Levin Table Tennis Club

Monday 14 September 2026.

NO REGULAR CLUB PLAY.

Interclub vs. Kapiti being played in Levin.

Many thanks to the LTTC members who attended the AGM on Monday 31 August 2026, or sent their apologies.

The Committee was elected as follows:

Chair: Lindsay Mackay

Treasurer: Paul Gardner

Secretary: Sylvie Granville

Club Captain: Loretta Winiana

Committee Members; Allan Hughes (2 Committee member spots are still vacant if there are any volunteers)

If you want a copy of the AGM Minutes please email our Secretary, Sylvie Granville, direct at:

[email protected]

The Minutes list the various matters the Committee has agreed to address.

REMINDER: LTTC AGM

10am, Monday 31 August.

Another win to Tawa in the interclub competition held on Monday 24th. Well done everyone. Many thanks to all the Tawa club for your hospitality.

LTTC - 2026 AGM

Dear Table Tennis members,

Your committee has come up with a date for the AGM. It will be held on Monday, 31st August at the Uniting Church, beginning at our usual morning tea time, ca. 10:00 am. If you have an item for the Agenda, please forward it to me, Sylvie, your secretary, (so I can include it.)

My email is [email protected].

I will also bring forms for the newer members to fill in (voluntarily), giving a contact phone number in case of accidents or illness. These details are kept in a sealed envelope in the club's storeroom.

Cheers,
Sylvie

(LTTC members who have provided an email address have been sent this message direct).

🏓🏓 PLEASE NOTE 🏓🏓

No regular Table Tennis Club play in Levin on Monday 24 August 2026.

The Interclub squad will be playing in Tawa on that day.

Will we see you at the Levin Table Tennis Club this coming week?

We hope so! 🏓

Monday 9-12, Wednesday 9-11.30, Thursday 9-12 as usual.

Congratulations to the Kapiti Table Tennis Club for their decisive win against Levin on Monday.
Another great day of competition. Thanks for your great hospitality.

Another LTTC Interclub ladder challenge done and dusted today. Clearly serious stuff! 😄

Patrick (rear) successfully repulsed Sam's challenge 11 - 8, 11 - 6, 11 - 6.

Well done all round.

A very useful guide from the Auckland Table Tennis Association.

🏓 The Most Important Match Is The One Inside Your Head.

Every table tennis player has been there.

Your opponent hits the edge of the table.

A net cord drops over.

You miss an easy forehand.

The umpire makes a call you don't agree with.

Your opponent plays the shot of their life.

You can't control any of those things.

But you can control what happens next.

Do you lose focus?

Do you get frustrated?

Or do you take a breath, reset, and get ready for the next point?

That's one of the greatest lessons table tennis teaches.

Control the controllables.

Because matches are rarely decided by one lucky edge ball or one bad bounce.

They're often decided by how well you respond to them.

The table tennis community understands something many people never discover.

Your greatest advantage isn't controlling everything around you.

It's controlling yourself.

🏓 Your attitude.
🎯 Your focus.
💪 Your effort.
🧠 Your decisions.
❤️ Your response.

That's where matches are won.

Point by point.

Rally by rally.

Table tennis isn't just teaching us how to play a better game.

It's teaching us how to stay calm when things don't go our way.

And that's a skill worth taking off the table too.

If you're a table tennis player, you know exactly what I'm talking about ❤️🏓

What's the hardest thing for you to let go of during a match — an edge ball, a missed easy shot, a bad call, or something else? 👇