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Callum Evans will be a name familiar with many throughout the table tennis community in Wales. As Table Tennis Wales’ South East Regional Development Officer, his passion for the sport comes through in his work as well as his own exploits on the table. Amazingly, he started playing as a year-seven pupil forced inside by…

Now a Table Tennis Wales Board Member, Aled-Rhys Howell started his table tennis journey as a 10-year-old playing on his kitchen table. Soon after, he joined Llanelli TTC and fell in love with the sport after playing in a club competition in his third week of membership. And it wasn’t long until Aled-Rhys started competing…

Welsh table tennis sensation Anna Hursey added another prestigious medal to her growing collection at the 2024 ITTF World Youth Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden this in November. Competing across three categories, Hursey’s standout performance came in the U19 Girls Doubles, where she claimed a well-deserved bronze medal, continuing her impressive streak of international success. Hursey’s…

In early November, Cam Gears TTC welcomed table tennis enthusiasts from across the south west as the Swansea Closed took place.  As players of varying ages competed in a range of categories, there was fantastic table tennis on display, with all players contributing to a fantastic competition throughout. The Swansea region had a particularly impressive…

First picking up a bat when Rhondda TTC’s Norman Jenkins organised lunchtime sessions in her primary school, Lily Walters has described how she felt an “immediate connection” with the sport for her. From the days of those full-of-fun sessions to being recruited for Rhondda TTC and subsequently making the Welsh Aspire squad at the age…

Welsh star Anna Hursey is heading off to the 2024 ITTF World Youth Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden this weekend.  Competing in the U19 Girls, U19 Doubles and U19 Mixed Doubles, Anna looks set to begin her campaign on Sunday 24 November. In the U19 Doubles event, Anna will once again look for success with Germany’s…

The 2024 Merthyr Junior Open ran on Friday 1 November, marking the second time that the event had been held at Merthyr College. There were more entries than last year, with nearly every event being at full capacity, attracting players of all ages and abilities to the college. The four categories on show during the…

Born in Barry on 6th May 1935, George started playing table tennis when he joined his local YMCA at the age of 10. At 15, he won both the Barry junior and senior tournaments on the same day, as well as becoming Welsh junior champion. He went on to become a renowned Welsh table tennis…

Welsh players Jacob Wicks and Tom Matthews both won titles at the British Para National Table Tennis Championships at the start of November. The only two Welsh representatives at the event, Jacob and Tom returned from Sheffield having been crowned champions in the Class 6 and Class 1 categories respectively. 19-year-old Jacob  secured his first…

Peter Higgins is a bit of a stalwart in Welsh table tennis, and there isn’t much that he doesn’t know about the game. Having played since the age of 11, Peter has held a passion for table tennis for a lifetime and experienced some incredible moments as part of the game. A long-term volunteer, Peter’s…