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How to achieve victories in modern table tennis

At a recent European coaching conference held in Zagreb, Croatia, LI Xiaodong who is a highly profiled expert and coach from China made a presentation to 60 participants from the  23 European Associations who took part took. LI Xiaodong is the coach of former 3 times World Champion Wang Liqin and many, many other World and Olympic Champions. To enjoy the full story please go the following webpage: http://www.ettu.org/level2.php?id=7&id2=59

To download the full presentation please click on2_LI XIAODONG_Victories_Modern_TT

Reading 4 to 5 times may assist to absorb this fasinating insight into Chinese table tennis.

Standing room only at Hutt Intermediate demonstration

On Wednesday 12th May TTW Coach( and former student at the school )Andrew Hubbard together with former pro Catherine Zhou performed a demonstration at Hutt Intermediate. The visit was organised by Mrs Paula Willis-Love and Mrs Catherine Sawyer, both who are keen to see the sport grow at the school .  The school have  three good quality Butterfly tables permanently set up in the school where students are able to play before school, at breaks and after school.

The demonstration attracted a large number of students and as well as the opportunity to try and return Catherine’s service the students were given information about where to go and play in clubs in the Hutt Valley.

Andrew will be returning weekly to carry out coaching sessions with both the boys and the girls.

TTW, COLLEGE SPORT WELLINGTON and KIWISPORT combine to grow table tennis in Wellington region High schools

As part of the KiwiSport initiatives, Table Tennis Wellington , as part of a project have been granted some funding support to promote/grow/introduce Table Tennis into Secondary Schools of the region.

Table Tennis Wellington believe the huge interest shown in the yearly one off College Championships is an indicator that a weekly competition for High School students has the potential to develop into a competition attracting hundreds of participants.

Table Tennis Wellington coach Andrew Hubbard has been charged with driving this programme which will be piloted this term in Hutt Valley Schools and expanding to Wellington & possibly Western Bays Schools in term 3.

Essentially there are 3 programme components: School Demonstrations, Coaching for students provided at the competition venues and schools and competition commencing Wednesday 26 May [4.00-6.00] at the Empire table tennis Club and running for 6 consecutive week. This promo, coaching , competition program format will be replicated in Wellington in Term 3 based at the Wellington Table Tennis Stadium commencing 10 August – 14 September.

Hutt High Coach Gary Murphy(4 time winner of NZL National High School Championships)

2010 Marlborough Open

There were players from Canterbury (C), Marlborough (M), Nelson (N) and one from Wellington (W) at Simcox Stadium (Blenheim Indoor Centre).  Chris Hood and Debbie Stratford were the main tournament organisers.

Top Seed Yi-Sien Lin (C) dominated the Open events.  He won the Men’s Singles against Stuart Amstrong (C) in a high quality final 4-1 where Stuart let a big lead slip in the 4th game which would have made the score 2-2.  Lin also won the Men’s Doubles with William Pringle (C) against Stuart Armstrong/Simon Fenwick (C) 3-1  and the Mixed Doubles with Kali Stratford (M) against Simon Fenwick/Mimi Walle (C) 3-1.

Mimi Walle (C) won the Women’s Singles (Round Robin) and prevented Akiko Goto (C) a third straight singles success.  These two combined to win the Women’s Doubles against Amanda Niblett (C)/ Kali Stratford 3-1.

In the O40 MS Stuart Armstrong found himself 0-2 down against Steve Craw (C) before taking control to win the last 3 games easily.  Mimi Walle continued her domination over Akiko Goto to win the O40 WS 3-0.  The O50 MS was won by Mark Nalder (N) and the O50 WS by Kath Gilchrist (M).  The O60 MS was won by Steve Craw.

Malcolm Wong (W) proved to be the doubles king.  He won the Second Grade MD with Sigmund Sue (M) and O40 & O50 MD with Mark Nalder.  Malcolm was also runner up in the O40 XD with Akiko Goto and the O50 MS.

pic 1: Mark Nalder and Malcolm Wong – O40/O50 MD Winners. pic 2: Malcolm Wong and Sigmund Sue – 2nd Grade MD Winners

Mark Nalder and Malcolm Wong – Marlborough O40 & O50 MD WinnersMalcolm Wong and Sigmund Sue – Marlborough 2nd Grade MD Winners

Attached: Marlborough Open 2010 results

Waterloo Junior Club visit

The Waterloo Junior Club is based out of the Waterloo School Hall in Waterloo. The junior club night is every friday from 7.00-9.30pm. On Friday May 7  TTW coach Andrew Hubbard made a visit to the club. Waterloo club coach Alan Costley commented that the club has been running well with full attendances. He is being assisted in the running of the club by Brian Pearson and Premier player Steve Chapmen.  Andrew commented on the improvement seen in many promising young players including Sean Hanson, Rueben Reid and Jessica Pearson. Andrew also took note of the  talented ‘Chapmen’ sisters Samantha and Angela.

North Island Under 15 Boys Doubles Champions

Congratulations Matthew Sheppard and Caleb Magan (both Waterloo club). Winners of the 2010 North Island Under 15 Boys doubles title.

Karori Table Tennis Club – Training in the VIP room

On Monday 10 May TTW Coach Andrew Hubbard carried out a coaching visit to the Karori Club. The Karori club operate out of the Karori Recreational Center, which is just behind the Karori library. Junior and Senior Club run on Monday nights and  are combined with the junior club running from 7.00-8.15pm, with a light supper  afterwards. Seniors start at 8.15pm and go until 10.00pm sharp with the center closing then.

Club Stalwart Jack Ho commented that the club has been running well with good numbers of both juniors and seniors attending the club. He’s excited by some of the young talent coming through at the club including Owen Su, Ben Westenra and David Van Drimmelin.

Andrew carried out two hours of multi-ball training with a number of enthusiastic club members on the new donic tables in the VIP room. Want to know more, get along to one of the Karori clubnights to find out.

Inter primary school competition a big success.

Played at the Waterloo school hall on Wednesday 28th April the annual competion for the central zone  primary schools  was attended by Wellesley College, Eastern Hutt school, Muratai, Waterloo and Saint’s  Peter and  Paul school.  Association stalwarts Alan Costley and Bruce Northover were on hand to make sure all ran smoothly.

TTW Coach Andrew Hubbard was on hand and carried out a demonstration along with former Chinese professional Catherine Zhao which was very well received by students and teachers alike.

Wellesley captured the boys division and Eastern Hutt the girls.

Wairarapa Visit – Red Star Veteran club active and encouraging youth.

At the invitation of the Red Star Veteran Table Tennis Club TTW Coach Andrew Hubbard made a visit to the club which is situated in Masterton to carry out a day long coaching clinic. Des Orange who is the current Secretary and Treasurer organised the visit and explained “The club currently operates on a Tuesday morning from 9-12 and we normally get 20-25 people, on Thursday we have a club night from 5-7 and get 10-15 players along. It’s normally veterans who are encouraging younger players to come along. We play an annual fixture against Tawa and Kapiti Coast and try to support the Wellington vets tournaments.”

When asked for sometime positive that was happening and a negative Des replied ” Something positive is that the players that we do have are really keen and theres a great club spirit. Many of them travel quite a way to get home every week. Our main problem is trying to get people interested in admin roles.”

TTW Coach Andrew Hubbard commented that he enjoyed the visit,  saw a lot of improvement, needed to ‘slow’ a few players down during the ‘crossover’ footwork drills and is looking forward to a return visit.

2009 Winter Interclub Results

… are here: 2009 Winter R14

2010 Summer Interclub Results

… are here: 2010 Summer Interclub R7

Empire Club – new Thursday Night

Empire Table Tennis Club is starting a Thursday Night casual play session called “Public Ping Pong”. This commences tomorrow (May 6).

Tables are available for casual use at $4 per person or $10 per family.

The session runs from 7pm to 9pm every Thursday night.

Please invite interested friends, relatives or workmates to come along.

2010 North Island Results…

…will update this with full results soon, for now:

2010 North's O50s men's doubles.
2010 North's O50s men's doubles. Depak Patel (gold), Malcolm Wong (silver with David Scott), Bryan McConnochie (gold)

Malcolm Wong Umpiring 2009 Glasgow

Malc umpiring
Malcolm ever alert!

Here’s a quick pic from Malcolm Wong (far left)…

Commonwealth Table Tennis Champs (Glasgow) 2009 – Teams match (Men’s) South Africa (3) v Malaysia (1)

L/R Malcolm Wong (Umpire – New Zealand) Kho Mao Sheng (Malaysia) Luke Abrahams (South Africa) Brian Powell (Assistant Umpire – Guernsey)

Match won by Kho 3-0 (11-8 17-15 13-11)

2010 North Island’s under way…

…early success: Gold in the U15 boys’ doubles.  Gold and silver in O50 doubles… full news soon…

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