Ashburton Table Tennis

𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Ashburton Table Tennis is going well this year! Last week, we had 21 people playing over the course of the evening. Halfway through the night, I thought we had matched our 17 players from our first session in January, but the 4 late comers walked in the door. Fantastic! Great to see you all. This year we have met some new faces across the table, and they are of all ages and skill levels. Some have stayed and some have not but thank you for trying out Ashburton table tennis.

So why do people play table tennis? Some play for fun, to keep active, to improve mobility, to improve the brain & body co-ordination at the same time, and to sometimes socialise with fellow table tennis players. We see it all on a Tuesday night.

Remember; we play on Tuesday nights in the Social Hall of the Ashburton Club & MSA, 266 Burnett St entrance, Ashburton, New Zealand. Tables are set up after 7:00 PM. The weekly table fee is only a gold coin donation each week (to fund the cost of replacement balls). See you there. ~ Robert

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Our 2026 year has been fantastic so far with 4 nights of good attendance and new faces wanting to try out table tennis. Come and visit us next Tuesday night. We can't wait to meet you across the table. Talk to Robert or Andy if you have any questions. Bring a friend and please like and follow our page so the logarithims work their magic.
Ashburton Table Tennis
Ashburton MSA & Club
Social Hall
266 Havelock St, Ashburton

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What a fantastic start to the 2026 year! We had 17 people on the first night with a few new faces too. Last week, we had 25 people, and this week we had 17 people. That is amazing! This week, we saw Lewis and Sora come back for their second visit. Some great games were played. I have been speaking with the other co-ordinator (Andy Ford) and we would be happy to set up some teams competitions or Round Robin matches each night if there is enough people here to do so. They only requirement is to be able to commit to finishing if you enter that night (unless we reach pack up time). Let us know if you would be interested in this. The benefits are you are playing purposeful games with a bigger goal in mind and it keeps people from remaining on the tables too long and others missing out. Please bring a friend next time and please share our post and page with others.
~ Robert

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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿! 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Thank you to everyone that attended our 'Treats & Play' function on 16 December 2025 to mark the end of our playing sessions for 2025. We had 17 people attending and it was fantastic to see you all there playing and enjoying the complimentary finger food and refreshments.

The start date for 2026 will be Tuesday 27 January 2026. The timings will be 7:00 PM to 9:15 PM and we will be in the Social Hall again. Remember, we are located at:

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮
𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 & 𝘔𝘚𝘈
266 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘵 𝘚𝘵
𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯

We look forward to seeing all our players from last year again and you are invited to bring some new people with you. The more the merrier and more fun. We cater for people of all ages and skill levels.

See you ‘across the table’ on 27 January 2026.

Robert King, Ph (027) 478 0103
or Andy Ford, Ph (027) 302 3002

Ashburton Table Tennis will be taking a break over the Christmas period. We will play our last games for the 2025 year on Tuesday night, 16 Dec 2025. We will be treating everyone with some nibbles and drinks, so please join us!

Thank you to everybody who has supported us by coming along during the year. Hopefully, some of you that we haven't seen for while may return next year. Thank you to the staff (Mike, Dana, & Toni) at the MSA who have supported our table tennis group by ensuring the social hall was always ready on Tuesday evenings.

Next year, we will be announcing the start date for playing in 2026. We'll will be sending out emails and will update this page. So watch for an email or follow us on Facebook.

Have a great Xmas and New Year.

Cheers,
Robert and Andy

𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
Hi everybody,

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their table tennis.

There are two changes of playing nights coming up due to large indoor bowls tournaments booked at the MSA. They are as follows:

Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025 changed to Wednesday 19 Nov 2025, and
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2025 changed to Wednesday 26 Nov 2025.

These changes are for two weeks only, and we will return to normal Tuesday nights after that. If you have not played for a while, please come down and have some games. The more people we have, the more variety and fun. See you there.

Kind regards, Robert King
Co-ordinator
Ph 027 478-0103

𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

Hi Everybody.
Hope everyone is well and had a great Xmas and New Year.
We are starting up table tennis again this coming Tuesday night 11 February 2025. Our numbers got a bit thin last year so it would be good to see some more people turn up for a few games. Same time, same place. 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝟳:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝘁𝗼 𝟵:𝟭𝟱 𝗣𝗠 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗦𝗔, 𝟮𝟲𝟲 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁, 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻.
Hoping to see lots of you this week, or if you can't make try calling in some other week.
Many thanks. Cheers, Andy Ford.

Hi everybody,
I have just been informed that the social hall at the MSA table tennis is booked for a private function tonight, so table tennis is cancelled. We apologise for the short notice. See you all next week. Share with your table tennis friends.
Regards, Robert & Andy.
03 December 2024.

𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸!

Hi Everybody,

Hope you have all had a great Xmas, New Year and possible holiday.
We are starting up our Table Tennis nights again this week Tuesday 13 February at 7 pm.

𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚:
The Social Hall,
Ashburton Club & MSA
266 Havelock St, Ashburton

So come along and enjoy some games and chat. See you there.

Cheers,
Andy Ford.
Ashburton Table Tennis.
027 302 3002

Ashburton Table Tennis is taking a break over the Christmas period. We played our last games for the 2023 year last Tuesday night.

Thank you to everybody that supported us by coming along during the year. Hopefully some of you that we haven't seen for while may return next year. Thank you to the staff (Mike, Dana, Toni & Daniel) at the MSA who have supported our table tennis group by ensuring the social hall was always ready on Tuesday evenings.

Next year, we will be announcing the start date for playing in 2024. Andy will be sending out emails and Robert will update this page. So watch for an email or follow us on Facebook.

Hope you all have a great Xmas, New Year and holidays if you have some.

Cheers,
Andy & Robert

𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 & 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 '𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿' 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀.

𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁) 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 (𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁-𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱.

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 (𝟬𝟮𝟳) 𝟯𝟬𝟮 𝟯𝟬𝟬𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 (𝟬𝟮𝟳) 𝟰𝟳𝟴 𝟬𝟭𝟬𝟯

Hi Everybody. Hope you are all well.

Its not closing night as we will continue on playing table tennis, however next Tuesday night 7 November, we will be putting on a few platters of food,and a free drink for each person that comes along. We will also have the tables up for those wanting to play table tennis.

So even if you havn’t been for a while, or don’t really want to play at the moment just come along for the evening for a chat and a bit of food.

Bit late with this, but John Cameron and Hugh Miller attended the NZ Clubs South Island Tournament back in September held in Oamaru.

John Cameron’s Kaiapoi team won the B Grade Championship, so well done John. A really good effort as it is a pretty tough competition. Hugh’s Hornby team didn’t do quite so well.

So hopefully we will see some of you next week.

You don’t need to, but if you want to let me know if you will be going just so we get a bit of a heads up for numbers that would be good, but if you just decide at the last minute thats ok as well.

Cheers,
Andy Ford.
Ashburton Table Tennis
Ph (027) 302 3002