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TTS Development Squad

Patric Hollywood, Jamie Johnson & Chad Duncan are currently involved in Table Tennis Scotland’s Development Squad where they get the chance to train with 20 of the most promising under 13 players in our country. This entitles them to 15 weekends of top quality training throughout the season from Chinese born, Scottish national coach Li Chao.

Chad, Patric & Jamie all reached latter stages of u11’s events last year, with Chad reaching the semi finals of Wongs Youth Open, Patric reaching semi finals of u11’s at North Ayrshire Open and Jamie winning South of Scotland Open u11’s event a couple of weeks ago. All boys currently train 4 nights per week which includes 1-1 slots with club coaches. The boys compete in national ranking competitions and West of Scotland Junior League.

Picture from Left to Right – Patric Hollywood, Jamie Johnson & Chad Duncan.

 

West of Scotland Senior League

North Ayrshire have 4 teams in this year’s West of Scotland Senior League which starts this week (WC 21/09/15). Our D team will be playing on a Monday night when at home and our A, B & C team will play on a Wednesday evening. We wish all our teams the very best of luck and you can find league tables, match schedules & results on WoSTTL website – www.wosttl.org.uk.

Division 1 team
Chris Barclay, Andy Macpherson, Andy Bogle, Martin Johnson.

Division 3 team
Jill Taylor, Robin Wilson, Ryan Henry, Des Bogle, Stephen Smith.

Division 4 team
Bruce McLellan, Phil Greenham, Conor McAdam, Billy Main.

Division 4 team
Kayser Collins, Jamie Johnson, Owen Wilson, Ross Macpherson, Joshua Griffiths.

South of Scotland Open Results

First national competition of the season was the South of Scotland Open, which was held at David Keswick Centre, Dumfries on September 12th & 13th. We had over 15 NATTC players competing in the 2 days of play, where numerous players posted wins over higher ranked players. Below are some of the notable results from our players;

Chris Main
Seeded 2 in the Mens Singles, he justified his seeding by reaching the final losing to Scottish no1 Gavin Rumgay. Chris had wins over Martin Perry, John Hannah, Andy Macpherson & Sean Doherty. Chris paired up with Andy Macpherson in the Open Doubles where they reached the semi finals, losing to eventual winners Colin Dalgleish / Sean Doherty.

Andy Macpherson
Reached the Quarter Finals of the Mens Singles with hard fought wins over Peter Cameron, Charlie Ellis & Ethan Chapman. Andy paired up with Chris Main in the Open Doubles where they reached the semi finals, losing to eventual winners Colin Dalgleish / Sean Doherty.

Chris Barclay
Reached the Quarter Finals of the Open Doubles with Dylan De Silva where they lost to no1 seeds Rumgay / Ross. Chris secured a great win over Zaid Khalid in his mens singles group to qualify into the last 16 where he lost out to Sean Doherty.

Martin Johnson
Winner of the Band 2 event on the Saturday with wins over James Forrest, Harvey McDonald, Renee Ho. Winner of u13 boys event on Sunday with wins over Gutam Kukar & Charlie Morton. Semi Finalist in Junior Doubles with partner Danny Bajwa, losing to eventual winner Morton / Morrison.

Robin Wilson
Partnered with Ryan Henry, they scored a great win over Ethan Chapman & Jennie Yang in Open Doubles. Robin his way to last 16 of  Mixed Band 2 and last 16 of junior boys with notable wins in both events. Robin partnered with Joe Cranna reached the QF of junior doubles on the Sunday.

Ryan Henry
Ryan reached last 16 of Mens Band 2 on the Saturday with a 3-2 hard fought win over Alisha Khalid. Great experience for Ryan to be drawn in the same group as Scottish Senior no1 Gavin Rumgay. Partnered with Robin Wilson, they scored a great win over Ethan Chapman & Jennie Yang in Open Doubles.

Jamie Johnson
Jamie started his u11’s season well, winning U11’s mixed event without any hiccups. Jamie will be looking to be dominant in this age group this season as well as challenging the top u13 players.

Chad Duncan, Patric Hollywood, Kayser Collins, Owen Wilson, Grant McLellan, Holly McNamara scores still to be updated.

Pictures – https://goo.gl/J9us7D

ETTU Cup Report

An incredible weekend of table tennis was at North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club at the weekend for Round 1 Group B of the European Cup. This seen top teams from Romania, Belgium, Turkey, Spain and of course Scotland, compete in a round robin format at St Matthews Academy, aiming to qualify to Round 2.
Congratulations goes to Yalova Belediye (Turkey) & SC Miozeni (Romania) on qualifying from Group B to Round 2 of the ETTU Cup where they will compete in Spain on 9th to 11th October.
This was the first time North Ayrshire TTC have competed in this prestigious international competition and showed that they can compete and win at this level. Up against full time players, Colin Dalgleish picked up a straight sets wins over Belgium no 3 player. Richard Main overcame the challenge of the Romanian no 3, Andi Petriscu, and Chris Main just fell short in arguably the match of the weekend, losing 11 – 9 in the deciding set to Umut Bassan (Turkey).
Richard Main commented ” Walking out on court in front of 200+ spectators, alongside the bagpipers and flag bearers, was a fantastic experience & a moment the club will never forget. I have never played in or seen a crowd like that in the UK before, and to host this TT event within North Ayrshire, at our home venue, was a great opportunity for our local community to get involved in. This will hopefully motivate our junior members to excel and inspire a new generation of table tennis players.”
North Ayrshire TTC would like to thank all spectators on attending the matches and to those from various table tennis clubs in Scotland who came along and showed their support. This seen St Matthews hall at full capacity there to see North Ayrshire take on the Turkish side Yalova Belediye at the 7pm session.
Excellent feedback through-out the weekend from all travelling teams, so a big well done to the organising committee, team of volunteers & officials on making this weekend as professional & exciting as possible.
Pictures from our Facebook Page – https://goo.gl/5RqXMU

ETTU Cup Information

Teams from Belgium, Romania, Spain and Turkey will be travelling to Scotland next week to compete in Round 1 of the ETTU Cup at St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats. Our North Ayrshire team of Chris Main, Colin Dalgleish, Richard Main, Andy Macpherson & Chris Barclay will be up against top sides from the above countries in order to qualify for the 2nd round.

This is the most prestigious club competition in table tennis and will see top European players head to our home venue in Saltcoats to battle it out in a round robin format. North Ayrshire team are 5th seeds, however we hope having the home advantage & support that we can cause an upset and string together some unexpected wins.

Match Times
Matches on Saturday are at 10am, 2pm & 7pm. Matches on Sunday are at 10am & 2pm. A team match will last around an hour to 90 minutes and we encourage all spectators to arrive at least half an hour before the match time to see the teams walking into the court to the sound of bagpipes. The 7pm match on the Saturday evening is being billed as the main event which will see North Ayrshire play Turkish side Yalova Belediye.

Free Entry 
As part of our promotion in the three towns area, we will be handing out over 2000 free tickets & flyers to local schools, youth groups & community centres to encourage and let everyone know that this is an event not to be missed. Entry is free to all sessions making this a great opportunity to witness top class table tennis, so make sure you’re there supporting the club in this prestigious event and enjoying the entertainment that is on offer throughout the day. Please note that u16’s must be accompanied by an adult.

Car Parking
Please park your car at the KA Leisure sports & community entrance of the school, however, please note that car park will be busy as other activities are on through-out the day. If invited to the drinks reception for the 7pm match, please park at the school entrance and enter the school through the main entrance where you will be greeted by one of our club committee.

Additional Information
Programme’s will be handed out on the day and a shop will be open with all the necessary food & drink items available to buy. Flyers and information sheets will be able to pick up and take home with details of the classes we run and what activities are on offer. As one of our older members stated last week “To anyone who doesn’t know what top class table tennis looks like, just imagine it on steroids then times it by 10”.

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Summer Camp Success

Our 4 day summer camp which ran from August 10th to August 14th was a great success with over 30 players attending the 4 days of pre season training. We had players travel from Aberdeen, Dumfries, Glasgow, Stirling, Falkirk & Edinburgh to play and train at North Ayrshire TTC and we thank you for making the trip to Saltcoats & hope the coaching points and hours on the table will be beneficial towards meeting your goals & targets this season.

Numerous players who attending have got a busy month ahead of them & we wish them all the best at the Andro Open in Germany, ETTU Cup in Saltcoats  & South of Scotland Open. NATTC’s next training camp will be in the October holidays running from Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th and will publish more information nearer the time.

Intro Coaching Course

18 sports leaders attended the table tennis intro coaching course which was offered as part of a full week of coach education organised by North Ayrshire Active Schools department. Club coach Chris Main was asked to deliver the session which was held at Ardrossan Academy.

The sports leaders completed and worked through the coursework and learned about the basics of table tennis and how to run a beginners session. The 18 participants listened very clearly and showed great enthusiasm through the 6 hour course, and we hope that a number of them will help out local table tennis clubs in their area in the future.

 

Monday Summer Sessions

Five weeks into our six week block of our Monday Night Summer Sessions, we can say that it has been a success from start to finish. We advertised this session in local schools via K:A Leisure with the aim to attract new beginners into our club and give locals a chance to play table tennis during the summer under qualified coaches and in a friendly enviroment.

We have had over 20 new players attending our club due to the promotion of this session and it looks like the majority will be here to stay through-out the season. After 5 weeks of playing away, they have got the “table tennis bug”.

Monday Night TT has got an open door policy where we welcome anyone from any background or age to come along and get involved in table tennis. This has been the busiest summer of our history with more than 40 players attending on Monday evenings plus all the other sessions we run during the week. We allocate tables and make sure that everyone has someone to play against that is a similar level and age.

Venue : St Matthews Academy, Jacks Road, Saltcoats, KA21 5NT

Summer Camp Dates & Information

We will be running our Summer Camp from Monday 10th August to Thursday 13th August in the multi sports hall at St Matthews Academy. Spaces are limited to 14 players each day so please don’t hesitate to get your place booked.

Monday 10am – 2pm – Regional / Intermediate players welcome – £10 per day

Tuesday 10am – 2pm – Regional / Intermediate players welcome – £10 per day

Wednesday 10am – 3pm – Advanced / National players welcome – £15 per day

Thursday 10am – 3pm – Advanced / National players welcome – £15 per day

OPEN TO SENIOR & JUNIOR PLAYERS FROM ALL CLUBS

Coaches will be Chris Main & Richard Main.

All information are the attached posters but if you are unsure of anything please email info@northayrshirettc.co.uk or contact Chris Main on 07590470426.

European TT Comes To Saltcoats

Delighted to announce that we will be hosting a weekend of European Table Tennis at our home venue of St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats on August 22nd & 23rd.

The draw was held this morning in Bratislava and will see teams from Belgium, Spain, Turkey & Romania head to Saltcoats to compete in round 1 of ETTU Cup.

This will be a fantastic weekend of table tennis where we will be welcoming everyone to come along and watch top class table tennis free of charge. Matches will be at 10am, 2pm & 7pm on Saturday and 10am and 2pm on Sunday. We will post more information when we have it.

Group B

North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club​ – Scotland
TT Vedrinamur – Belgium
Arteal Tenis de Mesa​ – Spain
Yalova Belediye GSK – Turkey
CS Mioveni Tenis de Masa​ – Romania

Article from ETTU website (www.ettu.org)

The ETTU Cup Men draw was held in Bratislava, as totally 35 clubs were divided in three stages. The opening stage tournament will be played on August 21-23rd, with 19 clubs from 11 countries. Five Turkish and four Spanish members are in that company:

GROUP A: Irun Leka Enea (Spain), CTT Royal Alpa Ixelles Schaerbeek (Belgium), GDCS Juncal (Portugal), TED Sports Club (Turkey).

GROUP B: TT Vedrinamur (Belgium), Arteal Tenis de Mesa (Spain), Yalova Belediye (Turkey), SC Mioveni (Romania), North Ayrshire (Scotland).

GROUP C: GD Toledos (Spain), Istanbul BBSK (Turkey), NTK Iliria (Slovenia), Montoutojas (Lithuania), ASD Marcozzi (Italy).

GROUP D: Tenis de Mesa Rivas (Spain), Floraton Szeged (Humgary), Rio-Star Muttenz (Switzerland), Turk Telekom Ankara (Turkey), Sarkuysan Spor (Turkey).

In each group, the team ranked 1st and 2nd will be qualified for the Second stage (9-11th October) where eight clubs will await them, divided again in four groups.

GROUP A: Enjoy & Deploy Taverzo (Netherlands), TTC Sokah Hoboken (Belgium).

GROUP B: Cajasur Priego (Spain), Fortune Kyiv (Ukraine).

GROUP C: DT Diddeleng (Luxembourg), Yroni Givatayim (Israel).

GROUP D: El Nino EHW (Czech Republic), STK Libertas Marinkolor (Croatia).

From the Second stage again two top ranked teams from each group will continue to the 3rd round (30th October – 1st November) to face eight strong participants: Stella Sport la Romagne (France), Logis Auderghem TT (Belgium), DKV Borges Vall (Spain), Roskilde (Denmark), Istres (France), Trade Alliance Kiev (Ukraine), Halmstad (Sweden), Caen TTC (France). Rosklide and Istres played in the TTCLM in the last few seasons, whilst Caen is the very first TTCLM champion and now one of the favorites in ETTU Cup Men.