We have created a video featuring some of our female players and coaches who are empowering females, and inspiring more women to get involved in sport.
We wish to thank Mia O’Rahilly Egan, Claire Heller, Rachael Scott, Sophie Earley, Nicole Scott and Erin Thompson for taking part in the video and showing us how they are keeping active in lockdown.
Join Sport Ireland Coaching as we explore the officiating pathway for females in Ireland and how can they can be improved.
Speakers on the day include Michelle O’Neill, a League of Ireland official and FIFA International Assistant Official and Maggie Farrelly, GAA and Ladies Gaelic Football official at provincial and national level.
Both speakers bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table and will discuss their experiences of progressing through the ranks of refereeing and officiating and their hopes for the future and the development of a pathway to encourage more women in to refereeing and officiating in all sports.
Registration for the event through this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wV5-fdzBT9aDkZISRQuW2g
The webinar is open to all with an interest in women in sport and particularly suitable for anyone currently officiating, those who have an interest in the pathway and NGB staff interested in developing more female officials in their sport.
International Women’s Day (8th of March) is a global day celebrating the achievements of women. We can all celebrate International Women’s day together by engaging with the international movement, recognising women’s achievements and supporting their continuous contribution in their own environment! Let us congratulate and thank our female Officers, Volunteers, Coaches, Players and Members within Table Tennis Ireland for their involvement and contribution in sport. We encourage you to join us in the coming week.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we have created a video featuring some of our female players and coaches who are empowering females, and inspiring more women to get involved in sport. We wish to thank Mia, Claire and Amanda for taking part in the video.
Throughout the week we will be celebrating Women in Sport, make sure to check out our website and social medias.
Table Tennis Ireland wishes to advise you that the next webinar will take place on Tuesday the 23rd of March at 7.30pm. We are pleased to welcome Ana Carolina Maia, Classification Co-ordinator with Paralympics Ireland, to discuss the classification of Para Table Tennis players.
Our second theme for discussion will be on our soon to be launched Club Development Handbook. We hope this handbook will benefit our club network immensely and offer guidance on how to run a successful table tennis club.
This is not a webinar to miss! To register for this webinar, please email [email protected] by 12pm Monday the 22nd of March and we will send you login details for the webinar. A CPD Certificate will be issued to those who attend!
Paralympics Ireland have launched a new campaign “Next Level”. Which will help support Ireland’s incredible Irish Paralympic Athletes, including our very own Colin Judge on the road to the Tokyo Paralympics and beyond as they bring human achievement to ‘The Next Level’. This campaign is about giving Para athletes full credit for their remarkable level of performance.
This campaign gives the Irish public an opportunity to have an impact on Irish sporting achievements in a way that has never been available before. Every donor will know that they have played a key role in helping Irish Para Athletes achieve major results on the world stage. Irish supporters are rightly known around the world for their vociferous support of their sporting heroes, now we are asking those amazing supporters to support this unique campaign.
To donate click the following link https://justgiving.com/campaign/paralympicsireland, for further details on this campaign check out their website https://paralympics.ie/ or their various social media channels.
Table Tennis Ireland is delighted to learn that former Irish International Jonny Cowan, has recently been appointed Europe General Manager by World Table Tennis (WTT).
In his new role, Jonny will lead the strategic direction in growing table tennis across Europe, a key market for the sport globally. His other responsibilities also include generating tournament opportunities to create a successful pathway for events and players in Europe.
On behalf of Table Tennis Ireland, we would like to congratulate Jonny on this fantastic achievement and we wish him all the best with his new appointment.
To see further information on Jonny’s appointment, please click on the link to ITTF’s press release https://www.ittf.com/2021/02/22/wtt-appoints-cowan-europe-general-manager/
Aedan McGivern plays Table Tennis for Craigavon Table Tennis Club and has represented both Ulster and Ireland at junior level. He was selected to represent Ireland in the European Mini Youth Championships (August 2019) and he also represented Ireland at Molnar Open (January 2020) where he finished 17th in the U13 Boys Singles.
On top of these huge achievements, Aedan has just become the Junior Male of the Year in the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Junior Sports Awards.
Check out the video below of the online Award Ceremony!
Congratulations Aedan from all at Table Tennis Ireland!
Tune into the @RTELateLateShow tonight for the unveiling of some exciting news from Paralympics Ireland! Our very own @ColinJudge95, along with fellow Para-Athletes Nicole Turner, Ellen Keane and Martin Gordon, and Paralympics Ireland President, John Fulham, will be appearing on the show to chat to Ryan Tubridy.
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced that there will be colourful racket coverings arriving later this year. There will be four new colours to choose from: pink, violet, green and blue. The choice of colours had two limitations from the very beginning: the colour of the balls and the black covering are remaining unchanged so the colour needed to be distinguishable from these. Tests and trials were completed by athletes with various different colours, and the ones that were unpopular and not easy to distinguish were removed from the options. Therefore, the options that were left with Pink, Violet, Green and Blue. There will still be the classic red and black rubber combination for those who prefer the classic look.
The ITTF are of the opinion that table tennis is colourful because it is such a diverse sport. It is a sport played by many different personalities globally. Many players find it important to customise their material and coloured rubbers will offer another opportunity to do so in the future.
When the ITTF analysed reactions to the topic on social media over the past few months, the mood was mixed: one third were very happy, one third were totally against and the rest simply didn’t mind.
We at Table Tennis Ireland would like to know your thoughts – reply to our tweet on @TableTennisIRE, check out our poll and use the following hashtags to join in the conversation #ITTF #TableTennisIreland #TableTennis #LoveSport! Let us know your thoughts on this change and get involved on our posts on social media!
Jim Sheehan passed away on Tuesday 9th of February 2021. He represented Ireland at international level, played at Irish Veteran Table Tennis Society tournaments, and was a popular coach at the table tennis club of Waterford Institute of Technology. We wish to extend our deepest sympathies to his wife Ellen, his daughters Miriam and Gillian, his extended family and friends. An online book of condolence is available on the link below:
Condolence book for JIM SHEEHAN, Tramore, Waterford (rip.ie)
