The Charles Stampe Trophy handicaps have been amended for the Third Round matches which take place week commencing 14th January 2019. To view these please visit the CST page: CST Third Round

Three teams got through to round three by default, those teams being Cliffe Woods 1, Luton Invicta 3 and Chatham Belfast.

Of the 13 matches that were played three resulted in winning margins which can be put down to handicapping errors (these will be adjusted in future rounds). These matches were a 79 point win for Howard 6, a 78 point win for Chatham Endurance and a 73 point win for Rainham 5.

A full report and scores are available HERE

Martin Hewitt had an excellent afternoon on Sunday gaining a hat-trick in the encounter with Gravesend. This leaves our team in a commanding position to take the title. Martin was well supported by Wayne Matthews and Neil Le Milliere as they ran out 7-3 winners at the Iron Room.

Our Kent League side take on Gravesend at the Iron Room next week (Sunday, 2nd December) with a 1pm start. This match could decide where the title ends this season.

Cliffe Woods 1 collecting their Division One title trophies from our President - Ken Spree at last nights AGM.
From the left - Alan Bridle, Andy Hollmann and Vinni McAneney.

Please note due to poor attendances (possibly due to the World Cup or other reasons), summer practice on Thursday nights at the Howard Table Tennis Centre has been suspended until August 9th.

Pam Butcher has once again won a medal on the world stage.

Defending the over-85 title she won two years ago in Alicante, Pam this time had to settle for bronze at the World Veteran Championships in Las Vegas.

She was edged out in the semi-finals by Reiko Miyagawa of Japan, losing 16-14 in the decider as it finished 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 16-14) in favour of her opponent, who went on to win the gold.

Our sincere best wishes are extended to Pam Butcher as she starts her quest to win another Over 85's World Title today. You can follow her progress by going to the Vet’s UK website and clicking onto the World champions site.

Summer practice sessions have now started at the Howard table tennis centre on Thursdays between 7.30pm & 9.30pm. This is in addition to the regular Monday night senior sessions which run from 7.00pm-9.30pm. All players are welcome.

Full reports and honours lists are now available for the Championships 2018. Go to the Tournaments section to view all the details.

The funeral of Ken Walter will take place on Wednesday, 13th June at 1pm at Ratsbury Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent TN30 7LU. This will be a service to celebrate Ken's like followed by a knees up at the same venue....

We have more sad news with the passing of Ken Walter who died following a short illness on 25th May.
He was diagnosed with cancer just over a month ago and deteriorated fast. Despite his ill health he kept his humour until the end and was surrounded by good health care professionals and close friends and family.

It is with great sadness that we have to report the recent passing of John Kemp. John will be remembered for all the great work he accomplished promoting Table Tennis, especially in the Schools in the Medway area. Many excellent players started because of John’s coaching and enthusiasm for our sport.

Unfortunately the Super Vets (Over 60) events couldn't be held on Saturday as organisers ran out of time.

Chatham TTC has kindly agreed to allow us to use their Club session on the evening of Tuesday 22nd May in order for us to hold both the singles and doubles events. Reporting time will be 7.15pm with a start time of 7.30pm......

The Medway Senior Championships take place on Saturday, 28th April 2018 at The Howard Table Tennis Centre, Rainham, Kent. The start times for each event are as follows....

The Medway Towns Table Tennis League held the final of their handicap knock-out trophy at Newington Village Hall on Monday 16th April and Chatham Gannet emerged victorious by the small margin of 17 points over Anchorians 3, last years winners.

The Charles Stampe Trophy Final will take place on Monday, 16th April 2018 commencing at 7.30pm. The venue is Newington Village Hall (Sturdee Club).

The match will be contested by Anchorians 3 and Chatham Gannet.

We would like to gather the thoughts of all players in our League concerning competing in a 2 player team format. The suggestion would be to trial this in the Premier Division, perhaps next season and review afterwards.

Here is a link to more details of the proposal: Two Player Format

Please share your comments with the rest of the League in the forum:

The MTTTL Junior Table Tennis Tournament was held (despite snow showers) on Saturday 17th March 2018 with 18 youngsters (15 boys and 3 girls – aged 10-17 years) participating and only two abstentions.

The start times for the Championships on Sunday, 18th March are as follows:

Good luck to all players who are participating

Open Doubles From 0900 hrs
Open Singles From 1100 hrs
Vets, Super Vets, Ladies Singles & Mixed Doubles From 1400 hrs

We are very pleased to report that Roger has won the Table Tennis England Coach of the Year Volunteer Awards on Saturday.

This is in acknowledgement of all his hard work at the many primary schools where he coaches Table Tennis on a regular basis.

Well down Roger, we are all very proud of you !

We are very pleased to report that Roger Chipperfield has won the South East 'Coach of the Year' at the Table Tennis England Awards.

JBL consists of 2 weekends in Derby. September and February. The venue, Derby Arena (velodrome) is the most amazing venue that I have ever been to and for Jake and the team to play there is just amazing. I was speaking to several other coaches and they said that Junior British League is the equivalent of Wembley for Football or Wimbledon for Tennis. This is the pinnacle of the sporting calendar for table tennis so you can now image the atmosphere.

Congratulations to Pam Butcher MBE who was recently presented with the award by Prince Charles.

The Quarter-Final results and report are now available in the CST section of the website.

The Semi-Final draw is also available.

We are pleased to report that Roger Chipperfield has been short listed for the 'Coach of the Year' at the upcoming Pride of Table Tennis awards. This is in recognition of all the hard work Roger has put in local schools and clubs over many years.

The League programme resumes this week following the extended Christmas and New Year break which included a Charles Stampe Trophy week.

Good luck to all teams competing in all Divisions as we enter the second half of the season.