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Thursday 17 October 2013

Ping Pong at the Ally Pally returns


Matchroom Article Following the unqualified success of its 2013 debut, Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce tickets are now on sale for the World Championship of Ping Pong 2014 at Alexandra Palace, London on January 4 & 5.

Live on Sky Sports in the UK, 64 of the world's best players will take part in the two-day tournament with a substantial prize fund and tickets are on sale now at SeeTickets.com (search ‘Ping Pong’) and at www.worldchampionshipofpingpong.net.

Using traditional sandpaper rackets, the World Championship of Ping Pong is a throwback to the early days of table tennis and is catapulting ping pong into the big league and onto the international television stage.

Qualifiers are being staged for the 2014 World Championship of Ping Pong in 21 countries around the world, with the first names already confirmed for Alexandra Palace.

All eight 2013 quarter-finalists are invited back, and 2013 champion Maxim Shmyrev has confirmed he will defend his title in London. He will be joined by qualifiers including England’s Denis Neale, Dutchman Lars Adema and Lithuanian female star Egle Adomelyte.

Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn said: “I am thrilled that once again we are staging the World Championship of Ping Pong in London. This year’s tournament was the start of something really quite exciting and we are building on that for 2014. We are staging qualifiers all over the world and players are desperate to be a part of this.

“We are taking the sport back to its purest form, back to the old days when it was just a bit of wood and a piece of sandpaper. It’s all about player versus player, not scientist versus scientist, and that is what I love about it.

“This year was great but you’d better get your tickets quickly because next year is going to be even better.”

Tickets are on sale now priced £10 for afternoon sessions and £15 for evenings.

The tournament takes place over four sessions, with a double elimination group stage featuring eight groups played out on eight tables on the Saturday afternoon before the last 32 enter a knockout stage played across two tables in the evening.

On Sunday morning the last 16 will be whittled down to eight quarter-finalists, who will proceed to the evening session to battle it out for the 2014 World Championship of Ping Pong crown. http://youtu.be/GmK5lw6UBTI

Confirmed participants for the 2014 World Championship of Ping Pong

Cardiff Legaue News


Hi Everyone,

G E Ilan Nomads is desperate to sign a player for their 1st team in division 1. They are based in Pontypridd and their home night is Thursday.

If you are interested/know of anyone interested, please contact Bill Berry on 01443 400562.

Saturday 12 October 2013

Rhondda TTC Appeal...


Rhondda Table Tennis Club has been shortlisted for the South Wales Echo's wish 2013 campaign. The £25,000 will be shared amongst the clubs on that wish list. The more tokens each group collect, the larger amount of cash they will receive.

How you can help:

Four tokens will be printed each day in the South Wales Echo from 2nd October-30th November. If you can manage to collect the tokens and hand them to me then I can stick them in the books provided. Watch out for the 'bonus tokens' as well, these could give the group a much needed boost.

The more people collecting the tokens and spreading the word then the better chance of getting a bigger share of the cash pot and helping Rhondda Table Tennis club. Therefore please spread the word, ask parents, relatives, work colleagues, local community,schools,local shops and anyone you can think of. I have posters and leaflets if you need any to help spread the word.

Stephen Jenkins (Head Coach)

Friday 11 October 2013

JBL weekend 1


Junior British Lge kicks off this weekend in Lilleshall and Welsh players are in action. Follow @walesTT for all the weekend's results

Thursday 10 October 2013

Glamorgan U13/Cadet/Junior Championships


Under 13 Boys-Semi Final Joseph Roberts bt Ellis Burgess,Cade Short bt Benedict Watson, Cade bt Joseph 3-2 in the Final

Under 13 Girls Round Robin 1Lydia John, 2Jamie Lee Harvey 3Anna Hursey 4 Lauren Stacey 5Bethany Brewer 6 Lara Whitton

Under 15 Boys-Semi Final Jac Jenkins bt Marc Castro,Josh Stacey bt Benedict Watson, Jac bt Josh 3-0 in the Final

Under 15 Girls Round Robin 1 Lydia 2 Jamie Lee 3 Anna 4 Bethany 5 Lauren

Under 18 Boys Semi Final Callum Evans bt Connor Edwards,Ryan Oyler bt Jac Jenkins,Ryan bt Callum 3-1 in the Final

Under 18 Girls Semi Final Laura Edwards bt Beth Roberts,Soffi Jenkins bt Lydia John, Laura bt Soffi in the Final

Dai Tree

Friday 4 October 2013

Welsh players in the world rankings ITTF


Men - Ryan Jenkins 281, Stephen Jenkins 710, Dan O'Connell 1146, Conor Edwards 1248, Lewis Williams 1426, Ryan Oyler 1445, Chris Griffiths 1498, Jac Jenkins 1669, Callum Evans 1701

Women - Naomi Owen 356, Charlotte Carey 366, Megan Phillips 605, Angharad Phillips 755, Chloe Thomas 887, Nicole Hall 1053

Visit www.ittf.com for all the information with rankings