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Club News – 13th Oct 2025

by bfekttc

Friday Club Night
Thanks to Chris, Stephen, Keith and Achint for support on Friday night.

WOS Junior League
This coming weekend we have our first junior league fixtures on Sunday 19th October 2025.
Venue : Ross Reilly Sport Centre Kilwinning Road Stewarton, KA3 3DN 1000 -1600.
If players could arrive for a 9:30am warm up that would be great. Probably best to bring your lunch and plenty to drink.
Thanks to Chris for his support. Good Luck.

EKTTC – Safeguarding Officer Role Recruitment
In recent weeks you may have seen us promoting the role of ‘Safeguarding Officer’ in the club news.
At our last AGM, longstanding Officer, Fergus Maitland, stood down from the role and we have been managing requirements as a collective since due to some legislative changes.
These changes have now been implemented and thanks to the fantastic work of Fergus, the club has a robust and thorough policy and process in place for Safeguarding within the club. Fergus has also provided the descriptor (link below) outlining the details of the role for consideration.
Safeguarding for our members, in particular juniors, is our number one priority within the club and therefore this is an essential position for us to fill. It is not appropriate for us to prolong an interim arrangement or generally have those who are pre-existing coaches within the club to take on the position. Therefore this role is open to any adult member or person connected to a member (such as family member, junior parent/guardian etc) who feels they would be suitable and could support the position.

EKTTC- Safeguarding Officer Role DescriptorDownload

Thanks again to the work of Fergus, ongoing commitment is minimal (as outlined in the descriptor). For transparency, there is a training requirement for the role (comprising a total of 6hrs training) that EKTTC will cover all associated costs and additional support
required for the role incumbent.
Please consider and speak with any EKTTC Board member about the position if of interest.

WoS Senior League
Stand out matches this week with big wins for EK B and EK C. Well done to both teams.👏
EK A lost 3-6
EK B won 1-8
EK C won 1-8
EK D lost 1-8

Bribar Table Tennis

If you would like to order any TT equipment or a club shirt let me know. Shirts available in most sizes.

Navy/Blue

Navy/Green

Finally
What a finish !!!

Thanks for your support

Peter

Club News – 27th Aug 2025

by bfekttc

Friday Club Night
– Thanks to Achint, Bruce and Chris for support.
– We welcome back Bruce.

EKTTC Trophy 2025 Entries Open Now Closing Date Friday 29th August
– Please support – this is your club competition – entries filling up
– Go for it , have a bit of fun !!!
– Format:
– This will be a handicap competition, with the aim of making it accessible and competitive for all participants.
– Once entered you will receive a handicap based on the knowledge of your playing level from the club committee.
– This handicap will determine how many shots you start ahead at the beginning of each game, relative to who you are playing against.
– Please submit the online form below and pay the entry fee by the deadline of ** Friday, August 29th 2025 **
– The club are delighted to be hosting a pilot Club Competition this September.
– As we prepare for the new season, we feel there is an opportunity to integrate more internal competition for those interested to challenge, progress, and develop members.
– In addition we hope this will encourage those new to competition with it being held at the club. Key information for the competition is below:
– Dates: Friday, September 5th & 19th
– Times: 6.30pm start each night
– Venue: Alistair McCoist Complex
– Categories: Senior (18+) & Junior (Under 18)
– Entry Fee: Adults: £5, Juniors £2.50

– Night 1 (September 5th):
– You will be drawn into a random group and play round robin format.
– Depending on number of sign ups, the top players in the groups will progress to the ‘finals’ on night 2.
– Everyone else will play for the consolation competition on night 2.
– All matches will either be self umpired or umpired by a free player.

– Night 2 (September 19th):
– The winners from the groups on night 1 (number of qualifiers TBC based on sign ups) will once again play a round robin which will determine the overall winner.
– The consolation competition will take the same format.
– For Juniors: given we have a wider spread of ages within juniors the format may look slightly different, but will include everyone and cover the two nights above.

– Winners & Runners up prizes will be presented either on the night or the following week. We anticipate the nights being played and finished by 8.30pm.

To Enter:
– Please submit the online form and pay the entry fee by the deadline of Friday, August 29th 2025.

East Ayrshire Junior Event – Sunday 31st August 2025 at Rose Reilly Sports Centre
– Good luck to Kacper, Oscar, Lucas and Arnav who will attend this event.👏👏👏

Finally
– Table Tennis player gets England call-up aged 70

Thanks for your support

Peter

Club News – 17th Nov 2024

by bfekttc

Apologies for the late posting of this Newsletter 😦

Friday Club Night
– New club night format went well on first showing and feedback was good.
– Well done to our new coaches once again.👏
– Thanks to John W, Keith, Tommy N, Andrew and Euan McL for their support.

WOSTTL
– The WOS league season is now well under way and with divisional cup matches starting in coming week’s it’s good to see the teams making progress.
– See here for further information
– EK A and EK B are 1st and 2nd in 3rd division
– EK C who introduced 4 new players this season are middle table
– 1st round of Div 3 Divisional Cup EK A v EK B Monday 2nd December should be a cracker.
– 1st round of Div 4 Divisional Cup Drumchapel C v EK C 2nd December will be a difficult away tie.
– Let us know if you would like to go and watch any of home fixtures in the league.

Primary School Event
– Thanks to John Wilson for his support on Saturday 17th November at Bathgate Academy for the annual Primary School competition.
– A very well organised event consisted of 48 boys and 16 girls.
– Our club was represented by two players who were competing for the first time – Tudor and Peter.
– Tudor just (aged 8), having only been at the club a few months, performed really well.
– Although Tudor never won a match his temperament and attitude throughout was great.
– He played some great stuff at times.
– Tudor has great potential and will have learned from this experience.
– Peter (aged 11), played 8 matches – winning 6 and losing two matches.
– In at least 3 matches Peter found himself down 1-2 in a best of 5 games and he came back to win 3-2.
– He is very competitive and for his first event he did exceptionally well reaching the Consolation semi-final.
– Yes, he needs to improve his skills but like Tudor, he also has great potential.
– Both could not have picked a better event to play their first competitive matches.
– Well done Peter and Tudor.

Alistair McCoist Complex
– Please note the complex will close on Sunday 22nd December and reopen on Saturday 4th January.
– Final club night this year 20th December and restart 10th January 2025.

EKTTC Junior Training Session Pop in & Play Tuesday 19th November 6:30 – 8pm
– Training this Tuesday night at Pop in & Play.
– Thanks to John W and Keith for their support last Tuesday night – great turnout.

Bribar Table Tennis
If you would like to order any table tennis equipment for Xmas, let me know a.s.a.p.

Finally
– 10 Tips To Become A Better Table Tennis Player Quickly

Thanks for your support

Peter

Club News – 10th Nov 2024

by bfekttc

Friday Club Night
– We will now be going forward with a restructure to the Friday club night.
– There are three groups as I see it:
1) Adults who are not looking for support/coaching – this group will be supported John W and others.
2) Adults to who are looking for support/coaching – supported by club coaches
3) Juniors who require coaching – supported by club coaches.
– Happy to discuss and if you think you can help in any way, let us know.
– We also plan to add to existing tables.
– We are trying our best to support everyone at the club but we need support at times and we’ll never always get it right.
– Thanks to Brendan, Lynn, Tommy N, David and Euan for their support.
– Welcome to Louise, Allan and Lucas.

Alistair McCoist Complex
– Please note the complex will close on Sunday 22nd December and reopens on Saturday 4th January.
– Final club night this year is 13th December and we restart on 10th January 2025

Club Committee & Board
– We would like to thank Kirsty Melarkey who has decide to move on in her role as club parent representative.
– We really appreciate her commitment and support over the past few years 🙏

Scottish Parkinson’s contingent shine in France
– Great achievement by this group at the world’s.
– Read here.

EKTTC Junior Training Session Pop in & Play Tuesday 12th November 1000 – 1130
– Thanks to Chris for taking the session and John W,for his support on Saturday.
– Training Session Plan at Pop In & Play until end November:
– Tuesdays (18:30-20:00): 12th Nov, 19th Nov & 26th Nov

Dates for your diary 2025
– Plan ahead: don’t leave it to last minute to avoid disappointment
– January 4/5: Edinburgh Open, Bathgate Academy
– January 27/28: North Ayrshire Open, St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats (Entries close on the 15th January)
– February 2: Edinburgh Banded, Bathgate Academy
– February 3: National Primary Schools Championships, Bathgate Academy (Entries close on 26th January)
– February 4: Scottish National League Day 3, St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats (NB Divisions 1,4,6 only)
– March 2: Senior National Championships, Inverclyde National Sports Centre, Largs
– March 3: Junior, Cadet National Championships, Inverclyde National Sports Centre, Largs (entry forms available early January 2024)
– March 9: Scottish National League Day 3, Bathgate Academy (NB Divisions 2,3,5 only)
– March 31: National Secondary Schools Championships, Bathgate Academy (entry forms available January 2024)
– April 6: U11 & U15 Assessment, Bathgate Academy

Bribar Table Tennis
– If you would like to order any table tennis equipment for Xmas let me know a.s.a.p.

Finally
– Biggest error when returning sidespin serves (how to fix)

Thanks for your support

Peter

Club News – 22nd Sep 2024

by bfekttc

Friday Club Night
– This week we have arranged to uplift 4 x club tables from JWSC.
– We will remove two existing blue coloured tables that are no longer fit for purpose.
– Increasing the tables available at AMC. Thanks to Brendan, John W, Chris, Keith and Bill for their support.

WOSTTL
– EKTTC Teams A,B ( Div 3 ) & C ( Div 4)
– Follow the progress of the teams

EKTTC Junior Training Session Pop in & Play Tuesday 24th September 1830 – 2000
– Thanks to Chris, John W and Keith for their support at Saturday morning session.
– Well done Andrew.
– Please note next training session is Tuesday night 24th September next week at Pop in & Play.
– Training Session Plan at Pop In & Play until end October:
– Tuesdays (18:30-20:00): 24th Sep, 8th Oct, 15th Oct, 22nd Oct & 29th Oct
– Saturday (10:00-11:30): 5th Oct

EKTTC Board Meeting Monday 16th September
– Thanks to everyone for their attendance, lots discussed and good to see club moving forward as a result.

East Kilbride Table Tennis Club Registration Form
– To help with the operation and Health & Safety compliance of the club we require a few personal details from members/players.
– This information will be kept in a password protected online folder and will not be shared to anyone out with the EKTTC Officer Bearers without asking permission beforehand.
– We need to ensure we have emergency contact details for each member/player.
– This will take two minutes to complete the form if you haven’t done so already.🙏
– Please note club fee has now changed if you have still to amend standing order/direct payment.

Bribar Table Tennis
– Bat cleaner available at £5.00
– If you need any table tennis equipment let me know.

Finally
– 4 points to victory
– Hidden force behind every victory
– Ready Position – Video 1
– Ready Position – Video 2

Thanks for your support

Peter