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Moreton Table Tennis Club aims to promote Table Tennis at all levels in a friendly atmosphere. If you are male or female, old, young or in between, experienced or novice, and would like some exercise or the challenge to take part in competitive sport, then please come along and see what we can offer. We have teams in the Didcot Table Tennis League, and casual participants playing just for fun. Current players age range from 12 to 70 !!


Venue & Facilities

UTC Sport
Large newly built multi-function sports hall. Currently with 5 Butterfly Match Tables, with 2 additional Stiga tables for practice sessions.
Practice Sessions on Wednesday and Thursday 19:00-21:30 (with some exceptions) throughout the year. Separate sessions are set aside for Junior coaching, normally Wednesday 19:00-20:00.


UTC Oxfordshire Sport
Greenwood Way,
Harwell Didcot
OX11 6BZ
(Please use OX11 6DL for SatNav purposes)


Contact: Ian Royle
Mobile: 07850 072262
E-Mail: royle.ian@talk21.com

Moreton Table Tennis Club was established during the summer of 2000 under the name of North Moreton Table Tennis Club. Several factors combined to make the setting up of a club timely. The ESSO Tigers (Milton Hill) Table Tennis Club, whose players included North Moreton parishioner Roger Haycock, was looking to relocate following the closure of the ESSO Sports and Social Club at Milton Hill at the end of the 1999/2000 season. Its Table Tennis Club had funds it wished to dispose of to support good table tennis causes and a table tennis table to give away. South Moreton School had a table that it had obtained from the Didcot Table Tennis League for school coaching which had been carried out by another parishioner, Roger Templeman for some years. However, the school suffering from lack of storage room, brought on by its success in attracting more pupils was happy to see the table go on a loan basis. Another factor was that the North Moreton village hall had recently been refurbished after previous fire damage, and its owners, the Parochial Church Council, were promoting its use for village activities. An old table tennis table was kept at the hall.
Roger Templeman was then Vice Chairman of DDTTA and playing for Sutton Courtenay TTC in the DDTTA league. He was keen to expand table tennis in the Didcot district and to provide a sporting facility in the Moreton villages. During July 2000, the two Rogers discussed possibilities of setting up a village club. They consulted with Keith Hutchence, the Chairman of North Moreton Parish Council, to explore use of North Moreton Village Hall as a venue and the possibility of financial support from the PC. As a result of these discussions and the interest expressed by another parishioner, Bob Price, the North Moreton Table Tennis Club was formed at an inaugural meeting on 4 September 2000. Bob was appointed Chairman, Roger T Secretary and Roger H Treasurer. Club rules were written. A bank account with Barclays Bank was opened on 21 September.

 
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