Hollingbury Table Tennis Club invites you to our annual Quiz night which will take place on Saturday 30 OCTOBER 2010 in the function room, Ladies Mile Pub in Patcham.  Pit your wits against Hollingbury’s finest brains!! The Quiz will start at 8pm, so please aim to arrive around 7.30pm. As usual our Quiz Master will be Peter Bartram.

Family and friends are very welcome to come along and we are hoping that you will support this social event. Can you please let Ade know if you plan to enter a team to enable him to get a rough idea of numbers. Teams may comprise of 6 or less people.

£2 per adult and  £1 for juniors to participate and there will be a raffle! It would be great if teams could bring along a prize for the raffle.

 Thanks very much, and I hope to see you on Saturday 30 OCTOBER 2010.

For more info on the big quiz ‘build up’, the ’Team news’  and ‘Major prizes’ visit the Hollingbury TTC Facebook page!

The Boss (Christine) and Wes went to the launch of the Ping London initiative yesterday (details at www.etta.tv)

There were some demos from the top England players Darius Knight and Danny Reed plus an amazing display by Matthew Syed and ‘LEGEND’ Jean-Phillipe Gatien (Take a look at Wikipedia or Youtube)

Here is the ex French World Champ in action – blurred photo by Wes

Dorothy Stringer Sports College will be running a Table Tennis course as part of a big summer camp of sports.

Our very own Steve Chambers will be running the course through out the week starting the 9th August, from 2pm – 4pm each day.

The cost of the weeks Table Tennis is £20 and it is aimed at beginners who wish to improve their skills…

For more details download the application form below:

Dorothy Stringer Summer Camp

Hollingbury Table Tennis Club present:

The Alan Beames Memorial Junior Tournament

to be played on Saturday 11^th September 2010

Hollingbury Table Tennis Club  will be holding our annual Alan Beames Memorial Junior Tournament on Saturday 11th September at Bevendean Primary School.

The tournament will include  U11, U13, U15 and U18 mixed singles competitions.

Download entry form Alan Beames Memorial Junior Tournament 202010

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Summer Holiday – Junior Table Tennis Coaching to be run by Hollingbury Table Tennis Club’s Full-time ETTA Coach, Steve Chambers 

Closing Date 31^st July

 Intermediate club players

NB Players are free to attend one day or both days 10-00 til 1-00

 Download the form intermediate summer coaching form 

Summer Holiday – Junior Table Tennis Coaching  

On Monday 16^th, Tuesday 17^th, Wednesday 18^th, August  ^_  10am to 2pm  at Bevendean Primary School,  Heath Hill Avenue, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 4JA

to be run by Hollingbury Table Tennis Club’s Full-time ETTA Coach, Steve Chambers.

Open to Ages 8 to 16 Beginners /Intermediates

For more information see Summer coaching page and to download the application form click below:

summer coaching form

At the recent Top 8 for Sussex top players, held at 6 village Sport centre, Westergate, there was a sizeable Hollingbury presence, consisting of old and new faces. We had players participating in a range of categories and made an impression. In the Cadet & Junior Girls Emma Sheen made her debut.

In the Cadet Event She qualified for her group and lost to the eventual winner Holly (11 – 9 in the 5th). In the Junior Girls she did not qualify but she made progress by beating a girl she had lost to in the Cadet Girls group. Carl Haines had a tough cadet boys group He did not qualify but he did beat the eventual Winner (Tejas).

In the Junior Boys group he had a tough group. . As before he did not qualify but he did manage to beat the eventual finalist Mark Scutts. Mark Scutts took part in the Junior Boys event & Senior Men’s event.

In the Men’s event he had a tough group. Though he did get a win over Matt Porter, he did not qualify but found the experience invaluable. The Men’s event was won by Peter Bartram (Hollingbury Player) in a titanic battle against Mayur Majithia. (Hollingbury Player). Mark had a hard route to the Final of the Junior Boys final. He had to face up & coming players like Jack Bennett but lost to Carl Haines in the group. In the final he met the in-form player Helshan Weeraasinghe. They’ve had close games before and so this proved to be. In the end Helshan prevailed. Daniel Barna should be mentioned as he has made appearances at Hollingbury Sessions and he got to the final of the cadet boys event, losing to Tejas (a player Carl beat). HTTC Journalist ADE AKINBOYEWA

The latest confirmed men’s World Deaf rankings are now out and for the first time ever show 3 GB players in the top 100 in the world. The GB No 1 player Andrew Calloway is now No 47 up from No 103 an excellent achievement as we have never had a player inside the top 50 before. Nicholas Gilmour who is still a junior has leapt in at No 64 from no International ranking previously, and James Meyers who is also still a junior is now in at No 81 from no previous International ranking.

(James far left) 

Alireza Kamrani-Masooleh and Martin Strutt are now also ranked at equal 102. George Buck and Bella Hegedus at equal No 111, and Andrew Cooper at 122. The new up rated rankings are based on the player’s performances in the Deaflympics held in Taiwan in September 2010. The achievement of the 2 juniors is particularly good as they are in the World Men’s ranking as there is no world Junior ranking category. The next world ranking tournament is in Poland in May 2011 and all the GB squad players will be competing for places in the four man team.

By David Evans, National Coach UK Deaf TTA

Free Taster Sessions 

On Monday 21st and 28th June as part of the Takepart festival Hollingbury Table Tennis Club will be inviting youngsters from across Brighton & Hove to come along to one of our coaching sessions (6.30pm – 8.30pm) for a free taster session. If you know of any juniors that would like to come along please arrange for a parent to contact Christine on 01273 709612 to secure a place.

Sign Up For the ‘Friends & Family’ Pairs Competition

On Friday 25th June, starting at 6pm, we will be holding a  pairs competition. This is open to all club members and anyone from Brighton & Hove. So why not pair up with a family member, a friend or work colleague for a fun social evening? An entry form will be posted on the website shortly.