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The English National Table Tennis Championships are run by the English Table Tennis Association. The first championships were held in 1960. [ 1 ] Desmond Douglas has won the most singles titles with 11, [ 2 ] whilst the leading woman is Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley with seven singles titles.
Table tennis competition has been in the Commonwealth Games since 2002, with singles and doubles events for both men and women. [1] Wheelchair play is an optional event for elite athletes with a disability (EAD) since the inclusion of Para-Sports in 2002. [2]
This was the sixth staging of table tennis at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 2002, and the second staging within England specifically. The competition took place between 29 July and 8 August 2022, spread across eleven events (including four parasport events). [1] [2]
It was founded as the Table Tennis Association in 1921. [3] The organisation was known as the English Table Tennis Association between 1927 and 2014 and has been affiliated to the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) since 1927. [4] [5] Table Tennis England is based at Milton Keynes, having moved from Hastings in March 2014. [6]
The English Open was a table tennis tournament in England, last staged by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in Sheffield in 2011. History [ edit ]
Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Table tennis competitions in the United Kingdom" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Singles competition: St. Bride Vase for men's singles, donated in 1929 by C.Corti Woodcock, member of the exclusive St. Bride Table Tennis Club in London, after Fred Perry of England won the title in Budapest; Geist Prize for women's singles, donated in 1931 by Dr. Gaspar Geist, president of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association; Doubles ...
Competitive table tennis is popular in East Asia and Europe, and has been [vague] gaining attention in the United States. [63] The most important international competitions are the World Table Tennis Championships, the Table Tennis World Cup, the Olympics and the ITTF World Tour. Continental competitions include the following: European ...