Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all safe and well.

Club Fees

• During this current period, can we ask everyone to suspend their payments of Club Fees please?
• We will let you know when to resume payment.

EKTTC Challenge Live on Skype

• If you have a TT table at home and would like to share a TT drill live on Skype for all club members to view, let us know.
• We could have a club member coaching one of their parents a TT drill or playing a short game, that would be fun.
• Club coaches could set you an off the table TT challenge just using a bat and ball.
• Maybe we could start a competition between club members on TT challenges on and off the table.
• If you have any ideas or would like to take up the TT challenge let me know.

TT clips

• If you have watched any TT clips you have found helpful and would like to share with others or any comments on clips posted get in touch.
• Enjoy these:
  • English National Championship 2020 -Final
  • German National Championships 2020 -Final
  • French National Championship 2020 -Final

Management Committee

• The March Management Committee will take place (via Skype) on 30th March.
• If you would like to attend, please email Chris McKenna to get yourself a Skype invite!

Thanks for your continued support.

Peter

REMEMBER – Stay Safe, Stay Well, Stay at Home
Save Lives & Protect the NHS.

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all safe and well.

I would like to share some video links with you that hopefully you will find useful and look to analysis.

This is a good time to think about our approach to training and how we play the game and how we could improve it.

Sometimes coaches and players look at video links but don’t take time to analysis them probably.

If you are fortunate to have access to a table at home try some of these serves/drills. If not take some notes and look to put these into practice on our return.

Enjoy.

Take care.

Thanks for your support,

Peter

Hi again everyone,

Following my earlier update, Table Tennis Scotland has now issued advice to suspend all Table Tennis activities in Scotland until further notice.

See the full notice here.

Apologies for the short notice in regards to tonight’s planned activity, but I am sure you will understand why we are following that advice.

We will keep you posted as future advice is received.

Best wishes

Brendan

 

Hi everyone

As a club, we will continue to monitor government guidance and endeavour to make the right decisions in regard to the current Coronavirus pandemic as it affects Scotland and the UK.

Our main sources of information are the NHSInform Coronavirus web page and the Scottish Government Coronavirus in Scotland web page.

The advice, as of today, is that:

• People over 70 and those who have high risk and underlying health conditions are being strongly advised to stay at home as much as possible and significantly reduce unnecessary social contact.

The advice is also that people should:

• minimise social contact by avoiding crowded areas and large gatherings, including religious congregations and smaller gatherings such as restaurants, pubs, bars, clubs, cinemas and gyms.
• avoid using public transport as much as possible.
• work from home when possible.
• follow the latest health and travel advice, and follow basic hygiene precautions, such as washing hands frequently, not touching their face and covering their nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
• People showing symptoms suggestive of coronavirus should stay at home for seven days and only contact NHS 111 or their local GP if their symptoms worsen during that period.
• Members of a household where someone has suspected symptoms should stay at home for 14 days.

We think the club’s activities remain on the margins of this advice and as such, tonight’s club night at AMC and the WoS Senior League match in Motherwell currently go ahead as planned. We completely understand any personal decisions not to attend that you might make. However, if you could let us know if you will not be attending on a night that you normally would, that will help our planning.

We would ask that you maintain high levels of hygiene at club nights to protect yourselves and others.

If you are unwell or in a vulnerable group, please follow the advice above and do not attend the club.

We will provide regular updates as further advice emerges.

Stay safe and best wishes

Brendan.

Hi Everyone,

WOS Senior League EKTTC 1 v 8 Dunlop Duncanrig SC Friday 13th March

• Squad Achint, Luke and Ellis.
• Disappointing result but again hoping players are gaining experience and learning along the way.

WOS Senior League Joe Wilson C v EKTTC Motherwell Tuesday 17th March

• Squad Robbie, Achint and Jack.
• Hoping someone can provide the players with transport to away match.
• Any problems let me know.

Stephen Gertsen – Scottish National Coach on Friday 13th March

• Another excellent Friday club night organised by Stephen which both players and coaches enjoyed.
• Many thanks to Jennie for her support on demonstration drills.

Table Tennis Schools Event

• Thanks to Chris for organising this meeting with school coordinators. We hope to put in place in May/June a TT school event.
• Once we have the dates from Active School Coordinators in the area we will put things in place.

Encouraging Girls to play TT

• Thanks to Gavin McLure (Community Hub Coordinator) we hope to put in place a couple of taster sessions with a local Brownie and Guide group.
• One of the club goals this season was to encourage more girls into our club and we are keen to explore this opportunity.

Tuesday Club Night

• Welcome to Iain and Robert who joined as new members.
• Thanks to Keith and Euan for support on Tuesday night.

Club Fees

• Please remember to pay club fees direct to club account.

TT Equipment Bats or Balls

• See Bribar Catalogue here!
• Let me know if you would like to upgrade your bat or need any advice on TT equipment.

Club Kit

• Club kit is £30.00 for shirt and shorts.
• Great Value.

Finally TT in streets of New York!

• Worth watching (contains strong language)
• Watch the video here!

Thanks for your support

Peter

Hi Everyone,

WOS Senior League Result – EKTTC 0 v 9 South Ayrshire C 

• Venue: Duncanrig SC on Friday 6th March
• Disappointing result for EK but hopefully players can learn from teams at this level.

WOS Senior League EKTTC v Dunlop (Friday 13th March)

• Venue: Duncanrig SC
• Squad Achint, Luke and Ellis.

Stephen Gertsen Visit on Friday 13th March 7pm prompt

• Looking forward to the visit of Stephen Gertsen next week always a great night.
• If you have any table tennis questions for Stephen next week let me know before then.
• Hope to do a quick Q&A session.

Player of the Month

• Well done to James Diamond who was voted this month’s club player of the month.

Tuesday Club Night

• Good session using TT robot.
• Many Thanks to Keith and Euan for support on Tuesday night.

Friday Club Night

• Well done to Hilton and James Little on completion of Bronze Improver and John Watson on completion of Bronze Advance.
• Thanks to Chris and Brendan for their support on Butterfly skills.
• To Bill and Keith for their support on robot Multiball 🙂

EK Pop In & Play – We need Volunteers !!!!

• See Volunteer Poster here!
• Thanks to Chris and Brendan who gave their time on Saturday to promote this venture outside unit in town centre.
• It was also encouraging to see a number of people showing interest in the club and where we are located.
• A great gesture from Bribar who sent us a bag of balls and TT player’s in action posters for our new venture.

Club Fees

• Please remember to pay club fees direct to club account.

TT Equipment Bats or Balls

• Bribar Catalogue here!
• Let me know if you would like to upgrade your bat or need any advice on TT equipment.

Club Kit

• See this Joola shirt!
• Club kit is £30.00 for shirt and shorts.
• Great Value.

Thanks for your support

Peter

Good Afternoon,

WOS Senior League EKTTC 5 v 4 Brunswick F Duncanrig SC Friday 28th Feb 2020

• Squad Bobby,Jack and Achint.
• Thanks to Bobby who replaced Luke.
• Despite starting 0-3 down with Achint injured and unable to play.
• Bobby (3) and Jack (2) managed a great win against Brunswick F losing only one match.

WOS Senior League EKTTC v South Ayrshire C Duncanrig SC Friday 6th Mar 2020

• Squad Bobby, Robbie and Cameron.

School Visit

• I paid a visit to St. Andrew’s & St. Bride’s after school club this week to see the club in action.
• Erin has been working in the background and has a good group of young players enjoying their table tennis.

EK Pop In & Play – We need Volunteers !!!!

• See our Volunteer Poster here!

Tuesday Club Night

• Good session.
• Many Thanks to Robbie Maitland and Keith for support on Tuesday night.

Friday Club Night

• Good session on strengths and weaknesses.
• Welcome to new member James Little.
• Thanks to Bill, Keith, Chris, Brendan, Erin and Jennie for support.

Club Fees

• Please remember to pay club fees direct to club account.

TT Equipment Bats or Balls

• Bribar Catalogue here!
• Let me know if you would like to upgrade your bat or need any advice on TT equipment.

Club Kit

• See this Joola shirt!
• Club kit is £30.00 for shirt and shorts.
• Great Value.

Thanks for your support

Peter

Hi Everyone,

WOS Senior League EKTTC 4 v Brunswick E 5 Duncanrig SC Friday 21st February

• A match that was evenly balanced and that could have gone either way to be honest.
• Achint (2) Ellis (1), Cameron (1).

WOS Senior League EKTTC v Brunswick F Duncanrig SC Friday 28th February 

• Squad Luke, Jack and Achint.

EK Pop In & Play

• We need Volunteers !!!!
• See our web link here!
• Paid a visit to Pop In & Play at Gyle which has been set up for a year and it was great to see how busy it is as well as getting ideas for our own!
• Thanks to Lindsay Muir and Jimmy Young for their time and advice.
• A great piece of partnership work between our club, Table Tennis Scotland, South Lanarkshire Leisure & Culture and East Kilbride Shopping Centre.

Tuesday Club Night

• Good session.
• Many Thanks to Euan and Keith for support on Tuesday night.

Friday Club Night

• Good to see the ladder back and players enjoying the challenge on the night.
• Thanks to Bill, Chris, Brendan, Robbie and Jennie for support.

Duncanrig HS Sportathon

• Thanks to Chris who has agreed to attend this event on behalf of club on 20th March 2020.

Club Fees

• Please remember to pay club fees direct to club account.

And finally…..

• Just having a bit of TT fun at work – Click here!

Thanks for your support

Peter

Hi Everyone,

WOS Senior League EKTTC v Brunswick E Duncanrig SC Friday 21st February

• Squad Ellis, Cameron and Achint.
• Bobby unavailable to play.

EK Pop In & Play – We Need Volunteers !!!!

• See our Pop In & Play web post here!

Tuesday Club Night

• Good session.
• Many Thanks to Keith for support on Tuesday night.

Friday Club Night

• Great session on Friday with multi drills.
• Special thanks to Chris for presentation on drills.
• Welcome to new member Hilton.
• Thanks to Bill, Brendan and Euan for support.

Bobby Gray

• Good luck to club member Bobby Gray who represents Scotland in a golf event in Portugal this week.

Club Fees

• Please remember to pay club fees direct to club account.

Finally – Top 10 TT Tips

• See video here!

Thanks for your support

Peter

We need Volunteers!

In partnership with Table Tennis Scotland, South Lanarkshire Leisure and EK Life, we are planning a new venture in East Kilbride Shopping Centre called Pop In and Play.

The plan is to kit out an existing unit in the shopping centre with Table Tennis tables and equipment and, under supervision, encourage people using the Centre to literally pop in & play Table Tennis whilst going about their normal business. We have the opportunity to have this facility open 7 days a week if we have enough volunteer support

It might look something like this….

 

If you are interested in supporting the venture by Volunteering, a full  description of the role can be found by following this link.

Alternatively, leave us a message on our web site, app or Facebook page and we will follow up with you.

There is no big commitment required – anything from a few hours a week would be great. The more volunteers we can get, the more hours the venue can be opened.

Go on, you know you want to!