18 Dec 2020
Funding boost for British Para Table Tennis
After a year in which training programmes were suspended, competitions cancelled and the Tokyo Paralympic Games postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic British Para Table Tennis received a massive boost today with the news that its funding for the next Paralympic cycle (2021-2025) has increased from £2,726,060 to £3,717,787. The welcome news ensures that the… Read more »
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Para table tennis is the third largest Paralympic sport in terms of athlete numbers and is practiced in more than 100 countries. Athletes from all physical impairment groups, aside from the visually impaired, are allowed to compete in standing or sitting classes.
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British Para Table Tennis Team Performance Director Gorazd Vecko has pronounced himself satisfied with his team’s performance at the World Championships in Slovenia in which Ross Wilson took gold in men’s class 8 and Tom Matthews and Fliss Pickard took bronze in men's class 1 and women's class 6 respectively. Reflecting on defeats for Rio gold medallists Will Bayley and Rob Davies and the emergence of new talent he said: “We are very happy because we have three players who have never medalled at a World Championship taking medals and a new World champion in Ross Wilson who is still only 23 years old. I’m very happy for Ross because it means everything to him and his family after all his injuries. “We also have medals in two new classes for us with Ross in men’s class 8 and Fliss...
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