Welsh Squad
It’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 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 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 More“Ping-pong prodigy Anna Hursey is batting for Joe Biden”
Our Gold Athlete Anna Hursey featured in The Times Newspaper today! Read the article here or grab today’s paper: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ping-pong-prodigy-anna-hursey-is-batting-for-joe-biden-x3wclx8sm Well done – all your Table Tennis Wales family are super proud of you!
Read MoreSuccess in 2020!
We are immensely proud of all our efforts throughout 2020. We all know it was a tough year but we want to highlight our successes below! Skip through the PDF by using the arrow tabs
Read MoreRising Star Harri Docherty Inspires our Aspire Group!
Children’s Mental Health Week 1- 7 February 2021 Lockdown is a difficult time for everyone while for youngsters it’s the challenge of home schooling, not seeing friends and not being able to participate in their favourite sports. For 15-year-old Harri Docherty it’s been particularly tough over the last couple of months. His Dad is on…
Read MoreBelgium Bound
Beth Richards is the latest player to sign for a foreign club for next season. The Tonyrefail star has put pen to paper with PW Diest in the Belgium League in a 12 month agreement. PW Diest Chairman Dirk Janssens on the news, “We are delighted to sign and welcome Beth to our club alongside…
Read MorePerformance launch
Performance Launch – May 28th Over the past 6 months the Coaching team have been busy putting together a brand new performance matrix for the players. This will help support the knowledge and experience the coaching team have in place and ensure players are tracked through the various stages of development whilst improving data and…
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