Annual Report 12/13 - The English Table Tennis Association

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5.15.5 Following the successful
organisation by ESTTA of the
International School Sport
Federation (ISF) Table Tennis
World School Championships
in Birmingham in 1993, he
was invited to chair and set up
the ISF Table Tennis Technical
Commission which has organised
biennial events in nine countries,
eight in Europe and China. He
stood down from office in 2010
and made an Honorary Life
Member of the ISF.
5.15.6 His interest in school sport in
general resulted in his acceptance
in 2001 of the Chair of the
National Council for School Sport
(NCSS), a post he still holds. He
hopes that both ESTTA and NCSS
‘teams’ will share this honour for
school sport.
5.16 Children and Young People
Intervention
5.16.1 The School Games is the
Government’s policy for school
sport and aims to encourage
young people of all abilities
to take part in more regular
competition. It gives an
opportunity to re-think and
modernise activities leading
to competition pathways. It is
promoted at four levels:
• Level 1 – intra-school
competition. A year round,
multi-sport programme
experienced by as many young
people as possible, leading to a
School Games Day (in their own
school).
• Level 2 – inter-school
competition. A year round
programme of local leagues/
regular competition in many
sports, culminating in a Level
3 School Games Festival at
county/district level.
• Level 4 – a multi-sport
residential high profile event
for the country’s most talented
school aged athletes (formerly
the UK School Games). Table
tennis was included in the event
held in Sheffield from 12th to
15th May 2013.
5.16.2 ETTA/ESTTA have devised and
recently updated School Games
Level 1/2 competition and activity
cards for Intra/Inter-school use in
primary/secondary schools. These
can be found and downloaded
from the Sports section of
the School Games website
yourschoolgames.com.
5.16.3 In October 2012 the YST
circulated School Games
competition calendar analysis
showing table tennis as third out
of 44 sports, with 74% of School
Games Organisers planning to
deliver at secondary level in the
2012/2013 academic year.
5.17 Sainsbury’s 2012 School
Games – London, 6-9th May
5.17.1 The Games this year was a very
special event, using the facilities
that were used for the London
2012 Olympic Games. Teams
from Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Wales and five English Regions
took part in Boys’ Team, Girls’
Team and Disability Team events.
Because of time constraints, there
was not an individual competition
this year. Table tennis was held at
the London ExCeL Arena along
with seven other sports, and all
competitors had an opportunity to
visit the Olympic Park.
5.17.2 ETTA took part in the School
Games NGB Activity Zone held at
the Olympic Park on Wednesday
9th May; this was a simple and
effective way to engage school
children and teachers visiting the
event as spectators and included
a number of mini tables and was
available for top table and mini
tournaments.
5.17.3 Disability was a fully integrated
part of the Games with all the
teams including one wheelchair
player, one standing player
and one player with a learning
disability.
5.18 Diversity
5.18.1 With the success of Ping! it
has been decided to work with
Sporting Equals as part of the
follow up to Ping! Leicester where
tables have been donated to
some of the faith centres to start
working with the communities
attached to the centres.
5.18.2 Initial meetings have been
very positive with the Shri
Swaminarayan Temple in Leicester
where it is hoped that they will
purchase six tables for use in
their newly opened purpose built
sports hall within the temple
building.
5.18.3 In January ETTA, with Sporting
Equals, showcased table tennis
at a community health day held at
the Rhamgarhia Sports Centre in
Leeds targeting members of the
Asian community.
5.18.4 ETTA along with cycling, tennis
and football worked with Sporting
Equals on a pilot scheme to
have a Sportszone at Melas. The
pilot selected was Slough where
10,000 people mainly from the
Asian community attended the
outdoor festival of music and food
in July 2012.
5.19 Women and Girls
5.19.1 ETTA working with Women’s
Sports and Fitness Foundation
(WSFF) had a stand at the Vitality
Show held at Earls Court during
March. The stand was supported
by several members of staff and
volunteers and during the four-day
event attracted a lot of visitors. All
the visitors’ emails were collected
by WSFF and have been shared
with the sports involved. ETTA
will be sending out information
to all the participants about table
tennis, Ping! and clubs.
5.19.2 The Women’s Group has
continued to meet throughout
the year and was instrumental in
supporting ETTA’s presence at the
Vitality Show.
5.20 Volunteering
5.20.1 The Volunteer Awards were held
during the Senior Nationals in
Sheffield with the winners and
their guests being invited to a
celebration lunch where they were
presented with their awards. The
trophies were all donated by Paul
Day.
5.20.2 Winners can be found in the
Awards & Thanks on page 46-47.
5.20.3 The Ping!maker offer for
Sportmakers has been updated
and is available on their website
and, once the Ping! cities are
known they will be advertised
under the events section. We
have about 20 people who have
expressed an interest to volunteer
at Ping! events since the update
appeared in February 2013.
5.21 YST Conference
5.21.1 ETTA and ESTTA again had a
presence at the YST School Sport
Conference on 6th-7th February
in Telford. Interest in table
tennis was high. ETTA circulated
a questionnaire to which 62
contacts from schools across
the country responded. Key
points/questions that surfaced