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Official Printers ~"''''II llES SMITH TROPHIES AND ENGRAVING E~"'R~ Stroud, Gloucestershire Tel. 01453 886686 The Official Magazine of the Official Trophy Suppliers E.nglish Table Tennis Association Issue No.295 90 Martins Lane, Northampton, NN4 6Dj Sept/Oct 2003 Tel: 01604 762711 • Suppliers of exciting & innovative teaching & coaching aids Publisher English Table Tennis Association Ltd., Queensbury House, 111111 IUIII 11111 Havelock Road, Hastings, Rauter House, 1 Sybron Way, Millbrook East Sussex TN34 IHF Business Park, Jarvis Brook, TN6 3DZ Telephone: 01424 722525 Fax: 01424 422103 Tel 0870 8483001 email Events: [email protected] email Administration: 8USINESS SUPPLIES I.!MITED Acorn House, Forstal Road, [email protected] Aylesford, Kent ME20 7AF Web Site: www.etta.co.uk Tel 01622 882233 Editor & Photographer John EA. 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We ask all members ofthe association to support the above companies who are in turn supporting table tennis. •s CHATTERBOX compiled by John Wood NEW ETTA CHAIRMAN ALEX MURDOCH is pictured at The Crucible when 8atskills PETER AUSTON presented a cheque to the ETTA for £500. The award has been given to Paul past two years where he has also MBE FOR PAUL for his many years of service to the involved himself in community community in Bedford where he is a service as a Parish Councillor, HOOLEY past Mayor, Magistrate, Tax member of the Village Hall IN this year's Birthday Honours list Commissioner' School Governor and Committee and founding and Her Majesty the Queen graciously where he continues to be involved running the Mursley, Swanbourne appointed Paul Hooley, to be a with numerous charities and other and Little Horwood Table Tennis Member of the Order of the British voluntary causes. Club which has already attracted Empire (MBE). Paul has lived in Mursley for the nearly 100 local players. He is also well known in Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Bedford and Norwich. wider table tennis circles. Mark is a player with 25 years experience of local league table MARK DARE tennis in and around the Hertfordshire area and has also APPOINTED represented Hertfordshire at county level. For the past few years he has ETTARDO FOR concentrated more on the development and coaching side of THE EASTERN Table Tennis. Mark says "I am looking forward to REGION the challenge ahead and meeting and We are please to advise that Mark working with players, coaches and Dare has been appointed ETTA administrators at Clubs and Leagues Development Officer for the Eastern within the Eastern Region". Region. He took up his position on Mark can be reached on 07971 14th July 2003 and is based at 075598 or bye-mail Thorpe St Andrew High School in [email protected]. PLEASE IIOWE WOULD 'COUNTY NOTES' CORRESPONDANTS PLEASE CONTINUE TO SEND YOUR COPY AND PHOTOGRAPHS TO LINDSAY SHIPP AT HASTINGS HEAD OFFICE • STRAIGHT TALK by Alex Murdoch has been established to cover training for the Sport England six nominated You will see a profile of the ETTA Management team on the players and we shall be expanding our base of coaching etc for many more next page with photos so you can recognise the faces behind potential players via newly established Performance Centres. the names. They are: llUP Martin Clark. Hon.Treasurer I await the outcome of how this change in scoring will impact the Mike Johns. Deputy Chairman & Vice Chairman Selection membership this season when leagues complete and return their registration John Dignum. Vice Chairman Administration forms. Despite efforts to reduce the possibility of mass disaffiliation I am sure Jim Beckley. Vice Chairman Public Relations we shall see some small reduction in our affiliated players base. Peter Bradley. Vice Chairman Competitions Sandra Deaton Vice Cha.irman Marketing COMMITTEE STRUCTURE Phil Goulding. Vice Cha.irman Development The first Management meeting of the new team took place in August and Gail McCulloch Vice Chairman Teaching and Training initial changes were made to the committee structure. This has meant a Di Jermyn. Vice Chairman without Departmental consolidation and reduction in these committees of over 20%. This will not Responsibility. impact our goals for the sport but is part of our modernisation process in line with my stated election aims and with a long-term process of modernisation required of National Governing Bodies by Sport England. WE are at the start of a new era for table tennis and if we AROUND THE CLUBS AND LEAGUES all work together we shall secure table tennis in the I have macle many visits during the last two months to leagues, clubs and minds and hearts of people in England and generate a tournaments. Talking to the players, officials and parents continues to help better start for those young people who are our future. Management in their role of communications to the membership and new This being my first article for the magazine as Chairnlan, I hope the ideas and inputs are regularly expressed. following information is of interest and use to you. RANKING SYSTEM TABLE TENNIS NEWS Full details will be included in TIN this year and the data sent out to the You will see in this first issue some changes in particular the front cover and membership. the pages are all of the same quality. During the coming issues we shall be upgrading and modernising the layout adding more articles which will give THE FUTURE you an insight into the ETTA organisation and features from players, coaches With plans in place and future initiatives being reviewed the road ahead is and local club and league officials. getting clearer. The proposed longer term improvements in TTN, a new We are reviewing also the costing of the magazine, the free issue procedure structure of Performance Centres being set up around the country, change in and an incentive programme to clubs and leagues to increase its circulation. the Ranking list, regular newsletter's are set to improve communications. We hope that by the end of the season you will like all the changes and TIN Participation at events by our top players, modernisation of our organisation, will become the house magazine of our sport in England. modified and improved regional strategy and changes in our membership John Wood the Editor and Jim Beckley Vice Chairman Public Relations are structure, are in the pipeline. more than happy to listen to any suggestions and ideas you have, and look Improvements in our Coaching procedures, development incentives, closer forward to your articles and letters. links with the schools organisation, more specialised sports colleges playing Please help us all by getting your friends to subscribe to the magazine TI, all of these and others will help our sport and make it more player friendly. CHAIRMAN'S NEWSLETTER We have a 4-year development plan to generate for Sport England before The first one was set out in September if you did not receive a copy and want the end of this year. This will be our sports first plan since 1997 and future to be on the mailing list please contact the office. funding is dependant upon it. Sport England indicate that despite us not meeting the required levels in CONTINENTAL MASTERS AT THE World Class Perfornlance nor reaching the levels required from our own income generation we still have an opportunity to get more funding from CRUCIBLE April 2004 albeit it is likely to be at lower levels than in the past.