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WDHA TABLE TENNIS CLUB

THE INTERNATIONAL WAENDEL WALK

SATURDAY 11^th MAY 2013

It is that time of year when ‘The International Waendel Walk’ will take place in Wellingborough, when people from all over the world come to Wellingborough to support lots of good causes and charities from around the world. We at the WDHA Table Tennis Club believe in giving something back to the society we live in and have a firm faith in the saying:

“No human-being who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he/she lives is left long without proper reward”

In last years’ Waendel Walk, the volunteers, players (children) and their parents together with many local individuals gave the Club tremendous support which enabled us to collect over £2000 for the club and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.

We have chosen to support The Children Air Ambulance and Cancer Research in this year’s Waendel Walk on Saturday 11^thMay 2013. We therefore take this opportunity to invite you to join us and others from around the world for a good cause on our door steps.

If you decide to walk with us that is great! You can find/download further information and sponsorship forms from our website at: www.wdhattc.org.uk/WaendelWalk.

On the other hand if you are not able to join us for the walk, we understand but you can still be a part of this good cause by sponsoring one of us or donating directly online at JustGiving.comby visiting this link

www.justgiving.com/teams/waendel2013.

If you require a further hard copy of sponsorship form, please do not hesitate to contact one of us.

Hitesh Jethwa

WDHA Table Tennis Club

COUNTY SENIOR TEAM

We have to find a new Captain for 2013/14 for our Senior team and this has to be done by May 15 or we will not be able to run a County Senior Team this year. Is anyone prepared to volunteer please? If so please contact Ken Marchant (County Chairman) on 01933 677299 or Isabel Foo (County Secretary) on 07821 104900

Ken Marchant

Westfield Summer

Table Tennis

Attention ALL table tennis players. Westfield will again run weekly Individual Tournaments. The tournaments are open to all keen local league players.

All games will take place on Tuesday evenings at Weavers Leisure Centre, starting on Tuesday May 7^th. Matches start at 7.30pm, so please arrive by 7.20pm.

Players will be seeded into groups, with your finishing position dictating which knock-out group you enter. Everyone should get at least 4 games during the evening.

There is no commitment to attend every week (but we’d like you to!). Just turn up when you can, pay your fees (£4 Adult, £3.50 Junior) and enjoy the competition.

If the above sounds interesting then please email your details to:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call:

07734 10 40 60

Many thanks,

Kevin Bird.

COUNTY RANKING LIST (MAY 2012)

At the NCTTA County Committee Meeting on 29 January the Ranking List shown below from the Ranking Administrator was produced which takes into account the missing results from last season keyed in by Deirdre Kiziak. As soon as she is set up by the Ranking Administrator to do so Deirdre will press on and key in the results for this season, some of which she already has access to, and this will bring the Ranking List up to date. 

For the this year's County Closed Banded events the rankings shown below, which of course are those at the start of this season, will be used. Please ignore the figures in brackets for the time being.

VETS 1

   Report by Steve Silk

VETS 2

We have had a difficult start to the season so far and are missing Gary Webb. We have played three games to date. They were draws with Beds and Herts and a 9-1 loss to Norfolk. We have only been able to play what I consider to be our strongest side once so far and that was against a very strong Norfolk side.

Players used so far are Chris Ross, (1 out of 4 singles), Kevin Bird (3/4), Terry Cardwell (5/6), Barry Thompson (0/4) and Pauline Hart (0/3).

Our next games are on 9 February, when I expect us to be able to play a strong team.

Report by Terry Cardwell

VETS 3

An under par performance for the first match of the season. Previous matches against OXON 3 have always gone close. Two of the doubles (Wendy/Richard and Gerald/Richard) slipped away with both matches being lost in the fifth end, but on the day OXON deserved the win.

Unfortunately a similar tale to the mornings match saw a win for Middlesex 4. Chris played well and deserved his two singles win. Richard was unlucky to lose one of his singles which went all the way with a narrow 12-10 loss in the final end. Wendy combined well with both Richard and Chris in her two mixed doubles and narrowly lost both in four tight ends which could have gone either way.

A better start (than the first week-end) saw a good 6-4 win over a strong Kent side. The first three men’s singles all went our way but Kent came back to level the match at 3-3 by taking the first mixed doubles (Wendy/Brian), ladies singles and men’s singles (Brian). Gerald and Chris utilised their doubles experience to move ahead once more. Gerald then helped secure at least a draw with a win in his second singles to give us a healthy 5-3 lead. Chris was unlucky and lost in five ends to bring Kent closer once more. Wendy and Chris then took the win with a closely fought 11-9, 11-9, 12-10 final mixed doubles.

Another good all round team performance saw Northants 3 secure a second 6-4 victory of the day. Alternating wins saw the first six matches end at 3-3. Northants 3 only ever achieving a 1 point lead before being pegged back. Chris and Gerald combined to give us the lead once more. Brian then stormed his next singles in three straight ends to give us a two point margin and a definite draw as a minimum. Chris followed suit and secured the win in his second singles. Brian and Wendy were unlucky not to increase the margin and narrowly lost 14-12 in the fifth end of the final mixed doubles.

This leaves Northants 3 with 2 wins and 2 losses, and two games to play in April.

Report Gerald Henson