WTT Feeder Manchester
Following the success of securing the ITTF World Staff Desk Tennis Championships 2026 at OVO Enviornment, Wembley, we had been delighted to announce the staging of our first World Desk Tennis (WTT) occasion which will likely be held on the Manchester Velodrome from 1 – 4 February 2024.
We’re presently creating the ticketing technique for the occasion and will likely be saying how one can be a part of us for this momentous occasion very quickly.
Please keep watch over Over the Web, our social media channels and the TTE web site.
Members’ Webinar
We’re trying ahead to internet hosting one other ‘Query Time’ model webinar for all members of Desk Tennis England at 3pm on Wednesday 15 November. Members will likely be invited to submit questions to the Senior Management Staff.
Registration particulars will be present in this link.
Assembly with Firm Members
In case you are a Firm Member (County and League Representatives), we look ahead to welcoming you to the primary assembly with Firm Members which will likely be held through Zoom on 27 November 2023 from 6pm – 8pm.
Please word this isn’t a ‘Query Time’ kind assembly which is accessible to all members of TTE; the viewers is restricted to our Firm Members who can register through this link.
Firm Members will have the ability to focus on any issues related to the organisation, with members of the Board and Senior Management Staff.
As soon as registered, Firm Members will obtain an agenda for the assembly and be invited to submit a query / merchandise for dialogue.
Nationwide Competitors Evaluation
Board have accepted Part III of the TTE Nationwide Competitors Evaluation – a blueprint to ship a totally ‘fit-for-purpose’ competitors programme for the longer term progress and success of TT in England.
Board’s determination marks the purpose that the venture strikes from ‘technique’ to ‘implementation’ – Part IV of the venture contains phased implementation of the agreed developments; this may start instantly and begin to take form over the subsequent few months. Every stakeholder group has been contacted instantly to debate subsequent steps, and open member boards have been scheduled to assist members perceive the modifications and implications.
Members can see additional data and an outline of developments right here: Competition Review: Go-ahead given to implement new structure – together with FAQs
Protected Sport
Offering a protected desk tennis atmosphere is YOUR duty; it’s equally OUR duty.
No youngster, or grownup, ought to ever expertise a adverse, threatening or abusive atmosphere in our sport and I’m happy to be working with UK Sport, the house nation sports activities councils and different NGBs to determine a imaginative and prescient to create protected sport and develop a standard safeguarding framework that would supply larger consistency in the way in which safeguarding is managed on this nation.
I’ve lengthy been essential of the construction for safeguarding throughout the British sport system. Whereas there may be some nice work being undertaken by varied companies, such a essential a part of our sporting system is simply too disconnected; we even have a duty to take a look at this via the lens of individuals, mother and father and coaches and never simply that of sports activities directors.
This appears like an actual second of change, and I’m hopeful we will align throughout the assorted elements of our sector to allow protected sport for everybody.
Governance
Board Recruitment
The recruitment for the Chair of the Board has now been accomplished and we had been delighted to announce the appointment of Nick Donald this week.
The vacant Appointed Director place will stay vacant till Nick has settled in his position and when the Board have mentioned the requirement of the position.
Nationwide Councillors
The place of Nationwide Council Chair has been agreed to restart and the Choose Committee for the Structure will proceed to assist this place till it has been fulfilled.
Environmental Social Governance
Work has begun on our Coverage and Technique on this space and our Inner Working Group have been working with BASIS who’re and have been working with many sporting our bodies. We need to get our first draft to the Board in December and can begin to share wider within the new 12 months.
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD)
We’ve got had approval from UKAD on our Technique and Coaching Plan and the efficiency group are presently working via this with the various squads together with some mother or father workshops.
Governance Reforms
We proceed on our journey to make sure we’re a Excessive Performing Organisation and have began reviewing our operational committees and have lately merged our Guidelines Committee & Course of Evaluation Group to create a extremely educated committee of volunteers who will now be a part of a committee referred to as the Articles and Laws Committee (ARC).
We’ve got additionally established a Working Group on the Articles to make sure they once more assist the organisation and supply the readability that they need to do within the governance of Desk Tennis England. We’ve got representatives from our Board, County, Leagues and Advisory Committees to make sure the variety of views are taken into consideration all through the method.
The Advisory Committees have been established for six months now and the phrases of reference for these committees have been reviewed and accepted by the Board at their September assembly and these will be discovered on our website.
Membership
It’s unbelievable to have the ability to report that Membership numbers are actually at 25,500, a 7% enhance on this time final 12 months and with over 3,500 model new members becoming a member of us. The auto-renewal possibility has been chosen by over 9,000 Members and the brand new Direct Debit fee possibility is proving extraordinarily fashionable with lots of you.
The overview of the Desk Tennis England Membership Scheme stays ongoing and excessive precedence. Nevertheless, as it’s a advanced venture that requires important enter from varied stakeholders it means we can not at all times transfer with the tempo we wish, however I’m delighted {that a} new scheme has been conceptualised – formed by suggestions from Members – with the implications presently being assessed earlier than being launched for some wider session.
A Know-how Marketing consultant is being sought to assist navigate the potential modifications wanted to the membership platform in addition to to assist extra broadly our continued digital transformation. A scheme for our entry stage and leisure viewers has additionally been constructed with a web-based platform constructed to pilot a special kind of consumer journey to conventional membership. This will likely be examined in our Ping! and TT Kidz programmes over the approaching months.
Employees
We’re delighted to welcome the next new workers members:
Sophie Storey joined us on 11 September as Competitors & Occasions Help Officer and Claire Pal joined us on 12 September as our Safeguarding and Disciplinary Officer.
We want Sophie and Claire each success of their respective roles.
Private Information
I’m considerably humbled to share that I’ve been awarded Racket Sport CEO of the 12 months 2023 – England by CEO Month-to-month Journal.
Whereas I’m delighted to just accept such recognition, it’s a reflection on the unbelievable work undertaken by our workers, Board and wider volunteer community who’ve been unbelievable throughout my time right here.
I wish to thanks all for being such a key half in our ongoing progress.
I used to be additionally delighted to be appointed to the Guidelines Committee of the Worldwide Desk Tennis Federation at their AGM in Bangkok in August.
I look ahead to enjoying our half sooner or later growth of desk tennis internationally.
Finest needs
Adrian Christy
