News

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

On September 19th we are excited to host night 2 and the concluding part of the EKTTC Trophy.

After a terrific first night, which created a great atmosphere in the hall we are expecting even more tomorrow as the Trophy & Plate competitions reach their conclusions for both seniors & juniors.

Please see the draws below:

We have one wild card opportunity in the Senior plate competition due to some participants now not being able to take part. This will be allocated on a first come first serve basis so if you wish to play in the plate competition tomorrow night reply contact Peter or Chris or speak to us on arrival tomorrow.

A reminder that once again we will require a minimum of 10 tables for the competition which will create a lot of disruption to recreational play. We will manage this as best we can on the and thanks for your understanding.

The two senior competitions will conclude in a final that we create a couple of ‘feature courts’ for and we encourage as much support for watching these as we can.

Trophy presentations will also be made on the night (we are aiming for around 8.30pm) if as many can stay for this ceremony and occasion.

Thanks

Peter

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Pawel, Achint, Keith, Steve, Brendan and John Wilson for their support on Friday night.

EK Trophy 2025
– We look forward to another night of competitive action this coming Friday, 19th September with the final stages of EK Trophy 2025.
– Good luck to everyone competing in the Trophy & Plate event this week.
– Chris will send out the draw for Trophy & Plate this week.
– If you would like a copy of a photo from Night 1 get in touch.
– Photos follow this link

Fenwick Table Tennis Club Championship Wednesday 10th September 2025
– Well done to Lynn Arnot who competed at Fenwick club championships last Wednesday night and finished 3rd in the Ladies event.👏🏆

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 and process that we hope someone can continue.
– I’m sure everyone would agree this role is key to a successful club and full training will be provided for the successful candidate.
– If this would be of interest, please speak to one of the coaches for more info.

Club Board Meeting Thursday 18th September 7pm
– Date: Thursday, September 18th
– Time: From 7pm
– Venue: REGUS East Kilbride, Orbital House, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5PR

WoS Senior League
– The new senior league season started last week with a number of new players playing their first senior league match.
– Four matches – one win.
– EK A lost 3-6
– EK B lost 4-5
– EK C won 6-3
– EK D lost 2-7
– Full details here
– I’ve no doubt we will see improvement in the weeks and months too come.

Vets Event 14th September 2025 at Bathgate Academy
– John Wilson and Gordon Campbell attended the first Veterans table tennis tournament of the season.
– John won 3 matches and lost 3.
– Gordon won 4 and lost 3.
– Both enjoyed the day and look forward to next one.
– Well done guys.👏

Primary School Event, Bathgate, Sunday 16th November
– A primary school event will take place at Bathgate on Sunday 16th November.
– This is a great event for those at the club young enough to attend. 🙄
– Unfortunately this event clashes with one of the Junior league dates (see below).
– Loads of games.
– If this is of interest let me know.

WoS Junior League 2025/26
– We will be entering teams in this year’s WoS Junior League.
– Teams will be made up of 3 players.
– I would encourage all young players to enter.
– The Divisions have been set up for players Beginners (Div 3) to Intermediate (Div 1).
– The league will take place across three dates: Sunday 19th October 2025, Sunday 16th November 2025 (TBC) and Sunday 1st March 2026
– The West of Scotland Schools Qualifier will also take place on 25th January 2026
– Timings: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (for all events/dates)
– Venue: Rose Reilly Sport Centre Kilwinning Road Stewarton, KA3 3DN

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

Finally
– 10 best tactics to win points at table tennis

Thanks for your support

Peter

EK Trophy 2025
– Thanks to everyone who participated and those who supported EK Trophy 2025 Night 1.
– Special thanks to Chris and Euan who organised and John who took some top photos.
– We had a great buzz about the hall on Friday night and that led to a successful first night of competitive action.
– The final positions and Night 2 draws will be revealed in next week’s Club News as Chris is off on holiday – having a well earned rest.
– Feedback has been great and we look forward to Night 2 ( Friday 19th September ) 🙏🏓🏆
– See Photos here

WoS Senior League
– This season East Kilbride Table Tennis Club will be represented by 4 teams in the league – one more than last season
– EK A & B in Div 2, EK C in Div 4 and EK D in Div 5.
– Good luck to all our teams for new season which starts this week.
– Keep up-to-date with teams progress and results

East Ayrshire Junior Event – Sunday 31st August 2025 at Rose Reilly Sports Centre
– Three EK players Kacper, Oscar and Lucas competed at East Ayrshire Junior Event last Sunday.
– Despite their best efforts Oscar and Lucas didn’t qualify from the group stages.
– Kacper did make it through the group stage only to be knocked out in last 16.
– Always good for players to play in any event as long as they are prepared for it.
– Hopefully they will learn from mistakes and practice to improve.

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

Finally
– How to beat long pimples 1
– How to beat long pimples 2
– How to beat short pimples
– What a finale !!!

Thanks for your support

Peter