Posts by Marc Gonzalez
New tournament shows strength of Para Table Tennis in Wales
The British Para Table Tennis Grand Prix series continues on July 15-16 with the inaugural Merthyr Tydfil Grand Prix, which is being organised in partnership with Table Tennis Wales and The College Merthyr Tydfil. Welsh players feature prominently in the British Para Table Tennis Performance Squad, which includes Commonwealth champion and World silver medallist Joshua…
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Carey in Krakow on Team GB duty at European Games Charlotte Carey is currently in Krakow, Poland representing Team GB at the 2023 European Games. Carey heads to her second European Games, after competing at the 2019 games in Minsk, as one of six table tennis athletes among a team of 178 athletes across…
Read MoreTable Tennis Wales agrees a new partnership with SPORTTAPE
Table Tennis Wales is thrilled to announce its exciting new partnership with Sporttape, a leading supplier of athletic tapes and strapping solutions. This collaboration aims to enhance the performance and well-being of table tennis players across Wales. By joining forces with Sporttape, Table Tennis Wales aims to provide its athletes with top-quality sports tapes and…
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European Team Qualification – Stage 2 Osijek
The women’s team went to Osijek aiming to come away with European team qualification. There were some really close matches, with the girls almost qualifying in the group stages but coming just short. But they managed to pull off a great win in the next round. The team: Charlotte Carey, Anna Hursey, Lara Whitton…
Read MoreKarabardak, Davies & Stacey reign supreme in Sheffield
The British Para National Championships took place in Sheffield over the weekend with 6 Welsh players bringing home 10 medals. Saturday morning saw the individual classes events take place with our players playing across 5 different classes. In class 1 the withdrawal of Tom Matthews left 4 time European Champion Rob Davies as Wales only…
Read MoreCharlotte Carey Qualifies for World Championships
Charlotte Carey will be Wales only representative at the 2023 ITTF World Championships. Charlotte as been allocated a Woman’s Singles slot from the World Ranking Allocation Slots in the qualification process. Charlotte Carey – “Really excited to qualify for another World Championships! It’s getting tougher now to qualify as it’s a smaller event based on…
Read MoreANNA HURSEY – Reaches two quarter finals in Sarajevo
16-year-old Anna Hursey reached two quarter finals (women’s doubles and singles) at the under 21 European championships. Anna was seeded outside the top 16 but played some incredible Table Tennis along the way. In the singles event, Anna beat the number three seed Ozge Yilmaz 4-0, and number ten seed Helga Dari 4-1 to reach…
Read MoreSad news for the Table Tennis Wales community.
David Treharne has passed away. He was the Bridgend head coach for over 30 years. He also run Glamorgan County for many years and was on the board at Table Tennis Wales. He used to help and coach at international events, and this was all done on a voluntary basis. He has produced many Welsh…
Read MoreHome Nations Camp at Nottingham
Last week our Welsh players Lily Walters, Daniel Mead and Harry Street went to the Home Nations training camp at Nottingham University. The three dragons were training with players from Scotland, Ireland and England. Lead by Kelly Sibley and supported by multiple coaches from each country. The training camp was over three days. They…
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