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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…
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…
Read MoreHome 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
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