England No 1 Liam Pitchford has welcomed UK Sport’s investment of £1.35 million to fund British table tennis through to the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The number of young people playing table tennis remained stable in the last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey.

When members of the England Junior Training Group were given the ‘homework’ of watching The Karate Kid before their latest online session, they might have wondered what relevance it had to their work.

In response to questions from members, as well as online discussion, about whether the EGM on Monday 25 January is still taking place, Table Tennis England has released an explanation of the legal position. 

England men will go through automatically to this year’s European Championships after their qualifying stage was cancelled because of the pandemic. However, the women’s team will have to wait to find out when they will play qualifying rounds.

Technical Officials have a chance to catch up with each other, hear updates and ask questions about the latest officiating developments at our webinar this month.

Coaches, potential coaches and all interested members are invited to our webinar covering the future shape of the coaching and education opportunities provided by Table Tennis England.

The independent report into the behaviour of Table Tennis England director Tony Catt has been published.