CONTENTS THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE ENGLISH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION CAPTAIN'S LOG .: II waa medals galore in Singaporel With England winning 21 medals, two of which were gold when Carl Prean and Andrew Eden won the Mens Doubles in the Commonwealth Championships. See John WoodFord's report on pages 8 and 9. UnFortunotely we didn't win ony medals at the World Championships in China, but we did be"er than expected. Full report on poges 14 and 15 by SEPTEMBER Richard Hobgood and John September 1995 WoodFord, also see Alan (copy dote 1st August) Ronsome's 'From the Choir' on pages 5 and 6. Congratulations to Sligo Fellowes Cranleigh on winning CHAmRBOX both the Boys and Girls Premier Singapore to Cherbourg 4 Divisions of the Woolwich Junior British league, at the concluding weekend in Andover. Read FROM 'IIIE CHAIR Brion lamerton's analysis on Chinese leap forward pages 16 and 17. 5 May/June issue of Table Tennis News normally concludes the season's activities, and I COMMONWEAL'III CHAMPIONSHIPS usually wish readers of this England Win 21 Medals 8 magazine a pleasant rest during the summer months, but not this year as June sees the Women WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ba"ling for honours in the British Chinese Take-Out Opposition 14 league weekend at Stourbridge, the Seniors competing in the Notional Team Finals in Grantham, whilst the England WOOLWICH JUNIOR BRIIISH LEAGUE Juniors travel to Cherbourg to Stiga Fellowess Cranleigh Win Woolwich Trophies 16 ploy in the French Junior Open. Amongst many other tournaments in July we see the NA1IONAL U15/18/21 CHAMPIONSHIPS very first European Veteran Super Schwartz Double Triumph Championships being held in 20 Austria, whilst our juniors will be ba"ling with Europe's best, in the European Youth WOMENS BRmSH LEAGUE Championships in Holland. BFL Grove Halfway Leaders 25 So it looks like being a busy summer for some of us, which means September's issue of Table Tennis News will be full of interesting reports and articles, NEXI.SSUE so don't forget to renew your • WOMENS BRITISH LEAGUE subscription. • EUROPEAN YOUTH John FA Wood CHAMPIONSHIPS· HOLLAND The ETIA would like to thank the following companies for the support they give to English Table Tennis. '"Butterfly RR!l~ lalDUNLopl DOUBLi'tfiSH -Al1JIJ Do00 WOOLWICH lIIilQUe5 -BUILDlfIIG SDCI(TY­ May/June 1995 TABLE TENNIS NEWS 3 CHATTERBOX Table Tennis Snippets compiled by John Wood •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• FRENCH PYE Norfolk's top junior Leeroy Pye is about to receive a spot of French leave when he joins the Etetat club, near LeHarve, in August for one year. NEW TOURNAMENT A new tournament for Juniors and Seniors, tHe Clare Pengelly Memorial) Star, will take place at the Torbay Leisure Centre in Devon on 23rd/24th September 1995. Further details and entry forms from Brian Pengelly, 19 English umpires are becoming acceptable, they will be sold and Geoff Taylor, 75 Glendower Ave, Davies Avenue, Paignton, TQ4 worldwide jet-setters of table the proceeds will be used for Coventry, CV5 8BD 7AN. Tel: 01803845011. tennis from Singapore to coaching, training and helping or phone (0181) 301 0595, Cherbourg. with the expense of sending Bob Churchill, 5 Marne Avenue, PARTNERS Pictured below are two of players to compete at foreign Welling, Kent, DA16 2EZ. Terry Young and Nicola Deaton England's finest travellers, Geoff tournaments and so bring a formed a new partnership of the Scruton (right) who has just higher standard of play for our MIKE RETURNS future in Singapore in the Mixed Mike Watts who was the ETTA Doubles. Events Manager from 1979 to Playing together for the first 1989, said on his return to the time they reached the quarter post after a 6 year sabbatical, finals of the Commonwealth "When I walked into the office at Championships. Hastings on my wife Hilda's birthday, on 20th March 1995, it NICE GESTURE was like I had never left.· Within Carl Prean told Andrew Eden that he could keep the Mike Watts is .Commonwealth Men's Doubles back after a trophies, instead of sharing them. 6 year A very nice gesture from a sabbatical. super star to a rising star. BON CHANCE returned from umpiring in disabled players. If you or any Singapore at the Commonwealth players or people you know have Championships, whilst Dave recently been overseas for DESMOND Edwards (left) is suitably attired holidays or business, or if you Following his success in Chino, to umpire at the Junior French know someone who has and they living legend Desmond Douglas Open in June at Cherbourg. have any coins or notes could MBE is leaving BFL Grove 10 play you please ask them to donate for French I sl division club FOREIGN COIN APPEAL them to the appeal. Anyone who 10 minutes refresher course with Rouen, for the next two seasons. The British Table Tennis can help can send them to the the Events Secretary Yanda Jones, After many years service, 8FL Association for people with following persons who are listed whom I recruited in 1988, it was Grove, although disappoinled, disabilities (BTTAD) have below and remember that any business as usual." wish him every success. recently opened an appeal for the amount however large or small The National UI5/UI8/U21 Desmond has signed a conlrael collection of coins and notes. Any will help our players to play their Championships at Bridlington in looking after Ihe nexllwo years coins and notes be they foreign or best and beat the rest. Thank you. May, was Mike's first major of his life, doing Ihe besl for British old or new will be equally Phone (01203) 678632, tournament since returning to full himself and his family. time employment with the ETTA. CALLING ALL COACHES The ITTF are constantly in need WELLOW HOUSE of English speaking coaches to conduct Olympic Solidarity SCHOOL courses in various parts of the world. GRANT AID An lAPS. Boarding and Day School with an All travel and hospitality costs Kindly note - applications for are paid and pocket money of up outstanding acedemic record and top class funding from the Foundation for to US $50 per day is given. faciltiies for table tennis Sport and the Arts will not be Some courses are for coaching coaches and some for players and considered where 100% funding is TABLE TENNIS SCHOLARSHIP vary from 7 to 14 days. requested and where there is little Available to children aged 8-11, up to 50% of fees. evidence of approaches for other More details from: Any qualified coach who is interested in gaining some sources of finance. The Headmaster, Wellow House School, Wellow, Newark NG22 OEA experience abroad should contact For further details contact your Albert Shipley, Secretary-General Telephone 01623 861054 Regional Development Officer or of the ITTF, on 01424 721414. ETIA at Hastings 4 TABLE TENNIS NEWS May/June 1995 FROM THE CHAIR By Alan Ransome •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• CHINESE TABLE TENNIS TOOK A MIGHTY LEAP FORWARD AS THE HOME PLAYERS DOMINATED THE 43RD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE NORTHERN CHINESE CITY OF TIANJIN. HOURS OF TELEVISION PICTURES DELIGHTED MILLIONS OF CHINESE SUPPORTERS BOTH AT HOME AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WRITES ALAN RANSOME. he championships took on the air of an Olympic Games. The city of Tianjin built a massive new indoor r cast of 3,000 participants and victory could welL have been important are the ITTF stadium especially to stage the Championships. This was seen live on television as a result of the playing Biennial General Meeting and included a No.1 hall, similar throughout China. The order that the C nese the meetings 01 the Council to the National Indoor Arena Closing Ceremony was Captain, Cai Z hua, and Executive Board' in Birmingham, and a No.2 equally impressive. selected when h itche Committee. At the Council hall which resembled an On the table, the Chinese Ding Song, th C Xin' meeting, the widest reaching Exhibition hall at the NEC, women were totally type new playe n tne decision was the removal of plus a 20 table practice hall, a Chine e team, the ban on liquid glues and luxury Press Centre and against Peter the dec'sian to fellow the hotel. Karlsson in the vital stance taken by thE:.EITA last In addition to the new third set. January of introducing testing facilities, the Organising The Chinese men an9- disciplinary procedures Committee had a budget in dominated the for offenders. It was this excess of 13 million US singles and Kong testing and these disciplinary dollars, approximately £9M, Linghui, who toured procedures that provided the to stage the Championships, England last New framework for the Kim part of which was used to Year, was a worthy disqualification. The IITF will provide flags, banners and winner. Most of the now carry out regular testing posters that could be seen top Europeans were at all world title events and everywhere from the Airport beaten in close Olympic Games, and in Beijing to Tianjin some 100 matches in the last Continental Federations are miles distant and throughout 16. One of the expected to follow suit. It is the city of Tianjin. It appeared biggest incidents in likely that there will be as if everyone knew that the the Championships extensive testing at the Championship was was the forthcoming European Youth happening and were disqualification of Championships in the encouraged by the authorities the Korean, Kim Netherlands in July and to be part of it. Taek Soo, for using comprehensive testing at the The Chinese Government banned substances World Team Cup in Atlanta in gave the event massive in gluing up his bat.