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As you are aware ETTA Individual Membership comes into operation from the beginning of the season so it is necessary that you have completed Membership Application AND paid the registration fee BEFORE you play your first match. You can sign up directly at the ETTA web site by clicking on ETTA Registration or by downloading the membership application form and sending the completed form and fee to the member of your club responsible for this registration process. Failure to complete this process may result in any matches you play being rendered ineligible.
In this season's handbook you will find some new ETTA rules that you should be aware of: only racket coverings that are currently authorised by the ITTF can be used; a point is not scored against a player for an accidental double hit; a racket cannot be changed during the course of an individual match unless it becomes accidentally damaged so badly that it is unusable. I will post a list of ITTF approved racket coverings on the web site shortly.
This season the Results page has been updated to provide upcoming matches as well as the traditional match results service in an easy to read format compared with the Fixtures page. As a result the Fixtures page will eventually be superceded and replaced entirely by the Results page.
Bedford Modern School’s new Table Tennis season only started at the beginning of August, but it has not taken long for the first major success to be achieved.
Pictured is Bedford Modern School’s rising star, 15 year old Josh Robinson, who now has to play in U18 events. In the Burton-On-Trent Open Tournament that took place on Saturday 7th August, Josh won the U18 event in some style.
Paul Birch, BMS Table Tennis Coach said: “Josh has worked hard in pre-season training and this Tournament was an ideal time to see how much he has improved. In his group matches he was a little match rusty, but got better as the day went on.
“In the Semi-Final, Josh beat club mate and fellow Bedford Modern School student, Nishanth Narayanan, three sets to one and then disposed of the Number 2 seed in the Final, 3-0.”
Pictured (L to R) John Robinson, Jim Kenny - Tournament Referee
Pictured is Bedford Modern School’s rising star, 15 year old Josh Robinson, who now has to play in U18 events. In the Burton-On-Trent Open Tournament that took place on Saturday 7th August, Josh won the U18 event in some style.
Paul Birch, BMS Table Tennis Coach said: “Josh has worked hard in pre-season training and this Tournament was an ideal time to see how much he has improved. In his group matches he was a little match rusty, but got better as the day went on.
“In the Semi-Final, Josh beat club mate and fellow Bedford Modern School student, Nishanth Narayanan, three sets to one and then disposed of the Number 2 seed in the Final, 3-0.”
Pictured (L to R) John Robinson, Jim Kenny - Tournament Referee
Maggie Gambrill from the St Neots club in Cambridgeshire recently returned from the European Heart & Lung Games. Here in her own words she describes how she came to be taking part in such an event and the key support received from St Neots TTC and Club Coaching Officer Mark Mitchell.
Spanning 29 years as President of the Bedford & District Table Tennis League and 60 years as a member of the Management Committee the retiring President, Doug Ayres, was presented with a crystal ship's decanter by the Chairman of the English Table Tennis Association, Alex Murdoch, at the £390,000 newly refurbished St Neots Table Tennis Club on Monday evening. His honorary post of President will be taken over by Bedford local property agent Russell Beard who has had a keen interest in table tennis since his school days. Click on this article's header to read more.
Read about how table tennis is taking off both in the UK and worldwide. The Daily Telegraph has an interesting article that can be seen by clicking on the link below.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/7800960/Table-tennis-takes-off.html
Acknowledgement to Dave Beddall for this link.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/7800960/Table-tennis-takes-off.html
Acknowledgement to Dave Beddall for this link.
Bedford League was saddened to hear of the sudden loss of Jeff Perkins, known to many as Secretary of the Civil Service club, League Vice President, League trophy secretary, League committee member for over 20 years and coach to many youngsters over the years through his involvement within Bedford schools. His funeral will be held at Norse Crematorium on 10th June at 11.30am and the family have asked for donations to be made to Coeliac UK through the Funeral Directors, Arnold's Funeral Service, 48 Roff Avenue, Bedford MK41 7TE (01234-359529). His close friend, Ken Collins, has been kind enough to write down his memories of Jeff which you can read by clicking on this article's title.
The date has been fixed for the St Neots TTC AGM which is at 8pm on Monday, 28th June 2010 in the club. We look forward to seeing and hearing from as many people as posible. Your views on how the centre should move forward are important to us.
The World Team Championships from Moscow will be shown on Eurosport, so if you want to catch up with the action as it happens be sure to tune in.
Fri 28 May
0745-0930 LIVE men’s quarter-finals on Eurosport HD*
2330-0040 Highlights on British Eurosport
Sat 29 May
0745-0930 LIVE Women’s semi-finals on Eurosport HD*
2000-2200 Men’s semi-finals on Eurosport HD*
2230-0130 Highlights on British Eurosport
Sun 30 May
2200-2300 Final on Eurosport HD*
Repeated 2335-0035 Mon 31 May on British Eurosport
Fri 28 May
0745-0930 LIVE men’s quarter-finals on Eurosport HD*
2330-0040 Highlights on British Eurosport
Sat 29 May
0745-0930 LIVE Women’s semi-finals on Eurosport HD*
2000-2200 Men’s semi-finals on Eurosport HD*
2230-0130 Highlights on British Eurosport
Sun 30 May
2200-2300 Final on Eurosport HD*
Repeated 2335-0035 Mon 31 May on British Eurosport
The Veteran's tournament took place on Wednesday evening at Bedford Modern School and Steve Silk, who had earlier this year taken the Men's singles title, completed his double by winning the Veteran title beating last year's winner John Alsop in the final 3-0. He then combined with John to make it a treble by taking the Veteran doubles title beating Dave Forde and Dave Beddall 3-0 in the final.
Thanks to Bedford Modern School and Paul Birch for hosting and organising the tournament.
Thanks to Bedford Modern School and Paul Birch for hosting and organising the tournament.
Matthew Syed, former England Table Tennis No. 1 player and currently sports reporter for the Times newspaper, has recently launched a best seller called Bounce. In the following extract from his book he describes how in the back streets of Reading twelve future table tennis stars were created. Click on the following link to read a fascinating insight into what makes a sporting super star
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/matthew_syed/article7105379.ece
Acknowledgement to Dave Beddall for this link.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/matthew_syed/article7105379.ece
Acknowledgement to Dave Beddall for this link.
The Division 2 tournament took place on Monday evening at Bedford Modern School and the final positions were:
1. Harpreet Rupal
2. Alex Meade
3. Malcolm Carr
(Pictured: winner Harpreet Rupal)
Although a small entry, all the games were fought competitively.
1. Harpreet Rupal
2. Alex Meade
3. Malcolm Carr
(Pictured: winner Harpreet Rupal)
Although a small entry, all the games were fought competitively.
All matches have now been played and the ladder is complete. Congratulations to the divisional winners and to all those that enjoyed playing this season no matter where you finished. Thanks to our fixture secretary Sandy Cordon for keeping all the teams on course to finish in time. I look forward to seeing you all at the AGM to collect your well deserved trophies.
Team BEDS&LUTON have teamed up with the ETTA to offer the rare opportunity of a 100% FREE Level 1 Table Tennis Coaching Qualification at Bedford Modern School. Closing date Friday 7th May. Click on this article's header for further details.
