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