Australian Table Tennis Team for the Olympics

Robert Frank
Age:	22
State:	VIC
Team

Justin Han
Age:	20
State:	NSW
Singles Team

William Henzell
Age:	30
State:	VIC
Singles Team

Jian Fang Lay (Hong)
Age:	39
State:	VIC
Singles Team

Miao Miao
Age:	31
State:	VIC
Singles Team

Vivian Tan
Age:	34
State:	NSW
Team

Le Meridein Players Cup District Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

District/Local Table Tennis Tournaments:

1st Le Meridien Players Cup District Ranking Table Tennis Tournament is being held at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune from May 28 - June 3. The tournament has attracted a huge number of entries.

The tournament is held under the aegis of PDTTA and it is the first tournament in this year's calendar.

Drinkhall selected for the London Olympics

Paul Drinkhall, former runner-up of the World Junior Table Tennis Championships, has been selected to represent Britain in the London Olympic Games. He will be joined by Liam Pitchford and Andrew Baggaley. The Women's team comprises of Joanna Parker, Na Liu, and Kelly Sibley.

Paul has recently been selected by Werder Bremen to play at this season's Bundlesliga (German league), where some of the best players in the World compete. Chuang Chih Yuan, Adrian Crisan, Constatin Cioti will be his team mates at Bremen, where he will stay and train.

He has just entered the top 100 in the World recently.

Men
Andrew Baggaley
Paul Drinkhall
Liam Pitchford

Women
Joanna Parker 
Na Liu
Kelly Sibley

Table Tennis events coming soon in New South Wales (NSW)

Sun – 3rd 
NSW Veterans - Closed Championships,  Sports Halls – Sydney Olympic Park – 8am to 6 pm

Mon - 4th to Wed - 6th, Oceania Championships, Fiji

New South Wales is an important state on the Australian Table Tennis map due to the presence of two important cities - Sydney and Canberra.

Ariel Hsing hopes to retain title at North American Cup

Ariel Hsing of USA will attempt to retain her title at the ITTF-North American Cup Table Tennis Tournament to be held at Mississauga, Canada. Her main rival will be Zhang Mo, whom she beat in the finals last year.

In the Men's section, Pierre-Luc Hinse, Timothy Wang from the United States and André Ho will battle for the honours. Incidentally, all three qualified from the North America zone for the Olympics.

West Bengal Table Tennis Coaches

West Bengal A level coaches list

Name	Contact	Experience
Abhijit Das (WK)	98317 75140	National Coach, Played State, produced players, Coaching at YMCA & Bally Athletic Club.
Amar Ray (S24)	98310 70891	National Coach, International Coaching Certificate Coaching at Central of Excellence, SAI-Kolkata ( as ONGC Coach )
Anindita Chakraborty (HG)	98312 45541	International Player, Coaching at SRISTI
Asok Chakraborty (DK)	98042 13908	Consecutive 16Yrs.Indian Rly.Team Coach, Played World Rly, 15 Times Rly. W/S Team Gold, School Coaching over 16Yrs. Coaching at Don Bosco School
Avijit Roy Chowdhury (NK)	98313 02427	University Player, having Junior National & International Player Coaching at Dum Dum Kishor Mahal, Vivekananda Club- Hind Motor, East Kolkata Dist. Sports Council.
Dilip Kr. Sinha (SAI)	98301 45951	SAI Coach, National Coach
Dipak Halder (S24)	94347 57185	State Champion, India Coach, Coaching at Jadavpur Sanskriti Sandha- Kolkata, IISCO Steel Plant
Dipak Sinha (S24)	93310 26943	National Coach, Coaching at Netaji Sangha Table Tennis Academy
Jayanta Pushilal (EK)	98300 66269	University represented, having more than 15 National Champion, International Players Produced, Coaching at Narkeldanga Sadharan Samity and West Bengal State Sports Council
Jyoti Prakash Mitra (HG)	98303 55081	Produced No. of State & National Ranked players, Coaching at Milan Samity, Serampore.
Michael Mullick (S24)	92316 96698	State Coach over 30 Yrs. Coaching Experience Represent Bengal, Coaching at Nabarun Sangha
Mihir Ghosh (N24)	98317 58628	International & National Coach, having coaching experience for more than 18Yrs.,Produced National Championship, Regular Coaching Rishi Bankim TT Academy, Naihati
Saroj Ghosh (DK)		Veteran Coach
Tapan Chandra (DK)	98311 10473	Produced Olympian, National Champions, National Coach, National Awardee, Indian Railways Coach, Coaching at BCS, Baisakhi Sangha and DKS, Kolkata

Information Courtesy - wbtta.org

Zhang Jike, Wang Hao, Ma Long or Xu Xin?

China is now in a very strange situation. They had to name 3 players for the London Olympics and after a HUGE selection process spanning more than a year, they chose World Champion Zhang Jike, Wang Hao for singles and Ma Long in addition to these two for the team events.

Now suddenly, Xu Xin, who is not even in the core team has burst into such terrific form, just losing the Korean Pro Tour by a hair's breadth (where he had a match point) and winning the China Open beating Zhang Jike and Ma Long comprehensively, thus leaving the Chinese TT management utterly confused. Remember, Table Tennis is high pressure there and their players are as famous in their country as our Cricket players. Ma Lin has fame that can rival Sachin. Any solutions?

Editor,
www.TableTennisBug.com

Great new Discount Table Tennis Blade and Rubber Sale

(Please write to editor@TableTennisBug.com for the latest offers. The prices in the post may have changed. Earlier off season sale.)
Huge discounts running on Donic JO Gold, Sonex JP Gold and Donic Platin. 1640, 1640, and 1790 on 3+ rubbers.

Apart from this, promotion prices on the following:

Have just 1 pc each all in black colour, but all at around 28% discount.

Xiom Omega IV Asia - 2380


Stiga Calibra LT Spin - 2190
Hexer HD
Adidas P3, R6 - 1790 and 1740

Apart from this, coming on demand are the new gen rubbers and blades from Tibhar - Tibhar 1Q, Tibhar 5Q, Genius +Optimum, Aurus, Aurus Soft, Nimbus, Sinus series.

Blades (Email for lower rates!)

Tibhar H-3-9  - 6800
Tibhar Force Pro (Samsonov uses) 2480
Tibhar Marcos Freitas (now popular with some India team players) - 4380
Butterfly Timo Boll T 5000 - 8900


Also available Tibhar Shoes, Apparel, Glue, Case, Accessories, Cleaners, Assembled bats and so on.

Where to play Table Tennis in London

Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight play TT in the London Eye - Photo courtesy Guardian.co.uk

You can enjoy Table Tennis in Central London at any of the following locations:

Finsbury TTC
Finsbury Leisure Centre
Norman Street, Islington, EC1V 3PU
Old Street
Contact: Sanket Shah
Tel: 07886 685393
E-mail: sanketshahba@yahoo.co.uk
www.finsburyttclub.co.uk

Waterloo TTC
The Hub
1a Kennington Road, SE1 7QP
Lambeth North
Contact: Mark Jenkins
Tel: 07843 618199
E-mail: mark.jenkins@church.co.uk

The Young Offenders’ Institute (YOI)
www.theyoi.co.uk

The Book Club, Shoreditch
www.wearetbc.com/
A relaxed bar cafe in the centre
of Shoreditch. They run a King Pong
Tournament – every Tuesday night.

Concrete, Shoreditch
Lower Ground Floor, Tea Building
Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JJ
Tel: 020 7729 1888
Shoreditch High Street
www.concretespace.co.uk/
events/youth-club-3

T47@ London Bridge
47 St Thomas Street London SE1 3QX
London Bridge
Tel: 020 7036 9915
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Ma Lin, Yasaka and Rakza series - a deadly combination!

Ma Lin plays with Yasaka Equipment.
Rakza 9 is a World Class rubber, created with after the best Research and Development.

Rakza 9 is the fastest of Yasaka’s Hybrid Energy rubbers and is suitable for technical offensive players, using both high speed and spin to win the point.

We have only 2 PCS. Others booked by pre-order. Also available Rakza 7. Great reviews.

Editor
www.TableTennisBug.com

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