News – British Para Table Tennis

Gorazd Vecko MBE 1972-2025

British Para Table Tennis is mourning the loss of its inspirational and much-loved Performance Director Gorazd Vecko MBE who has passed away at the age of 53. The son of former World and European table tennis champion Edvard Vecko...

British team continues preparation for European Championships in France

A squad of 16 British Para Table Tennis Team athletes will travel to France this weekend to compete in the ITTF World Para Elite Yvelines 2025 from October 26-30. The squad is preparing for next month’s ITTF European Para Championships...

Four gold medals in doubles events for British team in USA

The British Para Table Tennis team finished on a high by taking nine medals in the doubles events at the ITTF World Para Elite Spokane in Washington state, USA, which included gold medals for Will Bayley and Theo Bishop (men’s...

Bayley and McKibbin win Elite singles gold in USA

Gold for Will Bayley in men’s class 7 and Aaron McKibbin in men’s class 8 were the highlights of 10 singles medals won by the British Para Table Tennis team at the ITTF World Para Elite Spokane in Washington state,...

Bayley defeats talented teenager to take gold in USA

World number one Will Bayley won his third consecutive singles gold medal today when winning the men’s class 7 singles at the ITTF World Para Future Spokane tournament in Washington state, USA. The World and European champion had to show...

National champions included in strong British squad for USA Elite tournament

Recently crowned National champions Megan Shackleton and Joshua Stacey are included in a 15-strong British squad for the ITTF World Para Elite Spokane 2025 taking place in Washington state, USA from August 9-13. The squad also includes Paris 2024 Paralympic...

Thakker takes silver in Kazakhstan

Shae Thakker took silver in the men’s class 10 singles at the ITTF World Para Challenger Astana tournament in Kazakhstan today and there were also bronze medals for Plymouth teenager Bailey Page in men’s class 7 and Fliss Pickard in...

Shackleton and Stacey crowned National champions in Sheffield

Megan Shackleton and Joshua Stacey took the Wheelchair Open and Standing Open titles respectively at this year’s Michael Hawkesworth National Championships, which were held at the Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield on July 25 and 26. Chris Ryan and Romain...

Page and Thomson take doubles bronze at European Para Youth Games

Bailey Page and Dan Thomson added a bronze medal in the men’s class 14 doubles to the bronze medals they won in singles on the final day of competition in the seventh European Para Youth Games in Istanbul, Turkey. Page...

Three singles bronze medals for British squad in European Para Youth Games

British Para Table Tennis Pathway athletes Max Flint (men’s class 10), Bailey Page (men’s class 7) and Dan Thomson (men’s class 6) all took bronze in their respective singles at the European Para Youth Games which are taking place in...