News – Page 13 – British Para Table Tennis

Event schedule, draw and list of players

WE’RE BACK!We are delighted to be back after a three year absence since 2019, and would like to extend a very warm welcome to you all. The Michael Hawkesworth British Para Table Tennis National Championships is to be held on 22nd/23rd April 2023 at EIS, Sheffield. The event programme for the National Championships will be available...

Honorary MBE for BPTT Performance Director

British Para Table Tennis Performance Director Gorazd Vecko has been awarded an Honorary MBE by His Majesty The King for his services to Paralympic Table Tennis. Honorary awards recognise foreign and Commonwealth nationals who have made an outstanding contribution to...

Facey and Hunter-Spivey take English National titles

The Para classes at the Mark Bates Ltd Senior National Championships in Nottingham produced two high quality finals with Liverpool’s Jack Hunter-Spivey beating Simon Heaps to take the class 2-5 title and 28-year-old Londoner Ashley Facey fighting back from 2-0...

British Para Table Tennis Chairperson opportunity

British Para Table Tennis wishes to appoint a Chairperson either from the current membership or from independent individuals. The Chairperson must have the experience, interest, knowledge and skills to chair British Para Table Tennis in its next phase of development...

Four doubles medals for British team in Italy

The British Para table tennis team took four medals in the doubles events on the final day of competition in the Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy today and there were also some promising performances from other new combinations at...

Golden start for Pickard in Italy

World doubles champion Fliss Pickard made a perfect start to Paralympic qualification year by taking gold in the women’s class 6 singles at the Lignano Master Open in Italy today and there were also bronze medals for Rob Davies (men’s...

Positive end to tough tournament for British squad in Spain

The Costa Brava Spanish Para Open did not produce any medals for the British Para Table Tennis squad but there was plenty to be positive about with the largely young and inexperienced athletes from the Pathway and Development programmes gaining...

Pathway to Paris for British team starts in Italy

The Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy next week (March 15-18) is the start of Paralympic qualification for nine members of the British Para Table Tennis Team Performance Squad, including World champions Fliss Pickard and Billy Shilton, Rio Paralympic champion...

World champion Williams heads British squad in Costa Brava Para Open

Welsh teenager Grace Williams, who won gold with Fliss Pickard in the women’s class 14 doubles at the World Championships in Spain last November, starts her bid for Paralympic qualification next week in the Costa Brava Spanish Para Open taking...

Rushton and Marples take on new roles at British Para Table Tennis

With the qualification period for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games starting next month British Para Table Tennis has appointed Andrew Rushton as Head Coach while Pathway Manager Shaun Marples will take on additional responsibilities as the Programme Manager. Rushton, a...