hey guys

just saying hello to the table tennis community, im a new player joining potters bars club. hope to see some of you possibly in matches to come etc. really keen to improve my game and taking it seriously, but not too seriously that im not having fun :P

Mike

We all know that this sport of table tennis that we all love is riddled with apathy & problems. Local leagues are losing clubs & teams every season, with players getting older and, in many leagues, not being replaced by youngsters.
Yet surprisingly, we don’t help the situation with our attitudes and “heads in the sands” way of regarding things.
I was appalled the other night at the Centre with players strolling in way past the stipulated time of starting, and then having the audacity to ask for a practice knock sometimes taking up to an additional 10 minutes.

There is no doubt about it us left handed players are better than the right handers-(especially at table tennis)well we think so and to prove it we (the left handers)challenge any right handers to the ultimate match.We have players of all ages from 9 to over 70 so right handers of all ages prepared to meet the challenge -register your names on this site-we will be in touch

We have tried many incarnations for Sunday Evening Opening,Ladies Night,
Ladies free,Davis Cup Doubles,-all to no avail.
For the club to open,we need consistently to take over £45 table money
not a few pound for a very limited number of players.
We need the place to be kept tidy ,the glasses to be washed ,drinks replenished,money to be controlled,toilets to be kept clean,tiolet paper to be added if neccessary.The cost of light and heat ,insurance ,make it very unlikely that we will ever open on a regular basis are we being pessemistic
do you have any better ideas ????

Over the years many suggestions as to what we should charege for membership and social playing fees have been muted,especially from those who use the club on a regular basis.We would like to have your opinions-but you need some facts to help you
1)Membership fees income from about 110 people is just over £5000.
2)We receive just over £10000 from evening use of the centre excluding summer and Winter league match Fees.but including Friday and Saturday Evenings.
3) We will be having a fully operating kitchen within the next few weeeks.

Congrats to Chippy for the new web site & also to Ray for the Summer League.

It is hoped the first stage of the Kitchen will be up and running in time for the
start of the winter season-the initial menu -on which we would like your comments(for and against) with prices is set out below

SANDWICHES £1.75 OMMLETTE £2.50(Mixture of 2 Eggs
(With Tomatoes,Cucumber Tomatoes,Mushroom,Ham.Cheese )
and salad)