TTAW Selection

The following players have been chosen to represent Wales at the forthcoming events:

French Junior Open:
Angharad Phillips, Lee Morgan, Lewis Williams, Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey, Megan Phillips and Nicole Hall.

BATTS London 1*
Chris Griffiths, Alex Prosser, Conor Edwards, Ashley Stavrakis, Jac Jenkins and Thomas Heydon.

EuroKids Training Camp - Italy
Jac Jenkins and Laura Edwrads

Luxembourg Junior Open
Charlotte Carey
Daniel O'Connell
Nicole Hall
Lee Morgan
Caitlin Williams
Ryan Oyler

World Championships - Moscow
Adam Robertson, Ryan Jenkins and Stephen Jenkins

Cathays Travel To Tonypandy

On Wednesday 24th March Seven players from Cathays High Table Tennis Academy made the trip with Head Coach Simon Oyler to Tonypandy Community College to play the return fixture they played in December 2009 which ended with Tonypandy taking a 14-6 Win. This time Cathays were ready and looking to turn things around from the previous game.

The seven players who mad the trip from Cathays where:
James Hughes, Areen Mahmood, Haneef Faithal, Manyonge Muliro, Akram Seimi, Munir Gailani and Adam Price

With both teams playing well and showing great spirit the match swung one way then the other. in the end it was Cathays High Academy who came out on top with a brilliant 38-34 Win.

This is a great achievement for Cathays Academy considering Tonypandy TTK have been running full time for 5 years.

Cathays Player Standings

James Hughes Won 9 Lost 2
Areen Mahmood Won 9 Lost 2
Manyonge Muliro Won 6 Lost 4
Haneef Faithal Won 5 Lost 5
Munir Gailani Won 4 Lost 6
Akram Seimi Won 3 Lost 7
Adam Price Won 2 Lost 8

Final Score
Cathays High Academy 38-34 Tonypandy TTK

Player of the day was Areen Mahmood, being rewarded with some great wins from his hard work and determination to try and succeed!
Well Done to everybody involved, This proved to be a great match and everyone enjoyed taking part!

Centre of Excellence Series Match

Welsh Institute of Sport will be hosting the second Centre Of Excellence squads match on Monday 29th March 2010 in the Jubilee Hall. Commencing at 5.30pm.

Cardiff COE took the last match by beating Swansea COE squad 16-2.

Gwent COE Squad and Greenhouse Elite Squad will be joining in the series match and making it a four way match. Three players from each Squad will be selected by the coach to represent their region with the matches being played in Welsh League format. Games will be played best of 3 games to 11 points

Order of play

Cardiff COE V Swansea COE
Greenhouse V Gwent COE

Swansea COE V Greenhouse
Cardiff COE V Gwent COE


Gwent COE V Swansea COE
Cardiff COE V Greenhouse

Cardiff Centre Of Excellence Squad will be announced on the blog shortly

Good Luck to all players

Table Tennis Proves To Be Big Hit Across Wales

Table Tennis is proving to be growing in Wales with over 4,200 people taking part in Table Tennis Across Wales last term and has become one of the most popular 5x60 Activities in Wales!

Take a look at the link below for more information

http://www.5x60.org.uk/features/activities/1649

Centre Of Excellence

Congratulations to Callum Thomas of Greenhouse Tonypandy and Dylan Bruford of Greenhouse Ferndale for being invited to the Centre Of Excellence Squad due to there hard work over the past few months.

They will be joining the rest of the squad to train at Welsh Institue of Sport.

Well Done Boys!!

Welsh Closed Championships on Youtube

Take a look at the following link on youtube. Some great Table Tennis was played at the Welsh Championships with the Mens Single final Between National Coach and 9 Times Welsh Champion Ryan Jenkins and Welsh Number 1 Adam Robertson

Welsh Closed - 7th March 2010 - Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff


Men's Final:
Adam Robertson (3) V Ryan Jenkins (2)
1st Leg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5VTukwgF_0

2nd Leg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-bJ_e5zcUk

3rd Leg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX7cxxMgB3U

4th Leg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gygPZKzGSqU

5th Leg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMoB2YTsRc

Men's Semi Final (part):

Aled Howells V Ryan Jenkins -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfWrXVuBC

Veterans Final
Knock-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaNdjhffXvw

1st Leg
WCMar10-1stLegVeteransFinal.mp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou_TDem42kU

Six Nations Event - Glasgow

Wales won 2 silver and a bronze medal at the 6 nation team championships in Largs, Glasgow today.

For more details please visit http://www.ttaw.co.uk/

South Conference Table Tennis League

Cathays Cardiff A have been promoted to Division 2 after gaining promotion from Division 3 last session.
Tom Goodall and Inthrayut Kongchun have Won Division 4 and Runner Up in Division 3, Now they are looking to try to push on and challenge some of the top teams.

Fixtures for Week 1
Division One
Barry No Mates v Fairwater Guys
Gladiators v Class Act
Macs Melons v Slap & Tickle

Division Two
FTF Blaengar v Cathays Cardiff A
Vale Academy v TT Turbo
Bargoed 999 A v Mack Attack

Divisions 3 and 4 to be confirmed on the night!

Cathays High Academy Vs Pontypridd High School

Six players made the trip with Head Coach Simon Oyler to Pontypridd High School On Wednesday 10th March 2010.
Players selected for the trip where :-
-Kian Emadi, James Hughes, Haneef Faithal, Manyonge Muliro, Areen Mahmood and Akram Seimi.
Ponty players selected by Head Coach Jonathan Gregory Where
-Kyle Adams, Sam Adams, Ben Griffiths, Ben Davies, Jon Bisp and Peter Briscombe.

Round One

Kian Emadi beat Ben Griffiths 3-0

James Hughes beat Sam Adams 3-0

Haneef Faithal lost to Kyle Adams 2-3
Manyonge Muliro beat Peter Briscombe 3-1
Areen Mahmood beat Jon Bisp 3-0
Akram Seimi lost to Ben Davies 1-3

Cathays Academy 4-2 Pontypridd High

Round Two

Kian Emadi beat Sam Adams 3-0

James Hughes lost to Kyle Adams 0-3

Haneef Faithal beat Ben Griffiths 3-2

Manyonge Muliro beat Jon Bisp 3-0

Areen Mahmood beat Peter Briscombe 3-1

Akram Seimi lost to Ben Davies 0-3

Cathays Academy 8-4 Pontypridd High

Round Three

Kian Emadi beat Kyle Adams 3-1

James Hughes beat Ben Griffiths 3-2
Haneef Faithal beat Sam Adams 3-1
Manyonge Muliro beat Peter Briscombe 3-1
Areen Mahmood beat Ben Davies 3-1

Akram Seimi lost to Jon Bisp 0-3

Final Score

Cathays High Academy 13-5 Pontypridd High School

Well Done to everybody involved. This proved to be a very fun day for everybody and players gain some valuable experience.

Welsh National Championships 2010

Adam Robertson & Naomi Owen were winners today at the Welsh Championships in Cardiff. Adam, who is based in Karlsruhe, Germany, won his 5th men's title beating Ryan Jenkins 3-2. Adam went 2-0 up and with 3 match points at 10-7 thought it was all over. Ryan fought hard and came back in the match to win both set 3 and 4 before going 7-4 up in the 5th set. Adam then showed his experience to win all remaining points and win 11-7.

Naomi swept all aside to claim the women's crown and showed her superiority. Naomi, who is based in Sheffield with the BTTF squad, beat Angharad Phillips in the semi final she managed to remain in charge to beat Regina Donovan 3-0 in the final. Regina beat Megan Phillips in the other semi final.

For more details and all results of the Welsh National Championships go to http://www.ttaw.co.uk/

Welsh Rankings

Visit http://www.ttaw.co.uk/ for the latest Welsh Rankings

Welsh Closed Championships 2010

The Welsh Closed Championships will be held at the Welsh Institute of Sport over the Weekend of the 6th/7th March

Junior Events Saturday and Senior Event Sunday.

In what looks to be a strong entry for a few years. Adam Robertson and Ryan Jenkins Both in the Draw will look to battle it out for yet another Welsh Title. Also in the Mens Draw in Steve Jenkins, Patrick Thomas and Steven Gertsen who will all bee looking to get to the later stages.

Naomi Owen looks to be Favourite for the Womens Title with Welsh Youngster playing it out to get a final showdown with the Welsh Number One Women.

Welsh Junior Number One Daniel OConnell is looking for his First Welsh Title being number One seed in the Junior Event but must fend off Lewis Williams, Lee Morgan, Josh Jenkins and Cameron Thomas to take the title.

Its an Open Draw for the Junior Girls Event with one of 8 girls could take the Title, Hannah Avery is Number One seed for the girls event.

Come along and watch the Top Welsh Players in Action This Weekend

For more details and Groups for the Weekend please visit http://www.ttaw.co.uk/

Cardiff Host Top Tournaments

For the next two weekends the Welsh Institute of Wales in Cardiff will be hosting two of the Top Tournaments in Wales.


On 27th/28th February the British Grand Prix season comes to Cardiff for the Travel City Cardiff Satelite Open. Irelands Paul McCreery enters as Number 1 Seed for the Mens Open with Welsh number 3 Stephen Jenkins entering as number 2 Seed, Some Top welsh players are also in the mix with Patrick Thomas, Steven Gertsen and Nathan Thomas looking to cause some upsets in the tournament. Wales Chinese practise partner Yongbe Zhang is also in the mix roaming around with a dummy ranking.
In the Womens Open Naomi Owen leads the way for Wales as Number 1 Seed followed by Irelands Number 1 Na Liu looking to take the Women Title. Ireland Amanda Mogey and England Emma Vickers complete the top four seedings for the Womens Event.


Saturday 6th March
The Welsh Junior Closed takes place at the Welsh Institue of Sport. Welsh Junior Number one Daniel OConnell leads the field in the Junior boys event with Lewis Williams, Lee Morgan, Josh Jenkins and Cameron Thomas looking to capture the Welsh Junior Title.
The Junior girls event is the more open event where the winner could come from a number of welsh talented players, with Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey, Megan and Angharad Phillips, Hannah Avery, Natasha Rees and Nicole Hall all looking to take the Welsh Girls Junior Crown.


Sunday 7th March
The Main Events take place, Welsh Number 1 Adam Robertson will be strong favourite to take the Mens Title with Stephen Jenkins and Patrick Thomas looking to make a final showdown with the Welsh Number 1.
In the Womens event Naomi Owen looks strong favouritte to capture yet another Welsh title in a feild packed with Junior Welsh talent.


Why not come along to the Welsh Institute of Sport and watch some top British Players in action in these top Welsh Tournaments.


For more Information please visit http://www.ttaw.co.uk/

St.Mellons Table Tennis Festival

St.Mellons Table Tennis Club are linking up with Sport.Cardiff 5x60 Programme to run a Table Tennis Festival for local schools to come to the Table Tennis Club and take part in the fun filled sport.

Locals schools such as Rumney High, Llanrumney and St.Illtyds will be making the trip on Wednesday 3rd March at 4.00pm down to St.Mellons Community Centre and will have the chance to see Table Tennis played at a high level with South Wales Development Coach Simon Oyler leading the Festival accompanied by Wales National Coach an 9 Times Welsh Champion Ryan Jenkins.

On the day Simon and Ryan will be putting on an Exhibition and showing how table tennis is played, also there will be a bat skills workshop, structured coaching session, and small Competitions running for all participants to enjoy the competitive side of the sport.


The aim for this is to create a exit route and community link with the schools in order to give children in the local area the opportunity to take part in sport and create opportunities for them.

Cardiff Closed Championships

Cardiff and District Table Tennis League are going to be running their Cardiff Closed
Championships at the Welsh Institute Of Sport on Saturday 27th March 2010 in the Jubilee Hall.

Competitions on the day are-

Junior Championship - 9.30am
Veterans (over 40) - 9.30am
Veterans (over 55's) - 9.30am
Womens Championship - 9.30am
Open Championship - 1.00pm
Division 2/3 Open - 3.00pm
Handicap Competition - 3.00pm

Raining Champion Owen Clutterbuck is looking to win his 9th Cardiff Senior Title in what could be the strongest entry for year with players such as Nathan Thomas, Neil Wright, Nick Brown, Simon Oyler, Ceri James, Scott Cundy looking to spoil the party for the raining champion

There will also be a Hard Bat event held at the Welsh Institute of Sport on Thursday 15th April at 7.00pm

This event held some great matches last season with Nick Brown beating Owen Clutterbuck and Simon Oyler taking down Hard Bat King Neil Wright, Setting up an exciting final where Nick Brown took the title winning 31-26

For information and entry form please contact
Roy Gibson at roygibson@ntlworld.com or Chris Davies at sarah_chris.davies@ntlworld.com