William, Amy and Artur in the Regional Training Day
Amy, William and Artur were WTTC’s presence at the Regional Training Day organised jointly by ETTA’s South and South West regions. Amy, despite her young age, is already a veteran on such training days. However, for William and Artur, this was a new experience that they enjoyed very much.
The quality of the youngsters attending the session was really high but coaches were always able to show new things that could improve everyone’s game.
On Saturday 5th March, the Waterside Table Tennis Club hosted an ETTA Regional Training Day organised jointly by two regions, South and South West. Alison Broe (South Regional Coach) and Paul Whiting (South West Regional Coach) provided a challenging but entertaining day to almost 40 children. Alison and Paul had help from Mike Smith and James Lewis (South West region) and John Fox and Jeff Davies (Waterside TTC).
Children enjoyed every minute of the day
Players were grouped according to their technical level but all had opportunity to work in different sessions: foot work, robot and multiball, spin to win, and serve. Robot was certainly their favourites but still hard work.
Multiball and robot practice
At the end of the day, all left very tired but with a smile on their faces and the feeling that it was a worthy session that improved their abilities with their bats.
We hope we will be able to organise more sessions later in the year.
Amy won the the U13 girls event
On Sunday 27th February, WTTC hosted the Hampshire Junior Closed Tournament. It was a long day with events for boys and girls, singles U13, U15 and U18 and doubles U15 and U18. WTTC was represented by William in the boys U13 event, Artur in the boys U13 and U15, and Amy in the girls U13 and U15. Amy won the U13 and was runner up in the U15 Event.
Artur in the Cirencester 1-star
Artur had the opportunity to take part in his first competitive tournament when he joined other youngsters at the Cirencester 1-star tournament on 13th February. He played the U11 and U13 competitions against very good players. It was an enjoyable experience that will certainly help his development as a player.
Amy won the U11 and U13 events in the Cirencester 1-star
Amy continues to win the tournaments she plays. On the 5th February she played in the Southern Region National Qualifiers and won the U11 and U12 events and will therefore be playing in the National Finals in Doncaster on the 30th April and the 1st May. A week later she played in the Cirencester 1-star tournament winning both the U11 and U13 events.
Then, a few days later, on the 15th February she played in the Hampshire Schools Finals held at Waterside and won the U11 event, booking a spot to play in the English Schools Finals in Doncaster on the 16th April.
Well done, Amy!
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