UKCC Level 3

Regional Development Coach Simon Oyler completed his 2nd weekend of his UKCC Level 3 on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July at Lilleshall National Sport Centre, England

This Weekend Included:

Athlete Programme Presentation
One 40 Minute Coachines Session
Match Captaincy
Performance Analysis

The next weekend of the course is January 14th and 15th where Simon will then qualify as a UKCC Level 3 Coach.

Welsh Secondary Schools Championships

The Welsh Secondary Schools came to Cardiff again on Sunday 12th June.

There was a great amount of players entered from Cardiff those all being from Cathays High School Academy and Whitchurch High School Academy.

Charlotte Carey and Lewis Williams (both of Glyncoed school in Ebbw Vale) won their respective events today in Cardiff. Charlotte beat Angharad Phillips in the girls final 3-0 whilst Lewis managed to overturn Conor in the boys final 3-2. Conor led 9-6in the deciding set but Lewis came back to take it 11-9


For more details please visit www.ttaw.co.uk

TTAW Awards Night

Last Night the annual TTAW awards were held in Cardiff to honour the people of the TTAW

The winners of the awards were as follows:

Coach of the Year – Aled HowellVolunteer of the Year – Neil O’Connell
Club of the Year – Bridgend
Lifetime Achievement Award – Gerald Watkins
Player of the Year – Conor Edwards

Regional Player of the Year-

North East – Ryan Taylor (Clewedog)
North West – Kate Roberts (Denbigh)
South West – Harry Langley (Swansea)
South Central – Ryan Oyler (St.Mellons Table Tennis Club)
South East – Laura Edwards (Abertillery)

Cathays Academy Entertain Carmarthen

Cathays Table Tennis academy played host to a school from Carmarthen in a friendly match.

This was held on Thursday 9th June at Cathays High School and this proved to be a great match up and some great sportsmanship was shown.

The youngsters from Cathays consisting of five Year 8 players and one Year 9 and one Year 11 player took to the court against four players from Carmarthen.

This proved to be a very close match with two of Carmarthen players proving to be to strong for Cathays youngsters, but Cathays youngsters proved to be to strong for the two young players from Carmarthen. Cathays senior players played the two senior players of carmarthan and proved to be slightly to strong winning all their matches.

The match finished 13-11 in favour of Cathays Academy, A very close game and very entertaining match with both parties enjoying every second of the challenge.


Players from Cathays included:
Year 8 Players - Ayman Alkateeb, Sodrul Hussain, Munir Gailani, Gethin Jones, Ethan Ball
Year 9 Player - Manyonge Muliro
Year 11 Player - Thomas Goodall

South Conference League

The Final session of the South Wales Conference League took place last night.

Results are as follows

Division 1

Barry No Mates 2-3 Cardiff University
Fairwater Guys 1-4 Class Act
Slap and Tickle 1-4 Gladiators

Division 2

Vale Academy 1 0-5 Team 10
Bargoed 999 A 0-5 Nothing But Net
Mack Attack 0-5 Team Has Been

Division 3

Augusti 0-5 Tables and Chairs
Bargoed 999 B 5-0 The Unknowns
Cathays A 3-2 Vale Academy 2

Division 4

St.Mellons TTC 5-0 Bargoed 999 C
Marshfield Marauders 5-0 Brecon
Vale Academy 3 5-0 Cathays B

Winners and Runners up of each Division are:

Division 1 Winners - Class Act
Division 1 Runners Up - Barry No Mates

Division 2 Winners - Team Has Been
Division 2 Runners Up - Nothing But Net

Division 3 Winners - Cathays A
Division 3 Runners Up - Tables and Chairs

Division 4 Winners - Vale Academy 3
Division 4 Runners Up - Marshfield Marauders

A Big Thank You goes to Neil Wright who has put all his efforts into running yet another successful season in the Conference League.

See you all again next season

Whats on near you!!

Table Tennis during the Half Term Holidays are on

Wednesday 1st June -
St.Mellons Table Tennis Club -12.00pm-2.00pm and 5.00pm-6.30pm Each Costing £2 per person

Thursday 2nd June -
West Wales Training Camp - Selected Players Only

Friday 3rd June -
Cathays High School Table Tennis Academy - 9.30pm - 12.00pm - £2 Per Person
Whitchurch High School Table Tennis Academy - 1.00pm - 3.00pm £2 Per Person

For more information please contact South East Development Coach Simon Oyler at simon_oyler_1@hotmail.com

South Conference League Results

Results of Match 4
Session 4

Division 1

Barry No Mates 3-2 Fairwater Guys
Cardiff University 4-1 Gladiators
Slap & Tickle 2-3 Class Act

Division 2

Vale Academy 4-1 Bargoed 999 A
Team 10 0-5 Team Has Been
Mack Attack 0-5 Nothing But Net

Division 3

Augusti 0-5 Bargoed 999 B
Tables and Chairs 2-3 Vale Academy 2
Cathays A 5-0 The Unkowns

Division 4

St.Mellons TTC 2-3 Marshfield Marauders
Bargoed 999 C 5-0 Cathays B
Vale Academy 3 4-1 Brecon

Check this out!!!

Take a look at this clip on youtube

Ma Lin - The Dragon of Table Tennis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKnGJIR6TIc&feature=related

One of the gretest players of our generation!!

South Conference League Results

The results of Sunday 22nd May

Division 1

Barry No Mates 4-1 Slap and Tickle
Cardiff University 4-1 Fairwater Guys
Class Act 4-1 Gladiators

Division 2

Vale Academy 1 0-5 Mack Attack
Team 10 4-1 Bargoed 999 A
Nothing But Net 0-5 Team Has Been

Division 3

Augusti 1-4 Cathays
Tables and Chairs 4-1 Bargoed 999 B
The Unknowns 2-3 Vale Academy 2

Divison 4

St.Mellons TTC 0-5 Vale Academy 3
Bargoed 999 C 1-4 Marshfield Marauders
Brecon 5-0 Cathays B

Next fixtures are on Sunday 29th May

Tom's A Table Tennis Leader

Thomas Goodall of Cathays High School Table Tennis Academy was one of 12 who attended the TTAW Table Tennis Leaders Award in Llanelli on Saturday 21st May.

This was the first of a New Table Tennis Leaders Award for the TTAW which includes:

• Four Basic Strokes : Backhand and Forehand Drive, Backhand and Forehand Push
• How to deliver these four bacis strokes
• Good and Bad Practise
• A Child Protection Workshop

Aswell as having the course tutor Barry Robertson for this award, all the participants where lucky enough to have National Coach Ryan Jenkins and Regional Development Coaches Simon Oyler and Aled Rhys Howell who where giving their own technical knowledge and sharing their coaching experiences, they where also shadowing Barry so that they can deliver their own Leaders Courses in their Areas. also present was Bernard Carter who is the TTAW Child Protection Officer, who delivered the Child Protection Workshop

Congratulations to Everyone on the Course

There will be many more courses to come this year across South Wales

World Championships on ITTv

Take a look at the link below which has a lot of top quality matches from the World Championships held in Rotterdam.

Wales had 6 players representing their country and the Championships and did have some good results.
You will find the Welsh Wizard Ryan Jenkins up against the Duch Number 1 and also Naomi Owen and Charlote Carey in action.

Not only will you find the Welsh Team playing but also an interview from Jac Jenkins at the Eurokids in Rotterdam... !!!!!

Take a Look!!!!

http://www.ittf.com/ittv/

EuroKids Meet Worlds Best

Last week Welsh Coach Simon Oyler made the trip to Rotterdam with Welsh Under 13's Players Jac Jenkins and Kate Roberts for another EuroKids Training Camp.

This was no ordinary EuroKids, This was held at the World Championships. Along with 40 other EuroKids players Jac and Kate got the chance to Watch the Whole of the World Championships and Had the opportunity to practise with some of the worlds grestest players such as Vladamir Samsonov, Jean-Michel Saive, Tamara Boros, Andrie Filimon, Daniela Dodean, Ni Xia Lian as well as have photos taken with the likes of World Champions Wang Hao and Werner Schlager, European Number 1 Timo Boll, Oh Sang Eun, and also the Greatest Two players Ever in Jan Ove Walnder and Liu Guoliang.

This was a great experiance for these Young Welsh Stars.

Pictures Below



Jean-Michel Saive



Vladimir Samsonov




Werner Schlager



Eurokids Meet Timo Boll





Wang Hao

Liu Guoliang

Oh Sang Eun







Cardiff Travel to West Wales

Regional Coaches Aled Rhys Howell from the West and Simon Oyler from South East held a Camp at Camarthen Leisure Centre in West Wales on Thursday 21st April.

There was 20 players attending with 7 players travelling from Cardiff and Merthyr to train with players from Camarthen, Llanelli and Swansea.

There was 4 hours of table practise for all the players, Which they got the chance to play against Chop, a robot, Multi Ball and also having a knock with two practise partners on the day in Vicky Skeats and Jason Peckham.

Well done to all the players for working hard and making the day enjoyable.

Welsh National Championships Under 11's and 13's

Some great Table Tennis was played at the Welsh National Championships this weekend.

Munir Gailani and Gethin Jones of cathays Table Tennis Academy reached the Quater Finals of the under 13's event losing out to Callum Evans (Finalist) and Jonathan Bisp (Semi-Finalist)

MacCauley Morgan of Whitchurch and Ayman Alkateeb of Cathays both lost in the Quater Finals of the Consulation Event in the Under 13's after losing out in there groups to top seeds Jac Jenkins and Callum Evans.

Jac Jenkins showed why he is following in his dads footsteps after played very well to beat Tonyrefail team mate Callum Evans in a 5 set thriller. This was Jacs first National Title (the first of many to come)

Laura Edwards also took her first National Title after beating Denbigh player and British Primary Champion Kate Roberts,

Results:
Under 13s Boys winner- Jac Jenkins
Under 13s Boys runner up- Callum Evans

Under 13s Girls Winner- Laura Edwards
Under 13s Girls runner up- Kate Roberts
Under 11s Mixed Winner- Victoria Brooks
Under 11s Mixed Runner up- Harry Langley

Welsh Championships Under 11's and 13's

This Sunday 17th April 2011 the Welsh National Under 11's and 13's Championships will be taking place at Sport Wales National Centre.

The Under 13's

Cathays Academy have three entries, those being Ayman Alkateeb, Munir Gailani and Gethin Jones. Whitchurch player MaCauley morgan will also be in attendance and will look to do his best along with the Cathays players in there first National Championships.


Good Luck