Teams for 22-23 Season

As the start of the table tennis season edges closer, we have been working towards getting our players together for the up and coming season and finalising what teams we are entering into what divisions. It was great to see all the leagues back up and running last season after Covid and lockdown and we had fantastic results for our teams and players throughout the season.

For the 2022-2023 season we have the following teams entered

3 x West of Scotland Senior League teams
4 x Scottish National League teams
3 x British Senior League teams

West of Scotland League
The WoS League plans to start WC 19th September where we are hoping to have teams in Division 1, Division 3 and Division 4. Our home matches will continue to be held on a Monday night at St Matthews at the usual kick off time of 7.15pm.

Scottish National League
We have 4 teams in this seasons SNL, two teams in Division 1, one team in Division 3 and one team in Division 6. The first round of SNL will be on 8th October at Bells Sport Centre, Perth with the annual Perth Grand Prix the following day. We are still confirming players for this league, so please let us know if you are available to play if you haven’t done so already.

The A team will be hoping to defend their title after winning a record 8th title last season, the B team will be aiming to build on their 3rd position finish and the C & D team will no doubt be pushing for promotion in their respective divisions.

British League
We will have our British Premier team competing in the home and away format, with our first match at home on Saturday October 22nd against the new team in the league Brighton TTC.

Our B team will compete in the A division at Nottingham this season after they won their B Division last season, so a fresh challenge for the players in a tough league. The C team will be competing in Draycott this season, a different venue so up against different teams from the past couple of seasons.

We will pass on info when we get it from the the league organisers.

Medal Haul for Ryan Henry

Great to see Ryan Henry back at the club this week after a successful few weeks away competing & training internationally in Poland, Finland & Slovakia. Ryan won three medals at two major international competitions. He completed a weeks training in Slovakia then onto Finland to the European Para Youth Games and finally travelling to Poland for the European University Championships.

European University Championships – Class 8 singles
European Para Youth Games – Team event
Euro Para Youth Games – Class 8 singles

Ryan is now heading to English Institute of Sport in Sheffield for a 2 week training camp with British Para Table Tennis before he moves down full time at the end of the month. Moving to Sheffield to train with British Para Squad full time will be a beneficial move where he will train 5-6 hours a day and continue to compete internationally in para events and compete for North Ayrshire in British League & Scottish league.

Read below full report from A&S Herald

A NORTH Ayrshire table tennis star has kept his outstanding 2022 season going as he claimed a silver medal in the European University Games in Poland.

Ryan Henry, 22, from Ardrossan, claimed second place at the tournament held in Lodz from the middle to the end of last month.

The athlete was part of Britain’s largest ever delegation of universities, 251, to compete in the games.

He also became one of the first ever British Para athletes to compete in the games, which are a flagship event of the European University Sport Association (EUSA).

The games take place every two years, hosted in different cities across the continent, and the over 6,000 athletes taking part make them the biggest multi-sport academic event in Europe.

Henry, who studies Sports Coaching and Development at the University of the West of Scotland, suffered defeat in his first match of the games, falling 3-1 to Norwegian Christian Pablo Pereira Jacobsen in the class eight match.

Though he avenged the defeat to secure silver as he overcame another Norwegian player, Fredrik Johansen, 3-1.

Henry said: “I’m happy with how I played, and to come home with a silver medal. I’m a bit disappointed that there weren’t as many matches as I’d hoped but it was great to experience a multi-sport Games like this and I’ve enjoyed the experience as a whole.”

It is another medal added to the athletes growing collection from the last couple of months.

Little over six weeks prior to this event, he came home from Mexico with two bronze medals from the Copa Cristina Hoffmann, a Paralympic Table Tennis competition held in Cancun.

Then at the beginning of July, the North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club star came back from the European Para Youth Games in Finland with another bronze medal from the class 8 singles.

Henry went one better on this occasion, and will no doubt have his sights set on a first place prize in the near future, as he continues to battle in this remarkable summer for the athlete.

Newly Qualified Coaches

Andre Sonnet, Holly McNamara, Jamie Johnson & Paul Martin recently attended Dunlop TT Club to

We hope to organise a Level 2 course in North Ayrshire this season as a number of our active Level 1 coaches are looking to further their knowledge and gain their L2 qualification.

Please note that a Child Protection and First Aid course will be held in the next month or two for all club coaches who need to renew their qualifications, as it expires after 3 years of passing the course.

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Classes & Sessions – Update

Update 1st August

Our club is on Monday at St Matthews 7-9pm and Friday at St Peters 1-630pm for the next few weeks, our full weekly schedule starts back on the week commencing 22nd August.

Mondays
7-9pm at St Matthews – Open to anyone any age and ability

Fridays
1pm-3pm Over 50s class
3pm-4.30pm Over 50s class
4.30pm-6.30pm Club session – need to book in advance

From the 22nd August we will restart classes which have stopped for the summer such as

• 1-1 coaching
• West Kilbride TT
• Kids class
• Performance sessions
• School Classes

We are always looking for more players to join so if you are interested in playing table tennis at any of our sessions regardless of your playing level or experience, get in touch and we will get back to you.

Email chris@nattc.co.uk or contact us on our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram page

Second Place for NATTC in British Premier League

‘North Ayrshire TTC stunned league champions Ormesby to take second place in the Senior British League Premier Division’

Highest ever finish in British Prem for our four man team of Colin, Martin, Chris & Sean. This achievement adds to the team’s record 8th Scottish League title won this season. Thanks to the four committed players, to our coaches for their invaluable advice and to all spectators and volunteers for their support, and for creating a great atmosphere at our home matches.

Read the TT England report from our last match of the season below

North Ayrshire (NATTC) stunned league champions Ormesby to take second place in the Senior British League Premier Division.

Ormesby travelled to St Matthew’s Academy, Saltcoats looking to end the season unbeaten having secured the league title just a week earlier. Ryan Jenkins lined up with Ben Savage and Adam Webster, with both Savage and Webster making their first appearance this season for the north-east side.

Needing a comprehensive victory to leapfrog Ormeau who started the day in second spot the NATTC trio got off to the perfect start as Colin Dalgleish beat Savage in three.

Ryan Jenkins beat Chris Main, again in three, to level after two matches and cast doubt over the home side’s hope they could pull off the win needed to climb above Ormeau.

A thrilling back and forth affair followed in the doubles as Dalgleish and Martin Johnson took on Jenkins and Webster. Dalgleish and Johnson led after three, with the Ormesby duo forcing a fifth thanks to a determined 12-10 win in the fourth. The fifth was just as close, Dalgleish and Johnson just doing enough to win 12-10 and set the tie up at 2-1.

Johnson then beat a plucky Webster in four as Dalgleish beat Jenkins in three to move the score line to 4-1 and ensure North Ayrshire remained in with a shot of moving up the table at.

Savage was beaten in three by Johnson before the match of the day took centre stage as Main took on Webster. The north-east player once again proved a tricky opponent, forcing the final match to five. Webster twice fought back from one set down to ensure a final set was needed. That went the way of Main, 15-13, to give North Ayrshire victory and second place in the division.

One final match remains in the SBL Premier Division, with BATTS and travelling to Urban TTC on Saturday 21^st May. The fixture from the bottom half of the division is due to get underway at 14:00.

Alex Hughes Qualifies as National Umpire

Well done to our club chairman Alec Hughes who has passed his theory and practical umpires exams. Alec is now a qualified Scottish National Umpire where he is pictured below with his fellow umpires and officials at the recent British School Championships in Largs.

Alec is our official and umpire when we hold our British Premier League matches and will continue to do so this season when it kicks off in October. He most recently umpired at the Parkinson’s UK Championships which was held at Drumchapel TT Club.

NATTC Players Represent Scotland at British Schools Championships

Top junior players at the club Nathan Hogg, Holly McNamara, Jess Hogg & Jamie Johnson qualified to represent Scotland at the annual British School Championships which was held at Inverclyde Sports Centre in Largs at the end of June.

This is a fantastic achievement for the players to qualify to represent their school and their country and compete against the top players from England, Ireland, Wales, Guernsey, Isle of Man & Jersey. Jamie Johnson won bronze in the U18 Boys singles event, picking up 1 of 2 Scotland medals of the weekend. A great performance from Jamie in the singles beating Irish and English player in group and beating Irish player Oscar Gao in the QF to secure the medal.

See NATTC players results below

Jamie Johnson – U18 Boys (Auchenharvie Academy)
U18 Boys singles – Bronze
U18 Boys team – 4th place with Charlie McGowan

Nathan Hogg – U16 Boys (Largs Academy)
U16 Boys singles – Last 16
U16 Boys team – 6th place with Keiran Walker

Holly McNamara – U18 Girls (Ardrossan Academy)
U18 Girls singles – Quarter Finals
U18 Girls team – 6th place with Jess Hogg

Jess Hogg – U18 Girls (Largs Academy)
U18 Girls singles – Semi final of plate event
U18 Girls team – 6th place with Holly McNamara

See the players pictured below with full TT Scotland results from the event – Senior Schools International – Table Tennis Scotland

West Kilbride TT Club Competition

West Kilbride TT organised their annual club competition which saw a great entry for all the members who regularly play at the club. Two halls were busy and set up with players young and old competing, with a number of players playing in their first ever competition.

Thanks to Billy, Paul & Henne for organising and setting it up. Prize winners received vouchers from our sponsors Teesport. Results and pictures from the night below.

Men’s
Alan Wilson
Ross Hunter

Ladies
Diane Hogg
Liz Whilley

U13 Boys
Logan Hunter
Arran Fox

U13 Girls
Tamara Martin
Teighan Liddell

U18 Boys
Mark Breen
Max
SF – Josh Hill, Zander

1 Point Comp
Teighan Liddell
Arran Fox

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European Youth Selections for NATTC Players

Congratulations to Martin Johnson, Jamie Johnson & Holly McNamara who have been selected to represent Scotland at the prestigious European Youth Championships which will be staged in the capital city of Serbia, Belgrade on 6-15th July.

Martin & Jamie will be teaming up with Borui Chen (Edinburgh) in the Junior Boys team event and Holly will be teaming up with Faye Leggett (Edinburgh) & Shannon Brown (Dumfries) in the Junior Girls team event.

Club Development Officer Chris Main will be 1 of 2 non playing captains travelling to Serbia with the team, alongside Alicjia Czarnomska.

Queens Platinum Jubilee

North Ayrshire TT held a Queens Jubilee Competition at St Matthews which saw a full entry of players both beginner and experienced from different clubs in Ayrshire.

Players were put into different banded groups according to their playing ability which resulted in a great night of matches for all with players competing against players their own level.

Thanks to the Platinum Jubilee Fund for helping fund this event and for Teessport for providing the vouchers for all winners and runners up of their band.

See winners and runners up of each band below.

Band 1
Chris Main
Andy Macpherson

Band 2
Alec Hughes
Jess Hogg

Band 3
Andre Sonnet
Simon Melville

Band 4
Josh Hill
Dylan Greer

Band 5
Ben Ritchie
Leesa Dunwoodie

Band 6
Tamara Martin
Aimee Senchak