WTTC Competition

Ok after Table Tennis Daily and Table Tennis Talk have looked at the posts we came up with the final 5 for each forum , which were:

TTD:
scylla24
TToski
Carl Horowitz
lgreggs
bollforte94


TTT:
Hellraiser
Harry Belafonte
Concretepong
Rathbeinfreo
TheMoose

There are some outstanding posts including Concretepong and Ratherbeinfreo and others so we decided to draw from the ten and the winner was drawn out of the hat by myself and Dan (TTD) .............. TheMoose was winner.

It must be said that the most common idea and certainly the way forward to promote the Sport of Table Tennis is to use the media in every form possible but as ever this relies on everyone who is involved in the process to make some effort to do so. This has to include players, coaches, and of course the major strength the ETTA

Projects such as the one below are to be looked at and some of the comments reflect opinions.........

ETTA Article:

More people are playing table tennis and they are doing so on a regular basis according to the latest results from Sport England’s Active Peoples Survey which show strong levels of increase over the past 2 quarters.[/h]The results gathered from the last 12 rolling months (to April 2011) show an increase of 39,200 (0.27%) playing at least once a week for 30 minutes or more and an increase of 54,600 playing once a month when compared to the 2007/8 bench mark survey (Active Peoples Survey 2).

As a sport, table tennis has become well known for its raft of participation schemes, including Ping! which had over 50,000 members of the public playing table tennis on 100 free to use tables in and around London last summer. The Ping! effect has seen many continue to play in the capital with both London and the south east showing particularly strong growth.

Ping! is set to continue in 2011 as it ventures to Birmingham and Hull from 4[SUP]th[/SUP] July to 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] August, for more information log on to pingengland.co.uk.

Comments on this post

Is an increase of 0.27% really something to be proud of? When we are still behind sports such as Boxing, Mountineering and Snowsports, we really should have higher targets.
posted 17.06.11 by Robin Very good for the promotion of table tennis.To have many tables in parks and open spaces is good idea to encourage youngsters who then may join their local clubs for coaching. This has also caught on in the USA in many cities.
Barry Meisel Table Tennis Facebook
posted 18.06.11 by Barry Meisel
Yes, it’s good to hear that this beautiful sport is getting known more and more!
posted 18.06.11 by Leon - Magician
Any increase is to be welcomed… participation is good .. though there are other issues such as venue sustainability.. league increase .. various areas should report direct.. on what they are doing to increase numbers playing the sport.. such as TAKE PART FESTIVALS.. or non-standard junior leagues etc..( like the BRIGHTON JUNIOR LEAGUE or SUSSEX TABLE TENNIS CIRCUIT ETC)
posted 18.06.11 by Ade Akinboyewa​