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Pickard finds the key to success

Success in any walk of life depends on overcoming the obstacles along the way and as the American minister Henry Ward Beecher once said: “One’s best success comes after their greatest disappointments.” For Fliss Pickard, gold medals in the recent...

George Monaghan

British Para Table Tennis have been advised by our President Philip Lewis MBE that George Monaghan sadly passed away at home on 22nd August 2021.George had his accident in 1960 becoming a paraplegic and for 61 years was a wheelchair...

Pain of losing in Tokyo will motivate Stacey on the path to Paris

Tokyo 2020 may not have been the Paralympic debut that Joshua Stacey wanted but the young Welshman can still be very proud of his performance at these Games which has highlighted his huge potential. Having reached the quarter-finals of the...

Paralympic legend Neil Robinson still making a difference

While four of the British Para table tennis players representing ParalympicsGB in Tokyo are about to take part in their very first Paralympic Games, coach Neil Robinson is experiencing his tenth – a remarkable achievement and one that he admits...

Reflections on 2020

This time last year the team was looking ahead to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo but looking back now on 2020 it has been a very different year to the one that everyone expected. While life was anything but ‘normal’...

Gardening leave helps Davies to refocus on Tokyo

As Wales emerges from its second lockdown in the continuing battle against COVID-19, Paralympic champion Rob Davies is once again focused on the defence of his title in Tokyo next summer, although the 36 year old from Brecon admits that...

British Para Table Tennis name change is official

British Table Tennis Association for the Disabled Limited trading as British Para Table Tennis has officially changed its name to British Para Table Tennis Limited. The motion was put forward by the Board at the Annual General Meeting which took...

British Para Table Tennis 2020 Awards - Winners

British Para Table Tennis is pleased to announce the following awards following a nomination process leading to decisions by a panel. These Awards were noted at the recent BPTT AGM and will be presented as soon as circumstances allow. BPTT has introduced these awards in order...

Future is bright for BPTT

Six weeks after the launch of BPTT Future Stars, the new online recruitment initiative to find new players who have the potential to become future Paralympians, Pathway manager Shaun Marples has been delighted with the response. “We have had 21...

Bayley driven to be the best he can be

Will Bayley standing triumphantly on the table with his arms aloft was one of the most iconic images from the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016 but four years later it is not that moment Bayley thinks about when he looks...