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12th STIGA XIOM UP Chancellor Cup - GRAND SALE (at ALL TOPCOMS Branches)

2010-04-04T08:27:52Z

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12th STIGA XIOM UP Chancellor Cup @ SM NORTH EDSA ANNEX April 8-10

2010-04-04T08:03:21Z

SM North Edsa Annex April 8-10, 2010

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MORE THAN 800 players all over the country are expected to participate in the 12th STIGA-University of the Philippines (UP) Chancellor’s Cup National Invitational Table Tennis Championship slated on April 6 to 10 at two different venues. The first two days will be held at the UP kinetic gym in Diliman Quezon City and the last three days at SM Annex 4rth floor in North Edsa.

The annual event supported by TOPCOMS-STAR SPORTS brand managers Jesus Lim Jr. and Malvin John Lim will have 24 events including men and women’s team event open, men and women’s team non-rank, men and women’s singles and Liha event, among other events.

Star Sports Korea, the newest ball brand available in basketball, volleyball and soccer, and different sports gear provider Topcoms have expressed their intention to support the national table tennis tournament organized by Prof. Oscar Santilices to develop the sport.

TOPCOMS will also hold a grand sale at all their branches during the weeklong event. For a list of sale items click here

For more inquiries about the tournament, please visit Topcoms-Star Sports website: www.topph.com or call at 0922-8867266 or branches: 525-3205 (Manila), 571-8268 (Greenhills), 671-8268 (Festival Mall Alabang), 972-1570 (Libis) and 345-8697 (Makati).

Reigning men’s singles open champion Julius Esposo and women’s singles champion Sendrina Balatbat are expected to face tougher opponents in the event supported by new digital Newgy USA Robopong 2050, Star Sports Korea ball brands and popular table tennis equipments STIGA and DONIC.

The Beat of a Different Drum

2009-07-30T15:33:53Z

Argentina is the home of the “Tango” but in 2009 the country is dancing to a different tune, the beat of celluloid on rubber and wood.

A major force in table tennis in South America, the rivalry against Brazil in whatever sport is fiercely competed.

However, the country is entering a new era

It has an every growing reservoir of talented young players, demand for table tennis is a high and thus in 2009 the country will host its first ever ITTF Junior Circuit tournament. The ITTF Junior Circuit event will be staged from 17th to 20th September 2009; the staging of the tournament means that Argentina becomes the 37th national association to stage an ITTF Junior Circuit competition and the 23rd in 2009.

Dance on.

ITTF Junior Circuit
The Argentina Junior Open will feature both teams and singles events in the junior and cadet age group categories.

Prize Fund
The Argentina Table Tennis Association offers a total of 2,000 $ (USD) in prize money, with no tax deduction.

Official Documents
Please find here the Prospectus, Training Camp Information, Preliminary Entry Form and the Final Entry Form. All these documents are permanently available also in the dedicated section of the ITTF website:

ITTF Junior Circuit Argentina Junior Open 2009

For Further Details Contact
Tournament Director:
Dr. Néstor J. Tenca
Tel: (+54) 11 4372 1294
E-mail: tencafatm@speedy.com.ar

ITTF Competition Manager for the event:
Raul Calin
Tel: (+34) 616 08 11 20
E-mail: rcalin@ittf.com

Deadlines
Preliminary entry forms should be returned by 13th August 2009 with final entry forms returned by 25th August 2009.

ITTF Junior Circuit General Info
For any general information regarding the ITTF Junior Circuit or the Global Junior Programme Activities, please contact:
Judit Farago
Raul Calin

Continents Unite as European and Asian Stars Stop Traffic

2009-07-30T15:25:37Z

Table tennis stopped the traffic and united two continents on Saturday 26th July 2009.

The country was Turkey, the personnel involved were Austria’s Werner Schlager and Hong Kong Kong’s Ko Lai Chak; the venue was the Bosphorus Bridge.

It is the bridge which straddles the Bosphorus otherwise known as the Istanbul Strait and links Europe with Asia.
Promoted jointly by the European and Asian Table Tennis Unions, Werner Schlager and Ko Lai Chak were present to execute their skills in order to promote the forthcoming Euro-Asia Tournament.

Road Closed
At 7.00am the bridge was closed to traffic, a court mat duly laid and table tennis table strategically placed so that one half was in Asia and the other in Europe.

The exhibition, which attracted intense media coverage, lasted 30 minutes with the promotion of the event continuing in a boat where distinguished guests including Adham Sharara (ITTF President), Stefano Bosi (ETTU President) and Otkay Simon (Turkish TTA President) were present.

Schedule
The European stage of the event will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th November 2009 whilst the Asian stage will be organised on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th August 2009.

Timo Boll, Vladimir Samsonov, Michael Maze, Kalinikos Kreanga and Werner Schlager plus the host nation’s Gencay Menge will comprise the European team whilst in Beijing Jörgen Persson will replace Werner Schlager.

Television
Extensive television coverage will follow the events with Eurovision/EBU affording 15 minutes of the footage to the world feed (Europe, Asia, Americas) with more than 30 channels worldwide receiving the feed.

Mass media interest greeted Werner Schlager and Ko Lai Chak as they united Europe and Asia..

First Youth Olympic Games

2009-07-30T15:15:17Z

On 14th August 2009, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee will be organising a One Year Countdown event to commemorate 365 days to the first Youth Olympic Games.

Besides the unveiling of the count down clock, the organiser wants to convince the world with a carnival, parties and concerts.

About Table Tennis
The events for table tennis will be staged from 21st to 26th August. The 32 girls and 32 boys born in 1994 or 1995 will compete in the Boy’s Singles, Girls’ Singles and Mixed Team events. The multi-purpose Singapore Indoor Stadium is the home for table tennis and badminton as well.

About the Event
The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, from 14th to 26th August 2010, will receive some 5,000 athletes and officials from 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), along with estimated 800 media representatives, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and more than 500,000 spectators. Athletes – aged between 14 and 18 years - will compete in 26 sports and take part in a Culture and Education Programme.

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is a new initiative by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to engage the youth of the world through the twin pillars of sports, culture and education. It is a new highlight on the world’s sporting calendar and Singapore is the first host city.

More information can be found on the Website of the organiser:
www.singapore2010.sg

Margaryta Pesotska and Petrissa Solja Successfully Defend Titles

2009-07-21T12:11:20Z

Celebration time for Ukraine and Germany on the last day of competition, Sunday 19th July 2009, at the European Youth Championships in Prague. Margaryta Pesotska and Petrissa Solja defended their titles successfully in the Junior and Cadet Girls’ Singles events respectively. Both won in an impressive manner after negotiating difficult hurdles earlier.

An “Easy” Final Day
In the fifth game, Pesotska converted the fifth match point to gain victory in the O2 Arena in Prague. “I tried everything at that stage”, Pesotska explained about the last rallies in this match. “Szczerkowska won points on my service, on her service – I did not know what to do to stop her.”

Beside this, Pesotska had the final against her Polish opponent Magdalena Szczerkowska under control. The most difficult moment on the way to the title defence was in the quarter-final against Germany’s Kathrin Mühlbach.

“Yesterday I played a hard match against Kathrin Mühlbach in seven games. I trailed three games to one and managed to save the match. Today it was the opposite situation; it was easy”, Pesotska said.

The bronze medallists are Hungary’s Dora Madarasz and Sweden’s Malin Pettersson. The latter was nil-three down in her semi-final against Szczerkowska, changed her tactics, levelled the match but lost unluckily 11-13 in the decider.

In the Junior Girls’ Doubles event, Romania's Cristina Hirici and Anamaria Sebe overcame the French pair Alice Abbat and Stéphanie Loeuillette 11-7, 11-4 and 11-7. The bronze medals went to Poland’s Szczerkowska and Kusinska and Hungary’s Madarasz/Ambrus.

Solja Irresistibly
Germany’s Petrissa Solja defended her title from Terni 2008 successfully. 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 and 11-7 was the clear result against the Russian challenger Yana Noskova.

“I don’t know right now which gold medal is worth more”, Solja tried to compare the one from last year with this year’s gold won in Prague. “But actually that doesn’t matter. Now I am delighted that I was able to repeat my last year’s win.”

Solja won the final as well as the semi-final four-nil and underlined her dominance on the old continent in her last year as a cadet. The most difficult moments were in the quarter-final and in the last 16. Solja was struggling against Moldova’s Sofia Polcanova and Mercedes Nagyvaradi of Hungary respectively winning both times in close six games.

Noskova’s compatriot Ekaterina Guseva and Romania’s Bernadette Szöcs were awarded the bronze medals.

Taiyuan International Junior & Cadet Open

2009-07-21T12:00:14Z

Taiyuan, the major city in the Chinese Province of Shanxi, has become an annual stop on the ITTF Junior Circuit and an opportunity for players from foreign shores to test their skills in a country that possesses a quite incredible reservoir of talent.

The city can be reached by air from Beijing in little over one hour. However, for those who prefer a more leisurely mode of transport, then there is the train; that journey can take well over 10 hours but it is a breath taking scenic route.

The journey takes the traveller through the mountainous region which separates Hebei Province from Shanxi Province; the choice is yours. Whatever you decide you will be welcomed in Taiyuan and you can be assured that you will enjoy a well administered and hospitable event. The event in 2009 is the eighth consecutive ITTF Junior Circuit tournament in Taiyuan and will be held from 26th to 30th August 2009.

ITTF Junior Circuit
The Taiyuan International Junior and Cadet Open will feature both teams and individual events in the junior and cadet age group category.

Prize Fund
The Chinese Table Tennis Association offers a total of US$6,000 (US Dollars) in prize money, with 20% tax deduction.

Official Documents
Please find here the Prospectus, Training Camp Information, Preliminary Entry Form and Final Entry Form. All these documents are permanently available also in the dedicated section of the ITTF website:

ITTF Junior Circuit Taiyuan International Open 2009

For Further Details Contact
Tournament Director:
Mr. Zhang Xiaopeng
Tel: +86 10 87183492
E-mail: pingpongpp@163.com

ITTF Competition Manager for the event:
Karl Jindrak
Tel: '+43 699 124 17 193
E-mail: kjindrak@ittf.com

Deadlines
Preliminary entry forms should be returned by 30th July 2009 with final entry forms returned by 10th August 2009.

Visa
If you need a visa, please contact the Chinese Table Tennis Association for an invitation a.s.a.p.

ITTF Junior Circuit General Info
For any general information regarding the ITTF Junior Circuit or the Global Junior Programme Activities, please contact:
Judit Farago
Raul Calin

Host Nation in No Mood for Charity on Opening Day in Jaipur

2009-07-21T11:42:07Z

India dominated matters on the opening day of play, Monday 20th June 2009, at the ONGC Asian Junior Championships in Jaipur.

In all four categories – Junior Boys’ Team, Junior Girls’ Team, Cadet Boys’ Team, Cadet Girls’ Team – they remained unbeaten.

There was no charity afforded the visitors.

In fact there was only one fixture where they did not secure a three matches to nil victory; that was in the Cadet Boys’ Team event where Nepal extracted one match. One Hiccup
Anish Shrestha beat Rajib Sarkar in the opening match of the duel but it was not to spark a sensation.

Both Sandipan Dey and Rajib Sarkar overcame Sonu Gupta; whilst Rajib Sarkar in partnership with Abihishek Yadav, defeated Sonu Gupta and Anish Shreshta to win the doubles.

Boys and Girls in Control
However, for India’s top Junior Boys’ team of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai and Raj Mondal there were no alarms; all matches being won in style.

Similarly, with Ankita Das, Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Shreya Ghosh on duty, the Junior Girls’ Team suffered no heartaches.

Adversaries
The boys recorded wins over Pakistan (Slaman Virik, Sheikh Ayub, Abdullah Muhammad), Nepal (Arup Joshi, Pradip Roka, Pravin Sherpa) and Maldives (Mohammed Adam Zahir, Mohamed Naseem, Ibrahim Shaffen); whilst the girls defeated Nepal (Nabiia Shrestha, Elina Maharjan, Rojina Desar), Pakistan (Maliha Khueshud, Sobia Qamar, Farah Ilyas) and Maldives (Fathmath Ifaga, Aishath Mohamed, Aminath Shareef).

Place in Final Booked
Meanwhile, in the Cadet Boys’ Team event, in addition to the victory over Nepal, the Indian boys’ defeated Maldives (Mohammed Adam Zahir, Mahamed Naseem) to finish in top place in their group, before ousting Pakistan (Muhammed Rameez, Tabish Khurshid) in the semi-finals.

In the final they meet Sri Lanka (Hashintha Arsamarakkala, Imantha Kulappuwa Wadu, Supun Sirisena) who at the semi-final stage overcame Nepal; in the group stage, Sri Lanka had defeated Pakistan and Bangladesh (Ashkqur Rahman, Jbair Ahmed, Faisal Khan).

One Step to Go
One place away from gold for the Indian Cadet Boys and it is the same for the Indian Cadet Girls; in a group of five teams, they remain unbeaten with one match to play; that being against Sri Lanka, also unbeaten.

India (Mallika Bhandarkar, Tennison Rishya, Camelia Sil) and Sri Lanka (Vithanage Gonapinuwala, Erandi Warusawithana, Kavindi Sahabandu) beat Pakistan (Abeera Sheikh, Farwa Babar), Nepal (Renuka Khatri, Selisha Khadgi) and Maldives (Aminath shareef, Aminath Nasheed) on the opening day.