The English Table Tennis Association has announced the return of the online entry system, based on its own membership details.

Members will now be able to enter any ETTA tournament, including all Grand Prix and National Championships, via their own membership login page on TableTennis365.

It makes entering ETTA tournaments a straightforward affair as the system has the ability to pre-populate the form details with your own membership details that are already stored on the server.

National Competitions and Events Manager, Diccon Gray, said: “We are delighted to offer an online tournament entry system as part of an ongoing process to improve our services to members.

“The intention is to make it easier to enter ETTA tournaments and more importantly encourage increased entries as part of our strategic aim to grow the sport.

“This is the first stage of development that will lead into a more sophisticated suite of tools linked to tournament management, tournament entry and ranking system.”

The tournament entry system will also be available to non-members and home nation players who can continue to enter the ETTA Grand Prix series. They will need to sign up on the TT365 system but will not need to pay membership (in some cases a day license will be required).

The first tournament to use the new system is the Bribar Bristol Grand Prix, which you can enter here now.

Written by Russell Moore (September 19, 2013)