A Bat & Chat session funded by the Be TT programme is bringing older people together and helping a club to forge new community connections and bring in new members.

Four gold medallists from the Butterfly Schools Individual Championships will spearhead England’s squad at the Senior Schools International – alongside one defending champion from last year.

Well over 200 players will compete on 33 tables at the final Grand Prix event of the season in London.

Five table tennis players are among more than 100 athletes selected by Team GB to compete at the European Games in Minsk – including first GB call-ups for Tin-Tin Ho and Wales’ Charlotte Carey.

Before the heat of battle on the last day of the British League Premier Division season, a minute’s silence took place in memory of Trinidad & Tobago international Dexter St Louis.

With applications now open for Year 3 of Be TT, figures show that on average 4,322 weekly participants engaged with the sport through 173 projects in the first two years of the programme.

England men have qualified for the European Championships by topping their group in this weekend’s Stage 2 matches, but England women have missed out following defeat to Belgium today.

Ormesby are Premier British League champions. Despite a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Urban TTC, it was enough to secure them the title ahead of their nearest rivals after a pulsating year of thrills and spills.