The Table Tennis portion of the 2024 NL Winter Games held in Gander just wrapped up. Table tennis athletes representing eight regions descended upon Gander for the multi sport games with the table tennis competition producing some excellent action which started on February 25 and concluded on February 27.
From all reports there were three days of competitive table tennis exhibited by athletes representing eight regions of the province.
The games consisted of a Team Event as well as Individual events and below are the medal winners for all events. Congratulations to all athletes on their performance and a big shout out to the coaches, managers and officials.
Team Event | |
Male Team | Female Team |
1 Eastern (Gold) 2 Avalon (Silver) 3 Central (Bronze) 4 St. John’s North 5 Western 6 Mount Pearl South 7 Team Indigenous 8 Labrador | 1 St. John’s North (Gold) 2 Eastern (Silver) 3 Team Indigenous (Bronze) 4 Central 5 Avalon 6 Mount Pearl South 7 Western |
Individual Event | |
Youth Male Singles | Junior Male Singles |
Gold - Evan Denty(Eastern) Silver - Daniel Patey(St. John's-North) Bronze Liam Ralph(Eastern) | Gold - Peter Quinlan(Avalon) Silver - Logan Whalen(Eastern) Bronze - Ryan Goulding(Central) |
Youth Female Singles | Junior Female Singles |
Gold - Amy Peckford(Central) Silver - Tamarah Eyada(St. John's-North) Bronze - Bianca Winters(Team Indigenous) | Gold - Divine Aseo(St. John's-North) Silver - Kyla Martin(Team Indigenous) Bronze - Jayden Denty(Eastern) |
Also in February the Conception Bay North Open was held in Carbonear with over 50 athletes competing in Age and Ratings events, as well there was the introduction of an U11 event which saw six entries with all but one playing in their first table tennis tournament. Congratulations to all competitors on an excellent performance and to see results visit the CBN Open results page.
With the Last scheduled tournament fast approaching the race to garner points to qualify for Team NL on. For the latest totals visit the Selections Points page.
The next NLTTA sanctioned tournament is the NL Closed scheduled for March 30th at the Rotary Paradise Youth and Community Centre in Paradise. Registration is now open and to register visit the NL Closed Registration Portal.
Behind the Scenes
Did you know that the NLTTA has some fantastic people working behind the scenes to help the organization grow the sport.
First up are a trio of gentlemen that fill the Executive roles of the NLTTA. The executive is comprised of Barry Hicks(President), Kenny Curlew(VP-Admin) and Merv Greenham(VP-Technical). Even though they are not always visible that does not mean they are not busy. The behind the scenes work never ends dealing with tournament schedules, Sport NL and Table Tennis Canada business, facilitating Newfoundland Labrador's presence at the Atlantic Table Tennis Championships and no doubt numerous other items to help the sport in Newfoundland and Labrador. Barry and Kenny recently were in Gander for the NL Winter Games where they were handling the running of the table tennis competition at the Games.
Also behind the scenes, serving as NLTTA Officers, are Harrison Lamswood(Secretary) and Nicole Curlew(Treasurer). A big thank you to both for their contribution to the NLTTA.
Have you visited our Media Gallery? If not, you have missed some great photos from recent table tennis tournaments. You might have noticed someone running around like a chicken, well that would be Peter Quinlan. He has taken some great photos for the NLTTA which can be viewed at our Media Gallery page. Why not check out the page and the numerous action photos taken by Peter. Besides being the "Unofficial Photographer" of the Newfoundland and Labrador Table Tennis Association, Peter is sort of a "jack of all trades" at NLTTA tournaments, helping set up tables, being a gopher for the executive working the control desk and most importantly coaching his son Peter. The NLTTA executive extends a big thank to Peter for his invaluable contribution.
Stay Informed
As you can see we have been busy in February with the CBN Open and the NL Winter Games and now we are gearing up for the NL Closed in March.
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