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!!