Table Tennis Player Rup Jyoti Pathak

Rup Jyoti Pathak is a Gold medal winner at the KVS National level. He is from Sivasagar, Assam.

Naperville Table Tennis tournament on January 26 at River Woods School

The yearly Naperville Table Tennis tournament, which will be sponsored by Naperville Park District and the Naperville Table Tennis club, takes place on 26th January, 2013.

Prizes will be awarded for best children, adults, and seniors.

Venue:
River Woods School,
2607 River Woods Drive,
Naperville
Illinois

Timo Boll in SPiN Los Angeles USA

Table Tennis Super Star Timo Boll of Germany will be at SPiN LA on 19th from 6PM to 10PM!
550 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
LOS ANGELES
CA  90071

 

Photo from http://losangeles.spingalactic.com

Table Tennis player Chandrasekhar Malladi

Service action of Chandrasekhar Malladi, a Table Tennis player from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Photo by Praneeth Tummala

US No. 1 Table Tennis player Ilija Lupulesku

Lupulesku is the top rated American Ping Pong player. He has played in 5 Olympics.

Sharath Kamal, Indian Table Tennis International player in action

Sharath Kamal - Photo by Prasad Naik

Dubai will sponsor China Table Tennis Team

In it's quest to develop relations with the fast growing China, Dubai has announced that it will sponsor the Chinese National Table Tennis team. It hopes that this will bring Dubai and China closer and will allow both parties to explore opportunities. Mattar Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of Dubai Sports Council met Chinese Table Tennis officials in Beijing and finalized the deal.

The Chinese star players will wear clothing with Dubai's name on it. Considering the fact that millions of people watch major Table Tennis matches in China and around the world, the move seems to be a very smart one. Table Tennis also features prominently on various prime time slots around the world. Table Tennis, also called Ping Pong is a major sport in China and has a huge fan following.


Currently, the top 4 ranked players in the World are all Chinese. When Dubai hosted a Pro Tour Table Tennis event in 2011, several of the top Chinese players, such as Ma Long, Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin participated. The same was the case at the World Team Table Tennis Cup in 2011.

Cai Zhenhua, Deputy Minister of the General Administration of Sports, China, met with Dubai’s delegates at the State’s General Administration of Sports and expressed hope that the agreement between the Chinese Table Tennis Association and the Government of Dubai will strengthen relations between the two parties.

John Ferguson, Chairman of Falcon and Associates, who facilitated the meeting reportedly said that Dubai's support of Table Tennis, a very important cultural factor, will go a long way in improving business and cultural ties. It is fascinating to note that in 2011, hundreds of thousands of Chinese tourists visited Dubai. Also, Dubai has a significant population of people with Chinese origin. China is Dubai's 2nd largest trading partner.

Sougata Sarkar, Table Tennis Player from India

Sougata serving.

Sougata Sarkar's greatest claim to fame is his great fight against Sharath Kamal who was at that time ranked in the top 50 in the world's Table Tennis elite. Sougata was leading 7-5 in the deciding game, but nerves cost him dear and he lost the match.

The tournament was the 40th Inter Institutional Table Tennis tournament at Ajmer.

Maxim Shmyrev beats Sule Olaleye to win Barry Hearn World Championship of Ping Pong

Maxim Shmyrev finished well ahead of many professional Table Tennis players to win the World Championship of Ping Pong tournament recently held at Alexandra Palace. He won $ 20,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.

The tournament is a bit different from the traditional Table Tennis tournaments in that a sand paper bat is used to play instead of sponge laden bats!

The event was extensively covered by Fox Sports in the USA and by Sky Sports in the UK. 

Werrington Leisure Centre starts Table Tennis Club

A social and friendly Table Tennis club has been started at the Werrigton Leisure Centre where you can make friends and play as competitively as you wish. The advantage of this club is that you can find players most times. A nominal fee needs to be paid to play for an hour or two. No prior booking is required.

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