Posts by Chelsea Quickfall
Women & Girls Legacy Fund
🏓 Women & Girls Legacy Fund – Now Open! Table Tennis Wales is proud to launch the Women & Girls Legacy Fund, celebrating a historic milestone as the Welsh Women’s Team qualifies for the World Championships. This incredible achievement is not just a moment of pride—it’s a catalyst to inspire lasting change across communities in…
Read MoreMay 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
Read MoreAnna 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…
Read MoreFourth 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…
Read MoreFrom 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…
Read MoreTeam 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…
Read MoreSwansea 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…
Read MoreButterfly 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…
Read MoreMore Ping Pong Parkinson’s medal success for Martyn Symons
Following on from the bronze he won in the Open Singles at the Ping Pong Parkinson’s UK National Championship in St Neots (21 August), Martyn Symons has continued his run of medal winning success at two major tournaments in Germany. Photos provided by Martyn Martyn, who was born and grew up in New Tredegar, played…
Read MoreThe buzz of top Table Tennis competition returns with the Team Championships of Wales
View our full weekend report here After a long and Covid-19 enforced layoff, competition of the highest quality returned to the Main Hall at Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff where Table Tennis Wales hosted the Team Championships of Wales on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October 2021. There was a magnificent buzz in the…
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