Latest news on Alan Cooke
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Chairman’s Message – August 2016
August 3, 2016As we are on the eve of the greatest sporting occasion in the world, I could not be prouder of our young men and women who will be representing our country in the Olympics and Paralympics in the next few weeks.
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Our boys are Brazil-bound!
July 26, 2016Team GB’s table tennis squad have flown out to Brazil for their final Olympic preparations.
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Team GB aces kitted out and ready to go
July 1, 2016Team GB’s table tennis squad are a step closer to being Rio-ready now they have received their official kit for this summer’s Olympic Games.
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Friday Photos 87: Some favourite images from the past
This is the last Friday’s Photos before a summer break.
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Friday Photos 86: Help us put names to faces
June 24, 2016Can you help to fill in the gaps in an eclectic mix of photos from our archives?
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Friday Photos 85: Who’s in these recent photos?
June 17, 2016Five colour photos this week so relatively more recent pictures.
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Friday Photos 81: Celebrating Nigel’s achievements
May 20, 2016With the World Veterans’ Championships due to start on Monday, May 23 in Alicante I thought it would be appropriate to highlight the achievements of one of the great characters on the veterans’ circuit, Nigel Eckersley.
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Friday Photos 80: Match the pen pix to the players
May 13, 2016Can you work out the players from their lists of likes and dislikes?
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Friday Photos 76: Can you put a name to a face?
April 15, 2016Our archivist, Diane Webb, is in need of help identifying players. Can you put a name to a face?
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Obituary: Neil Houghton, Derbyshire TTA
April 14, 2016Tributes have been paid to Derbyshire TTA stalwart, player and coach Neil Houghton, who died earlier this month.
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Royal approval on SportsAid’s 40th birthday
April 8, 2016Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has praised SportsAid’s contribution to British sport in a special message to mark the charity’s 40th birthday today.
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Leopards get standing ovation at Nationals
March 21, 2016The England Leopards heroes were honoured at a special presentation during the PG Mutual National Championships.
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Friday Photos 73: National results and programmes
March 11, 2016This week with the National Championships approaching this is a plea to anyone who has any of the programmes and/or results from previous years as a full set is not held in the Archives.
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Leopards’ team spirit helped us make history
March 6, 2016England’s history-making World Championships bronze medallists say their huge achievement is still sinking in.
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Jarvis and Sibley secure English double at Nottingham GP
January 31, 2016It was a double success for the English competitors at the Nottingham Grand Prix as both Tom Jarvis and Kelly Sibley secured singles titles under […]
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Friday Photos 67: England’s World Championships
January 29, 2016With the World Championships coming up I thought it would be nice to look back to when England last hosted this event in 1997.
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Reed out of ‘anniversary’ Hungarian Open
January 21, 2016Danny Reed was eliminated in the group stage of the Hungarian Open today. The 26-year-old, ranked No 203 in the world, won his opening group […]
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Students inspired by visit from Cooke and Sibley
October 20, 2015England No 1 Kelly Sibley and Table Tennis England Performance Coach Alan Cooke thrilled pupils from three schools as they passed on their skills and passion for the sport.
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Pitchford: I can take a lot from Ovtcharov clash
October 5, 2015Liam Pitchford says he made world No 5 Ovtcharov ‘nervous’ during the match and is confident he can use the experience to take his own […]
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University players off to China for pre-season
September 12, 2015As a result of the collaboration between the University of Nottingham and the Chinese Table Tennis College in Shanghai, the university table tennis team are […]
