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Message from our sponsors TeesSport/Butterfly…

28 February 2011

Message from our sponsors TeesSport/Butterfly…

 

Dear Customer

ENGLISH OPEN ON SKY TV

The English Open Championship, which was part of the ITTF Pro Tour, that took place in Sheffield at the end of last month is being broadcast on Sky Sports this week.  Three separate programmes covering the highlights of the Open have been produced and Episode 1 is going to be shown on 6 occasions on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Episode 2 will be shown 5 times on Wednesday and Thursday and Episode 3 will be shown 5 times on Thursday and Friday. 

The Open attracted most of the world's best players, mainly from Asia, and produced some spectacular table tennis.  The timings are as follows:

Tuesday 1 March         Episode 1    7.00 pm        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Tuesday 1 March         Episode 1    10.00 pm      &nbs p; For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Wednesday 2 March    Episode 1    1.00 am        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Wednesday 2 March    Episode 1    8.00 am        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 2
Wednesday 2 March    Episode 1    12 noon        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 2
Wednesday 2 March    Episode 1    3.00 pm        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 2
Wednesday 2 March    Episode 2    7.00 pm        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Wednesday 2 March    Episode 2 &nbs p;  10.30 pm        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 4
Thursday 3 March        Episode 2    2.00 am        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Thursday 3 March        Episode 2    9.00 am        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Thursday 3 March        Episode 2    2.00 pm        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 4
Thursday 3 March        Episode 3    7.00 pm        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Thursday 3 March        Episode 3    12 midnight&nb sp;   For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3
Friday 4 March            Episode 3    2.00 am        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 2
Friday 4 March            Episode 3    9.00 am        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 2
Friday 4 March            Episode 3    2.00 pm        For 1 hour        Sky Sports 3

ENGLISH OPEN TABLES FOR SALE

All of the tables, nets, posts and surrounds for the English Open were Butterfly brand and supplied by Tees Sports.  There is still some of this equipment available for sale as follows:

Butterfly Centrefold Rollaway (Blue) £7 99.00
Butterfly Court Surrounds (Blue) £22.50
This equipment is only available while stocks last and will not be repeated.

ENGLISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ON COMPUTER TV

The English National Championships which take place at Ponds Forge in Sheffield from Friday until Sunday of this weekend are being broadcast on videostreaming TV and can be watched via the ETTA website.  The seeding for the men's and women's singles, Under 21 events and Veterans are as follows:

Men's Singles

1.    Paul Drinkhall*        Cleveland
2.    Liam Pitchford*        Derbyshire
3.    Danny Reed*           Cleveland
4.    Darius Knight          Surrey
5.  & nbsp; Andrew Baggaley     Buckinghamshire
6.    Chris Doran*            Northamptonshire
7.    Matthew Ware*        Dorset
8.    Damien Nicholls*      Shropshire

Women's Singles

1.    Kelly Sibley*        Warwickshire
2.    Jo Parker*            Surrey
3.    Karina Lefevre*      Cleveland
4.    Hannah Hicks*      Hampshire
5.    Emma Vickers      Derbyshire
6.&nb sp;   Lauren Spink*       Norfolk
7.    Emily Bates*        Leicestershire
8.    Yolanda King*        Sussex

Men's Under 21

1.    Paul Drinkhall*        Cleveland
2.    Liam Pitchford*        Derbyshire
3.    Darius Knight          Surrey
4.    Chris Doran*           Northamptonshire
5.    Matthew Ware*        Dorset
6.    David McBeath        Ham pshyire
7.    Richard Andrews*    Buckinghamshire
8.    Justin Ma*              Yorkshire

Women's Under 21

1.    Karina Lefevre*        Cleveland
2.    Hannah Hicks*        Hampshire
3.    Emma Vickers        Derbyshire
4.    Emily Bates*        Leicestershire
5.    Yolanda King*        Sussex
6.    Natalie Slater        Staffordshire
7.    Chloe Whyte* &nbs p;      Cleveland
8.    Tressa Armitage*    Hampshire

VETTS Men

1.    Lawrence Trumauskas  Essex
2.    Chris Bartram              Kent
3.    Andy Trott                   Northamptonshire
4.    Keith Williams             Lancashire
5.    Jimmy Walsh              Hertfordshire
6.    Costas Papantonio       Middlesex
7.    Jerome Jonah              Surrey
8.    Richard Lightowler   &nbs p;   Yorkshire

VETTS Women

1.    Sanja Clements        Dorset
2.    Sue Collier               Cheshire
3.    Janice Lee               Surrey
4.    Jackie Williams        Kent

* These players use Butterfly equipment supplied by Tees Sport

The time schedule for the National Championships is as follows:

Friday 4 March 2011

From 1.00 pm - Under 21 men's singles groups
From 3.00 pm - Veterans' men's singles
From 4.30 pm - Under 21 women's groups
From 4.00 pm - Under 21 men's singles rounds
From 5.00 pm - Veterans' women's singles
From 5.30 pm - Veterans' men's doubles
From 7.00 pm - Under 21 women's singles quarter finals
From 7.30 pm onwar ds - Under 21 men's semi finals and finals

Saturday 5 March 2011

From 9.00 am - Mixed doubles
From 10.30 am - Men's groups
From 11.00 am - Women's groups
From 5.00 pm - Men's singles rounds
From 6.30 pm - Women's singles rounds
From 3.30 pm - Men's doubles rounds
From 5.45 pm - Women's singles rounds
From 4.00 pm - Women's doubles rounds
From 3.30 pm - Men's doubles rounds

Sunday 6 March 2011

From 9.30 am - Women's singles quarter finals
From 10.15 am - Men's singles quarter finals
From 11.45 am - Women's singles semi finals
From 12.15 pm - Men's singles semi finals

Sunday afternoon is for the finals of the main events.

The English National Championships are being played on Butterfly Europa tables with Butterfly 3 Star balls supplied by Tees Sport.
The Tees Sport Sales Stand will be open at the Chamionships from 1pm on Friday until close of play on the Sunday.

 

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