London & South-East

Chelmsford & District: Players battle to Finals Night

The 2020 Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Closed Championships played at the Hylands School this weekend produced more than its fair share of excitement.

February 3, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Nashed inspires Woodford at Team Open

Cippenham Table Tennis Club held its annual Team 2-Star Open on Saturday January 25 and Organiser Graham Trimming clamed that it was the best yet in its 14th year.

February 3, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Braintree League: Liberal take charge of title race

Liberal A took a major stride towards retaining their Braintree Table Tennis League title when they scored a resounding victory over their nearest rivals.

February 3, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
Central

Leicester & District: Wolvey win an unusual one

Results from Division One of the Leicester and District League are a little sparse of late but an unusual one to come through was that of AW Wolvey beating Knighton Park II 6-4.

February 3, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Clacton & District: Jaguars show class

The meeting of the top two teams in Division Three of the Clacton & District League saw leaders Nomads Jaguars record a resounding 8-2 victory over Windsor Penguins.

February 3, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Next stage for schools in national title quest

A place at the Butterfly National School Team Championship Finals is the target for 118 schools competing at the Regional Finals.

January 31, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Liam and Paul now single-minded on road to Tokyo

Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall admitted the squad did not perform after Great Britain were unable to secure a team place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – but they are now focused on qualifying as individuals.

January 31, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Table tennis to feature on new live streaming platform

A series of top table tennis events will feature on a new broadcast service for Olympic and Paralympic sports.

January 30, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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January 30, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Female ambassador journeys: Juliet Bertie

In the first of a series celebrating the great work of our Female Ambassadors, Juliet Bertie from Continental Stars TTC in Birmingham tells us about her table tennis journey.

January 29, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Walker and Ho exit German Open

Sam Walker and Tin-Tin Ho were both knocked out of the German Open by top 40-ranked players - Walker in a deciding seventh game.

January 29, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Obituary: Graham Parkes

Player, administrator, umpire and friend. Graham Parkes had many roles in his table tennis career. He was a near-constant presence in the Clacton & District League for the last 40 years and it was the greatest of shocks when we learned of his death, three days after he collapsed during a table tennis match.

January 28, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
British League

Double delight for Joola Plymouth at WBL

There was a double celebration for Joola Plymouth as they won the Premier Division and Division Two of the Women’s British League at the competition’s second weekend in Wolverhampton.

January 28, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

MK League: Martin first out the blocks

PREMIER DIVISION  A new decade dawns and the honour of being the first Premier singles winner fell to Greenley’s Monarchs’ Martin Hall in his team’s... Continue reading

January 28, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Obituary: Derek Schofield, world champion and VETTS founder

Derek Schofield, a veterans’ world champion and former chairman and president of VETTS, has died at the age of 90.

January 28, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Turner earns prize spot on national coaching programme

Table Tennis England coach Chris Turner is among an elite group of coaches selected by UK Coaching to join its Performance Foundation coach support programme.

January 27, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Clacton & District: Mark’s maximum gees up brotherhood

Brotherhood G made an excellent start to the second half of their Clacton & District League season in their bid to retain their Division Two status with a comprehensive 8-2 win over Windsor Kestrels, a result which lifts them out of the relegation places.

January 27, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Braintree League: Willis run comes to end

A number of unbeaten records went tumbling within days of each other in the Braintree Table Tennis League.

January 27, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
Central

Leicester & District: Trio lead competitive Division 5

Just because it is the lowest division doesn’t mean that Division Five is not competitive. In fact, just the opposite yet it also offers the chance for clubs to put teams of new players into the league to give them a taste so that the division very often becomes almost two separate ones.

January 27, 2020 | Paul Stimpson
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Baggaley conquers the world again!

Andrew Baggaley won a sudden-death match point to successfully defend his World Championship of Ping Pong title and lift the trophy for a historic fourth time tonight.

January 26, 2020 | Paul Stimpson