Live Streaming available this weekend in Douglas

Live streaming will be on 4 show courts this weekend for the International Senior Schools in Isle of Man. Check out www.ttaw.co.uk for more information on where to look for the webpage. Follow your players on twitter with us - @walesTT

(Picture - Nicole Hall - hoping for more trophies this weekend at the ISS Champs)

90,000 hits

Soon the 100,000 mark will be passed and the NCM blog will show how popular it has become

Camp for ISS players

The 2 day camp is in full swing with all the players going to Isle of Man in action today and tomorrow in Sport Wales National Centre. The draw is now out and all players are ready to take on the best the schools event has to offer. Results are always on @walesTT

Cardiff City TTC Event

Here are the final positions for the event last weekend:

U - 11 1 Joseph Roberts 2 Lauren Stacey 3 Anna Hursey 4 Suyash Agarwal 5 Kavin Durai

U-13 1 Joseph Roberts 2 Raja Gulim 3 Joe Williams 4 Advait Nair 5 Anna Hursey 6 Thomas Hunter 7 Mohammed Kadir 7 Alex Doughty 9 Shaili Kadambande

U-15 1 Marc Castro 2 Huw Standen 3 Macauley Morgan 4 Pouyan Javanmard 5 Martin Alldrick

U-18 1 Macauley Morgan 2 Tom Goodall 3 Peyman Mollaei 4 Huw Standen 5 Pouyan Javanmard 6 Martin Alldrick

Just Give a Little....

On August 19th Pink Pong will be in Cardiff to celebrate table tennis whilst raising money for cancer patients. You can donate here http://www.justgiving.com/pinkpongwales

Also people can text WALE50 £1,£2,£3,£4,£5,£6,£7,£8,£9,£10 to 70071 on your mobile phones

Anytime you want to set up a page for a charity event in your clubs, set up as Cancer Research UK and then link to pink pong team via - https://www.justgiving.com/teams/PinkPongUK

Volunteer Opportunity

The Community Games, in association with Street Games, are taking place on August 21st at Cardiff Metropolitan University and TTW are searching for volunteers for the event. Please feel free to contact coaching@ttaw.co.uk for more information about the event

European Youth Champs draw

Junior Boys - England, Ukraine, Norway & Armenia

Junior Girls - Belgium, Lithuania, Switzerland & Israel

Cadet Boys - Israel, Luxembourg & Armenia

Cadet Girls - Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg

News

Check the news www.ttaw.co.uk

George dining with some Legends

George Evans sat and had dinner with several legends whilst at the European Vets Championships in Bremen last week (photo: Jan Ove Waldner, Mikkael Applegren, Steffan Fetzner)

TTW Annual Awards 2013 - Bridgend

Please visit www.ttaw.co.uk

for the nomination form for the awards on 28th July in Bridgend. Tickets on sale soon....

Dates to be aware of

The following flyers are out here to help you know when there are important Cricket and Rugby dates in Cardiff so you know about increased traffic and less carpark spaces at the centre. It will also help with some road closures that occur when large matches take place at the Millennium Stadium

Parents Evening 31st May 6-9pm

Invite parents have the chance to meet National Coach Ryan Jenkins to discuss the TTW programme, players sessions and International tournaments on May 31st 6-9pm in Cardiff. Emails have gone to the players parents so please reply quickly. Thanks

New World Rankings...

Ryan #271 Stephen #708 Dan #1119 Conor #1256 Lewis #1427

Naomi #344 Charlotte #400 Megan #579 Angharad #762 Chloe #865 Nicole #1074

Welsh Open - Hardbat Challenge Event Tour

Cardiff was due to host a Welsh Open hard bat tour event on 22nd September. Unfortunately the tour has been in touch and all events are cancelled until further notice

New Club opens in Swansea

The recently opened club in Manselton community centre, which happens on Thursday nights from 6pm-9pm,is open to anyone to attend. Please feel free to contact the Chairman Chris Donovan Chrisdonovans1982@msn.com for further information

for all the Swansea info contact regional coach Judith Whitton on @judewhitton or judewhitton@googlemail.com

Half Term Camp in the Rhondda

Dates/Times/cost

Tues 28th, Wed 29th, Thurs 30th, Fri 31st May

10.00-12.00

£2 per day

For more information please contact Stephen Jenkins on info@stephenjenkinssportsagency.co.uk, 07875718131

ITTF page report

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvjp5JX3o8

World Championships -Paris

After Dubai and Delhi, Conor Edwards, Dan O'Connell, Ryan Jenkins, Naomi Owen, Megan Phillips and Charlotte Carey will now move onto Paris to represent Wales at the World Table Tennis Championships. Follow the team on twitter - @walesTT

UK School Games 2013

There will be trials for the boys and girls team for the 4 places available on 2nd June at Sport Wales NC, Cardiff (Upper Hall). The final team needs to be submitted a week later onto the EMS online system. The main event will be held in Sheffield this September and is supported by Sainsbury's.

updates.....

All the days reports online www.ttaw.co.uk

India Event Starts Today

Keep up to date with all the results as they happen at the Commonwealth Championships on the ITTF http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2231&category=Special

Spin Dubai

http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/ping-pong-bounces-into-dubai-with-susan-sarandons-star-power

Selection News

The selection committee today decided the following selections for the summer events: www.ttaw.co.uk

WR - May 2013

Naomi #358, Charlotte #406, Megan #646, Angharad #748, Chloe #822, Nicole #1022

Ryan #280, Stephen #686, Daniel #1122, Conor #1197, Lewis #1359

Naomi wins again...

Naomi Owen, the 9 times Welsh Champion, helped her club Eslov to the Women's Elite division title last weekend. Well done Naomi from everyone in Welsh table tennis....

Commonwealth Champs

Stephen Jenkins, Dan O'Connell, Conor Edwards, Charlotte Carey, Megan Phillips, Angharad Phillips and Chloe Thomas (along with coaches Ryan Jenkins and Simon Oyler) head off tomorrow to Delhi for the Commonwealth Championships starting on the 5th May. First there is a 'pit-stop' in Dubai for some training with former Welsh coach Li Chao at his club where he is currently based. Follow us @walesTT.....

Seeds for the weekend

Glamorgan Championships - www.ttaw.co.uk

TTW Annual Awards 2013

The TTW Annual awards will be held in Bridgend on Sunday 28th July 2013 this year with special guests the Dragon Puppets http://dragonpuppets.wix.com/band#

Day 1 Report - Estonia

Day 1

The morning session belong to the women’s team event with Angharad/Megan and Chloe/Charlotte teaming up. The Denbigh sisters found their draw tough and went down 1/3 to their Belarus opponents. Angharad lost out 1/3 and Meg lost 0-3 to leave it to the doubles to keep the match alive. That was won 3/1 and there was a glimmer of hope installed. Angharad lost a battle 2/3 to end that and the match was over. Meanwhile on the next table Charlotte and Chloe both won 3/0 and the doubles went the same way to finish the match in double quick time to progress to the Quarter finals.

A tough draw waited as the number 1 seeds from Ukraine stood in the way of a semi final place. Charlotte looked in control of set 1 but things turned around and she was quickly 0/2 down. The third seemed to be going Charlotte’s way until her opponent dug deep and the match went their way. Chloe couldn’t match her opponent and we needed the doubles to save the match. With a 2/1 lead it looked likely we could extend the match back into the singles but it wasn’t to be and another lead slipped away.

The boys were involved in the U18 category and all 3 made it through to the last 16. Conor won his group winning all 3 matches whilst Ryan and Chris won 2 and lost 1 to finish runner up. Chris went 2-0 ahead in his last 32 match but failed to take advantage and lost it eventually 2/3. Ryan fought back from 2-0 down to level at 2-2 and then had a bad start in the 5th set and lost 11-4. Conor made it through winning 3-0 against his Finland opponent to get to the last 16.

Conor was the last man standing for Wales and had to play a Ukraine opponent (seed 3) in the last 16. The opponent beat Chris Griffiths in the group so we knew of him and knew he was a strong and worthy player. Conor didn’t have the ammunition he required to win the match and the strength of the opponent told as he went down 0-3. So Day 2 tomorrow and we have the men’s/women’s singles plus the U16’s singles for Chris and Ryan......

Butterfly Baltic Cup - Estonia

Angharad Phillips, Chloe Thomas, Megan Phillips, Charlotte Carey, Conor Edwards, Chris Griffiths & Ryan Oyler are in the Estonian capital, Talinn, to play the world ranking event which is the Butterfly Baltic Cup. Follow their results on @walesTT and www.ttaw.co.uk

Welsh Open Hardbat

South Wales Super Series

SOUTH WALES SUPER SERIES – Stephen Jenkins Sports Agency ££££££££££££££££££

26 players battled it out for the £260 cash prizes on offer. There was a strong entry with players from England, Hungary, Switzerland, China, and Wales. The final was the best match of the day with Tom Maynard beating Yong Bo 11-9 in the fifth and final set. Tom beat Conor Edwards 3-0 QF and Tibor Kadar 3-2 in the S-F, whilst Yong Bo beat Christoph Zickert 3-0 QF, and Lloyd Gregory 3-1 in the SF.

Positions as follows: 1. Tom Maynard 2. Yong Bo 3. Tibor Kadar 4. Lloyd Gregory 5. Dominic Schaurelberger 6. Christoph Zickert 7/8 Conor Edwards and Daniel O’Connell

9-16 Tobias Klee, Jack Anthony, Angharad Phillips, Daniel Wright, Chris Griffiths, Isaac Beevor, Lee Morgan, Ryan Oyler Consolation event Winner Armagan Huseyin Runner up Nicole Hall

Images from Blackpool GP