London area
Welcome to the London Area; I’m Johnathon Driscoll, your Area Manager
Latest news from the London area
Dominic delivers in tight division
Dominic Rimmy took the Under-11 Mixed gold with a perfect eight wins out of eight matches at the London Academy Cadet 2* Open last weekend.
Five titles for London Academy at Jack Petchey finals
London Academy were dominant as they won five titles at the Jack Petchey London Schools Team Finals.
London Ping Hub promises to be thriving centre for our sport
London’s first Ping Hub, which brings free-to-play, accessible table tennis to the public, will open on Saturday 25 January at The Exchange Shopping Centre in Ilford.
London Blog
Shine a Spotlight on Our Table Tennis Heroes: Pride of Table Tennis Awards 2024/25
Although I have been involved in table tennis for over 20 years, I am constantly inspired by the people who pour their energy, passion, and… Continue reading
Table Tennis: Inspiring Inclusion, One Serve at a Time
Table Tennis has the potential to be one of the most inclusive sports out there. The numerous projects I see daily that implement the sport… Continue reading
Empowering Young People in Table Tennis: The Jack Petchey Programme
As Area Manager for London at Table Tennis England, a big aspect of my work is leading the Jack Petchey Table Tennis Programme. The partnership,… Continue reading
Insight and Impact
All about the London network
I’m Johnathon Driscoll and I have the privilege of being the Area Manager for London which covers the 33 London Boroughs.
It is an exciting time to be a Club, League, Coach, Volunteer, School, or partner in the capital as Table Tennis England embarks on it’s new strategy Table Tennis United and the successful bid of the ITTF World Team Championship is 2026.
Having been involved in the sport since an 11-year-old, I have a real passion to see table tennis thrive and to build on the great work that is being delivered across London.
London covers 33 boroughs:
City of London
City of Westminster
Kensington and Chelsea
Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth
Lambeth
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Islington
Camden
Brent
Ealing
Hounslow
Richmond
Kingston
Merton
Sutton
Croydon
Bromley
Lewisham
Greenwich
Bexley
Havering
Barking and Dagenham
Redbridge
Newham
Waltham Forest
Haringey
Enfield
Barnet
Harrow
Hillingdon
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 London Local Organising Group are:
| Name | Club/Organisation | Role on LOG |
| Vacant | Vacant | Chair |
| Bethany Kinsella | Greenhouse | Partnerships |
| Onyinye Nkemdirim | Sported | Equality, Diversity & Inclusion |
| Demi Reid | London Youth | Schools/Competitions |
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 London:
- Brent
- Redbridge
- Newham
