Welsh squad training

Another week, another session, but today the effort and ethos was at a different level altogether

It may be down to what was learned in Sweden, or because of the Welsh Championships this weekend in Cardiff. Either way, the level was very high

Liam the Lion

Well done to Liam Winders for finishing 3rd in his group at the Sussex series over the weekend

International Schools session

Whilst the hustle and bustle goes on in the main hall of the National Sports centre this weekend at the Welsh Championships, there will be another important event happening on Saturday afternoon.

At 3pm on Saturday, hopefuls looking to gain a place in the Welsh teams for Scotland will have an opportunity to display their skills to the watching selectors

Those chosen will compete at the International Schools Championships in Largs, Scotland this April

All coaches are welcome to invite their players to have their chance

Good Luck

What a weekend

With players in Sweden, Sussex, Doncaster, Cippenham, Cirencester and Swansea, it was an active weekend for all involved

Reports are to go on the TTAW very soon so keep a check on it - www.ttaw.co.uk

Next weekend will see the best of Wales competing at the Welsh Championships in Cardiff

Here is a photo from the Wales/Norway camp which happened just before the Swedish Open in Oslo

Swedish open

Lewis williams, Conor Edwards, Angharad Phillips, Megan Phillips, Chloe Thomas & Charlotte Carey compete over the next 2 days at the Swedish junior open in orebro

On Friday Megan, Angharad, Conor and Lewis leave for the Doncaster grand prix whilst Charlotte and Chloe will be joined by Daniel O'Connell, Dean Cundy, Ryan Oyler and Nicole Hall at the Safir Open from Friday to Sunday

All the latest results here and on twitter
@walesTT

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Welsh Championships

The closing date for the Welsh Championships is approaching

Do you best to print it off, fill in your form, and post it in that red box at the end of your street.

We would like to see you there on that weekend - 3/4 March 2012

Half Term

4 Hungarian players make their way to the UK to train with the Welsh squad this holiday time at the Sport Wales National Centre

Wales' best will play in the A squad sessions Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The B squad come in just Tuesday and Thursday whilst the development group train on Wednesday only

Players from 5 years old right up to number 1 in Wales will be part of next weeks camps

JBL

...weekend 2 is make or break for both boys and girls teams

Charlotte, Angharad, Chloe and Megan are currently top of the premier division and will look to complete their task this weekend and get crowned Champs this Sunday

The boys are near the top in division 2 and will look to take the opposition this weekend to win their league

Results on twitter - @walesTT (sign up and follow)
www.twitter.com

Filton College take Wales

Last night at the Sport Wales National Centre a 7 strong team from Filton took on the challenge against a young Welsh side

Lewis Williams, Alex Prosser, Dan O'Connell, Conor Edwards, Charlotte Carey, Nicole Hall, Megan Phillips and Angharad Phillips lost out 12-16 in the end

Wales' best player, Alex Prosser, had a great day with some fine wins

A rematch has been asked for just before Wales depart for the World Championships with hopefully a stronger team in place

200 Club

The 200 club will be trying to recruit further members at the Cardiff Grand Prix and the Welsh Championships over the coming weeks. Each month a draw takes place where cash prizes are won by its members. It costs £1 a month to become a member and all profits go to towards the benefit of table tennis in this country.

Get yourself in the Club.....

To be part of it today email coaching@ttaw.co.uk

Belgium

Conor Edwards and Lewis Williams made their way to Diest in the Belgium league to play for their new club last weekend

Conor played well winning all 4 matches with Lewis winning 50% of his

The club were very happy with more dates coming soon for the pair...

TTAW

The Table Tennis Association held a very worth while and rewarding board meeting and EGM on Sunday February 5th at Sport Wales National Centre

Minutes of the meeting will be available soon to all members

- An interesting topic will be around weather TTAW change their name to 'Table Tennis Wales' at the AGM this summer?
Watch this space...

Swansea Dragon Event

Swansea will host their first ever Dragon event with the help of Swansea Building Society on February 26th at Penlan Leisure Centre

The sponsors will enable the tournament to rent hall space and other essentials in order to put on a tournament to be proud of

TTAW Development Coach Aled Howells has been instrumental in getting this to come together an shows the effort being put into the area by TTAW

Closing Date is the 20th Feb. Contact Dennis Bromage (01792 891398)

Check out the results on twitter - @walesTT
or on Aled's Blog (West Wales TT) - http://www.westwalestt.blogspot.com/

Table Tennis Look a Likes

Patrick Baum (GER) & Dan O'Connell (WAL)

North Wales Regional Camp

The first Regional Camp took place today in Denbigh with 18 players competing at a high level. The attitudes, motivation and pride was inspiring and it was nice to be part of it

Roll on May when it goes to Wrexham

Umpire for International Primary Schools

TTAW are looking for an umpire/scorer to attend the International Primary Schools in Scotland on the 13th-15th April

The event will take place in Largs, Inverclyde

Reply to coaching@ttaw.co.uk if you need more information

West of Scotland Open

Welsh wins for Naomi Owen, Ryan Jenkins & Dan O'Connell

Jac Jenkins was R/up in cadets and U13 singles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYu3rOC9Bhw

Full report www.ttaw.co.uk

Glamorgan Reach the Premier

Last weekend Glamorgan 1 Juniors beat Sussex '2' 10-0,Surrey '1' 6 games to 4, Hants 10-0 & Dorset 7 games to 3.

Congratulations to Connor Edwards, Ryan Oyler, Alex Prosser, Nicole Hall & Beth Roberts.

A special thank you to Aled Rhys Howell for giving up his weekend to coach the team. Glamorgan 2nd Team of Chris Griffiths, Callum Evans, Liam Winder, Sharlene Williams & Caitlin Williams beat Sussex '2' 6 games to 4, Lost 6-4 to Surrey, drew 5-5 with Dorset & beat Hants 8-2.

A special mention for Liam Winder who won his first County game in the Hampshire match & then went on to win a second.

Dai Tree
Team Manager

Barcelona

The team of Chris Griffiths, Callum Evans, Jac Jenkins, Thomas Heydon, Laura Edwards and Beth Roberts head to Barcelona this weekend to compete at the Catalan Invitation event

Results to follow...

Development Camp - Sunday

This Sunday players as young as 5 years old will train with Welsh coaches to get off to a great start in their table tennis careers

Development Camps have been happening monthly since August and have helped many young starters into the game

Welsh Primary Schools Trials...

...take place on the 3rd March at 3pm in the main hall of Sport Wales National Centre. These trials will find the best 4 boys and best 4 girls to represent Wales in Scotland this April

Cardiff Schools Event

On Friday an event in Cardiff will go ahead to see the best school of the region. This takes place at Sport Wales National Centre with several schools in action

Carmarthen Cadet Open - 22nd April

Date for the diary

22nd April

Joe Morris memorial Carmarthen Cadet Open

Entry forms will be out next month

Table Tennis Lookalikes

Andrew Baggaley (ENG) and Mattias Oversjo (SWE)

Naomi Owen - ITTF

http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=26603&Competition_ID=2104&
This link above will take you to an article about Naomi

To follow her progress at the Hungarian Open copy and paste this into your browser
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/test/_groups_matches_1.asp?Event_Type=WSP&Competition_ID=2104&rnd=

Welsh Championships

The organisers of the Welsh Championships have included the U21 category for the first time in a few years

With more and more players still playing after the junior days it feels the right time for younger stars to perform in more events over the weekend

Entry forms are on the TTAW website - www.ttaw.co.uk

Angharad Wins 4*

Full report of the weekend's event in Grantham on www.ttaw.co.uk

Well done to Angharad Phillips - junior girls and Ryan Oyler - cadet banded on winning

East Midlands

This weekend the East Midlands 4* takes place in Grantham with a variety of Welsh talent ready for the challenge

Reports to follow for both days

North Wales Regional Camps

Every 3 months the National Coach will hold a North Wales Regional Camp to help improve the players from Denbigh & Wrexham who have shown great improvements recently

The first camp - Q1 - will take place on the 4th February in Denbigh and the second date - Q2 - scheduled for 19th May in Wrexham

Letters to the chosen players will arrive in due course

TTAW Leaders Award

There are a few spaces still left on the Table Tennis Leaders course this Saturday at Bridgend YMCA

Please contact tutor Simon Oyler (simon_oyler_1@hotmail.com) to secure a spot

Details:
£15 per candidate
9am-1pm

Bridgend YMCA
Angel Street
Bridgend
Mid Glamorgan
CF31 4AD
01656 654 613

England Camps @ Sheffield

Ryan Oyler, fresh from his double win at the Glamorgan Champs in Nantymoel today, along with runner up Chris Griffiths and Lewis Williams will attend a 3 day camp in Sheffield with the England junior squad 14-16th January

The ladies camp, which is 2 weeks later, will see Angharad Phillips, Megan Phillips and Chloe Thomas attend with the top English females

Selected:
Chris Griffiths, Ryan Oyler, Lewis Williams (Coach Ryan Jenkins)

Angharad Phillips, Chloe Thomas, Megan Phillips (Coach TBA)