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Tees 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 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…
Read MoreDouble WTT Youth Star win for Anna in Tunisia
Anna Hursey was on winning form once again in the WTT Youth Star Contender tournament – this time winning both the Under 15 Girls’ Doubles and Under 15 Girls’ Singles in Tunisia. Having beaten local girls Balkis Suissi/Ela Saidi 0-3 in the quarter finals and Iuliia Pugovkina/Sofia Umauets of Russia 0-3 in the semis, Anna…
Read MoreCharlotte Carey played at ‘another level’ during the European Singles Qualification Tournament
Table Tennis Wales National Coach Stephen Jenkins says that Charlotte Carey has ‘reached another level’ after a stunning performance at the European Singles Qualification Tournament (21-25 April), during which she twice beat higher world ranking players and came close to beating a player ranked 88 places above her. In her last qualifying tournament ahead…
Read MoreAspire player Darcey Taylor back in action at Cadet (u15’s) Competition
With many of us looking forward to getting back to playing competitive table tennis, and last season having to come to a swift halt last March, Aspire squad player Darcey Taylor, saw an opportunity to get back to it by taking part in the Nottingham Sycamore junior tournament last weekend. Current under 11 National Champion,…
Read MoreVeterans Home Nations Tournament Cancelled
The veterans Home Nations event that was due to take place in Ireland on the weekend of the 10th-12th September 2021 has been cancelled. The Irish Table Tennis Veteran society are disappointed that they can not hold this event, but due to the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, vaccinations and travel it is just impossible to guarantee a safe and…
Read MoreNational Championships Postponed & Team Championships Cancelled
The scheduled national championships 30th & 31st January 2021 has unfortunately been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The national championships will be held later in the year. We will let you know of the date as soon as it’s been confirmed. The Team Championships of Wales has also been cancelled for the 2020/21 season.…
Read MoreSilver Success for Carey at Spanish Masters
Charlotte Carey was in sizzling form in return to action at the Spanish Masters earlier this month earning a fantastic silver medal against a very competitive field. Charlotte defeated 3 higher ranked opponents along the way. Only falling short to Bruna Takahashi, the world number 47 in the final. Having been handed an extremely tough…
Read MoreITTF German Open
Defeat for Welsh Champion Charlotte Carey at the ITTF German Open yesterday, which is being held at the Ge-Tec arena in Magdeburg Full website – https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5139/2020-ittf-world-tour-platinum-german-open/#information Carey, ranked currently at number 159 on the ITTF world rankings lost 4/1 to the higher ranked Hungarian Dora Madarasz (who is at number 64) https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE5139/results.html#/profile/113587 The scores were…
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