Tuesday 30 August 2016

Six Nations hosted by the Veterans English Table Tennis Society



Veterans Table Tennis Championship 2016
Friday 9th, Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September

at
Ellesmere Port Sports Village (EPVS), 
Stanney Lane,
Ellesmere Port,
Cheshire CH65 9LB 

Play will be on 21 tables, practice from 12.30pm on Friday 9th September


Welcome from the Chairman of VETTS

Dear all
May I formally welcome you to this year’s 6 Nations, which we are delighted to be hosting in Ellesmere Port.   Brian and I understand and appreciate the honour of representing your country in this event, and also the pleasure of enjoying the hospitality of each of the Six Nations.  Although I can’t be with you this year, I wish you all a competitive and thoroughly enjoyable event.
Warmest regards,
Jan Johns
Chairman of VETTS



Your tournament Referee: Lionel Jones from Guernsey
Born in South East Kent in 1954 it was during his senior schooling at Canterbury that he developed an interest in table tennis as many of his school friends played the sport.  In any event it made a change from football in the winter and cricket in the summer.  Lionel moved to Guernsey in 1972 with his family and took up the game again in 1973 and has played in the local leagues ever since. 
He realised at a young age that he was never going to be asked to represent the Island except on very rare occasions, so took the umpiring examinations with a view of trying to put something back into the sport, the result is that he has been an International Umpire and Referee for around 40 years.  At this side of the game, he has represented the Island at numerous events all over Europe with the culmination being asked to officiate at a Commonwealth Games final in Manchester.  Latterly, it has been his scheduling and organisational abilities that have been called upon not only locally but internationally as well, with the inevitable downside that his actual table tennis play has paid the price but he still hopes to play in the forthcoming tournament.

Schedule of events
Friday 9th September
12.00 noon               Shuttle bus from hotel to venue
12.30 pm                   Delegates Meeting -meeting room Ellesmere Port Sports Village
12.30 pm                   Practice session (Main Hall EPSV)
2.00 pm                     Official Opening Ceremony in the presence of the Mayor
2.30 pm                     Team matches session 1 (see full schedule below) three matches
8.00 pm                     Day 1 matches finish
8.15 pm                     Shuttle bus venue to hotel
Saturday 10th September
8.00 am                      Shuttle bus from hotel to venue
9.00 am                      Team matches session 2 (see full schedule) two matches.
1.30 pm                      Doubles events start – play to conclusion
2.30 pm                      Shuttle bus venue to hotel (for anyone finished early)
4.30 pm                      Shuttle bus venue to hotel
7.00 pm                      Presentation dinner dance, Village Hotel Bromborough
Sunday 11th September
8.00 am                      Shuttle bus from hotel to venue
9.00 am                      Individual events start – play to conclusion
2.30 pm                      Bus from venue to hotel (if required).

Tuesday 12 July 2016

Team Playing Schedule

Friday 9th September 2016 - Session 1 (Starting at 14.30)
Over 40s Mens Teams
England v Ireland (Table 10)
Guernsey v Scotland (Table 11)
Isle of Man v Wales (Table 12)
Over 40s Ladies Teams
England A v Ireland (Table 13)
Guernsey v Scotland (Table 14)
Wales v England B (Table 15)
Over 50 Mens Teams
England v Ireland (Table 16)
Guernsey v Wales (Table 17)
Isle of Man v Scotland (Table 18)
Over 50 Ladies Teams
England A v Ireland (Table 19)
Guernsey v Wales  (Table 20)
Scotland v England B (Table 21)
Over 60s Teams
England v Isle of Man (Tables 1 & 2)
Guernsey v Ireland (Tables 3 & 4)
Scotland v Wales (Tables 5 & 6)
Over 70s Teams
Guernsey v England A (Table 8)
Scotland v England B (Table 9)

Friday 9th September 2016 - Session 2 (Starting at 16.30)
Over 40s Men
Wales v Guernsey (Table 16)
Scotland v England (Table 17)
Ireland v Isle of Man (Table 18)
Over 40s Ladies
England B v Guernsey (Table 19)
Scotland v England A (Table 20)
Ireland v Wales (Table 21)
Over 50s Men
Scotland v Guernsey (Table 1)
Wales v England (Table 2)
Ireland v Isle of Man (Table 3)
Over 50s Ladies
England B v Guernsey (Table 4)
Wales v England A (Table 5)
Ireland V Scotland (Table 6)
Over 60s Team
Scotland v Guernsey (Tables 7 & 8)
Ireland v England (Tables 9 & 10)
Isle of Man v Wales (Tables 11 & 12)
Over 70s Team
England B v Guernsey (Table 13)
England A v Wales (Table 14)
Ireland V Scotland (Table 15)

Friday 9th September 2016 - Session 3 (Starting at 18.30)
Over 40s Men
Wales v Ireland (Table 1)
England v Guernsey (Table 2)
Isle of Man v Scotland (Table 3)
Over 40s Ladies
England B V Ireland (Table 4)
England A v Guernsey (Table 5)
Wales v Scotland (Table 6)
Over 50s Men
Scotland v Ireland (Table 7)
England v Guernsey (Table 8)
Isle of Man v Wales (Table 9)
Over 50s Ladies
England B v Ireland (Table 10)
England A v Guernsey (Table 11)
Scotland v Wales (Table 12)
Over 60s Team
Scotland v Isle of Man (Table 13 & 14)
England v Guernsey (Table 15 & 16)
Wales v Ireland (Table 17 & 18)
Over 70s Team
England B v Ireland (Table 19)
Wales v Guernsey (Table 20)
Scotland v England A (Table 21)

Saturday 10th September 2016 - Session 4 (Starting at 9.00 am)
Over 40s Men
Guernsey v Ireland (Table 7)
Isle of Man v England (Table 8)
Scotland v Wales (Table 9)
Over 40s Ladies
Guernsey v Ireland (Table 1)
Wales v England A (Table 2)
Scotland v England B (Table 3)
Over 50s Men
Guernsey v Ireland (Table 4)
Isle of Man v England (Table 5)
Wales v Scotland (Table 6)
Over 50s Ladies
Guernsey v Ireland (Table 13)
Scotland v England A (Table 14)
Wales v England B (Table 15)
Over 60s Team
Guernsey v Isle of Man (Tables 16 & 17)
Wales v England (Tables 18 & 19)
Ireland v Scotland (Tables 20 & 21)
Over 70s Team
Guernsey v Ireland (Table 10)
Scotland v Wales (Table 11)
England A v England B (Table 12)

Saturday 10th September 2016 - Session 5 (Starting at 11.00 am)
Over 40s Men
Ireland v Scotland (Table 7)
Guernsey v Isle of Man (Table 8)
England v Wales (Table 9)
Over 40s Ladies
Ireland v Scotland (Table 1)
Guernsey v Wales (Table 2)
England A v England B (Table 3)
Over 50s Men
Ireland v Wales (Table 4)
Guernsey v Isle of Man (Table 5)
England v Scotland (Table 6)
Over 50s Ladies
Ireland v Wales (Table 13)
Guernsey v Scotland (Table 14)
England A v England B (Table 15)
Over 60s Team
Isle of Man v Ireland (Tables 16 & 17)
Guernsey v Wales (Tables 18 & 19)
Ireland v Scotland (Tables 20 & 21)
Over 70s Team
Ireland v England A (Table 10)
Guernsey v Scotland (Table 11)
Wales v England B (Table 12)
Please note that entry to the individual and doubles events is now closed, no late entries will be accepted.

Tuesday 21 June 2016

Team Hotel

Hotel



The players and delegates will be staying at The Village Hotel Bromborough, Pool Lane, Wirral CH62 4UE which is about 9 miles from the Venue - all bookings for the hotel need to go through Steve Watson at Travel Places as he has negotiated a very favourable price.  Transport will be provided for those who need it and once again this is being co-ordinated by Travel Places.





Tournament Referee



The tournament referee is Mr Lionel Jones from Guernsey.

Official Opening Ceremony 



This will be held at 2.00pm, in the presence of The Mayor of Ellesmere Port Mr Peter Rooney, who will officially open the tournament.  The Tournament will commence at 2.30 promptly.

Delegates Meeting

This will take place on Friday 9th September at 12.30 pm at Ellesmere Port Sports Village, a buffet lunch will be provided.- 

This Years Host is England 2016

Venue

Ellesmere Port Sports Village, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 9LB (EPSV).  Play will be on 21 tables, practice from 12.30pm.

http://www.brioleisure.org/centres/ellesmere-port-sports-village




Playing schedules for all team events will be published shortly.