Dumfries Table Tennis Club

Anderson Kilts sponsors DTTC

We’re proud to announce Anderson Kilts as a Dumfries Table Tennis Club sponsor. Specialists in Scottish Highland dress, the Anderson family business started in 1854 and is now in it’s sixth generation. 
 
Anderson Kilts has the largest highlandwear hire stock in South Scotland and a wide range of kilts, trews, jackets and accessories to buy online and in their store in the heart of Dumfries. Whether it’s to hire or to buy, the experienced, friendly and dedicated team at Anderson Kilts will ensure that you are properly dressed, whatever the occasion. Anderson Kilts also offers a large range of menswear, gifts for men and women, tartan fabric, and alterations. 
 
For more information please visit Anderson Kilts at their store in Church Crescent, Dumfries. For news and offers please visit their website and social media channels including Anderson Kilts on Facebook.
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Draw for our Your Move Club Championships 15-17 March

It’s finally here! This weekend (March 15-17) we host the Your Move Dumfries Club Championship 2024 and the Fusion Renewables Junior Club Championship 2024! From Friday evening through to Sunday afternoon we will be hosting a festival of fun and top quality table tennis, and everyone’s invited to come along to support our players.

We’d especially love everyone to join us on Saturday March 16 at 4pm to watch our showpiece finals: Senior Open Singles, Senior Open Doubles, Senior Ladies Singles, Junior Girls Singles, U15 Singles, and U18 Singles.

The viewing galleries will be open and we’ll have a fantastic café upstairs where you can buy tea, coffee, refreshments, fruit, bakes and sweets. Cash only

On Friday evening we kick off our Junior Championship at 6pm with play starting at 6.30pm sharp.

On Saturday we move to our Senior events at 9am with play starting at 9.30am sharp.

On Sunday we finish in style with our Veterans events at 9am with play starting at 9.30am sharp, followed by our Disability Group Championship at 11.30am.

Good luck to all of our competitors and please do join us for the highlight of the DTTC calendar! Huge thanks to all of our sponsors and partners: Your Move, Fusion Renewables, Genesis OHS, Anderson Kilts, Holywood Trust, Tees Sport, Butterfly, and Table Tennis Scotland

The schedule and draw for the weekend is available here:

Club Championships 2324 Schedule

Club Championships 2324 Draw

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National League Promotion for Dumfries A

Congratulations to Dumfries TTC A team of Dawid Sulkowski, Jason Fleming, Kieran Walker and Dylan De Silva, who have won promotion to Division 1 of the National League, following this weekend’s performance. They missed out on the Division 2 title by  just one point, but are excited to be back in Division 1 next season, with support from new sponsors Genesis OHS

Our second team, Dumfries B, finished a respectable 3rd place in Division 5 with Calum Morgan, David Niven and Maria De Silva representing the club in the final fixtures.

From l-r Charlie Brown (official), Dawid Sulkowski, Jason Fleming, Kieran Walker and Dylan De Silva

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New National League Sponsor – Genesis OHS

A huge welcome to the third of our major new sponsors, Genesis OHS, who are sponsoring our National League team. They are a local professional consultancy offering occupational and environmental health and safety services to a variety of clients throughout the UK and Europe. We’re delighted to have a local business with international reach supporting our elite National League squads as they represent DTTC on the national level.

Genesis OHS provide health and safety consultancy, occupational health assessment and a variety of training to clients across most sectors, helping organisations support their employee health safety and happiness. They combine a nurturing, friendly approach with a professional ethos to provide a distinctive personal service to clients.

Our National League teams will proudly wear Genesis OHS’s logo on their shirts next season as they compete at the highest levels of Scottish table tennis.

For more information please visit Genesis OHS on Facebook.

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Fusion Renewables powering up our Juniors

We are delighted to welcome our new Junior Sponsor: Fusion Renewables Ltd, the experts in providing renewable energy solutions for your home and business. We’re so excited to have a great local business investing in the future of energy – and also in the future of our amazing Juniors at DTTC!

Fusion Renewables is a local, family-run business specialising in solar energy, electric chargers, battery storage and maintenance, with a focus on high quality expert service. Fusion Renewables is dedicated to making renewable energy affordable and accessible to all. The team at Fusion Renewables designs, installs and maintains bespoke systems with a free non-obligated site survey and clear, honest advice.

Our Juniors will proudly wear Fusion Renewable’s logo on their shirts at training as well as national competitions. Fusion Renewables is also our named Junior Club Championship sponsor starting with our 2023/2024 Junior Club Championships in March.

Thanks to Fusion Renewables for powering up our Juniors! For more information and to talk about renewable energy solutions for your home and business please visit Fusion Renewables Ltd on Facebook. 

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Your Move is our new Premier Club sponsor

We are excited to introduce our new Premier Club Sponsor: Award-winning estate agent Your Move Dumfries! 
Your Move Dumfries deeply believes that Dumfries & Galloway is a wonderful place to live, work and play, so we can’t think of a better partner to be our Premier Club Sponsor!
 
Your Move Dumfries’s office is located in Dumfries town centre. The team at Your Move Dumfries is committed to completing each customer’s journey to the highest of standards whilst retaining a passionate, progressive approach within an ever-changing property market. The team helps customers buy, sell, rent or let properties right across Dumfries & Galloway, from Gretna in the east to Stranraer in the west, including Castle Douglas, Newton Stewart and even up within Ayrshire. Get in touch to take advantage of their wealth of knowledge and experience of the market, as well as their guaranteed high level of customer service.
 
As our Dumfries Table Tennis Club Premier Sponsor all of our players will proudly wear the Your Move Dumfries logo on their club shirts. Your Move Dumfries is also our named Club Championship sponsor starting with our 2023/2024 Club Championships in March. 
 
For more information please visit Your Move Dumfries on social media platforms Facebook & Instagram, company website www.your-move.co.uk or at the office on the High Street.

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Success at the North Ayrshire Open

Our players were out in full force on the Ayrshire coast at the North Ayrshire Open last weekend. The event started with a brilliant Friday night Scotland v Ulster Junior International friendly match organised by Table Tennis Scotland. Our own Shannon Brown represented Scotland as the national team won 6 out of 7 matches to take the overall victory.

Shannon was back in action on Saturday. The Women’s Singles showcased her skill and resilience, the highlight being a nail-biting 5th set win at 11-9 against Maureen Moran in the quarter-finals. Although the semi-finals brought a formidable opponent in Ulster’s Grace Looney, Shannon’s valiant effort was commendable. 

In the men’s Senior singles Dawid Sulkowski flew the flag for Dumfries with a strong run to the last 16, then made it to the semi-final of the men’s Senior doubles with his partner Chris Wheeler. Well done Dawid! Special mention also to our illustrious alumnus Danny Bajwa who made it to the semi-final of the men’s Senior singles and was runner-up in the men’s Senior doubles.

On to Junior Sunday and Dumfries had a bumper crop of youngsters competing. Shannon bossed her group in Sunday’s Girls Junior Singles, where she executed a smart game plan to progress into the semi-finals. Once again she ran into Grace Looney and – despite a bold fight – bowed out. But congratulations to Shannon for displaying great  physical and mental resilience,  and taking another encouraging step as she returns from injury.

Shannon and Cory teamed up for the Open Junior Doubles and did well in their group, notching a win and giving the top-rated Ulster pairing a good scare despite not reaching the knockouts. In the singles competitions, Olivia Maxwell continued her rapid progress with a battling display in both the U13 and U15 girls groups. Still going strong, Shannon was back on the table and made it to the quarter-finals of the girls U19 singles competition. Boyd Telfer brought his limitless energy and reached the knockout stages of the boy’s U13 competition and gained some priceless experience by playing up to U15. Cory Dawson fought through a tough group with an impressively determined and positive attitude to reach the U15 knockout stages. Evan Robertson did the club proud by toughing it out in a super challenging U19 group – an experience which will make him even stronger.

Finally, Finley Boyd reached the knockout stages of the U15 boys competition, then cruised to the semi-final of the Banded Cadet competition where he ran into Isaac Ishmael. No strangers to each other after hours training together, Fin and Isaac slugged out an epic 5 setter that came down to a handful of points. Isaac took the win and then played a great match in the final to win his first silverware! Congrats Isaac! Isaac also competed in the U15 singles and played some great table tennis over the day.

Well done to all of our players and it’s especially good to see such a hard-working, dedicated and talented bunch of juniors representing the club together. Thanks to North Ayrshire Table Tennis and Table Tennis Scotland for organising such a great event.

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New heating installed

We’re delighted to have our new heating system installed, so no more struggling to play in freezing temperatures! We now have 12 individually operated infra-red heaters, which means we don’t have to heat the whole hall when only one or two tables are in use. And as they’re on timers, they can’t be left on accidentally overnight – a problem in the past. Thank you to Alastair from Purdie Electrical for the work. 

The new system should give us a saving on some of our energy costs, but we hope to be able to install solar panels in future which will reduce costs significantly long term. 

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League report – weeks 5 – 6

Jason Fleming reports:
In Division 1, The Spinners hold the dignity of being league leaders at the end of the year, although Top Bananas can easily regain top spot with their games in hand. The Spinners didn’t have it all their way in their two matches, however, as the duo of Kay Solaja and Brian Kirkpatrick went down 4-1 against Gordon Duff and Shona Morton of Netflicks. A particular game of note was Duffy’s spirited display to recover from 2-0 down against Kay to win in the fifth. Spinners’ fortunes were bolstered by the acquisition of Danny Bajwa making his return to the league, as they saw off Jason Fleming and Paul Borrowdale of Gaulty Towers 4-1. Fresh from his recent exploits in British League, Danny didn’t really need to get out of first gear, whilst Jason probably wished he was still on paternity leave at home with his newborn baby. Gaulty Towers’ consolation point came through Jason’s win against Kay. Also in Division 1, Smashing Pumpkins had a comfortable 5-0 victory against Apple Crumble, followed by a rematch against Netflicks, who must have hoped to get revenge for their defeat earlier in the season. Nonetheless, again Smashing Pumpkins were able to prevail as they won 3-2, their overall victory spearheaded by Shannon Brown who won both her singles matches. With plentiful rearranged matches to take place in the coming weeks, it will be intriguing to see how the division shapes up in January and February.
 
The tussle between Table Toppers and Two Slips and a Gully for Division 2 pre-eminence continued as both sides put Sultans of Spin to the sword – Table Toppers winning 4-1 and TS&G winning 5-0 – before both sides faced off against each other in a top of the table clash. TS&G’s young duo of Cory Dawson and Isaac Ishmael will have hoped for revenge against Annie Borrowdale and James Hutchinson, though in the end experience yet again prevailed as Table Toppers clinched a 3-2 win. Annie made a crucial contribution by winning both her singles matches, whilst Isaac had a good win in five against Jim. Cory will feel hard done by to have lost both his singles matches in five, nevertheless, his side remain in first place, albeit Table Toppers have games in hand to make up the deficit. Steve Cussell and Ray Pirrie of The Owd Coots were able to cement their position in third, with 4-1 wins against Hurricanes and Sultans of Spin. Lastly, Hurricanes picked up their first win of the season through a hard-fought 3-2 win against Watsonians – Mike Watson winning his two singles matches to salvage two points for his side.
 
In Division 3, Graeme and Finley Boyd of Blade Runners continued their sprint to the title, producing a perfect display in winning 5-0 against Chuckle Chums. Even at this stage, their lead appears almost unassailable, thus the decisive battle of the division will come down to the battle for second place, which is currently neatly poised between Double Trouble and Titans by a single point. Titans’ duo of Evan Robertson and Theuns Wiese had a resounding 5-0 win against Falcons, before they faced off against Olivia Maxwell and Boyd Telfer of Double Trouble. In the end, the latter duo had a big 4-1 win against Titans to leapfrog them into second place, with key wins from Boyd and Olivia proving crucial.
 
Full details and tables are as always at https://www.tabletennis365.com/Dumfries.
Danny (l) takes on Jason (r)
Annie's experience wins out ... so far!

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