The Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre,

FB Fields, St Clement,

Jersey, JE2 6QN.

T: 01534 615835

E: info.jtta@gmail.com

Jersey Registered Charity No. 125

Contact Details

JTTA’S Young Up & Coming Players

5 March, 2022

A round robin for U9s took place at GRTTC on Saturday along with knock out rounds for U11, U13 & U15B for the Island Championships 2022. IMAGES / VIDEO by Paul Routier of the event are now available in the GALLERY.

Bat & Chat News

1 March, 2022

On Tuesday Steven Anderson from the JEP chose table tennis to do his “Tryout Tuesday” at the Jersey Table Tennis Association’s Bat & Chat session and reported on his experience.

Regular bat and chatters, Bobbie, Barbara and Anne, showing their joy to be part of table tennis.

Report courtesy of Jersey Evening Post

Betway Channel Islands Sports Awards 2021

17 February, 2022

Jersey Table Tennis Association was nominated for a CI SPORTS AWARD after the great successes of our Jersey top players in many tournaments and the free coaching programme given to the next generation of Jersey table tennis players during 2021. Paul Router (President) and Martin Tupper (Vice President & Head Coach) attended the event on behalf of JTTA at Beau Sejour, Guernsey. CONGRATULATIONS must go to Jersey Cricket for winning the overall award.

Report courtesy of Jersey Evening Post

CI Senior Top 12

29 January, 2022

Following the recent Senior Top 10 qualifier to find the Jersey Top 6 the CI Senior Top 12 took place at GRTTC against Guernsey on Saturday. Guernsey took the top three places with Hannah Silcock for Jersey in fourth place - WELL DONE

1. Lawrence Stacey (Guernsey)

2. Phil Ogier (Guernsey)

3. Ben Foss (Guernsey)

4. Hannah Silcock (Jersey)

Gallery

Senior Top 10 Qualifier

15 January, 2022

The Senior Top 10 took place at the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre to determine the Top 6 qualifiers for the CI Top 12 to be held in Jersey on the 29 January. Please follow the links for the results and photos.

Results & Photos taken by Paul Routier

Cardiff Satelite Grand Prix

18-19 December, 2021

CONGRATULATIONS to Hannah Silcock for winning GOLD in the Under 21’s and getting to the semi finals of the Women’s Open in Cardiff. This has been Hannah’s most successful weekend since moving up to senior competitions in the UK.

Photos

Bat & Chatters Lunch

13 December, 2021

The Bat & Chatters Xmas Lunch took place this year at the Dolphin Hotel, Gorey, and was organised by Barbara. Fun was had by all with no casualties! Visit the GALLERY for snapshots.

Gallery

CI Junior Top 12 (Guernsey)

28 November, 2021

The Channel Islands Junior Top 12 was held by GTTA in Guernsey on Sunday. The Top 6 Jersey players who qualified at the Junior Top 12 Qualifier on 13 October, 2021 competed against Guernsey. WELL DONE to the top three Jersey winners:

Leon Pierre (1st) Alfie Sutherland (2nd) John Le Fondre (3rd)

Results & Photos

Island Championships 2021

23-27 November, 2021

The 2021 Island Championships was held at GRTTC over one week. All matches were straight knockouts through to and including the final. Due to the COVID pandemic, there was no separate finals session. Some great table tennis played especially for our younger players who played in their first ever island championship. CONGRATULATIONS to Jersey Men’s Senior Champion - Leon Pierre.

Results & Photos

Bat & Ball Tournament

16-17 November, 2021

After missing out last year, Ken Quirk’s Bat & Ball team came over to Jersey to get their revenge. They did well and triumphed over Jersey with a score of 72 against 43.

Results & Photos

Home Countries Tournament (Scotland)

12-14 November, 2021

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners resulting in 10 medals for Jersey. All players performed well against the best players in the country.

Scotland were playing on home soil and competed against teams from England, Wales, Ireland and Jersey for the coveted trophies and for the accolade of being crowned British Champions.

For more information go to Table Tennis Scotland.

Results & Photos

Newly Qualified Umpires

1 November, 2021

WELL DONE to those 8 people awarded their ‘Level 1’ Island Umpire certificates on Monday.

After School Junior Beginners & Improvers

September, 2021

FREE coaching sessions have been provided by JTTA during term time with funding awarded by the Jersey Community Foundation to inspire a new generation of table tennis enthusiasts. Attendance has been very encouraging and the children very much enjoyed the opportunity to try out table tennis for the first time with many coming back for more. Read the report courtesy of the Bailiwick Express.

On the 30 September Channel TV filmed the FREE Junior Beginner and Improver sessions featuring our new coach, Rafal Jedrasik. Please watch the video and read the report courtesy of CTV.

CTV Video

Report by Emma Volney

Junior Fun Ranking Tournament

24 October, 2021

This fun tournament took place on Sunday from 9am - 11am at the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre and was organised by Martin Tupper, Head Coach, to give experience to our junior players. This follows on from the recent Junior Top 12 Qualifier and took the form of round robin matches.

CONGRATULATIONS to the three winners: Jack, Sebastian and William.

Results & Photos taken by Paul Routier

Junior Top 12 Qualifier

12-13 September, 2021

The Junior Top 12 Qualifier was held this week at the Geoff Reed sponsored by ALTAIR PARTNERS. Matches were the best of 7 straight knockouts resulting in the Junior Top 6 who qualfiied to enter the finals later this year in Guernsey.

Entrants, Results & Top 6 Qualifiers

Stan Smith - Award

1 October, 2021

The JTTA Council recently met and it was unanimously decided to award Stan Smith an HONORARY MEMBERSHIP for his tremendous contribution to the Association that he gave in establishing the extremely successful BAT & CHAT sessions started some years ago.

4 Star Tournaments (Blackpool)

September, 2021

Great start to the season for Jersey’s Hannah Silcock winning the first under 15 4 Star Tournament in Blackpool on the 11 September.

CONGRATULATIONS to her for finishing as runner up in the Under 19 4 Star on Sunday, 12 September.

COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022 (Birmingham)

29 July - 8 August, 2022

J Wykes, H Silcock & Team Coach, Miguel

WELL DONE TO BOTH HANNAH & JORDAN

Team Jersey were:

Jordan Wykes

Hannah Silcock

Miguel Freitas – Team Coach

Paul Silcock - Team Manager

Paul Routier - As a guest of the Jersey Commonwealth Games Association

Watch the BBC video INTERVIEW with Hannah Silockm ahead of the Games.

The team took part in the Opening Ceremony on Thursday 28th July with training starting the next day. Table Tennis Wales were great in helping both Hannah and Jordan to gain training and camp experience with other players in the run-up to the Games.

On the 3 August, Hannah (15) began her women's singles campaign with a 4-1 group-stage victory. Team-mate, Jordan, won 1 from 2 in the men's draw against Gavin Rumgay of Scotland. Then on the 4 August, a great start to the day with Jordan and Hannah winning 3-1 against a strong Cypriot side in the last 64 of the mixed doubles before losing 3-0 to the Canadians. Hannah then played her singles match against England No. 1, Tin-Tin Ho, in the last 32 of the women’s singles and although managing to pull back a 2-0 deficit to 2-2 she eventually lost 4-2.

JTTA must thank our coach Miguel, Paul Routier (JTTA President), the Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey for their support and all our sponsors and supporters of Jersey Table Tennis and also to Dave Ferguson and Michael Loveder Photography for some great photos.

Background

The Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey have confirmed two table tennis players will represent the Island at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Teenager Hannah Silcock will compete in the women’s singles while 22-year-old Jordan Wykes will play in the men’s singles event.

Hannah, just 14-years old, started playing when she was seven when she signed up for the “Girls for Gold” initiative at the Geoff Read Table Tennis Centre. She is the current British Under 15 champion, and won three gold medals at the recent British and Irish Home Nations International. Jordan has played and trained in Sweden, Denmark and France, and is currently based with Archway Table Tennis in Peterborough, under the guidance of former England number one Denis Neale.

President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey, Paul du Feu, said: “We were pleased to get official confirmation through that Hannah and Jordan had been allocated places in the singles events. I’m sure they will both represent Jersey proudly and we wish them well in their preparations over the next few months ahead of a really exciting summer.

President of the Jersey Table Tennis Association, Paul Routier, added: “We’re extremely pleased that Games organisers have recognised the recent successful playing achievements of Jordan Wykes and Hannah Silcock. Both Jordan and Hannah have been competing at a high level across the UK and Europe and have earned their place in Jersey’s Commonwealth Games team. The Association is really proud of the development of Jersey table tennis in recent years.”

The inclusion of the two table tennis players brings the number of Jersey competitors confirmed for Birmingham 2022 to 18. The first 16 athletes named to represent the Island were announced in October last year. The next tranche of athletes to join the growing team will be selected in the next few days, with the Games beginning on Thursday, 28 July.

Thanks again to all our volunteers, coaches, committee members and sponsors that help develop Jersey Table Tennis, Jersey Sport, Altair Partners, Tees Sport, Jersey Sport Foundation and The Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey.

JTTA 2022 AGM

20 July, 2022

The JTTA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING was held at the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre in the main hall on Wednesday, 20 July, 2022 at 7.30pm. Attendance was good and everyone complied with social distancing during the evening. Paul Routier chaired the meeting and was re-elected as President. The remaining officers and support roles were elected. MARTIN TUPPER was made a Honorary Life Member of the JTTA in recognition of all his hard work over the years as head coach, selection and ranking officer.

Secondary Schools Int’l Championships (Scotland)

25-26 June, 2022

The Secondary Schools International Championships was hosted in Largs, Scotland. The event involved teams from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man and Guernsey, with age categories under 14, under 16 and under 18 for both girls and boys. Altair were the sponsors for Team Jersey.

CONGRATULATIONS to Hannah Silcock. There was a high standard of play and Jersey won 5 MEDALS:

Hannah Silcock - U18 British Secondary Schools Champion

Leon Pierre - Silver U18 Plate

Jack Le Blond - Silver U14 Boys Plate

Kathryn Silcock - Bronze U18 Plate

William Cornthwaite - Bronze U14 Plate

Gallery Photos taken by Paul Routier

Plat Douet School Table Tennis Championships

14 June, 2022

This primary school championship took place at the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre, FB Fields.

CONGRATULATIONS to Anna & Christine who won the doubles tournament with Leandro & Rodrigo as runners up AND to Anna who won the singles with Riley as the runner up.

Gallery Photos taken by Paul Routier

16th Queen’s Relay Baton (Jersey)

11 June, 2022

The Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey CGAJ confirmed the itinerary for the Jersey leg of the Queen’s Baton relay. Sports representatives, school children and the public had the opportunity to see and be photographed with the baton as the build up to the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham continues.

The Relay began in October 2021, with Her Majesty The Queen placing her message to the Commonwealth into the baton ahead of its 294-day journey to every corner of the Commonwealth.

John Le Fondre

Oscar Karwowski

Kathryn Silcock

each took their turn to be the bearer of the baton during a 100m run around the FB Fields athletic track. They were accompanied by the Altair Junior Academy.

Gallery Photos taken by Paul Routier

Jersey Sport Celebration For Volunteers

10 June, 2022

To celebrate the arrival of the Queens Commonwealth Relay Baton in Jersey, volunteers were invited to the FB Fields by Jersey Sport to thank them for their contribution to sport and physical activity in their various roles. They had the opportunity of holding and being photographed with the baton.

Offical Video courtesy of Jersey Sport

Inter Insulars (Guernsey)

30 April, 2022

The Inter Insulars were held in Guernsey. Winners of the Island Championships 2022 held in Jersey in March travelled to Guernsey to compete. The over all score was Guernsey 61 Jersey 49.

Thank you to our hosts at Guernsey Table Tennis Association who are celebrating their 100 year anniversary this year. It was great to hold the event again and we look forward to welcoming them in 2023 when we hold the event in Jersey.

Follow the GTTA link for more information.

Results & Photos

Island Championships (Guernsey)

29 April, 2022

The Island Championships were held in Guernsey. CONGRATULATIONS to Jersey Table Tennis for winning 17 of the 20 Channel Island titles on Friday evening in Guernsey. Hannah Silcock did well to be part of winning 4 titles in the Women’s Doubles, Women’s Singles, U18 Girls and the U18 Doubles. Leon Pierre and Mariusz Cieminski also won many titles between them as well.

Follow the GTTA link for more information.

Results & Photos

Bat & Chat Championships

7 & 14 April, 2022

The Championships were held at the GRTTC and top coach, John Barden, presented trophies to the winners - WELL DONE

Women’s Doubles - Eileen & Sophie Men’s Doubles - Fred & Gary

Primary Schools International (Guernsey)

8-10 April, 2022

The Guernsey Table Tennis Association welcomed teams from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Jersey for the 2022 edition of the Primary Schools International.

For the first time in 17 years we are ecstatic to be able to field our first ever boys and girls team in the British Primary Schools Table Tennis event in Guernsey this weekend.

We are really grateful to ALTAIR PARTNERS who are the Sponsors of our Junior Table Tennis Academy. Altair have provided the kit for the weekend. Their sponsorship has helped to grow participation in table tennis Jersey. The level of competition will be high but will be a great experience for all involved.

Follow the GTTA link for more information.

Gallery for results & photos taken by Paul Silcock

Island Championships 2022

8-10 & 12 March, 2022

The Island Championships was held in Jersey from the 2-9 March, 2022 with the FINALS taking place on Saturday, 12 March, 2022 @ 10am. The winners will now compete in the Inter Insular in Guernsey from 29-30 April, 2022 - WELL DONE. Follow FACEBOOK for some action play videos. Read the T H ANK YOU letter to the volunteers from Paul Routier (JTTA President).