Following the biennial election of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Treasurer for Administrative Years 2013/14 and 2014/15, The English Table Tennis Association can officially announce that Andy Seward will become the new Chairman, Richard Scruton new Deputy Chairman and Keith Thomas new Treasurer after the next Annual General Meeting on the 13th July.

This is a result of the ballot vote count that took place on Monday 25th February at the Holiday Inn East in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes.

In attendance at the count was Alex Murdoch (ETTA Chairman), Peter Bradley (ETTA Deputy Chairman), Martin Clark (ETTA Treasurer), Andy Seward (candidate for Chairman), Richard Scruton (candidate for Deputy Chairman).  Keith Thomas (candidate for Treasurer) did not attend.

A number of other interested National Council members attended including Val Murdoch, Mike Smith, Sandra Deaton, Brian Halliday and Alan Ransome

Overseeing the count was Returning Officer Neil Le Milliere together with Scrutineers Jim Palmer and Ken Mathews.

When the results were announced at 5pm and Andy Seward’s team were declared as the successful candidates, current Chairman, Alex Murdoch, congratulated his successful opponent.