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Basingstoke and District Table Tennis League acknowledges with thanks the Award of £10,000 Grant Funding from Sport England in support of its Table Tennis Community Youth Project.
 

LATEST NEWS

Summer League
May 10th, 2012

Message from Patrick Garlick:
Just as the league season has drawn to a close, for those of you who don't stuff your TT bag in the cupboard for the summer we are again running a summer league in Basingstoke for 2012 after the overwhelming success of last years competition.
 
This will be held on Monday nights for 10 weeks at The Sports Hall, Aldworth Science College, Western Way, Basingstoke, RG22 6HA
 
7:30pm-9:30pm from 18th June-20th August.
 
The summer league is open to any player of any standard whether they are Basingstoke league members or not. Please see the attached documents which fully explain the format of the summer league.
 
The deadline for team registration forms is Saturday 9th June
 
For those of you who like to just have the occasional practice over the summer there will be plenty of practice tables available every week alongside the league matches. The cost for practice sessions is £2 per person per night (£3 for non-Basingstoke league members) which is considerably cheaper than the cost of hiring the Essex Road table tennis centre for the evening. Whether you want to bring your team-mates for a practice or simply turn up on your own for a knock, there will always be tables and players available.
 
There is also a bar on site which will be open after matches/practice

For further details, Please click here or go the Summer League page from the main menu.

Team Handicap - Final
May 3rd, 2012

St. Peters 'A' 427 - 410 Queens 'B'

Message from Tom Speed:
In an exciting match played in a friendly and sporting manner, the Queens B side of Sav Thevendria, Peter Howell and Paritosh Singh just failed to wrest the trophy from the holders who last season played as St Peters B.
 
From the start the St Peters team of Sean Pickin, Peter Matthews and James Wright made predictable inroads into their 140 point deficit and by game 8 this was down to six points. Peter Howel then steadied the Queens ship with an impressive display against Pete Matthews so that the scores were level going into the final game.
 
However Sean proved too strong for Paritosh, who battled hard to the very end but to no avail and
St Peters ran out winners by 427 to 410.
 
Congratulations to both teams for providing an entertaining evening.

Inter Town Tournament - Report
May 1st, 2012

Please click here for the Inter Town Tournament report, courtesy of Peter Martin), played last weekend.

Player Rankings
May 1st, 2012

Thanks to Peter Martin for providing the BDTTL Player Rankings throughout the season. Please click here for the Player Rankings as at the end of the 2011-12 season.

Team Handicap - Semi Finals
April 27th, 2012

K.G. 'A' 362 - 408 St. Peters 'A'

Aldworth 402 - 430 Queens 'B'

Closed Championship - Finals Night Results
April 26th, 2012

Many thanks to Patrick Garlick and Sue Tompsett for organising what has been described as "the best ever" BDTTL Closed Championship.

Sander de Riemer (below) clinched the Mens Singles title after one of the highest quality finals ever seen. See Full Results below.

Please click here to read the full story of Finals Night as it happened.

Please also click here for photos from the Closed Championship (courtesy of Queen's ace John Upham).

Please also click here for some video footage.

 

 

 

Div 1 Singles Final - Niall McGrane bt (1) James Wright Walkover
Div 2 Singles Final - (1)Denise Weller bt (2) Kam Pang 11-7, 13-11, 11-7
Div 3 Singles Final - Amy Blagbrough bt (1) Charlie Morrison 14-12, 11-8, 11-5
Ladies Doubles Group - 1st - Denise Weller/Celia Hooker. 2nd - Sarah Whithorn/Terri Allison
Mixed Doubles Final - (1) Patrick Garlick/Sarah Whithorn bt (3) Sean Pickin/Terri Allison 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9
Handicap Singles Final - Dominic Ng (+18) bt Sean Pickin 31-29
Handicap Doubles Final - Alex Garlick/Mark Every (+5) bt Patrick Garlick/Sav Thevendria 21-8
Super Veteran's Singles Final - (1) Peter Matthews bt (2) Norman Swift 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
Veteran's Singles Final - (1) Sean Pickin bt (2) Tony Palaczky 4-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
18-40's Singles Final - (1) Sander de Riemer bt (2) Alex Garlick 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
Mens Doubles Semi Final 1 - (5) Sander de Riemer/Terry White bt (1) Sean Pickin/Peter Matthews 11-9, 11-8, 11-6
Mens Doubles Semi Final 2 - (2) Tony Palaczky/Marcel Ludwig bt (3) Alex Garlick/Patrick Garlick  18-16, 12-10, 4-11, 11-4
Mens Doubles Final - (2) Tony Palaczky/Marcel Ludwig bt Sander de Riemer/Terry White 11-5, 11-6, 11-6
Ladies Singles Final - (1) Denise Weller bt Celia Hooker 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
Mens Singles Consolation - still to be played (Peter Martin v George White)
Mens Singles Semi Final 1 - (2) Sander de Riemer bt (3) Tony Palaczky 13-11, 11-9, 11-5
Mens Singles Semi Final 2 - (4) Alex Garlick bt (6) Norman Swift 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6
Mens Singles Final - (2) Sander de Riemer bt (4) Alex Garlick 11-4, 11-13, 13-11, 7-11, 11-6

Closed Championship - Review and Finals Night
April 22nd, 2012

Message from Patrick Garlick:

First of all thanks to everybody who entered, helped out and umpired matches at the Tees Sport Basingstoke Closed championships yesterday. A total of 51 players competed in 13 events in over 250 matches!
 
Apologies for the late finish to the day. We fell behind slightly with the divisional events and the mens singles and never really caught up but thanks for everybody's patience in what was a very long and stressful day for the organisers!
 
Finals Night is this Tuesday 24th April at the Basingstoke Rugby Club. The venue will be open from 6:30pm for players to knock up and spectators to arrive. The bar will be open throughout the night. Please come and support your local league and its members in what is always a fantastic night of table tennis whether you are playing, supporting your team and club-mates or just a neutral spectator.
 
If you missed out on any table tennis rubbers/blades/clothing/equipment from the Tees Sport sales stand on Saturday and are interested in purchasing any new or clearance stock then please speak to Alex Garlick on the night.
 
Please arrive BEFORE 7pm if possible as the first match will begin promptly at 7pm and late spectators will be a big distraction to the players
 
 
Order of play:
Division 2 Singles Final - (1)Denise Weller v (2)Kam Pang
Handicap Singles Final - Dominic Ng (+18) v Sean Pickin
Mixed Doubles Final - (1)Partrick Garlick/Sarah Whithorn v (3)Sean Pickin/Terri Allison
Mens Singles Semi Final - (2)Sander de Riemer v (3)Tony Palaczky
Mens Singles Semi Final - (6)Norman Swift v (4)Alex Garlick
Mens Doubles Semi Final - (1)Sean Pickin/Peter Matthews v (5)Sander de Riemer/Terry White
Mens Doubles Semi Final - (2)Tony Palaczky/Marcel Ludwig v (3)Alex Garlick/Patrick Garlick
-----Break for Raffle draw and result of competitions-----
Super Veterans Singles Final - (1)Peter Matthews v (2)Norman Swift
Veterans Singles Final - (1)Sean Pickin v (2)Tony Palaczky
18-40's Singles Final - (1)Sander de Riemer v (2)Alex Garlick
Division 1 Singles Final - (1)James Wright v Niall McGrane
Mens Doubles Final - TBC
Ladies Singles Final - (1)Denise Weller v Celia Hooker
Mens Singles Final - TBC
 
If the order of play above is unsuitable for any players. Please phone me ASAP on 07846247644
 
Thanks
 
Patrick

Outstanding League Matches - Reminder
April 15th, 2012

Rule 24:

"At the end of the season 14 days only will be allowed for any outstanding matches. Failure to comply with this rule will mean points will be awarded by the Executive Committee". 

Current Outstanding Matches/scores not received by Webmaster:

WK 16 - Winklebury v Alpha : 4-6
WK 19 - Queens 'H' v Aldworth : 8-2
WK 27 - Minitec 'A' v KG 'B'
WK 29 - Oakley 'A' v Queens 'A' : 0-10
WK 29 - KG 'D' v Queens 'D' : 7-3
WK 29 - Oakley 'B' v Portals : 3-7
WK 30 - Minitec 'A' v Oakley 'A' : 9-1
WK 30 - Queens 'A' v St Peters 'B' : 6-4
WK 30 - Queens 'B' v St Peters 'A' : 6-4
WK 30 - Hannington v KG 'C' : 8-2
WK 30 - KG 'A' v Winklebury : 1-9
WK 30 - Portals v St Peters 'C' : 2-8
WK 30 - Queens 'Z' v KG 'D' : 8-2

Press Reports 30 - now available
April 22nd, 2012

Press Reports 28-29 - now available
April 15th, 2012

Closed Championship - Entries now closed
April 15th, 2012

Message from Patrick Garlick:

Entries for the closed championships have now closed and the total stands at a whopping 52 players. The highest for many years.
 Players will, over the next couple of days, be contacted by either phone, text or email as requested, with confirmation of their entered events, start time and any entry fees owed. 
 If anybody has not received confirmation by Tuesday night and did send their entry form in, please contact Sue Tompsett ASAP on 07828 642646

Closed Championship - Final Reminder!
April 9th, 2012

Closing date for entries is Sunday 15th April!

Please click here for entry form.

If you have any questions please contact:

Press Report 27 - now available
April 9th, 2012

Closed Championship - Entries close in 2 weeks!
April 3rd, 2012

Please click here for entry form.

This year's Closed Championship looks like it's going to be a real humdinger! With 25 entries already received, many players appear to be running into good form with the end of season approaching. Although Sean Pickin and Sander de Riemer have been almost unstoppable this season, there a number of players who, on their day, are capable of lifting the Men's Singles crown. The young guns in Div 2 will prove a match for any of the established BDTTL players, with the Queens trio of Callum Coombs, Ryan Ng and Dominic Ng showing superb form in recent weeks. Celia Hooker will be looking to retain her Ladies Singles title, with Sarah Whithorn eager to go one better after narrowly losing out in last year's final

Time is running out! get your entries in ASAP!

If you have any questions please contact:

Team Handicap - Semi Finals
March 30th, 2012

All the results are in from the Quarter Finals and the Semi Finals draw has now been made by organiser Tom Speed. Please click here for details.

Sport Relief 2012
March 27th, 2012

A very big THANK YOU to everyone from BDTTL who sponsored the Webmaster and his wife for the Sport Relief 3 mile run at Kingsclere on Sunday.

Spurred on by watching David Walliams swim the Thames for Sport Relief, we have managed to raise an incredible £360 so far which we are over the moon about!
It's still not too late if anyone would like to add to the total!

http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/pither3mile

Many thanks!

Team Handicap - Quarter Finals
March 26th, 2012

The first result is in, please click here for details. Also, note the hyperlink on the match score which will take you to a match report, courtesy of Patrick Garlick.

Player Rankings
March 22nd, 2012

Great job from Peter Martin, now updating this on a monthly basis. Please click here for the latest Player Rankings.

Press Reports 24, 25, 26 - now available
March 22nd,, 2012

Apologies from the Webmaster for the delay in getting these on-line.

Sport Relief 2012
March 20th, 2012

The BDTTL Webmaster and his wife are going to try and do their bit for Sport Relief by taking part in the Sainsbury's Sport Relief 3 mile run at Kingsclere this Sunday.

We have set ourselves a sponsorship target of £100 which I am hoping members of the BDTTL may like to contribute towards........every little helps!

Please click on the following link for more details:
 http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/pither3mile

Many thanks!

Hampshire Closed - Results
February 15th, 2012
 Basingstoke were well represented at the Hampshire Championships on Sunday 11th March. Sarah Whitehorn, Celia Hooker, Norman Swift, Patrick Garlick and Jonathan Evans all played well. Sarah came away with the Veterans Women’s title, and Jonathan Evans won the Intermediate Men’s title (Under 23). Jonathan played four 5-setters on his way to the victory in the Intermediate Singles title. He was up against very stiff competition. He beat last year’s winner, Ross Saxby in the Group round, taking his revenge for Ross’s win in the 2011 final against Jonathan, who was runner up last year. Jonathan later put up a tremendous fight against Edwin Slot in the Semi’s winning in the 5th. In the final, he was up against another very experienced player, Billy Ho, and again it went to 5 sets, with Jonathan running out the winner 11-8 in the fifth. Jonathan also got to the quarter finals in the Men’s singles, where he lost 11-9 in the fifth (by now he was really exhausted after all those five setters), and to the quarter finals in the Men’s Doubles with Edwin Slot as his partner.

Closed Championship - 4 weeks to go!
March 16th, 2012

Please click here for entry form.

Only 4 weeks to go before the Closed Championship on Saturday 21st April with the Final Night on Tuesday 24th April.

Don't delay, get your entries in ASAP!

If you have any questions please contact:

Southern Region - English Under 11/12/13 & 14 National Qualification
March 16th, 2012

Apologies for the late posting of this, only just received from the ETTA.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS 17th March

 Please click here for entry form.

Closed Championship trophies
March 7th, 2012

Message from David MacDonald, Trophy Secretary:
Please return all Closed Championship trophies to me by 21st March.

Mr. David MacDonald
6 Cedar Way
Basingstoke
Hants
RG23 8NG
Tel: 01256 325714
 

OPEN SINGLES - Sean Pickin
LADIES SINGLES - Celia Hooker
DIV 1 SINGLES - Peter Martin
DIV 2 SINGLES - Jamie Cole
VETERAN'S SINGLES - Peter Matthews
SUPER VETERAN'S SINGLES - Peter Matthews
18-40s SINGLES - James Wright
JUNIOR SINGLES - Matthew Wilson
JUNIOR DOUBLES - ??
MINI-BAT SINGLES - Sav Thevendria
OPEN DOUBLES - Sean Pickin & Peter Matthews
MIXED DOUBLES - Sean Pickin & Terri Allison

TEAM HANDICAP - St Peter's B

Coaching is thriving!
March 4th, 2012

The Webmaster attended the coaching session yesterday at Aldworth and it was fantastic to see so many players, both junior and senior taking part. 14 tables were in full use, with Terry White, Patrick Garlick and the team doing a great job providing coaching to many useful looking players......if some of these progress to league table tennis over the next few years, BDTTL will be in a very healthy position! Special mention to Peter Coppins who does a FAB job recording and collecting all the weekly subs from the players, a very important role, as well as passing on some coaching tips. Please click here for details for coaching at Aldworth.

Finished with your table tennis rubbers?
March 4th, 2012

If anyone has any table tennis rubbers that are no longer used, for example, if you have recently replaced your table tennis rubbers and the old ones are just sitting around in the bottom of your kit bag, then Terry White at coaching would be very keen to receive these. He can then make these available to the juniors at coaching by adding them to some of the spare coaching blades, so there is a decent supply of table tennis equipment available at coaching

Closed Championship - Entry Forms
March 2nd, 2012

Please click here for entry form.

This tournament is open to ALL registered league members regardless of how many matches they have played this season

Last year saw a fantastic entry of over 50 players for the senior and junior tournaments combined and it is expected there will be a further increase this year. With 13 events there is something for everybody of all standards.
 
Notable changes to this year's championships are:
 
  • Entry forms are being returned to Patrick - NOT Sue (these will be handed to her after the closing date so she can make the draws etc)
  • Removal of the minibat Singles to make way for the Handicap Doubles (After much feedback it was felt this would be a more popular event)
  • Return of the Ladies Doubles (with at least 15 ladies registered in the league it was felt there will be sufficient entry this year)
  • Return of the Division 3 Singles
  • Open Singles and Open Doubles have reverted back to being Men's events. (There are now enough ladies to have seperate events)
  • Junior events will take place on a seperate day (however there are 19 registered league juniors who can enter the senior events)
  • Payment is now per-event rather than a flat fee and can be made by cash or cheque either with the entry form (preferred) or on the day.
 
If you have any questions please contact:
 

QMC reach national finals of the English Schools Championship
March 2nd, 2012

Message from Patrick Garlick:
The Queens Mary's College under 19 girls team have qualified for the national finals of the English Schools table tennis championships thanks to a runners up finish in the regional finals in Cheltenham last weekend.
 
 The team which included BDTTL up and coming junior Zoe Blagbrough, defeated Simon Balle School (Hertfordshire) 7-1 and although they lost 8-0 to Wembley High Technology College (London) they progressed to the national finals to be held in Leicester on Saturday 24th March.
 
 The QMC girls are relatively inexperienced with Zoe being the only league player, but their strength in depth has been far superior to most of their opponents which has seen them now crowned Basingstoke, Hampshire and also South East champions as well as Southern runners up.
 
 This is a fantastic achievement considering no Hampshire school team of any age group has been past the regional finals in many years.

Press Report 23 - now available
March 1st, 2012

Coaching
February 28th, 2012

Saturday morning coaching dates from March 2012 to March 2013 have now been added to the website. Please click here for details.

Press Report 22 - now available
February 23rd, 2012

Player Rankings
February 21st, 2012

Latest BDTTL Player Rankings now updated by Peter Martin. Please click here for details.

Team Handicap
February 18th, 2012

Tom Speed has made the draw for the Quarter Finals. Player handicaps are to remain unchanged from Round 2. Please click here for details.

Hampshire Closed - further details
February 15th, 2012

The Hampshire Senior Closed will be held at the Waterside Table Tennis Centre in Totton, Southampton on Sunday 11th March. This is a fantastic venue with 12 top quality tables and flooring and even international standard lighting. The Basingstoke league has sent a very poor number of entries over the last few years so it would be great to have as many players as possible enter this year. The standard varies from the equivalent of bottom div 2 in Basingstoke to higher than top div 1.

Press Reports 19 and 20-21 - now available
February 15th, 2012

Hampshire Closed and Bournemouth 1 Star Tournament
February 9th, 2012

Please click on the following for details:

Hampshire Closed - Junior (Sun 19th Feb)
Hampshire Closed - Senior (Sun 11th Mar)
Bournemouth 1 Star (Sat 31st Mar)

Masters Cup update
February 9th, 2012

Players will be selected/invited once the season has finished. No date has been set yet but is likely to be a couple of weeks after the Closed Championship:

Current top 6 are:

1. Sander De Riemer
2. Paul Rattue
3. Sean Pickin
4. Malcolm Cummins
5. Peter Matthews
6. Steve Murgatroyd

The next 3 players currently missing out and relying on 1 or 2 available wildcards are:

7. James Wright (2010 Runner Up)
8. Norman Swift (2011 Runner Up)
9. Tony Palaczky

Ping Pong Baby!
February 6th, 2012

He's the latest sensation to hit YouTube!.....Please click here.

Team Handicap
February 5th, 2012

All the results from Round 2 are now in, there were some close matches!.....well done to organiser Tom Speed on the handicapping!! Please click here for details.

Club Contacts
February 1st, 2012

Club Contacts page has now been updated and hopefully contains the correct information. Please let the webmaster know if anyone needs any changes. Please click here for all details.

Team Handicap
February 1st, 2012

Results for Round 2 are starting to come through. Please click here for details.

Press Report 18 - now available
January 27th, 2012

Closed Championship
January 27th, 2012

Two dates for your diaries:
Closed Championship at Aldworth Science College, Saturday 21st April
Finals Night at Basingstoke Rugby Club, Tuesday 24th April

Press Report 17 - now available
January 18th, 2012

Player Rankings
January 17th, 2012

Latest BDTTL Player Rankings now updated by Peter Martin. Please click here for details.

Postponed Match Results
January 15th, 2012

WK8: Queens 'A' 5-5 Winklebury

Press Report 16 - now available
January 11th, 2012

Weekly Results
January 10th, 2012

There has been a problem with the Weekly Results page which has made it unavailable since Sunday. It's taken a while to fix, but it should now be back on-line. Please contact the Webmaster if anyone has any problems or questions about this page.

Masters Cup stats
January 8th, 2012

Masters Cup organiser Patrick Garlick has prepared some very interesting stats based on the 4 years that the Cup has been played. Please click here or follow the link on the  archive page for all the details.

Press Report 14 & Xmas Shootout Report  - now available
January 4th, 2012

Happy New Year!
January 3rd, 2012
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and best wishes for 2012.
Congratulations to Steve Ng (K.G. 'A') for a superb performance in the Xmas Shootout at Essex road on 29th December. Steve played some fantastic table tennis, remaining unbeaten for the whole evening, eventually defeating Prasanth Devarajappa (Bas. Hindu Soc) 21-20 in an incredibly closely contested final. Many thanks to Bill Bavister and his team of helpers for providing a very enjoyable evening, with a great turnout of 24 players, all looking to work off some of those Christmas mince pies!

Tom Speed has made the draw for the 2nd round of the Team Handicap, please click here for the details. Please note that the individual handicaps have been adjusted for Round 2 to take into account the latest Player Rankings and Averages.

Merry Christmas!
December 23rd, 2011

Thanks to everyone for sending me results from this week and as promised, tables and averages are now updated which are the final positions for 2011.
Don't forget Bill Bavister's Xmas Shootout on Thursday 29th December at Essex road, a great opportunity to burn off some of those mince pies!

A very Merry Christmas to all in the BDTTL, the website is now closed and will re-open again w/c 2nd Jan.

Press Report 13 - now available
December 21st, 2011

Christmas is coming.......
December 20th, 2011

Just received the late results from last week and so tables and averages have now been updated, as at end of Week 13.

The BDTTL website will be shutting down for Christmas at midnight on Thursday 22nd. League tables and averages will be updated at that time with all scores received, so please email me any match details asap. No further web updates will be made until the start of Week 16 (w/c 2nd Jan).

Xmas Shootout
December 15th, 2011

League Development Officer Bill Bavister is running a Xmas Shootout at Essex Road on Thursday 29th December, from 7pm.

Press Report 12 - now available
December 15th, 2011

Team Handicap
December 11th, 2011

All the results are now in. Please click here for results.

Player Rankings
December 10th, 2011

Thanks to Peter Martin for providing the latest BDTTL Player Rankings. Please click here for details.

Friendly - Aldworth v "Her, Her and Him"
December 10th, 2011

Report just received from Patrick on a friendly played this week. Please click here.

Press Report 11 - now available
December 7th, 2011

Team Handicap
December 7th, 2011

The Team Handicap is off and running this week, a few score are already filtering through to me. When matches are played, please email the Webmaster with the results so these can be kept up to date on the web. Please click here for results so far.

Press Report 10 - now available
December 4th, 2011

Club Contacts
November 30th, 2011

The Club Contacts page has now been updated and hopefully contains the correct information. Please let the webmaster know if anyone needs any changes. Please click here for all details.

Press Report 9 - now available
November 27th, 2011

Reports
November 25th, 2011

Lots of TT activity over the last week. There were some fantastic performances from Basingstoke students at the South of England tournament. Also a very successful and enjoyable Handicap Singles competition was held at Essex Road. Finally, you can catch up all the news and views from Week 9 in the BDTTL. Please click here for all details.

Night Out - Saturday 26th November - Poison Pub - REMINDER
November 25th, 2011

BDTTL No. 1 player Sean Pickin will be making an appearance "for one night only" as a DJ at the Poison pub (old Reading Road, previously the Castle Pub), near the Railway Station, on Saturday 26th November. Here's a note from the DJ himself:
"It's a just a nice pub and I will be playing music from 7pm-12 midnight, so a good place to meet up and have a chat...with a bit more"
 Please click here for more details.

Website
November 24th, 2011

Apologies folks, been a very hectic week and have got a bit behind with the website. Catching up slowly, should be all up to date by end of weekend.

Team Handicap
November 24th, 2011

Tom Speed has made the draw for the First Round and this as well as the Handicap are now on the web. Please click here for details.

Press Report 8 - now available
November 20th, 2011

Player Rankings
November 16th, 2011

Peter Martin has produced the latest BDTTL Player Rankings. Please click here for details.

New Coaches
November 15th, 2011

Congratulations to Steve Ng, Mike Wood and Peter Coppins who passed their UKCC Level 1 coaching course a couple of weeks ago. With 4 regular qualified coaches on Saturday mornings now, the future for junior TT in Basingstoke is looking even better.

Averages
November 13th, 2011

Averages are now up and running. Please email the Webmaster if you have any questions. Please also see the 'Guidelines' that have been added to the main ave's page.

Press Report 7 - now available
November 13th, 2011

Quiz Night - Friday 11th November - CANCELLED
September 15th, 2011

Message from Steve Rollason:
Quiz night tonight at Hannington Village Hall has been cancelled. Another date will be arranged after Christmas.

View from the Web
November 5th, 2011

This season is already hotting up and there are many good things to note from the matches played so far. Firstly it's great to see some new names performing well, plus the welcome rteturn of a few names returning to BDTTL after a break. Also, thanks to everyone for making the effort to add comments to the scorecards as well as sending out match details so promptly. It really does help the webmaster keep everything as up to date as possible. In Div 1 it looks like St Peters A are still the team to beat but there are plenty of players out there who I think can put up a strong challenge.  In Div 2 Minitec B have made a fast start, but it looks like an experienced AWE 'A' are likely to provide stern opposition. In the newly formed Div 3, Aldworth and Basingstoke Hindu Society are the front runners, although I'm hearing great reports of some of the newcomers to BDTTL, particularly the juniors.
The Averages will be on-line after the completion of Week 8, so if you could all make an extra special effort this week to send me through results, it would be very much appreciated.

Press Report 6 - now available
November 2nd, 2011

Handicap Singles Competition
October 30th, 2011

Message from Patrick Garlick:
We will be holding a handicap singles competition at Essex Road (both rooms) on Wednesday 16th November starting at 7:30pm open to all league members and others if I am notified prior to the night. There is no need to enter beforehand. Players can just turn up on the night but must be present by 7:15pm. After this time all players will be put into groups and it might not be possible to squeeze in any late entries. The entry fee (paid on the night) will be £3 and refreshments will be provided. Essex Road will be open from 7pm for knocking up. These competitions have been very well attended over the past few years so expect plenty of games against many different players, most of whom will be from different divisions.
 
  • All players will be divided into 4 groups at the start of the night and each group will be played on 1 table (2 tables in each room).
  • Every player will receive a number of "base points" based on how they compare to everybody in their group. Obviously if you are in a group with lots of players better than you then you will receive a lot more base points.
  • Everybody in that group will play each other 1 game up to 21 from "love-all" and all points gained throughout all your matches in the group will be added to your base points to give you a total score. There are no deuces so a match at 20-20 will finish 21-20.
  • The top 2 players from each group will go through to the Quarter finals where a random draw and a similar format will progress to the final. In the event of a tie for group positions, all tied players will progress to the knockout round and preliminary matches will be played.
  • Trophies will be awarded to the winner and runner up
 
Although it is not necessary to enter beforehand it would be a great help if you could let me know if you intend to enter just so that I can prepare for a general number of entries

Player Rankings
October 26th, 2011

Thanks to Peter Martin for providing the latest BDTTL Player Rankings. Please click here for details.

Press Report 5 - now available
October 25th, 2011

Press Report 4 - now available
October 19th, 2011

Scorecard challenge!
October 19th, 2011

Here's a challenge for you all! Please try and make at least ONE comment on every match scorecard; facts, details, humour, interest, ridiculous....absolutely anything goes! It will help to make the job of Press Officer Brenda Bavister just a little bit easier if she has got something to write about other than just scores.

Also, it would be really helpful if a bit more care could be taken when completing the scorecards. In particular; clear writing of player names and making sure doubles players names are included.

VERY MANY THANKS!

Night Out - Saturday 26th November - Poison Pub
October 18th, 2011

BDTTL No. 1 player Sean Pickin will be making an appearance "for one night only" as a DJ at the Poison pub (old Reading Road, previously the Castle Pub), near the Railway Station, on Saturday 26th November. Here's a note from the DJ himself:
"It's a just a nice pub and I will be playing music from 7pm-12 midnight, so a good place to meet up and have a chat...with a bit more"
 Please click here for more details.

League Tables
October 17th, 2011

League Tables on the website are now up and running and will be updated weekly on a Sunday night. Updated now as at end of Week 4 with all results received.

Press Report 3 - now available
October 12th, 2011

Press Report 2 - now available
October 10th, 2011

RAF Odiham withdrawn from the 1st Division
October 10th, 2011

Message from Registration Secretary, Ron Powell:
 Please note that RAF Odiham has had to withdraw their team in the 1st division this season. It is a sad loss to the league, as they were a very good sporting side. It was unfortunate but unavoidable with the situation at the Base at present.
Please make a note of the fixture list as the fixture will now become a bye.
One or two of their remaining players are still interested in playing in the 1st Division
with another team, and in particular Simon Clark, and Andrew Pipe.
If any team is interested please contact them or let me know.

Young Games Maker Programme
October 10th, 2011

Please click here for details of the Young Games Maker Programme for the Table Tennis event at the Olympics and Paralympics next year.

Basingstoke Schools Table Tennis
October 10th, 2011

Is anyone interested in helping to organise a Basingstoke Schools Table Tennis Championship?
Please contact Barbara Evans for further details: Barbara_Evans@mentor.com

New player looking for a team
October 9th, 2011

We have a new player, Ian Ambrose, who is looking to join a team for the current season. Ian has recently attended Saturday coaching and is looking for a Div 2 team. If any team is short of a player, please contact Ian Ambrose directly: ian0ambrose@googlemail.com

Web - now back on-line!
October 9th, 2011

Normal service now resumed! Will be working this week on getting League Tables and Averages up to date. If anyone has anyone can provide me with any of the missing results on the Weekly Results page, I would be very grateful if these could be emailed to me - I have now updated all results that I have received so far this season.

Web updates
September 28th, 2011

Due to circumstances beyond our control, there will be no web updates possible from Wednesday 28th Sept to Saturday 8th October. Please continue to send me results, news, etc and everything should be updated by the end of the day on Sunday 9th October. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Press Report 1 - now available
September 27th

Results - Help please!
September 21st, 2011

It would be really helpful if match results and stats could be emailed to the Webmaster so that the BDTTL website can be kept up to date as possible. Happy to receive these in any format (scanned scorecards or just a simple email) with the info needed for the Weekly Results page. Many thanks. email: basingstokett@hotmail.co.uk

Summer League information
September 20th, 2011

All the results, tables and reports from the very successful Summer League have now been moved. Please click here or sum lg from the main menu.

Scorecards
September 19th, 2011

The scorecards for the new season have not yet been distributed. Until they are available, they can be printed here.
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Clive Payne
 September 19th, 2011

We regret to announce the sudden death of BDTTL legend Clive Payne. Clive's name appears on the Men's Singles Championship 12 times, more than any other player in the history of the BDTTL, his last win being in the 1996-97 season.

Quiz Night - Friday 11th November 7.30pm
September 15th, 2011

Message from Steve Rollason:
Quiz night to be held on 11th November at Hannington Village Hall in order to raise funds for our twinning with Stotzheim Table Tennis Club in Germany. Further details nearer the time

Fixtures - Season 2011-12
 September 7th, 2011

Welcome to the build up to the new season! I've just received preview copies of the fixtures for the season, please click on the links below:
 Divs 1 & 2
 Div 3

Summer League
 August 24th, 2011

The final results from the Summer League are now in. All the results and news from Week 8 now updated on the web. Please click on links above. Very many thanks to Patrick Garlick for organising this very successful competition and welcome addition to the BDTTL calendar. The Summer League has been very popular and has been highly praised as a very well run event. Well done Patrick!

New player required
 August 21st, 2011

A new player is required for Queens Club in Div 2. Please contact George Hellens for further details: geogre65@tiscali.co.uk

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