West Area
Welcome to the West Area; I’m Chris Newton, your Area Manager
Latest news from the West
Schools book their spots in national semi-finals
The West Area Schools Team Finals look place on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 January at Wood Green Academy, Wednesbury, with teams from Worcestershire, Birmingham, Black Country, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire competing for a place in the national semi-finals.
Sports Welfare Officers
Sport England have investing £14.83 million of National Lottery money to establish a national network of welfare officers who’ll mentor and support clubs across England.
Join us for the TT Kidz programme webinar
Are you ready to inspire the next generation of table tennis players? Join us for an exciting and informative webinar all about the TT Kidz… Continue reading
West blog
West April Blog
I am currently heavily involved in the build up to WTT Manchester but at the recent Senior National Championships someone ask me, “what do you… Continue reading
West – February Blog
I am currently sat at the Derby Arena watching 40 tables being used for the Youth British Clubs League. To make a competition like this… Continue reading
West Blog – Food for thought
Chris Newton’s latest blog I was recently at a table tennis event discussing with friends that I take part in a lot of competitive fishing… Continue reading
Insight and Impact
All about the West network
I undertake a dual role at Table Tennis England both as West Area Manager and Technical Operations Manager for the Events Team. I have a long background in table tennis from volunteering with clubs and leagues right through to senior leadership positions at Olympic and Commonwealth Games.
The West covers Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
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 West Local Organising Group are:
| Name | Club/Organisation | Role on LOG |
| Michael Clayton | Birmingham | Chair |
| Helen Lower | Staffordshire | International & Club coach |
| Anne Moore | Shropshire | Community clubs |
| Sophie Tobin | SportEd | |
| Adam Walden | Sport Birmingham |
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 West:
- Birmingham
- Warwick
- Leamington Spa
- Stratford upon Avon
