Manav Thakkar wins the Junior National Table Tennis Championship title

Manav Thakkar wins the Indian Junior National Championship at Allepey, Kerala!

He is now no. 1 in both sub junior and junior categories.

Congrats to the brightest Indian prodigy!!

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Central Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Indore

Unreal click of Utkarsh Gupta in action trying to retrieve an edge ball at the Central Zone National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Indore. Clicked by the enthusiastic Prasad Naik. The photograph has been hand picked to be published in the newspapers!

The tournament is being held in the Abhay Prashal stadium and organized by Jayesh Acharya and his dynamic team. Great facilities, great hospitality. Table Tennis right from the heart.

Most of the matches have reached the advanced stages. The semi finals and finals of the senior sections will be played tomorrow.

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Table Tennis tournaments at Kandivli, Mumbai

Late Shree Pratap Vora Memorial Table Tennis tournaments at Mumbai. There are two tournaments at Kandivli- a 3 Star District Ranking with many events (Oct 1-3) and the Maharashtra Veterans State Ranking Tournament (Oct 4 and 5). Last date for entries is 28th September. Those who wish to participate, please hurry!

Photo: Deepak Sir. Thanks!
Moon Moon Mukherjee vs Yogesh Desai at PYC, Pune. Team events.

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Indian team for Asian games at Incheon

After a lot of speculation about the uncertainty surrounding India's participation at the Asian Games at Incheon, the team will go and the same team that participated in the Glasgow games has been retained.

Men: A. Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai, Antony Amalraj and Sanil Shetty.

Women: Ankita Das, Madhurika Patkar, Poulomi Ghatak, Manika Batra and Neha Aggarwal.

Coaches: Peter Engel and Bhawani Mukherjee.

Liang Jingkun, who beat Zhang Jike and Ma Long playing in Mumbai!

One of the players participating in the Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Mumbai. He has beaten World and Olympic Champion Zhang Jike and Ma Long in the Chinese trials!

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Abhishek Bacchhan inaugurated the Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at NSCI

Abhishek played some long rallies and good shots at the Asian Junior TT Championships. He inaugurated the event.

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Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Mumbai

Watch this space.

Coming soon! Will you be there?

One of Asia's premier event featuring the World Class champions of the future. Right here in India's financial capital.

Backed by some of the Blue Chip companies in India.

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Poulomi, Sathiyan win Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championships

Poulomi Ghatak and G Sathiyan of PSPB won the prestigious Inter Institutional Table Tennis titles. In the finals, they beat Soumyajit Ghosh and Pooja Sahasrabudhe respectively.

The Inter Institutional Championships are the second most prestigious on the India circuit. All the performers here not only get a head start for the season, but also get 50% more points than the Zonals.

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(Photos: TTFI and hindu.com
Results (from TTFI):

Men (Final): G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) 4-2 (11-1, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9); Semifinals: Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty (PSPB) 4-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10), G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Sarthak Gandhi (FCI) 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7).

Doubles (Final): G. Sathiyan/Sourav Saha (PSPB) bt Soumyajit Ghosh/Harmeet Desai (PSPB) 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9).

Women (Final): Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) 4-2 (12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8); Semifinals: Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) bt Mousumi Paul (PSPB) 4-2 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-3, 14-12, 11-6), Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Madhurika Patkar (RSPB) 4-3 (2-11, 12-10, 11-13, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-3).

Thomas Lee, the legendary player from West Bengal is no more

News coming in from Debashish Chakraborty

Thomas Lee, a famous name in the West Bengal Table Tennis left for the heavenly abodeon 15th August 2014. He was in a city nursing home and suffered an acute cerebral attack. He leaves behind his mother and sister.

Lee was of Chinese origin, but was very popular for the support he gave to all the players that he came across. He was a top class player for his state and for Railways.


May his soul rest in peace.

Editor

Table Tennis Tables at Glasgow

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