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Weekly Sessions 26-27 Season

List below of table tennis classes and sessions that are on in and around North Ayrshire from August 2026 to June 2027. A range of clubs available in different venues across the area for all ages and abilities. Please see contact details for each club or class and if you are interested in any of the clubs below, get in touch with the relevant contact.

Monday
North Ayrshire TT Club
6pm-7pm – Junior group sessions
7.15pm – 9.15pm : Club Night at St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats
Contact details – billy@nattc.co.uk

Tuesday
Irvine TT Club
7pm-9pm at Portal Irvine, Irvine
Contact details – irvinettclub@gmail.com

Wednesday
Largs TT Club
7-9pm at National Sports Centre Inverclyde, Largs
Contact details – largsttc@gmail.com

Thursday
Argyll TT Club – Bat & Chat (Adults only)
11am-1pm at Argyll Community Centre
Contact details – billy@nattc.co.uk

Social Bat & Chat – Adults Only
1pm – 3pm at West Kilbride Community Centre
Contact details – jurieduvenage@gmail.com

Millport Table Tennis Club
Millport Town Hall, Clifton Street
5-6pm – Junior session
6-8pm – Adult session
Contact details –

1-1 coaching sessions
3-7pm at St Matthews Academy
Contact details – chris@nattc.co.uk

WoS Senior League matches
7pm – 10pm at St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats
Contact details – chris@nattc.co.uk

Friday
Over 50s class – Bat & Chat
1pm -3pm at St Peters Church Hall, Ardrossan
Contact details – chris@nattc.co.uk

West Kilbride TT Club
7pm – 9pm at West K Community Centre
Contact details – billy@nattc.co.uk

Ayrshire League Round Up

Our club had 6 teams competing in the Ayrshire League this season. Two teams in Division 1, two teams in Division 2 & two teams in Division 3. Our club venue St Matthews hosted Division 1, South Ayrshire hosted Division 2 and Dunlop hosted Division 3.

Good team effort with a mix of experienced players competing and players who haven’t played competitively before 🏓. Thanks to ATTL for organising another successful year of Ayrshire League and thanks to all the players who represented our club.

A – Chris & Ben

B – Felix, Adam

C – Francisco & Alfie

D – Lucy, Patrick & Martin

E – Ken, Baris & Jurie

F – Paul & Rhona

Congrats to Ken, Baris & Jurie who won the Division 3 league and cup double. Also to Ben, Adam & Chris who finished r-up in Division 1 Cup.

UKCC Level 1 Course at St Matthews

UKCC Level 1 course at St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats 🏓📝

🗓️ Day 1 – 21st August. Day 2 – Sunday 20th September

Anyone aged 16 or over can start the course and is open to any player or volunteer who wants start their coaching journey. Get in touch with us or TTS if you require more info 📲

The Level 1 qualification will provide learners with the necessary skills to be able to plan and deliver basic table tennis coaching activities/sessions.

The 1st4sport Level 1 consists of 2 separate days spread over approximately an 4 week period.

Ryan Henry competing in Thailand Open

Good luck to Ryan Henry who is part of a 14 player British Para Table Tennis squad travelling to Thailand for the ITTF World Para Future Nakhon Ratchasima 2026 (July 13-16) 🏓🇹🇭

Ryan made the move down to Sheffield a few years ago to train full time with the British Para squad will be aiming for some big wins and good performances in Thailand against the top players in Class 8.

Ryan who started at one of our satellite clubs in Dalry, has worked his way up from WoS Junior League to Senior league and has now played in TT in over 30 countries. An inspiration to all players and a great example of what you can achieve through hard work.

Padma & Tamara selected for Scotland Team

Round up of the Senior Schools International for Padma Unnam & Tamara Martin 🏓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This years SSI was held in Sport Wales National Centre with it being Padma 5th time & Tamara’s 3rd competing for Scotland in an international schools event. Showing consistency and improvement throughout the last few years for both players 👏🏻

Padma and Nichole Lee competed as Scotland A in U16 Girls and won bronze medal with wins over Ireland, Guernsey and Wales, only losing to the England A & B teams 🥉

Tamara and Olivia Maxwell competed as Scotland B in the U16 Girls with both girls playing well & competing against top opposition. They finished 6th after losing out in close matches v Ireland & Wales.

Jurie Duvenage was part of 3 man umpire team sent by TTS to assist with umpiring the matches from morning until night. A great weekend for all with the Scotland team coming away with a record medal haul

International TT for 5 NATTC players

nternational competitions last week for 5 NATTC players. Steve, John & Carol competing in the Lloret de Mar Open & Martin & Jamie competing in Ibiza Open 🏓🇪🇸

Steve, John & Carol reached the semi finals of their banded team event after 2 good team wins in the groups. They reached the semi finals and lost out to a strong team. John won the Division 6 consolation singles event stringing together a number of good wins. Carol reached the QF of the consolation event too 🙌🏻

Martin & Jamie reached the final of Open Doubles after some solid wins in the knockout stages, but lost 3-1 to two Spanish premier league players in the final. Martin & Jamie competed in the A class singles which featured a number of full time European players, with Martin reaching the QF’s 👏🏻

Alfie Mills Representing Scotland

Well done to Alfie Mills (West Kilbride Primary School) who represented Scotland last weekend at the Primary Schools International which was held at Inverclyde Sports Centre, Largs.

Alfie who trains at West Kilbride TT Club and North Ayrshire TT Club played for the Scotland B team in the team event and competed in the singles event against the best players in his age group from England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man and Guernsey.

Chris Main wins ‘Sporting Champion of the Year’

Congratulations to club coach & player Chris Main on winning ‘Sporting Champion of the year’ at the North Ayrshire Community Champion Awards last week 🏆🏓🥂

A great night celebrating and highlighting all the good work different individuals and groups do across North Ayrshire. Chris was up against ……

SNL Round Up

Final rounds of the Scottish National League on Sunday in Dundee for 4 of our teams and 12 players 🏓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Big thanks to players and coaches over the season, travelling to Dundee and representing the club 👏🏻

A team – Martin, Chris & Nathan

6-0 win v Murrayfield and 6-0 loss v JK Carnbo resulting in our A team finishing second in Division 1 🥈

B team – David, Ryan & Ethan

3-3 draw v Drum A & 4-2 win v Edinburgh International, securing 6th place in a strong Division 1.

C team – Ian, Alasdair & Paul

5-1 loss v Knightswood & 4-2 loss v Murrayfield, with the team finishing in 8th place in a tough division 4.

D team – Lewis, Ben & Adam

Two good performances from our young team with a 4-2 win v Dumfries & 3-3 v Dunlop with the team finishing in 7th place.

NATTC win Scottish Sports Club of the Year

North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club won Club of the Year at the 2024 Scottish Sports Awards which was held at the Glasgow Science Centre.

Full team of players, committee members & TTS board member attended the event where we were up against the best clubs in all sports in the country and came out on top with winning the award.

A great speech by club secretary Jordan McGinlay and a great video shown to all in attendance of what we are all about and what we do on a weekly basis.

Video attached – #ScottishSportsAwards24 – Club Sport Award – North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club