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Head Coach
Helen Wu
Helen Wu:

  • Women’s Team Champion in 1976 & 77 Chinese National Championships.
  • Member of Chinese National Youth Team (1972) and Shanghai Women’s Team (1971 - 80).
  • Graduate of Shanghai Physical Education College (1985).
  • Coach of Shanghai Junior Team (1980 - 85).
  • Among the players she coached were: CAO Yanhua, 2 time World Women’s Singles Champion (1981 & 83) and BO Qijuan, World Women’s Doubles Runner-up (1983).
  • Researcher in Sport Psychology - Shanghai Physical Education Research Institute (1985 - 1988). 
  • Assistant Coach of BC Junior Team (1989 – 1990).
  • Coach of BC Junior Team (1994 - 1997).
  • Coach of BC Women’s Team (1995 - 2002).
  • Head Coach of BC Junior Team (1998 – 2002).
  • NCCP Level III Certified coach in Canada. As Provincial coach, produced many Canadian Champions for BC. Some of the highlights of her achievement include:
    • BC Women’s Team winning its first ever Team gold medal in the 1995 Canadian National Championships, fielding 3 home grown players (her students since beginner) in the Finals.
    • BC Women’s Team winning all 4 gold medals (Team, Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles) in the 1999 Western Canada Summer Games (again with her local students since beginner).
    • BC Team finishing 2nd in the 1999 Canadian Winter Games.
    • BC Junior Team finishing 2nd overall in the 1990 Canadian Junior Championship with 19 medals out of 21 events (9 Gold, 5 Silver, 5 Bronze), winning more gold than the winning team.
    • BC Junior Team finishing 3rd overall in 1999 (20 medals), 2000 (25 medals), 2001 (23 medals) & 2002 (26 medals) Canadian Junior Championships.
  • Co-founded the GVTTA after leaving the post of BC provincial coach, and continued to produce many top juniors in BC and Canada.  Examples of her achievements in GVTTA include:
    • 14 of 22 members of the 2007 BC Junior Team were her students; all of them medal winners in the 2007 Canadian Junior Championships (4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze).
    • 9 members of the GVTTA junior classes were selected to the 2008 BC Junior Team; all of them medal winners in the 2008 Canadian Junior Championships (1 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze).

    • Advisory Head Coach

    Yiu-Tak Tse:

    • Coach of Alberta Junior Team (1981 – 87); improved the team’s overall standing in the Canadian Junior Champions from 6th (1980) to 2nd (1984 – 87).
    • Coach of Alberta Women’s Team (1981 – 87); build the team from 5th (1981) to medal winners (Silver in 1985, Bronze in 1984 & 87) in Canadian Championships, and swept all 4 gold medals (Team, Sgls, Dbls and Mixed Dbls) in 1987 Western Canada Summer Games.
    • Coach of Canadian Junior Team to 1985 South England Junior Open, capturing 3 gold medals.
    • BC Junior Development Director and Manager/Coach of BC Junior Team (1988–90 and 1994-2001); help rebuild the team to become contenders in Canadian Junior Championships. BC Team’s overall standing improved from 5th in 1987 to 2nd in 1990, winning an unprecedented 9 Gold medals out of 21, more gold medals than the overall winner Quebec.
    • After joining the GVTTA in 2004, continued working in the development of young players, transforming them from beginner to elite level.  Examples of his achievements include:
      In 2007 & 2008, ¾ of the BC Under 11 team (6 of 8 in 2007 and 5 of 7 in 2008) were members of the GVTTA Junior classes. All of them medal winners at the Canadian Junior Championships, in addition to winning numerous trophies in local and regional tournaments.

    Coaches

    Tao Li:

    • Member of the Heibei Provincial Team (1987 - 91).
    • Gold medalist (U18 Team - 1989) and Silver medalist (U16 Singles & U16 Team – 1988) in Chinese National Junior Championships.
    • Bachelor of Education (Beijing University of Physical Education)
    • Head Coach of Northern Jiaotong University Table Tennis Program (1995 – 2000).
    • NCCP Certified Level III coach in Canada

    Zhi Yong Wu:

    • Head coach of Shanghai Pudong New District Juvenile Sports School ( 2002 -- )
    • Graduate of Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, Major in Sports Training ( 2002 )
    • Coach and founder of Junior Table Tennis Club ( 1992 )
    • Trained in Shanghai South District Sports School and Shanghai Amateur Sports School; Men’s Team Champion and Men’s Singles Silver Medalist in Shanghai City Secondary School Sports Games ( 1974 - 1979 )

    Assistant Coaches

    Vanessa Li:

    • Member of Sichuan Provincial Team in China (1996 – 2000)
    • Women’s Single and Women’s Doubles Champion in Nottingham Open, England (1996)
    • Women’s Single Champion and Women’s Team 2nd in  Sichuan Open, China (1996)
    • Women’s Single Quarter finalist in South China Open (1998)
    • Received “First Class Athlete of China” Award (1999 and 2005).

    Jeremy Min:

    • Men’s Single Champion and Team 3rd in Chinese National University Championships (1992)
    • Men’s Team & Men’s Doubles Champion, Men’s Singles 2nd  in All Shanghai University Table Tennis Championships (1990)
    • Men’s Doubles 2nd in Shanghai Sports Games (1986)
    • Team Champion  in Chinese National Junior Championships (1985)

    Darren Yip:

    • Canadian National Junior Champion for 5 consecutive years (1997 – 2001) in U10, U12 and U14 age categories.

    Louisa Sun:

    • U12 Girls Singles & Team Champion in Chinese National Junior Championship (1988)
    • U14 Girls Singles Champion in Eastern China Junior Championship (1990)
    • U16 Girls Singles Champion in Shanghai Youth Palace Open Tournament (1992)

    Virginia Rong:

    • Winner of 4 Gold medals ( Women’s Team, Sgls, Dbls & Mixes Dbls ) in 1999 Western Canada Summer Games
    • Medal winner ( Dold, Silver & Bronze ) every year in Canadian Junior Champions from 1995 to 2002 ( U12 - U19 age categories )
    • Silver Medalist in 1999 Canada Winter Games
    • Bronze Medalist ( Women’s Team ) in 1998 - 2002 Canadian National Championships

    Sam Lin:

    • 2004 Vancouver “Hai Hua” ( Overseas Chinese ) Cup Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2004 Vancouver Open and BC Open Men’s Doubles Champion

    Jimmy Lee:

    • Winner of multiple medals ( U12 Boys Team Gold - 1990; U17 Boys Team Bronze - 1994 & 95; U17 Boys Dbls Bronze - 1995 ) in Canadian Junior Championships
    • Member of BC Men’s Team ( 1996 - 98 )

     

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