Table Tennis Tables at Glasgow

The beautiful Table Tennis tables that were used at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow.

Malabar Hill Mumbai Table Tennis Tournament

The Malabar Hill 3 Star Table Tennis district tournament will be held under the aegis of the MCDTTA at Malabar Hill Club, Mumbai from 11th to 14th August.
Mr. S S Gamre is the chief referee.

Schedule and contact details.

Thanks to Deepak Sir for the information.

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Upcoming Table Tennis tournaments

Upcoming tournaments.

We request you to please send info about tournaments in your region so that we can share with TT fans/players.

3rd Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Dombivli
Aug 5 to 10

4th Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Aurangabad
Sep 2 to 7

3rd Pune District Ranking Table Tennis tournament at PYC Gymkhana
Aug 15 to 18

Thanks

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Photo: PYC Gymkhana Table Tennis hall.

Dates are sometimes subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances. Please contact the organizers. You can mail to editor@tabletennisbug.com in case you are unable to reach them.

Indian men top group at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow

At the prestigious Commonwealth Games that have started at Glasgow, the Indian Men's Table Tennis team comfortably beat Vanuatu, N Ireland, and Guyana in their pool to advance.

While the matches against Vanuatu and Guyana were a mere formality, Soumyajit had to battle back from 0-2 down against Robinson of N Ireland eventually winning 3-2. However, India blanked all the teams 3-0.

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Kanak Jha wins US Open Cadet boys Table Tennis title

Kanak Jha won the Cadet Boys singles title at the US Open Table Tennis championships at Grand Rapids. Kanak has been collecting some really important titles recently:

2014 USA World Team Member
2014 U.S. Open - Cadet Boys Champion
2014 U.S. National Junior Boys & Cadet Boys Team Member
2014 ITTF North America Cup - Men's Singles Champion

Photo and info source: butterflyonline.com

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Rakshith, Samyukta win titles at Kushal Nagar State Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Rakshith RB of MSSTTA and R Samyukta bagged the Junior girls and boys titles at the Kushal Nagar Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament.

Both Rakshith and Samyukta conceded two games before prevailing over Vedanth M Urs and Kushi V.

Results:

Junior boys final 

R.B. Rakshith (MSSTTA) bt Vedanth M Urs (Vidyashram, Mysore) 11-8, 5-11, 10-12, 13-11, 14-12, 11-1. 

Junior Girls final 

R. Samyukta (BNM, Bangalore) bt V. Kushi (BNM, Bangalore) 

11-3, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6.

Corporate Table Tennis Tournament, Bangalore

Pradeep Gowda of Victory events announcement:

Victory Events is bringing fresh excitement and pleasure in inviting your team for the 11th Edition of the Corporate Table Tennis Tournament On July 19th 20th 26th & 27th 2014
Venue: Gopalan International School, Bangalore

Email: pradeepg@victoryevents.in 
Mob: 09019544494
 

Meeting Peter Karlsson and Vivek Kohli

Excited at an opportunity to meet two of the biggest personalities who are changing the face of Table Tennis in India and the World.

Peter Karlsson and Vivek Kohli of Stag International.

Questionnaire time.

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Anirban, Shwetha win titles at Canara Union Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Anirban Roy Choudhary beat Anshuman Roy in straight sets to bag the men's single crown at the Canara Union. The event was the 1st Ranking Table Tennis tournament of the Karnataka Table Tennis season. Shwetha won the women's title.

Shreyal Telang made a comeback to Table Tennis by winning the youth boys title, while Spoorthy MV won a creditable double.

Results:

Men: Anirban Roy Choudhary bt Anshuman Roy 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, 11-5.
Youth boys: Shreyal K Telang bt Akshay Mohanta 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6.
Junior boys: Rakshith RB bt Shreyas Kulkarni 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6.
Women: Shwetha bt Spoorthy 11-7, 11-8, 12-10, 13-11, 11-9.
Youth girls: Spoorthy MV bt Kushi V 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 8-11, 12-14, 5-11.
Junior girls: Spoorthy MV bt Gayathri Tankasali 11-6, 11-2, 11-6, 11-5.

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Neymar, Ronaldo, Rooney, Van Persie playing Table Tennis!

Soccer players enjoy Table Tennis.

Recently, Neymar was spotted playing a game, losing a bet and having to crawl under the table. But he did it all with great sporting spirit.

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