Elite Players
Hursey Reaches Her First WTT Senior Final
Anna Hursey has taken the silver medal at the WTT Feeder event in Doha, Qatar in her first senior final on the world tour. In the final Hursey came up against an inform Joan Zeng of Singapore (World Ranked 62) who continued that good form to take the final 3-0. While the final wasn’t…
Read MoreEuropean 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 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 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 MoreFinland Provides Valuable International Experience for Welsh Players
Welsh players take valuable learnings and experience from the Finlandia Open which took place in Lohja, Finland between the 2nd and 5th December. With opportunities to compete on the senior international stage limited over the last 18 months due to COVID-19 it was a delight to see that the Finlandia Open back on…
Read MoreHome Countries Championships Largs, Scotland 12th-14th November 2021
Wales Win 10 Medals at Home Countries Championships Largs, Scotland was the destination for the first Home Countries Championships since the COVID-19 Pandemic with a team of 10 players representing Wales across the Men’s, Woman’s, Junior Boys, Cadet Boys and Cadet Girls events. After 3 days of play the team walked away with 10…
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…
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