And finally for Selection

Alan has dealt with  Alex’s  contention about Medals . In his Manifesto , he also voices concern about the National Team.
As regards the extremely concerning UK  Sport funding  situation , Alan has detailed the very real risks being taken . The difficulties of Olympic Table Tennis  are of course not shared by Paralympic Table Tennis where the BTTAD is the NGB – a body not chaired by Alex Murdoch ; I serve on their Performance  Management Group  and so have genuine current  awareness of the problems in running elite sport;  their award of £1.6 million over 4 years is a third  higher than that for Olympic Table Tennis and is a significant increase on the previous cycle!

So lets remind ourselves -

1    Why was no English team sent to the World Team Championships at Doha – a first in non - participation?

2     Why was the no 94 ranked lady selected for the European Championships ? 

3     Why has someone like Rhys Evans –father of Gavin – come out so strongly in criticising the current administration and endorsing Alan so heavily?

4     Will the ladies ever get the support needed?

Mike Smith
Deputy Chairman candidate in support of Alan Ransome