English Table Tennis Association Facilities Guidance Note 2010-2013

Table Tennis facility case study
What difference did it make to the club
Facility Type: Bolt on/new build
Club Name: Cippenham TTC
Website: www.cippenhamttc.co.uk
Location: Slough, Buckinghamshire
What did the club do
• Achieved funding for a purpose built, nine court
competition (15 for coaching) Table Tennis centre
with a 60 year lease on Westgate School site
(grant maintained).
• Moved in 1996 from a two night a week + Sunday
coaching at Haymill Community Centre to a five
night a week + weekend large scale club with 231
members (2009).
• Set up Cippenham Table Tennis Centre Ltd to run
the building and safeguard Cippenham TTC which
runs the activities.
How much did it cost (1995)
• £520,000 (Lottery sports fund £277,000,
Funding Agency for Schools £105,000, Sports
Council £30,000, Slough Borough Council £8,000,
Westgate School £20,000, ETTA (Foundation
for Sports & the Arts) £70,000, Cippenham TTC
£10,000).
• Enabled the club to fulfil its ambitions to grow
its members and activities achieved through
improved access to a large, good quality playing
hall and ancillary facilities allowing expansion of
coaching and competition programmes.
• Allowed the club to generate income from
membership and playing fees, tournament entry
fees, external hiring and catering. The club is on
an exceptionally sound financial footing.
• Provides 35 volunteers with a more worthwhile
experience and satisfaction of running the club.
• The club lounge (social area) and servery provides
a comfortable and welcoming environment with
refreshments and some child care provision that
has improved the satisfaction of the Table Tennis
experience for all club visitors (players, officials,
spectators, parents).
• The club has a high profile and excellent
reputation for running local, county, regional and
national competitive opportunities and volunteer
training.
How did the investment contribute to the ETTA and
Sport England strategic outcomes
• Grow – participant throughput has grown from
approximately 2,000 in 1996 to approximately
7,500 in 2009. Upon relocation to the new centre,
club membership immediately increased from
60 to 153 and currently (2010) stands at 231
(throughput of 100 player visits per week).
• Sustain – the design of the facilities has been
crucial to improving the quality of the Cippenham
Table Tennis experience and player satisfaction
- the visible connection between the lounge and
playing hall being fundamental here in creating a
‘club atmosphere’ where sport and social meet.
• Excel – the club provides the facilities,
competition, coaching and support that enables
talent development, evidenced through the
current playing programme and production of 14
‘home grown’ national champions since moving to
the table tennis centre. Additionly two players have
won Commonwealth, European and World titles.
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