Elite Players
Home 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…
Read MoreIt’s Super Saturday as our GB Para Table Tennis Players Shine in Tokyo!
PAUL KARABARDAK AND TOM MATTHEWS BOTH CLAIM BRONZE It’s a day of celebration for our Welsh players with both Paul Karabardak and Tom Matthews adding to the Paralympics GB medal tally. Men’s Singles Class 1 In the semi-final Tom Matthews faced the World Champion Hyeon Uk Kim and it was the Korean who took the…
Read MoreBeth Richards replaces Anna Hursey in Woman’s Team for ETTU European Championships Qualification Event
Beth Richards has replaced Anna Hursey in the Woman’s Team for the ETTU European Championships after Anna has unfortunately had to withdraw from the team due to an injury. We wish Anna all the best with her rehabilitation. Beth will now join Charlotte Carey, Chloe Thomas Wu Zhang and Danielle Kelly in the Woman’s team…
Read MoreTable Tennis Trio fly the flag for Wales out in Tokyo
Good luck to our Table Tennis Trio, flying the flag for Wales and Paralympics GB out in Tokyo! Josh Stacey, Paul Karabardak and Tom Matthews will represent Paralympics GB as the Paralympic Games in Tokyo kick-start today. We are so proud of you and will be cheering you on from back home?? Unfortunately Rob Davies…
Read MoreTees 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 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 MoreHursey wins U17 WTT Youth Contender trophy
Fourteen-year old Anna Hursey has won the inaugural WTT Youth Contender trophy in Portugal – scoring a thrilling 3-2 victory in the Under 17 girls singles final. It was Hursey’s first singles title on the international stage. Hursey qualified for the final in Vila Real by beating Annett Kaufmann (Germany) in the last 16 round,…
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