News Update - February 2010
Monday Evening Sessions
The Hillingdon Community Trust has given HTTC a grant for the second year to help cover the cost of renting courts and paying coaches specifically for our Monday Advanced Coaching sessions.
These sessions have been highly successful. This has been proven with the improved results in the Wembley and Harrow League and in the National Junior and Cadet leagues. Despite this, it has been felt that this session can be greatly improved to benefit even more players and attract more club members.
To help us, Aaron Fennell (ETTA regional coach – London Area) visited this session on the 1st February 2010. He was impressed with the club but agreed that we would benefit a great deal more with a major reorganisation of this session. He has agreed to attend three of these sessions to help us reorganise.
Monday 8th March Aaron Fennell will restructure and supervise the Advanced coaching on a minimum of six tables. This will leave any remaining tables for Club coaches not taking part in the Advance coaching to help with beginners.
Monday 15th March DaQing Tong will supervise the coaching session with Aaron observing and passing on his advice.
Monday 22nd March Radavan Zivokvic will supervise the coaching session with Aaron observing and passing on his advice.
From this point on the control of the sessions will alternate between DaQing and Radavan.
Please can players note the following changes that will apply from 8th March 2010.
1. Players must arrive and be ready to start at 6.00 prompt. Once the coaching session has started players that arrive late will only be able to help with the beginners on the spare tables.
2. Coaching will cease at 7.45 allowing time for cool down exercise and the packing up of the equipment.
3. For non members of HTTC there will be a fee of £1.00.
NB. This is a coaching session and not general practice. We have three excellent coaches and it is up to us to get the best coaching from them.
DaQing was in the top ten junior National rankings back in China where Table Tennis is the National Sport and is currently playing in the British league.
Radavan was a top European player and plays in the County league representing Middlesex
Mo is a top class player. Unfortunately, due to injury he is unable to take part in competitive play. Despite this he has a great deal to offer us a coach.
Friday Evening Sessions
These sessions are getting very busy again. Please let Sue or Mo know if you wish to start up the Groups of three matches.
It is planned to have a HTTC singles Championship for the Allen Roper Trophy. Entry forms will be available soon
Saturday morning Sessions
An extra week has been added to the Hillingdon Junior League to make up for the missed matches due to snow. We have two more official weeks of matches and then two weeks of catch up. Please can all teams make every effort to start matches quickly and complete matches as soon as possible.
It is planned to have a HTTC Junior singles Championship for the Allen Roper Junior Trophy. Entry forms will be available soon
Wembley and Harrow League
The first team is currently 8th in division two. Felix Wang has increased his average to 85%.
The second team is currently lying 4th in division five. Carola Kruse has overtaken Swaran Matharu in the averages with 60%.
The third team continue with their tremendous performance in division five maintaining position 1 with a lead of 8 points. Well done!! Daniel Tant (a junior club member) has an average of 81.58% followed by Dipesh Chudasama with 79.49%.
Wembley and Harrow Cup Matches
The second team lost 2 – 5 to Kenton 3 in the third round of the Elvin Junior cup.
Hillingdon 3 beat Eastcote6 5 - 2 in the Elvin Junior plate but in the next round lost to Vagabonds5 4 – 5 after a great battle.
Wembley and Harrow Closed Championships
There was a certain lack of entries from the gentlemen members of the Club. Fortunately our Juniors more than made up for it. We had two entrants in the Juniors and six in the cadets. We also had two representatives in the ladies but injury prevented a further two.
National Cadet League
The session scheduled for 31st January was cancelled and rearranged for the 7th March.
National Junior League
After six matches the team is in second place of the second division. Well Done!! Jonny Smith and Daniel Tant both have an average of 89%.
The Move
The new Hillingdon Sports centre in Uxbridge can accommodate the time slots for our current sessions but are unable to store any of our equipment. As they only have three tables we are unable to accept their current offer. Once the new centre is up and running properly they will look again into the possibilities of finding storage for our equipment.
The new centre has had a soft opening on the weekend 20th / 21st Feb and the official opening is expected for the 23rd March 2010.
The Hillingdon Sports Development has guaranteed us a place at the new Botwell lane centre and currently investigating our storage requirements.
General
Please can members observe a suitable dress code for playing Table Tennis at all sessions especially the advanced coaching sessions on Mondays? Footwear should be well fitting sports shoes with soles that do not mark the Sports Hall floor. Sports clothing should be comfortable, well fitting and allow for freedom of movement. Not tight fitting jeans with low waists which inhibit agility and speed of movement. Many of the ‘Fashion Statement’ Trainers are not suitable for playing Table Tennis and are considered to be unsafe.
Please can members make sure that all empty drink bottles and rubbish is placed in the waste bin located in the lobby area?
Club T shirts are available at £5 each.
Dates to Remember
7th February 2010 - National Junior League second group of matches
21st February 2010 - National Junior League third group of matches
7th March 2010 - National Cadet League third group of matches (rearranged date)
21st March 2010 - National Junior League fourth group of matches
28th March 2010 - National Cadet League fourth group of matches
2nd April 2010 - No session on Good Friday
3rd April 2010 - English under 11 & 13 National Table Tennis Championships 2009/10
4th April 2010 - English under 12 & 14 National Table Tennis Championships 2009/10
5th April 2010 - No Monday advanced coaching session
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