Ayrshire Senior League Entry Form

Season 2011-2012 will be 1st year of The Ayrshire Senior League. The league will be played over 3 saturdays through-out the season and will consist of 2 divisions with no more than 8 teams in each division. The league will be held at St Matthews Academy on September 25th, December 4th and April 1st with presentations and buffet on the last day.

The Ayrshire League is a great opportunity for the several newly formed clubs in Ayrshire to get your players competing against other clubs & players in your area. There has been interest shown by all the clubs in Ayrshire and the main purpose for this league is so we can send teams to the highly enjoyable Inter-League competition which will be held at Inverclyde National Sports Centre.

As of Friday 2nd September, ATTA will be ready to accept entries for The Ayrshire Senior League. Each team will pay £20 entry fee, with the entry forms and all other the information available to view or download on TableTennisAyrshire.org.uk or NorthAyrshireTTC.co.uk.

Date Tournament Venue

25h Sept Ayrshire Senior League (1) St Matthews

4th Dec Ayrshire Senior League (2) St Matthews

1st Apr Ayrshire Senior League (3) St Matthews

Ayrshire Senior League Entry Form

TTS Individual Affiliation Form

Ready to download

TTS Individual Affiliation form

Table Tennis Scotland Individual Affiliation

All Ayrshire players that are competing in National League and Scottish Ranking Tournaments are required to fill out an individual registration form for Table Tennis Scotland (TTS).

Could all players from Ayrshire fill in "League/District" as Ayrshire. This will support the ATTA, as we are wanting as many players registered through Ayrshire as possible.

Ayrshire Schools Video

James Kennedy v Andy Macpherson - Scottish Schools Qualifier -Under 14 Boys Final

Great match. Have a look and see what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUTmSc3tkXI

Tournament Calendar and Information 2011-2012

This is a calendar of all tournaments that will be held in Ayrshire throughout the season of 2011-2012. North Ayrshire Open, Cadet Assessment and National Senior League are all Scottish Ranking Tournaments which will be held and set up by ATTA and North Ayrshire TTC. This is fantastic news, meaning all the top players will be competing in Ayrshire and travel arrangements for our players are made a lot easier.

Ayrshire Senior League is penciled in to be played over 3 weekends meaning plenty of matches each day. Top players in Ayrshire are already shown interest in playing and with the wide variety of players our area, this should be an interesting and successful 1st year of the Ayrshire League. Entry forms are available to download.

Ayrshire Masters will be held at The Lauriston Hotel in Saltcoats on the 13th January and will be a table tennis tournament with a difference. It will kick off at 7.30pm and will have 1 show court, a full bar, smart dress code, some light entertainment, a raffle with great prizes and of course high class table tennis. 6 Scottish Internationalists will be invited to play with 2 places up for grabs for our Ayrshire junior players to compete for through 2 qualification days.

Any questions regarding tournaments, entry forms, Ayrshire league contact cmain88@googlemail.com

Date Tournament Venue

2-5th Sept ATTA Training Camp St Matthews Academy

25th Sept Ayrshire Senior League (1) St Matthews Academy

2nd Oct Cadet Assessment St Matthews Academy

22nd Oct North Ayrshire Open (Senior) St Matthews Academy

23rd Oct North Ayrshire Open (Junior) St Matthews Academy

5th Nov National Senior League (2) St Matthews Academy

27th Nov Masters Qualifier (1) Dalry Primary School

4th Dec Ayrshire Senior League (2) St Matthews Academy

8th Jan Masters Qualifier (2) St Matthews Academy

13th Jan Ayrshire Masters Lauriston Hotel

5th Feb Scottish Schools Qualifier St Matthews Academy

25th Feb Senior & Junior Top 12 Dalry Primary School

1st Apr Ayrshire Senior League (3) St Matthews Academy

Ayrshire Training Camp

ATTA Training Camp with players from several clubs in Ayrshire is taking place on Saturday 3rd September and Sunday 4th September at St Matthews Academy. Coaching is under the guidance of Chris Main with practise partners Ian Macpherson, James Weatherston & Richard Main.

This is the 1st of montly Ayrshire training camps, which is geared at getting all the top players in Ayrshire several clubs training and practising together. Its also a great chance for all junior and senior players to get some serious practise in before the new busy season starts.

Ayrshire Schools Results

Ayrshire Schools tournament took place at St Matthews Academy on Sunday 6th of February. This is the 1st step towards a place at the Scottish Schools with the players who reach the semi's of their age group qualifying. An impressive entry of more than 40 boys and girls from all the different clubs in ayrshire took part. A visit from John Scott MSP and a reporter from our local newspaper was highly appreciated. The hall was perfectly set up with plently of room for the players, parents and coaches to enjoy a brilliant day of table tennis.

Primary Schools Final
Fraser Murray bt Martin Johnson 2-1
Semi Finals
M Johnson bt C Weatherston 2-0
F Murray bt C Murray 2-1

Under 12 Boys Final
K Doyle bt S Pisani 2-0
Semi Finals
K Doyle bt C Reid 2-0
S Pisani bt M Johnson 2-0

Under 12 Girls Final
Rebecca Plaistow bt Rebecca Melrose 2-0
Semi Finals
R Melrose bt M Mathieson 2-0
R Plaistow bt C Wallace 2-0

Under 14 Boys Final

James Kennedy bt A Macpherson 3-2
Semi Finals
A MacPherson bt K Doyle 3-0
J Kennedy bt S Pisani 3-0

Under 14 Girls Final
Jill Taylor bt Katie Hannah 3-1

Under 16 Boys Final
Chris Barclay bt Michael Millar 3-0
Semi Finals
C Barclay bt R Gardiner 3-0
M Millar bt R Thorton 3-0

Under 18’s Final
Jordan McGinlay bt Jamie Skelton 3-2

Ayrshire Junior Final
Andrew MacPherson bt Jordan McGinlay 3-2
Semi Final
J McGinlay bt C Barclay 3-0

A MacPherson bt J Kennedy 3-1

2014 Funding Slashed

Table Tennis Scotland – Press Release 15 January 2011

Table Tennis Scotland excluded from Glasgow 2014 funding.

Sportscotland and the Sportscotland Institute of Sport have dramatically cut funding to Table Tennis Scotland (TTS) for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014. In the run up to the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, TTS received a Performance Grant of £120,000 each year to achieve qualification. Sportscotland formally advised TTS this week that in the run up to Glasgow 2014, this is to be slashed to £20,000, an 83% cut.

The reason given is that Sportscotland and the Sportscotland Institute of Sport do not think TTS can meet the criteria of Top 8 / Medal Potential expected to be set by Commonwealth Games Scotland for participation by any Scottish sport in Glasgow 2014. This message is sent to TTS despite our men’s team already being ranked 7^th in the Commonwealth and already meeting the criteria. However we cannot maintain that position without adequate funding. Cutting our Performance funding this way ensures we will not be able to meet the criteria when assessed in 2014. It seems we are being singled out as the sport not to have Scottish presence in Glasgow 2014. No explanation has been given for this.

We demonstrated that the investment received in the run up to Delhi was successful: we achieved our highest ever World team Ranking of 39^th, one behind England 38^th, in Moscow 2010. Our team members have improved their World Ranking and met the CGS Criteria for participation in Delhi 2010.

Terry McLernon MBE is already working hard on the legacy aspects of Glasgow 2014 and what it can mean locally for communities in Glasgow and these cuts are a body blow to his work in that area. Further cuts of £10,000 were made to TTS’ Development funding, restricting TTS’ ability to bring Table Tennis into schools, clubs and local communities and to build on the legacy of Glasgow 2014.

All Sports have been subjected to this funding review but TTS funding has been cut in absolute and percentage terms more than any other sport – the next most severely cut sport only lost 11% of their total funding.

The facts relating to all the sports’ funding cuts and our performance against CGS criteria speak for themselves. TTS is led to the conclusion that these are key questions for Sportscotland / SIS:

How can Sportscotland and the Sportscotland Institute of Sport justify excluding TTS from participation in Glasgow 2014?

How can Sportscotland and the Sportscotland Institute of Sport justify singling out TTS from the 17 participating sports for exclusion from Glasgow 2014?

Press Contacts:

Jonathan Whitaker Chairman TTS

j@whitaker331.freeserve.co.uk

Tel: 01738 444388

Mob: 077177 17894

Terry McLernon MBE Vice Chairman TTS

telldrum@aol.com

Mob: 07743 702744

Official Press Release from Jonathan Whitaker, Chairman of Table Tennis Scotland