Week 8: Averages update only

Only Averages are updated this week. Due to the adverse weather conditions last week, nearly every game was postponed: in consequence there is no report this week or amendments to the Results, Tables and Press.The League have decided to let the Season run on for a further week at the end of the season, to aid the playing of postponed matches, but we hope Captains will try to catch up as soon as possible.

 

Report from the National Junior League 2010 - 2011  Ellenborough, Enfield, North London. Paul Skeggs

2011 Southend Closed Championships

Entry Forms for 2011 Closed Championships now available on SDTTL website.

Closing Date of Entry is Friday 21st January 2011. It may not be possible to accept Late Entries due to the time required to schedule the Program of Events

Qualification: 3 matches have to be played by the closing date for the entry. Only Juniors that have played the 3 qualifying matches in their respective divisions are eligible to enter in this Tournament.

Entry Fees: £13.00 for Adults and £6.50 for U18's (This fee covers all events entered)

Cheques payable to SDTTL must be sent to:

The Competition Secretary, Lou Hopkins,
166 Gove Road, Rayleigh,
Essex, SS6 8RQ

Entries and Timings Will Be Confirmed On The SDTTL Web Site.

"Taster Day" for Table Tennis at the Greensward Academy, Hockley

Trevor Vincent of the Hockley Table Tennis Club is arranging a "Taster Day" for Table Tennis @ the Greensward Academy, Hockley" on Sunday - 12h December, in conjunction with the Sports Director of the Academy.

 

Trevor has formed the Hockley Table Tennis Club over the past 2 years and they now have 3 teams playing in the Southend League.

 

This possibility is very interesting and could see a further Multi Table venue, which would be good for local Table Tennis.

 

Trevor welcomes all players or potential players in the area, to pop in and have a knock on Sunday.

 

If you are local in Hockley, please do call in and give the Venue a look

                        

Address is : -    

                            The Sports Hall

                            Greensward Academy

                            Greensward Lane

                            Hockley

                            SS5 5HG 

Preview of Rosebowl results

Preview of what hapenned last week in SDTTL Rosebowl Competition:

 

Canvey D Lentern C 4-5
Customs A Warehouse B 8 - 1
Warehouse D Invicta A 1-8
Castle Point B Hullbridge D 4-5
HULLBRIDGE G BASILDON HOSP 2 7
canvey e legra d 5/4
Hullbridge G Basildon Hospital 2/7
Customs B Castle Point A 3-6
Rayleigh Mill TT on Sea B 4 - 5
Runnymede 'A' Hadleigh Forum 'B' 6-3
Rawreth B Lentern E 7-2
David Lloyd RESSC A 8-1
Whittingham Legra A 4-5
Lentern D Hullbridge H 5/4
Runnymede C Rawreth E 9-0
TT-on-Sea @ DL A Runnymede D 8-1
CANVEY D LENTERN C 4 - 5
R.e.s.s.c B Rawreth Juniors 9-11
whittingham Legra A 4-5
Lentern B Runnymede B 2-7
Hockley A Hadleigh Forum C 6 / 3
Hullbridge E Lentern A 2:7
hullbridge a waerehouse 5-4

 

Full report for last 2 weeks of the Rosebowl Competition will be published soon.

St. Peters withdraws from the Rosebowl

St. Peters withdraws from the Rosebowl Competition,
'Many apologies, but due to various health issues making it difficult to
have available players qualified for the Rosebowl, St Peters have had to
withdraw from the competition.
PAUL REED,

Entry Forms for English League Cup Competitions

English League Cup Competitions:

Information and Summary of Rules for teams who wish to enter to this competition.


http://www.sdttl.info/ETTA%20Cup%20Competitions.pdf

Southend TT League players on Latest ETTA Rankings

Kevin Caldon of Runnymede A is ranked 28th on the ETTA October Rankings for Vets Men,
Linda Attridge of Hullbridge B is also ranked 28th on the Vets Women.
Emily Godfrey of TT-on-Sea is ranked 24th on Cadet Girls ranking

Well done, wish them all the best.

http://etta.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ranking_188.pdf



Get your name@sdttl.info E-mail now

All Southend and District League members can have their name@sdttl.info e-mail for free. Just get in touch with Berti through the Comments page on SDTTL website and instructions how to set up the new e-mail will be sent over shortly.

ETTA Chairman answers your questions

From the Table Tennis Talk Forum: ETTA Chairman - Alex Murdoch Answers Your Questions.
Have a look at the questions made directly to Alex Murdoch and the answers given from him to Table Tennis players. Facebook logging in details can be used to log in to the forum and any questions can be forwarded to him there.
http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?107-ETTA-Chairman-Alex-Murdoch-Answers-Your-Questions

October Newsletter from ETTA Chairman

Latest October updates from the ETTA Chairman Alex Murdoch now available via ETTA e-Zine.

http://updates.etta.tv/chairman/2010/10/22/october-2010/

Hullbridge TTC: National Cadet League 2010-2011

Hullbridge TTC: National Cadet League 2010-2011

Report from Simon Lowman

New Rosebowl Handicaps List Published on SDTTL

Captains please make note  of the new changes at the Rosebowl Handicap List published today on the SDTTL website.

http://www.sdttl.info/rosebowl/Rosebowl%20Handicaps%20v2.htm

'Rose Bowl' 2010/11

We are today posting out to all Secretary's the new Rose Bowl Handbook - 1
per team. This handbook contains everything you need for the competition,
from the group stages through to the Final game.

There are changes to the format of the competition, and most importantly,
results are to be sent via an e-result facility in the Rosebowl button. No
paper score sheets are to be sent.

The Group stage, Player averages and Rules will be published on the web.

Player Averages will be updated as new players are registered and following
the group stage when all averages will be reviewed.

Please contact your Club Secretary for your Handbooks.

Have a good competition.'

Jayne Johnson, SDTTL General Secretary

Linda Attridge, bronze medal in Six NationsTournament

Congratulations to Linda Attridge of Hullbridge TTC, who won a bronze medal in the Six Nations Tournament 2 weeks ago. Lyn said she was really pleased to represent England B and actually win something...... and also because she came very close to beating the 2 women playing for England A, so feels really inspired for this season. 

Well done Lin.

Jayne Johnson, League Secretary

Hockley C Withdraw from Division 4

To all Captains in Division 4, of the Southend & District Table Tennis League, please note that Hockley C have withdrawn from Div 4.

Trevor Vincent, who runs this team, knew from the onset that this team may not make it, but he has tried very hard to achieve 3 teams for Hockley. As a new club to our League last Season, Trevor has put a lot of time and effort into developing a new club into our league and should be congratulated on setting up 2 teams and just failing to add a third. The Committee would like to thank Trevor for his efforts to promote table tennis at Greensward School in Hockley. (Hockley TTC was once our strongest club, winning the Premier Division 3 years running, with the superb team of Mike Watts, Ray Eley, Andrew Bawden and Alan Carroll.

Can you please all mark your records that Hockley C have withdrawn and confirm to Jayne that you have noted this change.

 Many thanks

 Ken

Eastwood Table Tennis Club

The Southend and District Table Tennis League would like to welcome the Eastwood Table Tennis Club as a new affiliated members of our League.  The Eastwood TTC is a social table tennis club providing table tennis practise on a Sunday morning for players of all standards in the area.  We wish their newly formed committee the very best in their new venture. 

Jayne Johnson, League Secretary

ESSEX JUNIOR ASSESSMENT TRIALS Sat/Sun 18/19 SEPTEMBER 2010

TT-ON-SEA @ David Lloyd Table Tennis Club Report

Ten entries, from eight TT-on-Sea @ David Lloyd juniors, played in this Essex Junior ranking tournament.
    - In the under 15 boys, Charlie Bates beat the England ranked Charlie Williams in the first group round. Charlie Bates went on to win the Group and then finished 3rd in the next round of 8 Group winners. A remarkable achievement for Charlie's first ranking tournament. Bede Kelly started slowly, finishing 3rd in his group in round 1, but got into gear to finish 2nd in his round 2 group.

   - In the under 13 boys, Sid Dorn won his first round group easily and in the next round met all the group winners finishing 5th against some high ranked players.
   - The under 15 girls was played as a round robin with Emily Godfrey winning all her matches except to Ify Okafor who is ranked England No. 5.
   - The under 18 girls was also played as a round robin and Emily Godfrey won 5 out of 7 matches to finish 3rd in the tournament.
   - In the Under 18 Boys,  all players had 10 matches - Charlie Bates won 7, Kieran Skeggs 5, Steve Marr 4, Behn Taylor 5 and Elliot Treloghan 3.

   Well done TT-on-Sea @ David Lloyd juniors, this is an excellent achievement at this County Level.

Regards

Paul Skeggs

Two Rule changes from ETTA

At the ETTA AGM in July, in addition to agreeing to follow the ITTF list of approved rubbers, there were two rule changes accepted and passed which should be observed. 

1.      A racket cannot be changed during the course of an individual match unless it becomes accidentally damaged so badly that it is unusable.

2.      A point is not scored against a player for an accidental double hit. An accidental double hit, such as the ball touching the racket and the racket hand, can be ignored.

SDTTL League Secretary, Jayne Johnson

Scorecards

Come on Berti, where are the Winter scorecards, need one tonight!   LOL  great being on the other side for a change, harassing the webmaster!!  Best Regards, Andrew

Apologies from Jamie Willson - Legra B

Just spent some time looking through new website. Fantastic job Berti!
Apologies to all teams & players affected by the withdrawal of Legra B as
Pete(spud), John Monk & I are all due in hospital soon for operations -
hopefully we will all be back(& fitter) next season.
Jamie

Individual Membership Update from ETTA

Help and Instructions for registering with ETTA have been updated in our website.

See link for details.

http://www.sdttl.info/news/etta.htm

Hullbridge TTC entering the National Cadet League

Hullbridge TTC are, for the first time, entering a team in the National Cadet League.

The team will play matches at Kemnal TTC and this will provide them with an opportunity to compete against young players from the South London region.

The first matches will be played on Sunday, 10 th October with three further days of competition taking place during the 2010-2011 season.

The Hullbridge TTC squad for the National League will be Sam Lowman, Shannon Rolfe, Sidney Dorn and Grant Burgess. Sam is currently the SDTTL Under 13 Singles Champion while Shannon holds the Burnham & District League Cadet title. The team will train on Tuesday evenings at Hullbridge Sports and Social Club, under the watchful eye of Team Manager and Coach, Howard Grant

Simon Lowman

SDTTL Cancelled 15 September Meeting & Revised 2010/11 Meeting Dates

 

Hi everyone,

 

It was originally intended to have a Southend Committee meeting next week, but as so many of the committee attended the Captains meeting on the 07 September, the majority of current issues were covered.  Therefore we have made the next full meeting of the Executive Committee 21 October 2010. 

 

I have also altered the 2011 dates to tally up better with the County meetings.

 

There are obviously ongoing areas of discussion such as ETTA registration, Rosebowl and Hardbat Tournament which we will conduct by e-mail.

Ken Field, SDTTL Chairman

Chris Crooks - ETTA registrations

'I registered with the ETTA on the 18th July by internet and was given a
number by return email. I phoned the ETTA last week as I had not received my
membership card as promised. I was told that they had problems and was given
a new number. I f anyone else has registered by internet I suggest that they
contact the ETTA to check their registration.'
Chris Crooks

Latest ETTA Ranking List

ETTA Ranking list for July 2010 has been published this week.

http://etta.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Ranking-Lists-Period-186.pdf

League Calendar page added to site.

The new League Calendar for all League activities and future events has been added to the website. It can also be used for promoting all the members team events or parties, fund raising events etc.

Minda, Rawreth Prem,

'for starters etta rankins should be corrected to the date or deleted all together


nice job! keep going'

Shelley Woolley - Invicta B / Div 3

'I only have access to a PC at work. I can't use the Blog or Facebook and I also can't view any photos on the gallery. I can live with that!

But please make sure that any important information is included in the main pages of the T-T website.
Also, please don't forget that some people haven't got internet access at all. Thanks.'

“Rawreth TT Players and Friends of Rawreth TT Night out”

Dear all,


As it’s my turn to organise the Rawreth TT Players and Friends of Rawreth twice annual night out, I thought it might be nice for the focus of the evening to be on a relaxed meal with no rush to get out quickly to go to a Disco or Casino.
My suggestion would be to book the £19.95 party menu (see attached) at La Tasca, Tapas Bar in Southend (formerly Yates), which would also include two complimentary jugs of Sangria.
http://assets.bayrestaurants.co.uk/downloads/2010/03/607.pdf


For an additional £1.50 we can get a mini desert.
They have a very spacious bar area so we could all meet there from 7pm and sit down to eat between 8.30pm and 9pm.
No arrangements will been made to go to the Casino or Disco, although I do realise that after the meal a few hard core players probably would go on and this can be on an ad hoc basis for those who want to party into the early hours of the morning.
Please let me know if you think my suggestion is a good and if you can make Friday 15th October. Alternatively I am open to suggestions and as the main focus of the evening is on the meal we are not limited to Southend.
It would be really good if you could all make it and please pass on the invite to anyone who you think should be invited who I might have missed or let me know and I will contact them.
I look forward to hearing if:-


· You can make 15th October?
· Think La Tasca is good idea?
· Want desert added?
· Happy to pay £21.45 for Tapas and Mini Desert?
Best wishes
George
PS can someone let Kevin Calden, Eddie Hodson, Josh Lovett, Adam Brewer, Lee Prentice, John Monk and Dave Bowles know

Ray Farmer - Summer League Tables

21/07/2010
'Would you have the final tables of the summer league. Well done Jim regarding names with the averages'

Andrew Halling - Eastwood Coaching Club

20/07/2010, 'Thanks - see you have taken Eastwood off the coaching page as it is now a social TT morning rather than Junior coaching.' Andrew Halling

Jim Stait - Teams next to players

19/07/2010, 'Can the players team be added when showing averages like the Basildon league?'

Will have a look Jim, I have thought about it but not tried it. I'm sure it could be done. Thanks. Berti