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Friday 23 September 2011

Welsh Dragon Grand Prix Round 1

The entry form for the first Dragon event 2011-2012 is now available

Please email coaching@ttaw.co.uk for the form or visit http://ttaw.co.uk/competitions/entry-forms to download the Dragon Form for Sunday 9th October 2011

Dragon tournaments are designed for beginner players at U11, U13 and U15 categories

Stockton 4* Star - Cleveland

The following players have been selected to represent Wales at Stockton 4* Junior Event.

Ryan Oyler, Liam Winder, Jac Jenkins, Callum Evans
Laura Edwards, Caitlin Williams, Kate Roberts

Coaches Simon Oyler & Aled Howells

This event takes place over the weekend of the 29th and 30th October

Cathays Awards Evening

At the Cathays High School Awards Evening on Wednesday 21st September 2011, the School Awarded two players from the Table Tennis Academy with awards.

Player of the Year went to Year 9 Gethin Jones for all his hard work over the season ans his commitment to the academy, Gethin is the first player to arrive at training and the last player to leave. This mentallity has helped Gethin to grow as a player and he is now part of the Academies School Welsh League team.

Most Imporoved player went to Ayman Alkateeb who has show huge promise and is directing his talent in a possitive manor and is really working hard to imporve his game, Ayman has great commitment and has a very bright future ahead of him.

Congratulations to both of these players and also to all of the High School Academy players!!

Monday 19 September 2011

St.Mellons Table Tennis Club

St.Mellons Table Tennis Club kick starts back into action this week and will be in full flow after a summer holiday break. Players will now look to train and work hard towards the coming season and look to improve on their games.

St.Mellons Table Tennis Club is open to all abilities and ages. Running Junior Sessions and Senior Sessions. Both session will be running along side eachother.

Venue: St.Mellons Community Education Centre, Crickhowell Road, Cardiff, CF3 0EF
Time and Day: Every Wednesday 5.00pm-7.00pm
Cost: £2 Per Junior, £3 Per Adult
Coaches: Simon Oyler (SE Wales Regional Development Coach), Nathan Thomas (Welsh Assistant Coach), Sarah Taneeta (Table Tennis Leaders Coach)

Please feel free to come along and join in the fun.

Cardiff Junior League

The all new Cardiff Junior League will be kick stating this season for all the young up and coming aspiring players from across Cardiff and the Vale.

It is going to be played on a two player per team format with 1v2, 2v1, Doubles, 1v1, 2v2.

There will be teams entering from all over Cardiff including Whitchurch and Cathays High School Academies, St.Mellons Table Tennis Club, The Vale Academy and also teams from the Cardiff Community Club.

If you have not already entered and you are interested please contact Chris Richards, Head of the Cardiff Junior League at chris.richards1000@gmail.com

Monday 12 September 2011

TTAW Development Day

National Coach Ryan Jenkins is holding a TTAW Development Day in the Welsh Capitol.

Sunday 25th September 2011
Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff, CF11 9SW

Age from 5 -13 years old

Cost £1 (pay on the day)

Session 1 - 11.00am - 12.30pm
Session 2 - 12.30am - 2.00pm

Please email Ryan Jenkins at ryan.jenkins@ttaw.co.uk to confirm your attendance

Back to Business

After the summer break programmes start back this week with new clubs looking to get started and present Clubs and projects looking to grow stronger and push forward to become even more successful.

Cathays and Whitchurch Academies are pushing off the season entering the Team Championships of Wales, Cardiff Junior League and also Cardiff Schools League whilst having players train in regional squads.

Regional Squad get under way this week with a great mixture of talent and age. Centre of Excellence players will be training along side Welsh Academy members and also the Cardiff High Potantial Squad will be looking to learn from those older and more experianced players.

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