Week 1 fixtures

As a result of changes to the handbook issued on 6th September, the list of fixtures involving Southport TTC teams for the first week of the new season is now as follows:

Week 1 Home team Away team
Division 1 Southport ‘A’ St.Teresa’s ‘B’ Thursday 15-Sep
Division 2 North Meols ‘B’ Southport ‘D’ Monday 12-Sep
Division 2 Argyle ‘B’ Southport ‘C’ Tuesday 13-Sep
Division 2 Southport ‘B’ NO GAME
Division 3 Formby TTC ‘F’ Southport ‘E’ Friday 16-Sep
Division 3 Southport ‘F’ North Meols ‘E’ Wednesday 14-Sep
Division 3 Argyle ‘D’ Southport ‘G’ Friday 16-Sep

As there are no home fixtures on Monday 12th or Tuesday 13th, this are available for rearranged matches, or for a practice evening from 7.30 to 9.30pm.

Summer Practice 2011

The summer practice/training sessions have now finished, as the sports hall is required by the college for enrolment.

The new league season will start on 12th September.

Coaching and Practice sessions

Coaching starts next Monday 27th September – see Coaching for more details.

We also have a list of probable Practice evenings.

Practice night cancellations

The practice nights scheduled for 27th August and 3rd September 2009 have been cancelled because the sports hall at Southport College is unavailable due to student enrolments.
Unfortunately, we have been unable to rearrange the practice sessions at short notice.

Revised summer practice times

From Thursday 23rd July, the practice sessions will run from 7.30pm until 9.30pm. The experiment of having a separate early session for newcomers/beginners has been abandoned due to low uptake.

Practice nights

Practice nights will now run each Thursday until September.

Spring and Summer Practice arrangements

From 21st May, through to the end of August, we will have a simplified arrangement for weekly practice:

  • Thursdays will be the only practice night, and I have booked the sports hall from 7pm till 10pm
  • the session will be split to ensure that players get the most appropriate training
    • the period from 7pm till 8pm or thereabouts will be reserved for non-league players and weaker players who would appreciate more intensive coaching; given that we are a table tennis club, rather than a social club, the aim of these practice sessions is to improve the “newcomers” so they are able to compete in the lower division of the League from September onwards
    • the period from 8pm till 9.45pm will be reserved for those of higher playing strength; the aim here is to hone the skills of the rapidly developing younger league players and to retain the skills and fitness of the older players.

There is one exception to the Thursday bookings: the hall will not be available on the 25th June, so the practice session will be on Wednesday 24th June instead.

Alan Nolan

Another practice evening

Wednesday, 28th January – as notified a long, long time ago in the practice night schedule.

There will also be one or more practice nights next week, on Tuesday and/or Wednesday and/or Thursday, because the only teams left in the Anon Plate competition are drawn away from home. One of the nights may be used for a rearranged match, so I will update the list of practice nights as soon as I know which days are available.

Practice night – Thursday, 8th January, 7.30pm

Did any of you remember?

Last practice before Christmas

On Thursday, 18th December, there will be an extra practice session from 7.30 to 10.00 – the last one this year.

We’d love to see you there.