Message from the Essex County Table Tennis Association dated 21 June 2016
To all Players who play in the Essex Local Affiliated Leagues and Clubs (players must qualify to represent Essex).
Essex County Table Tennis Association is running an Essex Closed Senior & Vets Table Tennis Championships over the 2016 August Bank Holiday period of 27th, 28th & 29th August 2016.
To enter, simply respond by email:- Stating which Events you wish to enter and fill in the relevant information. Return email to both kenfield@sdttl.info & Jayne.Johnson@sept.nhs.uk You can download the Entry Form by clicking HERE if you wish and return it to Ken Field, the address is shown on the Entry Form.
Closing Date of Entry is Friday, 29th July 2016 and Entries will be on a first come, first served basis, with a probable maximum of 120 players each day.
The Venue is the Rayleigh Leisure Centre, Priory Chase, Rawreth Lane, Essex, SS6 9NF. There is ample free Parking, nice clean Changing Rooms and a very pleasant large Canteen. There is a good playing area, where the Closed Championships of the Southend & District Table Tennis League have been held for the past 7 years, with an average Entry of 120 players.
Directions are:- A127 towards Southend. Leave at the A130 turnoff. Then take the A1245 towards Hullbridge & Rawreth. Turn right at the 2nd Junction, which is Rawreth Lane. The Venue is half a mile along Rawreth Lane on the right, immediately behind Asda
Play will be over 10 Tables, supplied by Topspin Sports.
Play will be continuous from 9.00 am - 6 pm each day.
The Playing Schedule is:-
Saturday 27th August:-
Men's & Ladies Singles, Men's & Ladies Doubles, Under 21 Men & Ladies Singles. Plus an Open Plate Event for those knocked out in their Groups, or Round 1, of the Men’s & Ladies Singles.
Sunday 28th August:-
Men's Vets Over 40s Singles, Ladies Vets Over 40s Singles, Open Vets Over 40s Doubles and an Open Plate Event for those knocked out in their Groups, or Round 1, of the Vets Men’s & Vets Ladies Singles.
Monday 29th August:-
Open Over 50s Singles, Open Over 60s Singles and Open Over 70s Singles.
All matches will be played up to 11 points and best of 5 sets and all Events will be played in Groups of 3. The Plate Events will be played on a straight Knock out basis.
The Entry Fee for each Separate Event is £ 8.00 per Singles Event, £6.00 per person for Doubles Events, Plate Events free.
Trophies will be presented each day. Note, there will be no Table Tennis England Ranking points given for these Championships, nor Cash Prizes, the aim of this Event is to provide good Table Tennis, coupled with a good Social atmosphere, as a nice start to your 2016/7 Season in Essex.
Any player under the age of 18, on the 27th August 2016, wishing to enter the Closed Championships, must enter by Entry Form and their Entry Form must be signed by their Parent or Guardian and returned to Ken Field, address is on the Entry Form.
The Southend and District Table Tennis League is running this Event on behalf of the ECTTA and therefore BACS payments and Cheques should be made payable to the SDTTL Bank Account, with eventual Profit or Loss being passed on to the ECTTA.
Payment choice as follows:-
* Payment must be received by the Closing date of Entry of the 29th July 2016.
Payment, can be made either:-
a) By BACS payment to the Bank Account of the Southend & District Table Tennis League
Sort Code 20-79-73 Account Number 60855529
b). Or by Cheque made payable to the Southend & District Table Tennis League
and sent to Ken Field, 81 The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 3HQ
Any questions do email Jayne and/or myself.
This is the first time the ECTTA have run this Event since 2010 and it is an experiment to gauge whether it's economical to run such an Event or not. We hope you'll give this your full support. Even if you're not playing, do pop in and see us.
The Dates were chosen because the Venue was available and there is nothing else going on in the Table Tennis England Calendar over that weekend, although at the very last minute, Table Tennis England have included British League Senior Division on the Saturday.
We fully realise that it's a risky move running this Event over a National Bank Holiday period, but we are giving it our best shot and our President, Stuart Gibbs, recalls it once being run at Clacton, during the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend, with a great turnout and atmosphere.
Looking forward to seeing plenty of you there.
Best wishes
Ken Field, Chairman & Jayne Johnson General Secretary
of the Essex County Table Tennis Association.
