A SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT YOUR BLOG http://www.tabletennis.gr Thu, 17 May 2012 14:27:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1586-lincoln-finals-night-on-youve-been-framed.html <p>I think this is around 1988, but I may be wrong. Don't know who sent it in, But its Myself and Rod Oglesby, vs Stuart Worrell and Dave Woods, Dave Woods is the one going into the crowd. I think that Rod and myself won as underdogs. Sorry for the exited vocals, I was not so sure when it was going to be on.</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0a3uK-7bf4</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p><br /><br /></p> Andy Wignall Sun, 13 May 2012 17:02:42 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1580-most-weird-shot-ever.html <p>try this one....</p><br/><p><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0BZ0bSvdVM&amp;feature=player_embedded</p> Andy Wignall Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:40:10 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1579-table-tennis-news.html <p>Here are the historic back entries to the now defunct TT news magazine.</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p><br />http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/content.php?605-table-tennis-news-magazines</p> Andy Wignall Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:39:59 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1578-end-of-a-long-season.html <p>Its finally over for me, the 2011/12 season has been a successful one, I've seen my national mens ranking fall slightly (down 20 places to 110) but my vets has gone up slightly from 36 to 32.&nbsp;</p><br/><p><br />Winning the Lincs mens singles title has to be the high point though, and as I have only lost to two Lincolnshire players all season ( Mark Donoghue in the vets final and John Hancock in the Moran trophy) in all competitions ( I beat Paul Johnson in both the British league and the Haig... Andy Wignall Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:22:26 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1574-wlq-service-clip.html <p>Useful to copy, you may have to translate the text,</p><br/><p><br />http://s.sohu.com/20120328/n339165592.shtml</p> Andy Wignall Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:02:16 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1573-mini-tt-olympics.html <p>there are some really good ideas here for some mini competition, or for use as coaching aids, watch past the first 50 sec to see what I mean.</p><br/><p><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC4fHMOvk8Q&amp;feature=player_embedded#!</p> Andy Wignall Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:05:27 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1572-lincoln-match-secretary.html <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text... Andy Wignall Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:10:58 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1571-lincoln-closed-champs-report.html <p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p><br />&nbsp;I beat Eric in the final, in a quite exiting game, I personally always felt in control though.</p><br/><p>Billy beat Karl in the consolation singles final, the first singles tournament he has ever won, so well done Billy.</p><br/><p><br />The revelation of the&nbsp;tournament&nbsp;was Karl Wynne, he played superbly throughout, beating many higher rated players. A decently run tourny, that raised a few issued that have now been resolved.</p> Andy Wignall Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:51:58 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1566-summer-training-camp-at-crusaderes.html <p>Anyone fancy it? half&nbsp;proceeds&nbsp;to the coaches, half to the club.</p> Andy Wignall Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:08:52 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1565-young-players.html <p>It was really nice to see some of the younger players&nbsp;practising&nbsp;last&nbsp;Friday&nbsp;at Crusaders.&nbsp;</p><br/><p><br />Sean Harris and Ben Applewhite were the&nbsp;culprits, keep it up guys, you seemed to be really enjoying it.</p> Andy Wignall Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:05:10 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1564-moran-trophy-tomorrow.html <p>Sunday the 15th is Moran trophy day. Teams from Lincoln. Boston and Gtrimsby will go head to head in a round robin tournament. The Lincoln 5team is Mick Johnson, Steve Barnes, and myself, The other teams I'm not so sure about, but I suspect that Grimsby are going to field the seasoned campaigner John Hancock. John Malone is not available for Lincoln as he is playing in the Blackpool GP, so good luck John in that event.</p> Andy Wignall Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:43:08 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1562-seedings-for-the-lincoln-chams.html <p>I just expect it to be hard for me it goes with the &nbsp;territory. It can be favourable to have a hard draw though, if a player is to go all the way and win a tournament, surviving an early round close match can give a player a huge confidence boost, and get rid of any nerves.</p> Andy Wignall Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:13:20 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1561-lincoln-mens-singles-records.html <p>Thanks to Dave Brown for providing me with the requested records, it appears that I have won the mens singles on 11 occasions, level with John Radley, and way ahead of anyone else, the next being D. Merryweather and Stuart Worrell on 6 wins each. Seeing as I'm not over the hill yet, I would expect to break the record sooner or later though. I have not lost in this event since 1994/5 when I lost to MarK Donoghue in the final, there have been other winners ( Mick Dudman, Steve Brophy, Mick Thor... Andy Wignall Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:29:31 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1560-nice-surprise-with-tony.html <p>I turned up for a bit of a hit randomly tonight, nobody was there at first but after a while Tony turned up. We talked for a while as normal, then had a knock. I would not normally practice with Tony, he had his&nbsp;ankles&nbsp;fused a while back, and it restricted his movement.&nbsp;</p><br/><p>But what a surprise it was, he fed me well with an accomplished b/hand block, returned my serves well, Hit well with his f/hand, and in general had a thoroughly good attitude to the practice session, I e... Andy Wignall Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:08:49 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1558-gainsborough-league.html <p>Paul Johnson, ex county men's singles champion, has approached me to see if anyone is interested in playing in Gainsborough next season, probably playing from his blitz club as a Crusaders outfit. I would play, but would not want to&nbsp;commit&nbsp;to all the matches, so I think we would need a squad of 7/8 players, costs are low at Paul's club, and anyone who has a licence will not have to pay ETTA subscriptions twice, meaning the fees are lower.</p> Andy Wignall Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:52:02 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1557-looming-looming.html <p>just realised I've written two blog posts with this word, I'm striving to get past this blooming looming phase (:</p> Andy Wignall Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:32:11 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1555-new-ball-looming.html <p>As I've been trying to tell everyone, this IS going to happen, and dispite some comments that 'nothing will change' I've known for some time that it will, the new ball plays differently. Here is &nbsp;a link to a review by a top player.</p><br/><p><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=tzo-PmL8IjA#!</p> Andy Wignall Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:26:08 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1553-final-round-up-of-the-lincoln-league.html <p>I think massive credit to the league&nbsp;committee, they adopted the 365 web format, and it has really done wonders for the league this season, Lincoln really is a good league to play in, the drama, camaraderie and sheer quality of play is the best I can remember for years, and when looking back, I believe virtually everyone who has played in it, in both divisions, is really looking forward to next season. &nbsp;Thank goodness, we have really got through those years when we all seemed to be ... Andy Wignall Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:01:21 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1552-lincoln-champs-looming.html <p>This year the battle for the Lincoln mens singles title looks really hot, hotter than I can remember for probably 15 yrs, There is so many good players. For some recent years when I have entered this competition, they might as well have handed me the trophy as I walked in the door, not so this year, we really have 'game on'</p><br/><p><br />I do&nbsp;prefer this, it makes winning more worth &nbsp;while ( If you can pull it off)</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p>There has been a significant shift for the posit... Andy Wignall Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:25:14 +0100 http://www.tabletennis.gr/1551-how-many-times.html <p>I did want to put this on the Lincoln 365 website, but I could not see where to put it.</p><br/><p><br />I don't want to be big headed or anything, but I seriously don't know how many times I have won the Lincoln mens singles title, I know that the league hold the records, please by the next AGM could they look into it and tell me.</p><br/><p><br />I suspect that it is not as many as some people think, I&nbsp;definitely&nbsp;won 5 before 2000, but there was a period when it was not held. One thing IS... Andy Wignall Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:03:45 +0100