Cathays Summer Festival

Cathays Table Tennis Summer Festival will be ran in the first week of the summer holidays.
Open to all pupils attending a Cardiff School

Dates:

Wednesday 21st June - Training Camp- 9.30am-12.00pm
Thursday 22nd June - Training Camp - 9.30am-12.00pm

Friday 23rd June - Tournament Starting at 10.00am

- Primary School Event
- Year 7-9 event
- Year 10 +

For more details and how to apply for the Summer Festival please contact

Festival Organiser
Simon Oyler at simon_oyler_1@hotmail.com

Hereford Grand Prix Report

Wales players flying in Hereford GP
Day 1 - Wales have 4 winners....

Women’s Band 2
Gosia Muda (Mi) beat Claire Ford (WAL) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7

Women’s Band 3
Round Robin won by Nicole Hall (WAL) and runner up Ann Barnes (Gs)

Men’s Band 3
Dan O’Connell (WAL) beat Dean Cundy (WAL) 6-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-9

Men’s Band 4
Simon Oyler (WAL) beat Josh Jenkins (WAL) 11-6, 15-13, 10-12, 11-6

Men’s Band 5
Simon Oyler (WAL) beat Mike White (Sx) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6

Day 2
There were some great matches involving Dan O'Connell and Dean Cundy but our only winner on the Sunday was Naomi Owen

Women’s Open. Naomi Owen (WAL) beat Lauren Spink 11-4, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8

Luxembourg Junior Open

Luxembourg Junior Open
Six players from Wales made the long trip to Luxembourg for the 26th Luxembourg International Youth Table Tennis Championships.

Please visit the Table Tennis Association Of Wales webpage to find out how the players got on

http://www.ttaw.co.uk/

South Africa Visit Cathays High Academy

South Africa may be at the centre of the football world at the moment, but pupils at a Cardiff school have been pitting their wits against some of the country’s other top sporting stars.

Number one Shane Overmayer and his team-mates took a break from a Test series against Wales to visit Cathays High’s table tennis academy.

Take a full look at the story on the link below

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/parklife/2010/06/16/table-tennis-cathays-pupils-dine-out-at-the-top-table-91466-26656510/

5 Minutes With National Coach ...

Ryan Jenkins, 31, from the Rhondda Valleys is the Table Tennis Association of Wales (TTAW) National Coach. Still playing at the highest level, after a glittering career as a top ranked international player, Jenkins took some time out from his busy schedule for some table time with Sport Wales to give his spin on what’s happening in the world of Welsh Table Tennis.

Click on the link below for full details

http://www.sportwales.org.uk/26091?diablo.lang=eng

South Africa Visit Cathays Table Tennis Academy

On Thursday 10th June the South Afircan Table Tennis Squad will Visit Cathays High School Table Tennis Academy.
They are Currently in Wales playing test matches against the Welsh Squad in their preparation for the Commonwealth Games.
They will be putting on an Exhibition, practising with the young players from the Academy, and also giving them some tips and guidence for the future of our young stars.

This will be taking place at Lunchtime in the School Gymnasium.

Please come along and see some Top Players preparing for the Commonwealth Games 2010 in India

Wales Vs South Africa First Test Match!

The First Test Match Between Wales and South Africa was played today Wednesday 9th June at the Sport Wales National Centre.

With Wales having their top players away it was up to Welsh Number 2 and National coach Ryan Jenkins, Patrick Thomas and Simon Oyler to produce the goods for the Welsh Team.

Ryan got Wales of to a great start beating South African Number 2 Theo Cogill 3-1.
Patrick then went up against the Springbox Number 1 Shane Overmayer and lost in 3 close games 11-7,11-8,11-7, making the match 1-1.
Simon Oyler then stepped up against Luke Abrahams, After being 9-7 up in the first Luke pulled it back to win 11-9. The second game proved to be even closer, with the score tied at 10-10 Luke held on to win 12-10, and grew in confidence to take the next set 11-5.
Ryan then stepped up and took down the Number 1 Shane Overmayer 3-0.
This tied the game at 2-2, so it was down to the last match between Patrick Thomas and Theo Cogill,
Theo took the first game 11-6, Then Patrick stepped up his game and took the 2nd 11-5 after playing some great table tennis, in the 3rd it was a closely fought match but the South African stepped up his game to take the 3rd and then the 4th after playing some outstanding shots.
This ment the first Test Match went to South Africa.

Final Score Wales 2-3 South Africa

The Second Test will be played Tomorrow Thursday 10th June.

Half Term Training Camps

Through the half term Cathays Academy Head Coach Simon Oyler is running a Two Day Training Camp for players from across South Wales to attend.
Training will include, Bat Skills, Exercises and Fun Games.

Open to all Junior Players Across Cardiff, Bridgend and Rhondda Valleys

Why not take this opportunity to practise and improve your table tennis skills!!

Information:
Venue: Cathays High School (Lower Hall & Gymnasium)
Dates: Wednesday 2nd June, Thursday 3rd June 2010
Time:  9.30am- 12.00pm
The session will cost £2 Per Day
(Cathays Academy players attend for free)

Hope to see you there!!

I Am A EuroKid !!

Laura Edwards and Jac Jenkins have completed their week long training at the Olympic centre in Lugnano, Italy at the EuroKids Camp with 70 other players.

Laura won the consolation singles at the Friday tournament, finishing 13th. Jac finished 18th beating Irish and Malta opponents.

The camp was taken by Croatian coach Branka Batinic

Visit:
http://www.ettu.org/public/Image/Eurokids_Lignano.pdf

http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21116&Category=general&Competition_ID

Cathays Academy In Local Press

After winning the Team Championships of Wales Division 4 Cathays Table Tennis Academy made the local press. The South Wales Echo published a piece on the Academy and how they are building and making great strides forward.

Check out the link below for the piece in the local paper

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/parklife/2010/05/19/table-tennis-cathays-high-at-the-top-table-in-division-four-91466-26471867/

Welsh Secondary Schools Championships

Lee Morgan and Charlotte Carey confirmed their places for the Welsh team in the UK School Games in September as they won the boys and girls singles respectively today at the Sport Wales National Centre.

Having got through his group unscathed, Lee played Steve Fawkes (3-1) in round 1, Ashley Stravakis (3-1) in round 2 and then Matt Lancey in the semi finals (3-1). Conor Edwards meanwhile was making way in the other half of the draw with 5 set battles against Stefan Jeczalik in round 1, and Chris Griffiths in the Q final. Chris had two match points in the 5th end. Conor then faced number 1 seed Josh Jenkins in his semi final. Conor managed to stay close to the table and exchange spins with Josh that forced too many errors from the Swansea player and Conor moved into the final winning 3-2.

In the final Conor had plenty of chances but failed to put away the high balls he was given. Lee upped the quality in the 4th and 5th sets to win the event and book his place to Gateshead for the School Games.

Other notable wins was from Ryan Oyler against Jared Parsons in round 1.

Charlotte won the girls competition against Hannah Avery 3-0 in their final. Hannah beat Nicole Hall 3-2 in the semi final whilst Charlotte beat Sadie Edwards 3-0. Nicole had a chance in the group against Charlotte at 2-2 in sets, but the Ebbw Vale star found extra motivation to win the 5th set comfortably.

Nantymoel’s Sharlene Williams beat Greenhouse girl Naomi James 3-1 in the girls’ consolation event. Cathays High player Inthrayut Kongchun was victorious against 11 year old Callum Evans of Tonyrefail 3-1 in the boy’s consolation final.

RESULTS:
Open Singles

Charlotte Carey bt Hannah Avery 3-0 [10,8,10]

Lee Morgan bt Conor Edwards 3-2 [-8,13,-14,2,5]

Consolation

Sharlene Williams bt Naomi James 3-1 [9,-11,6,10]

Inthrayut Kongchun bt Callum Evans 3-1 [-4,,9,6,11]

Cathays Table Tennis Academy had 7 entries for the Secondary schools tournament, all the players gained valuable experiances from this tournament and Kongchun came away with the consolation event prize!

O2 Sponsor Cathays Academy

Cathays Table Tennis Academy recieved grant from O2 'Its Your Community'

This will support Cathays an will be put towards new eqiupment for the club.

A Big Thank You to the O2 Community Team.

Welsh Under 13's Championships

Congratulations to Both Beth Roberts and Chris Griffiths for becoming Welsh Under 13's Champions

Ferndale Based Chris Griffiths had a great tournament and played some brilliant table tennis on route to taking the title, he has won 3 Under 13's tournaments in England and now he won his first Welsh title andthe biggest one of the Season by beating Ashley Perry in the final,

Beth Roberts took her Second Under 13's Welsh title after regaining it for the second year by beating Caitlin Williams in the final,

Callum Evans and Soffi Jenkins won Consulation events

Team Championships of Wales

Bridgend A regained their Welsh Team titles again in the top Junior and Senior Divisions, with Greenhouse TTK taking Runners up Spots in both team events.
In Division 2 of Juniors TTK Greenhouse took the top 3 spots with Tonyrefial taking 1st place, 2nd place going to Tonypandy and Ferndale finishing in 3rd place.
TTk Greenhouse took the top 3 Spots again in Division 3 of the Junior Chanmpionships with Cardiff Centre of Excellence Squad members Liam Winders and Ethan Lewis along with Steven Fawkes taking the title back to Ferndale for the B Team, Tonyrefail claimed Runners Up spot with Ferndale C gaining a valuable 3rd spot.
Division 4 of the Team Chamnpionships of Wales went to Cardiff based Cathays Academy after they piped TTK Greenhouse Tonypandy B to the title in the Final match going to Cathays 4-3.

This has been a great and successful season for Clubs in the South Wales Area.

For more details on the Team Championships of Wales go to http://www.ttaw.co.uk/

Cathays Crowned Champions!!

Cathays High School Academy where crowned Champions of Division 4 of the Team Championships of Wales 2010.

Cathays Cardiff team consisting of Tom Goodall, Inthrayut Kongchun, Emmanuel Olaoye and Kian Emadi played well all season and have now been rewarded for their hard work. This is a great achievement for Cathays Table Tennis Academy in their first season of the competition.

It all came down to the final day with Tonypandy tied at the top of the table with Cathays.

Cathays High beat local rivals Radyr 'A' 4-3 and sweeped aside North Gwent 'B' 7-0.

Tonypandy beat North Gwent 6-1 and fought back from 3-1 down to beat Radyr 'A' 4-3.

Cathays then faced Tonypandy to see who would be crowned Champions. It was Cathays who raced to a 2-0 lead with Tom Goodall and Inthrayut Kongchun winning there opening games, Tonypandy then pulled a game back with Rob Tyler of Tonypandy beating Kian Emadi to make it 2-1, Cathays then won the Doubles to make the score 3-1 in favour of Cathays. This ment one more win would hand the title to Cathays, Tom Goodall had a tough match against Naomi James and went down in a closely fought game to take away Tom Goodalls unbeaten record. Inthrayut Kongchun then Stepped up his game to beat Rob Tyler 3-0 to hand the title to Cathays Academy, Callum Evans pulled a consolation point back for Tonypandy to make the final score 4-3 to Cathays.

Tom Goodall also finished top of the Individual standings winning 19 Matches out of 20!

Congratulations to Cathays High School Academy!!