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Table Tennis Association
Table Tennis England, formerly the English Table Tennis Association, is the Sports governing body, national governing body for table tennis in England, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing and developing the sport. Most of its annual income comes from government grants and Sport England funding.Our Work – "Sports we invest in" . ''Sport England''. 20 May 2014 Table Tennis England runs three separate national championships every year – for U10-U13 players; cadets and juniors; and seniors – as well as operating the British League, a Grand Prix series and other irregularly held tournaments, including the English Open. History It was founded as the Table Tennis Association in 1921. The organisation was kn ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes ( ) is a city and the largest settlement in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was over . The River Great Ouse forms its northern boundary; a tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes. Approximately 25% of the urban area is parkland or woodland and includes two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). In the 1960s, the UK government decided that a further generation of new towns in the South East of England was needed to relieve housing congestion in London. This new town (in planning documents, 'new city'), Milton Keynes, was to be the biggest yet, with a target population of 250,000 and a 'designated area' of about . At designation, its area incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Fenny Stratford, Wolverton and Stony Stratford, along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between. These settlements had an extensive histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian and British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is considered to be one of the greatest players in history, only Viktor Barna has won more World Championship gold medals in singles. Table tennis career His 22 World Championship medals include seven gold medals; two in the men's team, one in the men's doubles at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships with Viktor Barna and four times in the singles at the 1937, 1939, 1948 and 1950. Legacy Bergmann was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982, and into the International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame in 1993 as one of twelve founding members. Since 1967, the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Trophy is contested at the Liebherr World Championships. See also * List of select Jewish table tennis players * List of table ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Jones (tennis)
Ann Shirley Jones, (née Adrianne Haydon on 17 October 1938, also known as Ann Haydon-Jones) is a British former table tennis and lawn tennis champion. She won eight Grand Slam tennis championships in her career: three in singles, three in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. As of 2017, she serves as a vice president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Career Table tennis Jones was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England. Her parents were prominent table tennis players, her father, Adrian Haydon, having been English number 1 and a competitor at world championships between 1928 and 1953. Ann, as a young girl, also took up the game, participating in five world championships in the 1950s, the best result being losing finalist in singles, doubles and mixed doubles all in Stockholm 1957. Soon after this she wrote the book ''Tackle Table Tennis This Way''. Jones also won two English Open titles in women's doubles as Haydon. Tennis She was also a powerful law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karenza Mathews
Karenza Mathews (née Smith) is a female former international table tennis player from England. Table tennis career She represented England at five World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) from 1967 to 1975. She also reached the quarter-finals of the Women's Doubles with Mary Shannon-Wright and the Mixed Doubles with Denis Neale in 1967. Karenza was England number one and won 231 senior caps and won a bronze medal in the team event at the European Table Tennis Championships in 1970. She won an English Open title and 15 English National Table Tennis Championships titles. Personal life She married Kenneth Mathews on 18 May 1968. See also * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships The tables below are the English representatives for the men's and women's teams during the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Jarvis-Howard
Linda Jarvis (née Howard) is a female former international table tennis player from England. Table tennis career She represented England at four World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) from 1973 to 1981. She won 12 English National Table Tennis Championships titles. Personal life Linda married Nicky Jarvis in 1979 and their son is professional footballer Matt Jarvis. Her sister Susan Howard was also an English international. See also * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships The tables below are the English representatives for the men's and women's teams during the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tenn ... References English female table tennis players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley
Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley is a former female table tennis player from England. Table tennis From 1972 to 1982 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships She was ranked number one in England during the early 1970s. She also won four English Open titles. Personal life She changed her name from Jill Shirley to Jill Hammersley after marrying Nicky Hammersley on 3 July 1970. She later married fellow England international Donald Parker and they had two children. Their daughter Katy Parker represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the table tennis mixed doubles and their son Adam was a semi-professional cricketer. See also * List of table tennis players * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships The tables below are the English representatives for the men's and women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Broe-Gordon
Alison may refer to: People * Alison (given name), including a list of people with the name * Alison (surname) Music * ''Alison'' (album), aka ''Excuse Me'', a 1975 album by Australian singer Alison MacCallum * "Alison" (song), song by Elvis Costello * "Alison (C'est ma copine à moi)", a 1993 single by Jordy * "Alison", 1994 single by Slowdive Places * Alison, New South Wales, suburb of the Central Coast region in NSW, Australia * Alison Sound, an inlet on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada * Point Alison, Alberta, a summer village in Alberta, Canada Other uses * ''Alison'' (film), a South African documentary film * ALISON (company), an educational technology company * Alison, common name for plants of the genus ''Alyssum'', including: ** Sweet alison, a decorative plant * ''Alison'' (katydid) a genus in the Hexacentrinae subfamily of bush crickets See also * Alisoun (other) * Alisson (other) * Allison (other) * Allisson (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Knight
Carole Knight, married name Moore, is a female former international table tennis player from England. Table tennis career She represented England at the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships and 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event). She won seven English National Table Tennis Championships, (three singles, three doubles and one mixed doubles as Carole Moore) and two European Table Tennis Championships medals. See also * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships The tables below are the English representatives for the men's and women's teams during the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tenn ... References English female table tennis players 1957 births Living people {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Witt
Karen Witt is a female former international table tennis player from England. Table tennis career She represented England at four successive World Table Tennis Championships, from 1979 to 1985, in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event). She won a European Table Tennis Championships medal and won three English National Table Tennis Championships including the singles in 1983. Her representative county was Berkshire. See also * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships The tables below are the English representatives for the men's and women's teams during the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tenn ... References English female table tennis players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Lomas
Lisa Jane Lomas-Bellinger ( Bellinger, born 9 March 1967) is a British former table tennis player. She competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Career Lomas won a silver medal at the 1992 European Table Tennis Championships, losing to Bettine Vriesekoop in the final. She was eliminated in the group stages of the women's singles competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Lomas won the women's singles event at the English National Table Tennis Championships four times, and the women's doubles event nine times. Lomas and Jackie Bellinger hold the record for most balls hit back and forth in 60 seconds; they set the record of 173 in 1993. See also * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships The tables below are the English representatives for the men's and women's teams during the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tenn ... Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Donaldson (table Tennis)
Andrew Donaldson may refer to: * Andrew Donaldson (Scottish footballer) (born 1884) * Andy Donaldson (1925–1987), English footballer * Andrew Brown Donaldson (1940–1919), British artist {{hndis, Donaldson, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Cohen (table Tennis)
Mike Cohen is an American television soap opera script writer. Positions held '' Days of Our Lives'' * Script Writer: 1987 - 1991, December 22, 2006 - January 16, 2008 '' Guiding Light'' * Script Writer: June 16, 2005 - July 20, 2006 '' One Life to Live'' * Script Writer: 1994 - 1996 ''Port Charles'' * Script Writer: 2001 - 2003 '' Sunset Beach'' * Script Writer: 1998 - 1999 ''The Young and the Restless'' * Script Writer: March 2009-April 23, 2009 Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ... *Win, 2007, Best Writing, ''Guiding Light'' *Nomination, 1996, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' *Nomination, 1995, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' Writers Guild of America Award *Nomination, 2006, Best Writing, ''Guiding Light'' *Nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
