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This months newsletter includes:
- Departure of Alan Griffiths (National Coach)
- Commonweath Games 2009
- Around the clubs - Penlan (Swansea) and Cathays High School (Cardiff)
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Ryan Jenkins wins the Hereford GP
The final day at the Tees Sport sponsored Hereford Open Butterfly Grand Prix and the last in the current playing season saw Ryan Jenkins cruise through to the title dropping just two sets en route to another pay day, one to Julien Gittens in the group stage and the other to his final opponent Jiang Zhi Tao.
The Alan Sherwood Cup, a Greenhouse event, was staged on the 28th/29th May. With 12 teams entered it was good to have 3 of the Welsh Greenhouse projects finishing in the top 6. The event was won by Morpeth school in Bethnal Green, East London
2nd Tonyrefail
4th Ferndale
6th Tonypandy
Tim Evans a director of the TTAW and member of the Carmarthen Table Tennis Club has been appointed team manager for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi 2010
SUCCESS FOR NORTH WALES PAIR IN STIGA SERIES
The winter long Stiga Series proved to be a highly successful event for two of North Wales’ leading players, Huw Jones and Megan Phillips. Not only did they both win the day long competition at the weekend but they also claimed first place for winning the overall series—and with it, the trophy and prize money. It was just reward for both Huw and Megan as they had proved to be the most consistently successful players over the seven event series. Having supported her sister, Angharad, at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Glasgow, Megan’s return to form continued as she dominated the opposition and dropped only one set during the day. Meanwhile Huw, who had stormed through the earlier rounds, won his final after a titanic battle, winning in the fifth set 16-14.
The 2009 Welsh Primary Schools Team Championships were held at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff on Friday May 29. Nineteen primary schools in Wales entered teams in the event, with a total of forty-two players. Play was in groups throughout, so that all teams played at least six matches. The scoring system, unique to this event, was quickly picked up by all the young players (though some of the adults had a few problems with it …) and all the games were played in a friendly and co-operative spirit.
Winners were Ryan James and Joshua Li Saw Hee, representing Radyr Primary School, with brothers Alex and Matthew Francis from Craig-y-Nos Primary in Swansea as runners-up. Ashley Perry, Jack Rees and Matthew Beddis of Upper Rhymney Primary came third.