International
World Ranking
Welsh players continue to feature to the latest ITTF ranking list (June 2018) Charlotte Carey still remains just outside the top 100. Anna Hursey drops on the women’s list but gains 7 places in the U15 list and sits at 14th in the World (6 in Europe). Chloe Thomas and Beth Roberts feature after their…
Read MoreITTF Polish Open (Update)
Anna Hursey and USA team mate Tia Lynn Hsieh, made it through to the QF of the cadet girls team event this morning but lost out to the higher ranked Romanian team 3/0. After defeating Poland D, Greece and Slovakia yesterday it was just a bridge too far against Zaharia (World number 2) and her…
Read MoreSpanish Vets Open
NEWS Spain Costa Durada Vets tournament (Pictures courtesy of John Hook) John Hook won the Over 60’s doubles along with Simon Heaps. In the singles John lost in the semi of the Over 60’s. Dennis Bromage reached the semi finalists in the Over 70’s singles. Well done from us all at TTW… …
Read MoreITTF Thailand Open
Charlotte Carey flew straight out of the UK to Asia to compete at the ITTF Thailand Open which starts today. The Welsh Champion avoids the challenge of navigating through the qualification groups due to being seeded 15th on the list of competitiors. Charlotte begins her campaign against a qualifier on Friday at 08:55 UK time.…
Read MoreSlovenian Para Open
Thirteen British players including Tom Matthews (men’s class 1), Paul Karabardak men’s class 6) and Josh Stacey (men’s class 9) are through to today’s knockout stages at the PTT Slovenian Open in Lasko. Yesterday’s Report: In his first match Welshman Matthews battled his way past the experienced Sylvio Keller from Switzerland…
Read More3 Medals in a Month!
Josh Stacey has added yet more medals to his collection at the recent Slovakian Para Open. The Commonwealth Bronze medalist added a Team Silver to the Bronze he won in the singles a few days ago. This means he has won 3 medals in a month!!! Josh now moves onto the Slovenian Para Open next…
Read MoreNo Final Spot For Wales In Halmstad
Wales lost out to Malaysia in the semi finals of Division 3 last night to end their dreams of glory in Halmstad. Beth Roberts was unfortunate to lose out to number Ho Ying 3/0 (10/12, 9/11, 10/12) after several set points couldn’t be converted. Charlotte then lost her first match of a great competition to…
Read MoreWJC French Open – France (Updated)
Yameen Al-Dahiri, Lara Whitton and Lydia John got some wins at the ITTF World Junior Circuit in Metz this week. Lara won 1 out of 3 in the Cadet Girls singles. Lydia beat her Finland opponent in the Junior girls singles and Yameen had a great win against a Chinese Taipei player in the…
Read MorePaul & Tom Claim Gold at UK Championships
UK Para Table Tennis Championships 2018 Paul Karabardak & Tom Matthews both won Gold’s in their respective categories at the UK Para Championships held in Grantham on 21/22nd April. Josh Stacey added a Gold in the doubles event also. The Welsh Squad won 3 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze over the 2 days. …
Read MoreInternational Schools – Worcester
Selections have been announced for the players representing Wales at the International Schools on 22-24th June at Worcester University against the other Home Nations: U18 Girls Jamie-Lee Harley & Beth Richards U18 Boys Benedict Watson & Abhishek Bathula U16 Girls Libby Owen & Morgan Day-Davies U16 Boys Jack O’Duffy & Joseph Roberts U14 Girls…
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