England Team on Championships always 3 players

[vik]

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?

 

[Lolman]

To be honest,I don't think the others are strong enough to play

 

[JHB]

To be honest,I don't think the others are strong enough to play

You have to think that cost might also be a factor. As regards strength, the three we have chosen are by any objective measure our strongest players. I think Andrew Baggaley might still give a good account of himself if chosen -other than that, I agree !

 

[Matt Hetherington]

It's a fair point, having a team of 3 at a World Champs isn't a great move if you are in division 1 particularly but I would imagine it's probably a cost thing. I can't see any other reason unless they were considering if any of the potential 4th players would be fit to compete in the highest division which most of the next tier down probably aren't.

 

[jamesmith]

Tin Tin Ho supposes to be the future of England table tennis, isn,t she ????????

 

[jamesmith]

I think she needs to train in China if she wants to be one of the top players.

 

[ridderz65]

The way he's playing at the moment I think Chris Doran would give more than a good account of himself.

 

[Yecats Encerwal]

Often, David McBeath, Darius Knight, Andrew Baggaley, Tom Jarvis, Helshan Weerasinghe play in pro tour events/national leagues. I think Helshan plays in Belgium but not sure. There are certainly players of a high enough standard to represent England, so it must be a cost issue in my opinion. I don't think Table Tennis gets much funding in the UK in general.

 

[MasterMyself]

Cost - meaning accommodation/traveling and players' salary? seriously England TT is 'that much' underfunding that can't afford to send a full team to compete against other nations?

 

[Yecats Encerwal]

Cost - meaning accommodation/traveling and players' salary? seriously England TT is 'that much' underfunding that can't afford to send a full team to compete against other nations?

I don't know, I really don't, we are all just speculating really. I think perhaps it was a last minute withdrawal (Baggaley got injured) that left them short for the WTTC and logistically they couldn't field an extra player in time.

Still, they got bronze despite having just 3 players

 

[countrybread]

There is a player England can send. In fact, he's her majesty's finest. His name is Bond, James Bond. And he has a license to loop kill. In between sets he drinks special water that's shaken, not stirred. And he plays with bats made by some company named M. How peculiar.

Sorry for being a wiseguy. I'm a Bond fan like most everyone else and I couldn't resist.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Obviously, this question needs to be addressed to TT England if you want the real answer.
I highly doubt that they can't afford a 4th player.

For smaller countries, it is quite expensive - as the players tend to fund everything. The most expensive is:
- Airfare
- hotel/meals
- unpaid leave from work
some times, the player also needs to be the tournament entrance fees too.

Regarding possibility of pull out, as we witness in Womens WC, Visa is a problem too.
If there is not enough time, you can't just get a back up player there.
But then again, WTTTC has room for 5