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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

Well, another exciting Competition Night in East Kilbride!

With a combination last time of Diarmid & Thomas promoted from Ladder B, Robbie & Cameron relegated from Ladder A and several no-shows tonight, we decided to consolidate to one Ladder for tonight’s competition. This meant more in the ladder, but also a need to relegate 4 back to Ladder B at the end of the night. A lot to play for! So here’s how it started and finished:

All of which means that below is where we start on both Ladders next time round:

This is creating a strong competitive element in the club and generated more interest in our East Kilbride Open competition. Our aim is to stimulate this further so that, as a club, we have a much stronger competitive edge when it comes to next year’s West of Scotland Junior League and Challenge matches.

Our next Ladder Competition night will be in June before we break for the summer.

EK Open

• Please note that the next club competition is the EK Open on Saturday 19th May 2018 – this competition will now be hosted at the Alistair McCoist Complex (AMC).
• The competition will take place between 1pm & 6pm.
• Closing date for entries is Friday 11th May.
  

John Wright Sports Centre Update

• I have been advised by JWSC that both large sports halls will now be closed for some time.
• However we will still remain at JWSC in Hall 3 for our Tuesday and Friday training nights. 
  
• As noted above, the EK Open on Saturday 19th May has been moved to AMC.
  

Training Camp

• A training camp will take place on Saturday 26^th May from 3.30-5.30pm at JWSC.
• The camp will be made up of players who will be considered for next year’s West of Scotland Junior League teams.
• All players selected will be advised this coming weekend.
  

Friday Club Night

• This Friday, 11th May, we continue with our 2 hour sessions from 7.30pm – 9.30pm.
• It is competition week again and the ladder returns…..
  

Duncanrig High School

• Given exam focus and pressures, we plan to stop after school club at Duncanrig HS until after summer break.
  

Thanks

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

Thanks for your support

Peter

We made the papers this week.

Peter’s award caught the eye of the East Kilbride News and a link to the article is below:

EK News – EK Sports Awards

Friday Club Night

• Next Friday 4th May, we continue our 2 hour sessions from 7.30pm- 9.30pm – this week is Multiball.
• Pleased with response of players on Friday night to footwork session organised by Euan and Jennie.
• A challenging session that pushed the players to give of their best.
• Well done to all players.
  

East Kilbride Open Competition

• Please note next club competition EK Open Saturday on 19th May 2018.
• Entry Form can be found here. Closing date 11th May.
  
• Only a few entries received – don’t leave entries until the last minute or you maybe miss out.
• Jack Regan to return U18 EK Open Shield next Friday 27th April.
  

Hamilton Grammar

• I went along to Hamilton Grammar for a short visit on Tuesday to TT lunchtime club.
• I met up with Active Schools Clare Murphy, Mr.Dyett (PE teacher) and pupils attending the club.
• PE teachers seem to be very keen on table tennis and appear to have a good understanding of the sport.
• As a result this helps them to guide pupils who select TT as a sport through Nat 5 exams.
• I was also impressed with all 16 pupils in attendance (including club player Robbie McKenzie) making the effort at lunchtime to take at least 6 TT tables upstairs
  to a gym hall using a lift and then setting up for 30 mins of TT before returning tables. I wonder how many other school pupils would make that effort at lunchtime.
• Looking forward to my next visit.
  

EK Sports Council Awards

• Delighted to have received East Kilbride Sports Council Coach of the Year 2017 on Saturday night at EK Village theatre.

• I feel it also recognises the strides EKTTC has made in the past year.
• Thanks to Chris McKenna who nominated me for this award and to everyone for their kind comments.
  

East Kilbride Development Funding Forum

• Brendan has agreed to do a presentation on our successful Awards for All funding application for the benefit of other clubs in the town.
• The presentation will take place on Monday evening (30th April) at East Kilbride Sports Club along with David Eadie from EK Rugby Club.

NOTE: This meeting was postponed and will be rescheduled again in the future.

Coaches – worth a read

• http://www.icoachtabletennis.com/learningvsperformance/ 
  

Thanks

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

Thanks for your support

Peter