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12.06.2011
Warwickshire Team Championships
Report
Warwickshire Schools Report
03.04.2011
County Juniors Gain Promotion to Premier Division
The Warwickshire junior sides hugely anticipated final round
of matches were held on Saturday 2nd April 2011 at Grantham
Table Tennis Centre with the 'bears' looking to gain
promotion to the Premier division of the County
Championships and book their place amongst the countries
elite for the 2011/12 season.
Having won 3/3 after the first round of fixtures back in
October 2010, the bears were in prime position, but by no
means was it a foregone conclusion with the fixture list
setting up some mouth watering clashes including showdowns
against both 2nd and 3rd placed Nottingham and
Worcestershire respectively.
The team comprising of Mathew Outhwaite, Xiaoyang Ma,
Laurence Sweeney, Charlotte Spencer and Holly Thompson, in
partnership with Team Captain Ian Ferguson and Cadet team
captain Adrian Pilgrim had trained for the event by holding
a County practice session prior to the competition at Rugby
Table Tennis Club as part of their preparations, in an
effort to not only physically and technically prepare the
side but also to once again reinforce the importance of team
spirit and prepare them psychologically for what lied ahead.
Team captain Ian Ferguson was not to be disappointed;
The bears opened their promotion push with what 'on paper'
appeared to be an easy opening fixture versus Lancashire 1
who were sitting 3rd from bottom after the first weekend of
clashes. The reality though was that this couldn't
have been further from the truth.
Laurence Sweeney who is currently in the form of his life
opened proceedings for Warwickshire with an emphatic display
of both power and touch to record a straight sets victory
over Alex Tyson and set the team on their way. Yet the
bears were to be firmly brought back to reality with a bang
as previously undefeated Xiayong Ma lost a tight 4 setter
against the talented Michael Lunn for Lancashire to level
the score at 1-1. Warwicks need not to have worried
though as then both the boys and girls number 1's, Mathew
Outhwaite and Charlotte Spencer were brought into action and
neither disappointed with convincing victories over Callum
Tollady and Danni Eden respectively. With the match
now at 3-1 it was the turn for the newly promoted Holly
Thompson to make her Warwickshire junior debut. Holly
had stepped into the fold due to the unavailability of
Sanika Karandiker and what could have been a daunting task
appeared to simply inspire the youngster. Holly lost a
tight battle with the much higher ranked Emily Ross in 4
sets, but her performance was outstanding never the less and
captain Ian Ferguson knew that perhaps this was the start of
a great junior career for Holly. Xiaoyong Ma then put
his disappointment of losing his 100% record to one side to
record a fantastic 3-0 victory over Alex Tyson and put the
bears 4-2 in the match and then no sooner had she finished
Holly was once again called upon to try and record her first
ever victory for Warwickshire juniors. Holly played
with no fear whatsoever to everyone's surprise and she
gained a memorable 5 set victory over Danni Eden and in
doing so had secured at least a point for the bears.
Fittingly it was then left to Mathew Outhwaite to gain the
victory needed to start the ball rolling for Warwickshire
and once again Mathew didn't disappoint with an incredible
straight sets victory over Michael Lunn, showing a maturity
beyond his years combining his spin and guile to deadly
effect. Laurence Sweeney having had to wait 7 games
since his opener could have been forgiven for going off the
boil somewhat but once again the talented youngster swept
aside his opponent 3-0 looking as fresh as when he opened
his account earlier in the morning. Warwickshire
though were to be reminded once again that promotion wasn't
going to be an easy task as another previous 100% record was
to be broken as Charlotte Spencer lost a close 4 set game
against Emily Ross to make the final score 7-3 in
Warwickshire's favour.
Next in line for the bears was
the highly anticipated tie against second placed Nottingham.
With Nottingham fielding a weakened side, it was
Warwickshire's to lose, but they weren't to be denied,
running out convincing 8-2 winners, with maximums from all 3
boys and a single each for Charlotte and Holly. It
appeared the fortune of fate was with the bears as 3rd
placed Worcestershire lost a narrow 6-4 game themselves
meaning that a win in the 3rd match of the day against
Cheshire 1 would almost certainly guarantee promotion to the
Premier division.
Xiao Ma, who had forgotten
about his loss in the morning, continued to show the power
and strength that has made him a formidable opponent at
National level, set the tone with an emphatic 3-0 victory
over Matthew McCormick after an incredible first leg which
he took 19-17. Loz Sweeney then made it 5 wins from 5
for himself for the day, aided by a 3 sets victory from
Charlotte and an incredible performance from Matt, winning
3, 2 and 4 against a baffled Chris Hatton put the bears in
prime position at 4-0. Janay Gibson though had other
ideas and was in outstanding form to beat both Holly and
Charlotte , planting perhaps a small seed of doubt in the
Warwickshire youngsters minds. This appeared to
somewhat stifle the bears as both Xiao and Holly were then
involved in perhaps the two most important games of the day.
Xiao Ma faced Tom Hill and Holly's opponent Corrina
Bebbington were quick to seize the opportunity that Janay
had given Chesire. Both Xiao and Holly trailed 2-1 in
games and it appeared that the promotion train was
potentially derailing. With both Ian Ferguson and
Adrian Pilgrim working hard with the players as their corner
men, both Holly and Xiao upped their games and won pulsating
5 set matches to give Warwickshire the 6 games needed and
secure the 3rd win of the day. Mathew Outhwaite then
continued with his dream like form with another demolition
of his opponent, this time coming through 11-2, 11-5, 11-2
against Matthew McCormick and the inspirational 'Loz'
Sweeney saw the match home to condemn Chesire to an 8-2
defeat.
Warwickshire had all but secured promotion now having won 6
matches out of 6 throughout both weekends but were conscious
of the fact they were yet to mathematically assure they
finished as table toppers. With Worcestershires number
1 boy, Adam Nutland having to pull out of the final fixture
against Warks due to an injury sustained earlier in the day,
the bears could have been forgiven to taking their foot off
the gas somewhat. Once again though both 'Fergie' and
Adrian were rest assured that this wasn't to be the case as
personal pride and a team spirt that was firmly secured
shone through. All 3 boys secured maximum wins, with
Loz Sweeney remaining undefeated on the day and Xiao having
won 7 on the bounce after his initial disappointment in the
morning. Mathew Outhwaite was put to the test arguably
for the first time all day when he was taken to 5 sets by
the highly rated Michael Siket. Mathew though was not
to be denied his 100% recorded for the day and remained
resolute during the final end, coming through 11-7.
Charlotte Spencer also showed why she is the brightest
prospect for Warwickshire women with 2 solid wins, which
showed great character after a difficult day for her
personally on the table. Holly Thompson appeared to be
a little jaded following her incredible debut for the
juniors and went down in both of her games, but she can take
great pride in her performance both on the table and also
the way in which she conducted herself throughout the day.
With an emphatic 8-2 victory under their belt, Warwickshire
had secured promotion the the Premier division of the county
championships for the 2011/12 season. Played 7, won 7,
drawn 0, lost 0, makes for great reading, but score-lines
sometimes don't paint the whole picture. The team
spirit that was evident over both weekends was amazing, in
particular as the players are so young and could be forgiven
for putting personal performance first. This was never
the case and the entire squad (including the talented Sanika
Karandiker who also played an essential part in the first
round of matches) were a credit to the county from start to
finish. Their support for each other and the manner in
which they conducted themselves was truly awe inspiring and
each and every one of them should be extremely proud of
themselves.
A great future lies ahead for Warwickshire Table Tennis!
12.03.2011
Agenda for 24 March Committee Meeting on Minutes page.
Schools Individuals Report on Schools page
06.03.2011
Rugby TT club hosted an invite only
Warwickshire Junior Squad training day on Saturday 26th
February organised by Warwickshire junior Captain Ian
Ferguson. Along with Ian, both Kate Hughes and Mike Browne
were the coaches present to put the lads through their
paces. The players present were Mathew Outhwaite, Xiao Ma,
Loz Sweeney, Jack Williamson, Amitt Ubhi, Ryan Lines and
Jesse Kendrick-hill. The main intention of the day was not
only to help the players progress with the technical side of
their game but to also show them the importance of general
fitness along with team spirit, in the build up to the much
anticipated final weekend County championships just over the
horizon. Currently Warwickshire juniors top Division 1a in
the County championships after the first weekend held in
October of last year, where they lead the tables following
two 8-2 victories over Lincolnshire and Staffordshire and an
even more convincing 10-0 demolition of Derbyshire. The team
comprising of Mathew Outhwaite, Xiao Ma, Loz Sweeney,
Charlotte Spencer and Sanika Karandikar were all in fine
form, representing their county impeccably. The final round
of matches will be played on Saturday 2nd April 2011 at
Meres Leisure Connection in Grantham, where Warwickshire
will attempt to gain promotion to the Premier division of
the County Championships. Warwickshire will have to fight
hard though if they are to gain their place amongst the
elite juniors in the country as in their way will be both
3rdplaced Worcestershire and 2nd placed Nottingham along
with lower ranked Cheshire and Lancashire. The final team is
yet to be selected, but team captain Ian Ferguson believes
whatever team he chooses will be more than capable of
gaining promotion, with the current crop of County juniors
being some of the strongest he has seen for some time,
boding well not only for the final round of junior matches
but the future of Warwickshire Table Tennis in general.
Schools' Individuals Report
19.11.2010 Agenda for Committee Meeting added
here
11.9.2010
Senior
Rankings
(MSWord)
Junior Trials & ID
Results MSWord
PDF
11.9.2010
Monthly Development Competitions
Info
Annual
Schools Events info
17.6.2010
Divisions announced for County Championships
here
20.5.2010
The 2010 Annual General Meeting will be held at
7.45pm on Thursday 24 June 2010 at
Kenilworth Wardens Club, Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth.
All Association members are welcome.
Agenda
WTTA
Rules as approved by the
2009 AGM
12.05.2010 See Minutes Page for info about meeting on 13th
May.
24.3.2010
WTTA Executive Committee meeting
The next meeting
will be held at 7.45pm on Thursday 25 March 2010 at
Kenilworth Wardens Club, Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth.
Minutes from January's meeting
Agenda
Estyn's discussion paper about county club championship
Rules as agreed at the 2009 AGM
21.1.2010
Click on photo to see it full
size!
Report of County Premier Division – Cadets
Over the weekend of Saturday 20th / Sunday
21st February four young Leamington League players,
Matthew Outhwaite (Rugby), Jessie Kendrick-Hill (Rugby),
Luke Spencer (Free Church) and Holly Thompson
(Eathorpe) joined with Jack Styringe (Birmingham) to
represent Warwickshire in the highest level of their age
group of the County championship, the Premier Cadet
division. The daunting prospect of facing the three top
English counties, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex all boasting
highly ranked players plus the top Welsh team, Glamorgan,
was made even harder because the county were not able to
field a number 2 girl meaning we would concede 2 games in
every match played. For the first time, three counties
would be relegated.
Saturday started well with victory against
the weakest team, South Yorkshire but three expected defeats
against title contenders Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex left
the team in seventh place after the first day. Sunday
started with the news that South Yorkshire had dropped out
and their matches, including our win, were void. The team
faced a do-or-die situation, they must beat Cheshire and
Nottinghamshire conceding two games to both. Nothing less
than a complete team performance with everyone playing their
part was needed.
One by one our young players stepped up to
the table knowing they must win, often against stronger
opposition, and match after match they raised their game to
edge home. First Cheshire and then Nottinghamshire were
overcome and barring freak results the county had managed to
survive. Every player had committed themselves both
physically and emotionally. The final match against
Glamorgan was played in a blurr of total exhaustion.
The final table showing Warwickshire as
fifth and still in the premier division is just a statistic.
The quality and determination of their performance against
all th odds will be long remembered with pride.
Report submitted by Alan
Stockham
19.11.2009 Executive
Committee Meeting - see
here for info.
19.11.2009 Mackie Cup
cancelled this year.
12.11.2009 Senior
Teams announced for 21st and 22nd November for County
championships being held in Leamington at Campion School in
Sydenham Drive. from 10am onwards.
Senior 1st
1. Paul Magois
2. Ian Ferguson (C)
3. Adrian Pilgrim
4. Mark Jackson
1. Rachel Pilgrim
2. Helen Turner
Senior 2nd
1. Edward Lynn (C)
2. Alan Caffrey
3. Navinder Matharu
4. Nabhil Khalfey
1. Dawn Sagoo
2. Charlotte Spencer
12.11.2009 Schools
Events & Info here
14.09.2009 County
Junior & Cadet Trials Results
Word
PDF
30.08.2009 County
Coaching rep, Adrian Pilgrim held a successful coaching camp
in Rugby on 20th and 21st August. See picture of the
"campers"
here
MARY ROSE
12.07.1945 to 11.08.2009
R. I. P.
I am sorry to have to inform Mary's friends from the
Warwickshire Table Tennis Association that she died last
week, comfortably at the Aldridge Court Nursing Home after
some months in hospital. I'm afraid I don't have any further
details at present but will let you know of funeral
arrangements as soon as available. Dot Macfarlane
26.07.2009 Rankings for Senior
Men and Women now appear on the Teams
page.
13.07.2009
WTTA Rules as
amended at AGM
MS Word
PDF
Local Coaching Course
The ETTA are running a UKCC
level one table tennis coaching course in Rugby, at Lawrence
Sheriff School, on Sundays 8th November and 13th December.
These are all day events (9-5pm). Entrants need to be 16 or
over.
The cost is £160 however local
borough councils and league associations can sometimes help
with costs towards these courses.
Level One Leaflet
Level One Entry Form CRB
Application Form
Before being awarded the
certificate entrants also will need a CRB check (available
via the ETTA for £16) and to attend two workshops: Appointed
Persons First Aid & Safeguarding and Protecting Children.
Workshop, and booking, info
via
www.cswsport.org.uk (workshops are £10 each).
14.06.2009
County Championship Divisions and venues added to
Teams page.
14.06.2009 AGM
25th June 2009
Agenda
Minutes from 2008
WTTA
Rules
21.03.2009
Cadets keep their Premier Place
Warwickshire's cadet team has retained its place in the
County Championship Premier Division.
Last season the cadets achieved their best ever position
finishing as premiership runners up. But this year most of
that team passed out of the age group and there were serious
worries that the new young team would finish in one of the
two relegation places.
But we need not have worried! In a very determined effort
the team won 33 of its 70 individual matches and finished
5th out of the 8 teams ahead of Nottingham, Yorkshire and
Buckingham with 2 team wins a draw and 4 losses.
01.03.2009 A
Warwickshire School has made it through to the last four in
the English Schools competition for the first time in over
twenty years!
The Lawrence Sheriff School Under 16 Table Tennis team was
in action again this weekend at Cheltenham where they
competed against three other teams for a place in the
National Finals. Their first match of the day went well,
beating Portchester College from Bournemouth 8 - 0.
Their second match was tougher but the boys rose to the
challenge and Ben Meakin came back from 2 sets down to win
his second match, while Jesse Kendrick Hill even managed to
defend match points against him in one of his matches, to
secure another 8 - 0 win. The final contest of the day
was always going to be a hard fought battle against Peniel
Academy from Essex, last years' National Champions. Matthew
Outhwaite made light work of their no 2 player to get the
Lawrence Sheriff team off to a strong start, before their
talented no 1 player beat Jack Randle to make it 1 all.
Jesse and Ben then beat the opposing no 3 and 4 players to
take the score to 3 - 1. Matthew played some stunning table
tennis against their no 1 but, although he took it to 5 sets
finally lost before Jack Randle managed to beat the no 3 in
another close 5 set match making it 4-2. The remaining two
matches went to Peniel meaning a set countback to decide the
4 all draw. Even this could not separate the teams so it had
to be points, which Lawrence Sheriff won 284 to 282!
The team is now through to the National Finals to be held at
Hinckley on 28th March, making Lawrence Sheriff one of the
top four under 16 teams in the country. There they will
compete against teams from Middlesex, Merseyside and
Derbyshire in what will be an excellent contest of table
tennis.
28.02.2009 Results from
day 4 and final points total from Development Competition
here.
04.02.2009 Results from
day 3 and running points total from Development Competition
here.
11.01.2009
Minutes of last executive committee meeting and
agenda for one on 20th January.
05.12.2008 West Midlands Trials
Results (Excel files)
U13 boys
Cadet Boys
Others
30.11.2008 Results of
West Midlands Development Finals. Report of
Seniors narrowly being relegated form division 1A. The
Seniors were relegated from division 1A of the Senior County
championships. The table doesn’t show how near the team were
to holding onto division 1 status. They were frustratingly
close; losing 14 of their 18 games in the fifth end - and it
went to deuce in four of those (three for Ian Ferguson and
one for Mark Jackson). The standard was very high with
England’s number one Paul Drinkall playing for Cleveland who
gained promotion to the Premier division.
24.11.2008 Warwickshire
Juniors are top off the division 2C table after day one having
beaten Essex 3rds 8-2, Berkshire 7-3, Oxford 9-1 and
Northamptonshire 6-4. Matt Outhwaite won 6 out of 6, Alan Caffrey won 5 out of 6, Jack Williamson won 4 out of 4, Jack
Randle won 5 out of 8, Charlotte Spencer won 7 out of 8 and
Jessica Birbeck won 8 out 8. They will hope to repeat this
and move straight back up to division 1 at the first
attempt.
20.11.2008 November Committee Meeting
Agenda. September
minutes, insurance policy
1
2
17.11.2008
Warwickshire Closed
Results Development Competition
Results PDF
11.11.2008
Warwickshire Closed
Draw
19.10.2008
Warwickshire Closed Entry
Form
16.09.2008 Agenda
for Executive Committee Meeting on 18th September and.
minutes from 8th May added. Click Minutes button.
08.09.2008 Results from
the Junior Trials and the Talent ID Day added - see
here.
06.09.2008
Calendar updated with several
Junior and Cadet events - Warwickstire Development
Competitions, National Junior and Cadet League info, new
beginners two-a-side league, Heart of England Cadet
League and Warwickshire Schools dates.
03.07.2008 County rules
button and minutes of meetings button added to side bar.
Dates for U11, U13 & U15 Talent Identification day and
Junior Trials Day added to Calendar.
08.06.2008
County Championships Divisions for
2008-2009 added see Teams
18.05.2008
Annual General Meeting
The 2008 Annual General Meeting will be held at 7.30pm on
Thursday 26 June 2008 at Kenilworth Wardens Club, Glasshouse
Lane, Kenilworth. (This is a day later than shown on the
back of the Warwickshire handbook). All Association members
are welcome.
-
Agenda
- Minutes
of 2007 AGM
-
Draft WTTA Rules for approval. This is a revised version
since the last Committee meeting. It has a slightly larger
font and two typos have been removed.
10.05.2008
No nominations were received from leagues or clubs for the
post of General Secretary following the resignation of Alan
Healey in April. Whilst this is disappointing, it is an
unusual time of year for an election and leagues and clubs
may not have had adequate time to consider the position.
Caroline Williams agreed to take on the post until the AGM
at the end of June when it is hoped a nomination will be
forthcoming.
14.04.2008
Alan Healey has retired as General Secretary of the
Association. The Chairman - Estyn Williams - has rung Alan
personally to thank him for all his hard work over the
years. In accordance with the rules, the casual vacancy will
be filled by the Executive Committee at its next meeting on
8 May. The Chairman has asked leagues to discuss who they
consider would be suitable for this important post and
willing to undertake it. If you have any views on this
please let your league representative (or the Chairman -
Estyn Williams) know.
08.03.2008
Link
to the WTTA new draft rules for your information and, if
appropriate, comment. These rules were produced by a sub
committee. In January the Executive Committee agreed
certain amendments. it approved the draft subject to these
and asked that it should be shown to ETTA (who will
eventually have to approve them) for their comments.
The draft was shown to Mike Smith who is the member of ETTA
rules committee responsible for this. He suggested
some minor changes but said he would be prepared to approve
them subject to seeing them when they had been approved by
the AGM. The draft will go back to the executive
Committee in May and subject to their approval be submitted
to the AGM in June.
27.02.2008
County Cadets are National Runners Up -
report on etta site
Warwickshire Cadets Premiership Runners Up
Warwickshire Cadets have taken the runners up spot in the
Premier Division of the English County Championships, the
highest position ever achieved by the county's Cadets.
Going into the final round of matches any one of three
counties could have finished second, with Warwickshire,
South Yorkshire and Sussex all in with a realistic chance,
and it was in the very last set of the weekend that Matthew
Outhwaite of Warwickshire scored a thrilling five game
victory over South Yorkshire’s Scott Hollowood, thus giving
Warwickshire a vital point and the crucial runners-up spot.
This superb effort by our young team Jack Williamson and
Sanikar Karandikar (Birmingham) Jack Randle and Mathew
Outhwaite (Rugby) and Charlotte Spencer (Leamington) should
ensure that the future of table tennis in Warwickshire is in
safe hands.
click to enlarge
Front row: Charlotte and Sanika.
Back row: Matthew, Jack Randle and Jack Williamson.
14.02.2008
Warwickshire Schools Individual FULL
11.01.2008
The date of the Warwickshire TTA AGM has been changed from
Wednesday 25 June to Thursday 26 June. The AGM will be held
at Kenilworth Wardens Club, Glasshouse Park, Glasshouse
Lane, Kenilworth.
13.12.2007 Results and photos from WMDC Finals
here
12/12/2007 Schools
Team Event results via this page
01/12/2007
Results from day two of
West Midlands Development Competition
here
26/11/2007 County Championships Over 60's - report
here
20/11/2007 Warwickshire Tournament Results added , see
here.
12/11/2007 Warwickshire Tournament Draws
added , see
here.
31/10/2007 Warwickshire
Schools Team Entry form added , see
here.
22/10/2007 Senior A team
Champions of Senior Division 2C
Report & stats
13/10/2007 New
Development page added with the day's WMDC results and
ratings
12/10/2007 WMDC 2
Beginners/Novices event
Entry Form/info and
poster added
13/09/2007 Archive
and
Teams pages updated
12/09/2007 Leagues
and
Schools pages updated with
2007-2008 information
09/09/2007 Warwickshire
Junior Trials Results Added click
here
08/09/2007 Warwickshire
Talent Identification Day Results Added click
here
06/07/2007
Coaches List Added, click
Coaching
25/06/2007
Final County tables added,click
Teams
28/11/2006 Warwickshire
Schools Section Added click
Schools
28/11/2006 Warwickshire
Tournament results Added click
Tournament
30/11/2006 Further Sections
Completed, click Teams,
Contacts,
Trials
or Archive
02/01/2007 Club Pages added,
click Join a Club
02/01/2007 County team
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