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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

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Euros - this week

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

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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