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York & District Table Tennis Association

Welcome to the York & District Table Tennis Association site. Please mail me, John Farmery (john@farmery30.freeserve.co.uk) if you have any material to be published on this web-site, or any comments regarding content or improvements.

York Closed Championships 2010 results and video of the Men's Singles Final

 

Invitation Tournament Saturday 20th February 2010

Derwent Table Tennis Club are organising a tournament on Saturday 20th February 2010 for players of all standards and ages (Local League level to Nationally ranked). The Tournament starts at 10.00am and is expected to finish around 5/6pm and will be held at Riccall Regen Centre. The cost of entry will be £10 per person. The winner and runner up will receive cash prizes of £40 & £20 respectively (assuming tournament is full). Some minor prizes will be given to players winning lower groups. Places will be limited to a first come basis with everyone guaranteed at least 8 matches and all will play for final positions. If you wish to book your place contact Mick Wilcockson on 07745 847236 or email Mick.Lufc@yahoo.co.uk

 

Player required

Shepherds require a player for one of their teams in division 3. Please contact David Atkinson on 704743 if you are interested.

 

Coaching at North Yorkshire Table Tennis Club
Coaching / practice sessions are held at Millthorpe School in Fiday evenings during school term times and are open to everyone. There are two sessions: 6.30 to 8.00 is for beginners and the cost is £2; 7.30 to 9.30 is for advanced players and the cost is £4.
Directions: Enter the school grounds from the Knavesmire side (top of Phildelphia Terrace - you can get there from Albermarle Road or South Bank Avenue). The Sports Hall is at the back. Car parking is available next to the Sports Hall.
Yorkshire are organising one star junior/cadet tournaments again this season. The dates and venues are:

     7th November 2009 at Scarborough
     19th December 2009 at Leeds

     27th February 2010 at Halifax

     17th April 2010 at Hull

 

ETTA individual registration
The ETTA is introducing individual registration from the 2010-11 season. More information to follow.

 

Banned bat rubbers

From 1st July 2008 a number of long-pimpled rubbers were banned by the ITTF. The ETTA recommended to local leagues a year’s “cooling off” period. York agreed to this so the ban came into effect on 1st July 2009. The ETTA now say that this is not a ban but a recommendation and that in Local League matches a player can use any type of rubber that complies with the requirements of the Laws in respect of thickness, colour etc, whether or not it is of a type currently authorised by the ITTF. This means that the York League requests players to use only racket coverings that are of types authorised by the ITTF.
Attached is a link to the ITTF list of authorised rubbers, which indicates those that are banned.
ITTF Authorised Racket Coverings

The ETTA now say that this is not a ban but a recommendation. Please see the letter from ETTA Chairman, Alex Murdoch.

Two quotes from the letter:

"This means that in Local League matches a player can use any type of rubber that complies with the requirements of the Laws in respect of thickness, colour etc, whether or not it is of a type currently authorised by the ITTF.”.

"I know that some leagues over the years have adopted in their own rules a requirement for players to use only racket coverings that are of types authorised by the ITTF. Players in league matches cannot be compelled to observe such a rule and it should be regarded as a recommendation or request.".