Cippenham Winter Festival

Some great results from Welsh players at the Cippenham tournament this weekend. Chris Griffiths won the U14 event beating Vince from London 3-0 in the final. Vince happened to beat another Welsh star (who has just been selected for the 6 nations in Scotland) Conor Edwards 1-3 in the semi final.

Other notable results of Welsh players:

Steve Fawkes lost to Chris in semi final U14
Soffi Jenkins 4th U12 girls
Naomi James 3rd U14 girls
Jac Jenkins semi finals of U12 boys

British League Result

Owen Clutterbuck wins his 2 matches:
"However, the star player was Owen Clutterbuck who beat both Simon Philipz and David Williams 3-0 in a rock solid performance".
taken from Cippenham Club website

Selections

The selection committee have announced players for the following events:

Primary Schools - Guernsey
Luxembourg Senior Open - Luxembourg
Junior/cadet 6 Nations - Scotland
Cheltenham Junior 4* Open

Please visit www.ttaw.co.uk

Recent Results

The following reports have been uploaded to the TTAW website

- West of Scotland
- Test match vs Scottish University
- Blaenau Gwent Open
- Primary Schools Trials

West of Scotland Open

The West of Scotland Open takes place this weekend at Holyrood Sports Centre in Glasgow.
Welsh players on show include Steve Jenkins, Patrick Thomas, Nick Brown, Ceri James and Welsh number 1 Naomi Owen.

Results to follow:

Commonwealth Kit Fitting

Players from the Commonwealth Games squad will get the chance to measure up for the kit they may well receive at the Village hotel in Coryton on Monday 18th January in readiness for the Games in October.

East Midlands Junior 4*

Great results at the EMJ event this weekend. Chloe got to the final, Angharad made the semis [U18], as did Beth Roberts [U13] and Charlotte Carey [U15] plus much more... visit www.ttaw.co.uk for the full report

Welsh Players doing well in British Lge

Stephen Gertsen OLOP IMPACT 8 8 0 100.00%
Aled Howell KINGFISHER 8 7 1 87.50%
Neil Wright OLOP IMPACT 6 4 2 66.66%
Owen Clutterbuck CIPPENHAM II 14 7 7 50.00%
Nick Brown CIPPENHAM II 12 2 10 16.66%

National Development Forum 2010

The TTAW will form part of the 'National Coaches Development Forum' at the Welsh Institute of Sport on the 21st of January.
This will help table tennis have a say in what developoments are needed in conjunction with the Sports Council for Wales and other NGB's

Psychology & Nutrition workshops, SCW.

On the 19th January [psychology] and the 26th January [nutrition] the TTAW will have the help of Sports Council for Wales staff at their squad sessions in WIS, Cardiff.
This will be a great help for our elite players.

German Open - Berlin

Players selected for the German senior Open in Berlin are:

Adam Robertson, Naomi Owen and Patrick Thomas
Coach - Ryan Jenkins

This will take place 18-21 March

Abertillery Open 2010

The Abertillery Open will take place on the 24th January 2010. This takes place the same weekend as the West of Scotland Open in Glasgow, however, all junior players from the TTAW are asked to enter this Welsh event.

Wales in the World

Wales are 44th in the current Men's world team ranking. The women find themselves a little lower at 77th place.

Men:
Adam Robertson #198
Ryan Jenkins #270
Stephen Jenkins #743
Patrick Thomas #926

Women:
Naomi Owen #317

UKCC courses

Here is a list of the UKCC courses coming soon:

Level 1
@ Tonypandy Community College
Dates - 30th January [Day 1] & 20th March 2010 [Day 2]
Places - FULL

Level 2
@ Tonypandy Community College
Dates - 13 & 14 March [weekend 1] & 22 & 23 May 2010 [weekend 2]
Places - Still Need 3 candidates to run

Level 1
@ Tonypandy Community College
Dates - 21 March [Day 1] & 8 May [Day 2]
Places - Course can run with current list but still places available

Please contact Sophie at ETTA for course bookings:
sophie.hare@etta.co.uk
01424722525

Welsh Primary Schools Trial

On the 23rd January the TTAW will be organising a primary schools trial for both girls and boys. The winners will automatically earn their place in the team for the trip to Guernsey. The other 3 members will be selected through the selection committee who will meet shortly after the event.
Invites to go out very soon....

Good Luck All

Team Championships of Wales 9/10 January

The Team Championship of Wales matches for Juniors (Saturday 9th January 2010) and Seniors (Sunday 10th) have been cancelled due to the current poor weather conditions and forecast for more snow.

Cardiff GP

Entry forms are now available for the Cardiff Grand Prix on www.ttaw.co.uk

West of Scotland Open

Players selected for the West of Scotland Open:

Men - Steve Jenkins, Nick Brown, Ceri James, Patrick Thomas.
Women - Naomi Owen

Sheffield BTTF Camp

Charlotte Carey, Angharad Phillips, Matt Lancey and Lewis Williams have been selected to attend a BTTF camp in Sheffield on the 9/10th January.