Porthcawl

u3a

Table Tennis

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
Leader:
When: Weekly on Friday mornings
Venue: Porthcawl YMCA

Do not expect National or Olympic champions here, this group is intent on getting fitter whilst having sporting fun. Want to knock some years off come along. Led by Gary Russell and Joan Winkler, the group now meets every Friday of the month at the YMCA between 10 a.m. & 12 noon. Except when the room in the YMCA is booked for something else.

Next Meetings

Friday 24th April 2026
Friday 1st May 2026
Friday 8th May 2026
Friday 15th May 2026
Friday 22nd May 2026
Friday 29th May 2026

We received details of The National u3a Festival 26 which is at York University Heslington York from 1st to the 3rd of July 26.

The Festival Team are working hard to make this our second u3a National Festival a fantastic event for u3a members, throughout the country.
Glenys Bailey and Philip Brodie are the u3a coordinators for the sports section at the Festival.

This is the response I received when I asked for more details:

Thank you for your contact re your groups participation in the National u3a Festival in York 1st to the 3rd of July 2026.

Please see the attached documentation re registering, Wufoo Form (link at the bottom of this email), Sports Planner , Venue for each Sport on the Campus, FAQ’s  u3a Festival Updates log in.

Tickets are on sale as from the middle of next week and we need to reserve tickets for the groups taking part in the sporting section, performing arts and music. It would be extremely useful if you give the possible numbers for your particular event. It doesn’t need to be exact a ball park figure would be fine.

As to composition of teams it can be mixed , or single gender, whichever suits your group really.

Lastly Philip and I plan to pull together a ZOOM meetings for each sport, then nearer the time a whole sporting team meeting via ZOOM. More about this later in the process.     

Wufoo Hyper Link  Festival Sports Information

Our very best regards

Glenys Bailey Ripon and District u3a

Philip Brodie HGS u3a

Sports Coordinators National u3a Festival York 2026 

National u3a Festival - F.A.Q
Sports Planner
Venues
u3a National Festival 26 in York

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