Success for our up & coming players at West JL

The West of Scotland Junior League was a season for improving and to gain as much match experience as possible. As for many of our players, it was their first experience of a match situation. North Ayrshire had 6 teams entered across the 4 divisions, with all teams performing well and all players showing significant improvements as the season progressed.

“A” team and “B” team finished 5th & 3rd respectively in Division 1 with Derrin Lynch finishing 4th in the player averages with a 86% win rate. “C” team and “D” team finished the season 5th & 7th with Kayser & Joshua posting 10 wins from 18 matches each. Our Division 4 team of Holly McNamara, Eva Herrington & Cameron Mills finished in 3rd place behind 44th BB & Drumchapel.

On the final day of the competition, WoSTTL held a singles competition where players compete against each other who play in their division. Well done to Kayser Collins who finished runners up in the Division 2 competition and to Patric Hollywood who finished runners up in the Division 2 tournament.

Thanks to Alex Hardie on running yet another successful year of the Junior League & thanks to all parents & coaches in making the trip up to Drumchapel and supporting our teams. To view full league tables & player averages please go to www.wosttl.org.uk.

Newly Qualified Coaches

Congratulations to James Kennedy, Andy Macpherson, Chris Barclay, Stephen Smith, Bruce McLellan,  Richard Main & Jill Taylor who successfully passed their UKCC Level 1 coaching course. With the help of these coaches, this will enable our club to expand and cope with the increase of table tennis in our area. An Over 50’s class will be starting at St Cuthberts Church after Easter holidays and additional Saturday session will be starting then also.

We currently have 5 after school classes per week which have all have been a huge success, pupils at Mayfield Primary & St Lukes Primary are a credit to their school who are all working hard, listening and enjoying each session.  An end of block TT Festival has been organised for 27th March at St Matthews where pupils from the after school classes will compete in a competition.

Aerobic Table Tennis

In a joint project with Table Tennis Scotland, Aerobic TT have staged a road show throughout Scotland which has seen Steve Rowe, director of Aerobic TT travel across Scotland delivering his very unique table tennis session. The programme has covered far and wide and will include a total coverage of around 800 miles. Table Tennis Scotland has always been a supporter of Aerobic TT, which includes aerobic exercises, with music been played to help you get into a high energy zone.

Steve delivered his session at North Ayrshire TTC on Tuesday 6-7pm, where over 40 of our members, their family and some participants from Julie Carson’s Dance Academy joined in. Feedback has been great with everyone thoroughly enjoying themselves. To find out more about Aerobic Table Tennis please visit there website www.aerobictabletennis.com

Scottish School Finals

Congratulations to Rebecca Melrose, Martin Johnson & Jill Taylor who qualified to represent Scotland at the British School Championships. Rebecca (St Matthews Academy), Martin (Glencairn PS) & Jill (Strathclyde Uni) will only have to travel to Inverclyde Sports Centre, Largs to compete in the British School Championships as its Scotland’s turn to host the event. Jill will team up with Lucy Elliott in the under 18 girls event, Rebecca will partner Anna Dawe in under 16 girls and Martin will be alongside Danny Bajwa in the under 14 boys.

Andy Macpherson came so close to qualifing as he bowed out at the Q/F stage to Perth’s Jason Fleming. Andy finished 5th in under 18 boys meaning he will be first reserve if any call off’s occur. Other notable results came from Andy Bogle, who fought his way to the last 16, eventually losing to Justin Yang. Ryan Henry reached the semi finals of the u14 boys plate event overcoming team mate Robin Wilson 3-2 in the Q/F.

Easter Training Camp

We are running an Easter Training Camp which will run on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday each week during the school holidays. Junior & Senior players from all clubs are welcome with all relevant information on the attached poster (http://goo.gl/Me35sP). Coaching will be under the guidance of Chris Main & Richard Main plus practise partners. Players from Edinburgh, Dumfries, Perth & Glasgow already signed up and so please contact us to book your place as each session is limited to 12 players. Email info@northayrshirettc.co.uk.

Update : Sessions are looking strong and will be a beneficial training camp for all players involved. 10am – 3pm each day and with a guaranteed 4+ hours of training, Wednesday night club night 7-9pm both weeks are available to use as practise for anyone wanting to stay overnight and practise in the evening as well.

Inter League Selections

Congratulations to the following players on being selected to represent the West of Scotland league at this year’s Inter League competition. James Kennedy (Mens team), Jill Taylor (Ladies team), Andy Bogle (Junior Boys), Robin Wilson (Junior Boys), Ryan Henry (Junior Boys), Derrin Lynch (Cadet Boys), Rebecca Melrose (Cadet Girls), Jamie Johnson (Minor Boys), Holly McNamara (Minor Girls), Eva Herrington (Minor Girls). Martin Johnson & Andy Macpherson were both selected, however can’t play due to a clash of dates with the British League. Inter League will be held at Inverclyde Sports Centre on March 28th and 29th and is a fantastic weekend of table tennis where all the regions in Scotland come together and compete against each other. We wish our players & the WoS league the best of luck.

Ayrshire School Championships

Fantastic day of results from our junior players at Belmount Academy, Ayr for this year’s Ayrshire School Championships. Players from NATTC won 5 of the 7 events with plenty of our players making their way to the latter stages of events. Adam Nicol finished runners up in U12 boys plate event, Kayser Collins finished r-up in U14 Boys plate event and Winners and runners up are as follows ;

U12 Boys – Winner – Chad Duncan
U12 Girls – R – Up – Holly McNamara
U14 Boys – Winner – Martin Johnson
U16 Boys – Winner – Robin Wilson
U16 Boys – R – Up – Ryan Henry
U18 Boys – Winner – Andy MacPherson
U18 Boys – R – Up – James Kennedy
Junior Doubles – Winners – A Bogle / D Lynch

Club Merchandise

We have got over 200 keyrings, pint glasses & wine glasses with NATTC logo on them which will be handed out to club members to sell to friends and family members as part of our fundraising initiative. We hope to raise as much as possible to help assist our junior players with training, competition & equipment costs. Thanks to Craig McLellan who has worked hard in producing these and we will be handing them out to members in the next fortnight.

Wongs Youth Open

14 players from our club competed in this years Wongs Youth Open at Bathgate Academy. A very successful day from start to finish with a number of players winning their banded events and age categories which rewards the hard work these players are putting in at training. Thanks to the parents who travelled up and supported & thanks to Chris Barclay for coaching all day. To view pictures from the event please visit http://goo.gl/09epOU

Winner u 600 – R Melrose
Winner u 650 – R Henry
Winner u 850 – D Lynch
Winner u11s – J Johnson

WoS Junior League

Impressive day of results for our 6 North Ayrshire teams at the 3rd and 4th rounds of matches of the WoS Junior League. Our Division 1 teams are currently sitting in 3rd and 4th place behind East Kilbride A and South Ayrshire. Division 2 team, North Ayrshire C, won both of their matches against Boys Brigade A and East Kilbride C 3-2 and are currently sitting in 5th place. Division 4 team of Holly McNamara, Eva Herrington & Cameron Mills are in 3rd place after a 5-4 win and 8-1 win against East Kilbride & Joe Wilson respectively. For full results and player averages visit www.wosttl.org.uk