West Cork Player of The Year 2009 Congratulations to Catherine Harnedy who was presented with the WCTTA Player of The Year Award by WCTTA Chairman Owen Kelly. Catherine who during the year played for Kinneigh TTC and Skibbereen TTC topped the Munster Ladies Veteran Rankings and represented Munster at the Senior Interprovincial Championships. Catherine is a left handed pen holder who worked hard throughout last season travelling to many of the events. She is also a very busy mum and finds it difficult to juggle all her various commitments. This is a much deserved tribute to her contribution to the sport during 2009 and we wish her the very best for 2010.

Bantry Community Games 2010
The 1st qualifying tournament for the Community Games was held at Gael Scoil Bantry on Thursday 4th February for U13 Boys and Girls. The event was very well attended with over 30 players participating. Report

West Cork Schools League 5/2/10: "The Battle of the Saints!"
St. Fachnas De La Salle played hosts to St. Goban’s Bantry in the latest West Cork Secondary Schools League match. This was always going to be a close and tightly fought affair and it certainly lived up to its billing. Report

Skibbereen Player of the Month Under 10 Guy Pickett from St. Patrick's NS was presented with the Skibbereen Player of the Month Award. He is a keen student and has been working hard this season showing tremendous improvement. Earlier this season he also passed his WCTTA 1 Star Award. Congratulations to Guy, keep up the hard work!

3rd West Cork Ranking 14th February, Dunmanway
Details of the 3rd West Cork Ranking have been announced. It will be held in St. Patrick's Hall Dunmanway on Sunday 14th February (Valentine's Day). Start time is 11am, look out for more details in your clubs.

Ballincollig Open
Congrates to all those who travelled to the Ballincollig Open. Top 8 Finishes for Aisling Healy, James Kelly, Tom Walsh, Mairéad Supple, James Lavin and Louise O'Donnel. A Plate Title for Mair Kelly and much more Here

Unique Munster Open Double for Goleen
After an extra ordinary weekend of table tennis Goleen Table Tennis Club were celebrating not one but 2 Munster Open titles. The Munster Open is the premier event played in Cork with all the top players from around the country competing. 9 year old James Kelly reached the final of the U10 Event beating West Cork Team mate Tom Walsh and top Munster under 10 Karl Walsh from Ballincollig in a very tight second round group. He beat Ulster Open Champion Martin Williams from Connaught in an exciting and very competitive final, great credit goes to both players. Before the day was out Aisling Healy also made her way to the winner’s podium after securing a victory in the Ladies Senior Doubles. There was great celebration by the club and all those concerned and there has been a surge in new players attending the regular training sessions since.

Munster Schools Cup 2010
West Cork Schools had 10 of the 17 schools competing at this year’s Munster Schools Cup with 26 out of the 48 teams competing. Victories for Macroom De La Salle in the U15 Boys event, St. Goban’s Bantry took the U13 Boys Title, Bandon Grammar took the U13 Mixed Title. While at Primary School level St. Finbarr’s NS took the Division 2 title and newcomers Aghabullogue took both the Primary School Mixed Division 1 and 2 title. The event is not all about winning and it was a great achievement for so many of the schools in West Cork to participate at this event. Congratulations to all those who took part once again showing the strength and depth of table tennis in the West of the County. A special thank you to Michael and Claire Healy who helped organise this event. Results

West Cork Secondary Schools League Report 10/12/09
What a Blitz! Bandon Grammar, Bantry Secondary, St. Goban’s, Schull C.C. Rossa College and MICC met up for a clash, with MICC’s 2nd Divsion Team racking up 4 matches during the day. Bandon Grammar, St. Goban’s and MICC supplied the 1st Division action, while Schull Rossa and MICC tackled their 2nd Division fixtures. NEWS

WEST CORK TABLE TENNIS NEWS: DECEMBER 2009 What a weekend of table tennis! On Friday we held the West Cork Individual Primary School Championships (Photos have been added) with 9 schools competing. On Saturday I was up early to make the trip to Cork for the Munster Special Olympic Table Tennis Championships and on Sunday it was another early start as West Cork took 5 teams up to Killarney for an Invitational Junior Triad Team competition. With a major West Cork Secondary Schools League blitz on this Thursday in MICC and Richard’s Christmas Party to look forward and WCTTA Awards presented too it feels like we must be at the peak of activity, but we are hardly halfway through the season! The clubs are full, the schools are active and the coaches and players are all well motivated. If only it would stop raining! Reports on all 3 events and more are available here: NEWS

2nd West Cork Rankings 29/11/09
Here are the Results from the tournament held in Dunmanway on Sunday (29/11/09). Caralos Oliviera took the top spot from Aisling Healy for the first time in Division 1 3 Bantry players took the places in Division 2, the 3 Daniels fought over Division 3 and there were close results and tension in all 10 Divisions. You can find the report on the news page NEWS / Results

West Cork Secondary Schools League: 2nd Division 23-11-09
St. Fachnas De La Salle, Skibbereen moved from 4th to 2nd in Division 2 of the Schools League after recording a 6-4 win against Schull B in Skibbereen. This was a close match with both team playing well. The turning point for St. Fachnas was the match between Olan Kelleher (Schull) and Josh Pickett (St. Fachnas). Josh took the first set 11/8 and the 2nd went down to the wire with Josh taking it 16/14. Olan fought back in the 3rd to win 11/9 but it was Josh who helped secure the points taking the final set 12/10. The schools meet again next Monday when the A teams meet in the First Division clash.

West Cork Secondary Schools League: 1st Division 20-11-09
Schull Community College took on the first years of St. Goban’s College Bantry at the Goleen Sports Complex. This is the first time these two schools have met but the players have competed against each other in the ranking events. Full Report

West Cork PINGIS
Goleen and Skibbereen players have been taking part in the West Cork PINGIS Skills event. This event is open to all under 12 players in West Cork and concentrates on a series of off the table co-ordination exercises Report

West Cork Secondary Schools League
Two matches were played in the league recently. Macroom hosted St. Gobans and Bandon took on Ardscoil Phobal Report

Munster Ranking Killarney
Congratulations to James Kelly who won the Munster U10 Rankings and finishing 5th in the U12 event and Tom Walsh who finished 4th in the U10 event. Also to Aisling Healy who finished 4th in the U17 girls event. A full report on the other West Cork players will be posted here soon.

West Cork Table Tennis Secondary Schools League 2009 – 2010
More news from the league as Rossa College take on Schull and St Fachnas. Macroom De La Salle started their campaign to defend their Division 1 Title against Bandon Grammar. Aaron Bean defeated Brian Kelleher 3-0 for the Bandon team but this was the only point they managed going down 9-1.Report

West Cork Table Tennis Secondary Schools League 2009 – 2010
The West Cork Schools’ League kicked off with a four way tie in the 2nd Division at Skibbereen Sports Centre. In the first two matches of the event Ardscoil Phobal Bheannraí met Rossa College A while newcomers St. Fachtnas De La Salle took on their local rivals Rossa College B. Ardscoil Phobal then took on St. Fachnas: Report and Results Here

Munster Rankings
The Second Munster Junior Classification 2009-2010 to be held on Saturday 31st October 2009. The Venue is St Marys Parish Hall, Killarney. Closing date for entries is Wednesday 28th October 2009. Entry Form

Skibbereen Player of the Month
The Player of the Month was awarded to Alexandra Leib. Alexandra is an U11 and has been a member of the club since 2005. Recently Alexandra entered the Munster Rankings where she finished 11th at U12 and played at the West Cork Rankings where she finished 6th in Division 7. Alexandra is an excellent example of a polite and helpful member of the club who always gives of her best and this presentation is a fitting reward for all her effort. We wish her the best of luck for the rest of the season.

West Cork Secondary Schools League 2009 – 2010
The Secondary Schools League proved to be a popular addition to the West Cork Table Tennis Calendar in 2008. This season the league has been expanded to accommodate the extra interest and 14 teams have entered from 8 schools. Last year’s winners Macroom De La Salle will once again be favourites for the 1st Division title but will face new opposition in the shape of St. Goban’s College from Bantry, St. Fachnas De La Salle from Skibbereen and Bandon Grammar School. Full Report Here


1st WEST CORK TABLE TENNIS RANKING 2009
A great day was had by all. 60 players took part in the 1st West Cork Rankings of the season held at the Goleen Community Sports Complex. Results & Report Here

Goleen Festival Table Tennis Tournament 2009
In its third year the Goleen Festival Tournament heralds the beginning of the table tennis season and as a curtain raiser its popularity has increased. This year there were entries from as far afield as Arizona USA, London UK, Dublin, Kilkenny and Cork joining local players from Skibbereen, Bantry, Schull and Goleen. The event provided competition for two grades of players and many who took part in the West Cork Training Camp during the week leading up to the tournament displayed their skills at the tables.More...


West Cork Social Over 50 members of the West Cork TTA from 4 different clubs travelled up together for the annual social trip. This year Trabolgan Holiday Park was the destination and there was swimming, crazy golf, orienteering, go karting, tennis, badminton, football trampolining and much more to keep everyone entertained. The weather held and new friends were made. More...

New West Cork Awards
The new WCTTA Star Awards have arrived just in time for the end of the season. Around 100 players have been assessed this season within all the clubs and schools throughout the region. a full list of award winners will be published here in the coming week.

West Cork Table Tennis Individual Junior Championships 2009
Sunday 24th May, Goleen Community Sports Centre. 10 Competitions with over 100 entries from Under 8 to U17 boys and girls. Thrills, spills and all the drama of a big day out. All the news Here

West Cork Schools League Champions 2009
Macroom De La Salle being presented with the West Cork Schools Shield by WCTTA Secretary Vicky Ridgeway. Macroom remained undefeated througout the season with Bantry Secondary School 2nd, Schull Community College 3rd, MICC 4th and Rossa College 4th.

Munster Top 8
The Munster Top 8’s is a competition for the players who reach the top 8 positions in their age group through collating points from a series of 4 tournaments held throughout the season. This season 5 West Cork TTA players qualified for this event. James Kelly (Goleen) finished in 2nd place in the Under 10 Rankings and put in a good performance to finish 3rd at this event held in Cork. James took the No.1 to a five set thriller that he eventually lost 10-12. Aoife O’Regan (Skibbereen) also finished in the top 8th at 5th position. West Cork was well represented by two players in the U12 Boys event with Cathal McCarthy (Bantry) 5th and Ruaidhri Gallagher (Skibbereen) 6th. Aisling Healy (Goleen) managed to qualify for both U14 and U17 Girls. Within the U14 Girls Aisling had a good win against the current No.1 and also played well in the U17 event. The top U12s, U14s and U17s will now await the selections for the Munster Junior Interprovincial Teams.

Final West Cork Rankings 2008-2009.
Nearly 70 turned up at the Goleen Community Sports Centre for the last in the series of 4 West Cork Rankings bringing the total to 111 individual players within the rankings this season. More...

Bantry Boys took on All Ireland Challenge
St. Finbarr’s Boys National School qualified for the All Ireland Finals in the U13 Boys category. 6 players from the West Cork Primary Schools Champions travelled up to Tyrone on Monday 30th March to take the best from the other three provinces. The boys came in 4th loosing 5-3 to St. Joseph's college (Connaught) and 5-2 to Monoghan Collegiate (Ulster). The event was won by Ballyroan Boys NS (Leinster). Congratulations to Aisling Healy (Goleen) was part of the U19 Coláiste Choilm Girls team that won the All Ireland Title.

West Cork Table Tennis Schools Cup 2009
The West Cork Schools Cup is one of the largest schools table tennis competitions in the country and is a testament to the growing popularity of the sport. With the West Cork Table Tennis Association celebrating 20 years this year’s schools cup had added significance. With 16 different competitions and 47 teams entered from all over the region this competition caters for all ages and levels of ability and even had entries from as far as Tralee. More