Jack Petchey London Schools’ Championships

The Jack Petchey London Schools’ Championships

The Jack Petchey Schools’ Championships is a prestigious event aimed at increasing participation and awareness of table tennis in Schools in London and Essex.

There are two events – Individual and Team Championships – which are open to boys and girls at U11, 13, 16 & 19 age groups. The Championships begin with regional qualifiers held across London, where those who finish first in the team event and first, second, third and fourth in the individual, qualify for the finals.

Click here to see photos from the Jack Petchey Schools’ qualifiers, finals and other Table Tennis England events down the years, on our Flickr page

We aim to encourage more participants each year, ensuring that EVERY school in London and Essex has the opportunity to attend a county qualifier.

The organisation of these competitions is based on six Jack Petchey Areas – North London, East London, South London, West London, Central London and Essex. There is a County Secretary in each of these areas, who run the two qualifier competitions.

The team qualifiers run in October or November, with the team finals held in January. The winning teams from the finals in each age group go forward to the relevant regional finals of the Butterfly Schools Team Championships, and can qualify from there for the national finals.

The individual qualifiers are held in January and February. Anyone finishing first in a qualifying event goes through to the Jack Petchey individual finals in April and is also eligible to compete at the Butterfly Schools Individual Championships finals.

Please find the information relating to 2020 Individual qualifiers and the competition organisers below. Entries for certain areas have closed however you can find entry forms for those competitions still open below.

North London Qualifying Event

Dates: 30th January 2020 (Boys U11/13/16/19) 3pm start; 31st January 2020 (Girls U11/13/16/19) 3pm start
Venue: London Academy, Spur Road, Edgware HA8 8DE

East London Qualifying Event

Dates: 2nd February 2020 (Girls U11/13/16/19) 9:30am start; 2nd February 2020 (Boys U11/13/16/19) 1pm start
Venue: Morpeth School, Portman Place, Bethnal Green E2 0PX

South London Qualifying Event

Dates: 11th February 2020 (Boys U16/19) 1:15pm start; 14th February 2020 (Boys U11/13 & Girls U11/13/16/19) 1:15pm start
Venues: 11th February – Wallington County Grammar School, Croydon Rd, Wallington SM6 7PH; 14th February – Whitgift School, Haling Park Rd, South Croydon CR2 6YT

West London Qualifying Event

Date: TBC
Venue: TBC

Central London Qualifying Event

Date: 6th February 2020 (Boys U11/16 & Girls U11/16) 8:45am start; 6th February 2020 (Boys U13/19 & Girls U13/19) 1pm start
Venue: Greenhouse Centre, 88 Bell Street, NW1 6SP

Essex Qualifying Event (contact Kirk Edwards for entry forms and further details)

Date: 25th January 2020 9am start
Venue: BATTS, Elderfield, Harlow CM17 0ER

Jack Petchey Areas

North London
(Barnet, Enfield, Haringey & Waltham Forest)
Contact: Bhavin Savjani – bmsavjani@gmail.com

East London
(Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, City of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets)
Contact: Keegan Barstow – keegan.barstow@tabletennisengland.co.uk

West London
(Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow)
Contact: Nathan Nicol – nvvnicol@gmail.com

Central London
(Camden, City of Westminster, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth)
Contact: Maria Ingles – maria.ingles@greenhousesports.org

South London
(Bromley, Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton)
Contact: Neil Williams – neil.crawford.williams@gmail.com

Essex
(Including Southend, Thurrock)
Contacts: Kirk Edwards – KirkEDWARDS@Shoeburyness.southend.sch.uk

For any general queries please contact Schools@tabletennisengland.co.uk