Table Tennis news September 01, 2017

Table Tennis news-

• Table tennis England and English Schools Table Tennis Association (ESTTA) merged today. The key people who played important roles for this to happen were Sara Sutcliffe, John Arnold, and Mike Smith.
• 12BET to sponsor World Cup Table Tennis at London
• Sichuan and Heilongjiang in China games Women's final. Ding Ning won two but Beijing could not advance

Liam Pitchford gives Ovtcharov a run for his money

Liam Pitchford of England fought gallantly against top seed Dmitrij Ovtcharov of Germany in the pre-quarterfinals of the European Table Tennis Championships at Ekaterinburg but eventually lost 2-4 ( 11-4, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6, 3-11, 4-11). The match was actually balanced till the fourth game at 2-2, but Ovtcharov showed his class by beating the Englishman quite handily in the last two games.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF.

Sharath gives Ma Lin a scare

Indian Table Tennis ace, A Sharath Kamal gave TT legend Ma Lin a run for his money at the Hungarian Open World Tour (formerly called Pro Tour) event.

In the 2nd round of the main draw, Ma Lin prevailed 4-1 (11-4,5-11,11-7,16-14,11-9). Sharath had great chances to equal the match at 2-2 but unfortunately lost the fourth game after an extended duel. 


Earlier, in the first round, Sharath squeaked past England's Paul Drinkhall after being 0-3 down. He eventually won 4-3, in a decider that went all the way to 13-11.

World Table Tennis and Ping Pong Calendar of Tournament and Events

2011

UK

Stiga 2* Junior Open
Oct-15
Halton TTC
Lowerhouse Lane, Cheshire, WA8 7DZ

Milton Keynes Under 13, 15, 17 'Triple Group' 2*
Oct-15

Suffolk Senior 1*
Oct-23
Britannia TTC
193 Defoe Road, Suffolk, IP1 6SG

Suffolk top 32 Senior GP
Oct-23
Britannia TTC
193 Defoe Road, Suffolk, IP1 6SG

Stiga Blackpool Junior 2*
Blackpool TTC
St Anne's Rd, Lancs, FY4 2AP

Stockton-on-Tees Junior 4*
Oct-29

Greenhouse Bevin Junior 2*
Oct-30

USA

Maryland Giant RR     Eldersburg, MD     10/15/11           Yvonne Kronlage
410-489-7291
LilY Yip Table Tennis Center October Open     Dunellen, NJ     10/15-16/11         Lily Yip
732-200-5820
2011 Butterfly MDTTC October Open     Gaithersburg, MD     10/15-16/11         Lixin Lang
301-963-1009
2011 DSP Cup/NYTTF Open Series     New York, NY     10/16/11         Robert Chen
646-772-2922
2011 Millcreek Open     Erie, PA     10/22-23/11         Sam Steiner
814-833-8704
NJTTC 2011 October Open     Westfield, NJ     10/22-23/11         NJTTC
908-654-9009
Trolley Car TT Club Philly Open October 2011     Philadelphia, PA     10/29-30/11         Ken Weinstein
267-335-2743
11th Everbright Cup Open Table Tennis Championship     Edison, NJ     10/29/11         Jean Sze
732-329-3245
2011 New Hampshire RR Open     Manchester, NH     10/30/11           Robert Neidorff
603-714-1396

India


Commonwealth Championships

[ October 19th, 2011 - October 23rd, 2011 ]

National Ranking Table Tennis Championships-2011 (Central Zone)

[ November 22nd, 2011 - November 27th, 2011 ]

Gandhidham, Kachchh

Cadet & Sub Junior National,

[ December 05th, 2011 - December 11th, 2011 ]

Cochi, Kerala

World Junior Championships,

[ December 10th, 2011 - December 17th, 2011 ]

Manama

73rd Youth and Junior Nationals,

[ December 19th, 2011 - December 25th, 2011 ]

North Bengal, Siliguri

Olympic Qualification Event

[ December 20th, 2011 - December 26th, 2011 ]

73rd Senior Nationals,

[ January 23rd, 2012 - January 29th, 2012 ]

Lucknow


Australia

Bennelong Cup Test Match 14th and 15th of October.


Oct 15-23 Adelaide, Australia Paul Pinkewich
Australian Open Veterans
Championships
paul@tabletennisworld.com.au

Others

Oct 3-7 St. George (Utah), USA www.seniorgames.net
*) Huntsman World Senior Games

Oct 7-11 Istanbul, Turkey savas.fener@yahoo.com
12th Veterans Table Tennis www.fbvtt.org
Tournament

Oct 8 Jaromer, Czech Republic Zdenek Lhotka
Open Veterans Tournament zdenek.lhotka@atlas.cz

Oct 8-9 Wolverhampton, England Roy Norton
Vetts Midlands Masters roywnorton@aol.com

Oct 15-23 Adelaide, Australia Paul Pinkewich
Australian Open Veterans paul@tabletennisworld.com.au
Championships

Nov 4-6 Gothenburg, Sweden westling.hans@telia.com
32nd Ifo Veteran Open www.if-ifo.se/ivo

Nov 17-27 Marawila, Sri Lanka Kai Globig
Masters Games Table Tennis kaiglobig@yahoo.de
www.mastersgames-srilanka.com