Indian National Table Tennis Championships at Raipur starts today.

The 74th Senior National Table Tennis Championships start at the Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium, Raipur. The Championships run from 7 to 12 January 2013.

PSPB and Maharashtra are the top seeds in the Men's and Team events. PSPB will fight hard to get back the Women's title, while it will be a great surprise if anyone is able to even give a semblance of a fight to the PSPB men. The star players will be Poulomi Ghatak, K Shamini, Ankita Das, Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahasrabudhe, Divya Deshpande, Mamta Prabhu, Sharath Kamal, A Amalraj, Soumyajit Ghosh, Sanil Shetty, Soumyadeep Roy, G Sathiyan, Subhajit Saha, and Sourav Chakraborty.

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http://www.tabletennisbug.com/2013/01/soumyajit-and-sanil-are-top-seeds-in.html

Ma Lin and Ovtcharov debate midly over an edge point

In the end, Timo Boll deliberately served on the wrong side and gave a point away. In a way, ended the controversy.

This was not a heated argument because it was a friendly match (China vs World). Loved how Timo was smiling throughout. Ma Lin is fiercely competitive even in a friendly, that's how he is and its fantastic too. Ovtcharov was searching for the truth. All in all, personality traits coming out in a single point. Interesting to watch.

Excuse the not so good audio.

Estee Ackerman cannot play Table Tennis on Sabbath

Estee Ackerman vosizneias.com

Religion won over sport when Estee Ackerman refused to play her Table Tennis match on a Friday night. The event was the US Table Tennis Nationals.

The Jewish girl feels that her religion, Judaism is also very important. Estee is ranked fourth in her age group in the US. She aims at winning a medal at the Olympics sometime in the future.

Swansea Table Tennis is on the right path!

Swansea Table Tennis is on an upswing, thanks to a pilot scheme for promotion. Table Tennis sessions were first introduced at Penyrheol Comprehensive School and then rolled across the city after tremendous success. A 5x60 scheme was started, in which kids were encouraged to play at least for an hour (60 minutes) for 5 days in a week. Read more here:

http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=46496

Bollywood Table Tennis

Some Bollywood actors are avid Table Tennis players. Here are some celebrity pictures-

Amitabh Bacchhan

Amitabh on memsaab.com

Arjun Rampal

Chitrangada

Chitrangada photo on gobollywood.com

UK Olympic funding, Table Tennis loses

Table Tennis has lost a bit of support from UK sport as players prepare for the 2016 Olympic games at Rio de Janerio. Other sports that suffered are Basketball and Wrestling. The big gainers in percentage terms were Boxing, and Gymnastics. Rowing received the highest funding followed by Cycling, and Athletics.

Since UK Sport funds athletes who are likely to win medals and there was sharp focus on Table Tennis players' performance, it is not surprisingly that they took this decision. Here's hoping that the younger players prove their detractors wrong, work hard and get into medal contention at least for 2020.

Sunny Deol stays fit with Table Tennis

Sunny Deol, who is struggling recently with injuries, has found an innovative way to stay fit- by playing Table Tennis. Since he needs to avoid heavy weight lifting to avoid any danger to his back, he is indulging in bouts of Ping Pong after his regular gym workout. A special room kitted with all Table Tennis amenities has been set up for him.

It is rumoured that daddy Dharam ji is also a decent badminton and Table Tennis player too.

Here's Shahid Kapoor and Pankaj Kapur also playing Table Tennis. Many Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bacchhan, Chitrangada Singh, Arjun Rampal, and others play Table Tennis.

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Table Tennis tournaments this month

Happy new year, US Table Tennis players!


Tournaments coming up in January next weekend.


LYTTC January Open    
Dunellen   
NJ   
1/12/2013 - 1/13/2013   

Butterfly East Gate Open Series    
Roanoke   
VA   
1/12/2013

4th Butterfly Cape Fear Open    
Fayetteville   
NC   
1/12/2013

2013 Austin Winter Open Table Tennis Tournament     
Austin   
TX   
1/12/2013

Robopong January 2013 Broward TTC Open     
Dania Beach   
FL   
1/12/2013 - 1/13/2013

Maryland Circuit     
Eldersburg   
MD   
1/12/2013

Ping Pong or Table Tennis tournaments in Illinois

Table Tennis tournament in Illinois

1/5/2013
Morton Grove Winter Open 1 Star
Morton Grove   
IL 
(Illinois, USA)

Table Tennis New Year Resolution?

Do you have any aims that will serve as Table Tennis aims for the coming year? Share with us!