India wins all titles at the South Asian Junior Table Tennis tournament

India completely dominated proceedings at the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Shillong and booked their places in the Asian Junior Table Tennis tournament to be held at Jiangyin, China.

Abhishek Yadav, Sudhanshu Grover, and Vivek Bhargava scored facile victories over their Nepal opponents. In the Girl's section, T. Reeth Rishya, Mallika Bhandarkar, Priya Narasimha and Senhora D’Souza overwhelmed the opposition.

The Indian Cadets too finished first without much trouble.

Favorites at the London Olympics Table Tennis

Although a dark horse can emerge and grab titles, it is unlikely that the winner at the London Olympics Table Tennis will be out of the following lists:

Men
 Wang Hao (CHN)
 Timo Boll (GER)
 Zhang Jike (CHN)
 Jun Mizutani (JPN)
 Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
 Joo Se-Hyuk (KOR)
 Oh Sang-Eun (KOR)
 Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE)
 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)

Among the men, our picks are Wang Hao (who won two silver medals at the last two Olympics), and Zhang Jike, the fighter and the current World Champion.

Women

 Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
 Ding Ning (CHN)
 Feng Tianwei (SIN)
 Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
 Ai Fukuhara (JPN)
 Kim Kyung-Ah (KOR)
 Wang Yuegu (SIN)
 Tie Ya Na (HKG)

Team Men

1     CHINA         
2     GERMANY         
3     KOREA REPUBLIC          
4     JAPAN   
5     HONG KONG

Team Women 

1     CHINA
2     JAPAN
3     SINGAPORE
4     KOREA REPUBLIC
5     HONG KONG
6     GERMANY

Harmeet wins Brazil Open World Tour U-21 Title

Harmeet Desai made India proud at the Brazil Open World Tour tournament. He won the Boy's U 21 beating Cedric Nuytinck of Belgium in the finals. Soumyajit Ghosh was the top seed, but he lost to Harmeet in the Semi-finals.

Soumyajit, however, did not let the loss affect him as he reached the Quarterfinals of the Men's Singles!

It was a good show by most players from India as they reached the Main draw.

Table Tennis Schedule and Venue at London Olympics 2012

Men's Singles - 28th July to 2nd August 2012. Medals to be decided on 2nd August
Women's Singles - 28th July to 1st August 2012. Medals to be decided on 2nd August
Men's Team Event - 3rd August to 6th August and Medals to be decided on 8th August 2012
Women's Team Event - 3rd August to 7th August. Medals to be deicded on 7th August 2012

The Matches will be held at the Excel Stadium.

Table Tennis Tournaments in Mumbai

(1) MCF Borivali - 4 Star All Mumbai - 20 to 24 June 2012. R. K. Bowrie & Amit Mody to Co ordinate.

(2) JVPG Club, Juhu - 4 Star All Mumbai - July 2012. Ojas Dave & Amit Shah to co ordinate.

(3) Pro TT, University - 4 Star All Mumbai - Mid June 2012. Mahendra Chiplunkar & Gamre to Co ordinate.

(4) Matunga Gymkhana - 4 Star All Mumbai - September 2012. Kamlesh Mehta & Nirmal Shah to co ordinate.

(5) KRC Kandivli - 3 star MSD - November 1st week. Manish Tutwala & Amit Mody to co ordinate.

(6) Khar Gymkhana - State Ranking - 2 to 6 October. Vinay Chande & Kamlesh Mehta to coordinate.

(7) MIG, Bandra - 3 Star MSD - July / August. Suhas Dandekar & Deepak Mani to Coordinate. 

(8) Goregaon Sp Club - 3 Star MSD - September. Priyesh Kamdar & Gurcharan Singh to coordinate. 

(9) Jolly Gymkhana - 3 Star MSD - July / August. Bakul Parekh & kamlesh Mehta to coordinate.

Talks are also on with Chembur Gymkhana & BARC for conduct of a tournament.

 

Special Thanks to Amit Modi for the information - Editor

Divya outperforms her ranking by a long margin

Divya Deshpande: Photo Courtesy of the ITTF

Everyone loves performances that belie current strength. Divya Deshpande was one such performer at the Brazil Open Table Tennis World Tour tournament at Santos, Brazil. Ranked 4th in the group of 4 players, she finished first this earning a notable feature mention on the ITTF Web site here:

http://ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=28261&Competition_ID=2149&

Divya beat Silva Ligia and Berta Rodriguez of host country Brazil and Chile respectively, who are ranked much higher.

Among other Indian in the fray, Soumyadeep Roy, Sanil Shetty,and Harmeet Desai in the Men's and Poulomi Ghatak, Mousumi Paul, Ankita Das, K Shamini, Manika Batra, Mouma Das also made it to the main draw. Soumyajit Ghosh, Subhajit Saha and A Amalraj are already in the main draw since they are seeded.

Frenaz Chipia wins a Triple at the Bhavnagar State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

Frenaz Chipia won a grand triple at the Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Bhavnagar. In each of the finals, she beat Hely Shah. Hely Shah can take some comfort since she beat top seed Sapna Sharma in the semi finals.

Frenaz was recently attending the camp at Indore for Indian probables and seemed to be super sharp in her play. In the Men's finals, Devesh Karia beat Ravi Joshi 4-2.

Cadet Boys : Manush shah (Baroda) bt. Parag Chandalia(Bhavnagar) 9-11,11-7,11-2,11-3,11-8.

Sub.Junior Boys : Final : Nilay Thakkar(Surat) bt. Harsh Thakre(Baroda) 10-12,7-11,7-11,11-9,14-12,11-8,11-6

Junior Boys : Final – Harsh Sachnandani(Surat) bt Henil Shah(Ahmedabad) 10-12,7-11,9-11,11-7,12-10,11-6,11-8

Youth Boys : Ravi Joshi (Bhavnagar) bt. Harsh Sachnandani(Surat) 13-11,12-10,11-6,9-11,11-8.

Mens Singles : Devesh Karia (Bhavnagar) bt. Ravi Joshi (Bhavnagar) 11-6,8-11,8-11,11-4,11-3,11-4.

Cadet Girls : Meens Patel(Val) bt. Sanskruti Malpani(Surat) 11-7,11-7,11-7,11-13,11-7

Sub.Junior Girls : Final : Sanjana Kotak(Ahmedabad) bt.Simin Atodariya(Surat)
11-8,11-13,12-10,12-10,9-11,10-12,11-7.

Junior Girls : Final : Frenaz Chhipia(Surat) bt. Hely Shah(Ahmedabad) 11-8,11-9,11-6,11-8.

Youth Girls: Frenaz Chhipia(Surat) bt. Hely Shah(Ahmedabad) 9-11,13-11,11-7,12-10,11-8.

Women Singles : Frenaz Chipia ( Surat) bt Hely Shah (Ahmedabad) 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-4, 13-11, 11-6.

Wales Table Tennis Top Players

Top Welsh Table Tennis Players

Men

Men
Ranking	Name		Town
1	Adam	Robertson	Wrexham
2	Ryan	Jenkins	Rhondda
3	Stephen	Jenkins	Rhondda
4	Daniel	O'Connell
5	Wiktor	Dzwonkowski	Cardiff
6	Dean	Cundy	Swansea
7	Yongbo	Zhang	Cardiff
8	Neil	Wright	Cardiff
9	Lewis	Williams	Beauford Hill
10	Michael	Marsden	Abertillery
11	Martin	Gunn	Swansea
12	Ceri	James	Swansea
13	Reece	Lo	Abertillery
14	Patrick	Thomas	Tredegar
15	David	Lloyd	Thornbury
16	Ryan	Owen	Abertillery
17	Alex	O'Connell	Abertillery
18	Jonathan	Davies	Bridgend
19	Scott	Johnson	Bridgend
20	Phil	Avery	Cowbridge
21	Vincent	Dragone	Carmarthen
22	Hywel	John	Rhondda
22	Dean	Richards	Newport
24	Connor	Edwards
25	Lee	Morgan

Women

Ranking	Name		Town
1	Naomi	Owen	Llandrindod Wells
2	Charlotte	Carey	Ebbw Vale
3	Megan	Phillips	Denbigh
4	Beth	Roberts
5	Nicole	Hall
6	Angharad	Phillips	Denbigh
7	Sharlene	Williams	Nantymoel
8	Hannah	Avery	Cowbridge
9	Regina	Grech	Bridgend
9	Louise	Islip	Bridgend
11	Laura	Edwards
11	Chloe	Thomas	Tredegar
13	Claire	Flannagan	Cwmbran
14	Anna	Labuz	Cardiff
15	Joanna	Vanarikes	Abertillery
16	Julie	Furber	Buckley
17	Laura	Price	Cardiff
18	Jane	Gardner	Newport
19	Sam	Meredith	Cardiff
20	Natasha	Rees	Swansea

Junior Boys

Ranking	Name		Town
1	Edwards	Connor	Tonypandy
2	Oyler	Ryan	Cardiff
3	Griffiths	Chris	Ferndale
4	Prosser	Alex	Rhondda
5	Williams	Lewis	Beauford Hill
6	Heydon	Thomas	Swansea
7	Mollaei	Peynan	Cardiff
8	Goodall	Tom	Cardiff
9	Evans	Callum	Tonypandy
10	John	Lawrence	Swansea
11	Kupski	Jack	Wrexham
12	Clews	Max	Swansea
13	Trigg	Ryan	Bridgend
14	Lewis	Ethan	Ferndale
15	Winder	Liam	Ferndale
16	Powell	Josh	Wrexham
16	Lo	Ryan	Tredegar
18	Jenkins	Jac	Ynysybwl
18	Joules	Paul	Carmarthen
20	Thomas	Tatsuki	Carmarthen
21	Lewis	Dylan	Ferndale
22	Jenkins	Tom	Wrexham
23	Castro	Marc	Swansea
24	Oliver	Ryan	Newport
25	Langley	Harry	Carmarthen

Junior Girls

Ranking	Name		Town
1	Nicole	Hall
2	Megan	Phillips	Denbigh
3	Beth	Roberts
4	Angharad	Phillips	Denbigh
5	Carys	Webster	Rhondda
6	Charlotte	Carey	Ebbw Vale
7	Charlotte	Slye
8	Chloe	Thomas	Tredegar
9	Kate	Roberts	Llandyrnog
10	Sharlene	Williams	Nantymoel
11	Laura	Edwards
12	Soffi	Jenkins
13	Emma	Kupski	Wrexham
14	Laura	Price	Cardiff
15	Faye	Evans
16	Caitlin	Williams	Nantymoel
17	Hannah	Avery	Cowbridge
18	Bethan	Lewis
19	Lydia	John
19	Cade	Short
21	Jess	Neck	Ferndale
22	Bethane	Brewer	Ebbw Vale
22	Carys	Roberts	Denbigh
24	Romy	Killick	Bridgend
25	Gabby	Wan	Denbigh

Top Scotland Table Tennis Players

Top Scottish Table Tennis Players

	Men		Ladies
.	1	Gavin Rumgay		Lynda Flaws
.	2	Craig Howieson		Corinna Whitaker
.	3	Naill Cameron		Gillian Edwards
.	4	Stewart Crawford		Natasha Milliken
.	5	Sean Doherty		Lucy Elliott
.	6	Calum Main		Roxanna Milne
.	7	Craig Hardie		Lara Stirling
.	8	Scott Barton		Linda McLernon
.	9	Richard Main		Maureen Moran
.	10	Chris Main		Linda Powell

	Boys	Girls
.	1	Scott Barton	Lucy Elliott
.	2	Colin Dalgleish	Lara Stirling
.	3	Christopher Wheeler	Renee Ho
.	4	Blair Fowler	Rachel Crawford
.	5	Basel Razouk	Caitlin Cameron
.	6	Alexander Wheeler	Jennifer Hart
.	7	Ying Jin	Alice Williams
.	8	Conor Moran	Kay Lee
.	9	Yaser Razouk	Kirsten Atkinson
.	10	Thomas Grant	Jill Taylor

Irish Table Tennis Rankings

Photo courtesy Zimbio.com

Top Irish (Ireland) Table Tennis Players

MEN

Rank	Name
1	Murphy, John
2	McCreery, Paul
3	Robinson, Ashley
4	Logue, Sam
5	Maguire, Gavin
6	Graham, Peter
7	O'Flynn, Mark
8	Pofok, Tibor
9	O'Brien. Declan
10	Gavin, Robert
11	Strong, Daryl
12	Wallace, Phil
13	Redmond, Anthony
14	Brown, Ian
15	Farrell, Ryan
16	Keenan, Daniel
17	Mackey, Kevin
18	Slater. Stephen
19	Devereux, Brian
20	Butler, Dave
21	Finn, Brian
22	Knox, Gervis
23	Herley James
24	Gallagher, Will
25	Kelly, Kieran
26	Jamison, Philip
27	Mullaly, Conor
28	Finlay, Matt
29	Donnelly, Jack
30	McAllister, Mark
31	Stapleton, Jack
32	Reilly, Ciaran
33	Shaw, Philip
34	Ning, Na
35	Davis, Tom
36	Fitzgerald, Tommy
37	Lewanczuk, Artur
38	Li Shizhao
39	O'Connor, Geoffrey
40	Porter, Jonathan
41	Zatylny, Dariusz
42	Szymanski, Maciek
43	O'Rourke, Corey
44	Kopacz, Paul
45	Keenan, Stephen
46	Beades, Conor
47	Devaney, Kevin
48	Lagan, Michael
49	Flood, Ryan
50	O' Neill, Kalen
51	Dennis, John
52	Slattery, Dylan
53	O'Reilly, Alan
54	Nolan, Conor
55	Campbell, Andrew
56	Hutchinson, Kevin
57	Sulkowski, David
58	Farrell, Stephen
59	Knox, Keith
60	McConkey, Ryan
61	Gordon, Mark
62	Scott, Rory
63	Dobbs, Anthony
64	Mandler, Atilla
65	Davis, Robert
66	Nabney, Norman
67	Kelly, Stefon
68	Kozak, Istvan
69	Doyle, Mark
70	Mullaly, Donie
71	Reilly, Gavin
72	Kennedy, Ed
73	Hardiman, Sam
74	Cooper, Joshua
75	Foster, Kris
76	Cunningham, Michael
77	Ribeiro, Marcello
78	Shekleton, Eric
79	O'Keefe, Kevin
80	Hubenov, Georgi
81	Kelleher, Joe
82	Loane, Andrew
83	Grala, Marek
84	Kingsley, Anthony
85	Huang, Chad
86	Gillen, Alexander
87	Bulla, Ratislav
88	O'Dea, Rory
89	Kelleher, Brian
90	Crawford, Gary
91	Letendre, Florent
92	Quinn, Shay
93	Taylor, Alan
94	Bowe, John
95	Karczewski, Krzysztof
96	Pemberton, Dave
97	Hickey, Owen
98	Daniel Blom
99	Nash, Mike
100	Langan, Michael

WOMEN

1	Given, Ashley
2	Mogey, Amanda
3	Timlin, Sarah
4	Devereux, Sabina
5	Wyse, Jean
6	O'Reilly, Edel
7	McGlone, Katie
8	Devaney, Teresa
9	Ludlow, Emma
10	Walker, Annalise
11	Dawson, Hannah
12	Slattery, Maebhdh
13	Richardson, Gillian
14	Kacsandi, Rita
15	McGlone, Elayna
16	Dennett, Fiona
17	Murphy, Deirdre
18	Thompson, Erin
19	Rock, Amy
20	Kenny, Rebecca
21	Nelson, Claire
22	Burns, Emily
23	Dolan, Sara
24	Healy, Aisling
25	Poller, Jana
26	Buttimer, Niamh
27	Carpenter, Ros
28	Kufel, Ewelina
29	Hayes, Amy Lou
30	McCullagh, Clodagh
31	Huizhaung, Xie
32	Byrne, Sarah
33	O'Shea, Lynn
34	McConkey, Sally
35	Treacy, Niamh
36	Brady, Brielle
37	Whelan, Kate
38	Maties, Lavinia
39	O'Reilly, Emily
40	Kenny, Sarah
41	Tracy, Niamh
42	Heller, Claire
43	Kayrin, Ong
44	Harper, Pauline
45	Murphy, Susan

Ulster Men's Rankings

Philip    Wallace            Queens
Ashley    Robinson        FMT Academy
Daryl    Strong              Queens
Paul    McCreery   
Gervis    Knox            UUJ
Peter    Graham            Queens
Dawid    Sulkowski        Ballymoney
Mark    McAlister        Cookstown
Stephen    Slater            FMT Academy
Philip    Jamison            Knockagh
Pawel    Sulkowski        Ballymoney
Roy    Coard            Christchurch
Richard    Davies            Ballyclare Meth
Andrew    Loane            Glenburn
Mark    Gordon   
Zak    Wilson   
Kieran    Reilly            Castlerahan
Ted    Mahaffey        Christchurch
Barry    Dickson            CBPPU

Ulster Women's Rankings

Amanda    Mogey            Carnmoney
Ashley    Givan            FMT Academy
Emma    Ludlow            Glenburn
Hannah    Lynch-Dawson        FMT Academy
Annalise    Walker        FMT Academy
Erin    Thompson        Glenburn
Gillian    Richardson   
Sally    McConkey   
Na    Liu            Glenburn