A Potted History
St Neots Table Tennis Club was founded in 1944 by the local residents of St Neots in a small room in the Cross Keys Inn. Membership grew and in the late 1950's the club moved to St Neots Bowling Club with table tennis being played in the winter when the club was not used for bowling.
Towards the end of the 1960's the club had outgrown the bowls club and an enhanced facility was required for the expanding membership and coaching programmes. In the early 1970's the town and district councils were approached with the view to providing a site for the first table tennis centre in the country and the council provided the current site clearly recognising the benefits for residents young and old of St Neots.
The club committee raised funds and received grant aid from the Sports Council to build this venture and construction began in 1974 with club members and local residents putting in countless hours to physically build the facility. The building finally opened in 1977 and to this day the club has run and been self financed by the community in and around St Neots. Coaching, social play and competition is provided particularly for the youth of St Neots and Huntingdonshire and receive many visiting teams from across the country.
Local club members have given their time freely over the years to keep this facility going for the benefit of the local community. This is demonstrated by over forty years of coaching the youth of St Neots, not only table tennis but also life skills such as discipline, respect, leadership, organisation, communication and team work.
More recently the club has been successful with their application to the Community Club Development Programme which has resulted in the excellant refurbishment of the premises to present day standards especially disabled access. These awards are given in conjunction with Sport England and are highly competitive.