Congratulations to Knightswood A on an excellent league and cup double.SATTC B were runners up in the league (our best yet) and also made it to the D1 cup final. So all in all a very good season, but one we are aiming to improve on next season.Well done to all the squad for their contribution this season.

Things have been a bit quiet on the South Ayrshire TTC BLOG, but hopefully that will change now that we have moved the blog over to Google's Blogger. Now all members of the club can add news items, results, discussions or whatever themselves. All members (who's email address I have) should have received an invitation to participate in this BLOG. Its dead easy - all you need is a Google Account which

Roy Claxton describes his win against Ghanaian prodigy Eric Amoah as the pinnacle of his table tennis career in this years Inter Services Tournament. In doing so he helped the RAF maintain one of the longest unbeaten runs in Services Sport - that’s 27 years the RAF have been unbeated. Amoah has represented his country at Olympic, Commonwealth and Worlds Championship levels, so no wonder Roy

SATTC B finish in 6th place in their first season in D1.SATTC B’s season came to a close on May 6th with a 4:5 defeat away to Kilwinning B. No matter the result, both teams would be safe from potential play-offs pending league reconstruction next season. Roy Claxton maintained his 100% record despite good performances from Kilwinning’s Billy Paterson and Dougie Gillespie, each taking

13 matches played 9 to go. SATTC are currently languishing 10th out of 12 teams. With the likelihood of league restructuring next season, the challenge is to get into the top 7 to guarantee survival in Division 1. With the return of Roy Claxton after his 4 month stint in the Falklands and a real effort from the rest of the squad, there is a good chance we can do it. This week saw our best result

Sunday Feb 8thNorth Ayrshire hosted the Scottish Senior Assessment Tournament at St. Matthews in Saltcoats.This was a great opportunity for Ayrshire players to take advantage of a major event on their doorstep. Representing South Ayrshire were Alan McCarry, James Weatherston and Gary McAlpine (his 1st assessment experience). Representing North Ayrshire was Richard Main, Chris Main, Ian McPherson

On October 10th a group of players from the Ayrshire Clubs are heading out to Bernbach (nr Frankfurt).In March 2006, two table tennis clubs from Germany (TTC Bernbach and TTC Hailer) visited Ayrshire and we had a superb week-end of table tennis and "bon amis" (or is that "gut freunde").  They were a great bunch of guys and most of them spoke really good English.  We played a competitive match

After a long and close fought season. SATTC D2 team gain promotion to Division 1. Roy Claxton describes the play-off match against Brunswick A:S. Ayrshire won the toss and elected to be the away team, in order to dictate the order of play. Un uncharacteristically nervous Pierre played first against Cameron who has been a “bogey” player in the past. He lost the first game easily, but

On May 10th South Ayrshire Table Tennis Club hosted an event between an Ayrshire Select (with players from all the Ayrshire Clubs) and York Road Table Tennis Club from Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. The event was a resounding success. Over 40 players ranging from junior beginners to ex-internationals competed in a highly competitive but friendly atmosphere in St Matthews Academy, Saltcoats.Whilst Ayrshire's

Drum E worthy winners in the closest league table in years.SATTC 14:4 Holy X (Double Header)SATTC 8:1 Scottish PowerDivisional Cup Semi final - 44th BB 4:5 SATTCSATTC 2:7 Drum ESATTC 8:1 Kilwinning BDivisional Cup Final - SATTC 2:5 Drum EWell it went down to the last week of the league season, but congratulations go to the Drummy boys Phil, Davy and Nathan for a superb league and cup double.Make no