Merry Christmas!!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Junior Team Championships of Wales

All focus this week turns to the first weekend of Junior Team Championships of Wales.

Teams will battle it out this weekend to see who will be heading into the final weekend on top of the table and in with a shout of becoming Champions!!!

Good Luck to All!!!!

Glamorgan at County Chanmpionships

Junior Division 1b Results: Devon1 7 Glamorgan 3 A win each from the 3 boys

 

Glam 4 Sussex 2 6 (A win each for Callum,Liam,Charlotte & Lydia)

 

Dorset 7 Glamorgan 3 (A win each for Callum,Jac & Lydia)

Up and Coming Welsh Tournaments

Please visit http://ttaw.co.uk/competitions/entry-forms for entry forms to:

Cardiff City TTC Grand Prix Event - Sunday 11th November 2012

Dragon event in Cardiff - Sunday 18th November 2012

Blaenau Gwent Junior and Cadet Open - Sunday 24th November 2012

Swansea Junior and Cadet Open - Sunday 9th December 2012

Glamorgan Senior Open - Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th January 2013

Get your entry forms in before its to late!!!!!!!!

Table Tennis Wales Leaders Coaching Courses

The Next Table Tennis Leaders Award in Cardiff

Venue : Cardiff City TTC
Date: Saturday 15th December 2012
Time: 3.00pm-5.00pm
Contact Simon Oyler at simon_oyler_1@hotmail.com to register your place on the course

Cost is £15 per person

Please apply quickly as these spaces fill fast

Glamorgan Senior Open

The Glamorgan Senior Open takes place in Brakla on the 5th & 6th of January 2013

Check the link - http://www.ttaw.co.uk/competitions/entry-forms

Get your entry forms in now!!!

Team Wales Travel to Hungarian Junior Open

Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey, Megan Phillips, Ryan Oyler, Conor Edwards and Lewis Williams are on Welsh duty this week in Tata for the Hungarian Open

Follow their progress over the next few days
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2185&category=WJC

Good Luck to the Welsh Team

Wales Prevail at Burton 1*Star

On Sunday 4th November the Cardiff Regional Squad travelled to Burton Uxbridge to compete in the 1*star Junior and Cadet Open.

Leaving at 5am in the morning it was always going to be a long day but the regional players really stepped up to the plate and performed extremely well.

The six players to make the trip where Huw Standen, Macauley Morgan, Alasdair Wier, Elliot Wienburg, Joshua Stacey and Joseph Roberts who had only got back home from the Namur Open In Belgium on Friday. These players where join by fellow Welsh contingents Lawrence John, Cade Short and 5 year old Anna Hursey.

All the players had some great results, with the pick of the bunch being Joseph Roberts finishing in 2nd place in the Under 11's and winning the Under 13's consolation after losing in a title battle in his group. Elliot also won the Cadet consolation beating team mate Huw Standen in the final whilst
Macauley Morgan qualified through his group but lost in the quarter finals of the main event.
In his first English tournament experience Joshua Stacey played some great table tennis and put up a great fight against more experienced opposition. Joshua Stacey has been playing for 8 months but already he is showing signs of becoming a very good young prospect for table tennis in Cardiff and Wales.

It was the same story in the Junior Event with Macauley qualifying through his group, this time he was followed by Elliot Wienburg, whilst Huw Standen lost out in 3rd position along with Alasdair Weir. In the Under 13;s event Joshua Stacey lost out in his group and then lost out in his group but took his first victory, he entered into the consolation event and was joined by team mate Joseph Roberts who went onto win.

 

Lawrence John was the man to steel the show after winning the Cadet Event he went onto win the Junior event also beating fellow welsh men Macauley Morgan and Elliot Wienburg on route to his titles.

Well Done to all players!!

Our attentions now turn to the Cardiff City TTC Grand Prix on Sunday 11th Novermber and then to the Junior Team Championships of Wales on the weekend of 17th/18th November.

Half Term Programmes

Table Tennis will be taking place during the half term at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club.

We have Primary, Secondary, Senior and Regional Development Squad sessions running during the half term period.

Please visit www.cardiffcitytabletennisclub.com for all details of the half term programme

Primary School Projects

Three new primary school programmes started in September and has shown signs on promise for the near future.

There has been over 150 new primary school children taking part in table tennis activity. Players are now looking to club feeders and will be attending half term programmes at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club.

The next push will now be able getting the primary schools players into Welsh Dragon events and building teams for the Welsh Primary School Championships held in April 2013.

Team Championships of Wales

Cardiff City are the outright leaders after the first weekend in Division 1. Brothers Wiktor & Waldemar stole the show remaining unbeaten all weekend. Yongbo Zhang also has the 100% match stat to protect.

In division 2, Llanelli star Jason Peckham makes it to the top of the pile with Alex O'Connell and David Lloyd on his heels. Ael y Bryn B top the division as it is.

Division 3 has St.Mellons on top but player of the weekend was Thomas Heydon with a 100% record as was Peymen Mollaei who helped his team to top place going into the final weekend in 2013

Selection for Team Wales

The following players will represent Wales shortly:

Namur, Belgium
Joseph Roberts, Lydia John, Thomas Heydon, Charlotte Slye, Chris Griffiths, Laura Edwards

Stockton Junior Open
Nicole Hall, Lewis Williams, Conor Edwards, Ryan Oyler, Callum Evans, Kate Roberts, Soffi Jenkins

Hungary Junior Open, Tata
Lewis Williams, Ryan Oyler, Conor Edwards
Megan Phillips, Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey

Home Nations - Guernsey
Angharad Phillips & Nicole Hall
Dean Cundy & Dan O'Connell

South Conference League

The South Conference League is to get underway druing October.

Teams of two player will play each week at Sport Wales National Centre on a sunday night.

Division 3 and 4 will start at 6.00pm-7.30pm
Division 1 and 2 will then play from 7.30-9.00pm

It is a league for all abilities and ages.

There are cash prizes up for grabs

Div 1 winner: £100

Div 1 runner up: £50

Div 2 winner: £40

Div 3 winner: £30

Div 4 winner: £20

If you would like to play please contaact Neil Wright at neil_wright5@msn.com

Cardiff Junior League

The Cardiff Junior League kicks off on Tuesday 9th October at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club.

There will be two divisions with 8 teams in each division. A two man team is required each week to play 2 singles matches each and a doubles match.
Starting times are
Division 2 - 5.30pm-7.00pm
Division 1 - 7.00pm-8.30pm

The league will be at a cost of £2.50 per player each week.

If you would like to join the league or would like more information please contact Nathan Thomas at cardiffcityttc@gmail.com

Cardiff Junior & Cadet Open Results

The Cardiff Junior Open held at St.Mellons Table Tennis Club proved to be a great success with over 50 entries across 5 events.

The first event of the day saw the best of the Welsh cadet players take to the table, 16 boys and 10 girls battled it out for the title.
It was Jac Jenkins who repeated his win from the Welsh Cadet Master over Callum Evans in the final of the boys event. Laura Edwards also added the cadet title to her Welsh Master title she won earlier in the month by beating Soffi Jenkins in the Final.

Up next was the junior boys and girls event followed by the under 13's dragon.
There was a double winner with Laura Edwards taking the junior title after beating Welsh ranked number 1 junior girl Nicole Hall 3-1 in the final. In a strong junior boys event it was Lewis Williams who took the first junior title of the year beating Chris Griffiths 3-1 in the final.

The Dragon event saw another win for the 9 year old Joseph Roberts beating local player Joshua Stacey in the final group, Joshua Stacey finished 2nd after beating another cardiff based player Dafydd James. The top 4 was completed by Cardiff City/Cathays Academy player Advait Nair.

Final positions for the Dragon Event

1st	Joseph Roberts
2nd	Joshua Stacey
3rd	Dafydd James
4th	Advait Nair
5th	Raja Gulum
6th	Bethany Brewer
7th	Jack Mullins
8th	Jamie Lee Harley
9th	Abhishek Bathula
10th	Benedict Watson
11th	Anna Hursey
12th	Lara Whitton
13th	David Avery
14th	Lauren Stacey

Please check out www.ttaw.co.uk for the full tournament results

Primary School Table Tennis

The new primary school programmes are up and running with three primary schools across cardiff getting regular table tennis sessions from Regional Coach Simon Oyler.

Llandaff City Primary School, Coryton Primary School and Trowbridge Primary School all have weekly table tennis sessions at their school. All primary school children have also been invited to join their local table tennis club sessions.

Keep posted for news as we go!!

Follow us on Twitter - @walesTT

Cardiff Junior and Cadet Open

Please click the link below to get the entry form for the Cardiff Junior Open this September @ St Mellons

All the details are on the entry form concerning fees, times, closing dates and where to send the forms/payments

http://www.ttaw.co.uk/

Get Your Entry In!!

New Season Ahead!!

The new season is rapidly approaching with the newly formed Butterfly Team Championships of Wales on the horizon and the first Welsh ranking tournament will take place at the end of September, it is a busy time for Table Tennis in Cardiff.

There are an increase of Cardiff based teams entering the Butterfly Team Championships of Wales this season, over  12 team’s  from Cardiff have entering into the Junior, Senior and Veteran leagues. Clubs like St.Mellons TTC, Cardiff City TTC and Cardiff and District League will be looking to have a successful season on the welsh front.

Cardiff City TTC will be looking to defend their Welsh Team Championships Crown. Can they win a second title in a row or can anyone knock them off the podium??

Cardiff will play host to the first Welsh Ranking tournament which is the newly formed Cardiff Junior and Cadet Open which is to be held at St.Mellons Table Tennis Club. This will be the first Welsh event for the players to pick up some early season ranking points.

Who will be top of the Welsh Rankings come October???

China here we come!!

On Thursday 6th September four welsh players will make the long trip to China for 12 days of training with some of the best in the world.

Making the trip will be Ryan Oyler (Cardiff), Jac Jenkins (Pontypridd), Chris Griffiths (Ferndale) and Callum Evans (Tonyrefail) who will be accompanied by Regional Coach Simon Oyler.

This trip will prove to be a huge part in the players development and will give them a bigger picture of how table tennis is played at the very best level in the home of the Olympic and World Champions!!!

Welsh Cadet Masters

Masters delight for Edwards & Jenkins

Laura Edwards of Abertillery swept the board in the girls event held at Sport Wales National Centre today. The day after her senior top 10 successes, Laura made easy work of her age group rivals to take the cash prize and ranking points on offer. Kate Roberts of Denbigh took Soffi Jenkins (Rhondda) in their match to finish 3rd. Victoria Brookes of Denbigh made 4th spot with wins over Lydia John & Bethany Brewer.

The boys event had a variety of players hoping to take 'Gold', but it was 13 year old Jac Jenkins who made the place his. After a tough 3-2 semi final match against Thomas Heydon of Swansea, where Tommy won the first set and had 10-9 in the second, Jenkins of Pontypridd won the final against Tonyrefail's Callum Evans, again 3-2. Thomas Heydon beat Lawrence John in the 3rd/4th place playoff 3-1, as Lawrence lost to Callum in their semi final showdown.

There were debuts from Louie Evans and Lara Whitton (both born in 2004) who showed great promise for the future. Those 2, along with Joseph Roberts of Cardiff and Anna Hursey (who is in China training this summer), give great hope to the Welsh table tennis future.

Final Positions:
Girls
1 Laura Edwards
2 Kate Roberts
3 Soffi Jenkins
4 Victoria Brookes
5 Lydia John
6 Bethany Brewer
7 Jamie Lee-Harley
8 Lara Whitton

Boys
1 Jac Jenkins
2 Callum Evans
3 Thomas Heydon
4 Lawrence John
5 Huw Standen (Cardiff)
6 Steffan Griffiths
7 Joseph Roberts (Cardiff)
8 Jonathan Bisp
9 Matthew Francis
10 Elliot Weinberg (Cardiff)
11 Cade Short
12 Louie Evans

TTAW Awards Night

The winners of the awards were as follows:

Coach of the Year – ROY TOWELL [Swansea]

Volunteer of the Year – RON DAVIES [Wrexham]

Club of the Year – MUMBLES [Swansea]

Lifetime Achievement Award –
DAVE TREHARNE [Bridgend]

Player of the Year – RYAN OYLER (Cardiff)
(Pictured right with TTAW member Mostyn Lewis)





Regional Player of the Year:

Blaenau Gwent & Eastern Valleys –
Alex O’Connell (Ebbw Vale]

Central & Rhondda Valleys – Conor Edwards (Rhondda)
South West – Lydia John (Swansea)

South East – Joseph Roberts (Cardiff)
(pictured left with Regional coach Simon Oyler)

Rumney Academy Ranking Tournament June 2012

Rumney High School continues to build and grow in strength and numbers.
This month's tournament showed just how much these young players have improved over a short space of time, there was some great rallies and very impressive shots played by all the players in the tournament.
Final Positions
1. Connor Williams
2. Jack Mullins
3. Liam Warmen
4. Joshua Stacey
5. Sheldon Rees
6. Mustafa Kapi
7. Connor Came
8. Rhys Norman

Pink Pong Charity Night

On the 16th August 2012 Pink Pong UK will come to the newly opened Cardiff City Table Tennis Club (www.cardiffcitytabletennisclub.com) to raise awareness and money for cancer.

There is an 'open session' from 4pm-6pm and then a Wales vs Rest of the World match at 7pm
Capital Radio DJ Matt Lisak will join the evening and add entertainment, whilst our very own Olympic torch bearer Betty Gray will also attend (and maybe play!!).

A small entry fee is required to help the charity and refreshments will be available on the night.

Please join us to celebrate table tennis, our new table tennis academy and Pink Pong and their good work

http://www.pinkpong.co.uk

Whitchurch Ranking Tournament

Final Positions For June Monthly Ranking Tournament

1. MacCauley Morgan
2. Huw Standen
3. Alasdair Weir
4. Robert Alder
5. George Nikolau
6. Alex Boanas
7. David Reynolds
8. Kirsten Steere
9. Ross Hutchings
10. Ben Webb

Well Done to all players that took part in a very good school tournament in which the level gets higher every month!!

Dragon Grand Prix Report - Ael Yr Bryn

Sunday 24th June say the Dragon Grand Prix take place in Ael Yr Bryn Table Tennis Club.

There was a big entry with 18 players coming from Cardiff.

Final Positions-

U9

1. Luca Caplin
2. Darian Eynon
3. Louie Evans
4. Mithun Padmanabha

U11

1.      Luca Caplin

2.      Cade Short

3.      Bethany Brewer

4.      Hamza Awad (Cardiff City TTC)

5.      Jamie Lee Harley

6.      Jake Powell

7.      Louie Evans

8.      Bethan David

9.      Benedict Watson (Cardiff City TTC)

10.  Mithun Padmanabhan

11.  Sophie Cunnuingham

12.  Lauren Stacey (St.Mellons TTC)

U13

1. Jiri Makula (Cathays + Cardiff City TTC) ( pictured right )
2. Cade Short
3. Connor Williams (Rumney + St.Mellons TTC)
4. Daffyd James (Cardiff City TTC)
5. Adam Awan (Cardiff City TTC)
6. Bethany Brewer
7. Pouyan Javanmard (Cathays + Cardiff City TTC)
8. Liam Warman (Rumney + St.Mellons TTC)
9. Joshua Stacey (Rumney + St.Mellons TTC)
10. Sheldon Rees (Rumney + St.Mellons TTC)
11. Sam Thomas
12. Joe Swan
13. Jamie Lee Harley
14. Keiron Cummings (Rumney + St.Mellons TTC)
15. Hamza Awad (Cardiff City TTC)
16. Raja Gulam (Cathays + Cardiff City TTC)
17. Advait Nair (Cathays + Cardiff City TTC)
18. Jake Powell
19. James Thomas
20. Owen Trace
21. Nirushan Sandahar (Cathays + Cardiff City TTC)
22. Jack Mullins (Rumney + St.Mellons TTC
23. Rhys Norman (Rumney + St.Mellons TTC

International Schools Report - Guernsey

A great team and individual success for team Wales at the International Senior School Championships this weekend in Guernsey

Golds - 4
U18 girls team (Angharad & Megan Phillips), U16 girls team (Charlotte Cary & Beth Roberts), Charlotte Carey U16's singles and Angharad Phillips U18's singles

Silver - 4
Charlotte Slye - U14 plate event, Megan Phillips U18's, Conor Edwards U18's and Ryan Oyler U16's

Bronze - 2
Callum Evans - U14's and the U18 boys team (Lewis Williams and Conor Edwards)

Congratulations to everyone involved and thanks to the coaches, TTAW and Sport Wales

Sport.Cardiff Coach and Volunteer Awards 2012

On Thursday 7th of June the Sport.Cardiff Coach and Volunteer Awards 2012 took place at Swalec Stadium, Sophia Gardens.

TTAW Regional Coach Simon Oyler won the 'Young Peoples Coach of the Year 2012'

He was recognised for the development of table tennis in the Capitol City

Cardiff City Table Tennis Club Opening

The new Cardiff City Table Tennis Club will open its doors to all this weekend and run an open day for all to attend and take part in fun games, what exhibitions and learn new skills.

Doors open Saturday and Sunday from 10.00am-16.00pm both days. Free of charge

follow the Club on its Webpage, Facebook and Twitter

Site: http://cardiffcitytabletennisclub.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/CardiffCityTableTennisClub/photos

Twitter: @cardiffcitytabletennisclub

Why not come along and see whats on offer at this spectacular new facility !!!!!!

Cardiff Player makes ITTF webpage

Joseph Roberts of Cardiff attended the EuroKids Training Camp in Malinska, Croatia last week and has got a mention on the ITTF webpage as being one of the youngest players at the European Training Camp for Under 12's

Take a look

http://www.ittf.com/_front_Page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=27982&Category=train&Competition_ID=&

EuroKids Training Camp Croatia

Two Welsh players represented their countries for the EuroKids training camp in Malinska, Croatia.

Joseph Roberts of Cardiff and Victoria Brookes of Denbigh travelled with Welsh coach Simon Oyler a week packed full of hard training and tough competition.

After three long and hard days of training 7 hours each day the Eurokids tournament got under way, with two days packed with matches both players found it very hard but kept up the fight and had some great results.

Joseph Roberts finished in 10th place in his event whilst Victoria finished in 19th position in a tough group of girls.

Both players have enjoyed their experience and will be bringing home some determination and the hard work over the past week in order to develop their games to new heights to better themselves next time.

National Championships

Today will see the best players in the Under 11's and Under 13's in Wales go up against eachother to see who will be crowned this years National Champions.

This is also followed by the Welsh Veterans Championships for Over 50's, 60's and 70's

Good Luck to all that take part!!

New Table Tennis Academy in Cardiff

This term will see the new opening to the 3rd High School Table Tennis Academy in Cardiff.

This will be opening in Rumney High School which will turn from a 5x60 Table Tennis Club into a Table Tennis Academy in which some of the talented pupils who attend sessions regularly and represent the school and their local club St.Mellons TTC will get the chance to have one to one sessions during their PE lessons from former high school pupil and Regional Coach Simon Oyler.

The school are very happy to have this oppotunity and have put a lot of work and effort into having the academy on their doorsteep. Not only are they supporting the pupils of the school but also the local primary schools with a programme in place to deliver sessions to the primary schools on a term basis.

Keep a look out for updates and see how the Academy grows.

Cathays High Academy New Head Coach

Cardiff City Table Tennis Club Head Coach is to become the new head coach of Cathays Table Tennis Academy.

The Academy has now been running for 4 years and has been a success to many young peoples lives at Cathays. Nathan Thomas is to open a new Table Tennis Club across the road from the school grounds in which he will attract players from the school, local area and across cardiff to attend sessions ona  daily basis at the club.

Regional Coach Simon Oyler said 'I am very happy to pass the table tennis academy onto safe hands. I'v work at the school for 3 years and it is time for the school academy to move on and grow without the benefits of having a regional coach on hand each day. Nathan Thomas is a great coach and with his new club opening very soon this will be a huge benefit to the school and also for Nathan to work and develop the local community. I believe this is going to be the next step for the Academy and will be helping them in their development.

Good Luck with the new set up!!!

South Conference League

Final Tables for Series 3 of the South Conference Table Tennis League

Division One
	Pld	Won	Lost	Pts
St Mellons TTC	5	4	1	30
Class Act	5	4	1	25
Nothing But Net	5	3	2	18
Fairwater Guys	5	2	3	16
Oh! What's Occurring?	5	2	3	14
Slap & Tickle	5	0	5	2
Division Two
	Pld	Won	Lost	Pts
Marina & The Diamonds A	5	4	1	26
Team 10	5	4	1	23
Mack Attack	5	3	2	17
Marina & The Diamonds B	5	2	3	15
Barry No Mates	5	1	4	13
Crowley & Davies	5	1	4	11
Division Three
	Pld	Won	Lost	Pts
Tables and Chairs	5	4	1	26
R&B Vets	5	3	2	24
Bargoed 999 A	5	3	2	22
Marshfield Marauders A	5	3	2	16
Bargoed 999 B	5	2	3	12
Whitchurch A	5	0	5	5
Division Four
	Pld	Won	Lost	Pts
The New Misfits	5	5	0	35
The Shots	5	4	1	25
Ping Pong Ding Dong	5	3	2	18
Bargoed 999 C	5	1	4	9
Cathays A	5	1	4	7
Marshfield Marauders B	5	1	4	7