N HERTS JUNIOR CLOSED - 2011

UNDER 12 BOYS – 9 players

Ethan Walsh bt Evan Walker 6,4,7

UNDER 15 BOYS – 15 players

Luke Walsh bt Ethan Walsh 3,4,7

UNDER 18 BOYS – 12 players

Luke Walsh bt Isaac Beevor 11,-9,8,7

UNDER 18 GIRLS – 2 players

Natasha Walsh bt Pooja Sharma 6,5,6

19/07/2011

To end the season at the Hitchin development centre which is part of the Eastern Regional set up a challenge match was organised on Tuesday 19th July. The session was the last of the season before a break for the summer and it was good to finish with something a bit different. 10 players from Greenhouse Harefield Academy attended along with Head Coach Eli Baraty to battle it out against the Hitchin Development squad. Harefield were feeling confident having recently won gold at the Alan Sherwood cup where all the Greenhouse London Schools come together. The matches were organised in a Davis Cup format with 2 v 2 contests along the 5 match tables.  All matches were very competitive and played in excellent spirit. The Hitchin Squad came out winners with a 7-3 victory once all teams scores had been collected.

Thanks to Eli for bringing players over from Harefield and a rematch will be organised at Harefield Academy in the new season.

Hitchin Team: 1) Luke Walsh 2) Isaac Beevor 3) Tom Baines 4) Josh Robinson 5) Nish Narayanan 6) Charlie Baines 7) Ethan Walsh 8) Robert Chapman 9) Tasha Walsh 10) Pooja Sharma 11) Scott Neave 12) Ryan Barton

Harefield Team: 1) Tyrone Wells 2) Adam Reed 3) Danny Lewis 4) Mitchel Jones 5) Alex Cleary 6) Micheal Gillett 7) Gene Carr 8) Joe Franklin 9) Adam Young 10) Jamie Cruckshank

07/06/2011

Hitchin Development Centre Junior Coaching will start back this coming Tuesday 7^th June same times of 5pm-7pm.

The sessions will run up until mid July and will break through part of July and August starting back in September.

Table Tennis Fun Day

St Neots Table Tennis Club

9th July- Under 12s day

Open to all

Cost: £8

Times: 10.30am-2.30pm

Play Table Tennis… Have fun

Win prizes

Entry Form

20/05/2011

Please see details of the under 12s day at BATTS Harlow in Essex on the 4th June.

The aim of day is to make it enjoyable and fun for the children. The registration letter is also attached.

2 Hungarian players, 4 welsh players and 2 experienced coaches will be available throughout the day.

A Wales v England match will take place at some point during the day.

24/04/2011

“Try Table Tennis Exhibition and Coaching Day” on 15th May 2011

at The Sports Hall, STAGS School, Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, AL3 6DB

Try Table Tennis Exhibition (10am-1.00pm for all ages ) followed by Junior Training # (1.00–4.15pm, U19 only)

Please see Latest News page for further details

21/04/2011

Under 12 training days

2 under 12s training days have been arranged during June and July.

The training days are designed to attract any players aged 12 and under. If you have any players of this age at your clubs or know of any who this may interest please pass on.

The days are open to all no matter of sex, ability or disability and the days will be designed to be enjoyable for the youngsters.

The attached letter with cheque will need to be sent back to Stephen Gertsen.

Walsh Family make it a Clean Sweep

Over 20 Junior Table Tennis players competed on Monday night at Hitchin Boys Sports Centre for the under 12, 15 and 18 Boys singles and the under 18 Girls Singles.

Natasha Walsh(16) beat Pooja Sharma 6,5,6, for the Girls Under 18 Title

In the Under 12 Boys, Alex Hubbard beat Matthew Maylin and Rory Shooter lost to Sam Kessler in the Quarter Finals. Sam and Alex then lost to Ethan Walsh and Evan Walker with Ethan(8) winning the Trophy 6,4,7.

George Vivian, Peter Morris, Matthew Maylin and Sam Kessler lost in the Under 15 Boys Quarter Finals after qualifying in their groups. Luke Walsh beat Oliver Hubbard and Ethan Walsh beat Evan Walker to reach the Final where Luke(14) beat his younger brother 3,4,7

Hayden Gruby and Robert Chapman went out in the Quarter Finals but winners Pooja Sharma and Ryan Barton lost to the 1 and 2 seeds in the Semi Finals. The Under 18 Title was taken by Luke Walsh beating Isaac Beevor 11,-9,8,7 in a stunning final of tremendous skill and dexterity.

Referee Val Murdoch was impressed by the attitude and fair play shown by all the participants who umpired as well as played the 46 matches played during the evening.

07/04/2011

HERTFORDSHIRE YOUTH GAMES – Table Tennis

Please see poster for details of this year’s Table Tennis event – to be held at Hitchin Boys School Sports Centre on Saturday 30^th April

17/03/2011

NORTH HERTS JUNIOR CLOSED TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD MONDAY 11th APRIL

The entry form for Junior Closed tournament can be downloaded from here:

Entry Form

For those players not already registered with the North Herts Table Tennis Association, a registration form must also be submitted.  This can be found here:

Registration Form

18/02/2011

Please note this exciting new opportunity to develop your table tennis

– the document below gives more details and includes a registration form

Hitchin Development Centre

Stephen Gertsen is the ETTA Eastern Regional Coach replacing Natalie Green.

He is an ex International Player and now lives in Stevenage.

Participants need not necessarily be members of the North Herts League but should they be included after the first two weeks

they will have to register as an ETTA Associate Member at a cost of £2.50 which includes Civil Liability Insurance

and complete an Individual Membership form if not already affiliated to the ETTA.

11/12/2010

East U11 - U14 Nationals, Regional Qualification 5th/6th February 2011

Entry forms for the above event have been released today. Please circulation within your local network.

The event this year is being staged at Hitchin Boys School, Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB.

In the Regional Qualification round, players can enter only two consecutive events for which they are age qualified eg; 11 & 12’s / 12’s & 13’s / 13’s & 14’s. The eight top players in all the boys events and the girls U14 and U13 are exempt from having to qualify for the Finals via the Regional event. The six top ranked U12 and U11 girls are also exempt.

Entry Form and Exempt List

07/07/2010

Details and entry forms for the National Junior League and National Cadet League can be obtained here

Junior Tournament

U18 boys/Peter Thurman award - Luke Walsh bt Tom Baines

U18 girls/Peter Thurman award - Natasha Walsh bt Pooja Sharma

U15 boys - Luke Walsh bt Isaac Beevor

U15 girls - No event

U12 boys - Joe Shaughnessy bt Ethan Walsh

U 12 girls - No event

06/05/2010

Dear Player/Parent/Coach

I am pleased to attach an invite for you/your child/your player to attend the Eastern Region U13 Assessment day on Saturday 4^th July 2010. The day is a chance for myself as the regional coach to try and identify future players to join the Regional Squad, it will be a mix of training and match play.

There are various new initiatives being set up around the region which can cater for various age groups, playing standards etc so if you are interested in coming along please contact me. Or if you know of anyone else who may have the potential to come along to this day then please pass this email onto them.

Players who have been attending the Regional U14 Squad 2009/2010 do not need to attend this day.

Regards,

Natalie

Natalie Green

ETTA Regional Coach - Eastern

Mobile: 07855217553 (NEW NUMBER)

Email: natalie.green@etta.co.uk

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The North Herts Junior Tournament on Monday evening was a great success with 40 players from the local

area entering.

Joe Shaughnessy of Bedwell won the U12 event beating Ethan Walsh, nearly 4 years his junior, in

the Under 12 event.

The Under 15 and 18 events were both won by Luke Walsh in two close finals.

Issac Beevor took him to 5 legs in the U15 but Luke won 11-7 in the 5th leg.

Tom Baines beat his brother Charlie in the semi-final only to loose out in the

final of the U18 to Luke 11-5,5-11,11-13,6-11.

Natasha continued the Walsh success in the girls U18 against Pooja Sharma.

winning the event 11-8,7-11,5-11,10-12.

Thank you to all who helped organize especially Val and Alex Murdoch, David Kells

and all volunteers on the night with umpiring etc.

The biggest thank you must go out to all the players who hopefully enjoyed their

evening and will continue to play and enjoy the game.

NORTH HERTS JUNIOR CLOSED TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD MONDAY 29th MARCH

The entry form for Junior Closed tournament can be downloaded from here:

Entry Form

For those players not already registered with the North Herts Table Tennis Association, a registration form must also be submitted.  This can be found here:

Registration Form

U11-U14 Regional National Qualification Event

Please find the link to the entry form for the above event. Please circulate as you feel suitable.

http://www.englishtabletennis.org.uk/events/dyncat.cfm?catid=27752

It is advised that you get your entry into this event asap to avoid disappointment, however may I point out that you read the entry form fully as this is the first tournament of this type being held and some of the rules may be different.

Regards,

Natalie Green

ETTA Regional Coach - Eastern

Hertfordshire Junior County Ranking Trials

This year’s junior county ranking trials will be held on Saturday 19^th September 2009 at Barnet Table Tennis Centre.

Further details and an application form can be downloaded here:

http://www.hertfordshiretabletennis.org/uploads/Main/Ranking_Trials2009.doc

Further information for Juniors, taken from the Hertfordshire TTA website:

There are County ranking trials, external tournaments, county matches, regional trials and friendly games held during the season, These are open to all Herts registered Juniors.

Ranking Trials, Herts Junior Closed Tournament & Match training sessions (approximately 6–8 times per year) are held at the following location in preparation for the County matches or other Tournaments;

Barnet Table Tennis Centre (BTTC), Barnet Lane, Barnet, Herts, EN5 2DN

The coaching is free to all registered U18 Hertfordshire Juniors. In order to qualify you must be Hertfordshire based (born, school or live)or play at a Hertfordshire affiliated club, be under 18 and be at an intermediate or advanced level. Please use the contacts at the end of the page if you are interested in joining.

‘HERTFORDSHIRE JUNIOR CALENDER Season 2009–2010’

29th August 2009 Match Training at BTTC 1.30 - 5pm

12th September 2009 Chesham 2* Boys U14, U16 and U17 Tournament

19th September 2009 County Ranking Trials at BTTC 9.30 for 10am start.

17th October 2009 Match Training at BTTC 1.30 - 5pm

24th October 2009 Chesham 2* Tournament

14th November 2009 Match Training at BTTC 1.30 - 5pm

21st November 2009 Junior County Matches

5th December 2009 Match Training at BTTC 1.30 - 5pm

19th December 2009 Chesham 2* Tournament

9th January 2010 Match Training at BTTC 1.30 - 5pm

30th January 2010 Herts U18 2* Tournament at BTTC (Boys & Girls,<1200points & Open)

(TBD) February 2010 Herts Closed SENIOR Tournament (Junior advanced players are welcome to enter)

6th March 2010 Match Training at BTTC 1.30 - 5pm

27th March 2010 Junior County Matches

10th April 2010 Match Training at BTTC 1.30 - 5pm

17th April 2010 BATTS 1* U15 & U18 Tournament

TBD May/June 2010 Herts Closed Tournament (Boys & Girls U15 & U18)

Hertfordshire have one Junior team in the County Championships. They are at present in Division 1B. The county team consists of a minimum of three boys and two girls,usually a team of 4 boys and 3 girls will participate in each round of County matches. The players are all drawn from the Hertfordshire Junior County squad.

In the first instance please contact any of the following ;

Patricia Bachelor (Herts Junior Match Secretary)

Tel :01727 762671 email:colin.batchelor2@ntlworld.com

Mike Murrell (Herts Junior Tournament Secretary)

Tel: 01582 792728 email:mikemurrell45@hotmail.com

Nelson D’Lima (Herts County Junior Coach)

Mob : tel or text 07956 608014 email : nelson.dlima@ntlworld.com

The Herts County Junior Coach holds an ETTA Lead Coach Licence (UKCC Level 2), is insured and has an Enhanced Disclosure. Child protection guidelines are in force for all the activities. Elite guest coaches and senior players attend the Match Training sessions on a regular basis.

No special clothing is required except for gym shoes or trainers and lightweight comfortable clothing, tracksuits or sports clothes. No jeans or white tops etc.