AETTU COMPETITION 2023 - UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO UN FORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE 2023 TOURNAMENT WAS CANCELLED
The 2023 AETTU Competition is taking place at Draycott TTC, Derbyshire on the weekend of 17-18th June 2023. The competition is open to all members of the AETTU and a tournament dinner will take place on the evening of Saturday 2nd July.
Further details ab out the tournament will be circulated in the near future.
AETTU COMPETITION 2022
The 2022 AETTU Competition took place at Draycott TTC on the weekend of 2-3rd July 2022. It was good to get back to playing table tennis and the competitors really enjoyed the weekend. On the Saturday evening we had the tournament dinner at the Penta Hotel, Derby.
Steve Welch, a founding member of the AETTU, a respected umpire and IU, died a few years ago and his wife Margaret donated a Steve Welch cup for the doubles competition. A cup was also donated for the Ladies competition and the Plate competition. The competition finished with the following results.
COMPETITION WINNERS RUNNER UP
Under 50s Immad Qureshi /
Over 50s Steve Green Dave Griffith
Over 60s Roy Claxton Harry Jutle
Over 70s Tom Purcell Dave Attridge
Hardbat Dave Griffith Steve Green
Doubles Steve Green Dave Griffith Senga Thomson Lyndon Griffiths
Plate Jo Outhwaite Lynda Reid
Ladies Senga Thomson Jo Outhwaite
Open Steve Green Dave Griffith
After the competition the 2022 AGM took place. A number of longstanding Committee members retired from the Committee and Immad Qureshi was elected onto the Committee. Retired Chairman, George Tyler, was nominated and elected as the new President of the AETTU. Further new committee members will be welcome.
During the tournament John Mackey became unwell and was taken to hospital where it was discovered that he had suffered a heart attack. I'm pleased to report that after his treatment in hospital John returned home where he is recovering.
Photos from the presentations at the tournament can be seen on the Photos page of this site.
Tom Purcell
AETTU COMPETITION RECORDS
The AETTU started in 2004 but the annual AETTU competition didn't start until 2008 and the first competition was held in Grimsby. The events in the competition have changed over the years. Below is a record of all the competition winners since 2008.
AETTU competition history.xls
AETTU COMPETITION 2022
The 2022 AETTU Competition is taking place at Draycott TTC, Derbyshire on the weekend of 2-3rd July 2022. The competition is open to all members of the AETTU and a tournament dinner will take place on the evening of Saturday 2nd July at the Penta Hotel in Derby. If you are interested in entering the tournament or just attending the dinner please contact Tom Purcell
AETTU CHAIRMAN RETIRES
The AETTU was created in 2004 and the George Tyler IU was elected as the first Chairman of the Association. George has held that position since that date but in 2021, at the age of 90years, George has decided to stand down as Chairman and Dave Goulden IU has been elected as the new Chair of the Association.
Table tennis umpires, like players, have many memories about events they attend and their experiences with players, coaches and colleagues. In the vast majority of occasions there are no problems but occasionally there are difficult and funny situations during a game and an experienced umpire can deal with the problems without too much difficulty.
Such an umpire is George Tyler, Chair of the AETTU. He qualified as a County Umpire in 1981 and became a National Umpire in 1984 before qualifying as an International Umpire in 1986.
George has umpired for many years in domestic tournaments including the British League and National Championships. As an International Umpire George has umpired at many major tournaments including the Word Championships - Manchester 1997, World Veterans’ Championships, Manchester 1998, Commonwealth Games 2002 and the Paralympics – Athens 2004.
In addition to being a very good umpire George was also a very good player. Over the years George played for many clubs including East Finchley, Highgate and Ellenborough. He had a very good average in local leagues and he also represented Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire at county level. In 1987 George entered the Wales National Championships. He had a very good tournament and became the Wales Veteran Champion.
In addition to umpiring and playing table tennis George was also involved in various national and county committees. From 1992 -2004 George was a member of the National Umpires and Referees Committee (NURC) and from 2006-2021 George was a member of the Lincolnshire County TTA and the East Midlands Regional Committee.
In 2004 English umpires were not happy with the way they were being treated by ETTA and as a result they formed the Association of English Table Tennis Umpires (AETTU) and George was elected as the first Chairman, a position he held until his retirement in 2021.
On his retirement the AETTU presented George with a Certificate of Appreciation, for his services to umpiring, an album of photographs from his umpiring journeys and a crystal bowl award in appreciation of his services to the AETTU.
George has been unwell for the last few years and because of the Covid pandemic he had not been able to meet his colleagues however, as restrictions were eased fellow umpire Stan Clarke and I were able to visit George at his home to celebrate his birthday, his retirement and present him with his awards. We had a lovely day with George, his wife Sylvia and daughter Lesley reminiscing and wondering how the game was going to develop after Covid.
Tom Purcell
AETTU TOURNAMENT 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 tournament, which was due to take place in June at Draycott TTC, has been cancelled. If possible a new date will be arranged.
AETTU TOURNAMENT 2019
The 2019 AETTU tournament was held at Draycott TTC on the weekend of 20-21/7/19. Once again it was a good well attended tournament with Steve Green being the Open Champion.
RESULTS 2019
EVENT WINNER RUNNER-UP
HARDBAT Dave Attridge Jim Bolton
O50 Steve Green Roy Claxton
O60 Roy Claxton Harry Jutle
O70 Dave Attridge Bruce Lowther
PLATE Paul Nichols Sunil Sapre
DOUBLES Steve Green/Jim Bolton Roy Claxton/Paul Nichols
OPEN Steve Green Steve Smith
DATA PROTECTION
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018 requires organisations that retain private information about customers/members to have a Privacy Policy about how they retain and deal with that private information about their customers/members The AETTU has a Privacy Policy and this can be found in the Document page on the AETTU website.
December 2018
EXPENSES
From 1st August 2018 the mileage rate for Officials and volunteers when travelling to and from tournaments will increase from 37p per mile to 40p per mile. The allowance for carrying an extra passenger will remain at 45p per mile.
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AETTU COMPETITION 2018
The 2018 AETTU Competition will be held at Draycott TTC, Derbyshire over the weekend of 21-22nd July 2018. If you want to enter the competition contact Tom Purcell.
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STANDING ORDER FORM 2017
Each year membership fees are collected from members of the AETTU. We see most members on a regular basis but others we only see occasionally. To ease the collection of membership fees it would be easier if members set up a Standing Order with their banks to pay the AETTU subs each year. The membership year starts on 1st August each year. With this in mind a Standing Order form has been set up in the Documents page on this site. Complete the form on line or give it to your bank. The fee for 2017-18, as it has been for many years, is £5. Please let the Treasurer Steve Welch and me know if you set up a Standing order.
Tom Purcell
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AETTU COMPETITION 2017
The 2017 competition for the Association of English Table Tennis Umpires (AETTU) took place at the Draycott and Long Eaton TTC over the weekend of 5-6th August 2017. This is the tenth year of the competition. The competition had to be moved to August because of a clash with another tournament at Draycott on the planned date in June This year there were 24 competitors and 22 players and guests sat down to the evening meal at the Hallmark Hotel in Derby.
A number of umpires attended for the first time and their TT skills were unknown. Jo Outhwaite (War) was the Ladies Champion and the
U50s competition was won by Steve Smith (Bucks). Bob Evans (Clev) was the winner of the O60s competition and Bruce Lowther (Clev) was successful in the O70s event. Stan Clarke (Lancs) was the winner of the O80s competition.
The Doubles competition was won by Lin Roff (Essex) and Danny Sullivan (Derby). Lin had a very good weekend also winning the Plate competition and was runner up in the Hardbat and Ladies competitions.
Steve Green (Ches) retained his Open competition medal and also won the Hardbat competition and the O50s competition.
President of the AETTU, Tony Chatwin, presented the trophies to the successful competitors.
Many thanks must also go to the friends and partners of the players who supported the competition and Margaret, Lillian and Barbara who provided the refreshments during the weekend and not forgetting George Tyler who was the Referee and Mike Payne who acted as Referee’s Assistant. Thanks also to Draycott and Long Eaton TTC for arranging a very good venue for the competition.
AETTU COMPETITION – DRAYCOTT TTC - 2017
RESULTS 2017
EVENT WINNER RUNNER-UP
HARDBAT Steve Green Lin Roff
U50 Steve Smith Gary Whyman
O50 Steve Green Richard Horsfield
O60 Bob Evans Tom Purcell
O70 Bruce Lowther Graham Rollinson
O80 Stan Clarke Geoff Taylor
PLATE Lin Roff Tony Dias
DOUBLES Lin Roff & Dave Attridge Danny Sullivan & Dave Edwards
LADIES Jo Outhwaite Lin Roff
OPEN Steve Green Steve Smith
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CHANGE TO ITTF REGULATIONS RE ADVICE TO PLAYERS
From 1st October 2016 the ITTF Law re coaching/advice during a match changes and in certain circumstances a player or coach may seek or give advice during a match. The chart (below) from the ITTF gives scenarios relating to the change.
The full document which also contains frequently asked questions for referees and umpires can be found at:
http://www.ittf.com/URC/PDF/ITTF_URC_FAQ.pdf
Advice Rules Oct 2016.xlsx
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AETTU COMPETITION 2016
The 2016 competition for the Association of English Table Tennis Umpires (AETTU) once again took place at the Draycott and Long
Eaton TTC over the weekend of 18-19th June 2016. This is the ninth year of the competition. This year there were 28 competitors and 37 players and guests sat down to the evening meal at the Hallmark Hotel in Derby.
Dave Griffiths, the 2015 Open Champion, was unable to attend this year’s competition. We also had five female competitors for the first time and a number of new umpires taking part. Jan Crompton (Oxf) was the Ladies Champion and also won the O70’s competition. Rory Scott (Sussex) won the Hard bat competition and the U50s competition and was also the losing finalist in the Open event
Harry Jutle (Herts) was the winner of the O60s competition and Bruce Lowther (Clev) was successful in the Plate event. Brian Freer (Cambs) was the winner of the O80s competition beating Derek Sherratt the winner from 2015.
Steve Green (Ches) entered the competition for the first time and had a very successful weekend. Steve won the Doubles competition with Tom Purcell (Lancs) and also won the O50s competition. Steve played Rory Scott in the final of the Open event. He was losing in all three games but managed to fight back and beat Rory 3-0 in a closely fought competition.
President of the AETTU, Tony Chatwin, presented the trophies to the successful competitors.
Many thanks must also go to the friends and partners of the players who supported the competition and Joyce and Brenda who provided the refreshments during the weekend and not forgetting George Tyler who was the Referee and Margaret Welch who acted as Referee’s Assistant. Thanks also to Draycott and Long Eaton TTC and Brian Savage for arranging a very good venue for the competition.
RESULTS 2016
EVENT WINNER RUNNER-UP
HARD BAT Rory Scott Tony Dixon
U50 Rory Scott Kevin Bird
O50 Steve Green Tony Dixon
O60 Harry Jutle Bob Evans
O70 Jan Crompton Lynda Reid
O80 Brian Freer Derek Sherratt
PLATE Bruce Lowther Lyndon Griffiths
DOUBLES Tom Purcell Richard Hudson
Steve Green John Lawton
LADIES Jan Crompton Jo Outhwaite
OPEN Steve Green Rory Scott
Tom Purcell
Hon. Secretary AETTU
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AETTU COMPETITION 2015
The 2015 competition for the Association of English Table Tennis Umpires (AETTU) once again took place at the Draycott and Long Eaton TTC over the weekend of 4-5th July 2015. This is the eight year of the competition. This year the competition
clashed with the European Veteran’s competition and the Heritage Oil Competition. Some of our members who normally play in the Umpires’ competition were involved in the other two competitions. This year there were 23 competitors and 33 players and guests sat down to the evening meal at the Hallmark Hotel in Derby.
A number of new umpires joined the AETTU competition for the first time. Val Murdoch and Alex Murdoch were two of the new competitors. Alex won the O70 event beating Ron Douglas in the Final. Val Murdoch won the Women’s event unopposed
after Dot MacFarlane pulled out at the last minute because of illness. Val had a busy weekend playing in a number of events and surprising a number of her opponents with the quality of her play.
The Plate competition was won by John Stalker from Worcestershire who beat John Mackey in the Final.
The 2015 Open competition was won by Dave Griffiths from Lancashire. Dave has now won the Open competition for the last four years. He also won the O50, Hardbat and Doubles Competition with Bruce Lowther. (I think we will have to encourage Paul Drinkhall to become an umpire to give Dave some competition).
President of the AETTU, Tony Chatwin, was due to present the prizes but he was taken ill at the last minute and Chairman of the AETTU, George Tyler presented the trophies to the winners.
Many thanks must also go to the friends and partners of the players who supported the competition and Joyce and Lillian who provided the refreshments during the competition and not forgetting Margaret who acted as Referee's Assistant. Thanks also to Draycott and Long Eaton TTC and Brian Savage for arranging a very good venue for the competition.
AETTU COMPETION – DRAYCOTT TTC 2015
EVENT
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WINNER
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RUNNER - UP
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UNDER 50’s
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Gary Whyman (Cleveland)
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Josh Reynolds (Yorks)
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OVER 50’s
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Dave Griffiths (Lancs)
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Roy Claxton (Scotland)
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OVER 60’s
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Ray Jackson (Lancs)
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Roy Claxton (Scotland)
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OVER 70’s
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Alex Murdock ( Herts)
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Ron Douglas (Durham)
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LADIES
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Val Murdock ( Herts)
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HARDBAT
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Dave Griffiths (Lancs)
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Bruce Lowther ( Cleveland))
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DOUBLES
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Dave Griffiths (Lancs)
Bruce Lowther (Cleveland)
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Josh Reynolds (Yorks)
John Stalker (Worc )
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CONSOLATION
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John Stalker (Worc )
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John Mackey ( Lincs)
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OPEN
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Dave Griffiths (Lancs)
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Ray Jackson (Lancs)
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Tom Purcell
Hon. Secretary AETTU
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