Friday Club Night
– Last Friday night, I had a one hour table tennis taster session prior to our club night with South Lanarkshire Disability Sport.
– Great feedback from the group and delighted everyone had fun as that was my main objective.
– At our club session Chris and Robbie had coaching sessions to do as part of there UKCC Level 2 course which went well.
– Many thanks to Pawel who supported our juniors by testing their basic skills. Welcome to Annette who enjoyed her night.
– Thanks Brendan, Euan, Keith and Bill for their support.
EKTTC Club Board Meeting Monday 20th January 2025
– Thank you to everyone who attended our first board meeting of this year.
– The club very generously agreed to support juniors players this year with payment of junior league fees.
– We also agreed to support two club coaches Chris and Robbie who are currently on a UKCC Level 2 course.
– Thanks to Tommy Nevin for his hospitality.
– Club AGM coming soon.
West of Scotland U14 Schools Qualifier – Saltcoats Sunday 19th January 2024
– Club members Peter and Kacper went along to this schools event not sure what to expect in terms of progress.
– The priority was to get through the group stages.
– Peter won all of his group stage matches very comfortably to progress to last 16.
– Kacper won 2 matches and lost 1 match to group seed to progress to a play off match.
– Both players in the play off were evenly matched which resulted in this being a difficult one to predict.
– Kacper started very well and dominated the first game. His opponent took the second game.
– Then the match went to 2-2. Kacper dominated the final game and won the match 3-2 to make it through to last 16.
– A great performance from Kacper against a very difficult opponent to book his place in last 16.
– Both Peter and Kacper met very challenging opponents in last 16.
– Peter did very well,at one stage – in what turned out to be the final game –
he was behind 6-9 and in a great comeback went on to win 11-9.
– A big performance from Peter which moved him into the last four.
– Kacper faced James Huang (No.1 seed) however although Kacper competed well, James won 3-0.
– Peter also played James Huang in semi final stage however James dominated the match winning 3-0.
– James deservedly winning U14 event .
– Well done to both Peter and Kacper who played exceptional well on the day.
– Thanks to Chris for his support.
WOSTTL
– Monitor the progress of our WOS senior league teams EK A & EK B Div 3 and EK C Div 4
Pop in & Play
– This week we welcomed students from South Lanarkshire College on a 4 week introduction to table tennis.
– The students have agreed to come along and enjoy some challenges that will take them out there comfort zone and at same learn new skills.
– Thanks to all our PI&P volunteers who helped make this first taster session a success.
EKTTC Junior Training
– Please note Junior training is on this coming Tuesday 28th January 2025 630pm – 800pm but cancelled on Tuesday 4th February 2025.
North Ayrshire Open Saltcoats Saturday 25th January
– Good luck to Lynn who plans to compete (weather permitting) at North Ayrshire Open in Banded and Doubles events.
West of Scotland Open Inverclyde on Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd March 2025.
– Entry now available for West of Scotland Open on 1st & 2nd March at sportscotland National Sports Training Centre, Inverclyde.
– Enter and pay via this form.
Finally
– Forehand topspin Beginners to Advanced
– Backhand topspin Beginner to Advanced
Thanks for your support
Peter
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