St Albans Table Tennis

Not long to go until Chris is in action in Paris ! We have been honoured to have Chris play at the tin shed and wish him and the Aussie Team all the best !! Thanks Graham for sharing the photo.

Merry Christmas Table Tennis fans !! Table Tennis resumes at the tin shed Jan 14, 2024

Hey Table Tennis fans ! The last day of table tennis at the tin shed for 2023 will be December 17. We will then break for Christmas. Table tennis will resume on January 14, 2024.

Hey Table Tennis fans ! Previously it was announced that we couldn't have table tennis on October 15. Things have changed and table tennis will be on as usual !!!

No table tennis at Tin Shed on Sunday 15th October 2023.

Jake Ballestrino - Athlete is on now see link below

https://www.youtube.com/live/rH5EzxfqCdo?feature=share

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Hey Table Tennis Fans ! There is no table tennis at the tin shed tomorrow Sunday 16th July 2023. Table Tennis will resume on Sunday 23rd July 2023.

Congratulations Chris 🎊Well done 👏

2023 TTA TOUR - SYDNEY: CLASS 1-5 PARA
🥇 Chris Addis (VIC)
🥈 Danni Di Toro (VIC)
🥉 Jimmy Huo (NSW)
Congratulations to all medallists 🏓

No table tennis at Tin Shed tomorrow Easter Sunday. Have a great Easter!

Just a reminder there is no table tennis at the tin shed today March 5. There is a Bonsai Exhibition.

There will not be table tennis at the tin shed this Sunday March 5, due to the Bonsai Festival. Table tennis resumes on Sunday March 12.

Thanks to History of St Albans page. This is Kon's house being built.

First match at the tin shed on centre court for 2023 !

Hey Table Tennis fans ! Table tennis resumes at the St Albans Tin Shed tomorrow Sunday 15th January. Hope to see you there !

Hey Table Tennis fans ! The last day of table tennis at the tin shed for 2022 will be on 18th December. Table Tennis will then resume on 15th January 2023. Many thanks again to Dr Phil for another great year of table tennis !

Thanks to history of St Albans page for this interesting post. Includes reference Kon and the tin shed

St Albans Soccer Club

People have asked the history of the St Albans Soccer Club. Unfortunately no-one has much info about the early years, so here is some info about a few of the players. Please tell us what you can or send us some photos.

Eric Bartkowiak – goal keeper
Peter Ermstrang - president
Matze “Mat” Landherr
Gunther Gerrick
Spiro Fragopoulos
Siggy Nowak
Paddy Sloan - coach
Bogdan Kupicz
Victor Winkler
Eddy Kupicz
Werner Klein
Rolf Beinroth
Marian W

Eric Bartkowiak – goalkeeper. Erich Bartkowiak, waterside worker, living at 98 Theodore Street in 1977. Wife?? – Mathilde. Erich Joseph O (toolsetter) and Aloma Maurita A Bartkowiak at 48 Charles Street, in 1963-1972. Became involved with table tennis at the Tin Shed. Kon Haumann took charge of the table tennis program soon after it started. Other figures on the table tennis scene included Hans Friedrich, Guenter Gerick, Lou Slawitschka and Eric Bartkowiak.
Peter Ermstrang – president - ERMSTRANG Pieter born 13 May 1916; Johanna Wilhelmina (nee Andernach and Reijswoud [aka Reyswoud]) born 28 February 1914; Cornelis Antonia Ermstrang born 11 December 1941; Catharina Johanna Reijswoud [aka Reyswoud] born 13 February 1942; Antoon Adrianus Ermstrang born 9 April 1947; Pieter Ermstrang born 17 August 1948 Dutch - travelled per ship SIBAJAK departing in 1956 under Netherlands Australian Migration Agreement. Mr. Ermstrang came to Australia as chef for the Dutch team during the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. At the last minute the team didn't come because of the Hungarian revolt. Mr. Ermstrang stayed. At first he and his family of three sons and a daughter settled at Seymour. He had a pastry shop, but went broke because National Training stopped at the nearby Puckapunyal Army Camp. They moved the business to St Albans and had a further loss, this time when fire destroyed the shop. At his new shop at St. Kilda, his assistants include his wife and two of their sons, Cornelius and Peter, both in their twenties.
Matze “Mat” Landherr – Matthias Landherr of 7 Sylvester Cres, mechanic. Parents probably Jakob and Elisabeth Landherr [nee Bernhard]. Probably from Nikinci Croatia. Photo of parents on Ancestry.com
Gunther Gerrick – Guenter [Gunter/Guenther] Gerick self employed and Frauke of 246 Main Road East. GERICK Helmut born 11 September 1907; Frieda (nee Thorun) born 12 July 1914; Lothar born 26 November 1936; Ute born 3 January 1939; Gunter born 16 December 1939 - German - travelled per ship FAIRSEA departing in 1953 under Australian German Migration Agreement. Went to Bonegilla. Became involved with table tennis at the Tin Shed. Other figures on the table tennis scene included Kon Haumann, Hans Friedrich, Guenter Gerick, Lou Slawitschka and Eric Bartkowiak.
Spiro Fragopoulos – 3 families in St Albans in 1980 but no Spiros. ??FRANGOPOULOS Spiridon - Nationality: Greek - Arrived Melbourne per Aircraft 16 February 1957 Also known as FRAGOPOULOS Spyridon. Spiro now living in Melton, married Ms Sackus a Lithuanian lady.

Siggy Nowak – Siegfried Peter at 75 Walmer Ave. Includes Sigrid and Zygmunt, railway employee. See NAA file. NOWAK Zygmunt born 7 August 1915; Sigrid born 5 June 1927; Siegfried born 17 April 1948. Mr = Polish nationality, POW of Polish Army. Mrs = German origin, studied to be a nurse. Good portrait photos.
Paddy Sloan – coach. Unknown. Geoffrey John Sloan was at 9 Glyndon Street St Albans in 1980.
Bogdan Kupicz – Bogdan Kupisz (sic) born 26.10.1946 admitted July 1953 from Cowra NSW, left 1954 for Sacred Heart. Fa=Boleslaw Kupisz, labourer, in Errington Road, Later at 12 Waveney Street St Albans. KUPISZ Boleslaw born 24 January 1924; Jozefa born 28 February 1927; Bogdan born 26 October 1946; Edward born 21 June 1948. Probably Polish background. Bogdan moved to 30 Pinoak Street, probably married Rita.
Eddy Kupicz – Eddy Kupisz – see above
Victor Winkler – was at 152 Biggs Street, became a soldier. Several men in family. John=draftsman. Brahimir=turner. Faustin=fitter. WINKLER Faustin born 23 October 1913; Josefine (nee Trogrlic) born 1 November 1912; Katharina born 22 November 1934; Branimir born 21 December 1937; Johann born 10 January 1944; Viktor born 16 July 1945 - Austrian - travelled per ship FLAMINIA departing in 1955 under Australian Austrian Migration Agreement. [reference to Angelica Winkler on photo listing]
Werner Klein – W Klein was at 22 Station Avenue near McArthur Ave, otherwise no trace. ??Jozef and Seweryna Klajn at 25 Erica Ave in 1958. KLAJN Jozef - Nationality: Polish - Arrived Melbourne per Fair Sea 8 November 1950. KLAJN Seweryna - Nationality: Polish - Arrived Melbourne per Fair Sea 8 November 1950. Kaziemierz John Klain and Maureen Ann Klain at 14 Power Street in 1977. Stan John Klain at 6 Cobham Street in 1977.
Rolf Beinroth - BEINROTH Rolf Albin born 17 May 1937 - German - travelled per ship FAIRSEA departing in 1962 under Australian German Migration Scheme. No trace in electoral roll.
Marion W – possibly Marian W. ?? WISNIEWSKI Marian born 30 September 1921; Aniela born 21 October 1925; Zofia born 5 April 1946; Zbigniew born 3 July 1947. No trace of this family in St Albans. Roman Wisniewski, driver, was at 44 Pennell Ave St Albans in 1977.

Henry “Harry” Moakes – in the only name mentioned w.r. soccer in the 2 general history books. Henry William Moakes came from Malta in 1952 and was living at 27 Station Avenue. Wife – Annie. He was a metal worker. In 1955 he formed the youth-based Ajax Soccer Club which later became the Green Gully Ajax Soccer Club. Refer to excerpts from StAlbans 100 Years and Jeff Maynard’s book.

Franz Kolbl was at 57 Oberon Ave in 1977. Also Maria and Gertrude Kolbl at that address. Harry Moakes says that: “Frank Kolbl, a German immigrant who drove to each match in his Kombi van bearing a 44-gallon drum with the club's water needs. There was no water or electricity at the Green Gully Reserve in those days. Kolbl laid a concrete slab and smoothed it out by using goalposts. He then erected a tin shed on the concrete; the shed served as the clubhouse for a decade. "He had typical German know-how," Farrugia said.” [Green Gully1.doc]
Charles Farrugia was one of the Presidents of Green Gully Soccer Club.
Fritz Schwab had been the Treasurer of the club, who walked out of the 1966 committee meeting (see local newspaper article). Other names mentioned T Vella, S Fragopoulos, M Milenkovic, A Wilson, V Jakob, F Harbach, H Klaus, Mr Gangur
Kon Danilow - There were several soccer clubs around St Albans. There was the St Albans club and Keilor City on Churchill Reserve on the corner of Grace Street and Fox Street. I think there was another one further down. I remember Joe Borg was involved. Green Gully came later.
There was Louey Denys who played for St Albans, Joe Muscat ended up with Green Gully but played with Keilor and other clubs. Ernst Burgoyne was another one who played for Keilor with Joe Muscat.
It was called St Albans Soccer Club at that time. Our parents went to watch the soccer games at Churchill Reserve. The group that is now there is St Albans Dynamo but they don’t have much information about the earliest days. They took over the old club about 1982 but the old nostalgia and history is gone. It started off as mixed nationalities but in the early 1970s people wanted to form ethnic clubs. Dynamo was the Croatian side, Keilor City was the Polish side, and Green Gully Ajax became the Maltese side. Keilor City went to Maribyrnong-Polonia
St Albans Saints was formed by Croatian migrants as Dinamo in 1975. In 1982 the club took over the German backed St Albans Soccer Club which was near bankruptcy, becoming St Albans Dinamo and taking residence at Churchill Reserve in St Albans, where the club still remains to this day.

Oval behind the tin shed during the storm this afternoon.

Confirming table tennis is on today 28th August at the tin shed from midday to 4pm

It’s International Youth Day! Did you know that the St Albans Tin Shed has been serving the youth of St Albans since 1953?! Check out their socials for all that they have to offer!

page: The St Albans Tinshed
📍309A Main Rd East (Next to Woolworths Carpark)

The boys have come away with the silver medal in the open class 6-10 teams event. A fantastic result against some tough competition.
The next 2 days are jammed packed with plenty more table tennis to come for Jake with the mens singles open class, mens class 7 singles, mens doubles open class and mixed doubles open class.

Hey Table Tennis fans ! Table tennis is back at the tin shed today Sunday July 3. Hope to see you there !

There won't be table tennis at the tin shed on 26th June 2022.

Table tennis resumes at the tin shed midday tomorrow, Sunday 29th May. Hope to see you there !

The next step towards my Paris 2024 paralympic journey.
I'm flying out tonight to compete in my first international event this year, the Paris Open in France.
I've been told most of the matches will be televised so I'll be posting the links for those who want to follow along. 😊

With my great friend, teammate and fellow Carlton supporter, Rory Carroll

Hey Table Tennis fans ! Table tennis is back on this Sunday 1st May at the tin shed. Please note however there won't be table tennis at tin shed on 15th May and 22nd May.

Sorry, there won't be table tennis at the tin shed today April 24 due to Bonsai festival. Sorry for short notice.