How We Came About
Back in January 1999, with the tremendous support of the Medway Council, Chatham Table Tennis Club was founded with two main objectives in mind:
In the beginning Medway Council were very helpful in that they generously funded the cost of all new equipment including 6 competition size tables of the very highest quality and by donating a considerable amount of cash to get us started. We are now an independent club with a committee,Club Rules and a written Constitution, Child Protection and Health & Safety policies. We also have 6 ETTA qualified coaches who are all CRB Certificated and First Aid trained. In 2001 the ETTA conferred "Premier Club" status upon us, which means we act as the "hub club" within Medway and invite smaller clubs and after-school clubs to join us as "satellites". In 2002/3 we were voted "Premier Club" of the Year (Nationally)by the English Table Tennis Association and that was repeated in 2006/7
In 2002 we were successful in a grant application to "Awards for All" which enabled us to provide tables and equipment for several Medway Junior Schools and our qualified coaches give their time free to pay regular visits giving demonstrations and "taster" sessions. In 2006 we were awarded the prestigious Sport EnglandCLUBMARK and are the only TT Club in the Medway to have achieved that accreditation. In 2005 we were granted £1,435 by the Kent Community Foundationto purchase a state-of-the-art robot machine and we enjoy the generous shirt sponsorship of The Medway Neighbourhood Watch Association and popiprint.com/
Our Match venue for Tuesdays is the Howard Table Tennis Centre, Derwent Avenue, Rainham.
We are very keen to promote our Friday Club Night at the Howard TT Centre (Juniors 5.30pm-7.30pm and Adults 7.30pm-10.00pm), which is open to all (including members of other clubs!) We need to make a token charge in order to pay for the venue.
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- To promote the game particularly amongst the younger generation through coaching and encouragement
- To provide adult recreation for all standards of players.
In the beginning Medway Council were very helpful in that they generously funded the cost of all new equipment including 6 competition size tables of the very highest quality and by donating a considerable amount of cash to get us started. We are now an independent club with a committee,Club Rules and a written Constitution, Child Protection and Health & Safety policies. We also have 6 ETTA qualified coaches who are all CRB Certificated and First Aid trained. In 2001 the ETTA conferred "Premier Club" status upon us, which means we act as the "hub club" within Medway and invite smaller clubs and after-school clubs to join us as "satellites". In 2002/3 we were voted "Premier Club" of the Year (Nationally)by the English Table Tennis Association and that was repeated in 2006/7
In 2002 we were successful in a grant application to "Awards for All" which enabled us to provide tables and equipment for several Medway Junior Schools and our qualified coaches give their time free to pay regular visits giving demonstrations and "taster" sessions. In 2006 we were awarded the prestigious Sport EnglandCLUBMARK and are the only TT Club in the Medway to have achieved that accreditation. In 2005 we were granted £1,435 by the Kent Community Foundationto purchase a state-of-the-art robot machine and we enjoy the generous shirt sponsorship of The Medway Neighbourhood Watch Association and popiprint.com/
Our Match venue for Tuesdays is the Howard Table Tennis Centre, Derwent Avenue, Rainham.
We are very keen to promote our Friday Club Night at the Howard TT Centre (Juniors 5.30pm-7.30pm and Adults 7.30pm-10.00pm), which is open to all (including members of other clubs!) We need to make a token charge in order to pay for the venue.
Click here to view Fees and Times
