Mainly of interest to UK based players.
Context:
https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/archived/table-tennis-england-commits-to-provide-free-websites-for-leagues/
https://www.tabletennis365.com
Thought I'd start a thread to hear some thoughts about this. There's a lot of chat on Facebook but...
A friend of mine has recorded a number of Grand Prix finals here in UK and asked to upload to my channel. I though people might be interested what is the level of TT in UK immediatedly below the top internationals like Pitchford and Drinkhall. Hope you like them.
Playlist...
Just wondered what went wrong with England's Men losing 1-3 to Serbia before a sell-out crowd, missing an opportunity to inspire. Why was no 1 player Liam Pitchford not playing? Paul Drinkhall lost to a lower ranked player. Not a good advert for the sport in England.
Hi all,
In our local league rules it's states:
"Only table tennis England approved balls shall be used"
Does anyone know if such an official approval actually exists or is it literally just a reference to the ITTF equipment list?
Many thanks.
I’m not one to bash Table Tennis England as i know they have their hands tied by lots of factors but can anyone see anything positive they have done recently?
World Team Cup
Yes, the World Team cup is in England but that’s hundreds of thousands of pounds to run where is that money coming...
Hi,
I have just started running tournaments in Hereford in uk. We are a bit off the main road, however its not that far and we don't start until 10am to give people time.
I have run 2 junior tournaments so far.
First one has 24 entries, second one had 11 entries.
No we have the best venue IMO...
Sweden and England are playing a friendly for match preparation for the upcoming World Championships in Dusseldorf.
Watch the match live below:
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Hey guys,
England are LIVE now on the Sports Bible against Slovakia in the European Qualification Match for the European Championships!
Commentary: TableTennisDaily's Dan and Paralympic Gold Medalist Will Bayley
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Just saw this bit of news:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/38881709
8.29M pounds to TT, to be exact - not too shabby! Comes from lottery funds, I guess - may be US could do something similar...
P.S. What the heck is netball - they got the largest grant!
Recently the men's teams of the Netherlands and England faced each other for ETTTC qualification. The matches have been uploaded by the channel Tafeltennis Next Level; very high quality videos, slow motions and the recording angle which the ITTF should really start using as well... They also...
The biggest sports page on Facebook, TheSportBible has been sharing a lot of table tennis content over the last few years including TableTennisDaily content, Pongfinity, ITTF and lots more, helping connect table tennis to the masses. This evening for the first time in the history of our sport...
Why does England sent only 3 players to championships?does not such a big country have money to send 4-5 people?In team events it is hazard.In case of injury on WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2016,who was gonna play Alan Cooke?
Congratulations; Alan Cooke, Paul Drinkhall, Liam Pitchford and Sam Walker. Putting England on the table tennis map.
England Team - Photo by ITTF Flickr
Day 7 of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2016 took place in Kuala Lumpur, in the 10,000 seat arena on the 5th March! Today saw Japan take on England in the second semi final of this prestigious event! Full results below:
Jun Mizutani (Left) vs Liam Pitchford (Right) Photo by: ITTF...
Day 6 of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2016 took place in Kuala Lumpur, in the 10,000 seat arena on the 4th March! Today saw breathtaking table tennis in the quarter final stages of the event with some dramatic twists and surprises! Full results below:
England defeat France! Photo...
Day 5 of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2016 took place in Kuala Lumpur, in the 10,000 seat arena on the 3rd March! Today saw the preliminary matches take place in the men's and women's draw for a chance to qualify into the quarter finals! The top team from each group had a bye today...
Day 4 of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2016 took place in Kuala Lumpur, in the 10,000 seat arena on the 2nd March! Today saw the last group matches of the men's and women's group matches.
Zhang Jike's China yet to lose a match! Photo by: ITTF Flickr
The final day of the group...
Day 3 of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2016 took place in Kuala Lumpur, in the 10,000 seat arena on the 1st March! Rounds 4 of the group matches took place in the men's and women's divisions!
England overcome Germany in round 4! Photo by: ITTF Flickr
Upsets galore in day 3 at the...
We are due to have a new, dedicated table tennis centre opening here in my home town of Corby in Northants. This is an ambitious project but if successful, it is hoped that it could be replicated across other towns in England...
What's going on guys, heres episode 3 of the new TableTennisDaily podcast. In this episode we are joined by another Olympian, German Bundesliga player and world ranked 58 Liam Pitchford. Liam represented team GB in the London 2012 Olympics and is currently playing for Ochsenhausen alongside...