Success for Ryan Henry at BTTAD

Congratulations to junior club member Ryan Henry who picked up two medals at BTTAD National Championships which were held in Grantham on the 5th & 6th of March. Ryan (15) who is a pupil at St Matthews Academy is one of the hardest workers at the club and over the past year has dedicated a lot of time and effort improving his game. Ryan won a bronze medal in Class 8 where he lost to Team GB member Ross Wilson & picked up a silver medal as he  reached the final of Band B.

Ryan is heading down to EIS in Sheffield this weekend (March 26th & 27th) to attend Team GB assessment day in hoping he will be part of the Team GB pathway or development squad in the future. To view results, pictures and more info on BTTAD , visit their website at www.bttad.org

TT Classes A Success

Medal Haul at Edinburgh Open

Fantastic weekend for North Ayrshire players at this year’s Jarvis Sports Edinburgh Open. North Ayrshire players posting some great results & individual wins. Medals winners are as follows with full detailed report available on Edinburgh TT’s website at – http://goo.gl/BEIw8C

Winners from North Ayrshire.

Martin Johnson – U13 Boys
Robin Wilson – Band 3
Kayser Collins – Band 6
Patric Hollywood – Band 7
Gordon Provan – Band 8 (seniors)

Scottish Schools Qualifier

Nottingham GP / Bishop Auckland 2*

Nottingham GP – Jan 30th
Andy Macpherson, Ryan Henry, Chris Main, Robin Wilson, Jamie Johnson & Martin Johnson travelled down to Nottingham Uni Campus to compete in 1 of the 10 Grand Prix events of the year, Nottingham GP. Grand Prix competitions are well known to be the highest of standards and are always a weekend full of matches and ups and downs. Ryan & Jamie found it tough in their band 5 and band 6 groups, just losing out in qualifying in both events. Andy Macpherson worked his way to the Last 16 of Band 4 event losing out in a very close & entertaining match v Team GB Paralympic player & eventual winner Billy Shilton 11-8 in the fifth. Robin who was competing in his first Grand Prix lost in Last 16 of Band 6 11-8 in the fifth and played well reaching that stage with 4 wins. Martin failed to qualify in both events in count back and unlucky to do so. On the Sunday, Martin performed brilliantly in losing out to the top Irish Junior Owen Cathcart 3-1. Martin got him in a great position being 1-0 8-4 up, but Owen fought back and won the 2nd, 3rd & 4th set.

Bishop Auckland 2* – Jan 31st
Good squad of our most promising players attended Bishop Auckland 2* event on January 31st. Chad Duncan, Patric Hollywood, Jamie Johnson, Robin Wilson, Holly McNamara & Ryan Henry. All players put in great results and gained plenty of matches, also great to see our players competing and beating players from top English clubs. Pictures our NATTC players and full results are available on Bishop Auckland TTC Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/bishopttc.

Jamie Johnson – U11’s winner & U13 boys plate winner.
Holly McNamara – U13 Girls plate winner.
Chad Duncan – U13 Boys plate r-up.
Patric Hollywood – Last 16 of U13 Boys.
Ryan Henry – Last 16 of Junior Boys.
Robin Wilson – Last 16 of Junior Boys.

2016 Competitions & Classes

Monday Night TT will start back on Monday January 4th & Wednesday Night training session will also be on 7-9pm. All other classes and 1-1 sessions will begin week commencing 11th January. West of Scotland Senior League starts back 11th January, all fixtures can be viewed on www.tabletennis365.com/westofscotland. West of Scotland Junior League date for the 2nd weekend is still to be confirmed will publish this week when confirmed.

Spaces are also available for Dumfries Table Tennis Club’s Friday session 6.30 – 9.30 in which Chris Main will be heading down once every few weeks, contact Chris if you are interested in going.

Competitions
WoS Schools Qualifier – Sat 16th Jan
British League – Sun 17th Jan
Glasgow Junior Open – Sat / Sun, 23rd/24th Jan
Nottingham GP – Jan 30th / Jan 31st
Bishop Auckland 2* – Sun Jan 31st
Edinburgh Open – Sat / Sun, 6th/7th Feb
Scottish Schools – Sunday Feb 21st
WoS Junior League (3) – Sunday 13th Mar

National Senior League Results

Rounds 3, 4 & 5 of the Scottish National Senior League were held at our club venue of St Matthews Academy Saltcoats which seen 32 teams from all over Scotland head to Saltcoats to compete.

Division 3 Team of Andrew Macpherson, Chris Barclay & Martin Johnson are looking good for promotion to Division 2 this year if they keep their good results coming in on the last weekend of matches. Andy, Chris & Martin had convincing 6 – 0 wins over Stirling, Scottish Vets B & West Lothian to put them top of the table heading into the last round of matches.

Division 1 team had a tough time versus Drucmhapel losing 6-0 against their 3 strong Chinese players, four matches went to the 5th set but in the end Drumchapel won the important points and finished a 1 sided defeat. 6-0 win over Scottish Vets & a 4-2 win v South Ayrshire with our junior player Robin Wilson getting a shot in division 1, Robin competed very well losing out in two tight matches.

Division 4 side of Jill Taylor, Robin Wilson & Ryan Henry won 5-1 versus Drumchapel and lost 5-1 to South Ayrshire & 5-1 to Brunswick. North Ayrshire C are currently sitting in 5th position with 2 matches still to play in the last weekend which will be at Drumchapel in March.

League Table are available to view – https://tabletennis365.com/ScottishNationalLeague

Pictures are available to view – https://goo.gl/0bdW5Z

Success at Scottish PS Championships

Congratulations to Jamie Johnson (Glencairn Primary) & Holly McNamara (Mayfield Primary) who both finished runners up at the Scottish Primary School Championships today. Jamie losing to Yifie Fang of Aberdeen & Holly losing out to Holly Stevens of Edinburgh in the final. They will now represent Scotland at British PS Championships in Guernsey in April.

A big well done must also go to Chad Duncan (St Anthony’s Primary) & Patric Hollywood (Caledonia Primary) with Chad reaching the QF’s of the boys singles & Patric losing out to no3 seed Rayyan Khalid In last 16.

Entry Form – Scottish Schools Qualifier

West of Scotland Scottish Schools Qualifying event is being held at Drumchapel High School on Saturday 16th January. Closing Date is Friday 8th January and all entry forms are to be sent to Phil McCallum by the above date. The top 4 players from u14/u16/u18 events will qualify to the Scottish School events which is being held at Bathgate Academy on Sunday 21st February.

Entry form is attached so anyone wanting to compete in the event, please print off and send to Phil McCallum by Friday January 8th.

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North Ayrshire Open 2015 Results

North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club held the 4th North Ayrshire Open at St Matthews Academy at the weekend which saw over 155 players from all over UK travel here to compete. There were 15 different categories for players to compete in, ranging from u11’s to over 55’s. We had 25 North Ayrshire players competing which saw some great results posted by the players. Andy Macpherson & Richard Main both reached the latter stages of the Mens Singles, with Andy reaching the last 16 & Richard losing out in the Quarter Finals to the top seed & eventual winner Chris Wheeler. Jill Taylor reached the last 16 of the Womens Singles where she lost out 3-0 to Holly Williams of Swerve TTC (Middlesbrough). Garnock Valleys TTC & St Matthews Academy pupil Rebecca Plaistow showed how much she has improved recently with reaching the final of the Women’s Singles & justified her top seed in Junior Girls winning that in dominate style too.