Coaching

Q&A with Team GB Coach Apprentices

We caught up with new GB Coach Apprentices Graeme Barella and Lois Peake to ask some questions about their coaching experiences and journey.

March 8, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
National

Facebook group launched to support women in table tennis

Join our new Women in Table Tennis group on Facebook and become part of a community.

March 8, 2022 | Julie Snowdon
National

Don’t miss out on the #BreakTheBias webinar

Tuesday 8th March signifies International Women’s Day around the world, which encourages people to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against gender bias, and take action for equality.

March 8, 2022 | Julie Snowdon
National

Find your nearest women and girls table tennis session

Have a look at our map showing you where there are women and girls table sessions running.

March 8, 2022 | Julie Snowdon
National

Rocca Creative to sponsor Centenary ELCC

Rocca Creative has become the official sponsor of the landmark Centenary English Leagues Cup Competitions.

March 7, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
South-East

Clacton & Dist: Panthers aim for second double

Only four teams in the history of the Clacton & District League have ever won the Cup and League ‘double’ on more than one occasion - but Nomads Panthers are aiming to be the fifth team.

March 7, 2022 | Tony Oswick
International

Trio ready to play their part in Smash launch

Liam Pitchford, Sam Walker and umpire Tom Purcell are the English representatives as a new era of international table tennis gets under way today with the start of the WTT Singapore Smash.

March 7, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
South-East

Braintree League: Notley persistence pays off

Black Notley’s I team have shown the value of perseverance in division three of the Braintree Table Tennis League.

March 7, 2022 | Ron Fosker
National

Third seeds are first class at Cadet National Cup

Third seeds Sienna Jetha and Larry Trumpauskas took home the trophies and boasted 100% records to boot as the Cadet National Cup played to a pulsating finish.

March 6, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Featured

Four unbeaten at Cadet National Cup

Four players remained unbeaten at the end of the first day of the Cadet National Cup at St Neots TTC.

March 5, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Team England

Seven boys reach knockouts in Portugal

Seven English boys made it through to the knockout stages of the WTT Youth Contender Villa Real in Portugal, with Connor Green, Joseph Hunter and Jakub Piwowar doing so in two age groups.

March 4, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Centenary

Centenary stories: James Thompson, medallist at the first Worlds

In the latest of our series of Centenary Stories, we focus on James Thompson, an early pioneer of rubber table tennis bats, who played in the inaugural World Championships in 1926.

March 3, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
National

Get on board for the Inter-Regionals!

There is still time to enter the qualifying stage for this year’s Inter-Regional Championships, with events around the country in March, feeding into the national finals in May.

March 3, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Social table tennis

Bringing table tennis to the community

Midlands based organisation Sporting Your Futures have been successful in receiving a £1,000 grant to establish a table tennis club alongside their youth club.

March 3, 2022 | Julie Snowdon
Clubs

How you can help club’s work with refugees

Derby Community Table Tennis Club's work with Afghan refugees has been featured on BBC Radio Derby - and now the club is appealing for crowd funding to help them do more to help disadvantaged groups.

March 2, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
International

Table Tennis England statement

Table Tennis England stands with the international sporting community in condemning the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Until further notice, England will not field teams against Russia or Belarus in any table tennis team competitions across all age groups.

March 2, 2022 | Table Tennis England
Clubs

Get funding towards a life-saving defibrillator

Our affiliated table tennis clubs have a chance to enter a draw to win match-funding towards a life-saving defibrillator.

March 2, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Social table tennis

Table tennis is supporting mental wellbeing in MK

Mental health and wellbeing organisation, Sport in Mind have recently launched a Badminton and Table Tennis for Mental Wellbeing session in Milton Keynes for people experiencing mental health problems.

March 2, 2022 | Julie Snowdon
South-East

Husband and wife team win Open

The ever-popular Cippenham Team Open took place on Sunday and was won by husband and wife team Neil and Lauren Charles.

March 1, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Pride of Table Tennis

Announcing our local Pride of Table Tennis winners!

The table tennis family have once again come together to ensure the incredible efforts of our inspirational Volunteers and Young Volunteers in our Clubs and Leagues up and down the country do not go unnoticed in this year’s Pride of Table Tennis awards.

March 1, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Team England

Jarvis and Walker knocked out in Muscat

Tom Jarvis was unable to book a place in the main singles draw of the WTT Contender Muscat event in Oman, while he and Sam Walker went out in the doubles last 16.

March 1, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
GB performance

Athletes named in new GB Junior Squad

Three athletes representing three different nations have been selected for the Performance section of the new GB Junior Squad.

March 1, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Team England

Baldwin run ended by second seed

Mari Baldwin reached the last 16 of the WTT Youth Contender Villa Real event in Portugal and pushed the No 2 seed before going down in three games.

March 1, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
South-East

MK League: Spinners suffer rare defeat in title race

Premier A first defeat of the season for leaders MK Spinners at the hands of mid table Greenleys Warriors, who fielded Mifzal Ahmed (Zal Latheef)... Continue reading

March 1, 2022 | David Wackrill
Featured

Can you complete our website launch crossword challenge?!

Today we launched our brand-new website and we’re offering you the chance to win a £50 amazon voucher by taking part in our crossword challenge.... Continue reading

March 1, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Team England

Jarvis sinks top-80 player in WTT

Tom Jarvis had a great win over a player ranked almost 100 places above him at the WTT Contender Muscat event in Oman.

February 28, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
Officials

19 English officials selected for Birmingham 2022 table tennis

Karen Tonge MBE has been appointed as table tennis and para table tennis referee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and will lead a strong and diverse group of English officials.

February 28, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
National

County Championships: Lancashire sweep to Cadet title

Lancashire and Middlesex dominated the Cadet weekend of the County Championships, but it was the northern team which took the honours with a 100% record.

February 28, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
National

Will Bayley joins TV Pilgrimage

Paralympic superstar Will Bayley is back on our TV screens this spring as he joins six other celebrities for the BBC Two show Pilgrimage.

February 28, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
National

Top Cadets ready for National Cup battle

The Cadet National Cup is back on the calendar for the first time since 2019, as St Neots TTC hosts the top 10 boys and girls in the under-15 age group at the weekend.

February 28, 2022 | Paul Stimpson
South-East

Clacton & Dist: Brotherhood B show their class

Brotherhood B’s four-player squad of John Owen, Grant Sharpe, Martin Scarfe and Paul Alden has proved a class apart in Division Two of the Clacton... Continue reading

February 28, 2022 | Tony Oswick
South-East

Braintree League: Big guns exit handicap cup

The last four remaining first division teams bowed out of the Braintree Table Tennis League handicap cup at the last 16 stage. Liberal A faced... Continue reading

February 28, 2022 | Ron Fosker
Counties and Leagues

County Championships: Cadet Premier Weekend

This weekend 26/27 Feb sees the staging of the County Championship Cadet Premier Weekend taking place at the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre, University of... Continue reading

February 24, 2022 | Martin Ireland
Centenary

Join us at our Centenary Gala Dinner

Our Centenary Gala Dinner will be a celebration of 100 years of the table tennis governing body in this country. A host of star names past and present will be there - and you could join them!

February 24, 2022 | Paul Stimpson