News

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.

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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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Applications for the EK Shield competition are now open!

The competition will take place at the John Wright Sports Centre on Saturday 17th March 2018 between 1pm & 6pm.

You can download the application from our Competition Forms page.

We are on a recruitment drive for new members.

• Do you play?
• Do you want a good active past-time for you or your kids?
• Could you benefit from a bit of coaching?
• Are you interested but would like to play closer to home?

Go to our Contact page to let us know how we can help.

We are also looking for anyone interested in joining and organising satellite clubs in other parts of South Lanarkshire (outside of East Kilbride) that would allow you to participate closer to home.

There is lots of support available to develop these clubs and make them sustainable.

Please let us know if you are interested!