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EKTTC Management Committee meeting Monday 9th April 2018

• EKTTC Management Committee meeting will take place on Monday 9th April 2018 at 7pm at the Murray Owen Centre, 1 Liddell Grove, The Murray, East Kilbride G75 9AD.
• Please advise if you would like to attend and support.

Club Nights

• This Friday 13th April will be a 2 hour session from 7.30pm – 9.30pm.
• The Hall be open as normal from 7pm and players are expected to be warmed up before 7.30pm, with sessions incorporating drills and game type exercises.
• Being clear this is only on Friday nights and not Tuesdays.
• This week will focus on Butterfly Skills for players still progressing on this programme. Chris will work with others on F/H and B/H Topspin.

EK Open 2018

• Please note next club competition EK Open 19th May 2018. See attached. Closing date 11th May.
• Last years winners to return EK Open Shields to me next Friday 13th April.

Thanks

• To Euan, Robbie, Cameron, Jack D Brown and Bobby for support on Tuesday night.

Thanks for your support,

Peter

The Entry Form for the EK Open 2018 is now available on our Competition Forms page.

There are 3 age groups (U11, U13 & U18) each with Singles and Doubles competitions.

The competition will take place from 1pm on Saturday 19th May 2018 at the John Wright Sports Centre in East Kilbride and is open to residents of East Kilbride and the South Lanarkshire area.

Entry Forms should be submitted with the payment by 10pm on 11th May at the latest.

EKTTC would like to thank East Kilbride Sports Council for their continued support and sponsorship of this annual event.

National Lottery Funding Application

• We are delighted to announce we have been successful in our application for lottery funding.
• We now look forward to putting our development plan in place.
• We’ll keep you posted.

School Link

• Another piece of good news this week Hamilton Grammar PE Dept have agreed to a link with our club.
• Peter plans to visit the school again to further discuss how we can develop the link.

Club Nights

• Tuesday and Friday club nights will resume as normal this week albeit with Tuesday night still at JWSC.
• Next Friday 6th April marks the start of 2 hour sessions from 7:30pm – 9:30pm.
• The hall will be open as usual from 7pm and players are expected to be warmed up before 7:30pm, with subsequent sessions incorporating drills and game type exercises.
• Being clear, this is only for Friday nights and does not apply to Tuesday club nights.

EK Open

• Please note next club competition EK Open will be on 19th May 2018.
• We are aiming for a high percentage of club members to take part on the day.

Thanks

• To Robbie for support on Tuesday night.

Thanks for your support

Peter

Today, the club is delighted to announce that we have been successful in gaining a funding award from the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund in association with sportscotland.

Brendan Faulds, Chair of EKTTC, said “This is a great day for the club and an award that takes us closer to our ambition of Increasing participation through table tennis across South Lanarkshire. This success is a result of nearly a year of effort involving our own team at East Kilbride Table Tennis Club alongside our partners at South Lanarkshire Leisure & Culture, East Kilbride Sports Council, Table Tennis Scotland and sportscotland. A particular thanks goes to the Big Lottery Fund for believing in the merit of our application and approving our Awards for All grant application. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported us to this point, but now the hard work begins.”

The club will now begin to deliver its plans to increase after school and community table tennis opportunities across South Lanarkshire.

Stay tuned to this site or any of our social media platforms for updates!

 

 

WOS Inter League
Achint Makesh travelled to WOS league at District Inter League event this weekend at Bells Sports Centre Perth over two days.

On Saturday as part of the Cadet B team Achint played his part in winning 4 matches against Cadet teams from Dumfries,Edinburgh and two teams from Stirling on Saturday.
Achint won his first match against Dumfries opponent 3 – 2 (-9,6-,8-,-4,-5). Next match he won 3-1 against Stirling Cadet B opponent (10-,-5,-8,-12),

Against Stirling Cadet A Achint won 3-2 (10-,-8,-6, 2-,-9) . In this match he was down 5-8,when coach called a time out and revised game plan.
Achint played more defensive and won 11-9 taking 6 points to opponents 1 point.

The final match of the day was another good win against Edinburgh winning 3-1 (8-,-5,-8,-6,) to cap another good performance going into tomorrow’s matches.

On Sunday the big guns came out with Achint still performing well against Aberdeen, WOS Cadet A and Dundee.

However the team and Achint had no wins losing all matches 3-0. Great experience for Achint playing against players of a good standard.

Tuesday Club night
Please note Tuesday club night has been moved from Alistair McCoist to JWSC for next 8 weeks because of work at JWSC.

Friday club night
Please note club night on Friday 30th March 2018 has been cancelled.

Euan McLaughlin
Delighted that Euan has been selected to coach Scottish players who will participate in a sports event for players with Cerebral Palsy to be held in Barcelona in August this year.
The sports event including table tennis will be held over six days in the Spainish city.

Donation
Thanks to the parents who donated Easter eggs to club players this week. A very generous gesture much appreciate by all.

Thanks
To Robbie for his support with Simon on Tuesday night.
To Jennie, Justin, Bill, Chris and Bobby for support on Friday.
To Chris for putting together coaching programme.
To Bill for making up bats.

Thanks for your support too,

Peter

Club Championship Saturday 17th March JWSC 2018
Doubles Winners: Bobby Gray and Jack Brown
Doubles Runners-up: Ross Nicol and Thomas Gray

• Some close matches between the doubles teams but Bobby & Jack stood out as worthy winners with Ross & Thomas doing well to be runners up.
• Great to see our less experienced players playing with more experience players and lifting their game. Well done to all.

U11 Winner: Diarmid McCreadie
U11 Runner Up: Thomas Gray

• Ayaan and Ans entered their first competitive event since joining the club in February and performed well.
• Diarmid and Thomas had won both their matches before meeting each other for the decider.
• A competitive match followed with Diarmid and Thomas serving up a good final with Diarmid winning 3-0.

U13 Winner: Bobby Gray
U13 Runner-Up: Ross Nicol

• Interesting group of players and with Bobby a clear favourite it was difficult to see who would stand out among the rest.
• As the group progressed the games and matches became difficult to predict. Two outstanding matches Ashton against Ross
• And Ross against Jack showed the next challenger to Bobby was Ross as he won both those matches which were very close.
• Bobby in great form won all his matches but Ross, Ashton Jack and Ben can all be pleased how they all performed.

U18 Winner: Achint Makesh
U18 Runner-Up: Luke Jackson

• Two groups of 3 players gave three U13 players the opportunity to test their skills against Luke and Achint who have more experience.
• 4 players made it through to semi finals Robbie Mackenzie,Luke,Bobby and Achint.
  Good semi -finals with Bobby and Luke serving some good rallies as did Robbie and Achint.
• However it was Luke and Achint who progressed to final and what a final they produced.
  Some terrific rallies the match at 2-2 with everyone looking on engrossed.
• In last game at 10-10 it was still to close to call although Luke had a 6-2 lead at one point.
  Eventually Achint produced a winning shot to win 14-12. Fantastic match with great sportsmanship shown between the players.

Tuesday Club night

• Please note Tuesday club night has been moved to JWSC for the next 8 weeks from Alistair McCoist Complex (AMC) because of work at JWSC.
• We have been relocated as a result. Disappointed how this was handled.

Friday club night

• Please note this club night has been cancelled on Friday 30th March 2018.

Inter League

• Achint Makesh will represent WOS league at District inter league event this weekend at Bells Sports Centre Perth over two days – we wish him well.

School Link

• The club has set up a link with Hamilton Grammar which we hope to visit in the coming months. We will keep you posted on how that develops.
• Duncanrig HS will continue to be supported at the same time.

Thanks…..

• To Robbie and Euan for their support in my absence last Tuesday.
• To Brendan, Bill and Chris for support on Friday.
• To everyone who supported club championship on Saturday much appreciated.

Thanks for your support
Peter

 

Important Update:

Tuesday Club night on 20th March has been moved to John Wright Sports Centre Hall 2 between 7pm & 9pm.

This will be the case for the next 8 weeks. Stay tuned for future updates!

Any problems, please let Peter know on 07761 098402.

We had a great day yesterday at our club championships – the EK Shield.

Well done to all the players who participated and the effort and focus from everyone was amazing. The spirit amongst the whole group was terrific and bodes well for the rest of the season.

Full results are below:

Doubles Winners:                       Bobby Gray & Jack Brown
Doubles Runners Up:                 Thomas Gray & Ross Nicol

Under 11 Singles Winner:          Diarmid McCreadie
Under 11 Singles Runner Up:    Thomas Gray

Under 13 Singles Winner:          Bobby Gray
Under 13 Singles Runner Up:    Ross Nicol

Under 18 Singles Winner:          Achint Makesh
Under 18 Singles Runner Up:    Luke Jackson

The Under 18 Singles Final was an absolute cracker going to the wire in the 5th game. Achint and Luke put on a great performance and the match to-ed and fro-ed between them throughout and drew great appreciation from the onlooking crowd.

During the prize giving, Head Coach Peter Connolly commented “An excellent final with both boys showing a great example to every player at the club in terms of their attitude, focus and quality of play“.

A big thanks also to all our volunteers and the parents/family members who supported the players throughout the day.

Looking forward to next year’s event already!

We are all looking forward to the EK Shield tomorrow – always fun, always competitive!

This is the competition open to our members that occurs at around this time every year. If you are playing – good luck from all the coaches and play well!

If you are not playing, why not come along for a great afternoon of table tennis and give your support to those that are?

When: Tomorrow (17th March) from 1pm till around 5-6pm

Where: John Wright Sports Centre, East Kilbride

Stephen Gertsen visit on Friday 9^th March 2018

Great night thanks to everyone who came along on Friday night.
Stephen was really pleased with the turnout and the effort the players displayed.
He also highlighted a number areas where players have to change to improve their level of performance.
Hopefully on Stephen’s next visit he will see an improvement in all our players.

EK Shield 2018 –Club Championships Saturday 17^th March John Wright Sports Centre Hall 3.

Many thanks to everyone who has entered this year’s championships. Please arrive at 1pm prompt. Looking forward to it!

Club night fees

Delighted to see that we have managed to now have all club players paying direct to club account. Thanks to everyone for your support.

Duncanrig High School

Pleased with another good session at Duncanrig HS and support of PE student/teacher Katherine Dodds.

Tuesday Club Night

Please note Euan will organise club night on Tuesday as I will be away on that night.

Positive Coaching

Fill Emotional Tank

E      Encourage your participants using verbal and non verbal communication.
T      Sport is a fantastic way of teaching life lessons. Coaches should utilise teachable moments.
A     Praise effort regardless of outcome. Pay special attention to effort goals.
N     Encourage and build confidence with positive body language.
K      Use praise to develop mutual trust by giving truthful and specific feedback.

New Member

Welcome to Ben Willmott who joined the club on Tuesday night another recruit from Duncanrig HS Table Tennis Club.

Club News Survey

We want your feedback on this Newsletter – you can find the Survey here.

Thanks

To Euan and Robbie Maitland for support at Tuesday club night.
To Brendan, Euan, Chris Bill and Jennie for their support on Friday.
To Katherine Dodds a PE student at Strathclyde University who came along for a visit on Friday.

 Thanks for your support

Peter

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