Wales Dominate at Burton Uxbridge

Wales had another great weekend in a national event, this time in Burton Uxbridge

U11 Girls

Winner - Anna Hursey, Runner Up - Lara Whitton,  3rd Lauren Stacey

U11 Boys

Runner Up - Jack O'Duffy

U13 Girls

Winner - Lauren Stacey, Runner Up Anna Hursey, 3rd Lara Whitton

U13 boys

Winner - Joseph Roberts , Runner Up - Cade Short, Losing Semi Finalist - Benedict Watson

U15 boys
Runner Up - Joshua Stacey, Losing Semi Finalists - Joseph Roberts & Cade Short

U18 Boys

Winner - Joshua Stacey

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Joshua Stacey (right) - Winner - Junior Boys










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Anna Hursey (right) Winner - Under 11's Girls

Lara Whitton (left) Runner Up - Under 11's Girls

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Joseph Roberts (left) Winner - Under 13's Boys

Cade Short (right) Runner Up - Under 13's Boys

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Joshua Stacey - Runner Up - Cadet Boys

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Lauren Stacey (left) Winner - Under 13's

Anna Hursey (right) Winner - Under 13's

Chepstow Qualify More Leaders

Chepstow Table Tennis Club held their second Table Tennis Leaders Award course on Tuesday 28th October 2013.

12 new table tennis leaders where given more knowledge and ideas of the games and will now look to assist at their local schools and clubs to gain more expeirence in their coaching and leading activities.

Cardiff Junior & Cadet Open

For the second year in a row St.Mellons Table Tennis Club hosted the Cardiff Junior Cadet Open. This proved to be yet another successful Welsh ranking tournament with over 40 participants competing across three different categories for boy and girls.

Up first was the Cadet boys and girls. In the boys event 16 players participated and it came down to a final between the number 1 seed Jac Jenkins who beat Joshua Stacey in the semi final, against Marc Castro who got past the young Joseph Roberts in the second semi final. It was last years winner Jac Jenkins, who defended his title and took the glory by beating Marc 3-1 in a close and well fought final.  In the Cadet girls it was Victoria Brookes who managed to take the title by beating Bethany Brewer in a close fought match.

The Under 13s event came next. In the boys category it was a repeat of the Glamorgan Closed final, with Cade Short getting the better of Joseph Roberts for the second time in as many weeks. In the girls event there were some very close matches. Lauren Stacey overcame a tough semi final match against Bethany Brewer winning 3-2 whilst Jamie Lee Harley won her semi final against Lara Whitton. Lara Whitton managed to overcome Anna Hursey in her group to advance to the Semi Finals. This set up a final match between the local talent  Lauren Stacey going up against Jamie Lee Harley. In a match that had a lot of twists and turns. It was Jamie Lee Harley who came out on top 3-2 to claim top prize.

The Junior event was up next, with all the best Welsh players on show it was time for the older guys to battle it out.  In the boys event it was the local boy Ryan Oyler who took the glory and the prize money after beating Chris Griffiths in a high standard final match 3-1. Chris Griffiths caused a small upset in the semi finals beating Welsh Junior number 1 Conor Edwards 3-1, whilst Ryan overcame a good effort from Jac Jenkins.

In the Junior Girls event Charlotte Carey won her group with Kate Roberts going through as runner up, whilst in the second group it was Beth Roberts who overcame Laura Edwards to qualify top of the group on count- back followed by Soffi Jenkins as runner up. This set up the semi final matches where Charlotte overcame Soffi 3-0 and Beth took the same score line against Kate Roberts. The final saw Charlottes experience and high level of table tennis come through again Beth Roberts and ran out to win 3-0 and claim the top prize.

Well done to all the winners and also to all the players who took part in the Cardiff Junior Cadet Open.

 We now turn our efforts to the North Gwent Junior and Cadet Open. Get your entry forms in!

Junior TCW This Weekend

The Junior Team Championships of Wales comes to Cardiff this weekend.

Players and teams will travel from all across Wales to do battle on the court in order to see who will be the best team in Wales.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!

Follow us on twitter to keep up to date with the results 

@walesTT

EUpal Dragon Events

The EUpal Dragon competitions are coming to your area.

The next 5 Dragon Events:

Sunday 6th October - Cardiff Dragon 

Sunday 3rd November - Cardiff Dragon

Saturday 30th November - Vale Dragon

Sunday 1st December - Chepstow Dragon

Sunday 15th December - Cardiff Dragon

Please visit the link below for entry forms

http://ttaw.co.uk/competitions/entry-forms

Medals Galore for Wales at School Games

Wales won 6 medals at this years School Games which was held in the City of Sheffield.

These medals included - 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze.

For the full story please visit

http://ttaw.co.uk/news/2013/09/uk-school-games

Roberts wins at Burton Uxbridge 1*Star

Today saw yet another victory for Joseph Roberts at Burton Uxbridge 1*Star Open.

The 10 year old Cardiff talent won the under 11's event in the morning, later in the afternoon he went onto reach the semi finals of the under 13's where he lost to the eventual winner.

This is another great achievement for the young Cardiff based player and he is surely going to produce more results in the future.

New Season - New Aims

As the start of the season begins, there are new plans to create even more clubs, develop/strengthen school and club links, increase primary and girl participation and also help our coaches develop to higher levels by increasing their knowledge of the game.

New clubs will start in Cardiff, Newport and Chepstow to add to the already fast growing club structures we have across the south.

Keep an eye on this as we grow and develop!!

Cardiff Summer Camp

The Cardiff Summer Camp got underway yesterday with 20 players attending St.Mellons Table Tennis Club for a training camp with regional coach Simon Oyler. Former West Wales Regional coach Aled Rhys Howell was also in attendance with players from his South England Region.

Players came from around Cardiff, Bridgend, Chepstow and South England to take part in a 4 hour training camp.

The work rate of all the players was fantastic as well as the never give up attitude. The camp was based on footwork exercise, technique, multi ball and fitness. After a few weeks off, some of the players still looked shape and pushed themselves hard.
Players got the chance to have multi ball from Chinese coach Yongbo Zhang and practise with Delhi 2010 Commonwealth player Patrick Thomas.



Well done to all the players who attended. The next session will follow next Monday 19th August

TTW Awards 2013

The TTW awards were held yesterday in Bridgend and the following people were recognised:

TTW Young Coach of the Year - Nicole Hall

TTW Volunteer of the Year - Claire Flannagan

TTW Club of the Year - Rhondda TTC

Cardiff Regional Squad POY - Joshua Stacey
Rhondda Regional Squad POY - Callum Evans
Swansea Regional POY - Marc Castro

TTW Young Player of the Year - Lydia John

TTW Player of the Year - Charlotte Carey

TTW Coach of the Year - Nathan Thomas

TTW Life Time Award - George Evans

Well Done to all the Winners!!

Joshua Roberts trains with Zhang Yining

Last week the annual French Identification camp for children aged 8-11 took place in Fontaines near Lyon. The camp was mostly made up of the best French talent for this age group. The remainder of the participants were selected through the EuroKids programme and included players from Belgium, Czech Republic, Cyprus and Wales. Joseph Roberts was the participant selected to represent Wales at the training camp who travelled with coach Greg Price

Training commenced on Day 1 with the emphasis on improving techniques and maintaining a high level of consistency. The following day saw the arrival of two times Olympic and World Champion Zhang Yining. Day 2 focused on service practice and match preparation in readiness for the competition the following day

On Day 3 the competitions for each age category commenced with Zhang Yining observing the matches. Joseph Roberts participated in the boys’ 2003 age category. The standard of competition was very high. Joseph performed well throughout the day and finished 6th out of 8 players. However, this final position does not reflect how well he played on the day. Joseph had a number of very close battles including narrowly losing in three five set matches. On another day, Joseph might have finished in the top three positions

For the last three days of the camp, it was back to the hard work of training. On Day 4, each player was given the opportunity to have a 20 minute multiball session whilst receiving expert coaching analysis from Zhang Yining. This experience was invaluable to Joseph’s development. Zhang Yining assessed Joseph’s techniques and gave detailed feedback on areas in which Joseph can improve

On the last two days of the camp, players were given the opportunity to work on specific areas to develop identified by Zhang Yining. Specific multiball exercises were set by the coaches to work on improving these identified areas of each player’s game. Joseph Roberts worked hard in training to improve and work on the coaching tips given by Zhang Yining.
Overall, an excellent training camp and a worthwhile experience for the development of Joseph and Welsh table tennis.

Gemau Cymru - GOLD for East

The second day on Gemau Cymru brought a Gold and Bronze medal in the singles event for the East.


Macauley Morgan provided an upset in the boy singles. He overcame some tough matches and qualified through to the semi finals where he went up against Marc Castro. This game went the way of the Whitchurch player which sent him into the final. Liam Winders was the player waiting for him after he beat Macauley's east team mate Huw Standen in the other semi final.
In the final Liam raced to a 2-0 lead and found himself at match point up at 10-9, however Macauley continued to fight hard and eventually turned the set around to win 14-12. This seemed to give Macauley the edge as he took the 4th set 11-9. In the deciding 5th set Liam found himself up again at 8-6, but Macauley had other ideas and kept the pressure on to level at 8-8 with his two serves to come. Winning two big rallies, the Whitchurch player found himself 10-8 up with gold medal point. Unfortunately Liam served of which gave Macauley the match and the Gold medal. Huw Standen took the bronze medal whilst Joshua Stacey ended his very impressive weekend losing in the quarter finals to Liam Winder. Josh lost just three matches out of 12 during the course of the weekend.

In the girls singles, Buddog James gave a great account of herself as did her team mate, 9 year old Lauren Stacey who showed just how much she has improved over the past 6 months, Lauren is one to watch in the future.

The east team ended with 3 medals:

1 x Gold (Boys Singles)
1 x Silver (Team Event)
1 x Bronze (Boys Singles)

Well Done to all the competitors

Gemau Cymru Team Event

Day One of Gemau Cymru got underway today at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club.

The East team consisting of Macauley Morgan, Huw Standen, Joshua Stacey, Buddog James and Lauren Stacey took a silver medal in the team event losing out to a strong South team.

Final Team Positions

Gold Medalists - South

Silver Medalists - East

Bronze Medalists - West

4th place - North

Team East

The Gemau Cymru shirts have arrived

TEAM EAST

Helping to beat cancer

On August 19th Pink Pong will be in Cardiff to celebrate table tennis whilst raising money for cancer patients.You can donate here http://www.justgiving.com/pinkpongwales

Also people can text WALE50 £1,£2,£3,£4,£5,£6,£7,£8,£9,£10 to 70071 on your mobile phones

Anytime you want to set up a page for a charity event in your clubs, set up as Cancer Research UK and then link to pink pong team via - https://www.justgiving.com/teams/PinkPongUK

Luxembourg Junior Open

The team of Joshua Stacey, Lydia John, Jac Jenkins, Soffi Jenkins, Ryan Oyler and Nicole Hall represented Wales at this season's Luxembourg Open from 14-16 June

Wales finished the team in 17th spot and the link below shows the individual places

Full results of the event here

Please visit the Luxembourg website for all individual match reports

Luxembourg Website

Photo Gallery

Cardiff City TTC Grand Prix

Final positions for Grand Prix number 5 which took play on Sunday 16th June 2013

U - 11 1 Joseph Roberts 2 Lauren Stacey 3 Anna Hursey 4 Suyash Agarwal 5 Kavin Durai

U-13 1 Joseph Roberts 2 Raja Gulim 3 Joe Williams 4 Advait Nair 5 Anna Hursey 6 Thomas Hunter 7 Mohammed Kadir 7 Alex Doughty 9 Shaili Kadambande

U-15 1 Marc Castro 2 Huw Standen 3 Macauley Morgan 4 Pouyan Javanmard 5 Martin Alldrick

U-18 1 Macauley Morgan 2 Tom Goodall 3 Peyman Mollaei 4 Huw Standen 5 Pouyan Javanmard 6 Martin Alldrick

French Training Camp, Lyon

Young regional talent Joseph Roberts has been selected to attend a training camp in Lyon, France from 7th - 14th July 2013.

Joseph has attended two EuroKids training camps, Croatia in 2012 and Slovakia in 2013, which he was spotted by the ETTU Development Manager Lila de Soysa and has been invited to attend a training camp with the best french players of his age group.

Welsh coach Greg Price will attend the training camp with Joseph.

Well done and good luck Joseph!!

Burton Uxbridge 1* Star Open

On Saturday 8th June four regional players from Cardiff made the trip to Burton for the 1* Star Open, They where accompanied by other welsh players such as Cade Short, Louie Evans, Mithun Abhan and Anna Hursey.

After the over night stay in Derby on Saturday the team travelled onto Burton to compete against some tough English opponents.

Sunday 9th June saw the tournament get underway.
Up first was the Cadet Open, In a tough group Joshua Stacey upset all the odds to win his group beating some tough opponents on the way, Macauley also qualified through his group whilst Huw Standen lost out in the 3 way tie for first place. In the next round Macauley lost out to the runner up in Joshua Stacey's group whilst Joshua progressed through to the Quarter-finals where he lost out 3-1 to a strong english opponent. Joseph Roberts progressed through his under 11's group without dropping a set and continued his form up to the semi finals where he lost out to T W Chen 3-1.

For Macauley and Huw it was the junior event up next where they both had some good results, both players qualified to the quarter finals where they lost out to the eventual finalist. The under 13's was next up for Joshua and Joseph, both players qualified through their groups. Joshua Stacey upsetting all the odds again by beating TW Chen and Charlie Hendrix in his group 3-0. Joseph Roberts brushed passed his opponents without losing a set. Both players won their first and second round matches which set up a Quarter Final showdown where they had to play each other, Joshua Stacey took the 1st set 11-6 but Joseph quickly found his way back into the game winning the next 11-4, from this point on there was no looking back for Joseph as he seemed to go through the gears and control the match, eventually running out a 3-1 winner over team match Joshua Stacey. Joseph then went up against Joey Chen, who in the previous round had beaten fellow Welshman Cade Short. Joseph gave all he could but in each set at 8-8 found Joey to strong and lost 11-8 11-9 12-10 to the eventual winner.

In the girls under 13's Anna Hursey gave a great account of herself by reaching the Semi-finals, which at 6 years old is a great achievement. Anna Hursey has also just moved into the South Region and will be looking to be part of the South Regional Squads for next season.

All the welsh players gave good accounts of themselves and showed just how much they are improving along with their hard work and determination to succeed.

Gemau Cymru Selection

Gemau Cymru teams have been announced

Team East 

Macauley Morgan
Huw Standen
Joshua Stacey
Buddug James
Lauren Stacey

Jordan Rees (NPC)


Team South

Liam Winder
Jonathan Bisp
Dylan Lewis
Carys Webster
Charlotte Slye

Nicole Hall (NPC)


Team West

Lawrence John
Marc Castro
Steffan Griffiths
Lydia John
Anna Hursey

Dennis Bromage (NPC)


Team North

Jack Kupski
Tom Jenkins
Joshua Powell
Emma Kupski
Jamie Lee Harley

Wiktor Dzwonkowski (NPC)

Gemau Cymru will take place at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club from the 5th - 7th July 2013

Glamorgan Closed Championships

The Glamorgan Closed Championships will be held next weekend of the 27th/28th April at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club.

 

Today is the closing date for entries so get them in fast!!

 

 

UKCC Level 1 - Day Two

This weekend will see day two of the UKCC Level 1 course in Cardiff.

 

The course has 12 new coaches all looking to qualify and get their coaching certificates.

 

Good luck to all the coaches envolved!!

Butterfly Baltic Cup - Estonia

Good luck to Ryan Oyler and Charlotte Carey who will be competing in the Butterfly Baltic Cup in Estonia this weekend!!

Morgan Wins Rhondda Dragon

Macauley Morgan of Whitchurch High School Academy won the Rhondda Dragon on the weekend.

 

For the full story of the event please visit

http://ttaw.co.uk/news/2013/04/eupal-rhondda-dragon-tonyrefail

Joshua Stacey gets his call up

Joshua Stacey who attends Rumney high school took up table tennis in December 2011 after watching some of his friends enjoy a lunch club activity with regional coach Simon Oyler. Joshua then decided to give it a go and has never looked back since.

He now trains more than 10 hours per week and plays for his local club St.Mellons TTC. Josh is also part of the Cardiff Regional Squad.

In March he competed in his first Welsh National Championships and pulled of some great wins over players his age who have played table tennis for more than 3 years. The next step for Joshua was the Under 13's National Championships in which he lost to team mate Joseph Roberts in a thrilling semi-final match. Although he lost in the semi-finals Joshua had some great wins over Harry Langley and Cade Short who went onto win the tournament after losing to Josh in the group stage. Joshua then had some more great wins in the Junior Team Championships of Wales over Charlotte Slye and former Welsh player Ashley Perry, he also lost just lost out in the deciding set to a few other welsh players who are a few years older than him.

Joshua has been rewarded for his achievements by getting selected by Welsh National Coach Ryan Jenkins to represent his country at the Junior Luxembourg Open in June.

This is a massive event for Joshua and he will be looking forward to the experience and will look to improve and work hard leading up to the event.

 He will be accompanied by: Lydia John, Laura Edwards, Callum Evans, Nicole Hall, Ryan Oyler

UWIC TT Academy Easter Camp

On Thursday 4th and Friday 5th April, UWIC Table Tennis Academy ran a two day training camp at the Cyncoed Campus in Cardiff Met University.

 

The players who attended the two day training camp got some valuable coaching from Wiktor and Waldek Dzwonkowski who are UKCC qualified coaches and also high level players.

 

For more information on how to book up to join the UWIC Table Tennis Academy please visit

http://www3.uwic.ac.uk/english/aboutus/facilities/sport/childrens/development/pages/tabletennisacademy.aspx

 

Welsh Primary Schools Team Travel to Southampton

The Welsh Primary School's team travelled to Southampton today for a training camp and friendly matches with ex Welsh Coach Aled Howell and his South England Region.

Aled Howell who now as a post for ETTA as South Regional Coach of England ran the training camp with over 20 tables and 40 players.

After a two hour training session it was time for the match to take place.

The boys found the going tough and lost 13-3.
Joseph Roberts- won 2 lost 2
Cade Short - won 1 lost 3
Joshua Stacey - lost 4 (losing 3 matches 3/2)
Harry Langley - lost 4 (losing one match 3/2)

The girls however competed very well and lost out 9-7
Lydia John - won 3 lost 1
Jamie lee - won 3 lost 1
Bethany Brewer - lost 4
Anna Hursey - won 1 lost 3

All players gave a good account of themselves but found the South East region too strong.

A big thank you to Aled Howell for inviting the Welsh team to this fantastic training camp.

Well done to all the players and good luck for the International Primary Schools Championships this weekend in Dublin.

Macaluey Morgan invited to Germany

Macaulay Morgan of Whitchurch High School has been rewarded for all his hard work he has put into his training over the past year by being selected by Table Tennis Wales to attend a two week training camp in Hamburg, Germany from 19th July until 2nd August. He will join fellow countrymen Lawrence John and Liam Winder.

Congratulations!!

Junior Team Championships of Wales

Rhondda A regained their division 1 team title with a great show from Conor Edwards, Callum Evans and Jac Jenkins at Sport Wales National Centre this weekend
North Gwent, led by Dylan Lewis, claimed the division 2 title, whilst Cardiff City TTC won the division 3 award

Player of the season
Div 1 - Ryan Oyler (Bridgend)
Div 2 - Ashley Perry (Ael y Bryn)
Div 3 - Elliot Weinberg (Cardiff)

Table Tennis Leaders Course at Chepstow

The Table Tennis Wales Leaders Award ran today at Chepstow Leisure Centre.

There were 12 candidates booked onto the course and gained valuable knowledge, new skills and understanding of the game in order to deliver and progress their table tennis activities in their area.

Congratulations to all the candidates on a successful course.

A big thank you to Geraint Roberts of the Monmouthshire Council for organising this leader’s award course with the South Regional Coach Simon Oyler.

Welsh National Under 11's, 13's and Over 60's Championships

The Welsh National Championships for the Under 11's and 13's and over 60's where held at the Sport Wales National Centre today, this showcased the best players Wales has to offer at this age group.

It was a great day for Cardiff in the boys events with the highlight of Joseph Roberts of St.Marys primary school and the regional squad winning the under 11's category.

In the under 13's category, three Cardiff based players made it through to the semi-finals of the boys category, Joshua Stacey of Rumney High and St.Mellons TTC had some great wins over Cade Short and Harry Langley on route to the semi-finals where he meet his team mate Joseph Roberts and lost out 3-1. Benedict Watson of Cardiff City TTC made it to the other semi-finals and lost out to Cade Short, in the final Joseph Roberts went up against Cade Short and lost out 3-1.

In the girls category it was Lauren Stacey who progressed to the semi-finals on the under 11's and lost out in a close match to Danielle Kelly 3-1.

In the Over 60's category it was Roger Grech of Cardiff who took the title after beating Glyn Kellow and Frank Hillier also both coming from Cardiff

Congratulations to winners Cade Short, Lydia John, Joseph Roberts, Anna Hursey & Roger Grech on winning their respective categories at the Welsh National Championships on the weekend

Aerobic TT Wales

Aerobic Table Tennis visited Wales for 3 days, Steve Rowe the founder of Aerobic Table Tennis visited Cardiff, Swansea and Rhondda.

 

Take a look at the highlights

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U6-sa8l2jqw#!

EuroKids Reports - Slovakia

This week the EuroKids programme took place in Bratislava, Slovakia. Two young talented Welsh players travelled to Slovakia to be taken through their paces by Head Coach Piotr Skierski of Poland along with the rest of the EuroKids Participants. Joseph Roberts of Cardiff and Lydia John of Swansea travelled with regional coach Simon Oyler accompanied by Dave John.

First stop was a training session at BATTS Table Tennis Club in London before the team headed out to Slovakia from London Stansted.

Day one of the EuroKids Training Camp brought the EuroKids Tournament in which the standard of the matches where very high, Lydia and Joseph played some outstanding table tennis and managed to get some wins under their belt. Lydia qualified for the Top 16, whilst Joseph just fell outside the top 16 losing two matches in the deciding set which would have put him into the top 16 bracket.

Day two saw the completion of the tournament which Lydia finished in 16^th place after losing 3 matches in the 5^th set. Joseph Roberts also lost 3 matches in the 5^th set and finished in 19^th place. Both players showed great determination and showed their abilities to play and compete against the best in Europe.

Once the tournament was over it was then down to the hard work in the training hall, both players worked very hard and over the next few days of the training camp it proved a huge learning curve in the development of the players. Lydia seemed to improve with each session and took a lot of information from Head Coach Piotr Skierski. Joseph Roberts pushed himself very hard in order to improve his time at the EuroKids after he was slightly disappointed with his final position in the tournament.

Congratulations to both players on a very successful EuroKids Training Camp

Team Championships Of Wales Senior

On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th the final weekend of the Team Championships of Wales got underway.

Congratulations to Cardiff City Table Tennis Club who retained their title by winnning Division 1. The team of Wiktor and Waldek Dzwonkowski and Yongbo Zhang won all their matches to be crowned the Champions.

St.Mellons TTC also won Division 3 of the Team Championships of Wales. St.Mellons TTC will now be promoted to Division 2 for next season. The team of Tony Williams (Captain), Thomas Goodall and Paymen Mollaei won all their matches to be crwowned Division 3 Champions.

Congratulations to both teams on winning their divisions respectively.

Leaders Award Course - Cardiff

The Table Tennis Wales Leaders award will be running this month at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club, Cathays, on Saturday 23rd March 2013.

To book a place on the course please visit http://ttaw.co.uk/news/2013/03/ttw-leaders-coaching-courses or email Simon Oyler the course tutor at simon_oyler_1@hotmail.com

International Primary Schools - Ireland

Ireland - International Primary Schools

Selection-

Boys - Matthew Francis, Harry Langley, Joseph Roberts, Cade Short
Coach: Simon Oyler

Girls - Jamie Lee-Harley, Bethany Brewer, Victoria Brookes, Lydia John
Coach: Regina Grech

Team Manager: Dai Treharne

Eurokids - Slovakia

Training with Europes Finest-

Joseph Roberts of Cardiff and Lydia John of Swansea travel from London Stansted to Bratislava with Regional Coach Simon Oyler for the Eurokids Training Camp in Slovakia to training with some of the best players europe have to offer.

The training camp will be taken Head Coach Piotr Skierski of Poland and will be a great learning curve in the development of the young Welsh players.

Keep posted for day to day updates.

Commonwealth Championships Selection

The following players have been selected to represent Wales at the Commonwealth Championships in India 5-10th May 2013

Men
Stephen Jenkins
Daniel O'Connell
Conor Edwards
Player/coach - Ryan Jenkins

Women
Charlotte Carey
Megan Phillips
Angharad Phillips
Chloe Thomas
Coach - Simon Oyler

Welsh National Championships

The draw for the Welsh National Championships is now out and on the Table Tennis Wales webpage.

Please visit www.ttaw.co.uk for the draw.

International Women Day: Ladies Night

On Friday 8th March it is International Womens Day. "Visible Women: Empowering girls and women in Wales"

This year the event will be held at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club by the ladies of the club.

Please visit www.ttaw.co.uk for the flyer and full information on the event.

Welsh Primary Schools Championships Report

The Welsh Primary Schools Championships took place today the Sport Wales National Centre.

This event proved to be a great success with 36 teams entered, this was an increase from last year in which we had 24 teams entered. From the 36 teams who entered 15 teams where those from Cardiff primary schools with again is a big increase from last year where there was only 4 teams.

After a very enjoyable and fun packed day it came down to the final two teams to see who would take the title this year. Last year's runners up St.Marys Primary school who were fielding the same team of Joseph Roberts and Jack ODuffy went up against last year's winners Grange A of Swansea. This time it was the Cardiff based team who came out on top with a 55-24 win over last year winners.

This was a great achievement for St.Marys Primary School. School coach Derek Clarke said 'I am very happy to have players from the school winning this event, it has been a fantastic experience for our school players to play in such an event as this and hopefully each player has gained experience for the future.' Derek Clarke will now be looking to step aside as the school coach at the end of this school year as he would like to finally retire and take a back seat. We wish that all his hard work continues to have successes like this one and he will be deeply missed by the school and the players.

Another big achievement came from Llandaff City Primary School who finished in 5th position, considering they have only been playing since October this is a great achievement for the school and the players

Final Positions

1 St Marys A (Cardiff)

2 Grange A
3 Upper Rhymney A
4 Llangan A
5 Llandaff A (Cardiff)
6 Gynradd Y Wern A
7 Grange B
8 Grange C
9 Grange D
10 St Marys C (Cardiff)
11 Llandaff B (Cardiff)
12 Gynradd Y Wern C
13 St Marys B (Cardiff)
14 Litchard A
15 Llangan B
16 Grange F
17 Grange E
18 Litchard B
19 Ysgol Y Bedol
20 Oakfield (Cardiff)
21 St Marys E (Cardiff)
22 St Marys F (Cardiff)
23 St Marys D (Cardiff)
24 Trowbridge B (Cardiff)
25 Trowbridge A (Cardiff)
26 Gynradd Y Wern D
27 Gynradd Y Wern B
28 Llandaff C (Cardiff)
29 Llandaff E (Cardiff)
30 Gynradd Y Wern E
31 Litchard C
32 Gynradd Y Wern F
33 Llandaff D (Cardiff)
34 Upper Rhymney B
35 Upper Rhymney C
36 Llandaff F (Cardiff)

The team from Llangan B was awarded the trophy for the happiest, best behaved & most  sporting team - although the decision was difficult since the level of behaviour by all teams was first class.

Welsh National Championships

As the Welsh Junior and Senior National Championships are just around the corner, have you got your entry form into the organisers??

 

It is important that you act fast in order to get your space in the Championships!!

 

Are you training hard enough?? do you have the edge over your opponents?? 

Will you become a National Champion this year??

 

 

Burton Uxbridge 1*Star Junior Open

This weekend saw four Cardiff Regional players travel to Burton Uxbridge for the 1*Star Junior Open. Macauley Morgan, Alasdair Weir, Elliot Weinburg and Joseph Roberts made the trip with Regional Coach Simon Oyler.

After an early morning trip, it was Joseph Roberts who showed what he is capable of by winning all his matches in the Under 11's Round Robin group of 7 players to make up for his second place last time around. Joseph played extremely well and was very happy to win his first 1*Star title.

Macauley was the only player to get through both Junior and Cadet groups and lost in the quarter finals of both to the same player. Elliot Weinburg and Alasdair Wier lost out in both Junior and Cadet Groups on countback.

The young welsh superstar Joseph Roberts continued his form into the Under 13's event. Joseph won his group beating Sam Welsh to top spot. Joseph won his quater final match 3-0 to set up a semi-final showdown with the young and talented Joey Chen. Joseph started well in the first set but went down 11-9, the second set also went to the young chen 11-6. After being 2-0 down Joseph showed some great determination to try and get back into the game but it just wasn't to be on this occasion and lost out 13-11 in the 3rd set.

All the players showed great courage and determination to do their best at the tournament, it is now back to the training hall to put in more hard work to better ourselves next time around.

Congratulations to the Joseph Roberts who at 9 years old won his first Under 11s 1*Star title.

Welsh Ranking List - February

The latest welsh ranking list is now on the Table Tennis Wales website

Visit www.ttaw.co.uk/ranking and see if your ranking has improved or have your rivals taken over you in the list!!!!

Josh Stacey and Benedict Battle it out in TTW Dragon U-13 Final

 

TTW's February's Dragon Tournament was held at the club today (10/2/13) in which 9 CCTTC players took part. Josh Stacey (Left) and Benedict Watson (Right) fought it out for the Under 13's final in a repeat of January's final. It was Josh who again managed to pull off the victory with a very close 2-0 win, showcasing his ever improving game. With Josh now ineligible to play further Dragon tournaments after winning 2 this season Benedict must be one of the favourites for the next Dragon event in March. A big well done to all players involved in what was an enjoyable day.

South East Schools Final

The South East Schools Table Tennis Finals took place today at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club.

Ten teams qualified from 4 regions within the South East of Wales.  Teams from Cardiff, Caerphilly, Rhondda and the Vale battled it out across two age catagories.

In the year 7 and 8 catagory it was the two Cardiff teams who qualified through the finals beating representative teams from Caerphilly and Rhondda on route. this set up a repeat final from the Sport.Cardiff schools finals of Cathays High School (Cardiff Champions) going up against the Cardiff Runners up of Rumney High School. It was Rumney High School who got of to a winning start going 2-0 up, Cathays then made it 2-1 before Rumney stepped up their games and took a 5-2 victory to gain revenge on their Cardiff Rivals.

The year 9 and 10 catagory was played in a round robin group with 5 schools all playing eacchother, After some great competitive matches it all come down to the last and final group game which was between Ferndale Comprehensive School and Ysgol Glantaf of Cardiff. Ysgol Glantaf took an early 1-0 lead and never looked back, they went on winning the match 5-1 and claimed the South East title.

Well done to all the participants who represented their schools at the South East finals and also to those who didn't quite make it into the final cut. Lets keep up the hard work within our school programmes and hopefully next year your school can make the finals and possibly be crowned the South East Champions!!!

 

Welsh Primary Schools Championships

The Welsh Primary Schools Championships is now only one month away

Get your enrties in now to be part of the biggest primary school event in Wales

 

Event Date: Wednesday 20th February 2013 @ Sport Wales National Centre

 

Closing date for the Entries is Wednesday 13th February 2013

 

Cardiff Secondary Schools Finals

The Cardiff secondary schools competition took place this week at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club.

Eight Schools qualified through to the finals and battled it out to see who was Champions.

In the year 7&8 it was Cathays who reclaimed their title they won 2 years ago by beating Rumney High School in the Final match. Last years Runners up Bishop of Llandaff finished in 3rd place beating Corpus Christi in the 3rd/4th play off.

Final Positions

1.Cathays High School
2. Rumney High School
3. Bishop Of Llandaff
4. Corpus Christi
5. Cardiff High School
6. Ysgol Glantaf
7. Whitchurch High School
8. West Cardiff Schools

Well done to all the participants who took part in the finals, this proved yet again to be a successful event.

Cardiff Schools Finals

Wednesday 15th January will see the top 8 Cardiff Schools battle it out at the Cardiff City Table Tennis Club to see who will become this year Cardiff Schools Champions.

The top two teams will also qualify for the South East Schools Finals at the end of the month!1

Good Luck to all the Schools involved!!

Cardiff Regional Squad Camp

After a long Christmas break the Cardiff Regional Squads where back in the training hall working hard and starting the new year of with a bang!!

Sunday 6th January saw the first training camp of the year, with former Welsh No 4 and Commonwealth Games representative Patrick Thomas on hard to practise with the young and rising stars of Welsh table tennis.

Now with some new additions to the coaching staff and new players added to the squad, things are building strongly for table tennis in the Capitol!!