French Open

Charlotte Carey is in the Quarter Finals of the doubles

Full reports on all the players and results on www.ttaw.co.uk

Easter Camps...

...Came to an end today with what seemed to be a great camp for all involved. Reports suggest a tournament was held at the end and the following email was forwarded to me:

"...Stephen Jenkins won the competition in Cardiff today. In the final he met Ryan Owen and SJ came through. Final placings from the tournament were 1) Stephen Jenkins 2) Ryan Owen and 3) Nathan Thomas...."

Picture: Number 1 - Steve Jenkins (middle), Ryan Owen (left) and Sparring partner Billy Pegg (right).

Polish Open

Charlotte Carey will be travelling to the Polish Cadet Open in late May to compete against the best in Europe.
Charlotte, currently at the French Open in Metz, will try to improve her European ranking ready for other events in the future

French Open 2011

visit the TTAW website for all the latest on the above event

www.ttaw.co.uk

Youtube Match

Scroll on the left hand side to see the link for the Youtube Match of the week - Kenta vs Ma Lin in the World Championships

Jersey GP - Day 3

Ryan Jenkins lifted another Grand Prix in sunny Jersey to add to his overall tally of points this season. Ryan beat his brother Steve 3-0 in the semi final and Matt Ware, at the same score, in the final.

With 3 majors left in London, Guildford & a Midlands GP it looks like Ryan's claiming back his Overall GP title.

Steve beat Craig Gascoinge in his QF match 3-0 to reach the semis. Ryan Owen also reached the QF stage losing close to number 3 seed Damien Nichols 2-3 (9-11 in the 5th). Nichols lost out to Ware 1-3 in the 2nd semi final.

The women's event was won by Alice Loveridge who beat both Emma Vickers and Emily Bates to win her prize fund and trophy.

The U21 singles was won by Matt Ware, again over Nichols 3-1, and Emma Vickers who had revenge on Alice in the final.

Jac Jenkins (against Nichols) and soffi Jenkins (Vickers and Loveridge) lost out in their U21 groups but Jac did receive the 'player of the tournament' award for his wins in getting to the two banded semi finals the previous day.

A fantastic time with great hospitality from Chris Band and his team in Jersey...

Selection - Luxembourg

The following players have been selected to represent Wales in the Luxembourg Open in June:

Juniors - Angharad Phillips & Lewis Williams
Cadets - Charlotte Carey & Conor Edwards
Minis - Laura Edwards & Jac Jenkins

Happy Birthday.....April

.....to Lewis Williams on the 4th (15th birthday), Chloe Thomas on the 23rd (17th Birthday) and Nicole Hall 26th (16th Birthday)

Best Wishes from the TTAW

Day 2 Jersey GP

Ryan Owen claimed the band 1 men's title win a final win against Dave Arrowsmith, his team-mate yesterday, 3-2. Ryan saved a matchpoint to come away with the £70 prize.

Jac Jenkins made the semi finals of both the band 5 & 6 with great wins along the way. The best win was against the more experienced Dave Gascoigne 3-0. His ranking will improve considerably.

Soffi Jenkins found it tough in bands 2 & 3 with matches against much higher ranked players but had a good day never less.

Tomorrow will be the turn for the men and women singles

European Youth Championships

3 players will be chosen to represent Wales at the European Youth Championships in Kazan, Russia in July

Team announced in the next 2 weeks

Selection

British Senior Schools - Lilleshall, England
24-26 June 2011

Teams
Girls
U18 A - Angharad & Megan Phillips
U18 B - Laura Price & Sharlene Williams

U16 A - Charlotte Carey & Nicole Hall

U14 A - Beth Roberts & Laura Price
U14 B - Caitlin Williams & Kate Roberts

Boys
U16 A - Conor Edwards & Lewis Williams
U16 B - Alex Prosser & Ashley Stavrakis

U14 A - Chris Griffiths & Ryan Oyler
U14 B - Callum Evans & Ethan Lewis

Jersey GP - Team Event

Day 1 saw the team event action with Ryan & Stephen Jenkins as number 1 seeds and Ryan Owen partner Derbyshire's Dave Arrowsmith as number 3 seeds.

Ryan & Steve made it to the final with a 3-0 win against Jakub Wankowicz and Craig Gascoigne of Jersey. In the other semi Ryan Owen took Damien Nichols to 5 sets but just missed out and Arrowsmith lost the same score to Matt Ware. So it was up to the doubles for them to save the match but that was lost again in the 5th end.

The final was won 3-0 by the Welsh players with Steve Jenkins winning deuce in the 5th against Ware and then Ryan beating Damien 3-0. The 3rd match, the doubles, was won 3-0 to finish the tie and for the Welsh boys to take the prize money.

Saturday sees the band categories being played and Sunday will have the Men's and Women's singles plus the U21 and Vetts.

Over 50 & 60 Welsh Championships

Following disappointing years with very few entries and last year not taking place at all, the over 50/60's championship showed signs of recovering with 18 entries.

It was also the final opportunity for the vets to stake a claim for a possible place in the Welsh teams for the 6 nation's Championship in Guernsey in September.

Results: Over 50 final.
Steve Eades beat Gareth Dommett 3-0.

Over 60 final
George Evans beat Roger Grech 3-2 .
A close and exciting final with George coming back from 2-0 down and 10-7 down in the 5th to snatch victory.

Over 50 Doubles
Steve Eades/Roger Dommett beat George Evans/Ray Goulding 3-2.

Team Wales Interview

Click the link to find an interview with the ETTU about the forthcoming World Champs in Rotterdam:

http://www.ettu.org/news_view.php?id=3772

Next Nantymoel Super Challenge

Dave Treharne is organising the next Super Challenge on May 2nd at 11.00am

To book your place email Dave on:
daitree@uwclub.net

ETTA Grand Prix Entry Forms

http://etta.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bribar_sussex_sgp_01-06-11.pdf
Sussex Grand Prix - Satellite 4/5 June
http://etta.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/london_gp_14-05-11.pdf
London Grand Prix - Major 14/15 May

There are 2 more in June & July:
Guildford - Major 11/12 June, and the last in July (possibly in the Midlands on 9/10 July) will be announced soon as the Shrewsbury GP was cancelled

U11 and U13 Welsh Championships

Congratulations to Victoria Brookes, Laura Edwards and Jac Jenkins for winning the U11 and U13 singles respectively at the Welsh Championships held in Cardiff over the weekend.

U13 girls - Laura beat Kate Roberts in the final to secure top spot. Kate had wins over Caitlin Williams and Soffi Jenkins to reach the last match against Laura.

Jac beat Callum Evans in a fantastic final 3-2 with top shots from both players.

Victoria Brookes won the mixed U11 singles with a final win against Harry Langley.

Congratulations to Harry Langley who reached the U11 singles final. Harry has improved greatly since his experience in the International schools championships earlier this month.

Results:
Under 13s Boys winner- Jac Jenkins
Under 13s Boys runner up- Callum Evans

Under 13s Girls Winner- Laura Jenkins
Under 13s Girls runner up- Kate Roberts

Under 11s Mixed Winner- Victoria Brooks
Under 11s Mixed Runner up- Harry Langley

Blackpool GP

Results from the ETTA website when you click the links:

http://etta.co.uk/news/featured/emma%e2%80%99s-rollercoaster-ride-and-chris-towers-at-blackpool/

http://etta.co.uk/news/featured/giggles-galore-on-the-blackpool-tour/

Welsh Highlights:

Charlotte Carey winner U21 singles, R/up in women's singles & 2nd band 1.
Ryan Jenkins R/up Men singles
Dean Cundy - winner band 2 men
Angharad Phillips - SF of women singles and U21 singles
Megan Phillips - R/up band 2 women's
Dan O'Connell QF of men singles, SF band 2
Ryan Owen SF of band 1
Connor Edwards QF U21 and R/up in band 3 men

Players Away at Camps

With Ryan Owen away training in Hungary and Charlotte, Megan & Angharad at Sheffield with the English squad, players are getting about.

Ryan trained with a Chinese coach and club in Budapest and really enjoyed his 4 days away. With daily updates, it was clear to see he made use of his time.

Meanwhile, Charlotte, Megan and Angharad spent 6 hours each day (with a morning run) challenging their friends from across the bridge.

Next stop - Blackpool GP

TT in Cardiff

http://www.sport-cardiff.com/content.asp?nav=2868%2C5924%2C5925%2C6188&parent_directory_id=2865&id=11493

Article on Sport Cardiff website

Ferndale Easter Camp

Date: Sunday 24th of April
Time: 10am – 3pm (Lunch break of an hour)
Venue: Barn at Ferndale Comp
Cost: £8 per person (This covers rent of hall for day)
Coaches: Level 2 UKCC coach Scott Johnston and another Level 3 UKCC coach

The day will involve a group session, with players not only from Ferndale but across Wales. The session will include group exercises, individual multi-ball and some physical work to keep the players at the top of their game. After lunch a competition will be run to find out who the Ferndale Easter Champion!
There are limited spaces available on this camp so make sure you are one of the 1st to let Scott know that you will be attending. Confirm by email to Scott at ferndaletabletennisacademy@hotmail.co.uk

Greenhouse arrive

Ernst Bevin Academy, a Greenhouse London project, arrived in Cardiff today for a friendly match against Welsh players before they head to Cheltenham on the weekend. They won 26-20 with some great matches throughout the afternoon.

London GP

Entry form available at:

http://etta.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/london_gp_14-05-11.pdf

14/15 May

Closing date is 30 April

Send to Mick Strode
9 Hart Close, Cove, Farnborough, Hants, GU14 9HQ.

Highlights of 2nd Leg - Belgium League Semi Final

http://www.tvlux.be/joomla/index.php/nos-emissions/lundi-sports/7137
Click the link above to see highlights of the semi final 2nd leg where Virton won 4-3 and overturned the 3-4 first leg deficit to Diest
(video in French only)

Good Luck to them in the final against Villette

Charlotte signs for Belgium Club

Charlotte Carey has signed for PW Diest in the Belgian league next season to enhance her playing level. The Welsh Champion will be based in Diest for 2011-2012 with training camps available at the Belgium training centre in Leuven on occasions.

Additionally
Charlotte is up to 68 in the world in the U15 category in the latest World Rankings

Glamorgan Promote

Yesterday in Okehampton Devon, Chris Griffiths,Ryan Oyler,Alex Prosser,Nicole Hall & Carys Webster won division 2 beating Devon 3 9-1, Devon 2 10-0 & Devon 4 10-0.

Credit to all players involved as it means that Glamorgan will have 2 teams in Division 1B Next Season.

Dave Treharne
Glamorgan County Secretary

New Poll

Who is going to win the Welsh Masters in June?

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Silver for Wales Girls A in the British Schools Championships

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Silver for Wales A girls beating England 6-4 in the team event. They lost out to Ireland for the Gold medal.