Coaching Dates extended
July 29th, 2010

Good news - Saturday morning coaching is continuing for an extra 4 weeks into the school holidays. The additional dates are 31st July, 7th, 14th & 21st August.
On 14th August Alison Broe will be coming o coaching to coach the better players.

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New Press Officer
July 29th, 2010

Delighted to announce that Brenda Bavister, wife of Queen's ace Bill, has agreed to take on the role of Press Officer for the forthcoming season. Many thanks to Brenda from BDTTL, we look forward to reading the reports in the Basingstoke Gazette!

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Team Registrations - deadline Friday July 30th
July 29th, 2010

The deadline for team registrations is this Friday 30th July. Forms with the appropriate fees should be sent to the Registration Secretary, Ron Powell.

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New bat for the new season?
July 29th, 2010

Message from Patrick Garlick. Click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page.

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New players required
July 15th, 2010

Although the new season is still a couple of months away, St Peters and Queens are looking to be active in the pre-season transfer market! Both clubs are looking for new players. Please contact either Sean or George directly for further details:

Message from Sean Pickin: St Peters are looking to expand their club to 3 teams, 2 in Div 1 and 1 in Div2. We are looking for a couple of players for Division 2 and one more player in Div 1 (not the A team). We have 2 players already committed for Div 2 but need 2 more regular players

Contact Sean Pickin: 01256 841267

Message from George Hellens: I am looking for 2 players for a Queens side, Div 2, so I can form a new team.
Contact George Hellens: 01256 358905

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BDTTL Player Rankings
July 4th, 2010

Peter Martin has done a great job this season keeping the BDTTL Player Rankings up to date. These have now been updated for the end of the season. Apologies from the Webmaster for the late posting of these on the web! Please select ave's from the main menu or click here for details.

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Queen Mary's Olympic Weekend
July 4th, 2010

Message from BDTTL Chairman, George White:
BTTL is among a number of sports that will be supporting this event which will be held at Queen Mary's College,Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke on SATURDAY 24 JULY FROM 10am to 4pm.

The aim is for various sports to provide "taster" sessions at the college throughout the day.

A table will be set up for the members of the public to play and for players to give a demonstration of their skills.

I'm looking for volunteers to man an information stand and to do a bit of coaching. Leaflets will be prepared for handing out on the day. 

No-one will be required to attend for more than 2 hours.

Please contact George White for further details.

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BDTTL - positions vacant
July 4th, 2010

BDTTL is looking to fill 3 key positions on the committee for the 2010-11 season:

Press Secretary
League Development Officer
Competition Secretary

All 3 positions are very important in the successful running of the league. Press Officer primarily needs to produce a weekly report for the Basingstoke Gazette; League Development Officer is involved particularly in developing junior table tennis in BDTTL; Competition Secretary is responsible for the organisation of the Closed Championship.

If anyone is in any of these roles, please contact George White for further information.

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AGM - minutes from 2009
June 8th, 2010

Thanks to BDTTL Secretary Barabara Evans for producing the minutes from last years AGM. Click here to read. It is not intended to mail these out to members before this years AGM. Barbara will bring some paper copies to the AGM for people to read. If anyone would like a hard copy ahead of the AGM, they can contact Barbara via e-mail (barbara_evans@mentor.com) or call 07921 744393 or 01256 843569

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Junior Table Tennis League
June 1st, 2010

Message from George Hellens: A Junior Table Tennis League is to be organised, starting in September, at Essex Road, every Friday evening from 7pm to 9pm. There will be 8 teams, 2 players in each team. 4 games + doubles, total 5 games. This is for Juniors who want to play matches but to young to play in the adult league.

Please contact George for further details: 01256 358905

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French Table Tennis exchange with Alencon
June 1st, 2010

Thanks to Sean Pickin, organiser, for the Press Report. Click here to read.

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AGM - 2010
May 19th, 2010

Thursday 24th June
Basingstoke Rugby Club, Pack Lane, Kempshott
commencing 7.30pm.

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French Table Tennis exchange with Alencon
May 19th, 2010

The Weekend of the 22-23^rd May Basingstoke TT will be hosting a French Table Tennis team for the 42^nd year of the TT Exchange between Basingstoke and Alencon. The following people are participating from Basingstoke;

Sean Pickin
Alan Palaczky
Tony Amies
Patrick Garlick
Steve Armstrong
George White
Louis Webb
Matthew Palaczky
Sarah Whithorn
Terri Allison
Celia Hooker
Martin Dawson
Sue Tompsett

Report to follow.....

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New player required for Ashford Hill in Newbury league
May 5th, 2010

Click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page.

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Report from Registration Secretary, Ron Powell
May 3rd, 2010

Many thanks to Ron Powell for all his hard work throughout his first season as Registration Secretary. It's been a challenging season mainly thanks to the disruption caused by the snow and ice during the winter, resulting in many postponement. But with all the matches now completed, it's time to reflect, so click here to read Ron's report on the conclusion to the season.

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Team Handicap Final
April 30th, 2010

The 2009-2010 season was brought to fantastic climax on Thursday night when K.G. 'B' took on 'K.G. 'C' in an absolute epic Team Handicap Final. Amazingly the match not only went down to the last match of the evening it went down to the final point of the final set! The final score:

K.G. 'B' 420 - 421 K.G. 'C'

More details to follow.....

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Press Report 30 - the last one of the season
April 21st, 2010

Many thanks to Mike Wood for doing a superb job as Press Officer this season. His reports have always been a great read and have certainly added some colour to the BDTTL. Click here to read the final press report of the season.

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End of the season - almost
April 26th, 2010

Just 2 outstanding matches that do not appear to have been played yet:

Queens 'B' v Minitec 'A'
K.G. 'F' v Portals

If these games have been played, please can the results and match details be sent to Ron Powell, Mike Wood and the Webmaster asap, so that the final statistics and reports can be produced.

If they haven't been played, a polite reminder that they need to be played by the end of this week (Rule 20: ...all matches must be played within 14 days of the end of the season....)

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Press Report 29
April 21st, 2010

Click here to read the penultimate press report of the season.

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Masters Cup - Results
April 21st, 2010

Peter Matthews won the 2010 Masters Cup on Monday playing some inspired table tennis. Click here to read the full story from organiser Patrick Garlick.

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Press Report 27
April 18th, 2010

The end of the season is just around the corner, but there's no let up for Press Officer Mike Wood. To read the latest press report, click here.

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Final Results
April 18th, 2010

Still quite a few missing, but have updated tables and averages with all results I know about. Hope the final results will come through soon so final tables and averages can be provided.

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Masters Cup - Update
April 13th, 2010

Norman Swift has withdrawn, so Alan Palaczky has now been given a wildcard entry.  See 'Masters Cup - Draw' below, which has been amended.

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Press report - Closed Championship
April 13th, 2010

Click here to read the report from the Closed Championship, scheduled to be in the Gazette yesterday.

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Tables and Averages
April 13th, 2010

Just received some late score so have updated tables and averages with all results currently shown on the website.

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Masters Cup - Draw
April 12th, 2010

Update from organiser, Patrick Garlick:
All players have now confirmed availability for Monday 19th April at Essex Road starting 7:15pm. The groups will be:

Group 1 (KG Room)
(1) Sean Pickin
(4) Peter Matthews
(5) James Wright
(8) Patrick Garlick (WC)

Group 2 (Queens Room)
(2) Paul Rattue
(3) Tony Palaczky
(6) Steve Murgatroyd
(7) Alan Palaczky (WC)

Remember there are 7th and 5th place play-off matches as well as the semi finals. Should be finished no later than 10:45pm

Click here or select archive from the main menu for results from previous years.

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Masters Cup
April 11th, 2010

Patrick Garlick is organising the 2010 Basingstoke Masters Cup again this year, to be held on Monday 19th April at Essex Road/Queens starting at 7:15pm. Qualifying criteria this season are:

1) The reigning masters cup champion receives an automatic place
2) The top 5 players in the averages at the time of the closed championships (20th March 2010) (If the reigning champion is in that top 5 then the 6th placed player will be invited)
3) Wildcards will be awarded to the 2 players who have had most wins against the top 5 throughout the season
4) All players must have played at least 50% of the league matches to be eligible to compete

Click here or select archive from the main menu for results from previous years.

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Team Handicap - Semi-Final Results
April 5th, 2010

The Final of this years Handicap Cup will be an all K.G. afffair, with the 'B' team taking on the 'C' team. Click here for the semi-final results.

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BDTTL Player Rankings
March 29th, 2010

Thanks to Peter Martin for the latest update to the BDTTL Player Ranking System, with all league results up to 19th March 2010. Please select ave's from the main menu or click here for details.

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Money collected at Closed Championship
March 26th, 2010

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Closed Championship - The Final Word
March 26th, 2010

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Photographer Wanted
March 25th, 2010

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Press Report 26
March 24th, 2010

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Finals Night - from 7pm Thursday 25th March
March 22nd, 2010

Venue: Basingstoke Rugby Club, Kempshott RG22 5HH (01256 323308)
 

Handicap Singles	Norman Swift (5) v Terry White (10)
Open Singles S-F 1	Sean Pickin v James Wright
Open Singles S-F 2	Norman Swift v Paul Rattue
Veterans (40+)	Sean Pickin v Ian Short
Div 1 Singles	Norman Swift v Steve Murgatroyd
Mixed Doubles	Sean Pickin/Terri Allison v Patrick Garlick/Sue Tompsett
	MID SESSION INTERVAL & RAFFLE
Div 2 Singles	Steve Ng v Paritosh Singh
Ladies Singles Final	Sue Tompsett v Sarah Whithorn
Open Doubles	Sean Pickin/Peter Matthews v Tony Palaczky/Alan Palaczky
Mini-Bat	Paul Rattue v Steve Murgatroyd
18-40's	James Wright v Sav Thevendria
Open Singles Final	To be decided

If any player has a problem with the schedule, please contact:

Ashley Pither: 07950 195841

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Closed Championship - a brief look back
March 21st, 2010

What a day it was! Superb table tennis, a great community spirit and a fantastic array of cakes! Thanks to everyone for playing their part in making it a very successful and very enjoyable day. There were some very generous donations for the raffle, which along with the entrance fees and money from the refreshments means that we easily covered the cost of hiring the Aldworth Sports Hall (£250) and the Rugby Club for Finals Night (£30). Make a date in your diaries for Thursday night, there are some hotly anticipated matches with the best players in Basingstoke going head to head for the 10 titles available. 

In the Junior Singles Final, highly rated Div 1 rising star, Louis Webb won a closely contested match against the rapidly improving Jamie Cole. Jamie took the first set with some confident attacking table tennis, but the experience Louis has gained from playing in Div 1 this season started to kick-in, taking control of the match and winning the next 3 sets. Let's hope it's not too long before we see Jamie and some of the other up and coming juniors competing in the BDTTL Div1.

In the Junior Doubles, Louis Webb teamed up with Matthew Palaczky to win in 4 very close sets against Jamie Cole and Tristan Noon. Both junior finals provided great entertainment to the spectators, who appreciated a superb exhibition of table tennis. All juniors competing yesterday should be congratulated, not just for their table tennis skills but also for the way they all conducted themselves and for their great sportsmanship.

The Super Veterans title was won by Nigel Cooper, defeating Terry White by the closest possible margin. Terry won the first set 12-10, before Nigel stormed back to win the last 2 sets 11-9, 11-9. It was good to see a strong entry in the Super Veterans this year. It was particularly pleasing to see Louis Palaczky competing again, with Ron Powell, Robin Burns and Bill Bavister all providing good opposition.

The schedule for Finals Night will be published here on the web on Monday evening.

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Press Report 25
March 21st, 2010

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BDTTL Player Rankings
March 21st, 2010

Peter Martin has updated the BDTTL Player Ranking System, with all league results up to 21st February 2010. Details can be found on the aves page or click here for details.

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Closed Championship
March 17th, 2010

Thanks to everyone for a fantastic entry in this years Closed Championship, a total of 51 Senior and Junior players which is fantastic! We are currently in the process of making the draws for the events so if any player who has entered can NOT now play on Saturday, please let me know asap.

The scheduled start times for all events needs to be flexible, so please treat the following as a GUIDE ONLY. I am hoping that once the draws have been made I may be able to contact a small number of players who will not need to be available to play until 10am earliest:
 

·         09.00 Junior Singles

·         09.00 Veteran Singles & 18-40 Singles

·         11.00 Div 1 Singles & Div 2 Singles

·         11.00 Junior Doubles

·         12.30 Open Singles

·         13.00 Ladies Singles

·         14.00 Open Doubles

·         15.00 Super-Veterans Singles

·         15.30 Mixed Doubles

Handicap Singles and Mini-Bat Singles will be played during the day as players become available.

email the Webmaster: basingstokett@hotmail.co.uk

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Inter Town Report
March 15, 2010

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Closed Championship - IMPORTANT!!! - Change to Finals Night

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Press Report 24
March 10th, 2010

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Postponements and Rule 42 - Update following Committee Meeting
March 6th, 2010

The BDTTL committee discussed this at length at this week's committee meeting and would like to continue to gather the thoughts and ideas from all in the BDTTL. Please continue to submit you views to the webmaster over the next couple of weeks so that this can be raised at the AGM in the summer. Please click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page to view.

Please email the Webmaster for these to be recorded:
email the Webmaster: basingstokett@hotmail.co.uk

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Important message from Trophy Secretary David MacDonald
March 5th, 2010

Some Closed Championship trophies from last year have yet to be returned. If you still hold a trophy, please return to Trophy Secretary David MacDonald ASAP.

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Closed Championship - Raffle and Cakes - APPEAL!!!
March 4th, 2010

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Closed Championship - Update
March 4th, 2010

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Closed Championship - Entries
March 3rd, 2010

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Press Report 23
March 3rd, 2010

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Hampshire Junior Closed & Junior British League
February 28th, 2010

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Basingstoke and Deane Sports Awards 2010
February 28th, 2010

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Two forthcoming events in Southampton
February 28th, 2010

Click here for details of a coaching session and click here for another big prize money tournament at Southampton West TT club open to everybody in the BDTTL. Information received from Patrick Garlick.

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Press Report 22 now available
February 18th, 2010

Click here for the latest information from last week.

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Postponements and Rule 42 - Another new message
February 23rd, 2010

Please click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page to view.

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Postponements and Rule 42 - New Messages
February 22nd, 2010

Two new comments have been added. Please click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page to view.

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Over 50's - Anyone for table tennis

February 21st, 2010

This is really a message for anyone viewing the BDTTL website who would like to play table tennis, but think that it is only a young person's sport! You're wrong, we have a many players in BDTTL who are aged 50+ and enjoy playing table tennis. If your are interested in either taking up table tennis or perhaps looking at returning to table tennis after some years away from the sport, you would be most welcome to play in the BDTTL.

For further details, please contact the webmaster, in the first instance.
email the Webmaster: basingstokett@hotmail.co.uk

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Postponements and Rule 42 - Update
February 21st, 2010

The BDTTL committee asked for a debate via the web about any views on future amendments to rule 42 for next season, in particular whether the 42 days should exclude 'Free Weeks' for Team Handicap matches and/or the Christmas period. The only comment received so far has come from Steve Rollason (Hannington), please click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page to view.

It's not too late to make a comment. Please email the Webmaster for these to be recorded: email the Webmaster: basingstokett@hotmail.co.uk

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League Development Office - Position Vacant
February 21st, 2010

Following the superb work by Patrick Garlick over the last few seasons, we are now looking someone to follow in Patrick's footsteps after his recent decision to stand down. Key attributes for the role are; drive and enthusiasm, confidence dealing with other organisations, with the aim of promoting and developing table tennis in Basingstoke. For further details, please contact BDTTL Chairman, George White.

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Orange Balls
February 21st, 2010

The BDTTL committee has suggested that at venues where the background colour is predominantly white, the Away team can request to play with an orange ball, if available.

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Coaching and Coaches
February 21st, 2010

If any of BDTTL's qualified coaches or any senior players in the BDTTL could spare an odd Saturday morning to help at Saturday morning coaching sessions, it would be very much appreciated by Terry White and his coaching team. Help is needed to feed balls to new players to help them develop their game more effectively. Please contact Terry for more details, or click on coaching from the main menu.

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Team Handicap - Round 3 - Results
February 21st, 2010

Some close matches in Round 3, only 4 teams left now! Click here or go via the h'cap link on the main menu for the results and draw for the semi-finals.

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Press Report 21 now available
February 18th, 2010

Click here to read the BDTTL news from last week.

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Important message from Trophy Secretary David MacDonald
February 12th, 2010

Please can all Closed Championship winners from last season, please return trophies to Trophy Secretary David MacDonald by Sunday 28th February.

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Racketlon - calling all multi-racket players!
February 7th, 2009

Click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page to read about an exciting event taking place on Sunday 21st February.

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Press Reports 20 now available
February 11th, 2010

Here's the latest Press Report from Mike Wood, click here to read.

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Hampshire Schools Championship - Update
February 11th, 2010

Just received more details about other Basingstoke players at the recent Hampshire Schools Championships.  K.G. 'C' junior star Matthew Wilson and Queens 'A' young gun  Louis Webb took part in the Under 16 event. Mohak Dalesh from BHS 'A' competed in the Under 19 event and made it though to the semi-finals, a very creditable performance.

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Press Reports 19 now available
February 7th, 2010

For a great read, click here to read Mike Wood's latest press report which will be printed in tomorrow's Basingstoke Gazette.

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Message Board - Southampton Tournament
February 7th, 2009

Click here or go via the Message Board link on the top of this page to read a report from Patrick Garlick on the Southampton West Table Tennis Club tournament held yesterday.

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Hampshire Schools Championship - Great performances!
February 1st, 2010

Report from Barbara Evans:

The Hampshire Schools Championships took place at Waterside Table Tennis Centre in Totton on Friday 29^th January. Basingstoke had a good entry in the Championships, with three players making it to the finals of their age categories. Jonathan Evans won the Under 16 Boys event, and will now represent Hampshire at the English Schools event in April. Jonathan had not played competitively since before Christmas, due to snow and revising for GCSEs, so he did very well to win the event without dropping a game. Sisters Zoe and Amy Blagbrough both fought well to make it through to the finals of the Under 16 and Under 11 girls events. Zoe was unlucky to meet the England International, Tressa Armitage in her final, and Amy was also defeated in hers by a more experienced player. Altogether it was a very good result for Basingstoke.

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Hampshire Junior Closed Championship
January 31st, 2010

21st February, Waterside Table Tennis Centre, Testwood Sports College, Testwood lane, Totten, Southampton. Click here for Entry Form.

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Team Handicap - Round 3
January 28th, 2010

The final results are in for Round 2. K.G. 'B' clinched the final match in a nail biter against Queens 'C' - good work on the handicaps Tom! The draw for Round 3 has now been made, click here or go via the h'cap link on the main menu for all the details.

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Press Reports 14-18 now available
January 26th, 2010

After a longer than expected Christmas break due to all the snow, the backlog of matches are starting to clear. Click here to read Mike Wood's latest press report covering the last few weeks.

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Team Handicap
January 26th January, 2010

Despite the awful weather recently, most of the 2nd round games have now been played, a credit to all players and teams left in the Team Handicap. Click here or go via the h'cap link on the main menu for all the latest Team Handicap results, courtesy of Tom Speed, competition organiser.

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Closed Championship
January 24th, 2010

This year's Closed Championship will be played on Saturday 20th March at Aldworth Science College. Date and venue for Finals Night to be confirmed. Please all make a date in your diary, we are really hoping for a bumper entry this season!

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Postponements and Rule 42
January 24th, 2010

At the last meeting of the BDTTL, Postponements and Rule 20 were discussed. The decision was to adhere to this rule in the current 2009/10 season, i.e. 42 days means 42 consecutive days, irrespective of whether there is an intervening Xmas break or free week. However, as a result of the recent adverse weather, George White, Chairman, has issued the following statement:
"The 42 day rule should not apply in cases where there are postponements caused by exceptional weather conditions. However I would expect teams to try and re-arrange asap although they will not be penalised if the match takes place after 42 days."

The committee would like to open a debate via the web about any views on future amendments to rule 42 for next season, in particular whether the 42 days should exclude 'Free Weeks' for Team Handicap matches and/or the Christmas period.

Please send any comments to the webmaster:
email the Webmaster: basingstokett@hotmail.co.uk

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Coaching dates
January 22nd, 2010

Please note Saturday morning coaching will NOT take place on 20th February and 13th March as the Aldworth Sports Hall has been pre-booked by other users.

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Results update
January 17th, 2010

It's been a tough couple of weeks due to the weather and very few matches appear to have been played. All results received by the Webmaster have now been updated, as well as tables and averages.