The club needs to fill vacancies on the committee by 1st June 2010. This is due mainly to the fact that Brian Worts is retiring from the club in October. He currently fills many roles within the club, which now require several individuals to fill.
The vacancies are:
Sam Beats the Coaches
Organised by coach Brian Worts, who also guested in the event, the table tennis players of the ExeTT Premier Club, were first faced with the Service Test. The was the accuracy of service to four targets at the opposite end of the table.
Brian, who'd scored nine in a previous event, now only scored once. Fellow coach Paul Humphries hit twice as did Hannah Sharpe and parent Claire Buckler. Sam Richards aged 15, scored 3, whilst ten year old Matthew Wellington took the early lead with four successes. Any embarrassment to his older opponents was short lived for he was one of five who chalked up a zero on the Reaction Test which followed. Thus it was, that catching a pole before it hit the floor, was a challenge not easily achieved. The few who could totally focus and, essentially bend their knees, grasped the falling target. Surprisingly Martin Atkin and Ollie Sharpe were zero victims. Sam and Brian had maximum points with Paul only missing once. Before the final test the accumalative scores of the top five were; Sam 6, Paul, Brian and Matthew 4, Hannah Sharpe 3.
Precision followed. Six attempts at a forehand attack into a box sited on the floor four metres from the table. Hannah's score of 2 lifted her into second spot, Matthew's 2 levelled him with Sam. Hannah dropped out of the top three. Brian, still guesting, only missed twice and Paul then did likewise. The adult pair were now joint first with 8 points. The young pretender stepped forward and the hall hushed. Sam needed three to humble the adults. First he missed, second and third he scored and he was now level first. 4th missed it went too far left. Groans then silence. Sam took a deep breath. Adjusted his position. Struck. Missed. Someone growled. Another said 'you can do it'. One chance. It was almost as good as Fulham's come back against Juventus. The 40 millimetre sphere dropped precisely on target. Sam had won !
Winners of the skillstournament
Club knockout doubles tournament
For three weeks, whilst the Exmouth College make improvements to their Sports Hall, the ExeTT Club have to make do with six tables instead of the usual fifteen. It was fortunate that only eighteen of the eighty two members could attend the temporary Friday evening reduced facility. The good news was that it was a comfort zone that beckoned competition and the doubles knock-out tournament that followed found the six seniors present outplayed by their junior opposition.
Paul Humphries, Garry Diamond and Martin Atkin all victims in the fist round. Claire Buckler and Graham Higgins made their exits in the semi finals.
The final drew Dan Babb and Sam Smith together against Sam Richards and a parent member, Chris Sampson. The latter won a close match 11-9, 11-8 and are pictured with Howard Back the Chairman of the club. Runners up, with their trophies are left Dan Babb, right, Sam Smith.
Winners
Runners-up
Club closure
The College are doing work in the Sports Hall and all the evening bookings have been cancelled. For us it means March 2nd, 9th, 16th are out. We have however, booked Gym 5 for Friday 5th, 12th & 19th. There will be two sessions, Juniors 18:30 - 20:00 and Seniors/Adults 20:00 - 21:30. These session are to be comfirmed.
Mayor of Exmouth visits club
On Tuesday 9th Feb the Major of Exmouth - Darryl Nicholas visited the club - Click Here
Mayor Darryl Nicholas presenting a trophy to the winner of a recent Junior tournament at the club.
Mayor Darryl Nicholas shows his table tennis skills
Mayor Darryl Nicholas with some of the officials of ExeTT, Brian Worts, Howard Back, Debra Wellington and Tony Rowland
Devon Junior Closed Championships
The event was held on Sunday January 31st 2010 at Okehampton table tennis club. Seven junior members took part in this event, none had previously entered this event. Three managed to get as far as the quarter finals in their age groups.
Club mini pin-pong tournament
The club ran two tournaments last night, one for Seniors & one for Junior members (11 took part). The winner of Senior event was Martin Atkin - he was un-defeated througout the tournament. Junior winner was Matthew Wellingham, who received a mini ping pong table. Runner up was Marco Volpini who received a set of 3 Orange balls & a poem book by Brian Worts.
Club tee shirts
The contact details for anyone wanting to buy a club shirt is:- Shack,Magnolia House, Church St,Exmouth (opposite the Post Office Collection office) Tel 223005 and ask to speak to Joe and ask for the Exe TT shirts with Andy Wilsons details on the back. Cost of shirts from memory depending on size is £11 - £12.00. He will need a few days notice so anyone wanting one for next weekend will need to contact Shack by this weekend or certainly by early next week to be sure of getting it in time.
Check out some more pictures on the League Fixtures page!!
Halloween Tournament
On Tuesday 27th October the club held a Halloween Tournament organised by Brian Worts, with help from Carl Humphries, Paul Humphries & Howard Back
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Express & Echo report
On saturday 10th Oct there was a report in the paper all about our club. Click on links below to see article & photos
The 1st division started on Tuesday 22nd Sep. Click on league results page for an update
New tables
The club now has 9 new tables, thanks to a grant from small lottery grant & Sports England and a lot of hard work from Brian Worts. This brings the total number of table to 15.
New club tee shirts
On Tuesday 11th August the club were presented with new tee-shirts sponsored by Andy Wilson & Son (local builder). Thanks to Debra Wellingam for all her hard work.
