Posts by Chelsea Quickfall
High Performance – Thailand
Anna Hursey has touched down in Bangkok for another elite ITTF performance camp with some of the best cadet and junior players in the world. The camp runs, under the guidance of ITTF head coach Massimo Costantini, from May 7-13th. From there the players move to Fashion Island for the ITTF cadet & junior ITTF…
Read MoreITTF Slovenia Open
The Slovenia Open comes to an end with Charlotte and Callum both losing earlier today (9/5/19). Charlotte lost to Nagyvardia 3 straight whilst Callum lost to Ahmadian in the closest of margins, 9/11 in the final set. Early in the morning Callum lost to Russian Sudomenko 3/0. Dean lost both qualifying matches yesterday. The players…
Read MoreSlovenia Para Open
British Para Table Tennis Performance Director Gorazd Vecko is expecting one of the toughest challenges for his team ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo at next week’s PTT Slovenia Open in Lasko (May 8-11). “It will be the biggest tournament in Para table tennis history with more than 450 players from 48 countries,”…
Read MoreWorld Championships
Welsh participation ended this morning on Day 3 of the ITTF Liebherr World Championships 2019 as Charlotte Carey lost out, in the closest of matches, to Zion Lee of Korea 4/3 This was the last 128 round The Korean is ranked 73 to Charlottes 133 before the match started (Match Stats – Charlotte right side)…
Read MoreITTF World Tour
Players such as Charlotte Carey & Callum Evans regularly enter events around the world on the ITTF circuit ITTF Events – https://www.ittf.com/ittf-world-tour/2019-ittf-world-tour/events/ other players such as Anna Hursey & Lara Whitton navigate through the World Junior Circuit programme to try and qualify for the end of year World Junior Championships or World Cadet Challenge See…
Read MoreTTW 200 Club
Table Tennis Wales started the 200 Club as way of fundraising to develop the sport across Wales. We want to grow the members in the club and are developing a new constitution so that everyone is clear about how it works. If you want more information on how it is developing you can view the…
Read MoreButterfly Team Championships of Wales 2019/2020
The entry form has been released to enter the forthcoming season’s TCW which takes place over 2 weekends The dates booked are as follows: Weekend 1 – 16/17th November 2019 @ Sport Wales National Centre Weekend 2 – 8/9th February 2020 @ Sport Wales National Centre Entry Form Link – http://ttwwebsite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Team-Championships-of-Wales-Rules-Entry-Form-for-season-2019-20.doc CLOSING DATE IS 10th…
Read More12Bet World Championships
The Welsh team consisting of Callum Evans, Josh Stacey, Charlotte Carey & Anna Hursey head to Budapest later this week to compete at the 12Bet ITTF World Championships. #ITTFWorlds2019 Follow the action here: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5000/liebherr-2019-ittf-world-table-tennis-championships/#information
Read MoreOut At the Q-Finals
Anna Hursey and Lara Whitton made it through to the Q-Finals of the Cadet Girls Team today losing to the mixed team of Croatia & Hungary. Both opponents rank inside the top 10 in Europe (Number 2 & 4) and are seeded number 2 in Metz this week. Anna was unbeaten throughout the day with…
Read MoreITTF French Youth Open
Day 1 of the French Open started in Metz and it was very much a learning experience for our players against some of the World’s Youngest elite stars. Beth Richards beat her French opponent in match 1 but couldn’t progress due to losses against Russian & English opponents. Lydia had a good chances but couldn’t…
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