Soffi in Sussex

Soffi Jenkins made her way to the Sussex Open over the weekend and finished up 5th place out of a strong field of 9 competitors. Soffi lost out close to the 4 above her which dashed her hopes to get any medals

Glamorgan County Results

Glamorgan 4 Worcestershire 6 (Wins for Glamorgan Liam 1 Lawrence 1 Thomas 2)

Devon 2nd 6 Glamorgan 2nd (4 Wins for Glamorgan Liam 1 Lawrence 1 Charlotte 1 Lydia 1)

Glamorgan 2nd 2 Surrey 8 (Wins for Glamorgan Charlotte 1 Lydia 1)

Middlesex 2nd 8 Glamorgan 2nd 2 (Wins for Glamorgan Lawrence 1 Thomas 1)

Rankings

Check out the new TTW rankings online - www.ttaw.co.uk

World Junior Champs - India

Wales finish 17th in the World Championships in Hyderabad beating Australia and Puerto Rico

Clip of the week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfOeCslvYOM&feature=g-high-rec

4 year % - World results

in the last 4 years here's the % of wins for our Welsh stars:

Adam 66.7%, Ryan 66%, Stephen 39.7%, Daniel 21.8%, Conor 38%, Lewis 26.8%

Naomi 53.3%, Charlotte 49.8%, Megan 37.2%, Angharad 22.9%, Chloe 22.6%, Nicole 22%

*some players have played at more events than others

Glamorgan Senior Champs

Results for the weekend

Derbyshire - 6, Glamorgan 4 (Wiktor and Conor won 2 each)

Glamorgan 4, Berkshire 6 ( Wiktor won 2, Conor 1, nicole 1)

Essex 5, Glamorgan 5 (Wiktor won 2, conor won 1, nicole won 1 and Ryan won 1)

New TT Centre

Talks are underway to start a fulltime table tennis academy in Tonyrefail which will happen in 2013 - keep a look out here!

Finland Open 2012

Final positions for the Finland Open 2012: Angharad 28th, Megan 35th, Charlotte 37th, Chloe 43rd

Daniel 47th

Thank you for entering the Blaenau Gwent Open. The starting times for each event are as follows:-

Cadet Girls - 10am

Cadet Boys - 10am

Junior Girls - 12pm

Junior Boys - 1pm

See you all on Sunday. Regards Gerald Watkins

World Junior Championships

Wales are given the 20th spot in the event. Check out www.ittf.com

Cardiff GP

The form is out - download it www.ttaw.co.uk

O'Connell does the job

Dan won his 3 matches in France yesterday to help his club win their league encounter

This Weekend in Cardiff

A busy weekend awaits with TCW juniors weekend 1, TCW Vets in both Cardiff and Y Morfa. a dragon event on Sunday plus a TTW Hopes camp on Saturday all taking place. Keep your eyes on twitter @walesTT

Le France

Good luck to Daniel O'Connell who will play in France this weekend for his club

County Results

Results: Yorkshire 4 Glamorgan 6 (Chris 2 wins, Jac 1,Callum 2, Beth 1) A good start

Essex 6 Glamorgan 4 (Wins Chris 1, Callum 1, Jac 1, Soffi 1) At 4 all I thought we had a chance of a win, but it was not to be.

Kent 6 Glamorgan 4 (Wins- Chris 1, Jac 1, Callum 1, Beth 1) Overall I was a bit disapointed, for although we had a young team i thought we were capable of at least a draw in the last 2 games. Dai Tree (manager)

Swiss League

Let's see another 3 big wins off Steve Jenkins this weekend for his club. Follow him on @sj_sportsagency

Home Nations 2012

Good luck to the Welsh team going to Guernsey for the Home Nations Championships today-Daniel O'Connell, Dean Cundy, Angharad Phillips and Nicole Hall.

GP points 2012-2013

http://etta.co.uk/events/events-subpages/grand-prix-events-subpages-events/grand-prix-points-12-13/ updated points for you....

Hungarian Junior Open

Follow the team in Hungary this week...

www.ittf.com

Glamorgan County

Junior Division 1b Results: Devon1 7 Glamorgan 3 A win each from the 3 boys

Glam 4 Sussex 2 6 (A win each for Callum,Liam,Charlotte & Lydia)

Dorset 7 Glamorgan 3 (A win each for Callum,Jac & Lydia)

Stockton 4* Open

Well done to Nicole Hall for winning the Stockton 4* Open last weekend. Lewis Williams made it to the semi final losing to the eventual winner George Downing of England Click the link to see all results and a brief report http://etta.co.uk/news/tees-active-ltd-stockton-on-tees-junior-4-open-championship/

News

Cardiff is the city to host the ETTU coaches conference in 2013. The best coaches from the European Nations will arrive in our capital to discuss and improve on coaching topics

The ITTF are keen to host a level 1 coaching award in Wales in early 2013. Details will shortly follow

Entry forms are out for the Welsh events - Swansea Junior/Cadet Open (Penlan) and Blaenau Gwent Junior/Cadet Open (Abertillery). Soon to follow will be the Glamorgan Senior Open in January 2013. Keep an eye on all the latest action www.ttaw.co.uk

Selections for the Finland Senior Open will happen at the end of this month with those names being posted on the official website when confirmed

Invitations have been sent to Romania, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Canada and Luxembourg to send teams to the Welsh Challenge Open in February 2013. The new tournament will take place 15-17 February at Sport Wales National Centre

Follow Us.....

You can now follow Table Tennis Wales in several ways:

website - www.ttaw.co.uk

Twitter - @walesTT

www.nationalcoachwales.blogspot.com

FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/TT-Wales/432508220096105

There's no excuse to be behind on what's happening....

75,000 HITS

we have hit the 75,000 views on this website

Euros - this week

Charlotte Carey, Megan Phillips and Angharad Phillips head to Herning in Denmark tomorrow for the European Singles Championships

check all results on www.ettu.org

Newcastle GP

Chris Doran stole the show at Newcastle over the weekend beating Welsh number 2 Ryan Jenkins 3-1 in the final. Ryan had good wins over Gavin Evans (3-0) and Paul McCreery (3-0) to reach the final

Steve Jenkins lost out to Daniel Basterfield in the same event, but now switches focus back to his club commitments in the Swiss League

In Talks...

Wales are in talks with the Maldives Association about the possibility of training there for a week prior to the Commonwealth Championships in May next year. Table Tennis Wales has a great friendship with the TTAM since senior men players played their 50th anniversary event in 2011.

Dragon Event

The under 9's got the day off to an excellent start and although there were only 6 entries, a round robin provided them with the maximum playing time and the standard was very good....... Results: 1 Louie Evans 2 Mithun Padmanabhan 3 Anna Hursey 4 Lara Whitton 5 Ieuan Morgan 6 Estelle Kelly......

The Under 11's continued with initially 3 groups of 4 and again provided a very good standard of play..... The playoff's consisted of 4 groups of 3 which produced the following results. 1 Darian Eynon 2 Rhys Evans 3 David Avery 4 Mithun Padmanabhan 5 Louie Evans 6 Lauren Stacey 7 Anna Hursey 8 Ieuan Morgan 9 Lara Whitton 10 Sophie Cunningham 11 Danielle Kelly 12 Estelle Kelly ....................

Many of the players in the younger groups willingly accepted the challenge to play in the Under 13 to make up the numbers. Again with 12 players the same format as the under 11's was used and the standard was again really high. Results:

1 Lydia John 2 Bethany Brewer 3 Louie Evans 4 Joshua Stacey 5 Rhys Evans 6 Jack Mullins 7 Jamie Lee Harley 8 Matthew Pearce 9 David Avery 10 Ben Pearce 11 Anna Hursey 12 Danielle Kelly

Last 16

Megan & Angharad make it to the last 16 of the doubles at the Serbia Open.... www.ittf.com

Bristol Grand Prix Entry Form Out

http://etta.co.uk/news/bribar-bristol-grand-prix-entries-open/

Canadian Junior Open in Toronto

Charlotte Carey plays today against a Korean Opponent in the last 16 of the singles. She will also play the final of the team event this evening. http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2173&category=WJC

Good luck

Naomi Owen and Daniel O'Connell both have matches for their clubs this weekend in the French League

Message from Cardiff League...

Just to remind those of you who are interested in getting some practice in, that we have half the Upper Hall booked for the next 3 Mondays 1st, 8th and 15th Oct from 7-30pm. £3 for adults and £2 for Juniors. All are welcome, so come along if you can and get some practice in for the new season. Hope to see you on Monday. Cheers, Chris

Photos From the Weekend

Cardiff Junior/Cadet Open

Facebook

Check out table tennis Wales Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/TT-Wales/432508220096105

Charlotte Carey - Canada

Charlotte Carey has just won the Ontario Junior Singles. Fantastic news from the 16 year old Welsh player

News

Well done Liam Winders and Lawrence John in Burton Uxbridge on the weekend. Steve Jenkins won 2 out of 3 in Swiss league club matches whilst Dan O'Connell won all 3 of his games in France.

Ontario Open - Canada

Charlotte Carey will compete in the Ontario Open just prior to her participation in the Canadian Junior Open in Toronto next weekend. Results to follow as they happen.

Good Luck...

...to Stephen Jenkins (Switzerland) and Daniel O'Connell (France) who have matches for their clubs today.

British League

No Welsh team, but plenty of Welsh Players. Follow the following links to read all the news from the weekend... http://www.tabletennis365.com/SBL/news/1309..... http://www.tabletennis365.com/SBL/news/1317...... http://www.tabletennis365.com/SBL/news/1325.......

Charlotte Bronze

Charlotte Carey lost in the semi finals of the Milpita Open in California to claim a solid bronze medal. The Ebbw Vale youngster has 1 month in North America with various training camps and events. She will travel to Ottawa in late September before the Canadian Junior Open in early October in Toronto

Nicole Hall - QF

Nicole lost out at the Sussex 4* to Yuki Wat 11-9 in the 5th to end her run at the major junior event at the QF stage over the weekend.

Guildford GP - Day 2

Better news for the Welsh on day 2 of the Grand Prix held in Guildford. Ryan Jenkins won the men's singles event beating Scottish number 1 and main GP rival Gavin Rumgay 3-1 in the final. There was almost an all Welsh final in the ladies event, but Angharad & Megan Phillips both lost out close in their semis to Hannah Hicks and Maria Tsapsinos respectively.

Butterfly

TTAW Obtains Sponsorship from Butterfly for the New Season TTAW is pleased to announce that it has agreed a partnership arrangement with Butterfly from the start of the new season for the provision of kit for all the Welsh teams. Bernard Carter, Chair of TTAW said: “We are delighted to have concluded an agreement with Butterfly. The company represents a world class brand and we look forward to working closely with them going forward for our mutual benefit. We are sure that our relationship will develop and go from strength to strength in the years to come”. Sebastian Rangs from Butterfly Europe commented: “We are pleased to re-establish our support for the Table Tennis Association of Wales. Table Tennis, as a sport in Wales, has a great tradition and we have been pleased to be part of that tradition in the past and delighted to be part of the progress which is being made with the sport in the Principality today”. Alan Ransome from Butterfly in the UK commented: “We have supported Welsh table tennis for many years with most of the best players using our equipment. However, this agreement provides a further step with the Welsh teams playing in our clothing for all their competitions and bringing support from Butterfly’s parent company, Tamasu Tokyo. We are confident that the facilities, arrangements and personnel that the Welsh Association have in place and with the National Training Centre in Cardiff, that the package of support that they are giving the players, will lead to a much improved position for Wales on the World stage in the near future.” Many of the Welsh players use Butterfly blades and rubbers, including Ryan Jenkins, Adam Robertson, Charlotte Carey, Angharad Phillips, Megan Phillips, Stephen Jenkins and Conor Edwards. Butterfly equipment is regarded as the very best available and assists the Welsh players to achieve their ambitions. For more information please contact: Ryan Jenkins – Email: ryanjenkins25@hotmail.com Tel: 07554525754 Table Tennis Association of Wales Alan Ransome – Email: ar@rsgsport.com Tel: 01642 2444444 Ransome Sporting Goods – Exclusive Distributors for Butterfly UK

China

GOOD LUCK BOYS.......

Switzerland

Well done to Stephen Jenkins for winning all 3 matches for his Swis club Wadenswil TTC this weekend

Day 1 Guildford GP

Chloe Thomas lost a close band 1 final to Sue Collier. After a matchball, Chloe couldn't get the final point and had to settle for runner up. Nicole was beaten by Chloe in the semi final stage after topping her group. Dean Cundy was the only male making waves in the men's band 1 event winning his group but losing close to Scott Barton in the last 16 round. It was a tough day for both Angharad and Megan Phillips who never reached their usual high standards as it was for Claire Flannaghan who lost out in the band 3 group on countback

Junior County - Glamorgan

Dates set - 4th November & 16th December are now confirmed at Waterside TT Club, Totton as the venue for the above matches. Division 1b for juniors.

Cadet Masters & Senior Top 10

A full write up is on the TTAW website of the above events www.ttaw.co.uk

Selections

Stockton 4* (27th-28th October) CG) – Soffi Jenkins & Kate Roberts JB) – Lewis Williams & Conor Edwards + Ryan Oyler & Callum Evans JG) – Nicole Hall & Beth Roberts................ Namur International (31 Oct & 1 Nov) Cadets – Chris Griffiths & Laura Edwards (born 1997-1998) U13’s – Thomas Heydon & Charlotte Slye (born 1999-2000) U11’s – Joseph Roberts & Lydia John (born 2001)

Canadian open

Charlotte Carey has been fortunate enough to receive an ITTF scholarship to allow her to compete at the Milpita Open in California and the Canadian Junior Open in Toronto. Both these events have Pre training camps attached to them to make full use of her time there.

China for Anna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1urpEup1pPg&feature=youtu.be - Check out Anna in China training

Flanders Open

Selections for Flanders Open: Stephen Jenkins Dean Cundy Daniel O'Connell Naomi Owen Charlotte Carey Angharad Phillips Megan Phillips 26-29 September 2012 Antwerpen

Study at Glamorgan University & coaching qualifications...

If you are at the age where you want to study in Wales, within sport and near the Welsh National Table Tennis team then this may be the course for you http://courses.glam.ac.uk/courses/846-bsc-hons-sports-coaching-and-performance Here you will be studying with like-minded students from other sports to be part of a sporting school setting Check that website above...

Up and coming events.

There will be two events happening soon at Cardiff City Table Tennis Club - 19th August Dragon event, 25th August Senior open (only six spots left). Please contact Nathan Thomas (Cardiffcityttc@gmail.com). Website address - www.cardiffcitytabletennisclub.com.

Pink Pong - 16th August

Remember - 16th August - Pink Pong Cardiff. 4-6pm -Open Session with top coaches (FREE) 7:30pm - Wales vs Rest of the World .......................................................................... Wales: Ryan Jenkins, Mike Marsden, Dan O'Connell, Dean Cundy, Chloe Thomas ROW - Hannah Hicks, Craig Hardie, Chris Main, Wiktor Dzwonkowski, Liz May ..........................................................................

Tickets - £5 adults, £2.50 children All money will go to a local cancer charity.....

South Wales Conference League

Contact Neil Wright - neil_wright5@msn.com - to get a team entered into the 2012-2013 SWCL. This multi-division event will provide opportunities to many different standards and levels in the South Wales area

Bridgend vs Plymouth

Friday, Dave Treharne took a team from his club in Bridgend down to Plymouth for a day with their regional squad training and playing friendly matches.

Message from Cardiff League

*************************************************************************************Just to let you know that, similar to last year, we have booked half of the Upper Hall at the Sport Wales Centre (WIS) each week from Thursday 16th August until the start of the season proper, primarily for those who will be playing in the League this season to get some practice in before the new League season starts at the beginning of October. We will have 8 tables available from 7-15pm to 9-15pm every Thursday, starting on 16th and the cost will be £3 per person. It will be a great opportunity to practice against other league players and get ready for the new season. I hope many of you can make it and look forward to seeing you on 16th. Cheers, Chris Richards (Cardiff League) *************************************************************************************

New season, new sanctions.

All players should check the link below,it contains important information about yellow and red cards and the implications of misbehaviour at English events next season. TTAW will link into this system and will record any incidents at Welsh events. Be on your best behaviour.

Two important dates for the diary

16th August table tennis charity Pink Pong will host an open session 4 till 6pm with a Wales vs rest of the world match starting 7pm.This will be played at the new Cardiff City TTC in Cathays. 17th August TTAW coaches conference-this is a free conference for TTAW coaches to attend at Sport Wales National Centre, starting 9.30am till 3pm.

Top 10 and Cadet Masters

Players that have been invited to participate at the Welsh Top 10 (September 1st) and the Cadet Masters (September 2nd) have just a few days to get their entry forms off in to confirm their spot. Don't delay....

OLYMPIC GAMES

The Olympic Games finally start today - Check out the BBC red button and website to get all the latest results follow @ittf on twitter which will also have a steady flow of results. Good Luck TEAM GB

Sussex Cadet/Junior 4* event

A great tournament for U18's will take place in Sussex this September - 15th&16th Check out http://etta.co.uk/events/events-subpages/entry-forms-2/ You will also see forms for Guilford Grand Prix (8th&9th Sept) and the Newcastle Grand Prix (13th&14th October)

Summer 2012

Letters have been sent out to those players invited to the summer programme in Cardiff [Welsh Squad].

Reply when appropriate to confirm your place

5 days left

There are just 5 days to get your TTAW awards tickets from organiser Dennis Bromage. Dennis is on email (denbro2@sky.com)

Little Anna

Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjvln_czLSg&feature=relmfu where you'll see 5 year old Anna Hursey of Swansea training in China. Watch out girls!

Adam is top

Welsh number 1 Adam Robertson (pic below) finished the season as top player in the German 2nd Bundsaliga. This is a great achievement for any player with so many quality players on show

Player Licences

The new season will be upon us shortly and now is the time to contact the TTAW office to renew your licence. No licence means you are not eligi

ble to play any events

TTAW AGM

The TTAW AGM has been set for the 6th September at 7:30pm - this is subject to the meeting room being available to book. This will be confirmed shortly

EYC2012

Megan, Nicole, Charlotte and Angharad will travel to the Werner Schlager in Vienna on Thursday to compete in the European Youth Championships. Good luck......

Welsh Squad Training 2012-2013

Next season will see a few small changes to the Welsh Squad sessions in Cardiff. Monday night will be COE (Centre of Excellence) nights in Cardiff, Swansea, Rhondda & Ael-y-Bryn. Tuesday will be the big night with the 30 best players from Wales invited 5.30pm-8pm. Wednesday will be a night where TTAW coaches invite players on a 1:2:1 basis only. Thursday is by invitation only with the National Coach.

6 Nations - Sept 2012

The VETS 6 Nations come to Cardiff this September. Check it out http://www.sixnationsveteranstabletennis.co.uk/

British Senior League 2012-2013

Ryan Jenkins has signed for Ormesby in the Senior British League Premier division.

Ryan would like to thank Drumchapel TTC for several great years and is now looking forward to joining one of the UK's biggest clubs

Aussie Star On the Way to Cardiff

Melissa Tapper will base herself in Cardiff prior to the Paralympic Games in London. The Australian player will train with the Welsh squad whilst also having dedicated 1:2:1 sparring with the best Wales has to offer We welcome her and hope to help her in anyway we possibly can...

Pink Pong

The charity Pink Pong will come to Cardiff City Table Tennis Club on the 16th August to raise awareness and funds with some of the best players in Wales there to help. An open session will run 4-6pm so anyone can come to try out at the newly opened TT academy. Olympic torch bearer Betty Gray will attend as will England number 3 Hannah Hicks, Welsh Champion and National Coach Ryan Jenkins and many other top players. Capital radio DJ Matt Lisak will also make a guest appearance. Please show your support to help Pink Pong....

European Youth Championships

With just 2 weeks left until Wales depart for the European Youth Champs in Austria, players are preparing well ready for the big occasion. A 4 day training camp will happen 7-10 July at Sport Wales National Centre. Charlotte Carey (pic) will also attend the Sport Wales Rising Star dinner at the Village hotel on Friday evening.

Holiday camps in Cardiff

Cardiff city Table Tennis club have holiday dates and senior/junior leagues all taking place this summer. From 25th June to 22nd July training is taking place at various dates at the purpose built centre. There is also a junior (2 a side teams) and senior (3 a-side teams). Please contact Nathan Thomas - cardiffcityttc@gmail.com

International Schools Guernsey

The Welsh team are on the way to Guernsey today from Poole on the 5am ferry. Good luck to the teams in the U14, U16 and U18 events. Results to follow

Luxembourg Open

Good luck to Team Wales on way to Luxembourg - Jac Jenkins, Chris Griffiths, Conor Edwards, Beth Roberts and Chloe Thomas

Summer Camps

Stephen Jenkins (Stephen Jenkins Sports Agency) are holding a series of Summer camps during August. Contact him on stephenjenkins19@hotmail.com for a flyer with all the information you need. The classes are limited to 20 players for each day. Get in there....

European Youth Champs

Wales girls are placed in a group with Norway, Armenia and Scotland in the team event which takes place 13th-22nd July in Austria

Chloe Thomas

Chloe has signed for new Swedish club Peng Da in national league for next season

Welsh Schools Finals 2012 - winners

Dan the Man

Dan O'Connell has signed for French club Boulogne in the national French League

24th June - Dragon Event

Entry form on the TTAW website

World Rankings - June

Leading Places Men: 1. ZHANG Jike (CHH) 2. MA Long (CHN) 3. XU Xin (CHN) 4. WANG Hao (CHN) 5. MA Lin (CHN) 6. Timo BOLL (GER) 7. Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) 8. CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE) 9. WANG Liqin (CHN) 10. JOO Saehyuk (KOR) Women: 1. DING Ning (CHN) 2. LIU Shiwen (CHN) 3. LI Xiaoxia (CHN) 4. GUO Yan (CHN) 5. Kasumi ISHIKAWA (JPN) 6. GUO Yue (CHN) 7. WANG Yuegu (SIN) 8. Ai FUKUHARA (JPN) 9. TIE Yana (HKG) 10. FENG Tianwei (SIN)

Half Term Camp

Players from Ireland, Scotland and England will be present in Cardiff this week for the 2 day holiday camp

Tipton GP

Chris Griffiths reached the final of the band 5 losing out to Jessie Kendrick-Hill. Nicole Hall lost out to Jas Ould in the semis of the band 1 women's. There was limited success for Dean Cundy, Dan O'Connell, Conor Edwards and Ryan Oyler but all had some very close matches with top seeds throughout the weekend Ryan Jenkins claimed the men's singles and the overall GP title for a second successive season (6 in total) beating Matt Ware in the final Angharad Phillips and Megan Phillips weren't present but had high finishing places in the women's singles and band 1 singles to claim prize money from the season http://etta.co.uk/news/featured-news/all-go-in-tipton/

Torch.....

Congratulations Betty!!!!!!!!

TTAW Leaders Award

9 candidates took the TTAW leaders award this evening with a great field in attendance. The award, which now has the backing of Sports Leaders UK, helps coaches take the first step into a coaching career

Eurokids Camp - Croatia

Visit www.southwalestt.blogspot.com to see a report on the Eurokids Camp in Croatia

Match vs Midlands

National Coach Ryan Jenkins took 8 youngsters to Burton Uxbridge on Saturday 26th May to train and compete against the English Midlands regional team After an intense 2hr session, which was followed by a break, the players got ready to do battle. The first set of matches saw Wales move into a commanding situation with a great 18-2 win. A quick drinks break then had the players

switch around and play another team. There was no let up from the Welsh warriors and they won that 11-1. Final score Wales 29 Midlands 3 Well done to Chris Griffiths, Callum Evans, Jac Jenkins, Ryan Oyler, Laura Edwards, Caitlin Williams, Kate Roberts and Charlotte Slye.

Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd June sees the opening of the new table tennis academy which is Cardiff City Table Tennis Club CCTTC will hold a 2 day opening weekend which is free for players to sample The address is 135 Maindy Rd, Cathays, CF24 4HN to view what the club are about and what this exciting venture has to offer follow them on twitter - @cardiffcitytabletennisclub or on Facebook You can also visit thier website www.cardiffcitytabletennisclub.com This is the first ever table tennis centre open in Wales that owns their own

premises and you can play TT 24/7 The club is owned and run by former Welsh International and fulltime professional coach Nathan Thomas who wishes to drive this project forward Cardiff City TTC is endorsed by Sport Cardiff, Sport Wales and TTAW

Tipton GP

Ryan Jenkns will lead a strong Welsh squad to the last Grand Prix of the season in Tipton at the beginning of June Several players are in the hunt for the overall prize fund in their respective categories. Ryan is number 1 seed for the men's open and is just a slight 1.5 points ahead of rival Gavin Rumgay in the race for the Grand Prix Championship Reports to follow at the event

Charlotte is Ambitious

Charlotte Carey didn't make the Olympic team, however the 15 year old has made the Olympic ambitions programme where 3 players will sample the Olympic life during the big spectacular in July and August Certain conditions will need to be met for the players. Charlotte has been chosen as she is a future prospect for Rio in 2016 and beyond This is a fantastic results for Charlotte, her family and Welsh table tennis

TTAW 5 a side football

On the 25th May the TTAW will hold the first 5 a side match - coaches vs players at the Power League venue just off manor way in Cardiff 6-7pm After we shall eat at the carvery across the road and have a drink to celebrate another great season for the TTAW Please let me know if you can be there Cost each player is depending on how many show up - roughly £3

Welsh Championships

This weekend in Cardiff the best of the U11, U13 and Vets will bash it out to see who will be the champion of Wales for their age group Check Twitter for results as they happen (@walestt) On Sunday a team of 5 players will go with the national coach to Wrexham for a regional North Wales camp for 4 hours

TT Around the world...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18063206Afghan women are more and more taking part in sports in public since the fall of the Taliban 10 years ago.

London GP

copy and paste this into your browser to see the final set of the London Grand Prix http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=GTrQcohnJJ4

Luxembourg Junior Open

U12 - Jac Jenkins U15 - Chris Griffiths & Beth Roberts U18 - Conor Edwards & Chloe Thomas

Selections

Senior Schools Guernsey 22-24th June Players Selected– U14 – Jac Jenkins & Callum Evans; Caitlin Williams & Laura Edwards U16 – Chris Griffiths & Ryan Oyler; Beth Roberts & Charlotte Carey U18 – Conor Edwards & Lewis Williams; Angharad Phillips & Megan Phillips

London GP and School Games

Several Welsh players will make their way to London later today to compete at the London Grand Prix this weekend and the School Games next Monday and Tuesday

Glamorgan Closed (Bridgend)

Results-- Under 21 Mixed. Group 1 was won by Daniel O'Connell with Ryan Oyler r/up. Group 2 was won by Nicole Hall, Chris Griffiths r/up. In the crossover knockout Dan beat Chris 3-1 & Ryan beat Nicole 3-2. Dan beat Ryan 3-1 in the final. Senior: Group 1 was won by Dan o Connell & Chris Griffiths r/up only pipping Jac Jenkins & Simon Mitcheson with a better for & against games difference of 1. Group 2 Won by Nicole Hall & Ryan Oyler r/up. In the crossover knockout Dan beat Ryan 3-1 & Chris beat Nicole 3-2. In the final Dan beat Chris 3-1. The Ladies, played as a Round Robin ended with 1-Nicole Hall, 2-Regina Grech, 3- Samantha Meredith Dai Treharne

Spanish Open 2012

Naomi Owen lost out in her group at the Spanish Open to Ana Marie ERDELJI 4-2 and Britt Eerland of Holland 4-3 Follow the event: http://www.ittf.com/competitions/test/_groups_matches_1.asp?Event_Type=WSP&Competition_ID=2127&rnd=

NEWS

Check out www.ttaw.co.uk and twitter (@walestt) for the latest news from the French Junior Open in Metz

TTAW Leaders Award

The next Leaders Award is the 16th May at Tonyrefail Comprehensive School
5-8pm

Cost is £15

The course is aimed at young leaders, inexperienced coaches, parents, 5x60 officers and teachers

Please pass this onto anyone who you feel would benefit
coaching@ttaw.co.uk

Thanks

Sponsors

Congratulations to Chris Griffiths & Liam Winder on their new sponsorship deals with Bribar

Additionally, Callum Evans has an agreement with Stiga in place.

Blackpool Grand Prix

Good luck to all the players this weekend at Blackpool GP and Scotland for the Primary Schools Championships

News -

Glamorgan Senior & Under 21 Closed at Bridgend YMCA ON 21ST April‏

Get you entry form in

Contact Dave Treharne - daitree@uwclub.net

New Poll

....move your eyes across to the left of this page and vote....

TTAW Livery Guild Coaching Bursary

Applications closed for the coaching bursary which will be awarded to a young, hopeful coach last Friday (6th April)

Several applications were submitted and the committee will decide on a short list and then a final decision will be made to the worthy winner in late April