Abbeydale Table Tennis Club

Welcome to Abbeydale Table Tennis Club. The club is part of the Sheffield and District Table Tennis League and is governed by the Table Tennis England. The dedicated Table Tennis sports hall is located in the grounds of Abbeydale Sports Club. Members have access to the hall 24/7/365 days per year. 

The venue the largest purpose built Table Tennis venue in Sheffield.

New Players & Members

We have many areas of interest for players of all ability for those who are just starting out and learning to play to the experienced / seasoned player.

Friday night is our Club night when Club & Social members turn up for a practice. There is an open invitation for anyone with an interest in Table Tennis to come along free of charge and get introduced and try it out. You will be made welcome regardless of your playing standard.

For further info / advice phone John Gialucca 0114 2363873 or Email; [email protected]

New Membership Fees as of August 1st 2018

ADULT PLAYING MEMBER (MAY PLAY IN LEAGUE MATCHES)         £95.00

JUNIOR PLAYING MEMBER (UP TO 18 YEARS)                                   £30.00

STUDENT MEMBER (OVER 18 YRS & IN FULL TIME EDUCATION)    £65.00

SOCIAL MEMBER (NOT PLAYING LEAGUE MATCHES)                      £74.00

U3A MEMBERSHIP (Have to be National U3A member)                      £65.00

All members will receive an "Abbeydale Sports Club Membership card" *. This entitles you to a 10% discount on products purchased in the Clubhouse Bar.

Membership fees are inclusive of the Abbeydale Sports Club membership fee of £40 Adults and £20 Juniors. (Adults for the next 1 year incur a £15 car park resurfacing levy fee)

Light Meters - Its pay per play.

Just under £3.00 / hour - meter takes 20p & £1 coins

League Players

This Winter season 2018 we envisage entering 11 teams in the league

Junior Members

We run coaching sessions on most Saturday mornings for juniors of all ages. Beginners session at 09.00am. More advanced players are catered for at the two later sessions commencing at 10.00am and 11.00am respectively. Payment for the session is £10.60 month paid by standing order or £4 per session.

It is cash on the day during Easter, Summer Holidays, Christmas and the 7 junior League sessions at EIS)

For more information and a chat contact Phil Wright on Tel. 01246 416 984 or Email; [email protected]. Phil has been playing Table Tennis for the past 45 years+ and is a qualified Table Tennis England (TTE) Coach

We also run a dozen plus junior teams in the Sheffield Junior TT League and like to include all our Saturday morning youngsters in this exciting event.

The Junior coaching is going from strength to strength in its attendance and we would welcome any new players.

Child welfare during these sessions is paramount and all our Coaches have DBS Certificates and the club has a Child Protection Policy that is reviewed on a regular basis in line with TTE.

School Holiday coaching sessions and events are advertised as the holidays approach.

The Sheffield Junior league is once again taking place at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield.

Matches take place between 9am and 12 o’clock on Saturday mornings.

Whatever your ability there is a division to suit, last year five divisions of teams battled over the seven Saturday mornings for trophies that were handed out at the Sheffield Table Tennis Association presentation evening.

Please see the link for the entry form below. 

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For those Cadets and Juniors wanting a further challenge there is an National Cadet and Junior league offering a number of venues including the EIS.  For those interested please follow the link below.

https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/compete/competitions/national-cadet-national-junior-league/

Coaching

Coaching is available for any player regardless of ability or standard. We have the pleasure and honour of having a number of coaches;

Phil Wright - Super Veteran of the game and STTL

Tim Denby - Plays in the Sheffield, Chesterfield, University & National Leagues. 

Tim Wright , Simon Ryalls and Steve Cross - all experienced players of the Sheffield league. 

Nigel Coward - assists in coaching some of the Abbeydale adult players.

To book a group or individual session with one of the coaches please contact them direct to discuss your training needs

Email to;   Tim Denby ----  Tim Wright ----  Nigel Coward 

For the Older Recreational Player

The University of the Third Age (U3A) have sessions here on Monday and Thursday Mornings. If you think you might want to play on a part time / regular basis then please contact either;

Belinda Taylor [email protected] or John Warwick [email protected]t

Membership for the U3A section requires you to become a member of the National U3A in the first instance at £10 + membership of Abbeydale Table tennis Club £65

U3A Coaching is sometimes available by prior appointment.

All Abbeydale Table Tennis Club members and guests can use the main Clubhouse bar and receive 10% discount on all bar food and drinks on presentation of their membership card

*Junior Members have to ask ASC Ltd on request for their 10% discount membership card