We are saddened to learn that our former President, Harry Dignan, died suddenly on 13th October. The funeral service is at Whitley Bay Crematorium on Tuesday, 21st October at 1.00pm.
Newcastle Grand Prix
Details of the Newcastle Grand Prix that takes place this weekend have been added to the county section
Winter Club List
The list of winter clubs are now up. Can each team please check their details are correct and if there are any errors please contact Graeme Boxwell.
We still need the postcodes of three clubs for our mapquest links.
Summer League Final Positions
The summer league has finished. Congratulations to the winners.
1st Division
Winner - St Chads
Most Wins - Dave Robson
2nd Division
Winner - North Shields YMCA 'A'
Most Wins - Mickey Grimes
3rd Division
Winner - Saints
Most Wins - Alan Thompson
4th Division
Winner - Newcastle Community Association
Most Wins - Norman Polley
Course Information Added
Information regarding a variety of courses has been added to the County section.
Table Tennis Coach
The coaching website TableTennisCoach.com
has been re-launched with sponsorship from the Northumberland Table
Tennis Association. This site features coaching videos showing good
technique for beginners and some more advanced shots as well. Please
visit the site and if you have any suggestions for what else could
be added, please email here.
Northumbria League
The winter league will commence on 15th September this year with the
Annual Conference being held on 2nd September. In order that the handbook
may be prepared for distribution at the Conference it is essential that
all entry forms are received by Aubrey Drapkin no later than 2nd August,
2008. The formation of divisions will be confirmed at the Directors
meeting on 5th August. .
New link added
A link has been added to the table tennis forum, Table Tennis Talk.
Knockout Cup Final
The final of the winter league K.O. cup competition has been played at last. Congratulations to Northumbria Fire 'A' who beat the holders, Ouston 'B', 5.2. Thanks to Alan Hedley for organising the competition and to the Byker club for staging the final.
Open Tournaments
Advance notice of the open tournaments to be staged this coming season:
October 11/12th Newcastle Grand Prix at Eldon Leisure. November 1st
Cramlington Junior 2 star at the Sporting Club, Cramlington.
Northern Regional League
It is hoped that this league can be re-established after a lapse of several years. Matches will most likely be played over two separate days. It will be open to teams from Northumberland, Durham and Cleveland. If any clubs are interested in taking part they should inform Aubrey Drapkin.
Schools Contact
Brian Philip has been appointed as schools contact for Northumberland by the English Schools Table Tennis Association. Hopefully, progress may be made in attracting youngsters to schools competitions.
Northern Border Raid
Geoff Salter was the star of the day when several Northumberland players entered the Dumfries tournament. Geoff won the Mens Singles, Veterans Singles and Mens Doubles titles. Steve Penman was runner-up to Geoff in the Mens Singles and Jimmy Scope runner-up in the Veterans. Jimmy also lost to Geoff in the semi-finals of the Mens. Young Calum Main, who is from Dumfries but plays for Cramlington in the Northumbria League, was the other losing semi-finalist and he won the Junior event.
Northfield Junior 2 star event
Several of our younger players took part in the recent Northfield Junior 2 star tournament. Dean Richardson, Ryan Richardson, Ben Dawson (Cramlington) and Ellis Cooper all progress through their groups into the knock out stages of the various age groups but unfortunately none of them, despite putting up excellent performances, managed to reach a final. Jack Highmoor (Westgate) could only finish third in his junior group but that did mean that he went into the consolation event. Congratulations to him in gaining a trophy as runner up in his first tournament.
