Thursday, November 21, 2024

Club 6th anniversary and double elimination tournament

A big thank you to everyone who came to our club's 6th anniversary practice session, for the contributions to the snack mountain and joining in playing in the informal double elimination tournament. Fun had by all, so we will try to organise something similar in the coming weeks. Disclaimer: we are not responsible for the calorific value of any food consumed!

The results are below.

 

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Highlights:

  • Nat Richardson won a close final against Tom Watmore. In fairness to Tom, he is entitled to a re-match having undefeated through the winners' bracket to get to the final, so has only lost once. Unfortunately, we ran out of time to run the re-match.
  • Mark Wheeler inflicted Nat's only loss of the tournament, but lost to Tom in the following round which meant a re-match with Nat in the Losers' bracket and revenge for Nat.
  • Birthday boy (well, old man) Ian Wu lost twice to Nat. Clearly Nat had not read the instructions that Ian was supposed to win heroically on his XXth birthday.

 

Practice sessions 2nd/9th June, Kintbury Summer Fete

An early reminder this week about signing up for upcoming Kintbury practice sessions. 2nd June is a public holiday, half-term week and the start of the Jubilee weekend. We will run the practice session IF there are at least 4 people signed up by the end of Tuesday 31st May. If there are not enough people signed up, we will have to cancel the session and email those already signed up. This gives us just enough time to cancel our hall booking if necessary. Link to the booking spreadsheet below.

KTTC Practice Session Booking

The practice session on 9th June occurs on the 6th anniversary of our club opening. In addition to our normal practice session, we will hold an informal, double elimination tournament. No birthday event is complete without some celebration, so snacks and refreshments will be on offer.

There is a Summer fete at the Jubilee Centre and adjoining football club on Saturday 4th June 11:00-15:00. We will be participating in the Jubilee Centre with a table and robot set up. Please come along and say hello if you are free.

Baydon Table Tennis Club

Baydon Table Tennis Club meets on Friday evenings at Baydon Village Hall. They have two tables available and would welcome additional players. Please support them if you can or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want us to put you in contact with them.

Wilmott Cup

Kintbury Table Tennis Club was proud to host a Zonal final of the Wilmott Cup for Men. The Wilmott Cup is part of the English Leagues Cup Competition which is the oldest domestic competition run by Table Tennis England. For the 2021/22 season, the competitions mark the 100th anniversary of the Association.

Newbury, represented by David Barr and Sam Ricks, finished a highly creditable 3rd out of 6 teams. There was strong competition and Plymouth who finished top have both their players ranked in the top 100 in England. A few photos to give you a taste of the excelllent table tennis on show.

A write up of the matches can be found on the NDTTA website (NDTTA Wilmot Cup article) and more photos here (Wilmott Cup photos).

 

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Anyone interested in playing at Hungerford Leisure Centre

We have an enquiry from a few leisure players who are interested in playing at Hungerford Leisure Centre (Priory Road). The centre does not have a table and they would like to make contact with others who have a similar interest with a view of approaching the centre about obtaining a table.

If you are interested, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will put you in touch with them. Thank you.

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