It is with sadness that we have to report that Bob Ramsdale died last Thursday.
It was always a pleasure to be in Bob's company, he had a great sense of humour and only stopped playing TT after suffering a heart attack whilst playing a few years ago.
Funeral arrangements for Debbie Roocroft.
Thursday 27th December
Funeral Service
10.15 at Holy Family Church, Cale Lane, New Springs.
Followed by the committal
The draw has been made for the quarter finals of the cup competitions and it is in the League KO section of the website under Information.
The matches are to take place in week commencing 21 January 2019 at the venue of the first named team in each match.
The draws have been made for the Handicap Cup second round and the Plate first round. The draw is in the League KO section under Information.
Matches are to take place in week commencing 26 November 2018 on the home night and at the venue of the first named team.
On Sunday, we had 2 teams playing at Garstang regional TT centre.
Beat Garstang B 9-0, and narrowly lost 4-5 to Blackpool and 3-6 to Garstang A.
They were unbeaten - Garstang B 9-0, Garstang C 8-1, Blackpool 5-4.
The draw for the first round is now listed in the League Cup section, together with the handicaps.
The matches are to be played in week commencing 5 November at the venue and home night of the first named team.
The Handicap Cup first round is in week commencing 5 November 2018. One team has expressed a wish not to take part as is allowed in League rules. The rest of the teams will play as per the format shown in the cup rules. The "opposite" team to the one mentioned above will get a bye.
You may have noticed in the second division fixtures a change of name, venue and match night.
Wigan Roby Mill became Wigan Cotton Kings but are now simply Cotton Kings.
Their match night is Friday and they will play at the following venue:-
Mawdesley Methodist Church
The fixtures for the season are in the process of being prepared. This is a more onerous task for the coming season than in recent years because of the configuration of teams in the three divisions and venue availability.
The season will commence week beginning 10 September 2018. There will be 9 teams in Division One, 11 teams in Division Two and 10 Teams in Division Three.
Photos of the presentation night are now in the Gallery section of the website.
Thanks go to Ray Hibbs of Rainford Table Tennis Club for his professional photography.
A very enjoyable and well supported evening at Leigh Miners our new venue for this event. Many thanks to Chris Garfin for the superb venue organisation and buffet. Also congratulations to all our trophy winners.
Vets over 55s KO Final
Hard Bat KO Final
So we travelled to Garstang today to compete in the final round of the National Cadet League.
2 teams , 7 under 15’s.
A team - Daniel, Frankie, David and Andrew.
B team - Kate, Thomas and Matty.
Super proud of all of you.
Well done - Paul
The Individual Championship competition was held at Lowton School on Sunday 18 March 2018.
It was a disappointing turnout given the number of players in the league.
The results of the competitions decided on the day are now shown in the Honours Board section of the website.
PS: Rainford Smash strongly deny claims that they are the source of this leak.
Well done to them all and also thanks to their parents for the support.
The draw for the semi - finals has now been made and is in the relevant section under information.
These matches are to take place in week beginning 5 March 2018 at the home venue of the first named team and the usual match night.
We have just been made aware of the sad news that David Frost passed away on 20 December 2017 after spending several weeks in hospital.
His funeral will be at St. Helens Crematorium on Monday 15th. January 2018 at 1.30 pm.
