West Midlands Area
Welcome to the West Midlands Area; I’m Chris Newton, your Area Manager
West Midlands blog
West Area Blog – December
Earlier this week I was talking with a league secretary in Worcestershire about how things are going in his league and we both agreed on... Continue reading
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
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
Latest news from the West Midlands
Obituary: Chesterfield stalwart Ron Chapman
A stalwart of table tennis in Chesterfield for many decades, Ron Chapman recently died at the age of 96. Eric Hall has sent this appreciation... Continue reading
Saunders retains his title at Alan Hewitt Memorial Tournament
Stratford-upon-Avon Table Tennis Club and Meon Vale Leisure Centre once again hosted the Alan Hewitt Memorial Tournament on 29 August 2026, with 24 players competing in what has become one of the region's premier table tennis events.
Entries open for annual Alan Hewitt memorial event
The annual Alan Hewitt memorial table tennis tournament takes place on 29 August at Meon Vale Sports Centre in Stratford Upon Avon.
Insight and Impact
All about the West Midlands network
I undertake a dual role at Table Tennis England both as West Midlands 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 Midlands 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 Midlands 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 Midlands:
- Birmingham
- Warwick
- Leamington Spa
- Stratford upon Avon
