The ATTC Schools Partnership Scheme Ashford Table Tennis Club, with the backing of the English Table Tennis Association, are committed to getting more children playing table tennis.

To help meet this objective the club committee has agreed to provide a sum of money for the provision of table tennis tables and equipment into local schools and clubs within close proximity of the club, particularly within the Spelthorne district council area.

The table tennis equipment is provided on a loan basis with the expectancy of the school paying for an ATTC coach to run either lunchtime or after school clubs. The intention is that this arrangement does not cost the schools or clubs money, as the coaching fees are paid by a small fee paid by the children attending.

The scheme got underway fully in September 2001 and is being run by the ATTC Coaching Officer, Graham Outrim, who can be contacted on 01252 836757. Through its links with schools, the club is now coaching around 80 children a week across the schools involved in the scheme.

The schools and clubs that are currently part of this partnership scheme and who currently run sessions are:-

Bucklands School - running coaching sessions once a week

Echleford School - running coaching sessions once a week

Stanwell Fields School - running coaching sessions once a week

St Mary's School - running coaching sessions once a week

Sunbury Manor - running coaching sessions once a week

Sunbury Methodists Youth Club - running coaching sessions once a week

Manorcroft School - running coaching sessions once a week

Feltham School - running coaching session once a week

Longford School - running coaching session once a week