Junior Table Tennis at ATTC – 2013/14 Season Overview
By ATTC Webmaster on Oct 14, 2013 with Comments 0
Many of the adult members of ATTC may be aware of the club’s commitment to get more children playing table tennis.
Over the years we have developed young players via our highly successful schools partnership scheme and our excellent coaching programme. These have helped to produce some fantastic young players.
ATTC now has a number of junior teams competing in local regional leagues.
In recent years we have also started a joint venture with Twickenham Brunswick TTC to enter “Ashford Brunswick” teams of youngsters to compete in the national junior table tennis leagues.
Here is an overview of our current league participations:
Junior British League (JBL)
- The JBL is the junior category of the British League – the most prestigious competition in the ETTA calendar of events
- The JBL is open to juniors born in 1996 or later (i.e. aged 17 or younger)
- There are separate Boys and Girls leagues, with teams split into graded divisions according to ETTA ranking points
- The season is played over two weekends – one in October, the other in February – and takes place at the National Sports Centre, Lilleshall, near Telford.
- Format – Teams of three, Singles – 6 sets, Divisions of 6 teams, all teams play each other over the weekend
- Ashford Brunswick participate in both the Boys and Girls leagues
- The 2012-13 season saw Ashford Brunswick finish second in Boys Division 3A gaining promotion
- The Girls team qualified for the league in July 2013, after they won one of three play-off places
- This season, the Boys will play in Division 2A and the Girls in Division 3
National Junior League (NJL)
- The NJL is also open to juniors born in 1996 or later (i.e. aged 17 or younger) – but players registered for the JBL (above) may not play in the NJL
- Boys, Girls and Mixed teams are eligible. Teams are split into graded divisions
- The season is played between October & March on four Saturdays at selected local venues
- Format – Teams of three, Singles – 6 sets, 5 Divisions of up to 6 teams. Promotion and relegation after each day
- The 2012-13 season saw ATTC finish mid table in West London Division 2
- This season ATTC have entered 2 teams – an A team in Division 3 and a B team in Division 5 – both will play at the London Academy, Edgware
National Cadet League (NCL)
- The NCL is open to juniors born in 1999 or later (i.e. aged 14 or younger)
- Boys, Girls and Mixed teams are eligible. Teams are split into graded divisions
- The season is played between October & March on four Sundays at selected regional venues
- Format – Teams of three, Singles – 9 sets, 4 Divisions per venue of 6 teams. Promotion and relegation after round 1 and round 2
- The 2012-13 season saw 3 mixed ATTC teams competing – A team played in Div 2 finishing 5th of 6 teams; B team played in Div 3 finishing as runners-up; C team played in Div 4 finishing 6th
- This season ATTC have entered ATTC 2 teams – an A team in Division 2 and a B team in Division 4 – both will play at Cippenham
Reports from these leagues are published regularly on this website.
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