Schedule Day 1&2 Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Pune

Important: Please verify with tournament organizers and the Chief referee.

Tournament Schedule
Day 1: June 14 2011
Time	Event	Round
9 AM to 2:20 PM	Sub Junior Boys	Qlf 1 &2
2:20 PM to 5 PM	Sub Junior Girls	1&2
5 PM to 7:40 PM	Cadet Boys	1&2
7:40 PM to 9:40 PM	Cadet Girls	1&2

Day 2: June 15 2011
Time	Event	Round
9 AM to 10:20 AM	Sub Junior Boys	Qlf 3&4
10:20 AM to 11:40 AM	Sub Junior Girls	3&4
11:40 AM to 1 PM	Cadet Boys	3&4
1 PM to 1:40 PM	Cadet Girls	3
1:20 PM to 3 PM	Sub Junior Boys	MDraw 1&2
2:40 PM to 3 PM	Sub Junior Girls	QF
3 PM to 3:20 PM	Cadet Boys	QF
3 PM to 3:40 PM	Cadet Girls	QF
3:20 PM to 3:40 PM	Sub Junior Boys	QF
3:40 PM to 7 PM	Junior Girls	1&2
6:40 PM to 10:20 PM	Junior Boys	Qlf 1

Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament starts at Pune on June 14 2011

The first state ranking table tennis tournament of Maharashtra runs at Pune from 14-19 June. Players from all over the state are expected to participate in good numbers.

The tournament will be held at Deccan Gymkhana's new hall with state of the art facilities.

Please contact us on editor@tabletennisbug.com if you want any details of the tournament.

Venue: Deccan Gymkhana, Pune
Address: Deccan Gymkhana
Talim Pavilion,
759/2 Deccan Gymkhana,
Pune :411004
TT Secretary: Mr. Parag Mokashi

When you are in Deccan Gymkhana Pune, don't miss the Dosa at Vaishali on FC Road

China Summer Training Camp

The Summer Training Camp in the Chinese National Table Tennis Training Center starts from June 20th of 2011 and ends on September 20th 2011. The camps train both professional players and Table Tennis lovers from all over the world.
The duration of training can be chosen among 15 days, 30 days, 45 days and so on.

The fee structure for the training (all inclusive) is as follows:
15days : 1490USD
30 days: 2690USD
45 days: 3990USD
60 days: 5190USD

For more details, contact editor@tabletennisbug.com

The training center

Table Tennis Bug goes Global

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Thanks to your esteemed patronage. Due to your continued encouragement, we are now tracked in several countries and continents of the world.

We look forward to your continued support, motivation, and participation.


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Welcome the new Table Tennis Celebrity: Lindsey Vonn

Alpine Skier Lindsey Vonn tries her hand at Table Tennis

Lindsey in her more familiar surroundings!

Lindsey Vonn is the new celebrity hooked to Table Tennis. Please welcome her!

Lindsey is a member of the US ski team. She has won three consecutive overall World cup and downhill championships and a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ovtcharov top seed at Brazil Open

The 2011 Brazil Open starts today (09 Jun 2011) and runs until 12 Jun at fabulous Rio de Janerio city. The open tournament is also an ITTF Pro Tour event, where the top seed is the powerful Dmitry Ovtcharov. 


The top ten seeds in the Men's and Women's events are as follows:

Men
       Name                           Country     World Rank

1    OVTCHAROV Dimitrij   GER     15
2    STEGER Bastian   GER     23
3    APOLONIA Tiago   POR     36
4    LI Hu   SIN     38
5    SAIVE Jean-Michel   BEL     41
6    YANG Zi   SIN     43
7    FREITAS Marcos   POR     50
8    MONTEIRO Joao   POR     76
9    ZHAN Jian  SIN     85
10    FILUS Ruwen   GER     97


Women


    Name            Country  World Rank
1    WANG Yuegu   SIN     12
2    LI Jiawei   SIN     23
3    YU Mengyu   SIN     26
4    SUN Beibei   SIN     34
5    YOON Sun Ae   KOR     66
6    ZHENG Jiaqi   USA     144
7    ZHOU Yihan   SIN     198
8    YOON Su Won   KOR     215
9    SILVA Ligia   BRA     241
10    MOON Bo Sun   KOR     248

Table Tennis: Did you know that ......?

Did you know that Sharath Kamal beat the Table Tennis Legend Jan Ove Waldner 3-1 in the German League this year? Yes, Waldner is definitely well past his prime. But it was an interesting tussle indeed!
Scores: Sharath Kamal bt Waldner 3-1 (13-11, 8-11, 11-7 and 11-5.)

Gaurav, Isha win Cadet Crowns

Gaurav Lohapatre, the kid with the never-say-die attitude and Isha Joshi clinched the Cadet Boys and Girls titles at the Le Meridien District Ranking tournament at Deccan Gymkhana Pune.

Gaurav beat Rohan Khivansara in the finals 11-9 11-13 11-2 and 11-8. Earlier, Gaurav had beaten top seed Sanat Bokil in the semi-finals in a pulsating match winning 3-2 from 0-2 down.

West Bengal Table Tennis Tournaments in June and July 2011

The following tournaments will be held in the months of June and July in West Bengal.

JUNE	9th - 12th	Chandernagar TT Champs	II	Tunu Mukherjee	CHN
	22nd - 25th	Cossimbazar TT Champs	III	KAK	WBTTA
JULY	21st - 23rd	North 24 Pgs. Dist. TT Champs	II	Sukanta Sadan	N24 Pgs.

Pune District Ranking Tournament 2011 Kicks off today

The first ranking tournament of the season has started at the Deccan Gymkhana Club, Pune today.

Chinmay Datar, Shubhankar Ranade, Sruja Bhat, Devika Bhide, Adwait Brahme and many others in the juniors and Martand Biniwale, Atul Bapat in the Men's section are some of the top players in this tournament.

Madhukar Lonare will be the Chief referee of the tournament.

For more details, contact editor@tabletennisbug.com