West Area

Welcome to the West Area; I’m Chris Newton, your Area Manager

West blog

West Area Blog – November 2025

Over the past couple of months rather than my usual activities around the area I have been out on secondment to the WTT Star Contender… Continue reading

November 17, 2025 | Chris Newton

TT Kidz Gets a Major Upgrade — And Now is the Time To Get On Board

TT Kidz has been significantly upgraded, making it more flexible, impactful, and better suited to clubs of all sizes. TT Kidz is no longer just… Continue reading

October 9, 2025 | Lauren Evans

West Area Blog – September

Late Nights and Lost Players: Is Table Tennis League Format Holding Us Back? The start of a new table tennis season always brings excitement: new… Continue reading

September 15, 2025 | Chris Newton

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Latest news from the West
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Level 1 Umpires Course – Wolverhampton

How to book a place on the entry level umpiring qualification, with practical element in Wolverhampton,

November 19, 2025 | Paul Stimpson
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Table tennis marathon in memory of Rod Lewis

A very special 24-hour table tennis marathon honouring the life and legacy of Rod Lewis will take place on 31 January at Ilmington Village Hall.

November 19, 2025 | Paul Stimpson
Competitions

Saunders’ fine comeback seals victory in memory of Alan

After the hugely successful Alan Hewitt memorial tournaments in 2023 and 2024, Stratford Upon Avon Table Tennis Club and Meon Vale Leisure again hosted the 2025 competition. 

September 19, 2025 | Paul Stimpson

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Insight and Impact


All about the West network

I undertake a dual role at Table Tennis England both as West Area Manager and Technical Operations Manager for the Events Team. I have a long background in table tennis from volunteering with clubs and leagues right through to senior leadership positions at Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

The West covers Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

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 West Local Organising Group are:

Name Club/Organisation Role on LOG
Michael Clayton Birmingham Chair
Helen Lower Staffordshire International & Club coach
Anne Moore Shropshire Community clubs
Sophie Tobin SportEd
Adam Walden Sport Birmingham

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 the West:

  • Birmingham
  • Warwick
  • Leamington Spa
  • Stratford upon Avon