Rankings



Please visit http://ttaw.co.uk/ranking to see where you are ranked in Wales.

Thursday 22 December 2011

Merry Christmas



Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to Everyone

Tuesday 20 December 2011

3rd Dragon Grand Prix December 18th

Dragon Report 18th December 2011
Freezing conditions didn’t put the players off at the seasons 3rd dragon tournament held on the 18th of December. 19 under 11s arrived at 9am and battled it out for the trophies. However there were no surprises at this dragon as Jake Simeone won his second under 11 dragon, from runner up Luca Caplin, with Cade Short 3rd.

In the under 15s the winner was Huw Standen and runner up was Macauley Morgan.

16 under 13s took part in their event which started at 1pm. The event being wide open as none of the top 3 finishers from Novembers dragon had entered. A truly exciting event ensured, the final top group saw 3 players on 2 wins each. Countback was used to separate the top 3, leaving an unlucky Niall Owen 3rd, Morgan Hams runner up and Elliot Weinberg in 1st place.

The dragon format will change in 2012, with a new under 9 age group (under 9 years of age on 31st Aug 2011), thereby reflecting the large numbers of younger players coming through the Primary Schools initiatives funded by TTAW.

Tuesday 13 December 2011

Sport Cardiff Schools League Finalists

Throught the months of November and December schools across Cardiff have being taking part in the Sport Cardiff Regional Schools League.

From two regional sections of Cardiff there has been 10 different schools entereing in three catagories.
The top two teams qualify for the Sport Cardiff League Finals held At Sport Wales National Centre on Monday 9th January 2012


The Final League Tables

North & East
Year 7 & 8
Position School Played Won Draw Lose For Against Points
1 Rumney High School 3 3 0 0 31 1 12
2 St.Teilos High School 3 2 0 1 13 17 6
3 Corpus Christi High School 3 0 0 3 2 28 0
Year 9, 10 & 11
Position School Played Won Draw Lose For Against Points
1 St.Teilos High School 3 3 0 0 16 2 9
2 St.Illtyds High School 3 2 0 1 13 5 6
3 Rumney High School 1 3 1 0 2 5 15 3
4 Rumney High School 2 3 0 0 3 4 16 0


South & West League
Year 7 & 8
Position School Played Won Draw Lose For Against Points
1 Bishop of Llandaff H.S 6 6 0 0 45 1 18
2 Whitchurch High School 6 3 1 2 28 16 13
3 Ysgol Gyfun Glantaf 4 1 1 2 5 17 4
4 North Ely Youth Centre 1 1 0 0 5 3 3
5 Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr 2 2 0 0 2 3 11 0
6 Cathays High School 3 0 0 3 3 15 0
7 Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr 1 3 0 0 3 2 20 0
Year 9, 10 & 11
Position School Played Won Draw Lose For Against Points
1 Whitchurch High School 1 3 3 0 0 21 3 9
2 Cathays High School 3 2 0 1 15 9 6
3 Whitchurch High School 2 3 1 0 2 8 14 3
4 Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr 3 0 0 3 2 20 0

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Cardiff High Potential Squad Vs Whitchurch Academy

On Friday 9th December Whitchurch Academy Hosted the Cardiff High Potential Squad. During the Sport Cardiff Schools League Finals.

Cardiff High Potential Squad included two Whitchurch Academy Players in the team, Against the Year 10 and 11 players from Whitchurch.

Cardiff HPS Vs Whitchurch Academy                                       Match Score

Alasdair Weir Beat Robert Alder - 11-7  11-4 = 2-0                         1-0
Ayman Alkateeb Beat Lewis Steere - 11-8 11-9 = 2-0                       2-0
MacCauley Morgan Beat Jordan Rockey - 11-2 11-4 = 2-0             3-0
Munir Gailani Lost to George Nikolaou - 9-11 9-11 = 0-2               3-1
Alasdair Weir Beat Lewis Steere - 11-9 7-11 11-6 = 2-1                  4-1
Ayman Alkateeb Lost to Robert Alder  -3-11 11-4 8-11 = 2-1         4-2
MacCauley Morgan Beat George Nikolaou - 11-9 11-9 = 2-0          5-2
Munir Gailani Lost to Jordan Rockey - 9-11 9-11 = 0-2                   5-3

Final Score was 5-3 to Cardiff High Potential Squad

Whitchurch November Tournament

At the end of each month Whitchurch Academy hold an in School Tournament.
The November Tournament held some great matches and shock results.

Final Positions
1. Huw Standen
2. Lewis Steere
3. George Nikoloua
4. Alasdair Weir
5. Robert Alder
6. Jordan Rockey
7. Owain Edwards
8. David Reynolds
9. Daniel Jones
10. Ben Webb
11. Ahmed Mahdi
12. Gruff Harding
13. Haider Faruk

The New School Rankings are now posted for December 1st.

Sunday 27 November 2011

North Gwent Junior and Cadet Open

The Results of the North Gwent Junior and Cadet Open

Junior Boys - Conor Edwards
Junior Girls - Nicole Hall
Cadet Boys - Ryan Oyler
Cadet Girls - Beth Roberts

Fair Play Award - Ben Evans

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Dragon Report

Dragon Report 20th November 2011

A record entry of 61 young players battled in the main hall for the 6 trophies on offer in the second Dragon of the season.

The record entry caused a few problems for the organisers who will have to limit entries for the next Dragon to be held on the 18th of December, so get your entries off early to be sure of a place.
The atmosphere in the main hall was electric as dragon players shared the hall with day 2 of the Senior Team Championships.

Under 11s and Under 15s got under way bright and early at 9am, entries in both event far exceeding those received for the last Dragon.

The larger entry brought some shock results as the winners from all 3 events at the last dragon were swept away by the tide of new talent. The under 11s winner was Jake Simeone (Swansea), whilst the runner up was last under 11s champion Joseph Roberts (Cardiff).

In the Under 15s Jack Fletcher (Bargoed) went one better than last time winning, from runner up Macauley Morgan (Cardiff). 3 of the top finishers in the under 15s have now entered next Sundays Blaenau Gwent Open, and it will be interesting to see the gap between the more established stars and the dragon contenders.

No sooner had the organisers finalised the under 11 and under 15 placings, when 31 under 13 players stormed the organisers desk to be signed in.

Again the tide of new talent swept aside the winners of the last under 13 dragon, no fewer than 5 new players finishing above the last under 13 champion. In the end Steffan Griffiths took the win from James Beadle, the end coming at 6.30pm as staff were clearing the hall!

Still, a great day of table tennis for the new players, lots of matches, lots of fun, certificates for all, and trophies for the lucky (but talented) few.

Monday 14 November 2011

County Report

Glamorgan 1-
Connor Edwards, Ryan Oyler, Alex Prosser, Megan Philips. Nicole Hall
Glamorgan 2-
Chris Griffiths, Callum Evans, Jac Jenkins, Sharlene Williams, Caitlin Williams

ResultsGlam 1 9 - 1 Glam 2 - Callum Evans beat Alex Prosser 3 games to 1
Glam 1 9 - 1 Devon 2 - Alex Prosser lost 14 in the 5th to Nat Sheehan
Devon 1 9 - 1 Glam 2 - Chris Griffiths bt Ollie Buddell 3/1 The match was a lot closer than the reult with Jac and Callum losing out in 5 set matches, The team showed great effort.
Devon 2 1- 9 Glam 2 Caitlin lost to Jasmin Johns 1-3 Another good effort by
a very young team except, which bodes well for the future of
Welsh TT.
Glam1 5 - 5  Devon 1 Connor lost 9-11 in the 5th to Dominic
Sussex in a great match, Alex lost 8-11 in the 5th to Kevin Vandarona & Megan lost 11-13 in the
5th to Vicky Smith.
Report by David Traharne

Friday 11 November 2011

South Conferance Final League Table of Series One

Take a look at the final league standing of the first series of the season. The top two teams of Divisions 2, 3 and 4 will now be promoted with the bottom two teams of Division 1, 2 and 3 being relegated down one division.


Division One
Pld
Won
Lost
Pts
St Mellons TTC
5
5
0
30
Class Act
5
4
1
24
Fairwater Guys
5
3
2
19
Barry No Mates
5
2
3
17
Slap & Tickle
5
0
5
8
Nothing But Net
5
1
4
7
Division Two
Pld
Won
Lost
Pts
Oh! What's Occurring
5
5
0
31
Crowley & Davies
5
3
2
20
Team 10
5
3
2
20
Marina & The Diamonds
5
3
2
18
Mack Attack
5
1
4
14
R&B Vets
5
0
5
2
Division Three
Pld
Won
Lost
Pts
Bargoed 999 A
5
4
1
27
Table & Chairs
5
4
1
24
Marshfield Marauders A
5
2
3
18
Bargoed 999 B
5
2
3
14
Ping Pong Ding Dong
5
2
3
12
Cathays A
5
1
4
10
Division Four
Pld
Won
Lost
Pts
Bargoed 999 C
5
3
2
21
Misfits
5
3
2
19
Marshfield Marauders B
5
2
3
17
Whitchurch A
4
3
1
17
The Shots
5
2
3
15
Bargoed 999 D
4
1
3
9