London area
Welcome to the London Area; I’m Johnathon Driscoll, your Area Manager!
Latest news from the London area
Free workshops to help your club thrive – register now!
Community engagement, volunteering and creating positive experiences for players are among the topics of a series of online workshops designed specifically for table tennis clubs – and registrations are now open.
In loving memory of Sir Jack Petchey CBE
It is with great sadness that we join the table tennis community, and wider sporting family, in mourning the death of Sir Jack Petchey CBE, who passed away peacefully on Thursday morning 27 June 2024) at the age of 98.
Enfield and Camden take London Youth Games honours
There was a double triumph for north London at the London Youth Games table tennis event as Enfield won the girls’ competition and Camden the boys.
London Blog
May London Area Blog
Over the last 7 months, I have been involved in the delivery of the schools competitions in the area for the first time and on… Continue reading
April London Area Blog
For the last five years I have had the privilege to lead and deliver the Pride of Table Tennis Awards. The awards are an opportunity… Continue reading
February London Area Blog
Welcome to the Second edition of the London Area blog. It’s certainly been a busy time since Christmas, with The Jack Petchey Schools competitions at… Continue reading
Insight and Impact
All about the London network
I’m Johnathon Driscoll and I have the privilege of being the Area Manager for London which covers the 33 London Boroughs.
It is an exciting time to be a Club, League, Coach, Volunteer, School, or partner in the capital as Table Tennis England embarks on it’s new strategy Table Tennis United and the successful bid of the ITTF World Team Championship is 2026.
Having been involved in the sport since an 11-year-old, I have a real passion to see table tennis thrive and to build on the great work that is being delivered across London.
London covers 33 boroughs:
City of London
City of Westminster
Kensington and Chelsea
Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth
Lambeth
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Islington
Camden
Brent
Ealing
Hounslow
Richmond
Kingston
Merton
Sutton
Croydon
Bromley
Lewisham
Greenwich
Bexley
Havering
Barking and Dagenham
Redbridge
Newham
Waltham Forest
Haringey
Enfield
Barnet
Harrow
Hillingdon
Local Organising Groups (LOGs) are formed of volunteers from the table tennis community and external partners and organisations who work with us to bring table tennis alive locally. They are there to provide support and guidance to the Area Manager and take an action-led approach to helping deliver the Local Delivery Plan. Click here for more information on Local Organising Groups.
The members of the London Local Organising Group are:
| Name | Club/Organisation | Role on LOG |
| Vacant | Vacant | Chair |
| Bethany Kinsella | Greenhouse | Partnerships |
| Onyinye Nkemdirim | Sported | Equality, Diversity & Inclusion |
| Demi Reid | London Youth | Schools/Competitions |
Community Table Tennis Partnerships (CTTPs) are local geographic areas based around a town, city or small cluster of towns where the data and insight from across the sport and using demographic data and local partner knowledge tells us there are opportunities to develop the sport in those areas. These will then receive dedicated, focussed support from the Area Manager and Area Chair and the Local Organising Group and will work closely with local partners to establish, develop and sustain activity that achieves the priorities and goals laid out in Table Tennis United. Counties, clubs, leagues and other table tennis activity that exists in that CTTP space will be engaged to support the work that happens.
CTTPs will continue to evolve with the goal that activity set up is sustained by local clubs, leagues and organisations. This enables more CTTPs to be established across different parts of the Area Network that demonstrates potential impact can be made through the data, insight and information from the sport, societal data and local partners. CTTP work will make up a large proportion of the activity within Local Delivery Plans.
The following are the Community Table Tennis Partnerships for London:
- Barnet
- Croydon
- Enfield
- Lewisham
- Newham
- Brent
- Harrow
