Schools Competitions— Table Tennis England

** Please note, the Butterfly National Schools Team Championship and Butterfly National Schools Individual Championships have been cancelled for the 2020/21 season because of the pandemic. If you have any queries, please contact [email protected]

The competition pathway for schools in England is organised by Table Tennis England as part of its wider competition structure.

Under the title English Schools Table Tennis, there are two National Schools Competitions – one for teams and the other for individuals.

Fifty-one Schools County Associations affiliated to Table Tennis England hold qualifying events in their counties across England. The winners then represent their schools counties in the Butterfly National Schools Competitions.

These competitions build upon the outstanding work of the English Schools Table Tennis Association which for 50 years organised the above events until it merged with Table Tennis England in 2017 and then dissolved itself in 2018.

Butterfly National Schools Team Championship Pathway:

Borough Finals > County Finals > Zone Finals > Regional Finals > National Finals

Entry fees are £28 per team

List of Counties in each Zone for 2020

Zone 1
Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Humber, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear

Zone 2
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire

Zone 3
Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Shropshire

Zone 4
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk

Zone 5
Birmingham, Black Country, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire

Zone 6
London Central, London East, London North, London South, London West

Zone 7
Berkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex

Zone 8
Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire

Note: Allocation of Counties to Zones may be altered by the Committee.

Zone finals - details

Details for the 2021/22 season will appear here in due course

Regional finals - details

Details for the 2021/22 season will appear here in due course

Winners at Regional Finals play at the Butterfly National Finals.

Butterfly National Schools Individual Championship Pathway:

Borough Finals > County Finals > National Finals

Under 19/16/13/11 age groups for boys/girls

More information will appear here in due course.

Click here to view the Table Tennis England English Schools Table Tennis competitions calendar.

Each Schools County has a Secretary who is the first point of contact for your local competitions. Find your Schools County Secretary by clicking here

Representative teams are selected to play in:

The International School Sport Federation (ISF) biennial World Schools’ Table Tennis Championships (Under 17)
The Annual Schools’ Home Countries Invitation International Championships in Under 18/16/14 age groups
The British Primary Championships (Under 11)