Annual Report 12/13 - The English Table Tennis Association
Annual Report 12/13 - The English Table Tennis Association
Annual Report 12/13 - The English Table Tennis Association
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December<br />
Sport England and UK Sport announced<br />
their four-year funding packages for 20<strong>13</strong>-<br />
17 and the ETTA is set to benefit from a<br />
20% boost from Sport England.<br />
Although there was no elite funding from UK<br />
Sport, the British <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
for People with Disabilities was awarded an<br />
additional £1m, taking the total past £2.7m.<br />
A group of artists from Liverpool created<br />
the ‘Noisy <strong>Table</strong>’ as the first project of the<br />
FACT Connect programme. <strong>The</strong> table, which<br />
emits a variety of sounds following the balls’<br />
vibration upon impact, would be on display<br />
for three months of innovative excitement.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was also good news for Ping!<br />
Leicester, which was awarded the ‘Event<br />
of the Year 20<strong>12</strong>’ title at the Leicester<br />
Sports Partnership Trust awards.<br />
January<br />
20<strong>13</strong> began with the exciting news that<br />
England No. 1s Paul Drinkhall and Joanna<br />
Parker had got engaged over the holiday<br />
period. Meanwhile, John Arnold, President<br />
of the <strong>English</strong> Schools’ <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong>, had been recognised in the<br />
Queen’s New Year Honours List with an MBE<br />
for Services to School Sport.<br />
Alan Cooke<br />
‘Ping Pong’ also found fame at Alexandra<br />
Palace with Chris Doran reaching the semifinals<br />
of the World Championships of Ping<br />
Pong, held in London in front of live Sky<br />
Sports cameras.<br />
Finally in January, David Wetherill’s<br />
Paralympic ‘Wonder-shot’ was voted as<br />
the fourth greatest moment at the 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Paralympic Games by the International<br />
Paralympic Committee.<br />
February<br />
Ping! continued its high-profile<br />
success by being short-listed for the<br />
‘Sports Participation Event of the Year’<br />
in the Sports Industry Awards after<br />
reaching over 300,000 people during the<br />
summer of 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
Also in February following a successful<br />
campaign and the first challenge for ten<br />
years, Andy Seward, the National Councillor<br />
for Wiltshire, was elected as the new<br />
Chairman and he will take over from the<br />
current Chairman, Alex Murdoch, after the<br />
AGM on <strong>13</strong> July.<br />
Chris Doran<br />
Unfortunately, the month was tinged with<br />
sadness as both former World Champion<br />
Zhuang Zedong, and the star of the Ping<br />
Pong Film, Les D’Arcy, passed away during<br />
this period.<br />
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