News

We are delighted to announce today that East Kilbride Table Tennis Club has been re-accredited to Bronze level as part of South Lanarkshire Leisure’s club accreditation scheme – Club SL.

The South Lanarkshire Leisure Club SL scheme was developed in consultation with Active Schools Coordinators, Sports Development Officers, Facility Managers, other local authorities, and importantly a wide range of local sports clubs throughout South Lanarkshire.

There are two levels of accreditation a club can be awarded, Bronze and Gold, each with its own range of benefits.

The key aims of the scheme are to help local clubs develop and support:

• Good governance
• Qualified coaches
• Volunteers
• Club structures
• Planning
• Growth
• Clubs that are inclusive

South Lanarkshire Leisure are a key partner of East Kilbride Table Tennis Club and our development ambitions to increase table tennis participation across South Lanarkshire.

Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone enjoyed their break and is keen to get started with an exciting new season ahead which begins this coming Friday 10th August 2018 at JWSC from 7-10pm.

Tuesday club night will restart at JWSC on 14th August 2018.

Both club nights will remain at JWSC Hall 3 until 1st September when we hope that all the works at the centre will have finished. Watch this space!

North Ayrshire Open

• We encourage all junior league players and club players who like to compete to enter this Open Competition.
• Please speak to me (Peter) if you plan to attend. See the link here.
  

Linda Fabiani MSP

• Linda Fabiani MSP will visit the club on Friday night.
• She was delighted to hear that the club was successful with its National Lottery application and is keen to visit the club to hear more about its plans.
  

Club Kit – WOS junior league

• We ask club players to select a club kit for the new junior league season.
• Three players Ellis, Bobby and Thomas all agreed on the Joola Squadra shirt – see below.

• Existing club kit shorts will be suitable with new shirt.
• I have ordered a range of sizes and will notify players selected for junior league – I’ll update you on cost of kit nearer the time.
  

New members

• A warm welcome to new club members who made enquires during summer break and plan to come along to club nights.
• If you enjoy TT  – you will enjoy this club.
  

Club Committee Meeting 6th August 2018

• Murray Owen Centre 7pm.
• All welcome.
  

Ultimate Challenge – give it a go !!!

• Beat Liam Challenge

Thanks for your support

Peter

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