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Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Brendan, Stephen, Keith, Lynn and Achint for your help and support on Friday night.

EKTTC AGM 23rd February 2026
– Please note our Club AGM will be on Monday 23rd February 2026.
– Time: From 7pm.
– Venue: REGUS East Kilbride, Orbital House, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5PR.
– Please support this with your attendance if you are able – it’s your club!

Pairs Event Friday 6th and 13th March
– Sign up for the latest club tournament organised by Chris and Euan.

Stephen Gertsen Visit
– We will welcome back Stephen Gertsen to our club night session on Friday 20th March
– Looking forward to it.

Pop in & Play
– Alistair McCoist Complex Mon-Fri 12 – 2pm.
– On Tuesday this week we have Pop in & Play from 12-1pm and then from 1-3pm we have a group of Primary School kids for a taster session.

Bribar Table Tennis
– If you would like to order any TT equipment or a club shirt, just let me know.
– Shirts available in most sizes.
– Navy/Blue
– Navy/Green

Finally
– Why your serve & attack fails (and how to fix it)
– Blocking tactics to mess up your opponent

Thanks

Peter

CUSTOMER UPDATE

Pop In and Play will only open between 12 noon and 1pm on Tuesday 17th February. This is due to a Primary Schools event taking place from 1pm at the Alistair McCoist Complex.

Due to pre-booked events at the Alistair McCoist Complex, Pop In and Play will be CLOSED on Friday 6th February and Thursday 12th February 2026.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Brendan, Stephen, Keith and Euan W for your help and support on Friday night.
– We welcomed William who has been a regular visitor to Pop in & Play.

EKTTC AGM 23rd February 2026
– Please note our Club AGM will be on Monday 23rd February 2026.
– Time: From 7pm.
– Venue: REGUS East Kilbride, Orbital House, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5PR

Club Event
– We are planning another club event on Friday 6th & 13th March 2026.
– A different format. Watch this space.

Stephen Gertsen Visit
– We will welcome back Stephen Gertsen to our club night session on Friday 20th March – looking forward to it.

Pop in & Play – new venue and new time.
– Alistair McCoist Complex Mon-Fri at a new time of 12 – 2pm.
– Great to see the numbers attending our free sessions this week.

Bribar Table Tennis
– If you would like to order any TT equipment or a club shirt let me know.
– Shirts available in most sizes.
– Navy/Blue
– Navy/Green

Finally
– How to return float serves ( 2 methods )
– How to win points against stronger players

Thanks

Peter

Due to pre-booked events at the Alistair McCoist Complex, we are unable to provide Pop In and Play on Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd and Thursday 29th January.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Brendan, Chris, Keith and Euan W for your help and support on Friday night.
– Great to be back, delighted to see the hall packed and to see our club members again.
– Thanks to Chris for organising junior session this week – 16 in total – our numbers are growing👏.
– We welcome Nick, Simon, Rory and Torn to our club. Unfortunately Simon suffered a minor injury and had to stop.
– Hopefully we’ll see him back in a few weeks time.🤞

WOSTT Senior League
– On Monday night at Alistair McCoist Complex, we had a very good crowd watching three EK teams compete at our new venue for league matches.
– Keep up to date on Stadium
– EK B 7 – 2 EK A
– Although EK B dominated the match overall we had some very close matches which could have gone either way.
– Good to see both sets of players playing to a good standard of play.
– EK C 7 – 2 North Ayrshire C
Although the scoreline would suggest a very comfortable win for EK C, this match was a challenge against a very good young team from NA.
– It took a bit of time for EK C players to settle and get into their rhythm. However another good win for EK C.
– Maccabi 6 – 3 EK D
– EK D certainly pushed the league leaders all the way in this match with 5 x 5 sets matches with a big performance against a very experienced opponent.
– This should give the team confidence going into the second half of the season.

Pop in & Play – new venue and new time.
– Alistair McCoist Complex Mon-Fri at a new time of 12 – 2pm. Great to see the numbers attending our free sessions this week.

Child Protection Officer
– The club is looking for a new Child Protection Officer.
– Fergus Maitland has been of great support in this role over a number of years and has put in place guidance that we hope someone can continue.
– I’m sure everyone would agree this role is key to a successful club. If this would be of interest speak to one of the coaches for more info.

Bribar Table Tennis

– If you would like to order any TT equipment or a club shirt let me know. Shirts available in most sizes.

– Navy/Blue    

– Navy/Green 

Finally
– Kacper will play in his first international event this May in Helsinki Finland !!!
– He has entered the very successful tournament organised by Pongfinity, namely the Pongfinity Cup.
– Watch video footage of last year’s tournament. Good luck to Kacper when it comes around.

Thanks for your support

Peter

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Brendan, Keith and Tommy McG for your help and support on Friday night.
– Last club night before Christmas and New Year break will be Friday 19th December 2025 as the sports complex will close for two weeks.
– We restart on Friday 9th January 2026 !!!
– Have a great Christmas and good New Year.

Parents Challenge Friday 19th December
– Tomorrow night we will have a parents challenge for our juniors only.
– The seniors will have there own session as normal.
– The parents challenge will consist of singles, doubles and fun games. Looking forward to it.🏓🏓🏓

WOS Senior League
– East Kilbride progressed in the Handicap Cup winning 6-1 against Brunswick B 👏
– Well done Ian, Grzegorz and Kacper.

WOS Junior League Sunday 14th December Rose Reilly Sports Centre Stewarton
– Team A: Disappointed that Team A have been forgotten about in this league despite every effort on our part to make this happen. In friendly matches EK A beat Largs TTC and lost to GW South A.

– Team B: A tough baptism for our young and inexperienced Team B. However given time these players will be better for that experience.
Losing to GW South and South Ayrshire. Next Junior League fixture March 2026.
Thanks to parents for their support on the day.

Pop in & Play Closes it’s doors for now
– After two years and 10 months, Pop In & Play will close it’s doors on 19th December and having welcomed it’s 13,000th visitor ( Gordon Campbell ) on Monday of this week. A big thank you to all our fantastic volunteers.
– We hope to move to a new venue soon.
– In the meantime we will move to service to the Alistair McCoist Complex, Mon-Fri at a new time of 12 – 2pm from Monday 5th January 2026.

Child Protection Officer
– The club is looking for a new Child Protection Officer.
– Fergus Maitland has been of great support in this role over a number of years and has put in place guidance that we hope someone can continue.
– I’m sure everyone would agree this role is key to a successful club. If this would be of interest speak to one of the coaches for more info.

Finally
– Marty Supreme – table tennis movie coming soon.
– Teach a child to play table tennis part 1 of 3
– Table Tennis Footwork Training (improve footwork by 2 – jump exercises)

Thanks for your support

Peter

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Steve, Keith, Andrew and Euan W for your help and support on Friday night.
– Our last club night before Christmas and New Year break will be Friday 19th December 2025 as the sports complex will close for two weeks.
– We restart on Friday 9th January 2026 !!!

Parents Challenge
– On Friday 19th December we will have a parents challenge for our juniors only.
– Mind you if any seniors want to bring there parents that’s fine by me .🙄
– The seniors will have there own session as normal.
– The parents challenge will consist of singles, doubles and fun games.
– If you can’t bring your parent’s bring your granny, grandad, auntie, uncle but nae dugs!!!! 😀

ITTF Parkinson World Championships Helsingborg 26th-30th November 2025
– Congratulations to Lynn Arnot who won Bronze in Ladies Singles and Bronze in Ladies Doubles at her first World Championships last weekend.
– A terrific achievement, Lynn has delivered so much in such a short period of time.👏👏👏🥉🥉

WOS Junior League
– Remaining league fixtures will take place on Sunday,14th December 2025 Sunday,1st March 2026
– West of Scotland Schools Qualifier will take place on: 25th January 2026
– Venue: Ross Reilly Sport Centre Kilwinning Road Stewarton, KA3 3DN
– Timings 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (each date)

WOS Senior League
– EKTTC WOS Senior home league fixtures will now take place at Alistair McCoist Complex every Monday night from Monday 5th January 2026.
– Two wins and two losses this week for our WOS league teams.
EK A won 2-7
EK B won 6-3
EK C lost 1-8
EK D lost 2-7

Pop in & Play to close Friday 19th December 2025
– Our Centre West venue Pop in & Play will close on Friday 19th December 😔
– However we have plans to move our present setup on a temporary basis to the Alistair McCoist Complex ( Mon-Fri 12-2pm ) until we have a new venue in place🤞

Bribar Table Tennis
– If you would like to order any TT equipment or a club shirt, please let me know.
– Shirts available in most sizes.
– Navy/Blue
– Navy/Green

Finally
– Serve
– Return of Serve

Thanks for your support

Peter

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Chris, Steve, Tommy N and Lynn for help and support on Friday night.
– Welcome to Alex and Ollie Hughes.

WOS Junior League
– Remaining league fixtures will take place as follows. Any problems let us know asap.
– Sunday, 14th December 2025

– Sunday, 1st March 2026

– West of Scotland Schools Qualifier will take place on: 25th January 2026

– Venue: Ross Reilly Sport Centre Kilwinning Road Stewarton, KA3 3DN

– Timings 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (each date)

WOS Senior League
– Big wins for EK B,C & D. A lot of positives this week for our teams in the league 👏
– EK A lost 4-5
– EK B won 5-4
– EK C won 6-3
– EK D won 5-4

Club Board of Trustees Meeting
– Date: Monday, 24th November
– Time: From 7pm
– Venue: REGUS East Kilbride,Orbital House, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5PR

Bribar Table Tennis

– If you would like to order any TT equipment or a club shirt let me know. Shirts available in most sizes.

– Navy/Blue

– Navy/Green

Finally
– How to instantly improve all your serves !!!
– Bad return of serve – help needed!

Thanks for your support

Peter

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Chris, Stephen, Keith, Fraser and Euan for support on Friday night.

WOS Junior League
– Well done to AJ & Lewis who played in the first day’s fixtures of the West of Scotland Development League.
– The first time either player has participated in this type of environment, they both played with great spirit and determination against tough opponents which resulted in 1 match loss and 1 match win overall.
– Was great to meet and have the support of Gus from Largs TT who kindly played as a reserve to give us a full team. Thanks Gus!
– Thanks to the organisers for their hard work in creating this opportunity for young players across the West of Scotland.
– Looking forward the next day coming up in December. Thanks to Chris for his support on the day much appreciated.

WOS Senior League
– Big win for EK B. However we always have positives to take from other matches.
EK A lost 4-5
EK B won 5-4
EK C lost 2-7
EK D lost 6-3

Bribar Table Tennis

– If you would like to order any TT equipment or a club shirt let me know. Shirts available in most sizes.

– Navy/Blue

– Navy/Green

Finally
– How to improve your focus when training.

Thanks for your support

Peter