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Ladder Competition for the last night before the summer break…with a few special guests!

Starting position below 😁

And for all you guys that decided to watch Portugal v Spain instead, here are the prizes! 🎉🎊🎈🎁 – BIG thanks to Karen for those!!

And the finishing position are:

Well done everyone and have a great summer!! 🌞🏓

We’re trying to determine whether an app would be a useful thing for the club and its members in this mobile/digital age.

Do you agree?

Do you have any ideas what content or functionality we could put in the app that would be useful?

Feel free to leave your thoughts here – you can leave a comment below.

Or leave your thoughts at the pinned post on our Facebook page.

Hot off the success of winning East Kilbride Coach of the Year, Peter Connolly has just been awarded South Lanarkshire Coach of the Year in recognition of his work at East Kilbride Table Tennis Club!

A huge WELL DONE to Peter. A well deserved recognition for him and the club.

Parents Challenge

• Two great nights hopefully enjoyed by parents who attended.
• Thanks to everyone who came along and supported.
  
• Photos below:

Club Committee Meeting

• Very positive meeting with some good discussions around clubs’s future plans.
• Minutes coming soon.
  

East Kilbride News

• Good article in EK News (page 20) this week featuring a profile on club chairman Brendan Faulds.
  

Final Club Night

• Friday 15th June.
• Final Ladder competition.
• Club resumes on Friday 10th August.
  

West of Scotland Junior League kit

• See shirt options for junior league kit next season in Peter’s email.
• Let him know your preference – top 3.
• We have prices for all except new Joola shirts .
• Prices are the same for others as our existing club shirts which is good news.
  

Thanks

• To Robbie for support on Tuesday night.
  
• To Euan, Chris, Brendan and Bill on Friday night.
• Many thanks to everyone who has supported the club this season.
• We have certainly seen a lot of changes and we couldn’t have implemented many of them without your support.

Take care over the summer  break.

Thanks

Peter

What do you think of the club developing a Mobile App for members, volunteers and supporters of the club?

It is very doable these days with the technology available but it would be important to put some thought into what functionality we would want to have in it.

For example, club info, an events calendar, coaching guides, etc

Or is what we have on the web site, facebook & twitter enough?

We would love to build anything new with your input and your ideas. We are gathering responses to this on the Facebook page over the next couple of weeks, so please let us know there or face to face at the club.

Remember, there is no such thing as a bad idea!

Committee Meeting – TONIGHT!

• The last committee meeting of the season takes place tonight at 7pm in the Murray Owen Centre – All welcome.

Tuesday Club Night – Parent Challenge

• Tuesday 5th June – a fun night at JWSC.
• Bring it on !!!!
  

Friday Club Night – Parent Challenge

• Friday 8th June -fun night at JWSC.
• Looking forward to it !!!!
  

Final Club Night

• Friday 15th June. Final Ladder competition.
  

Thanks

• To Robbie for support on Tuesday night.
  
• To Euan, Chris, Jennie and Bill on Friday night.

Thanks for your support,

Peter

Club Visit by MSP

• Thanks to Graham Simpson MSP who visited the club on Friday 25th May.
• Thanks to Chris and Bill for their support on the night.
  

Training Camp Saturday 26^th May

• Great to see players who attended working hard at the camp.
• Many thanks to Chris for his support on video analysis.
  

Parent Challenge

• The last session on a Tuesday this season will be on Tuesday 5th June which ends with a Parent Challenge – a fun night .
• Friday night’s parent challenge will be on Friday 8th June.
• Both nights will be at JWSC.
  

Friday Club Night

• This coming Friday will feature Multiball. Looking forward to it !!!
  

Thanks

• To Robbie, Euan, Chris and Bill on Friday night.
• To Robbie for support on Tuesday night.

Thanks for your support

Peter

Club Visit from one of our MSPs 

• Please note Graham Simpson MSP will visit the club on Friday 25th May to get a better understanding of the club and its current development plan.

Training Camp

• A training camp will take place on Saturday 26^th May – 3.30 -5.30pm at JWSC.
• The following players have been selected to attend camp:
  • Achint, Luke, Bobby, Thomas, Ashton, Robbie McKenzie, Jack D Brown, Ellis, Ben and Jack Brown.
• The camp will enable coaches to assess a squad of players for the West of Scotland Junior League for next season.
• Please advise if you are unavailable to attend this camp.
  

Friday Club Night

• Robbie Maitland will organise Butterfly Skills and Chris will work on touch technique.
  

Thanks

• To Brendan,Robbie,Euan,Chris and Bill on Friday night.
• To Euan for support on Tuesday night.

Thanks for your support

Peter

EK Open 2018 AMC – Saturday 19th May

U11 Winner: Diarmid; Runner Up: Thomas

• One group consisting of Thomas, Diarmid, Ans, Ayaan.
• Good to see players playing well and giving it their best effort.
• Diarmid and Thomas having more experience dominated the group and as a result their match would decide group winner.
• Well done to Diarmid who took the honours and Thomas who played his part.
• Ayaan and Ans in their first season have made good progress and will benefit from regular events.

U13 Winner: Bobby; Runner Up: Diarmid

Great to see Ben meeting the challenge of Diarmid and Bobby in this group. On this occasion it was Bobby and Diarmid who progressed to next stage but Ben has improved in recent months and that showed in a very close match with Diarmid losing out 2-3. 

Ashton winning against Ross meant both progressed as Cameron unfortunately withdrew unwell. 

Good effort by Ross against Bobby a player in good form. 3-0.

Difficult match to call as both players were playing well but it was Diarmid who gained the momentum to win the match 0-3. 

U18 Winner: Achint; Runner Up: Luke

Doubles Winners: Bobby/Ben; Runners Up: Robbie/ Diarmid

Thanks

East Kilbride Open Competition

• Please note that the forthcoming East Kilbride Open Competition on Saturday 19th May 2018 between 1pm & 6pm has now moved to the Alistair McCoist Complex.
  
• Entries for the competition are now closed.

JWSC Repairs

• Tuesday & Friday clubs nights will continue to be held at JWSC Hall 3 until further notice.
  

Training Camp

• A training camp will take place on Saturday 26^th May – 3.30pm – 5.30pm at JWSC.
• The following players have been selected to attend camp.
  • Achint, Luke, Diarmid, Bobby, Thomas, Ashton, Ross, Robbie McKenzie, Jack D Brown, Ellis, Cameron, Ben & Jack Brown.
• The camp will enable coaches to assess a squad of players for the West of Scotland Junior League.
• Please advise if you are unavailable to attend this camp.
  

Friday Club Night

• Well done to all players who competed in the Ladder Competition on Friday night.
• This coming Friday we work on serves, B/H and F/H drives ahead of the EK Open.
  

Duncanrig HS

• After school club at Duncanrig High School will finish this Wednesday and resume again in August.
  

Parent Challenge

• We will have our end of season Parents Challenge(s) on the following two club nights:
  • Tuesday 5th June
  • Tuesday 15th June
    
• Club nights will finish for the summer break on Tuesday 5th June and Friday 15th June.
  

Achint Makesh

• Well done to Achint Makesh who won Gold at an East Renfrewshire Inter School table tennis competition this week.
• Thanks to Jennie who put his name forward for the competition.
  

Anna Hursey – worth a listen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1q5n3

Anna Hursey has been playing table tennis for as long as she can remember and has managed to combine her school work with extended trips to train in China,
where her mother is from and across Europe, where she can challenge herself against the top players. Her success has been remarkable and as her family prepare
for the Commonwealth Games they reflect on what it means longer term and how Anna might continue to straddle the world in her quest to compete at the 2020 Olympics.

Thanks

• To Brendan, Euan, Chris and Bill on Friday night.
• To Robbie Maitland for support on Tuesday night.

Thanks for your support

Peter