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Nov 2005. If you need an entry form for the Peter Goldring Tournament E-Mail stephen.long12@ntlworld.com
Monday 26^th September: Looking for players, looking for a team ??
Sunday 25^th September: Welcome to the new season by Brian Hall (Ports TT Chairman)

26/09/05 - Looking for players or a Team ?

Contact the League Secretary Pete Woodacre or Divisional Secretaries Phil Eardley Divs 1-2 or Roland Grant Divs 3-4. See handbook or contact section for details.

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25/09/05 - Welcome to the new 2005/06 table tennis season.

Foreword by the Chairman

Welcome to the new season.

Some interesting local developments in our sport have occurred in recent

times and they continue to evolve. The most obvious has been the emergence

of Portsmouth TTC – an ETTA Advanced Premier Club (formerly ALNS TTC)

based at Admiral Lord Nelson School, which had well over 100 members last

season, with a good spread of age groups. Usually a minimum of 10 tables are

used at every session.

Table tennis now features regularly in Portsmouth's holiday sports

programmes, in the School's Sports Activity week, and in the Children's

University programmes.

Local coaches have increasingly contributed to after school sports

development programmes based at Secondary Schools but which focus on

clusters of Junior and Primary schools.

This year we shall seek to develop a Youth League.

Recently a full time professional Solent Community TT Coach has been

appointed via the ETTA to work closely with the three Premier Clubs in

Portsmouth, Fareham and Southampton. The appointee Frenchman Eric

Duduc has been operational since June. In Portsmouth his input has

concentrated on the St Paul's Primary School at Paulsgrove, Charles Dickens

Junior School at Buckland and at Portsmouth Table Tennis Club (PTTC).

In the autumn term some of Eric Duduc's time will be allocated to children at St

Georges Primary School at Portsea but using the new John Pounds Centre as

a coaching centre.

With the Olympics being staged in London in 2012 there will be more

emphasis given to sports promotion and we should be ready to advance our

cause on the wave of opportunity. "Extended Schools" for community

purposes and out of school activity is already on the government's agenda.

Table Tennis is seen by Portsmouth City Council as one of the most proactive

sports in the City. Hundreds of children have reaped the benefit of our

coaching programme. So a lot of TT development work has happened with the

support of just a few voluntary TT coaches. Building on their considerable

pioneering work is now a priority with a need to spread the load. I would ask

you to think about making a contribution to our sport. Sustaining the

development momentum requires a wider base of trained and qualified

volunteers – coaches, feeders, administrators etc. I would be pleased to

discuss this matter with you.

A Level 1 and Level 2 Coach Education Course is planned at Fareham on the

24th and 25th September (closing date 19th September) and for younger

players a new TT Networker project is just about to be launched. Details can

be obtained from me – Tel 023 92371141

Brian Hall

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