Issue 4

February

2005

Welcome to the

English Table Tennis Association

national e-mail bulletin

Dream Line-up contesting $175,000 spectacular at Fairfield Hall

There are a limited number of places still available on the ETTA National Volunteers Conference "A Helping Hand" being held at Lilleshall National Sports Centre over the weekend of 12/13 March 2005. Closing date: 25 February 2005.

The conference is part of the ETTA volunteer support strategy aimed at recruiting, retaining and recognising new and existing volunteers.

Each Premier Club and League has been offered two places each at the heavily subsidised rate of just £19 fully inclusive of Saturday night accommodation, all conference meals, refreshments and materials. Normal cost £115 per delegate.

With three times Commonwealth Champion Matthew Syed and the Chairperson of the ITTF Women’s Development Committee Dorte Kronsell as the two keynote speakers, the conference has much to offer those looking to develop and strengthen club or league Table Tennis.

If you are a volunteer with a club or league and would like to attend, contact your club or local league secretary to see whether they have used their allocated space.

For further information and to download a copy of the conference registration form click here, or contact Martin Ireland on (m) 07971 186 405.

The Sport England investment into its sports programme for the next four year funding cycle has allocated table tennis £1.735M for the fiscal year 2005/6. This is in addition to the £158,000 Commonwealth Games funding already in place.

This investment spans from grass roots to international level and will be used to focus on increasing participation and performance including the development of an improved infrastructure of clubs, coaches and volunteers.

Stephen Baddeley, Sport England's Director of Sport, said: " We hope this funding announcement will provide a boost for the English Table Tennis Association at all levels from grass roots through the club structure to elite....>more

England's Paul Drinkhall (15), Darius Knight (14) and Gavin Evans (11) return to play in the Safir International Tournament in Orebro, Sweden, later this month where they performed so well twelve months ago.

London born Darius won the Boys under 14 singles title whilst Paul from Cleveland, won the under 13 title with Nottingham based Gavin Evans, still only 11 years old, winning the under 12 event.

Surrey's Joanne Parker who is now playing in Germany won the Women's Class 1 title and is also lined up to play, as are Abigail Embling (Essex) and Warwickshire's Kelly Sibley.

All six players will also be taking part in the ITTF World Junior Circuit event which runs alongside the international event and is one of seven world junior international events in this year's ITTF calendar....>more 
 

The “TT Networker” Table Tennis Leadership Award is now available to run in your club or school.

The award, aimed at 15-18 year olds, can be delivered as a bolt on to the British Sport Trust's Community Sports Leader Award (former CSLA) or as a stand alone course. It is designed to give young people the skills and confidence to assist in the organising and running of table tennis activities such as coaching, officiating or running junior competitions.

If you are interested in organising a course, please contact your ETTA Regional Development Officer, or contact the ETTA Teaching and Training Administrator on tel: 01424 431222, e-mail: teachandtrain@englishtabletennis.org.uk.

2005 is the Year of the Volunteer, a year-long celebration of the amazing work volunteers do and a call to action to get more and more of us volunteering.

Early in 2004, Chancellor Gordon Brown designated 2005 as the Year of the Volunteer. The Home Office, as the government department with responsibility for encouraging active citizenship, is working in partnership with two well-established volunteering organisations Volunteering England and Community Service Volunteers (CSV) to coordinate the Year.

Aims of the Year

The Year's main aims are to:

• Increase the number of volunteers, particularly individuals from marginalised groups and young people

• Open up more volunteering opportunities in the public and voluntary sector

• Raise the profile of the work volunteers are doing nationwide

• Thank volunteers everywhere for their time and commitment

August is designated as the month for sport. If your club would like to get involved in the Year of the Volunteer campaign, go to Volunteer organisations and the Year of the Volunteer.

Year of the Volunteer - Small Grants Programme
Volunteering England, in partnership with BitC (Business in the Community), The Media Trust, TimeBank and Youth Action Network, Youthnet, are distributing small grants in order to enable and encourage more people to participate in the Year by taking action to address the needs of their own communities.

Small grants will be available to projects which: 

• are conceived, organized and led by local people

• address a local need which they have identified as important AND

• engage other local people in their delivery

These projects can be:

• one off activities, OR

• a series of activities or events all of which must take place during 2005

Grants are available from £500 to £6000 for further details Click here

Entry forms for the following tournaments are available to download here. For a full list of Table Tennis events click here.

South & South East

Teacher/Sport Leader and Level 2 Coaching Course

Greenway School, Horsham, Sussex - 19/20 March 2005

Wesley Bush-Harris Tel: (m) 07980 586450

Eastern

Table Tennis Development Officer (TTDO) Award Course

Hitchin Boys School, Hertfordshire - Sunday 20 March 2005

Contact: Mark Dare Tel. 07971 075598

North West

Teacher/Sport Leader and Level 2 Coaching Course

Tonge TTC, Castlehill, Bolton - 21/22 May 2005

Contact: Andrea Holt Tel: 01204 334152

National

ETTA Level 3 Coaching Course

Lilleshall National Sports Centre - 16/19 June 2005

Contact: Caroline Austin Tel: 01424 431222

If you or anyone in your organisation would like to attend any ETTA courses please contact your Regional Development Officer, or Caroline Austin, Teaching and Training Administrator, Tel: 01424 431222, for details of courses in your area.

Jan-Ove Waldner has secured an almost mythical status within the sport following his heroics at the Olympic Games in Athens last August. The English Table Tennis Association is delighted to announce that this living legend will be competing on these shores, for probably the last time, on July 23rd 2005.

After the remarkable success of last year’s BBC televised competition at the magnificent Fairfield Concert Hall in Croydon, the Super Circuit returns to South London in the form of the Table Tennis Masters. The prize money for the one-day event is a staggering $175,000, with the winner pocketing a cheque for $70,000 (about £40,000)..... >more

CLUBMARK

Congratulations to the following Premier Clubs who are the first to receive the Sport England Clubmark Award:

 Admiral Lord Nelson School TTC

Langdon Community TTC

Ellenborough TTC

Waterside TTC

Hollingbury TTC

Halton TTC

St. Helens Junior TTC

Clubmark is incorporated as part of the ETTA accreditation programme for clubs with junior sections in recognition of a quality club.... >more

ENGLISH SCHOOLS' TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

ESTTA are looking for members to join its executive committee. If you would like to know more please contact: Gail McCulloch ESTTA Secretary

COMMUNITY COACH JOB OPPORTUNITIES

As the PE, school sport and club links (PESSCL) programme, starts to roll out in locations throughout the country, a number of Community Coach job opportunities are steadily being advertised, for a list current job opportunities click here. For further information on the PESSCL programme click here

TABLE TENNIS ON EUROSPORT

MS International (the marketing arm of the ITTF) has concluded an agreement with Eurosport International, the pan-European sports channel (available in 58 countries) to broadcast the World Championships, the Men's World Cup and the European Championships.

This agreement will run until 2009

This means that there will be more than 100 hours of table tennis on Eurosport over the next 5 years.

The next events to be shown will be:

European Championships - Aarhus, Denmark - March 27th to April 4th 2005

World Championships - Shanghai, China - April 28th to May 5th 2005

CHILD PROTECTION & Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Checks

The English Table Tennis Association, as a provider of services and activities for children and young people under the age of 18, takes its duty of care as a National Governing Body of Sport in England seriously. 

For an update on the Policies and Guidelines relating to Child Protection and CRB checks click here.

Click here here to download a pdf order form.

ETTA STAFF APPOINTMENTS

The ETTA is pleased to announce the following staff appointments:

Matt Henaughan

National Club & Schools Officer

Richard Pettit,

National Communications Officer

Phil Webster

North East Regional

Development Officer

Daniel McLaren

National Events Officer

Contact details via the ETTA Tel: 01424 722525.

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