History

Ferndale Table Tennis club was first established as a TTk Greenhouse academy in 2007. The academy was overseen by Welsh International player Stephen Gertsen he was at the academy for 3 and a half years and had great success during his time here. Then ex-Scottish Junior International player Scott Johnston who was assistant coach at old TTk school Tonypandy and had previously helped Stephen with his coaching duties at Ferndale took over. Scott was in the position for a year. Scott moved on but the club has again managed to get a new coach who is going to continue to allow the club to grow. Gwyn Carvill from Bridgend TT club has now taken over at the school and will hopefully use his knowledge of the game and links within welsh table tennis to help the club go from strength to strength.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Ferndale Players Train in East Region

The 18th and 19th April saw Charlotte Slye, Ethan Lewis, Liam Winder and Steven Fawkes travel to the BATTS club in Essex to train with former Ferndale coach Stephen Gertsen. Ferndale were also accompanied by Nantymoel players Sharlene Williams and Gwyn Carvill and coach David Treharne.
The camp was a fantastic training experience for all players as there was a large variation in playing abilities and styles over the two days. This was a fantastic opportunity for the players to get in extra training against top quality players in England.
I would like to Thank Neil Brierley of BATTS club for all the hard work he put in during the training camp to accomodate the Welsh players (and coaches). Another thanks must go to the East Region coaches, Stephen Gertsen and Aad Kwakkelstein, for their hard work and running two fantastic sessions.
There are pictures and a report on the ETTA East Region blog in the links section.
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