25/4/24: the All Ireland Schools Competitions were held today at the National Sports Campus, Dublin and the Munster schools teams entered acquitted themselves very well. In the Primary Girls Schools Competition, Scoil Iosagain, Aghada, Co Cork, finished third, while in the Primary Boys Schools Competition Ballinora NS, Co Cork, also finished third. In the Secondary Schools event Ennis Community College, Co Clare, finished second in both the U/13 Boys and Girls events and third in the U/15 Boys event. Congrats to all the players, coaches and school staff for such fine performances.
14/4/24: the results of the Inter Provincial Championships held this weekend in Dublin are enough to give us hope for the future. We entered teams in the Senior Section with mixed Seniors, mixed Veterans and mixed Para teams, all of whom finished third behind Ulster and Leinster. In the Junior Section our very young and relatively inexperienced players competed in the U/13s Boys and Girls and the U/15 Boys finishing a creditable third place in each category. However, we are delighted to report that Munster won the shirt competition – again! The Executive Committee of Munster Table Tennis would like to heartily congratulate and thank the players and the coaches for their efforts over the weekend. Pictured below are some of our teams having received their medals from the Table Tennis Ireland President, Ms Pat Hunter.
07/4/24: we held a training camp today for the players selected to represent Munster in the TTI Inter Provincial Championships next weekend. The selections are below.
21/3/24: over a hundred primary schools students competed in the Munster Primary Schools Championships for 2024 in Knocknaheeney today. The Championships included a qualifier section for the All Ireland Primary Schools Championships, which will be held in Dublin on 25 April. Congratulations to both Ballinora NS (Boys Schools Qualifier) and Scoil Iosagain, Aghada (Girls Schools Qualifier) for qualifying to advance to the All Ireland Primary Schools Championships.
20/3/24: Congratulations to Caoimhe Deane, Leeside, for her selection on the TTI Senior Schools team for the upcoming Six Nations Senior Schools Competition in the isle of Man in June.
11/3/24: Jing Yi Graham, TTI WIS & Participation Lead Coach, with help from our own coach Gemma Nesdale, is visiting Cork City to deliver the Ping Pong Art Programme – She Moves Campaign in the Christ the King and Regina Mundi secondary schools this week. The Programme, which is aimed at girls aged between 12 and 18, offers an unique opportunity to participants to combine the skills of art with the sport of table tennis and have fun at the same time!
07/03/24: as apart of our celebration of International Women’s Week we held a couple of Women In Sport events today at Knocknaheeny, Cork City – a session for female students attending the Terence MacSwiney Community College and the first of six sessions of a WIS Programme run in partnership with Cork Sports Partnership.
05/03/24: coach Gary Mahoney completed an Activators Award course at Colaiste Mhuire, Askeaton, Co Limerick as part of the Askeaton three sport hub project.
04/2/24: competition report and photos from our 4th and final ranking event of the current season, which was held in Knocknaheeny yesterday.
02/3/24: success for the UCC women’s table tennis team at the recent Inter Varsity competition.
19/2/24: Competition Report and photos from our Ranking Event no 3 held in Kinsale yesterday. Our next ranking event is coming up soon – Sunday 3 March in Knocknaheeny – see you there!
16/2/24: Selection Guidelines for the Munster Interpros Teams are below:
14/2/24: Munster players win 4 medals at the Malmo Open 2024 – congrats to Kevin O’Callaghan and Aoife Kelly of Beech Hill TT.
30/1/24: details of our third ranking event in Kinsale are available on the Up Coming Events page.
28/01/2024: Great news on the international front for Munster Table Tennis with the selection of, first, Samanta Pusinskate of Leeside TTC for the TTI team at the Six Nations Primary Schools International in Jersey 5-7 April and second, the selection of Aoife Kelly, Patrick Sweeney, Kevin O’Callaghan and Patrick McCormick of Beech Hill TTC for the TTI Para Development Team competing in the Malmo Parasport Event 9-11 February. These selections were confirmed at the Munster Training Camp in Cork today.
19/01/2024: In conjunction with the Cork Sports Partnership and to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March this year we are running six weekly Women In Sport sessions commencing Thursday 7 March. Apply through the Cork Sports Partnership website – link is below.
16/01/2024: In conjunction with Cork Sports Partnership, we are holding two Activators’ Award (formerly known as the Teachers’ Award) courses in the Glen Resource Centre, Glen Road, Cork City T23DH95 on Friday 8 March. Details are in the link below.
https://www.corksports.ie/latest-news/table-tennis-teachers-award-course-2024/
13/01/2024: The Munster Open Report is here.
Munster Open 2024 photos 1
Munster Open 2024 photos 2
Munster Open 2024 Winners
11/01/24: the following finals in the Munster Open are being live streamed at the indicated times on the TTI YouTube channel-see links below:
Saturday 13 January
11.30am – U15 Boys
12 midday – U21 Men
https://youtube.com/live/GTXIgmcSUeI?feature=share
12.30pm – Masters Final
12.45pm/ 1pm – Para Final
4.30pm – Womens
5.00pm – Mens
7.30pm – Restricted
https://youtube.com/live/R0_JtDYysCs?feature=share
Sunday 14 January
12.30pm – U13 Boys
1.00pm – U19 Boys
4.00pm – U17 Boys
09/01/24: See map of the MTU campus below for the Munster open next weekend.
02/01/24: The deadline for entries to the Munster Open has been extended to 10 am Friday 5th January. There is cheap single event licence available to players who are not affiliated to TTI which, if paid, will allow them to enter for the Open.
19/12/23: Beech Hill /Leeside Clubs are holding a holiday training camp in Knocknaheeny, Cork City on 02 – 04 January 2024. Details below:
18/12/34: The RadissonBlu Hotel, Little Island, Cork City have asked that room bookings at the special rate for the Munster Open be made by Friday 22nd. People can book themselves at reservation.cork@radissonblu.com or through the reservations manager – Siobhan Shaw – at rm.cork@radissonblu.com. When booking please quote Munster Table Tennis.
17/12/23: The Munster Open Competition Programme is below.
03/12/23: Munster TT held its second ranking event today at Knocknaheeny, Cork City. See competition report below and some photos. Our next competition is the Munster Open on 13/14 January in the brand new MTU Arena – details are in our Upcoming Events page in this website.
01/12/23: Munster TT were delighted to welcome Table Tennis Ireland’s Women In Sport Lead and performance coach, Jing Yi Graham, to Cork this week to coach at the Beech Hill- Leeside clubs’ session on Wednesday last and in a number of primary schools in the South Lee area of Cork City on Thursday and Friday last. Munster TT is looking to promote Women In Sport at the Munster Open in January 2024 – watch this space!
19/11/23: The Competition Report and some photos from our first ranking event for the season are below. Our next event is on Sunday 3 December – full details are on the Upcoming Events page.
16/11/23: our first Invitational Primary Schools Competition of the new season took place in Cork today with 78 pupils competing. A very enjoyable competition and we look forward to more competitions in February and March 2024.
14/11/23: The 2024 Munster TT Open will take place in the Munster Technological University, Bishopstown, Cork City – Eircode T12ERXO – on 13/14 January. Full competition details will be issued shortly. Munster TT have been given a discounted room rate by the RadissonBlu Hotel, Little island, Cork City – Eircode T45WF53 – for a group booking of over 10 rooms and 40 rooms have been reserved. Details are below.
- €115 Single B&B per room per night
- €129 Twin or double BB 2 Adults per room per night
- €139 for 2 Adults and 1 child sleeps for free in a rollway bed or baby cot per room per night
- €149 for 2 Adults and 2 children. Bunk beds per room per night
- €169 for 2 Adults and 3 children. Bunk beds and single bed per room per night
- €210 Two rooms interconnecting one with a double and one with a twin can sleep 4 adults Or Sleep 2 Adults 3 kids
Dinner menus are from €32.50 per person
To activate the discounted room rate Munster TT would need to know how many rooms are required. Anyone who would like to book a room should email tabletennismunstersecretary@gmail.com asap.
12/11/23: The final day of the Munster TT Level 1 Coaching Course was completed by 7 people at the Terence MacSwiney Sports Hall, Cork today. Thanks to Conn Higgins, coach tutor with TTI, for running the course.
23/10/23: Munster TT coach, Gary Mahoney, has been coaching the Men’s Shed group in the Rock Community Centre, Shandon St, Cork City for the last four weeks.
21/10/23: Munster TT held a great training camp for the Munster TT Para Squad in Cork, coached by Ben Haufghton – thanks Ben!
30/9/23: Munster TT is supporting the Open Day in Askeaton, Co Limerick for a new three sport hub in St Mary’s Secondary School/Colaiste Mhuire, Askeaton. Coaches will be present to provide an introduction to table tennis for attendees.
23/9/23: Munster TT was happy to support the first Munster Special Olympics table tennis league event for the 23/24 season in Knocknaheeny, Cork. Players from four clubs took part – Beech Hill, Co-Action West Cork, South Tipperary Tigers and Waterford SO.
10/9/23: Day 1 of the Munster TT Level 1 Coaching Course was held in Knocknaheeny today. The coach tutor was Conn Higgins and it was a very positive and enjoyable experience for all 10 participants. The participants will now have to complete three training sessions at their clubs,schools or services and an on-line questionnaire before coming back for a second day in November.
01/08/23: Munster TT are holding a number of coaching sessions for Ukrainian residents at the Cork Airport Hotel during August as part of our reach out to the Community this Summer.
27/7/23: The Munster TT Calendar & Operational Plan for the 2023-24 season have now been released and may be viewed in the Upcoming Events tab on this website.
Munster Table Tennis in the Community Again! We ran a coaching session for twenty 11-13 year olds in the Glen Resource Centre this week in support of the Cork Prison Educational Service Outreach Programme. More to follow on the 26th as well.
Summer Camp 10 – 14 July
Munster TT ran a very enjoyable training camp in Cork with 16 participants. A big shout out to our coaches, Ben Haughton and Gary Mahoney!
Munster TT in the Community:
Munster TT are running four sessions in the Farranree Community Centre for senior citizens during July. Great fun for all ages with table tennis!
International Competitions:
Munster Table tennis are delighted to highlight the involvement of the Loughnane brothers from the South Coast TT Club in two international events this weekend. Elder brother Ben is playing for Ireland in the U/18 boys event in the Senior Schools Championships in Galway, while Sean is off to Prague to compete for Ireland in the U/17 boys competition in the Prague Grand prix. Coaches Thuy Linh Cashman, Paddy Vaughan – in Galway – and Alan Hurley, Conn Higgins – in Prague – are travelling also to support the Irish teams. Best of luck to all!
Photo: Sean Loughnane (L) and Ben (R) pictured at the recent Inter Pros representing Munster in the U/!9 event.
Munster Table Tennis hosted a training session for the National Para Development Squad in Cork on Sunday 18th June.
Another Primary Schools Invitational Event was run on 8 June in Cork with 80 players in attendance.
Congrats to Philip Shaw of Beech Hill TTC who has been awarded the TTI Volunteer of the Year for the 2022/23 season.
Kinsale Win the U/13 Boys title in table tennis in the National Community Games in Meath on 28 May. Representing Munster the boys defeated Leinster in the semi-finals and Connacht in the final. The Kinsale players are with the South Coast Club. Well done lads.
Summer Camp 2023
Munster Table Tennis is holding a Summer Camp this year in the Terence MacSwiney Sports Hall, Hollyhill Lane, Knocknaheeny, Cork City – eircode T23W880. For all ages, cost is €75.00. See further details on the flier below.
