Posts by Chelsea Quickfall
The prestigious Team Championships of Wales are back!
**PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST WEEKEND!!** After an 18 month break due the Covid 19 pandemic, competitions are back in Wales! Returning on the 16th and 17th of October at Sport Wales, the prestigious Team Championships of Wales will lead the way. Starting off the 21-22 season, the popular team event will…
Read MoreTremendous Performances from our GB Para Table Tennis Players in the Teams’ Events in Tokyo
PAUL KARABARDAK AND WILL BAYLEY TAKE SILVER Paul Karabardak and Will Bayley gave their all in the final and battled hard but they eventually lost out to a very strong Chinese team. After a fantastic performance in the semi-final when Karabardak and Bayley beat Spain, their opponents in the final were the men’s class 7…
Read MoreETTU Teams Qualifying Event Review
Belgrade, Serbia was the destination for the 2021 GAZPROM European Table Tennis Championships qualifying event. Wales had both a Men’s and Women’s team hoping to qualify for the finals in Cluj, Romania. The event format saw 2 chances to qualify, firstly in stage 1 which was a group stage and the winner’s of each group…
Read MoreIt’s Super Saturday as our GB Para Table Tennis Players Shine in Tokyo!
PAUL KARABARDAK AND TOM MATTHEWS BOTH CLAIM BRONZE It’s a day of celebration for our Welsh players with both Paul Karabardak and Tom Matthews adding to the Paralympics GB medal tally. Men’s Singles Class 1 In the semi-final Tom Matthews faced the World Champion Hyeon Uk Kim and it was the Korean who took the…
Read MoreBeth Richards replaces Anna Hursey in Woman’s Team for ETTU European Championships Qualification Event
Beth Richards has replaced Anna Hursey in the Woman’s Team for the ETTU European Championships after Anna has unfortunately had to withdraw from the team due to an injury. We wish Anna all the best with her rehabilitation. Beth will now join Charlotte Carey, Chloe Thomas Wu Zhang and Danielle Kelly in the Woman’s team…
Read MoreTable Tennis Trio fly the flag for Wales out in Tokyo
Good luck to our Table Tennis Trio, flying the flag for Wales and Paralympics GB out in Tokyo! Josh Stacey, Paul Karabardak and Tom Matthews will represent Paralympics GB as the Paralympic Games in Tokyo kick-start today. We are so proud of you and will be cheering you on from back home?? Unfortunately Rob Davies…
Read MoreTees Sport and Butterfly confirm continued support of British Para Table Tennis
Butterfly and Tees Sport, the UK’s premier suppliers of table tennis equipment, has today confirmed that it will continue to support the British Para Table Tennis Team with a contract that will supply the team with Butterfly clothing and equipment beyond Paris 2024. The agreement covers all the squads in the programme, from the elite…
Read MoreTable Tennis Wales Head to Serbia in Search of Euro Team Finals Spots
Table Tennis Wales are delighted to announce the team selections for the ETTU European Team Championships Qualifying Event taking place in Belgrade, Serbia between the 27th -30th August 2021. Both the Men’s and Woman’s team will be in search of a qualification spot for the ETTU European Team Championships Finals which are being held in…
Read MoreAnna Hursey Heads to Croatia in Search of European Medal at the ETTU European Youth Championships
Anna Hursey will be Wales’s only representative at the ETTU European Youth Championships in Varazdin, Croatia which starts this week. Anna will be in action in the Cadet Girls Singles, Cadet Girls Doubles with partner Matilde Pinto of Portugal as well as the Cadet Mixed Doubles where Anna will partner Tom Closset of Belgium. This…
Read MoreMartyn Symons to represent Wales at the UK’s first Ping Pong Parkinson’s UK National Championship in August 2021
Martyn Symons won’t be just Wales’ only player at the UK’s first Ping Pong Parkinson’s UK National Championship later this year – he is also one of a group of individuals raising awareness and encouraging people with the neurological disease to take up the game as part of their physical and mental wellbeing. Martyn, who…
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