Commonwealth Games Squads 2014

The Welsh squads for the Commonwealth Games will be announced very soon. Players will need to satisfy criteria form the Commonwealth Games Council before being selected fully

The TTAW will recommend players based on International performances over the past 12 months and leading up to the final selection date in December 2013

The Commonwealth Games are to be held in Glasgow

Angharad on radio

Angharad Phillilps was on BBC Wales radio yesterday which will be aired at a later date

WSA website

Check out this link for an article on the Welsh Sports Association's website

http://www.welshsports.org.uk/news/index.asp?action=goNews&naction=viewArticle&category=9&uID=&ID=2416

Update

Check out the ITTF and TTAW websites for the latest news from Dortmund

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Wales win every match so far

World Championship 2012

With 149 countries participating in this 2012 World Table Tennis Championship, a new record is created with a participation level of 120 men's team and 92 women's team. 825 players (469 men and 356 women) will compete as per the schedule in "Westfallenhallen", Dortmund. The ITTF has created, for the first time, a 5th Division for the Men's Teams (24 teams in each division), while the Women's Teams are divided into four divisions.

With nearly 3500 accredited, 36 competition tables, 1300 surrounds, 7000 m2 of Gerflor flooring, 7200 DHS balls, 1778 ITTF accredited people and media, 3500 volunteers, and the Fun Park (where the tables are in all shapes and sizes), the 51st World Championship will be the largest ever held.

Wales women group:
1.  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
2   PERU 
3   WALES 
4   MOLDOVA 
5   MACEDONIA 
6   MONTENEGRO 

Wales men group:
   KUWAIT
   WALES 
   BAHRAIN 
   CAMEROON 
   UZBEKISTAN 
   KOSOVO 

Keep up to date
www.ittf.com


Follow Ryan on Twitter: @walesTT with BlackBerry®

Wales/Ireland camp

Things went as well as planned for the teams before they depart for the GAC World Team Championships in a few days time

Players Training:

Paul McCreery
Amanda Mogey
John Murphy
Ashley Robinson
Gavin Maguire

Ryan Jenkins
Daniel O'Connell
Charlotte Carey
Chloe Thomas

Good Luck

to all the competitors at the Team Championships of Wales this weekend in Cardiff

International Schools Match

Teams:
Matthew Francis, Jake Simeone, Jack Cole, Steffan Griffiths, Harry Langley, Jamie Lee Harley, Bethany Brewer and Lydia John

On Friday the 16th March the above players took to the M5 down to Plymouth to play a test match against their rivals from the South West region

The final score was 21-10 to the opponents but the were some fine performances from all players and many matches went the full 5 set distance

Lydia won 1 from 3, Matthew won 3 from 5, Jack and Steffan won 2 each, and Harry & Jake winning 1 each

There will be a return match in April in Cardiff before the team depart for Scotland with North Wales based players Victoria Brooke's and Dawn Jones available

French Open

Selections for the French junior open:

Conor Edwards, Lewis Williams, Alex Prosser
Angharad & Megan Phillips, Charlotte Carey, Chloe Thomas

Primary School Special Days

The first 'primary School Special Day' took place at Sport Wales National Centre on Thursday 8th March with Perthcelyn Primary School.

https://rctmoodle.org/perthcelyncommunityprimary/

The Special Days programme allows a primary school, through application, to attend a professional setting whilst engaging with National coaches and players from table tennis to encourage them to take up the sport back at their school environment

It is hoped that between 500-1000 young players are introduced to table tennis projects through this initiative

The next Special Day will take place on May 10th
To obtain an application form contact coaching@ttaw.co.uk

Denbigh on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/DenbighTableTennis

Check out Denbigh's table tennis facebook site

Burton 2* Event

Date - Saturday 12th May

Contact Simon Price - simonp_54@hotmail.com - for an entry form

Thanks.....

.....To Arriva Trains for sponsoring Charlotte Carey for another year with a free train pass so she can get into Cardiff regular

March 8th

Perthcelyn Primary School (of Mt Ash) have been selected through an application process to visit the National Sports Centre this Thursday for the 1st Primary School Special Days programme

They will be able to play in fantastic facilities under the guidance of the National Coach

A full report to follow....

ETTU

Check out the link
http://www.ettu.org/news_view.php?id=4728

ETTU website report on the Welsh Championships

Images of winners - Welsh Champs 2012

Winners are:

March WR

Men
Ryan 279
Stephen 732
Daniel 1353
Lewis 1407
Conor 1431

Women
Naomi 345
Charlotte 522
Megan 748
Angharad 764
Chloe 895
Nicole 1087