Cloudathlete Pride of Table Tennis Awards

The annual Cloudathlete Pride of Table Tennis Awards seeks to honour the volunteers, officials, coaches and personalities who are the heartbeat of our sport and without them, our great sport would not be able to flourish and grow.

The Pride of Table Tennis Awards initiative celebrates and honours the immense contribution volunteers make to our sport by recognising and rewarding their efforts each year.

The Pride of Table Tennis Awards gives you the opportunity to nominate volunteers for their valuable, outstanding and often unseen contributions they have given to the sport.

About Cloudathlete

Cloudathlete is not another point solution. It is a connected platform that covers the full operational surface of a sports organisation — from the moment an athlete registers to the moment their result appears on a world ranking. It replaces disconnected tools with a single, connected infrastructure designed around how sport actually operates — from membership and competitions to events, communications and data.

Built specifically for sport’s national governing bodies and federations, Cloudathlete replaces fragmented legacy systems with a single connected platform that replicates each organisation’s unique operations, structures and workflows without the limitations of off-the-shelf software or the cost of bespoke development.

2026 winners and runners-up

Club of the Year
Winner: St Austell TTC; Runner-up: Stanmore TTC

Coach of the Year
Winner: Peter Thompson (PingPong4U); Runners-up: Paul Hutchings (Maghull TTC), Tony West (Kidlington Forum TTC); Special mention: Kelsey Fordham (Norwich City TTC)

Contribution to Table Tennis
Winner: Steve Bispham (Folkestone & District TTA); Runners-up: David Badham (Aylesbury TTL, Quarrendon & Meadowcroft TTC), Ken Oram (Winstanley Wizards TTC)

Inspirational Story of the Year
Winner: Young Carers Cornwall Ping Mind (George, Noah, Angelina, Maria, Jack, Freya); Runners-up: Nick Kreel (Brighton TTC), Brendan Praet (Wyre Piddle TTC; Worcester TTL)

League of the Year
Winner: Stroud & District TTL

Level The Table Award
Winner: Juliet Bertie (Continental Stars TTC); Runner-up: Riya Thakore (Barnet TTC)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Les Cole (Plymouth & District TTC); Runners-up: Jayne Johnson (Rawreth TTC), James Skinner (BDTTL)

Partner of the Year
Winner: Central Co-op Membership

School of the Year
Winner: Shakespeare Primary School Leeds; Runners-up: Parkdale Primary School Nottingham, St George’s School Edgbaston, St Peter’s CE Primary School Market Bosworth

Technical Official of the Year
Winner: Margaret Welch; Runners-up: Matthew Pryke, Alan Thomas

Volunteer of the Year
Winner: Craig Mehew (St Austell TTC); Runners-up: Sarah March (St Katharine’s Trust/TJTTC), Giulio Pontone (Darlington Academy Hummersknott TTC)

Young Volunteer of the Year
Winner: Joshua Kelly (Waterside TTC); Runners-up: Hamza Caratela (Knighton Park TTC), Freddie Carroll (Halton TTC), Kush Thakore (Urban TTC)

Click here to read more about the 2026 winners and runners-up.