SURREY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

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1 SURREY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday 24 th May 2017 At 7.30pm Venue: The old snooker room, Graham Spicer Institute, 15 Dukes Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 4HL Attendees: Kim Mudge (Chair), Mike Kercher (President), Tony Laws (Vice Chair and Guildford), Margot Fraser (National Councillor and Umpire), Kathy Pelc (Secretary), Mike Loveder (Treasurer), Jane Barella (Sutton), Chris Andrews (Press Officer), Phil Snelson (County Captain), Kim Johnson (Welfare Officer), Neil Williams (London South Schools), John Mullis (Croydon), Stephen Kelly. Minutes 1. Apologies for absence: Ian McGregor (R&R), John Fairweather 2. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 8th June Agreed with apologies received from Jane Barella to be added. Minutes yet to be signed. 3. Constitutional Changes: discussed and agreed. 4. Chairman s Report: KM thanked everyone for all that has been done and is pleased that the County is growing particularly with regards to numbers of Juniors receiving training and players playing for the county, with more teams being entered next year. 5. Secretary s Report: KP thanked all for their support in her first year as Secretary. 6. Treasurer s Report: see attached. Accounts are currently with Michelle McGovern for auditing. 7. National Councillor's report: see attached 8. Safeguarding Officers report: see attached 9. Umpires Secretary's report: see attached 10. County Captain's report - Cadets & Juniors, Seniors & Veterans: see attached 11. Press Secretary's round up: see attached 12. Inter-League Tournament summary: No tournament arranged this year 13. Closed Tournaments summary: KM summarised the Senior tournament. Junior tournament is due this weekend. 14. Schools Tournaments summary: see attached. 15. County Awards: To be put on agenda for first meeting and sub committee to be organised. 16. Proposal for Fees (for 2018/19 season): Increase of 50p per team was agreed 17. Election of Officers: KM and KJ left the meeting and stated that they would not be standing again for the following year. In their absence Mike Kercher elected: Tony Laws as Acting Chair, Tony Laws as Vice Chair, Kathy Pelc Secretary, Mike Loveder Treasurer, Margot Fraser Umpires Secretary, Chris Andrews Press Secretary, Phil Snelson County Captain, Jane Barella Deputy County Captain, Vacancy Coaching Secretary, Closed tournament

2 Secretary, Safeguarding. Vice Presidents were elected as previously and Jane Barella as new Vice President. Life members remain unchanged. 18. Election of Auditors: Michelle McGovern is auditing at this time. 19. Any Other Business: MF reported on Surrey Youth Games. Table tennis is now a full sport and not a developmental sport for the first year. Meeting closed and The New STTA meets to:- - Nominate National Councilor: Margot Fraser nominated - Nominate Deputy National Councillor: Tony Laws REPORTS: Surrey TTA Treasurer s Report for the period 1 st June 2016 to 22 nd May A year ago we had a surplus of 150 but this year it increased to 1,860. Our income increased by about 1,200 for the year. Additional income has been generated by closed tournaments and coaching, the sale of a number of county shirts and two seasons worth of money from TTE representing our share of player licence fees. On the expenditure side County Championships entry fees are always required in advance, consequently in the wrong financial year. Last year we paid for last year and this year. This year we are paying for next year! In short, about 800 has been prepaid. Closed tournament and coaching expenditure has more than doubled but it remains less than the income generated from it as the income is up by about 600%. Our Reserves remain stable gathering just pennies and we have just over 7,000. over 5,000 in our current account. We also have well The 2016 accounts have been audited by Michelle McGovern and she is satisfied with the 2017 accounts to date. This coming year we are re-introducing an Over 60 s team which is likely to increase our expenditure a little. Last year we set our affiliation fees for the coming season. I suggest the usual moderate increase in fees of 50p per team which will help to offset falling numbers in most leagues. Michael Loveder 23 rd May 2017

3 Umpires Secretary s report by Margot Fraser Pleased to report that Kim Mudge qualified as a national umpire. National Councillor s report by Margot Fraser Much of this year s National Council meetings has been taken up with changes to governance in order to receive funding from our stakeholders. The main changes will be that members will not vote for a chairman but the board will appoint. Also, a national councillor may only serve for a limited term. Both items will be on the Table Tennis England AGM agenda. A new region was formed separating what was South and South East region and our Surrey boroughs are South East with Kim Mudge as the chairman. Our London boroughs continue to be London region. Congratulations to Tony Laws, Steve Sharp, Robin Faulkner, Kathy Pelc and Russell Hurley on being nominated for a Pride award and to Ryszard Pelc for being selected as the London young volunteer of the year. Safeguarding Officers Report by Kim Johnston Two minor issues arose this season and both were dealt with in a discreet and positive manner. On a different matter, two coaches, one Surrey based coach and another coach working in the Surrey area have been found to have minors on their social media sites. A mail has gone to both of them reiterating the policy of their Governing Body. KJ would like the Committee members to do more by talking to the coaches known to them, informing them that TTE say do not have minors on your social media sites. It would help Surrey a lot in the policing of this. Surrey County Captain s Report Seniors & Vets 2016/17 Kim & Michael looked after the younger age groups so a bit thanks to both of them. They will provide separate reports for their respective groups. Seniors: New Team Captain Federico assisted by Adam thanks to them for all their work. Strong team first weekend Darius and Joseph appeared and the team won all their matches Second weekend we didn t have Darius and our Junior girls stepped up to the challenge fantastic effort to push Devon 1 to the very last game of the day. Great team spirit Finished 2 nd overall so a very good season. Planning on 2 teams for next year

4 Senior Division 1B County P W D L F A GF GA PTS Devonshire Surrey Hampshire Sussex Cornwall Avon Devonshire Kent (withdrawn) Vets: Veterans Division 1A County P W D L F A GF GA PTS Avon Berkshire Essex Middlesex Surrey Kent Middlesex Buckinghamshire Surrey 1: Lost Sally to injury for whole season so Michelle promoted to fill her place and did a great job. Otherwise a settled team Great first weekend winning 2/3 which proved to be vital Second weekend was a struggle and looked like we would be favourites to be relegated but a great win 6-4 over Kent 2 proved to be the decider and Surrey 1 lived to fight another day. Good contributions from all players at different times of the season and a great team spirit. Surrey 2: Veterans Division 2B County P W D L F A GF GA PTS Worcestershire Leicestershire Hertfordshire Northamptonshire Surrey Bedfordshire Leicestershire Worcestershire

5 2 nd team devastated from square one with Des & Selwyn declining to play due to issue with promotion last year. Musa injured and Tony having holidays and health issues. So, the only regular was Tim Waller with make shift teams having to be generated for each weekend. I hosted the division at BATTS, which I will be reluctant to do again. On the playing side, the team did very well considering the ever changing personnel, with Tim leading from the front. Sally came back from injury late in the season so was used to bolster the team and ensure survival in Div. 2. Thanks to all those who stepped in at short notice and made the journeys to BATTS. Surrey 3 & 4: County P W D L F A GF GA PTS Sussex Middlesex Kent Essex Hertfordshire Sussex Surrey Surrey I hosted at Spicers, thanks to Pat for her assistance. This made getting teams together easier but given the effective loss of the 2 nd team, the knock-on consequences of shuffling people around told on the 3 & 4 th teams results. Without a mid-game injury to Simon Vine the 3rds would have secured another win and their season would have looked more respectable. At times, we struggled to field a 4 th team and it was only through the registration or several new players prior to the last weekend that we were able to fulfil the fixture. This late recruitment drive did however result in several additions to the squad and so we go into next season with a much more positive outlook. Summary: It was my first year in the role of County Captain and I must admit the challenge and workload was a lot greater than I expected. At the beginning of the season we had on paper the makings of 5 excellent teams. Federico & Adam help considerably with the Seniors and that element passed off largely without incident. The demise of the Vets 2 nd team rather scuppered the plans for the Vets and it became a continual battle to get teams together. Late withdrawals were a continual problem and it required a lot of chasing around to find people who could step in. As the season went on the restrictions on who could play for each time became tighter as players became tied to certain teams due to the number of previous appearances.

6 Looking forward we have made some excellent new signings and discovered several new players who are all good quality additions. The Seniors are looking to expand to 2 teams which we have encouraged, with Adam leading the 2nds. We are to resurrect an Over 60s team captained by Robin Pretty. The Vets teams are more spread across the divisions now which I think will make things easier as it gives up a greater spread of standard into which to place people. I am optimistic we can get at least one promotion in the Vets next year. I feel that the selection mechanism did not work wonderful well last year and I would like to see a more team orientated selection process whereby we try to keep more settled teams and thereby encourage a feeling of belonging and a desire to make repeated appearances. I also feel that this will allow more delegation to the individual team captains thus reducing the load on the County Captain. Thanks to Kim for all her assistance during the season. Phil Snelson Surrey Press Report At the Paralympics in Rio Brazil Aaron McKibbin won a Bronze medal in the Men s Team Class 6-8. The PTT World Team Championships saw Aaron McKibbon come seventh along with teammate Billy Shilton. Aaron McKibbon picked up a Silver Medal at the Slovenia Open in the Men s Class 8 event. In an all family affair Paul and Jo Drinkhall storm to the National Mixed Doubles title, winning the Mixed Double title for a now fifth time on their return to Competition for the first time since the Glasgow The Commonwealth Games Gold medallists produced some dazzling displays. The Drinkhalls beat England teammates and three times Mixed Doubles reigning National Champions Sam Walker and Tin-Tin Ho 3-0 (12-10, 14-12,11-6) in the final in Nottingham in Jo s first event since the birth of her second child. As well as this Jo Drinkhall reached the final of the Women s Doubles with Kelly Sibley losing to Tin-Tin Ho and Maria Tsaptsinos the reigning Women s Doubles National Champions. All in all Jo Drinkhall had a great tournament and she didn t even enter the Women s Singles. Aaron McKibbin won the Men s Para Singles Class 6-8 beating Will Bayley, Billy Shilton and David Wetherill. Whitgift School (Croydon) were crowned champions of the English Schools Table Tennis Association team finals under-19 s event and they are coached by Goran Maric. They won their matches 8-0, 8-0 and 5-3. In the under-11 s boys Barnes Primary (Richmond) came third. Ernest Bevin College (Tooting Bec) were second in the under-16 s boys event and fourth in the under-13 s boys event. Robert Pelc went on a trial for the Table Tennis England Youth Development Squad. Ollie Maric-Murray is now ranked number 1 in the country at the under-10 s level.

7 Darius Knight won the Crawley Grand Prix main event, Fei-Fei Pei won the Women s Band 3 event. Darius Knight won the Blackpool Grand Prix Men s Open event. At the Bath Grand Prix Shaquille Webb-Dixon was Runner-up in the Men s under-21 s event. At the Nottingham Grand Prix Darius Knight was runner-up in the Men s Singles event. Shaquille Webb-Dixon won the Men s Band 2 event in the process beating the winner of the veterans title. At the English Schools Table Tennis Association individual finals in the Girls under- 16 s Federica Bonato won Bronze. On her way she beat higher ranked players than her in Alice Dillon (ranked 24 in the Junior Girls) and Sophie Barlow (ranked 9 in the Junior Girls) whereas Federica is ranked 43. Ollie Maric-Murray also won bronze in the Boys under-11 s event losing to the No.1 seed and eventual Champion Conor Green. The Jack Petchey London Schools Table Tennis Team Finals saw Whitgift School come 2 nd in the under-19 s Boys on countback. Ernest Bevin College won the under-16 s Boys title and were runners-up in the under-13 Boys event. In the under-13 s Wallington Boys lost in the semi-finals having already beaten the final winners. Barnes Primary won both the under-11 Boys and the under-11 Girls titles. In the Singles Jamie Nordin had a great win beating England No.7 Junior James Smith to win the under-16 s event and both Robert Pelc and Samuel Pang went out in the semi-finals. The British Paralympic table tennis championships in Grantham saw Lochlan O Higgins win the Junior Wheelchair event and the Wheelchair Open B. The Surrey Cadet 1 st team played magnificently well to stay in the Cadet Premier Division. The team consisted of Robert Pelc, Mikaeel Toosy, Jon-Val Chung, Charlie Cunningham, Danielle Kelly and Yuvathi Vijay Kumar and Danielle Kelly won 78% of her matches. With an average age of just 12 the Cadet 2 nd team came 5 th in Division 1 which is just below the Premier League. The Surrey Junior team had 2 wins (9-1), that was with 2 cadet players and three others making there junior debuts. Surrey Juniors came an unexpected third in Division 1B and did excellent with a very young team of Jamie Nordin, Robert Pelc, Asa Gauntlett, Damien Gray, Isobelle Joubeily and Frederica Bonato. Surrey Seniors were runner-up in Division 1. They did very well to push Devon so close. Surrey Veterans 1 saw three out of three excellent wins from Michelle McGovern playing in place of the injured Sally Cimiotti, including a win over Michelle Reeves England number 10. Surrey 1 Veterans survive in Division 1A with a win against Kent. Surrey Veterans II stay in Division 2B and with new players having to be drafted in, both Surrey Veterans III and IV were relegated. The top three players at Surrey s Cadet and Junior trials were as follows: Junior boys 1. Jamie Nordin, 2. Robert Pelc 3. Alex Guertin Junior Girls 1. Federica Bonato, 2. Isabelle Joubeily, 3. Medha Verma Cadet Boys 1. Robert Pelc, 2. Ollie Maric-Murray, 3. Charlie Cunningham Cadet Girls 1. Federica Bonato 2. Arianna Di Giammarino 3. Yuvathi Vijaya. Robert Pelc won the Cadet Boys Band 1 event at the Blackpool 4 star Junior Open. Yuvathi Vijay Kumar won the under -13 Girls title at the Jack Petchey South London Schools Finals. Mikaeel Toosy won the under -13 Boys title. As winners Yuvathi Vijay Kumar, Mikaeel Toosy and Jamie Nordin represented their Schools. The Jack Petchey finals featured under 13 Boys Mikaeel Toosy, Krishna Nagarajan, Matthew Pang and Elliot Nomafo, under 16 Boys Jamie Nordin, Samuel Pang and Robert Pelc under 19 Boys Liam Grant, Leon Griffiths and Kushal Patel. Ollie Maric-Murray under11 s and Henry Maric-Murray under- 13 had a bye to the finals as there was no Surrey Schools Competition.

8 In the Senior British League top of the table clash Darius Knight secured a 4-4 draw for his team Ormesby against Drumchapel Glasgow. With his team 4-3 down Darius won the last match (9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4). In the British league Darius was the top Surrey player finishing on 91% in the Premier League. Godalming Simplylet were the top Surrey team coming 4 th in the National A-2 Division. In the Veterans British League Graham Spicer came third in Division 3B. York Gardens Angels were top of the Women s British League Division 2. Graham Spicer came second in Division 4. In the National Cadet League in their area Graham Spicer came 2 nd and Guildford came 4 th. Alejandro Ito-Aramendia of South Croydon was top of the averages at the National Cadet League at Horsham Division 1 with 9 wins out of 10 where Graham Spicer A came third. Ollie Maric-Murray won two events at the Burgess Hill 2 star winning both the under- 11 and under-12 events. Francesco Bonato won the under-12 consolation event. At the Horsham Spinners 2 star event Ollie Maric-Murray won gold in the under-12 event.. Damien Gray won Gold in the under -18 s. Nahom Goitam won the under-18 s consolation event at the Horsham Spinners 2 star event. The London Academy 2 star saw Federica Bonato win both the girls under -15 and under -18 events. Ollie Maric-Murray won the under-11 s event and Francesco Bonato won the under-11 s consolation. Jon-Vai Chung beat Alejandro Ito-Aramendia in the under-18 s consolation event. In the Cippenham five by two 1 star Open the final was an all Surrey affair with Chris Bush beating Federico Viterbo. At the South East Regional Qualifiers Robert Pelc was the winner of the Cadet Boys event beating Jon-Vai Chung in the final. Ollie Maric-Murray won the under-13 Boys event. Emily Cheung qualified in the Girls under-11 event. In the South East Junior event Jamie Nordin beat Asa Gauntlett in the final. It was a fantastic day for table tennis at the Surrey Closed Tournament and the first time the tournament had been held in over a decade. Steve Davis won the over-40 s Men s final against Steve Fagan having lost to Steve Fagan in the group stage. Sally Cimiotti won the over- 40 s Women s event. Carmen Vadji beat Kim Johnson in the over 60 s Women s final. Ajay Shah was Champion of the Men s over-60 s event with Robert Barr as runner-up. Lute Durham won the under-21 s Women s final against Ellie Frost. The under-21 s Men s saw the battle of the Pelc s in which the younger brother Robert beat the older brother Richard. In the Final Robert Pelc beat Damien Gray. Michelle McGovern beat Sally Cimiotti in the final of the Women s Senior event. The Men s Senior event was won by Federico Viterbo. Federico put out Andreas Pusch, Adam Laws and in the final Robert Pelc in a five set thriller. On the way to the final Robert Pelc beat Daniel Heo and Michael Silver. In the Croydon Table Tennis League Sparta A won Division 1 with their player Andre Dyce on 85%. Burymead B won the Guildford Premier Division even though they were level on points with Godalming A. Chris Bush of Burymead B was top of the charts with 96%. In the Haslemere and District Table Tennis League, College Hill 1 won Division 1. Dave Steel of Fernhurst & Midhurst finished on 100% after 12 games playerd. Godstone 1 won the Reigate and Redhill Premier League. Rory Scott finished on 100% after 15 games played. Crusaders A won Division 1 of the Sutton & District Table Tennis League. Mickel Miller was top of the averages with 100% after having played 39 games. Graham Spicer 1 won the Thames Valley League Division 1. Daniel Heo was top of the averages on 87%. York Gardens A won the Wandsworth & District Table Tennis League with Andy Sanders top of the averages with 100% after 30 games played.

9 We are looking for someone to revamp the Surrey Table Tennis Association website and run it afterwards. LSSTTA AGM 2017 SECRETARY S REPORT by Neil Williams Last year proved to be generally successful. Some of the good news: Last June we had a large number of competitors in the Jack Petchey Individual Finals James Smith won the Boys U19 title and Richard Pelc was runner-up The Team Finals in November/December went very smoothly with all teams turning up and arriving in time. Well done to all the teachers and SGOs for making this possible. Results of Team Finals: BOYS: U11: Winners Barnes, R-U Whitgift U13: Winners Wallington, R-U Wilson s, Plate: Turing House U16: Winners Wallington, R-U Langley Park, Plate: Coombe U19: Winners Whitgift, R-U Wallington GIRLS: U11: Winners Barnes U13 Winners : Richmond Park Academy U16 Winners : Harris South Norwood U19 Coloma We entered eight teams in the Jack Petchey Zone Finals. 3 teams qualified for the regional finals. Of these Barnes Primary U11 Boys and Whitgift U19 Boys reached the National Finals and Barnes U11 Girls were runners-up. Barnes came 3 rd and Whitgift won the title: a great achievement by both schools. Many thanks to Wilson s, Wallington, Stanley Park and Whitgift who provided venues, which meant that all age groups had final events. Individual Finals: We had a total of 110 entries, which was good, but came from a limited number of schools. We need somehow to encourage competitors from more schools to enter. They do not have to be able to win. Schools which have benefited from the Jack Petchey Foundation s generosity are expected to offer facilities and enter county competitions, but rarely do. We entered competitors in all 8 age groups in the ESTTA Finals, along with 4 more from Surrey. U19 Boys: George Hazell reached the semi-final U19 Girls: Isabelle Joubeily was a quarter-finalist Both have been offered a place in the England team for the International in Jersey. U16 Boys: Jamie Nordin lost in the quarter-final to the eventual winner.

10 Of the Surrey entries Danielle Kelly reached the U16 Girls quarter-final and Ollie Maric-Murray was a semi-finalist in the Boys U11 event. Many thanks to Margot Fraser for running the competitions and Wallington and Whitgift for providing venues. Leagues: A rather disappointing year, with far too many matches unplayed. U16A and U13A were mainly complete. U19s played only about half their matches and the U16A and U16B leagues did not really take place. 3 schools withdrew after confirming their teams in September. Schools should only enter teams if they intend to complete all fixtures according to the timetable provided. League Rules need further consideration. Under 19; Winners Wallington 20 points : R/U Whitgift 15 points Under 16A : Winners Wallington A: 41 points; R/U Whitgift 37 points Under 13A; Winners Bishop Thomas Grant 31 points: R/U Wallington A 30 points. Many thanks to Lindsey Smith for organising the Leagues. Surrey Table Tennis gave us a grant of 100 and have promised a similar grant for the coming year. We are very grateful for their support. NW