West Area
Area Manager (West)
Contact Chris
Hi, and welcome to the West Area Development page.
Welcome to the West Area pages. We are covering Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. My name is Chris Newton and 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.
These pages are intended to provide you with various information and case studies about table tennis groups who are actively developing their clubs and leagues.
West Local Organising Group
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 |
| Martin Clayton | Birmingham | Chair |
| Helen Lower | Staffordshire | International and club coach |
| Anne Moore | Shropshire | Community clubs |
| Sophie Tobin | Sported | |
| Adam Walden | Sport Birmingham |
West Local Delivery Plan
Spotlight on ….
Area Blog
West – April
Just a short blog for April and I wish to pose a question I am stuck on. Why do local leagues and their members happily… Continue reading
West March 24
Over the past few weeks during my various phone calls with local leagues and clubs the common theme in these calls has been ‘our league… Continue reading
West Narrative
Now the new Table Tennis England Area’s have been formed, and in the midlands, the old West Midlands Region now teams up with Derbyshire a… Continue reading
Latest news from the area
Introducing our new Area homepages
Today we launch seven new homepages on this website – one for each of our Area Networks – so you can see how Table Tennis United is being delivered in your Area.
Obituary: International umpire and ‘ranking maestro’ Doreen Nightingale
Doreen Nightingale, ETTA Vice-President and former valued member of staff passed away aged 87 years on October 31 in Eastbourne.
Could YOU be the ideal Local Organising Group member?
With the Area Manager team now in place and Local Organising Group Chairs being appointed, we are now starting to look at the formation of the seven Local Organising Groups across England.
