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Friday 26 February 2010

Cathays Project Newsletter

Check out the good work being done at Cathays High School with Simon Oyler recently

It's on the back page [page 24]

http://web.cathays.cardiff.sch.uk/newsletters/CathaysEyespring10.pdf

Thursday 25 February 2010

200 Club

The 200 club will be trying to recruit further members at the Cardiff Grand Prix and the Welsh Championships over the coming weeks. Each month a draw takes place where cash prizes are won by its members. It costs £1 a month to become a member and all profits go to towards the benefit of table tennis in this country.

Get yourself in the Club.....

February player of the month.......

.......goes to Lee Morgan for his attitude in training, his table tennis progression and above all winning both the cadet and junior singles at the recent Newport Open.

Lee will be representing Wales shortly at the 6 nations in Scotland, the French junior open and the Cheltenham 4* Junior Open.

Zhang in Cardiff

Yongbo Zhang, age 17, will make his Welsh debut this weekend at the Cardiff Grand Prix at the Welsh Institute of Sport.
Yongbo, who is studying English at Yale College in Wrexham, will face a tough test in his men's group mate Sunday morning against the inform Patrick Thomas (ranked number 4 in Wales).
The Chinese star has been employed by the TTAW to practice with Commonwealth team members in preparation for Delhi in October this year.

New Swansea Plan at stage 1

A meeting held at the Sports Development offices in Swansea today may pave the way for a schools programme in the city in the coming years.

Gareth Govier, head of the Sports Team in Swansea, is very enthusiastic to have a partnership with the TTAW and will hold further meetings in the near future to outline his visions of what table tennis in Swansea looks like.

There has always been a steady flow of talent progressing to the Welsh National squads from the West, and hopefully this new plan will only progress that further.

Wednesday 24 February 2010

New Swansea Club Starts

When: 24th February
Where: Craig y Nos School, Clyne Common, Bishopston, Swansea, SA3 3JB
With who: Jon Francis
The Coaches: We will have two Welsh International players to help coach the boys/girls that may attend – Andrew Jones and Ceri James.

Monday 22 February 2010

UWIC talks to TTAW about academy

Next season may see UWIC [University Wales Institute Cardiff] team up with the TTAW to offer educational opportunities to players who wish to combine their studies in a table tennis academy.
Services such as sports psychology, physiology, video analysis and nutrition advice will be on offer for any players wishing to take a place there.

On the table tennis side of the deal - players will be able to live and train in Cardiff at the Welsh Institute of Sport and inter grate with the Welsh National team full time.

Open evenings, with key speakers from UWIC, with more information will happen very soon....

Sunday 21 February 2010

Youtube Clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9KHDJVkKo&feature=player_embedded#

Check out my recent match in the Belgium league against Mortsel. We lost 2-5 but have a chance next week to reach the semi finals in the playoffs.

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Welsh Masters Confirmed

Friday 18th June 2010

Venue - WIS, Upper Hall

The 'Match Up' Bill to follow shortly

TT on the road

A series of Table Tennis Roadshows will take place the week of the 19th April 2010 to bring table tennis to the people of Wales.

Dates:
Monday 19th & Tuesday 20th [Mid/North Wales]
Wednesday 21st - Welsh Primary Schools Championships
Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd [South East/West Wales]

The national coach, plus the 3 regional coaches, will take a van with a table tennis table around primary and secondary schools, plus clubs in Wales to show people what real table tennis is all about.

If we are near you - come and visit

French Cadet & Junior Open 2010

Selections for the event above on 14-18 April in Vern sur Seiche, France

Cadet Boys - Lee Morgan & Lewis Williams
Cadet Girls - Charlotte Carey & Nicole Hall
Junior Girls - Chloe Thomas, Megan Phillips and Angharad Phillips

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Commonwealth Squad to get trimmed after WC

Trimmed squad to be announced evening after Welsh Championships - 6/7 March

Full team to be selected in late April/early May

Half Term Camp - February

The camp has started fantastically well at WIS this week. Players have increased their fitness, work levels and motivation.
Both groups A and B have shown their dedication and professionalism on day 1 of the 3day camp.

Patrick Thomas, Megan Phillips, Angharad Phillips and Josh Jenkins, with Aled Howells as coach, are in Scotland mixing with the Scottish national team and former Welsh coach Li Chao this week.

JBL - Weekend 2

Please see a comprehensive report about the weekend's play from Fenton Manor on the TTAW webpage.

Some great results from our young boys and girls....

Wednesday 10 February 2010

Talent ID Open nights

For those who run clubs around Wales and have talent that may not get recognised as you would like, I have decided to run 3 'Open nights' so you all have the chance to 'showcase youngsters' to me for the future.

The players you bring along should not be in a current TTAW run session [COE, TTAW squads] or in a TTAW run competition [Team Championships of Wales]. Players age limit is 15 years old.

May 4th - South East Wales [Welsh Institute of Sport] 5-8pm
May 5th - North Wales [Clywedog] 6-9pm
May 6th - South West Wales [Carmarthen] 7-10pm

No registration is needed - just turn up and play.....

Please feel free to send this to any TTAW affiliated club

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Wales win rematch against Filton

The rematch against one of the biggest colleges in the UK, Filton, was played 9/2/10 at the Welsh Institute.

10 players from Wales [Patrick Thomas, Lewis Williams, Lee Morgan, Josh Jenkins, Charlotte Carey, Hannah Avery, Conor Edwards, Nicole Hall, Chris Griffiths and Jack Parry] played their counterparts in 2 different categories.

Group A lost to Filton A 11-14 with Filton's Tom Maynard winning all 5 of his matches. Patrick Thomas was Wales' best with 4 wins to his name. In group B Chris Griffiths was the 'man of the match' with 4 out of 4 wins to take the overall tie 14-6 to Wales. Hannah, Jack and Conor all won 3 matches each.

WALES 25
FILTON 20

Monday 8 February 2010

Charlotte Wins GP

After losing in the band 2 event, Charlotte Carey won the band 1, U21 and the women's singles at the Salisbury GP.
Patrick Thomas lost in the Q-Final of the men's singles to Damien Nicholls. Other Welsh players on show were:
Dean Cundy, Ceri James, Lee Morgan and Scott Cundy.

Promotion

The Phillips twins, Angharad and Megan were part of the team that won their division at this weekends Women's British League.
Megan won 7/10 matches and Angharad won 8/10. Next season will see them play in division 1.
Naomi Wilson won 7 from 10 as her team finished 3rd in Division 1.

Newport Open - Lee does the double

Junior Boys - Lee Morgan beat Josh Jenkins
Junior Girls - Natasha Rees beat Nicole Hall
Cadet Boys - Lee Morgan beat Lewis Williams
Cadet Girls - Nicole Hall beat Beth Roberts
U13 Boys - Ryan Oyler beat Liam Winder
U13 Girls - Beth Roberts beat Laura Edwards

Dragon Event - Young Jenkins players win titles

U11 - Winner Soffi Jenkins
U13 - Winner Jac Jenkins
U15 - Winner Jac Jenkins

Saturday 6 February 2010

Visit to North Wales

Over the past 2 days there were visits from several TTAW directors to North Wales to view recent developments. We visited sessions at Clywedog, Ruthin and Denbigh, whilst organising Zhang's timetable.

Yongbo Zhang arrives

Our new Chinese practice partner has arrived in Ruabon for a period of 6 months. He will benefit the whole of Wales with his unique playing style and a great addition to the coaching staff.

Monday 1 February 2010

Changes to Team Championships

Please visit www.ttaw.co.uk to get up to date information regarding the Team Championships of Wales cancelled matches due to the severe snow in January.

TTAW Awards 2010

Put the date in your diaries - July 2nd 2010

The TTAW annual players party will take place at Beaufort Ballroom 7pm-11pm

Awards will recognise the efforts and contributions players, parents and members give to TTAW and themselves throughout the year.

Test Match vs Filton announced

February 9th @ WIS 2.30pm
Teams will be announced shortly

British League Premier

Welsh interest was in attendance at British League on the weekend with Steve Jenkins and Patrick Thomas playing. Patrick had another great win against a Scottish opponent, this time Nail Cameron 3-1.
Steve Jenkins won both matches against Derwent and was 1-1 against Sycamore.
Steve, who plays for Drumchapel, are now top and in a commanding position.
Full report - http://www.englishtabletennis.org.uk/nlstory.cfm?ID=36674&NLID=3153

Cippenham Winter Festival - Day 2

Another Greenhouse star - Nicole Hall - was a runner up at the Cippenham tournament on the 31st January 2010.
Nicole lost in the final of the U16 girls event and finished 4th in the U18's singles

London Super League

On 27th January a Welsh team travelled to Harlow, Essex to compete in the famous Super League series which has been running for 5 years. Thirty two players compete for the title each month.

Ryan Jenkins won the event beating Gareth Herbert in the final 3-2. Patrick lost in the Q-Finals to Wang Zheng. Dean Cundy, Cameron Thomas, Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey and Lewis Williams also competed well in a strong field.

Final Standings:

1 Ryan Jenkins
2 Gareth Herbert
3 Wang Zheng
4 Noah Hubert
5 Umair Mauthoor
8 Patrick Thomas
17 Lewis Williams
20 Cameron Thomas
21 Dean Cundy
23 Chloe Thomas
29 Charlotte Carey