Blog Archives

Midweek Club: Casual Play Starting: 6th January

30/12/2014

Our midweek club will be open for casual play from Tuesday 6th January. Casual play means that all the usual facilities are available but there will be no organised games. Normal session fees apply.

Twitter

27/12/2014

You can now follow us on Twitter (@EmpireTT) by clicking on the Twitter icon in the top right hand corner of all our pages. Each latest news post will now be shared with both Twitter and Facebook.

Seasons Greetings!

24/12/2014

A HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON TO ALL OUR MEMBERS AND WEBSITE VISITORS!

Composite Interclub: Final Results

23/12/2014

Go to our interclub page to see the final statistics for our players and teams in the 2014 Composite Interclub competition.

Members have been performing well in some end of year competitions.
Martin Young was third in the singles in the New Chinese Friendship Association Tournament and Paul Solt was part of team who were runners up in the Business Class Competition run by Table Tennis Wellington. Congratulations to them!
More details are available on the table tennis wellington website.

Reminder: Mailing LIst

21/12/2014

A reminder that you can receive an email alert each time something new is posted on our Latest News page. Just go to mailing list and sign up.

This is free. There is no charge involved!

Comments Please!

18/12/2014

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Your Board is keen to get news about Empire to you in as many ways as possible. For example posts that appear here are now shared with our new Facebook page and we are investigating doing something similar with Twitter. If you subscribe to our mailing list you will receive an email alert each time we add some latest news. We also communicate via newsletters, emails and of course by word of mouth at Club sessions.

We would love to hear from you as to which way you prefer to get our news and any other comments you may have about anything at all regarding our Club. Just click on comments below.

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Facebook Page: Direct Link

12/12/2014

You can now go directly to our new Facebook page from any page in our website. Just click on the Facebook icon in the top right hand corner, slightly above and to the right of "To Play".

Facebook Page: More Information

12/12/2014

The space where Latest News posts appear on our Facebook page is not large and will not show all of our longer posts. However if you click on the post in Facebook you will be redirected to this page and can read the rest of it.

Facebook Page!

11/12/2014

We have created a Facebook page for the Club and linked it to the website. Not surprisingly it's called Empire Table Tennis Club.
If you are into Facebook, each Latest News post on the website will appear on the new Facebook page. There's also a Facebook button at the end of each post to enable you to share it if you wish.
If you are not into Facebook, nothing changes, Latest News will continue to appear on the website and if you subscribe to our mailing list we will notify you each time there is a new post.

Gallery Update: Xmas Dinner & Prize Giving

9/12/2014

Go to our gallery page and click the link to see a slide show of our Xmas Dinner and Prize Giving on 29th November at Cowboy Jack's, Lower Hutt. Thanks again to Martin Young for the photos.

Gallery Update: Junior Prize Giving

9/12/2014

Go to our gallery page and click the link to see photos from our Junior Prize Giving on 28th November. Pause the cursor over the photos to see the captions. Thanks to Martin Young for the photos.

2014 Closing Dates

8/12/2014

Monday Club: The last night is Monday 15th December.
Midweek Club: The last morning is Tuesday 16th December.
We'll be publishing 2015 opening dates nearer the time but if you need to know now, go to our latest newsletter.

Archives Updated!

6/12/2014

We have just added 2014 achievements to our archives. To view, go to our honours page and press the interclub honours, club champions or special trophies buttons.

Composite Interclub: Finals Report

5/12/2014

It was an excellent night for our players at the Composite Interclub finals on 3rd December.
In Division One, Team Gan (John Gan, Matt Hobbs and Brendyn Shaw) won 6-5 over Team Talbot (Ian Talbot, Tony Rutledge with Shane Gibson).
In Division Two, The Force (Travis Dyer, Jimi Nelson with Dean McNicholl) triumphed 7-4 over Team Grace (Ian Grace, Anita Crowe with Chris Sutton).
Congratulations to all! See the table tennis wellington website for a full report and lots of photos.

Xmas Dinner: A Great Time & Special Awards!

4/12/2014

Our Xmas Dinner at Cowboy Jack's in Lower Hutt went off very well and a good time was had by all. Thanks goes to our Board for organising it. The only formal part of the evening was the presentation of our annual special trophies. Congratulation to the winners who were:
Best Club Member (Ron Menchi Cup): Raewyn Young
Best Sportsperson (R E Mitchell Cup): Harry Chen
Most Improved Player (J R Capstick Cup): Zhidong Yu
Most Outstanding Performance (Empire Table Tennis Club Cup): Merv Allardyce & Eddie Moore, who were runners up in the over 80 consolation doubles at the World Veterans Championships in Auckland.
Team Of The Year (Allardyce Family Trophy): Empire Elves (Cayden Larson, Jimi Nelson, Travis Dyer and Conor McCarthy) who won the Table Tennis Wellington Interclub Division Three competition.
Best Male Interclub Record (Alf Harding Cup): Mat Hobbs
Best Female Interclub Record (Merle Harding Cup): Maggie Dyer
100 Interclub Appearances Certificate: John Gan
50 Interclub Appearances Certificate: Harry Chen

We will publish photos of the evening as soon as they are available.

Composite Interclub: Finals Night Tonight!

3/12/2014

It's Finals Night tonight (3rd December) and our players are heavily involved.
In Division One, Team Gan (John Gan, Rob Chung, Mat Hobbs and Brendyn Shaw) play Team Talbot (Chris Talbot, Ian Talbot and Tony Rutledge).
In Division Two, The Force (Travis Dyer and Jimi Nelson) play Team Grace (Ian Grace, Dawn Dorresteijn and Anita Crowe).
There are play offs for the other positions too and the Table Tennis Wellington prize giving follows, so come along and support our players!
See the table tennis wellington website for all the results to date.