At the last session of the year (15th December) winner and runner up medals were presented for the 6 half term tournaments run throughout the year for each session. Then Butterfly Skills certificates were presented to each individual for their achievement in each of the skills set, ranging from Bronze Improver to Gold Advanced. Morgan Charnley was the first member […]

The Academy Committee started the re-accreditation process for CLUBMARK in November 2016 and attained it in March 2017. We were only the second table tennis club in the country to obtain Clubmark using the new online portal. Halton Table Tennis Club were the first. The Academy were approached by Table Tennis England and Clubmatters to see if we would help […]

Update on the progress and Achievements in the Bury and TTE National Cadet League 2016/2017 Season   Bury League: Division 5 winners – Jason Wild, Josh Dalton and Heath Lonsdale Top 10 winner – Josh Dalton Division 4 – Divisional Handicap winners Ben Strapps, Sam Jeffries, Nathan Faun and Thomas Hurst.   Bury Championships: Division 5 Individual Winner – Matt […]

Here is a summary of our Competitive play achievements for the 2016/17 season. Bury League: Division 5 winners – Jason Wild, Josh Dalton and Heath Lonsdale Top 10 winner – Josh Dalton Division 4 – Divisional Handicap winners Ben, Sam, Nathan and Thomas. Bury Championships Division 5 Individual Winner – Matt Edmundson Runner-up – Freddie Hughes Division 4 Individual Runner-up […]

In November 2016 Sport England/Clubmatters launched their new CLUBMARK  online accreditation module. This is from the Clubmatters website: What is Clubmark Clubmark is the universally acknowledged cross sport accreditation scheme for community sports Clubs. It stands for: ·        Higher standards of welfare, equity, coaching and management in community sports Clubs ·        Making sure the nation’s sports Club infrastructure is safer, […]

The Academy team of Harry Bell, Max Brooks and Josh Dalton started the last of four fixtures just five points behind Glossop who were top of the division. In the third fixture the boys drew with Glossop and they drew again in this last fixture. Three wins plus one other draw just wasn’t enough to overtake Glossop at the top […]

On Sunday 8th February Henry Hathaway aged 11, Sam Jeffries aged 11, Ben Strapps aged 10 and Thomas Hurst aged 10 took part in the Table Tennis England – National Cadet League Fixture at the North West Regional Table Tennis Centre at Halton, Widnes. This was the third fixture of four and they played five matches during the day so […]

Just letting everyone know that Mandy had a foot operation last week so will be out of action for a good number of weeks. So, in case you were wondering hasn’t ‘deserted’ us!! Mandy is keeping in close contact with all of the Committee members as well as some of you who are representing The Academy in the National Cadet […]

Ben Strapps who beat Thomas Hurst in the final for the first session. It is nice to think that the competitive table tennis they are playing in the Table Tennis England National Cadet League is helping them to improve. In the consolation play off Ewan Spence beat fairly new comer to the Academy, Adam Scarth. Well done to all players. In […]