Table Tennis England, formerly the English Table Tennis Association, is the

national governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

for

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing and developing the sport. Most of its annual income comes from government grants and

Sport England Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded par ...

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 known as the English Table Tennis Association between 1927 and 2014 and has been affiliated to the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) since 1927. Table Tennis England is based at

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 ...

, having moved from Hastings in March 2014."English Table Tennis moves to city ahead of new base at National Bowl"
. ''Business MK''. 20 May 2014 The singer Andy Bell acted as an advisor from 1981 to 1983. It rebranded as Table Tennis England in May 2014. The organisation was scheduled to move into a purpose-built headquarters near the National Bowl, Milton Keynes, to be shared with Badminton England, but the project has now been shelved.

Events/tournaments

* English National Championships * British League *

Grand Prix Circuit The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with ...

English Open The English Open was a professional golf tournament held in England. First played in 1988, it was an annual event on the European Tour until 2002. After several aborted attempts at reviving the tournament, it returned to the tour schedule in 20 ...

English major senior titles

Men's singles

Women's singles

Coaches

Alan Cooke Sir Alan Cook (1922–2004) was a British physicist. Alan or Allan Cook or Cooke may also refer to: * Allan Cook (born 1941), Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong *Alan Cook (footballer) (born 1992), Scottish footballer * Allan Cook ...

(Head Coach) * Kelly Sibley

References

External links

* {{Authority control Organisations based in Milton Keynes Sport in Milton Keynes Table tennis in the United Kingdom Table tennis organizations 1927 establishments in England Sports organizations established in 1927