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For the Spring 2008  Newsletter, click here. This document will appear in Word 6.0 format.

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Closed Championships 2008 - results and pictures

Harrow Leisure Centre - planning permission sought by Council

As you may be aware, Harrow Council is proposing that the existing Leisure Centre in Wealdstone be pulled down and replaced by new houses, with a new, smaller, Leisure Centre being built on the site of the existing car park.

 
Although there are many faults of the existing table tennis facility, the plans for the new Leisure Centre include no permanent table tennis area - we would have to share with five-a-side football, badminton, trampolining, etc., with no guarantee either of booking nor of the adequacy of playing conditions.
 
For this reason, the League's Management Committee is opposing the Council's plans, both on its own and jointly with other sports through the Harrow Sports Council. The Committee realises that the current facility is not perfect, but that not having it will jeopardise the future of table tennis in the area. It is also felt that, having received a grant from Sport England for the establishment of the facility in the 1990s, that he Council has an obligation to provide a permanent area for table tennis, whether at a proposed new Leisure Centre or not.
 
Members are invited to: 
 
a) tell the management Committee what they think of the proposals, and any constructive suggestions, either by reply to this e-mail or by contacting anyone through the contacts in the handbook;
 
b) give their opinions to Harrow Council, via the internet, as follows:  

- go to 
www.ukplanning.com/harrow
 
- in the box for Application Number, enter  P/4222/07/cfu      and click on search
 
- click on Comment OApplication
 
- enter your name, address, tel. no. and e-mail
 
- highlight  'object to proposal' (assuming that is your opinion)
 
The volume of replies is as important if not more so than their content. There is no specified closing date, so replies should be submitted as early as possible.
 
Thank you.

Middlesex Junior Closed Championships

This event will take place on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 March at the Southall Sports Centre. Here's the entry form: Pages 1 and 4 Pages 2 and 3

New Summer League Secretary

Tony Dias has agreed to take over as Summer League Secretary for the 2008 season. More news from Tony nearer the time... 

 

League Man Scoops National Award 

Steve Leven, who plays in The Wembley and Harrow Table Tennis League, scooped a national award made by the English Table Tennis Association on Saturday 15 September.  Steve picked up the award for Press Officer of the Year at the awards ceremony held at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall in Shropshire. 

The award, which is open to entries from across the country, recognised the contribution made by Steve in supporting communications and handling publicity for the Wembley and Harrow Table Tennis League.     

Steve, who has been playing table tennis in the league since 1981, said: “Local table tennis is only successful because of the efforts of the many volunteers who are involved – I’m just one of many.  I’d encourage anyone interested to get involved in their local table tennis club.  Playing table tennis, as well as helping to run local clubs and leagues, is hugely enjoyable and satisfying.” 

Steve has been the publicity officer for Wembley and Harrow for the last seven years responsible for maintaining the website, writing and issuing a regular newsletter and raising the profile of the league.  He has also held a number of other positions on the Wembley and Harrow committee over the last 13 years.  Anyone interested in more information about playing table tennis locally, or getting involved on a voluntary basis to help the league, should contact Steve Leven on wembley.harrow@btinternet.com

 

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