French Junior Open Selection

Congratulations to Charlotte Carey, Chloe Thomas, Megan Phillips and Angharad Phillips for being entered into the French Junior Open in Metz in late April representing Wales

We wish them all the very best...

Laura wins at Newport

Well done to Laura Edwards who won the U13 girls event at the Newport Open last weekend beating Caitlin Williams. Laura also made the final of the Cadet girls event losing to Charlotte Carey.

(report late due to no results forwarded as yet from organiser)

Ryan Owen wins Maze Shirt

Ryan Owen bid £71 to claim the prize of the signed Michael Maze shirt for charity

Many other players have donated money which has been sent to Comic Relief so thanks for all donations

WSA website article

http://www.welshsports.org.uk/enewslettermarch11.asp

Visit the above page to see an article written by Gary Baker of the Western Mail

Newport Open

Conor Edwards and Charlotte Carey repeated their double wins at the Welsh Championships with another double win at the Newport Open in the cadet and junior events.
Jac Jenkins won the U13 Boys event which was held at the National Veledrome Arena

Belgian Semi Finals

Ryan Jenkins competed for Diest in the 1st leg of the Belgian playoffs with a win and a loss to help the team to a 4-3 win.
2nd leg is in 10 days away in Virton for a place in the finals:

Ryan Jenkins – Muha Mehmedovic 4-11 11- 6 7-11 12-10 9-11 2-3
Darius Knight – Cedric Merchez 6-11 11- 5 14-12 11- 9 3-1
Chen Sung – Dragos Olteanu 11- 6 11- 8 7-11 3-11 5-11 2-3
Darius/Ryan - Dragos/Muha 13-11 8-11 6-11 11- 8 11-13 2-3
Ryan Jenkins – Cedric Merchez 11- 8 8-11 5-11 11- 8 11- 8 3-2
Chen Sung – Muha Mehmedovic 11- 9 11-13 11- 5 9-11 11- 7 3-2
Darius Knight – Dragos Olteanu 12-10 9-11 11- 6 3-11 11- 9 3-2

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvB5aRn5vLE


P.W. Diest - Virton on TV
http://www.tvlux.be/joomla/index.php/component/content/article/188/7034
(In French)

Charlotte & Naomi in the press

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/parklife/2011/03/16/table-tennis-golden-performance-form-charlotte-carey-91466-28342100/

Check the link for a table tennis article about the 6 nations

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/sports-news-round-up/2011/03/14/table-tennis-naomi-owen-looks-to-realise-olympic-dream-91466-28335664/

Naomi Owen and her Olympic Dream

Comic Relief

Steve Fawkes has been the highest raiser so far for comic relief with £80 towards helping others less fortunate getting help. Nicole Hall and Ethan Lewis also made efforts in raising money.

You have until the end of next week to get your raised money in so we can send it off (cheques payable to TTAW)

Michael Maze Shirt:
Several good bids have come in so far - please bid by email to
ryanjenkins25@hotmail.com and the highest bid well get the signed shirt off the European Champion

A New Event

The Welsh Masters takes place in Cardiff on 10th June with the best players in Wales competing in match-ups against their rivals

Please see www.ttaw.co.uk for more information

New Date for the TTAW awards - 11 June

6 Nations

All the news from Limerick on the TTAW homepage

www.ttaw.co.uk

South Wales Echo

A full page article on the Welsh Championships was reported on in Wednesday's South Wales Echo

Buy it!!

Welsh Championships

Please visit www.ttaw.co.uk to see the reports from the 2 days of the Welsh Championships in Cardiff

Welsh Selections to happen soon...

Welsh Teams will be selected for the following events over the next 7 days:

- French Junior Open (April)
Teams TBC

- World singles Champs in Rotterdam (May)
3 men & 3 women

- Eurokids Camp in Rotterdam (May)
1 male & 1 female born 1999 or later

6 Nations - Ireland

The Welsh Team will travel to Limerick via Shannon airport to play the 6 nations tournament next weekend.

Beth Roberts & Charlotte Carey (cadet girls), Lewis Williams & Conor Edwards (cadet boys), Angharad & Megan Phillips (junior girls), Alex Prosser & Dan O'Connell (junior boys) will compete against England, Scotland, Ireland, Guernsey & Isle of Man in the 3 day event.

Can Lewis Williams go one step further this season and win the cadet boys singles? Will Charlotte make the double and add Gold to her British schools win last July? Can the twins take on England? and could Dan (fresh from Sweden) spring a surprise in the JB's?

Beth will be looking to add a medal to her British Schools Gold, as Conor will be with the silver he won in Limerick last July. Alex, in his first British event will be keen to show the event why he is there.

Results to follow...

Welsh Squad Training in Pontypridd

On Friday the 4th March, the Welsh squad moved their session to train at the Pontypridd table tennis academy. The venue is ideal for players to access as it's central, plus the facilities and equipment is of a very high standard. With 8 tables available plus a working weights gym, players have all they need to progress.

A new Welsh B squad session will start in Pontypridd soon to offer players just below the Cardiff groups a chance to get better training.

March WR

Welsh Players

Adam - 213
Ryan - 315
Steve J - 739
Patrick - 1082
Steve G - 1348
Daniel - 1498
Lewis - 1592

Naomi - 338
Charlotte - 860
Angharad - 951
Chloe - 1044
Megan - 1091
Nicole - 1208

Belgium Super League

Playoffs

PW Diest claimed their spot into the Semi Finals of the Belgian Super League with another win against Vedrinamur in the playoffs. Diest won 5-2 with 2 wins in the singles for Ryan Jenkins and a doubles win to boot. Chen and Davy won 1 singles each also.

3 days later the team went to European Champions Villette Charleroi with an optimistic mind set. With Chen beating Danchenko and RJ just losing to number 1 Jung 9-11 in the 4th set things were tight. At 2-2 in the doubles there was a chance, but Villette sniffed it out and the only other win came with RJ beating Danchenko 3-1. Chen did have a good chance versus Gacina (HVR) at 2-2 and 5-3 but the world number 55 came good to make the 5-2 win clear enough in the end.

The 2 legs of the Semi Finals against Virton will take place at the end of March...

Latest News

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* Entry Form for the Welsh U11 and U13 Championships
* Entry Form for the Over 50 and Over 60 Welsh Championships

* Entry Form for the Welsh Primary Schools Team Championships

* New Rankings (Feb 2011)

* Draw for the Welsh Closed (5&6 March)