Annual Report 12/13 - The English Table Tennis Association

staged on different continents and
with potential clashes with major
European club matches. This
clearly creates both practical and
preparation issues.
6.18.3 With the inclusion now of table
tennis in the Commonwealth
Games, the need for these
championships requires
consideration for the future. The
status that we in England place
on these championships seems
not to be shared in Europe.
6.18.4 Results from the Commonwealth
Table Tennis Championships:
despite the loss of Liam and
Paul from the Commonwealth
Table Tennis Championships and
despite many stomach problems,
the teams returned home with
three silver and two bronze
medals. The women’s team took
bronze, Joanna Parker and Kelly
Sibley leading the way, but 14
year old Tin-Tin Ho gained huge
experience, and the still young
Hannah Hicks provided value
added to the team. The men’s
team won silver losing out to the
powerful Singapore team in the
final. The men’s doubles silver
and bronze, and the women’s
doubles (Parker and Sibley) silver
completed our medal tally. Sam
Walker and Chris Doran replaced
Pitchford and Drinkhall, and
having given the chance to shine
they took it. Together in the men’s
doubles they won the silver medal
behind the Singapore pair having
outstanding table tennis. Paul
Drinkhall’s injury kept him out of
this event.
6.19 Regional Coaching
6.19.1 The regional coaches are
continually working within the
Sport England priority areas of
‘sustain and excel’. Their primary
responsibilities are to increase
the quality of coaching (both
players and coaches), talent
identification/development and
the management and training of
regional squads in their respective
regions within the player
development pathway.
6.19.2 Katy Parker (North West) and
Natalie Green (East Midlands)
returned to work after maternity
leave; Katy returned in June and
Natalie Green in September. Katy
is now on maternity leave again
after having her second child in
January. Brian Kean is once again
holding the fort for the North West
region.
6.19.3 Talent ID has taken place at
national events as well as at local
and school tournaments. The
regional coaches have identified
the talent scouts and events
within their regions for the new
season. The regional coaches are
continuing to work with the clubs
in their region and this gives them
the opportunity to talent ID both
players and coaches.
6.19.4 Regional assessments have taken
place throughout the regions and
for figures attending see figure 3.
as a PR exercise and to play with
the regional squad players. Many
regions are now linking in with
higher education for sport science
support (psychology and strength
and conditioning).
6.19.7 Coach education days have taken
place throughout the regions on
a variety of topics. Some regional
coaches continue to work with a
cluster of clubs to update them on
the latest trends.
6.19.8 Regional training days have taken
place on a monthly basis with
some organising joint regional
sessions/matches. Some regions
joined together to deliver this day,
which was seen as an opportunity
to meet new coaches and share/
exchange ideas. Coaches within
the region are invited to attend to
up-skill their knowledge and share
ideas.
6.19.9 The regional coaches are still
supporting the part and fulltime
coaches in their region,
particularly in technical areas, as
well as mentoring and helping
them with a variety of other topics.
6.19.10 The regional coaches are
qualified to tutor and assess
UKCC courses and several have
organised the pilot technical day
to complement the level 1 course.
6.19.11 The regional coaches have
helped out with the Performance
Department to coach players in
competition for both seniors and
youth squads. They have coached
at the following events – European
Figure 3
813 players were assigned for RDT in 2012 - 663 boys & 150 girls
Boys/Girls North East North West York. East Mid. West Mid. East East London Southern S. West
U11 7 5 14 2 20 2 8 4 10 4 16 12 17 8 6 4 4 2 8 2
U12 9 2 10 3 10 3 8 5 17 5 24 10 33 8 17 4 7 1 6 3
U13 12 3 12 3 12 3 15 3 19 6 36 3 44 9 18 2 13 3 11 5
U14 16 2 10 5 17 5 14 6 21 8 22 8 48 9 14 1 12 2 16 5
Total 44 12 46 13 59 13 45 18 67 23 98 33 142 34 55 11 36 8 41 15
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beaten the top Indian duo in the
semi-final. Both contributed to
the men’s team bronze along
with Danny Reed and Andrew
Baggaley. Eighteen year old
Walker’s outstanding result was
his win over Achantha of India,
ranked 26 in the world, in the
team semi-finals.
6.18.5 Results from the World Individual
Championships: no medals in
Paris although most players
performed to a high standard.
Joanna Parker achieved a level of
performance which is encouraging
for next year’s Commonwealth
Games in Glasgow, and again
Sam Walker produced some
6.19.5 The regional coaches have set
up regional training not only on
a monthly basis but for a core
group of players twice a week
as well. With this increase in the
number of hours on the table we
have seen an improvement in the
standard of the players. More
development sessions are taking
place with coaches from the
region helping out with running
the sessions.
6.19.6 Several regional squads have
travelled to different countries for
training/competition, i.e. Wales,
Belgium, Jersey and China. The
Chinese national table tennis team
also visited the Yorkshire region
Youths, Senior Six Nations, Euro
Minis, Cadet Six Nations, Czech
Youth, Hungarian Youth and the
Youth Home Nations event. The
regional coaches involved are -
Helen Lower, Paul Whiting, Matt
Stanforth, Craig Bryant, Stephen
Gertsen and Jane Barella.
6.19.12 As well as their involvement with
the international competitions, the
regional coaches attended the
Olympic Games in London and
Men’s World Cup in Liverpool.
These events gave them the
opportunity to see the best
players in the world compete and
keep up-to-date with the modern
trends.