May 2025 Newsletter

CEO Update May 2025 Newsletter The May edition of the Table Tennis Wales CEO update is here.   Click below to see a round up of many of the recent highlights from within our clubs and squads.   May 2025 Newsletter  

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Anna Hursey’s Triumph Fuels Optimism in GB Table Tennis Pathway

Anna Hursey’s remarkable performance in the European Under-21 Championships has underscored her position as one of the brightest talents in table tennis while also highlighting the momentum building within the GB table tennis programme. In Bratislava, Hursey won both singles and doubles gold, marking her fifth consecutive tournament victory since early April, including a win…

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Fourth Commonwealth Games call up for umpire Jackie Williams

Jackie Williams has been selected to umpire at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham – her fourth appearance at the tournament. As the only female Blue Badge umpire in the UK, Jackie made her Commonwealth Games debut in Delhi in 2001 – and went on to umpire at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2009…

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From Nigeria to the Welsh League – via a bakery!

Sammy Ogunade has been playing table tennis for over 30 years but it was whilst working in a bakery that his sporting talent came to light, and via the smell of cake mix and the sweet taste of icing sugar a path to the Welsh League was formed. Sammy was born in Nigeria, where he…

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Team Championships of Wales Update

Dear Team Captains/Players/Staff/Volunteers, This is a message regarding queries to the Team Championships of Wales due to be held on Saturday 29th January and Sunday 30th January 2022.  When the new Government guidelines came into effect on the 26th of December, they put us into ‘Alert Level 2’ for a currently unknown time frame. For…

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Swansea Open 2022

As part of the ever-developing Swansea University Table Tennis programme, a yearly international Swansea Open, returning for its second year after a covid break, will take place on the 26th and 27th of February at the University’s Sketty Lane Sports centre, home of the Welsh National Pool. The two-day event will see events from U…

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Butterfly selected for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Butterfly table tennis equipment as distributed by Ransome Sporting Goods in the UK have been selected for the table tennis competition in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Alastair Henderson, Head of Sponsor Services at Birmingham 2022 said: “Our suppliersplay a pivotal role in making Birmingham 2022 an outstanding Games, each bringing a high level of…

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Home Nations Teams Selection

The Home Countries event will take place in Largs, Scotland, from November 12-14. It will see five boys and five girls competing for Wales across three age groups – Cadet, Junior and Senior. Coaches include Stephen Jenkins, Joshua Morgan, Matt Porter and Cerys Evans. Stephen Jenkins said, “It’s great for our national teams to be competing…

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