ETTA
CONFERENCE AND VOLUNTEER AWARDS DINNER
16/17
SEPTEMBER 2006
- LILLESHALL
 This
year's conference will focus on the opportunities open to table
tennis as we lead up to 2012, with keynote presentations from
three of the highest ranking sports administrators in Britain.
There
will be a number of opportunities for you to get updates on many
areas of our sport and to see members of the England team past
and present in action. You will also have an opportunity to put
bat to ball yourself on the Saturday evening, prior to The ETTA
Volunteer Awards Dinner.
The
conference is being heavily subsidised via the Tom Blunn
administrators' fund and spaces are strictly limited, so send in
your application as soon as possible to ensure a place. All
leagues and PremierClubs have been sent application forms and
copies are available on request from the ETTA or available to
download from the ETTA Website.... >more
NATIONAL
VOLUNTEER AWARDS 2006
 Many
of our clubs and leagues have key volunteers; coaches, press
officers or behind the scene's volunteers who give time and
effort above and beyond what would normally be expected. Where
would we be without them? The National Volunteer Awards are a
great opportunity to recognise and celebrate their work.
The
winners will be presented with a national award at the volunteer
awards dinner, as part of the ETTA conference at Lilleshall on
Saturday 16th September 2006. All nominees will receive a
certificate.
This
year we have included some new categories aimed at club and
community based volunteers and young volunteers. So don’t
delay, nominate your key volunteers as soon as possible, but no
later than the closing date of Monday 28th August 2006. All
leagues and PremierClubs have been sent a nomination form,
additional copies are available directly from the ETTA or can be
downloaded from the ETTA Website....>more
UK
SCHOOL GAMES
 Table
Tennis is one of five sports to be initially included in the
recently announced UK school games. The inaugural event will
take place in Glasgow in September 2006 and will also feature
Swimming, Athletics, Gymnastics and Fencing. The games will
become an annual event staged in different host cities along the
principles of Olympic/Paralympic Games. The games will provide a
home for home country international championships, with the
competition format determined by each sport to fit their
competition review work.
The
event will be used as a development tool to bring about systemic
structural change in a number of sports; modernise event
presentation for young people and bring a new profile, look and
feel of competitive sport for school age children. This event is
UK wide and offers development funding to assist a review of the
Table Tennis competition structure...>more
Volunteer
co-ordinator incentive scheme
 448
vouchers valued at £4976 have recently been sent to 29 clubs
and leagues who successfully applied for funding to implement a
volunteer support plan. A second phase of the scheme is being
rolled out in September with a closing date of 31st December 06.
To
be eligible registered Premier Clubs and local leagues must have
a named Volunteer Coordinator, a person whose key role is to
help recruit new volunteers and match their skills to roles
within a club or league.
Each
successful club/league will receive vouchers from the ETTA
(worth up to £200), which can be used to implement the plan.
The funding is restricted for up to six projects per region.
Decisions will be made regionally, based on support of a broad
range of volunteers, particularly young volunteers.
To
download a copy of the application form please visit the
volunteering pages on the ETTA website...>more
 The
ETTA coaching provision has recently been modified to meet the
Long Term Development of our young players, particularly at
Regional level.
At
regional level ‘Performance Centres’ will provide important
training opportunities for selected players in a particular
catchment area. All the existing Development Centres and High
Performance centres will come under the name of ‘Performance
Centres’, with the one exception and that is the High
Performance Centre in the East Midlands which has the strength
of players necessary to be given the ‘High’ status.
The
‘best’ players in their age group from the whole region will
also be selected to attend more intensive training days on a
monthly basis. A scheme, subsidised by the ETTA to hold Regional
Performance Squad Training over weekends is being piloted and if
successful will be extended next season. Regional weekend
training has proved to be very successful abroad and Steen Kyst
Hansen (ETTA Technical Manager) is keen to have the same
provision here.
It
will ensure that more young players throughout the country
receive high level coaching similar to that provided at the
Youth Development Squad with the intention of improving the
overall standard.
The
Regional Performance provision both at ‘Performance Centres’
and ‘Regional Performance Squads’ will be important in the
ETTA talent ID programme and selection into Youth Development
Squad and National Squads.
Players
attending Regional Performance Training will also be eligible to
be selected to represent their region at the National Regional
Squad Championships in April 2007.
Jenny
Heaton (VC National Coaching)
Photo:
Desmond Douglas coaching with the Youth Development Squad at
Lilleshall.
ENTRY
FORMS FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR OPEN TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS
Entry
forms for the following tournaments are available to download
here. For a full list of Table Tennis events click
here.
If
you or anyone in your organisation would like to attend any ETTA
courses please contact your Regional
Development Officer, or
Gina
Rogers National Coaching Administrator, Tel: 01424 431222,
for details of courses in your area.
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(photo
David Wearn)
Alan
Cooke - playing in his first ever Veterans event performed
superbly to come through approximately 1000 competitors to win
the Over 40 Singles Gold Medal at the World Veterans
Championships in Bremen.
His semi final defeat of current World Over 40 Singles Champion
Mikael Appelgren of Sweden was a superb performance which
saw Alan run to a straight three game win 10, 7, 7
In the Final he faced Peter Aranyosi of Hungary and in a tight 5
set match Alan Cooke prevailed winning 8 in the fifth to take
the first ever Over 40's Championship for an English player
Alan said "I'm thrilled. To win a world title
at any standard is great. I'm very proud
and the support I got from the English players and supporters
here was magnificent."
Alan Cooke's Results... >more
ENTRY
FORMS AVAILABLE FOR THE NATIONAL JUNIOR AND CADET LEAGUES
Entry
to the NJL and NCL over the last few years has really reflected
the upsurge in cadet and junior Table Tennis taking place
throughout the country. The format for both of these
competitions has been a success from the start. Played over four
weekends in many of new multi table facilities sprouting up in
each of the regions, the leagues provide an ideal opportunity to
develop skills and meet young players from neighbouring clubs
and local leagues. Entry forms for this year's competitions are
now available to download from the ETTA website's home page... >more.
CHAIRMAN'S
FORUM
The
ETTA's Chairman Mr Alex Murdoch publishes a monthly newsletter
on the ETTA Website giving up to date information on current
issues and topics related to the game. To view this months
newsletter and view previous issues click here.
NICOLA
CLARKE HEADS FOR PASTURES NEW
The
ETTA would like to wish all the best to Nicola Clarke the ETTA
SW Region Development Officer, who is heading off for pastures
new to work with the Youth Sport Trust.
PAUL
DRINKHALL AND
DARIUS KNIGHT TOP SEEDS FOR CITY OF LIVERPOOL
BUTTERFLY GP
Our
two Olympic hopefuls, Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight, take the
top two seeds in the men’s singles.
Play
starts from 9am on the Saturday at Wavertree Tennis Centre. With
the Men's and Women's singles commencing on Sunday morning. Live
near to the NW and want to see our best players in action why
not come along, free admission for spectators.
The
City of Liverpool Open – Saturday and Sunday 19th/20th August
2006.
PUBLICITY
OFFICER REQUIRED FOR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The
ETTA County Championships committee would like to recruit a
Publicity Officer to report on the County Champion matches for
the TT News and ETTA website. If you like to find out more about
the role please contact Les
Smith Tel: 01453 886686.
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