Result overturned

The ITTF have confirmed that the decision to disqualify Ryan Jenkins at the Austrian Open Pro Tour was wrong and have offered compensation to put it right.

The ITTF will pay for entry, hotel and flights to any Pro Tour of choice in the world. The result and ranking points of the win against Vanrossomme (Belgium) last month will also be reinstated

A result finally

The Art of Table Tennis

Your World on a Ball

Schools across the world are invited to decorate as many table tennis balls as they wish to reflect their countries history.

Once completed they can be sent to the German Table Tennis Association to display at the World Table Tennis Championships next March in Dortmund.

Schools can have as much fun as they wish on this project and each participate will receive a certificate to acknowledge entry. The 10 most beautiful balls in each category (5-9yrs, 10-14yrs and 15-18yrs) will get prizes.

To enter please ask your school to email - coaching@ttaw.co.uk and the relative forms will be sent back with all the information needed

Happy Birthday...

....to Patrick Thomas (29th Oct)

Other birthday's that happened in October -
1st Oct - Ryan Oyler







Best Wishes for November:
Ryan Jenkins on the 20th
Dean Cundy on the 26th
Carys Webster on the 27th

How to enter tournaments.....

If you are looking for more competitions, look across the border and check out this web address:

http://etta.co.uk/events-modules/entry-forms/

Here you'll find all the tournament entry forms and closing dates, so there's no excuses at all!

Cancelled sessions @ SWNC

Due to Sport Wales National Centre working on a new floor in the Upper Hall, plus the Sport Wales Coach of the Year awards taking our hall space, the following dates are not available for training:

Thursday 3rd November
Tuesday 15th November [Sport Wales Coach of the Year Awards]
Wednesday 16th November [Sport Wales Coach of the Year Awards]
Monday 5th December [New Floor for Upper Hall]
Tuesday 6th December [New Floor for Upper Hall]

*Please note the following dates have been changed to the dance studio instead of the Upper Hall*
Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th, Wednesday 14th & Thursday 15th December 2011

East Midlands 4*

Wales have selected the following players to attend the East Midlands 4* Junior on the 7/8 January 2012

Lewis Williams, Conor Edwards, Ryan Oyler, Beth Roberts, Nicole Hall & Sharlene Williams

Olympic Meeting

The BTTF selectors will hold a meeting on the 26th January at Stansted Airport to cut the long list to the short list

Naomi Owen and Charlotte Carey both sit on the long list at present

The BTTF chairman will make the announcements public in due course

ETTA Camps for Welsh Players

2 boys and 2 girls will be selected to train with England's IYS camps on 14-16 January (boys) and 28-30 January (girls)

Selections will be made in December

Two further camps will be held in April

Twitter

Follow Ryan on twitter

@TTwales

For all the news and events happening around the world

New Poll on site

Get over to the left side of the page and vote now on your thoughts for the Team Championships of Wales winners 2011-2012

German Youth Open - Dinklage

Megan Phillips, Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey & Nicole Hall are in Dinklage, near Bremen competing at the Youth Open Thursday-Sunday

The team event starts tomorrow with Wales facing France B, Romania B and group favorites Russia. The singles and doubles events start Saturday morning

All results here or on www.ttaw.co.uk

New UKCC date.....

Here is the information for the Table Tennis Level 1:



Dates: Sunday 11th December 2011 and Sunday 29th January 2012

Venue: Y Morfa Leisure Centre, Cader Avenue, Kinmel Bay, Conwy LL18 5HU

Anyone interested should visit http://etta.tv/coaching-modules/coach-education/application-form-3/ for an application form and terms and conditions.

Match: Wales vs England South West

England South West taught our young Welsh players a little lesson yesterday down in Okehampton.

Stefan Jeczalik, Jon Bisp, Matthew Francis, Thomas Heydon, Harry Langley, Jack Cole Soffi Jenkins & Charlotte Slye all tried their best but we were unable to stop the ever progressing region

All in all, a great chance for our players to shine

YDS session

Today in Cardiff, Simon Oyler took the new YDS [Youth Development Squad] in a 3 hour session.

Players were put through their paces in the Upper Hall of SWNC in a gruelling training schedule.

The next session will happen next month, as will a tournament in Stockton, to continue the good work with this group

Thursday 20th October

Please remember there is no training on Thursday 20th October at Sport Wales National Centre 5-7pm

What a service....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDVXPrLVkg&feature=youtu.be

(copy and paste the link into your browser)

Table Tennis Look-a-like

Scott Barton (Scotland) & Benjamin Rogiers (Belgium)

Burton Uxbridge 1*/2* Junior Event - 6 November

Please email coaching@ttaw.co.uk if you want the entry form for the above event

The closing date is 31 October

to be played at

Burton Uxbridge TTC
Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College
Bluestone Lane, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire DE15 9SD

Play TT on computer

Copy and paste the link to your browser

http://flash.pcastuces.com/jouer.asp?Id=26

Have fun!!

October 2011 ITTF rankings

Ryan Jenkins 285
Stephen Jenkins 720
Patrick Thomas 1015
Stephen Gertsen 1243
Daniel O'Connell 1389
Lewis Williams 1465
Men’s Team Ranked at 75 in world

Women
Naomi Owen 393
Charlotte Carey 715
Angharad Phillips 872
Megan Phillips 919
Chloe Thomas 965
Regina Grech 971
Women’s team Ranked at 64 in world

Good Luck...

...To all the players competing at the Team Championships of Wales this weekend in Cardiff

The new format of 2 full weekends will be a better way to find the club champions of Wales

Results will be posted here

Wales Train in Essex before flying to Euro's

http://updates.etta.tv/east

South Wales Conference League

There are still a couple of places in the 2-a-side South Wales Conference League played on Sunday nights at WIS, if you are interested please contact Neil Wright at neil_wright5@msn.com

He's back....

Ryan Owen had 10 years out of the International game but he's in Gdansk, Poland to see if he can get back to his level of 2001.

Owen, who last competed at the European Championships in Bremen, Germany, will play against Belgium, Turkey and Finland to help Wales stay in the Challenge division.

The man from Merthyr has a goal to get ranked inside the top 500 players in the world after this major event.

Check www.ttaw.co.uk & www.ettu.org for all the breaking results

Next Week Squads

Due to the number of players away next week competing at the European Championships in Poland, there will be no squads on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Simon Oyler will be with his COE group on Monday 5-7pm and he will look after players if they decide to attend that night