North East Area
Welcome to the North East Area; I’m Lauren Evans, your Area Manager!
Latest news from the North East
Help shape the future of volunteering in table tennis
Table Tennis England are excited to launch their volunteer landscape survey which aims to enhance the volunteering experience in the dynamic world of table tennis. To make this possible, they’re asking for your insights!
O’Connell and Kant win at women & girls 1* in Sheffield
Sheffield was the venue for the second women & girls 1* event held in the North East.
New vice-presidents honoured at Yorkshire centenary celebration
The Yorkshire Table Tennis Association celebrated 100 years since its formation.
North East Blog
How table tennis in the North East is playing a vital role in wellbeing
Welcome back to the North East Area Blog, Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 took place from 13th to 19th May and the spotlight once again… Continue reading
Serving up success: The vital role of volunteers in community table tennis clubs.
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of supporting at the Pride of Table Tennis Awards, which reminded me of all the hard work that… Continue reading
Inspiring women & girls to enter competitions
I have spent another busy month planning the delivery of my women and girls’ competitions, which has been a period of learning and growing professionally…. Continue reading
Insight and Impact
All about the North East network
My table tennis journey began when I was eight years old in a youth club in Tamworth, West Midlands. After finding a passion for the sport, I went on to play for my county and region and entered many competitions up and down the country. I represented Draycott Table Tennis Club in Junior and Women’s British League and continued to play at Nottingham Trent University, where I also coached after graduation.
I am very excited to help clubs, leagues, communities, and partners to bring the new Table Tennis United Strategy to life and I hope that, with a collaborative approach, we can get more people playing the sport, increase the level of performance in the North East and continue to create a community that feels safe and inspiring.
The North East covers Cleveland, Durham, Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
This includes the cities and towns of: Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Sheffield and Middlesborough.
Local Organising Groups (LOGs) are formed of volunteers from the table tennis community and external partners and organisations who work with us to bring table tennis alive locally. They are there to provide support and guidance to the Area Manager and take an action-led approach to helping deliver the Local Delivery Plan. Click here for more information on Local Organising Groups.
The members of the North East Local Organising Group are:
Name
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Club/Organisation
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Graeme Barella
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NETT
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Clare Flynn
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NETT/Brandon TTC/ Durham TTA
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Tony Taylor
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Durham TTA
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Bob Moffatt
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Bishop Monckton/Rainton
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Colin Li
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Bradford
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Modesta Vaitkeviciute
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Mission TTC
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Community Table Tennis Partnerships (CTTPs) are local geographic areas based around a town, city or small cluster of towns where the data and insight from across the sport and using demographic data and local partner knowledge tells us there are opportunities to develop the sport in those areas. These will then receive dedicated, focussed support from the Area Manager and Area Chair and the Local Organising Group and will work closely with local partners to establish, develop and sustain activity that achieves the priorities and goals laid out in Table Tennis United. Counties, clubs, leagues and other table tennis activity that exists in that CTTP space will be engaged to support the work that happens.
CTTPs will continue to evolve with the goal that activity set up is sustained by local clubs, leagues and organisations. This enables more CTTPs to be established across different parts of the Area Network that demonstrates potential impact can be made through the data, insight and information from the sport, societal data and local partners. CTTP work will make up a large proportion of the activity within Local Delivery Plans.
The following are the Community Table Tennis Partnerships for the North East:
- Sheffield
- Middlesborough
- Durham
- Northumberland