Younger Players
The St John’s College Table Tennis Academy Returns to the Table
Following a six month break due to Covid-19 restrictions, the St John’s College and Table Tennis Wales Academy restarts safely with Cardiff City Community Table Tennis Club as a new partner. The Table Tennis Academy partnership between St John’s College and Table Tennis Wales was established over two years ago and has provided an opportunity…
Read MoreMatch Report for Anna Hursey’s Bronze Medal Endeavour at the European Youth Top 10
Anna Hursey continued to show her promise earlier this month with a fantastic Bronze medal in the Cadet girls singles event at the European Youth top 10 in Berlin. Anna came third in a high quality field playing some great table tennis overcoming the world numbers 8 & 11 along the way. Winning 7 out…
Read MoreSelections For European ITTF Events in Czech, Sweden & Italy
Selections have been made for 3 European competitions which take place in the first 3 months of 2020 First up is the ITTF Czech Youth Open, taking place in Hodonin. Anna Hursey returns to action for Wales after a stint in China training fulltime. She will be joined by Lara Whitton who has won the…
Read More2020 Urdd Eisteddfod
Table Tennis Wales have partnered up with the Urdd to confirm attendance at their Eisteddfod in Denbighshire May 25-30th next year The 6 day extravaganza is one of the most important events in the Welsh language calendar for sports and table tennis will have a spot in the sporting village all week Website – https://www.urdd.cymru/en/eisteddfod/2020/
Read MoreQualification for EYC 2020
A new policy has been released by the selection panel for Junior & Cadet players to qualify for the European Youth Championships in Zagreb next July. The 63rd European Youth Championships take place 10-19th July 2020. There will be qualification spots for 3 Junior Boys, 3 Junior Girls, 2 Cadet Boys and 2 Cadet Girls.…
Read MoreFighting On Two Fronts
Anna Hursey can hold her head high after her participation at the ITTF Thailand Open which concluded today in Bangkok. Anna reached the last 16 of both cadets and juniors singles plus the Q-Final of the Cade team Results: Cadets: Last 64 – beat Lee (KOR) 3/0 Last 32 – beat Saini (IND) 3/1 Last…
Read MoreITTF World Tour
Players such as Charlotte Carey & Callum Evans regularly enter events around the world on the ITTF circuit ITTF Events – https://www.ittf.com/ittf-world-tour/2019-ittf-world-tour/events/ other players such as Anna Hursey & Lara Whitton navigate through the World Junior Circuit programme to try and qualify for the end of year World Junior Championships or World Cadet Challenge See…
Read MoreTTW Hopes
Making sure the future of our sport is looked after is a high priority of Table Tennis Wales Competitions such as the Welsh Primary Schools, Gemau Cymru, International Schools and Dragon events evidence this There are Hopes camps which take place at various locations popping up throughout the year also under the guidance…
Read MoreElite Programme 2018-2019 Season
On the 1st July 2018, Stephen Jenkins, who is our new National Performance & Talent Coach, will be putting plans together for new Elite Squad. His focus will be on training requirements and plans for all players from September onwards. In the Summer months it will be a case of focussing upon the European Youth…
Read MoreTrans World Sport – Anna Hursey
Check out Anna on Trans World Sport before she departed for Australia
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