Our coaches

Jon runs the highly successful West London Ping and now brings his unique expertise and enthusiasm to our junior community club. His ability to communicate with young people is unparalleled. As well as being an English Table Tennis Association (ETTA) Level 2 coach, Jon is also an ex-teacher so he brings all that experience to bear when delivering his Table Tennis sessions. His approach has generated real success in West London with winners medals at national level for a number of his school teams including Barnes Primary School.

Jon will be assisted throughout each term by Michele Colt. After spending several years running the extracurricular Table Tennis Club at Richmond Park Academy, Michele now teaches English and Table Tennis at Chiswick School. As well as being an ETTA Level 2 coach, Michele was Surrey Champion at all age levels from U/11 to senior and was consistently ranked in the top 20 in England throughout her Table Tennis career. She was British Universities' champion and represented Great Britain at the World Student Games.