Cardiff Schools League Launching

TTAW have linked up with Sport.Cardiff to Launch a new Cardiff Schools League which will see many schools from Cardiff playing competitive matches across the capitol.

Looking at some of the team lined up are Cathays High school who have a strong Inters team and a good Junior team, Whitchurch high school who have both catagories in as well as Ysgol Glantaf..

Radyr, Coprus Christi, Rumney High, Llanrumney High and St.Illttyds all have teams entered Along with some youth club teams.

The results will be on the Sport.Cardiff Website each week and will have a link on this blog also

Busy Weekend

This weekend is a busy weekend for Wales Table Tennis.

Team Wales travel to East Midlands for the East Midlands Junoir 4*Star

Also back on home turf, The 4th Wales Dragon Grand Prix takes place at Sport Wales National Centre.

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

Glamorgan Super League

On Monday 3rd January Charlotte Carey took the crown in the New Years Glamorgan Super League beating  Nathan Thomas in a tight 3-1 Match

Charlotte beat Ryan Flood 3-0 in the semi final, Whilst Nathan Thomas beat Ryan Owen 3-2 in the other semi finals

In the groups there were some surprise results with-
Hannah Avery bt Ryan Flood, Sharlene Williams bt Alex Prosser.

The winner of the Consolation was Ethan Lewis who bt Sharlene Williams 3/2.

The Next Session will be on February 6th at 3-30pm at Nantymoel

Entries by e mail to Dai Treharne at daitree@uwclub.net,

New Year Dates

Up and Coming Dates

3rd January - Glamorgan Super Series - Nantymoel (Bridgend)
9th January - Dragon Grand Prix Round 4 - Sport Wales National Centre (Cardiff)
15th January - North Gwent Junior Open - Abertillary Sport Centre
16th January - Team Championships of Wales Senior - Sport Wales National Centre
22nd January - Team Championships of Wales Junior - Sport Wales National Centre/Denbigh
26th-30th January - 66th English Open - Sheffield
29th-30th January - West of Scoland Open - Glasgow

2nd February - UWIC Table Tennis Academy Launched - Cyncoed Campus.

Cathays Christmas Tournament

Thursday 16th December held the players Christmas Tournament at Cathays High School Table Tennis Academy.

Some great table tennis was played and all enjoyed the Christmas Tournament

Final Positions-
1. Inthrayut Kongchun
2.Tom Goodall
3. Manyonge M
4. Haneef F
5. Tshepo K
6. Kobe H
7. Gethin J
8. Lee B
9. Alex B
10. Ayman A
11. Mohammed O
12. Albaara A
13. Bizhr A
14. Omer G
15. Sahyb Al
16. Ben Mc

Greenhouse Super Series 1

Greenhouse Super Series 1 (Held at Tonypandy)
Charlotte Carey and Ryan Oyler were winners in their respective age categories at the first installment of a 5 series tournament. Each tournament will allow players to earn points and an overall 'Grand Prix' points system will decide the winner.

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

Dragon Grand Prix Round 2

Round 2 Final Standings for Wales Dragon Grand Prix.
Places -

Under 11
1. Jack Cole
2. Niall Owen (Carmarthen)
3. Toby Johnston (Carmerthen)
4. Abbie Price
5. Harri Bryant (Carmarthen)
6. Bethany Brewer
7. Shelby Short
8. Britney Oran

Under 13
1. Ryan Lo
2. Callum Wescott
3. Huw Standen (Whitchurch Academy)
4. Kobe Hammouda (Cathays Academy)
5. Joseph Hurley
6. Josh Williams
7. Peter Morse (Penlan)
8. Macauley Morgan (Whitchuch Academy)
9. Manir Gailani (Cathays Academy)
10. Gethin Jones (Carmarthen)
11. Malachi Denton
12. Britney Oram
13. Jamie Walters
14. Tshepo Kegakametse (Cathays Academy)
15. Moy Trott
16. Ellis Kenealy
17. Keiron Lewis
18. Shelby Short
19. Nathan Marchant
20. Owen Pritchard
21. Abbie Price
22. Jordan Lewis (Whitchuch Academy)
23. Rhys Grant (Whitchuch Academy)

Under 15
1. Ryan Lo
2. Peter Morse (Penlan)
3. James Hughes (Cathays Academy)
4. Ben Evans
5. Lewis Steere (Whitchuch Academy)
6. Manir Gailani (Cathays Academy)
7. Kobe Hammouda (Cathays Academy)
8. George Nikolaou (Whitchuch Academy)

New UWIC Table Tennis Academy To Open

A new table tennis schools academy will be starting in February at UWIC to enhance the relationship the TTAW has with one of Britain's best Universities.

South Wales Regional Coach Simon Oyler will become the Head Coach at the New Academy which will see huge numbers of participants, Which will become the Third Table Tennis Academy to Open in the Capitol of Wales.
 
Sessions will run on Wednesday from 2nd February 2011
 
More details will follow soon!

Dragon Grand Prix Round 2 Preview

Sunday 28th November is the date for Round Two of the Dragon Grand Prix Series at the Sport Wales National Centre.

This sees 5 players from Cathay's Academy and 6 players from the New Whitchurch Academy take to the table to try and set their sights on the Grand Prix Series Titles.

Results will follow tomorrow!

Good Luck To All Taking Part.

New - Glamorgon Super League

A new Glamorgan superleague will take place at Nantymoel on the 5th December. It will cost £5 per person to enter and will offer table tennis of a high level which is essential for improvement. A "big" prize fund will be given out each night which will attract top players from not only Wales but maybe England also. Ideal opportunity to have a crack at some of the top players and show them what you can do!!


There are only 32 places available so please contact Dave Treharne to save a spot for you
daitree@uwclub.net

Bristol Grand Prix

Dan O’Connell had his best grand prix to date with a Q-Final spot in the men’s open singles. There he met Neil Charles who was on form and could have beat number 1 seed Gavin Rumgay in the S-Final. Rumgay eventually won that game 3-2 but lost to Ryan Jenkins in the final 0-3. It was Ryan’s second win against the number 1 Scottish International from Perth this season at the Grand Prix series.
Dan also reached the semi final of the band 1 losing to Alim Hirji 0-3 and won the band 2 event. Conor Edwards was a runner up in the band 4 event but had a good run in the U21 singles. He was also a semi finalist in band 5. Charlotte lost in the Q-Finals of both band 1 and women singles.
Angharad Phillips lost a close 1-3 to England number 3 Hannah Hicks in the women’s singles and the band 2 final to Yolanda King the previous day. Megan, who had 2 battles with her sister (won 1 lost 1), lost in the S-Final of the U21 singles today and lost in the Q-Final of band 1 yesterday. Meg was unfortunate not to beat Guernsey’s Alice Loveridge having had 3 match points.
Lewis Williams lost in the band 3 final to James Ward 0-3 and played very well the 2nd day with some fine wins throughout.
Other players to compete well from Wales were Dean and Scott Cundy, Nicole Hall, Stefan Jeczalik, Alex Prosser, Nathan Thomas, Julie Furber, Neil Wright, Ceri James, Alex O’Connell and Max Clews.

South Conference League

South Wales Conference League has come to the final matches in the first Session of the Season.

Cathay's Academy A are standing second in Division 3 and are looking to secure promotion back into Division 2, Cathay's C are standing joint top and have secured promotion into Division 3 with Cathay's B just behind in 3rd position.

Full Details will follow after the Last Matches of the First Session of 4

Team Championships of Wales Weekend 2 Preview

Cathays will be taking to the courts again on November 21st and will be itching to better themselves this time around, With both teams finding the going tough in the previous weekend on the Team Championships of Wales losing 6 out of 6 team matches the squad will be looking to get of the mark with wins and climb back up the table.

Tom Goodall showed some great stuff last time around coming away with some good wins, Beating Welsh players Ashley Perry, Liam Winders and Thomas Hayden and Narrowly losing to Max Clews 11-13 in the 5th Set.

Good Luck to them next Saturday at the Team Championships of Wales

New Academy Launched

Whitchurch High School have become the newest school in the Capitol to set up a Table Tennis Academy.
This was set up by the TTAW Development coach Simon Oyler, with the help of 5x60 officer at Whitchurch and National coach Ryan Jenkins. It is a huge School with over 2300 pupils attending.

Sessions have been running every week and have been producing huge numbers and is already showing some good potential. Last month 7 players from the school took part in the Dragon Grand Prix event run by TTAW at the Sport Wales National Centre.
On November 28th 8 players from wchitchurch will be taking part in the 2nd Dragon Grand Prix of the Season and are looking to gain some experiance to push on their levels of participation.

Keep a look out on the blog for more news on the New Academy!!

Team Championships of Wales

The First fixtures of the Team Championships of Wales takes place on Sunday 31st October.

This Season Cathays have entered two teams in the Championships and will be looking to follow up on a successful season last time around, Cathays A will have to up the game in order to compete in Division 2, Whilst Cathays B will be showing what they have got in Division 3.

Good Luck to all taking part in the Team Championships of Wales this weekend.