National Awards Announcement for the 2023/24 Season

The National Award recipients were presented by the President, Pat Hunter at the Annual General Meeting on the 8^th of June 2024, in the Conference Room at the Irish Sports HQ. 

This year’s Joe Veselsky Award in recognition of endeavour and achievement on behalf of the Association has been awarded to Adrian Brown. Adrian has undertaken the Safeguarding Officer role for TTU in a Voluntary capacity, for a number of years ensuring governance requirements are met in this important role and delivering many training courses for TTU coaches and volunteers. As a member of TTU Committee he has also been central in securing additional grant funding to support Table Tennis development.

Alongside this Adrian is a qualified Umpire and Tournament Referee and he has devoted a considerable amount of time in an unpaid capacity in officiating at numerous TT events and also organising and acting as tournament referee for a significant number of local and national events.

Adrian’s professionalism is these roles sets an example to players and supporters alike.

A very worthy winner!