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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
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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 Winners
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.
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.
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.
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 THANK YOU letter to the volunteers from Paul Routier (JTTA President).
Gallery for results & photos taken by Paul Silcock
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)
Follow FACEBOOK for some action videos.
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.