West Wales Open - results

Ryan Jenkins bt Yang Zhang in the final of the men's singles

Naomi Owen bt Charlotte Carey in the final of the ladies singles

Lee Morgan won both junior and cadets boys beating Conor Edwards in the 2 events

Charlotte Carey also won both cadet and junior finals beating Ashley Givan and Sarah Dolan respectively

Naomi Owen & Charlotte Carey won women's doubles. John Murphy & Ryan Flood won the men's.

VETTS winners - Sven Severeys

Dragon U15 winner - Thomas Heydon
Dragon U13 winner - Dylan Bruford

Semi Final Time

the semi final of the Belgian league takes place tonight at 7.30pm CET

PW Diest have a uphill struggle to win against the famous Villette Charleroi who have Saive, Korbel and world number 14 Ovtcharov in their team. They also have a top ranked Chinese player to call on if needed.

Welsh number 2 and former British Champion, Ryan Jenkins, will have to play the game of his life to get near any of the above players....

Hardbat Cardiff Champs

To see the final between Owen Clutterbuck and Nick Brown please visit:

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAf0D49H910
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwZm7PVnonE

Jenkins to play Europe's Best

Welsh Player/Coach Ryan Jenkins has the chance to play some of the best and most well known names of European Table Tennis in late April.

His club in Belgium, PW Diest, have reached the Semi Finals of the League's Play-off matches which puts them up against European Champions Villete Charleroi on the 28th April.

They have World Number 14 Dimitrij Ovtcharov, number 47 Petr Korbel [former Olympic Bronze medalist] and number 57 Jean-Michel Saive [former European Champion and World number 1].

Let's see what the former 9 times Welsh champion can do this time.....

Youtube Clip of the Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoDee2gm0hs&feature=related

- Not bad....

More Welsh Titles Won @ Cippenham!!!

Results:

Men’s Singles
Ben Johnson (USA) bt
Jogenes Senorin (Mi)

Women’s Singles
Julie Furber (WAL) bt
Jasmin Ould (K)

Senior Consolation
Michael Julian (WAL)
Julie Furber (WAL)

From a players perspective

*Lewis Williams & Lee Morgan @ the French Junior Open

"It was a long drive down through France to the event, but it is well worth it. We have seen so many good shots from the players of Japan, France, Spain and others. It's not only inspiring but motivating to play at such an event and being in this company only makes us want to train harder and become better. The highlight was our doubles match against Japan where we really played well - and took a set!!!
We will win such events one day and bring the trophy back to wales"

French Cadet & Junior Open 2010

Good Luck to Lee Morgan, Lewis Williams, Nicole Hall, Charlotte Carey, Chloe Thomas, Angharad Phillips and Megan Phillips at the French Junior Open from the 14th-18th April in Rennes, France.

Full Week[end] of TT

With teams going to Luxembourg for their senior open, Guernsey for the British primary schools championships and Cheltenham for the 4* Open it was an action packed week.

Luxembourg - Naomi Owen finished 13th in the women's singles
Primary Schools - 2 silver medals [Boys team and Laura Edwards] and a bronze [Ryan Oyler]
Cheltenham - 3 winners: Megan Phillips [Junior singles], Angharad Phillips [Junior banded] and Lewis Williams [cadet banded]

Full reports on ttaw.co.uk

Player Profile

Name: Caitlin Williams

DOB 17th may 1998

Playing style - attacking

Equipment- joola wingfast blade
Joola energy extra rubbers

Ambition - to work hard, continue to be part of the welsh squad and be the best in every competition I play.

Sporting Hero - Wayne Rooney - an amazing individual player who works hard for his team and never gives up

Best result to date - playing for the 1st time for Glamorgan cadets in evesham and winning 6 out of 6. Also my first European event for Wales in Namur which was a great honour.

Welsh Players in the World...

World Rankings

Men
Adam Robertson 203
Ryan Jenkins 264
Stephen Jenkins 709
Patrick Thomas 770
Stephen Gertsen 1315
Men’s Team Ranked at 45 in world

Women
Naomi Owen 300
Charlotte Carey 908
Naomi Wilson 914
Angharad Phillips 1004
Chloe Thomas 1009
Megan Phillips 1066
Women’s team Ranked at 71 in world

West Wales Open

Closing date for the West Wales Open will be on 16th April 2010

Please get your entries in as soon as possible.

Team South Africa have entered plus a Croatian player amongst many others...

Half Term Camp - Easter

It was a very satisfying Easter Training week with over 30 Welsh players players getting quality table tennis. We were very fortunate to have guests from the famous Team Peniel throughout the camp at WIS, Cardiff

Welsh Primary Schools - Team

Entry forms for the above event are now on the TTAW webpage to download

Photos from the Carmarthen Festival

Photos available from the Carmarthen Festival earlier this month

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63713558@N00/sets/72157623591944931/
provided by Stan Eastwood [TTAW]

London Super League

Great Results from the 6 players who were at the London Super League this month:

Final Positions:

Patrick Thomas - 6th
Charlotte Carey 16th
Chloe Thomas 18th
Lee Morgan 19th
Josh Jenkins 22nd
Cameron Thomas 26th

TTAW selections

The following players have been chosen to represent Wales at the forthcoming events:

French Junior Open:
Angharad Phillips, Lee Morgan, Lewis Williams, Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey, Megan Phillips and Nicole Hall.

BATTS London 1*
Chris Griffiths, Alex Prosser, Conor Edwards, Ashley Stavrakis, Jac Jenkins and Thomas Heydon.

EuroKids Training Camp - Italy
Jac Jenkins and Lauura Edwrads

Luxembourg Junior Open
Charlotte Carey
Daniel O'Connell
Nicole Hall
Lee Morgan
Caitlin Williams
Ryan Oyler

World Championships - Moscow
Adam Robertson, Ryan Jenkins and Stephen Jenkins

BATTS super league

Patrick Thomas, Chloe Thomas, Charlotte Carey, Lee Morgan, Josh Jenkins and Cameron Thomas will be heading to London tonight to compete in the London Super League circuit against the best players in the area.

South Africa Test Matches in Wales

Prior to the Commonwealth Games in October a team of 5 men from South Africa will visit Wales to undergo training and test matches against the Welsh men's team.
Shane Overmeyer, Luke Abrahams, Theo Cogill, Kurt Lingerveldt and Itumeleng Molahloe will be flying into Heathrow on the 19th April and stay until the 26th April. As part of the visit they will also compete at the West Wales Open in Carmarthen.

http://www.ittf.com/ittv

The ITTF just launched a new version of the ITTF TV channels atwww.ittf.com/ittv
6 TV channels provide with all the ITTF world events LIVE and delayed videos of the matches played on the TV table. Access to the TV channels is free.

Cardiff Cathays v Greenhouse Tonypandy

http://www.south-eastwalesdevelopmentcoach.blogspot.com/

Visit Simon Oyler's blog for the information on the result.....

WSA article

An article was published on the WSA website about the forthcoming roadshow trip around Wales in our van..

http://www.welshsports.org.uk/news/index.asp?action=goNews&naction=viewArticle&category=9&uID=&ID=1413

Player of the month - March

Nicole Hall - Rhondda

Check on the lefthand side why....
(under the poll!!)

German Open Final [men]

What a great match - check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF8pob52ggo&feature=related

BRITISH CHAMPIONS......

Drumchapel TTC were crowned champions for a second successive season over the weekend. The Glasgow club (who has Welsh team players, Ryan & Stephen Jenkins in their team)remained unbeaten all season to take the crown.
Ryan Jenkins had a great weekend winning 8 out of 8, and only losing 1 individual match all season. Stephen had a particularly good win against former Irish number 1 and world ranked 90, Column Slevin. Steve had one of the best averages for positions 3 in the league.

Another Welsh star, Patrick Thomas, helped Ormesby to 4th spot overall and had a good weekend winning 6 out of 8.

Drumchapel on top form

Drumchapel TTC are favorites to retain their British Premier League title this weekend at the famous Ormesby club. Both Ryan and Stephen Jenkins compete for the Scottish club who won the title for the first time in its history 12 months ago.

Patrick Thomas will also be competing at the weekend for the home club team Ormesby.

German Open - Berlin

The German Open starts on Thursday with Adam Robertson, Naomi Owen, Patrick Thomas and Ryan Jenkins all in action for Wales

Report will follow....

Carmarthen Festival

I visited the West Wales festival today and what a fantastic surprise i got as i entered the hall. There was over 15 tables all full with various schools from the area competing against each other to claim the trophies on offer.

Congratulations to Aled for his hard work and success in making this happen

Silver for Lewis!!

Lewis Williams got a silver at the singles of the 6 nations losing to Igor Morais 3-1

Full Report on ttaw.co.uk

Derby 4* Junior

Well done to Angharad Phillips who lost in the final to Lucy Davidson 3-2 in the Derby 4* Open.
Angharad beat both Tressa Armitage and Emily Bates to reach her final spot

Selections

The following players have been selected to represent Wales at the BATTS 1* event in Harlow, Essex in April:

U15's
Ashley Stavrakis
Alex Prosser
Chris Griffiths
Conor Edwards
U11's
Matthew Francis
Jac Jenkins

Luxembourg Open
Due to both Adam Robertson and Stephen Jenkins being unable to travel to the Luxembourg Senior Open - Stephen Gertsen, after a period of absence, has been recalled into the team

six nations - Day 1

2 Silver and a Bronze for the Welsh Teams at Largs!!

Full report on ttaw.co.uk

Commonwealth Squad

The Commonwealth squad has been trimmed to include the following players:

Men - Adam Robertson, Steve Jenkins, Patrick Thomas and Ryan Jenkins
Women - Naomi Owen, Megan Phillips, Charlotte Carey, Chloe Thomas and Angharad Phillips

this will now go to the Commonwealth Games Council for them to decide who they would like to select for the October extravaganza