Saturday, December 8, 2012

Sanil Shetty, Mamta Prabhu are State Champions of Maharashtra for 2012

International players Sanil Shetty and Mamta Prabhu subdued Aman Balgu and Divya Deshpande to win the Maharashtra Inter-district and State Championships at Aurangabad.

While Sanil prevailed over Aman in a straight-forward manner, the Mamta-Divya tussle went straight down to the wire.

Results:

Men's Singles:

Sanil Shetty bt Aman Balgu - 12/10,13/11,11/8,11/7

Women's Singles:

Mamta Prabhu bt Divya Deshpande -10/12,10/12,11/5,11/5,11/9,9/11,13/11

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Focus on Killerspin on Forbes

Here's an article on Killerspin by Monte Burke (Forbes staff).

Photo of Biba (Biljana Golic of Killerspin) courtesy Forbes.com

http://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/12/07/table-tennis-company-killerspin-works-on-ping-pong-diplomacy-round-two/

Friday, December 7, 2012

Strong legs required for Table Tennis, not only hands!

The key to being a successful Table Tennis player is having a strong pair of legs and not only hands. Portuguese player, João Monteiro shows why!

Table Tennis (Tischtennis) documentary: The Chinese of Europe

A Ping Pong documentary (Die Chinesen Europas) featuring Timo Boll and the German team that won the silver medal at the Leibherr World Championship at Dortmund was premiered at Savoy in Dusseldorf.

The other main roles are played by Dmitrij Ovtcharov, Christian Suss, Bastian Steger and head coach Jorg Rosskopf.

The director of the documentary Milan Skrobanek has also produced other documentaries on Football and Handball. He spent months with the German National team understanding every aspect of their preparation and actual competition.

Justin Beiber thinks JP Morgan is alive

Photo courtesy weheartit.com
Justin Beiber was wondering why he had to make way for a JP Morgan private party. He was playing Ping Pong at Susan Sarandon's SPiN last week. He was heard saying "Why does he get the room and not us?"

Maharashtra Inter district and State Championships at Aurangabad

Mumbai Suburban and Thane won the Men's and Women's Team Championships titles at the Maharashtra Inter district and State Championships at Aurangabad.

Men:

MSD bt Thane

Sanil Shetty bt Jineet Lilani (3-1)
Aman Balgu bt Zubin Taraporewala (3-1)
Noel Pinto bt Mayuresh Kelkar (3-0)

Women:

Thane beat MSD

Pooja S bt Charvi Kawale (3-2)
Madhurika Patkar bt Runa Roy (3-1)
Prajakta Tipale lost to Akshi Sancheti (3-0)
Madhurika Patkar bt Charvi Kawale (3-0)

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Cielo Galman wins Vero Beach Table Tennis Championship again

Cielo Galman in action at her club
Cielo Galman dominated the tournament beating accomplished players such as John Suen, Sandeep Sura, and Karl Freitag.

The beautiful coastal town hosted this event for the second year in a row.

Alameda Table Tennis Club

A player at Alameda Table Tennis Club
Alameda Table Tennis club is located at Lincoln Avenue, Alameda, CA.
Contact editor@TableTennisBug.com if you need more details on Table Tennis activity.

Concord Table Tennis Club

A participant at the Golden State Table Tennis tournament
The Concord Table Tennis club in Pleasant Hill, California (CA) has interesting Round Robin Table Tennis Tournaments and training sessions.

Contact editor@TableTennisBug.com for more details.