News – Page 21 – British Para Table Tennis

Good luck team

As our team finally prepare to head off to Tokyo tomorrow for the Paralympic Games commencing next Tuesday 24 August, everyone at British Para Table Tennis would like to wish all our athletes and coaches the very best of luck.It's...

Tees Sport and Butterfly confirm continued support of British Para Table Tennis

Butterfly and Tees Sport, the UK’s premier suppliers of table tennis equipment, has today confirmed that it will continue to support the British Para Table Tennis Team with a contract that will supply the team with Butterfly clothing and equipment...

Injury rules Paralympic champion Davies out of Tokyo

Paralympic champion Rob Davies will not be defending his men’s class 1 singles title in Tokyo later this month. The 36-year-old Welshman has been struggling with a shoulder injury which has not recovered in time for him to compete in...

ParalympicsGB names 13 athletes for Para Table Tennis Squad at Tokyo 2020

ParalympicsGB has selected a talented squad of 13 table table tennis players for Tokyo 2020 including two defending Paralympic champions. Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medallists Will Bayley (men’s class 7) and Rob Davies (men’s class 1) will defend their titles...

Leading international coach joins British Para Table Tennis Team

The British Para Table Tennis team has recruited leading international coach Matjaž Sercer to work with the athletes on its Pathway programme, underlining its commitment to producing new talent that could follow in the footsteps of Megan Shackleton, Fliss Pickard,...

Gilroy and Hunter-Spivey secure Tokyo qualification in Slovenia

Sue Gilroy and Jack Hunter-Spivey have secured qualification for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo by winning their respective events at the World Qualification Tournament in Lasko, Slovenia today. Five-time Paralympian Gilroy beat Irem Oluk from Turkey 3-1 in the final...

Five British athletes still battling for Paralympic qualification

After some great performances on day two of the World Qualification Tournament in Lasko, Slovenia five British athletes are still in with a chance of securing qualification for the Paralympic Games. Sue Gilroy (women’s class 4), Fliss Pickard (women’s class...

All to play for after day one of Paralympic World Qualification Tournament

At the end of day one of the World Qualification Tournament in Lasko, Slovenia all seven British athletes are still in with a chance of securing qualification for the Paralympic Games. Billy Shilton (men’s class 8) has secured his place...

UK to bid for 2023 European Para Table Tennis Championships

British Para Table Tennis has received approval from UK Sport, the UK government’s agency for major sporting events, to receive funding to bid for and, if successful, host the 2023 ITTF European Para Table Tennis Championships. The announcement follows a...

Seven British athletes bidding for ticket to Tokyo in final Paralympic qualification tournament

Two-time Paralympian Kim Daybell, who has spent most of the past 15 months working as a doctor on the NHS frontline against the COVID-19 pandemic, is one of seven British Para table tennis players who will be hoping to secure...