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CONTENTS JUNE 2009 PUBLISHER ETTA, Queensbury House, Havelock Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN341HF Tel: 01424 722525 Fax: 01424 422103 Email: [email protected] Web: www.etta.co.uk EDITOR Richard Pettit National Communications Manager English Table Tennis Association Tel. 01424 722S25 Mob. 07970 575280 Email: [email protected] SUB EDITOR James Comford Press and Communications Officer English Table Tennis Association T 01424 456 222 Email [email protected] ADVERTISEMENTS Richard Pettit National Communications Officer English Table Tennis Association Tel. 01424 722525 Mob. 07970 575280 Email: [email protected] SUBSCRIPTION & DISTRIBUTION Robert Sinclair fDA Headquarters, Hastings PHOTOGRAPHY Ayoade Ademakinwa . 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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without prior written consent of the Table Tennis News June 2009·01 EDITOR'S LETTER Table Tennis News June 2009·03 The season is coming to a close for eyes of our funding partners without an This additional investment will be used in Committee for a further two year term. event. many leagues and the work by their 1M system, more importantly it will areas including club development, Stuart Sherlock (NURC Chairman) was An interesting fact: at the last individual administrators will start for the next benefit our sport and its members in coaching, volunteers and technical elected for the first time as a member of World Championships in Zagreb, the season. We hope that all Leagues can many ways increase and improve the officials, children & young people, table the ITTF Technical Committee, Val total number of hits on the ITIF website increase the teams for 2009/10 and that communication to our membership, help tennis in the workplace and women in Murdoch (NC Bedfordshire) was was 28 million and it has increased to the directly affiliated clubs continue to the membership understand and feel sport, participation at grass roots, re-elected for a further two year term on almost 68 million for the recent World expand. part of the ETTA, improve our ability to marketing & communications, the ITTF Nominations Committee and Championships in Yokohama. The page My local league has run a summer increase the membership, attract competitions and talent identification. also re-elected as a member of the views have more than tripled and the league for many years which has sponsors and ensure that the benefits Our thanks go to our funding partners for European Women's Working Group. number ~f unique users has more than attracted additional players and teams and new benefits are available to all of their continued and increasing support doubled. mainly for the lower divisions, I hope those playing our great sport. for our sport. BTTF FUNDING AND GB ELITE Hope these updates are of use to you, that others will follow suit as it certainly We will not just concentrate on getting PROGRAMME any questions please get in touch. has worked for us. PLANS AND PROGRAMMES FOR new members but ensure that support Regards, Alex Table tennis is increasing, in particular THE NEXT FOUR YEARS and resources are in place to retain our The BTTF has completed and submitted at schools, and it is essential that these existing membership, particularly within its World Class plans, budgets and cash participants are given the opportunity the local league/club/school structures. flows to UK Sport which have been to take part in the competition approved. A detailed programme and programme within the leagues and WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS calendar has been formulated which will clubs, and they can develop to b These Championships took place in be monitored by the Performance involved in the ETTA national and Japan from 27th April until 5th May and Management Group. regional events. To achieve this it is included the ITTF Board, AGM and A Board and Selection Panel meeting essential that we are more flexible in Committee meetings, as well as European took place in Glasgow during the our goals to attract these young player Board/Congress and the CTTF Board/ Commonwealth Table Tennis and the English Schools'TTA, which is in General meetings. Championships. good standing with the ETTA, has many menl submitted the 2009/10 A large number of propositions and Mission 2012 meetings are planned with local and national events which give th lS to National Council at resolutions were voted on during these UK Sport during the next couple of opportunity for these youngsters to get ting which was approved. various meetings and details will be months, which are part of the progress involved. tis of course subject to included on the IT,TF website. The and monitoring procedures within the 5 ilnd when the various propositions to change the service rule BTTF remit for the Elite Programme. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP InlerventlOMI Plans are put in place, with were defeated. A modification to the laws The information for the AGM in June the relevanl resources and staffing of the game was approved and details INTERNATIONAL EVENTS which will include the propositions, during the phase in transformational will be included in the ETTA leaflet for The follOWing has been confirmed and implications, reasons, costing and lImcscal _ next season. put into the public domain, it is just a benefits will be sent to the membership he budgeted Investment in our sport In addition the elections of the ITTF reminder and I hope that you will in advance of this AGM. An initial vcr the next 12 months is £4,466,300, in Executive and Board of Directors took support this event and get behind your These propositions document has been sent out from the it was £2,648,110. place as well as the election of England players. will require a 750/0 office, if you have not received a copy /10 budget does, however, committees, commissions and working 28th October ­ 1st November English please get in touch, this document ver a number of areas that are ring parties. Open and ITTF Pro Tour Event - EIS majority to be covered an overview of the proposals fenced expenditures, albeit last year was Adam Sharara was re-elected ITTF Sheffield. approved and I ask and costings for individual membership, Imilar, but did not include facilities President with an overwhelming majority Networking at the World Championships with some background on the reasonings provision, BTTAD provision and the over the candidate from Brazil. A new took place on the promotion of the you to ensure your and outcomes. These propositions will ngllsh Open provision. These have been ITTF executive board, enlarged to nine English Open which is supported by UK views are made require a 75% majority to be approved. dditionally funded by Sport England, UK members, the largest ever, was also Sport, and over 500 brochures were and I ask you to ensure your views are Sport, Youth Sport Trust and Yorkshire elected, European representatives on distribLjted to promote this event. clear to your voting made clear to your voting member at Forward. that board are Petra Sorling of Sweden Delegates met with a number of key member at league league and county level. In real terms the investments from and German President, Thomas Weikert. representatives from associations who I am personally in favour of this change, 2008/9 to 2009/10 will increase by Alex Murdoch was elected for a further have top level players, including in and county level. not just because it fits in with the £774,190, which is an increased general four year term on the ITTF Board of particular China, Korea, Japan, Germany, transformational policies for the future, investment of 30% to support our sport Directors. Peter Bradley was re-elected as France and Russia, in an attempt to or that our sport is nearly alone in the and continue its progress forward. a member of the ITTF Equipment ensure these top players attended this Table Tennis News June 2009 ·05 NEWS • In The latest stories from the Table Tennis World ST. HELENS JUNIORTTC RECEIVE GRANT St. Helens Junior TTC has recently received a grant of £8,200 from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. This has allowed the club to purchase more equipment and it now has 18 tables in the new second venue at St. Cuthberts High School. This was necessary to be able to give more children from the schools the opportunity to play. The PESSYP project continues to have a big impact on the number of people playing table tennis in St. Helens. The club now encourages the parents to stop and play with each other, while their PRIMARY SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL children are being coached. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 This has been very successful Teams from England, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of team match of eight singles and two doubles, and increased the number of Man, Jersey, Scotland and Wales met for the winning 21-18 on count back.

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