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North Ayrshire TTC are delighted to announce that we have been nominated for ‘Team of the Year’ at the North Ayrshire Community Sports Awards 2016 on Friday 28th October. Martin Johnson has been nominated for ‘Junior Sports Personality of the Year’. A cracking achievement for the club and young Martin. The event will be held at the Waterside Hotel, West Kilbride.
West of Scotland Junior League kicked off on Sunday 9th October at the usual Drumchapel High School. North Ayrshire TTC has 20+ strong squad for this seasons junior league with a number of players progressing and moving up a division. Next weekend of the WoS JL will take place on Sunday 6th November with matches starting at 11am. Full results will be online soon on www.wosttl.org.uk
Division 1
A – Jamie Johnson, Jacque Clapham & Patric Hollywood
B – Owen Wilson, Chad Duncan, Grant McLellan & Martin Krus
Division 2
C – Naomi Provan, Holly McNamara & Adam Nicol
D – Alex Gracie, Emmanuel Sonnet & Nathan Hogg
Division 3
E – Jess Hogg, Murray Anderson & Jason Lambert
Division 4
F – Liam McCann, Blair Blythe & Fergus Anderson
Great article in Glasgow Herald about North Ayrshire’s promotion to the newly formatted British Premier League and words on our first match of the season v Drumchapel Glasgow.
Full article available on Herald website : https://goo.gl/3gyJ3R
Thanks to Herald’s Sports Writer Kevin Ferrie.
12 year old Holly McNamara was a sole representative of NATTC at the North of Scotland Open where she competed in the U13 Girls and U15 GIrls event. Holly performed brilliantly in Aberdeen, picking up her first national competition win as she won the U13 Girls event, notably beating Aberdeen girls on her way to victory.
Holly who currently trains 3 – 4 times per week is enjoying her first season as part of the Table Tennis Scotland Development Squad and now is receiving Strength and Conditioning sessions at local gym Maximum Potential.
North Ayrshire TTC’s annual Scottish ranking tournament, North Ayrshire Open, will not be held on Nov 19th / 20th and will be rescheduled to April / May 2017. We have recently been given the opportunity to hold the North Ayrshire Open at the brand new National Sports Centre, Inverclyde which is currently undergoing a £12m redevelopment. Inverclyde is due to open at the start of April which gives us the opportunity to hold it at Largs as one the opening events at the new centre. We will publish the new confirmed date of the North Ayrshire Open in the following weeks.
North Ayrshire TTC are currently finalising teams for the 2016 – 2017 season and are asking for all members and players who are available to play this season to let our club coaches know. Email info@northayrshirettc.co.uk or speak to one of our coaches at a club session.
British League : 2 teams – Premier & National 4 (C).
National Senior League : 3 teams – 1st Div, 2nd Div & 4th Div.
West of Scotland Senior League : 4 teams – 1st Div, 2nd Div & 2 teams in 4th Div.
West of Scotland Junior League : 6 teams – 2 teams in 1st Div, 2 teams in Div 2, 1 team in Div 3 & 1 team in Development Div.
Please visit our Weekly Classes page ( https://northayrshirettc.co.uk/weekly-classes/ ) to view classes & sessions from August to December. We have introduced a ‘Development Squad’ & ‘Performance Squad’ which all relevant players will receive a letter next week. Our beginners after school class has changed from a Tuesday to a Thursday, 3.45-5pm.
K:A Leisure have started a new class which will run every Saturday 1pm – 3pm which is a racket sport drop in session. Cost will £2 per person and can play table tennis for the full 2 hours or chop and change and try out Badminton & short tennis as well.
1-1 sessions are available on every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. To book contact a club coach or email info@northayrshirettc.co.uk. Memberships forms will be available to pick up at the club from next week.
Competition Calendar is out and available to view on here – TTSeason-Calendar-NATTC. There is still several dates to add in and to confirm.
Jacks Road Community Sports Hub Open Night will be held at K:A Campus St Matthews on Wednesday August 31st. From 6.30pm – 8.30pm everyone is welcome to come and try a variety of sports with free come & try sessions delivered by ourselves and all the clubs of the NEW Jacks Road Community Sports Hub. North Ayrshire TTC, North Ayrshire Athletics Club, Ardrossan Accies RFC, Tass Thistle Football Club, KA Leisure, Ardrossan Ladies Hockey Club & Argyll Ladies Hockey Club are the local sports club involved.
All Community Sport Hubs work to the following five principles:
A great turnout for our Summer Camp this year with over 60 players from clubs from all over Scotland attending. Coaches Chris Main, Richard Main, Colin Dalgleish & Craig Hardie delivered a variety of sessions throughout the 4 days camp which ran from 9am – 3pm Mon – Thurs. This gave all players who were involved a great opportunity to get some vital pre – season training in and to work on several different aspects of their game.
NATTC have got more teams than ever this season in National Senior League, British League, West of Scotland Senior & Junior League and with many teams looking to improve on their positions and results last year.
Thanks to all players and coaches who attended and made our biggest and best training camp to date. Our next training camp will be on the October School Holidays which will run from Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th with information coming out nearer the time.
North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club’s first match in the newly structured British Premier League will be away to Drumchapel TTC on Saturday September 24th. NATTC’s top team will be made up of Viktor Gorman, Sean Doherty, Colin Dalgleish, Richard Main, Craig Hardie & Chris Main.
Match will kick off at 3pm and NATTC will be organising a bus which will leave St Matthews Academy at 1.30pm for members and anyone who wants to come up and support. All fixtures, teams and match info are available on TableTennis365 website – https://goo.gl/Yv82qO.
Our first ‘Home’ match will be on October 15th at St Matthews Academy versus Halton TTC and will kick off at 3pm. More information on this event will be available next week and will be updated on this page.
Our 2nd British League team made up of Andy Macpherson, Ethan Chapman, Chris Barclay & Martin Johnson will compete in National C (4) with the first weekend being held at Halton TTC on September 11th / 12th.
North Ayrshire TTC are running their Summer Camp on 18th – 21st July at St Matthews Academy. There will be 4 full days of table tennis on offer, with each day running from 9.30am – 3pm. Coaches Chris Main, Richard Main, Craig Hardie & Colin Dalgleish will be delivering the sessions which will include a variety of training methods based around improving the quality of each players first 3 shots.
Cost is £20 per day or £60 for the full 4 days. Each day will be limited to 18 players, so players are advised to book early to avoid disappointment.
For more information and to book please email info@northayrshirettc.co.uk or contact one of our coaches.
North Ayrshire TTC run classes and sessions for all age groups and abilities 5 days per week in numerous venues across Ardrossan, Saltcoats & Stevenston. No need to book in advance, just turn up and play away. If you require any more information, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Weekly ClassesWe were delighted to win the Local Club of the Year Award at 2013 Sportscotland Scottish Sports Awards at Thistle Hotel, Glasgow. This is a great achievement for the club which rewards everyone for their constant hard work promoting table tennis in our local area and wider community.
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