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Awards Scheme for the 2021/2022 season now open

by AwardsNational EventsTTI News

Table Tennis Ireland invites nominations under its Awards Scheme for the 2021/2022 season. Nominations for all the Award categories must be received on the specified form by Monday 2nd of May 2022 at 5pm. Applications can be emailed to [email protected] or posted to Irish Sports HQ, Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, D15 DY62.

Please note that there will be two awards made within the Junior Player of the Year category.

Please click  HERE for the Nomination Form and please click HERE for the Criteria for the Awards Scheme.

Should you have any queries on the Awards Scheme, please contact by email or by phone at +353 1 6251135.

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Entries for 2022 Joola Irish Senior & Junior Closed National Championships are now open

by National EventsTTI News

The 2022 Joola Irish National Junior and Senior Closed Championships will take place on the 15th/16th/17th April at the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) in Dublin.

Entries are now open through our JustGo system (see link below) and will close at 5pm on Monday 4th of April. All players and coaches are advised to read the Entry Form for full details on the events taking place, tournament regulations and Covid 19 Health Measures.

Entry Link:  

https://tti.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=1173D2918C2E261535180E87143F87C2A62AFE6F

Entry form and further details, downloadable below:

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Any queries should be sent to [email protected] 

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  Munster Open Vets Table Tennis Report and Results (12/03/2022) 

by MastersTTI News

Ladies Round Robin 

This competition was played with a lot of high quality and a series of closely fought matches. Geraldine beat Sharron in a tight 4 sets and followed this up with wins over Ikuko, Renata and Ann-Marie. She suffered her only defeat against Teresa in a very tight 5 set match. Teresa also had wins over Renata, a very tight 3 set match with Ikuko and an even tighter 15-13 5th set win over Sharron. Her only loss was to Ann-Marie, again in 5 sets. Ikuko came out on top in another 5 set win over Sharron and she followed this up with a win over Renata.  

The final standings were 1) Geraldine 2) Teresa 3) Ann-Marie 4) Ikuko 5) Sharron 6) Renata 

Mens 40’s 

In the top half of the draw Rory Scott had a 3 set win over Paul Gallagher in the quarter final. Daryl Strong won in 4 sets against Mark McAlister with the first 2 sets being extremely tight. Rory and Daryl met in the semi’s. This match was very close and Rory held a slight advantage in the 5th when we experienced an electrical power failure. When the match recommenced, Daryl ( no pun intended) was the stronger and gained victory. In the bottom half of the draw Pat McCloughan had a straight set win over Dave Gibbons. Robbie Gavin who is getting back to form had a close 4 set victory of Dermot Tierney. After a close 1st set Pat progressed to the final with a straight sets win over Robbie. The final was won in 4 sets  by Daryl. 

Mens 50’s 

In the top half of the draw Pat had a straight sets win over Des Flanagan in the quarters. Mark McAlister also had a straight sets win over Philip Shaw. Pat and Mark met in the semi’s and Pat came back from 2 sets down to force a 5th set. Mark on this occasion sealed the victory 11-6. 

In the bottom half of the draw Branco had a close 3 set match with Paul Gallagher. Dave Gibbons won in 4 sets against Dave P. In the semi final Branco had a straight sets win over Dave Gibbons and followed this up with a 3-0 victory over Mark in the final 

Mens 60’s 

Branco won a close 5 set match in the quarters with Sean McAnaney . Brian Finn had a straight sets win over Keld. Brian and Branco had a 5 set classic with Branco coming back from 2 sets down to win a close 5th set in the semi’s. In the bottom half of the draw Terry Dolan had a straight sets win in the quarters over Fergal but due to the electrical power issue, he had to give a walkover in the semi’s. Philip Shaw in the quarters came back from 2 sets down against yours truly to show greater strength and win in 5 sets. Branco and Philip met in the final and Branco showing the top form that saw him reach 2 finals on the day, won in 4 sets. 

Mens 70’s 

In the quarters Shay O’Reilly had a 4 set victory over David Jacobson. In the bottom half of the draw Sean Moran rolled back the years and had a shock win over Jim Storey. Sean followed this up with a semi final victory over Ken Peare. Brian Finn had a straight sets win over Shay in the semi final and he followed this up with another straight sets win over Sean in the final. 

All Results Downloadable Below:

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International Women’s Week

by TTI News

Monday 7th of March – Interview with Para Female Table Tennis Player Aoife Kelly. Watch the interview here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3019964734934379

Tuesday 8th of March – Mental Toughness Workshop with TTI Ambassador Tara Fusco and Female School St. Raphaelas Secondary School.

Tuesday 8th of March – International Women’s Day, Celebrating all the females within our Sport.

Wednesday 9th of March – Launch of Break the Bias, members encourage to strike the break the bias pose to support International Women’s Week.

Thursday 10th of March – Interview with Female Umpire, Brenda Burns.

Friday 11th of March – Focus on one of the amazing female leaders that we have within our Sport. Catch up and spotlight for our female player and coach Mia O’Rahilly who is currently playing and coaching with a club in Italy. Gaining some great experience.

See the interviews here: https://punditarena.com/irish-sport/thepateam/showcase-table-tennis-mia-egan/, https://tabletennisireland.ie/catch-up-with-female-player-and-coach-mia-orahilly-egan/

Thank you to all our members for taking part in International Women’s Week.

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Women in Sport Racquet Sports Leadership Programme – Second Round

by TTI News

Badminton Ireland, Irish Squash, Table Tennis Ireland and Tennis Ireland are delighted to present our second round of our collaboration between all four sports. The programme, entitled ‘The Racquet Sports Leadership Programme’ will give female coaches from our four sports the opportunity to gain knowledge and collaborate with each other. All four sports would like to thank the Women in Sport Unit at Sport Ireland for their support of this programme.

Participants will learn more on the following four key coaching areas; leadership, psychology, performance analysis and communication. There will be a guest speaker for each of our online sessions, along with the Women in Sports Leads on hand to facilitate them. This programme is aimed at female coaches starting out on their pathway to coaching. It will be delivered in a hybrid format with three weeks online and the fourth week with a face to face meet-up and the final workshop.

Second Round

We are delighted to announce the schedule for our Second Round of the Racquet Sports Leadership Programme, all taking place in the month of April.

Leadership Training – 4th April

Sports Psychology – 11th April

Performance Analysis & Face-to-Face Meeting – 23rd April – National Indoor Arena, Dublin

Communication Skills in Coaching – 25th April

**it is compulsory to attend every session

Please see below, the information sheet, which includes the Criteria for this programme.

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Register to the Racquet Sports Coaches Leadership Programme Here: https://forms.gle/ci8Uw8piUn7eooDJ6

Closing Date for applications is March 25th @ 5PM

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Events Update

by National EventsTTI News

Since the removal of public health measures towards the end of January, the Events committee are pleased to see a return to competition in schools, clubs and provincially.

We are delighted to confirm that the 2022 Joola National Championships will take place at the Irish Wheelchair Association from Friday 15th of April to Sunday 17th of April. The entry form and online registration will be available by the end of next week.

We can also confirm that the 2022 Senior and Junior Inter Provincial Championships will take place on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th of April at the Irish Wheelchair Association. We are excited about the return of this event following a two year absence

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Save the Date – 2022 AGM of ITTA

by TTI News

Table Tennis Ireland wishes to advise all members that the Annual General Meeting of the Irish Table Tennis Association Company Limited by Guarantee will take place on Saturday 11th of June 2022 in Irish Sport HQ at the National Sports Campus.

Further details will be announced for the meeting in due course. Please note that only paid affiliated members who are registered seven days before the date of the AGM are entitled to attend.

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GLENBURN MASTERS

by MastersNational EventsTTI News

After the 2-year delay caused by Covid, the Masters returned to Glenburn on 25 February 2022 for a long day’s play in 5 categories. Unusually the winners were almost all different from the previous event at Palmerston. 

The blue riband event is always the men’s 40s, and normal service was resumed with Daryl Strong, back after illness, strolling through. He dropped just 1 game, to the impressive Pat McCloughan in a hard-fought match. Daryl beat his Ormeau team-mate Phil Wallace at the group stage and again in the final, Phil having overcome the Leinster winner, the much-travelled Rory Scott, in the semi. 

It was good to see that Annemarie had recovered sufficiently from Covid to contest the Ladies round robin event. Ger Greene won out, securing a decisive win over Annemarie who finished second overall. Ikuko claimed third place. She won a marathon five setter with Paula, and just lost deuce in the fifth to Annemarie. Though disappointed with close results, Paula can be pleased with her performance. Sharon’s rehabilitation from a serious wrist injury continues, and progress is noticeable. 

Pat was a comfortable winner of the 50s, beating Mark McAlister in the final in straight sets. In the semis Pat had beaten Paul Gallagher (3-1) who had done well to put out Willie Cherry, while Mark had beaten Des Flanagan 3-0. 

The first event of the day was the 60s, which was a triumph for Glenburn’s own Willie Cherry, who was only extended in the quarter final by his team-mate Norman Nabney. 40 years of practising together made the match look like routines at times, but Willie won easily in the fifth 11-6. In the final he beat Keld Jaksland who was making a welcome return to tournament play. Keld had beaten Norman in the group and then Jeremy Lappin in the final. 

The last event to finish was the 70s, which saw another title head to Glenburn, when Norman beat Barry Dickson 11-9 in the fifth – it is well-known that Norman likes to get value for his entry fees and 5 sets is Norm’s norm (sorry)! He beat the Leinster winner Brian Finn  in the semi , while chaos reigned in the other half of the draw. Jim Storey surprisingly lost in 4 to Dave Jacobson, who then lost to Barry in 5. 

Thanks are due to the Glenburn club for running the event, and to their committee, particularly to Neil McGrath who was at the top table without a break all day, and to Herbie Ross who refereed the day’s play. 

Results are available here: https://tabletennisireland.ie/ivtts-glenburn-open-results-26th-february/

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IVTTS Glenburn Open Results– 26th February

by MastersNational EventsTTI News

A very exciting IVTTS event took place at the weekend – The Glenburn Open.

The results are available to download below:

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On the left a hot and sweaty Norman Nabney immediately after winning the 70s title! On the right Willie Cherry with time to cool down and look his normal dapper self after winning the 60s event.

Well done to all the players for competing and making the event a very entertaining one. A big thank you to the volunteers for helping run the event. A special mention to the Glenburn Club for running the event and making it a hugely successful event.