Table Tennis opens its doors to a new wave of competition

  

 

Penkhull Table Tennis Club (Clubmark Accredited) has hosted a brand new Junior Table tennis Initiative.

 

Banded Singles League

 

The North Staffs Banded League is a Junior League for youngster who are new to the game or who are improving their skills. Youngsters turn up once a month at Penkhull HQ which is based at St Peter’s
C of E High School in Penkhull. Players are put into bands (mini leagues) of around 4-6 players and everyone plays each other in a bid to win their band and move up to another higher band. Players with the least points in a group move down to a lower band.

 

October and November’s banded league has seen 26 players attend both sessions. Each band league takes place every 2^nd Monday from 6-8pm and costs just £2. The Banded singles Junior League will run until March 2010. Coaches and volunteers from Penkhull TTC have been instrumental in supporting and organising this new initiative aimed at getting more youngsters into the game. 

 

 

North Staffs Junior Table Tennis League

 

Run and organised by Penkhull TTC this new league has seen 13 teams enter from 4 different clubs in the North Staffs Area including teams from Penkhull TTC, Clayton Hall TTC Bradwell YTTG and Norton.

 

4 sessions are planned on Saturday’s (2^nd Saturday of every month).

 

Further details of all these new competitions, news and results can be found on the Penkhull TTC website.

 

For further details or info regarding Penkhull TTC and club training nights/sessions,
e-mail: dbrian@sgfl.org.uk. 

 

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Schools Table Tennis News

 

Staffordshire Schools Team Table Tennis Championships

 

U16 Boys

St Peter's overcame tough opponents to beat Walton High in the final of this year’s County Finals. De Ferrers the defending champions where beaten in the group stages by St Peter’s who went on to win the title after a 3 year dry spell.

 

Local club players representing their school were well represented with St Peter's fielding 3 of their 4 players who play at Penkhull TTC, De Ferrers fielding 2 players who play at Uxbridge TTC.

 

U13 Boys

De Ferrers High School and Clayton Hall Business and Language showed their dominance in their group stages and met in the final. Clayton who were runners up in 2008 and 2007, had to again settle for runner up spot as De Ferrers ran out 6-2 winners and take the County title. Again both schools were well represented as a result of close club school links in Uxbridge TTC and Clayton Hall TTC.  

 

North Staffs Schools Table Tennis League

 

The 7^th season of this league has kicked off with no fewer than 17 schools from around the North of Staffordshire entering the league, for many its their first experience of table tennis and its encouraging to see so many schools taking part.

 

Schools have two teams playing each game, an A and a B team, each consisting of 4 players boys or girls. Reigning champions in the A team competition are St Peter’s who will be pushed by Clayton Hall and St Margaret Ward. Last years B team winner Clayton Hall will be hot favourites to take the B team title for a 2^nd year.

 

Details of this school league can be found by visiting Penkhull Table Tennis Clubs website which has been supporting the league since it began.

 

Robert Rhodes
Chairman

01782 233600 ext 317 (office hours)
E: rhoderz@hotmail.com