About me
My life in Table Tennis
I started playing table tennis when I went to senior school. The school had three tables that were set up all the time and there were always plenty of players willing to play at any time. So, we all learned together without any formal coaching, which explains a lot about the way I play.
We entered teams into the local league in Woolwich, Kent. We won various divisions as we moves up the school. When I left school, I also played in the North-West Kent and London Banks League.
When I moved to Southampton, I started in Southampton, but also played in leagues in Salisbury, Fareham and Portsmouth. I also still played in London Banks for a couple of years. I also played for Hampshire and played British League and the competition circuits.
I moved across to Sussex in 1991 and started in Brighton. Over the years, I have also played in leagues in Worthing, Eastbourne, Hastings and Crawley & Horsham as well as London Banks and occasionally in Colchester. I have played for Sussex and in the senior and veterans’ British League and occasional tournaments.
My articles and reports mainly stem from my activity in the management and running to the sport.
Table Tennis in England needs to move towards:
- a more prominent position in world table tennis
- to organise a joined-up structure for the game to flourish domestically
To ensure that all players have the opportunity to play table tennis:
- at the right level
- wherever they live
- to enable their enjoyment
- or should they so wish to develop their skills towards competing at the highest levels.
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I have never met anybody that does not like playing Table Tennis
TTE Post Olympics 2024
These notes have been prepared following the Olympic Games in Paris 2024
TTE AGM 2024 and current issues
These notes have been prepared following the Table Tennis England AGM in July 2024.
TTE Annual Conference and General Meeting 2023
This is the note that I took during the TTE Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting in July 2023. It was produced primarily to report back to Sussex as I was representing the county at meeting. Obviously, it may well be useful to report back for any other county. This is not the official minutes of the meeting. TTE will produce those in due course.
The Appointment of the TTE Chair 2023
These are notes relating to the appointment of the TTE Chair to take place in 2023 at the end of Sandra Deaton’s term in April.
National Council notes for January 2023 meeting
These notes have been prepared for the January 2023 National Council meeting.
National Council notes for October 2022 meeting
This is the note that I took during the TTE Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting in July 2022. It was produced primarily to report back to Sussex as I was representing the county at meeting. Obviously, it may well be useful to report back for any other county. This is not the official minutes of the meeting. TTE will produce those in due course.
TTE Annual Conference and General Meeting 2022
This is the note that I took during the TTE Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting in July 2022. It was produced primarily to report back to Sussex as I was representing the county at meeting. Obviously, it may well be useful to report back for any other county. This is not the official minutes of the meeting. TTE will produce those in due course.
Table Tennis in the UK
Forty-Two
my view of table tennis in the UK in 2022
TTE Skills Matrix completion and notes
I am doing a test of the proposed Board Skills & Diversity Matrix to understand how it works and see how practical it is. e.
Table Tennis in 2017
Many of the ideas in this article may already be happening, but are possibly not well publicised and the successful processes need to be formalised so they can be repeated and sustainable.
Table Tennis links
Sussex County
http://sctta.org.uk/
Veterans English Table Tennis Society
https://www.vetts.org.uk/
Table Tennis England
https://www.tabletennisengland.co.uk/
International Table Tennis Federation
https://www.ittf.com/
European Table Tennis Union
https://www.ettu.org/en/
Hollingbury TTC
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Hollingburyttc