Gold medals galore for the Indian Cadet Table Tennis Team at El Salvador

This is certainly Indian Table Tennis history being re-written! The very young cadet team swept most titles at El Salvador beating more senior International ranked players, including in the much higher age group of Under 18, even though they are Under 15! Three cheers !!!

We are losing count of the Gold medals , just listing some achievements of the many winners and runners up.
Anirban Ghosh (Gold U 18 boys, rare record for India from a Cadet boy, team gold, Gold Cadet Boys)
Birdie Boro (Silver U 18 close final against Anirban, Gold Cadet team, Silver Cadet doubles)
Arjun Ghosh (Cadet boys doubles Gold, Team medal)
Sreeja Akula (Gold U 18 girls, rare record for India from a Cadet girl)
Moumita Dutta (Gold Cadet girls, Gold Cadet girls doubles)
Sagarika Mukherjee (Cadet girls, junior girls medals)

(Photo courtesy Aishwarya Pathak)

Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Jaipur

The Jaipur edition of the Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament runs from 16th August to 18 th August.

Tournament alert provided by Shubham Ojha.

Editor

Birdie Boro and Anirban Ghosh win Cadet Team title at El Salvador

The Indian Cadet Table Tennis team again dominated the team events at 2013 El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Junior Circuit. In both the Boys and Girls sections, two Indian teams played out the finals!

Birdie Boro and Anirban Ghosh played in the Cadet Boys finals winning team against Lalrin Puia and Arjun Ghosh while Sagarika Mukherjee and Calange Ravichandran Harsha Vardhini beat Moumita Dutta and Aishwarya Pathak.

(Please note that photo is only indicative, is the old Cadet team)

Current Table Tennis tournaments in India

Table Tennis tournaments in India - Just concluded tournaments, Upcoming tournaments. Please send any information of tournaments in your region.

Punjab 9-Aug 11-Aug at Khanna
Andhra State Ranking 9-Aug 11-Aug at Hyderabad
Hiren Baruah All Assam Ranking TT Tourney 10-Aug 12-Aug at Jorhat, Assam
Thane Dist Ranking 12-Aug 15-Aug Thane
Independence Cup (Corporate) 17-Aug 18-Aug at Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan State Ranking 16-Aug 18-Aug at Jaipur, Rajasthan
All India Doctors 17-Aug 18-Aug at Baroda, Gujarat
Inter Inst 22-Aug 27-Aug at Dharwad, Karnataka
Mah Ranking (4) 28-Aug 1-Sep at Dombivli

Mouma Das Chakraborty named for Arjuna Award

Mouma Das, India's Table Tennis team member for a long time is among the Arjuna Award winners this year. The list also has several champions in other sports including the recent medal winner at the World Badminton Championships P V Sindhu and Virat Kohli.

LIC Cup Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament by Belgaum District Table Tennis Association

Belgaum District Table Tennis Association is organizing LIC CUP - Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament for the year 2013, sponsored by Life Insurance Corporation of India, Divisional Office, Belgaum and co-sponsored by Belgaum Club, from 15 August 2013 to 18th August 2013 at Belgaum Club Badminton Hall, Club Road, Belgaum.

The tournament is also supported by Shree Raghavendra Co.op Cr.Society Ltd. Belgaum and Venugram Multi Purpose Co.op Society Ltd. Belgaum.

The Tournament will be conducted in the following categories: -

(1) Men Singles ( 8 ) Cadet Girls Singles

(2) Women Singles ( 9 ) Mini Cadet Boys Singles

(3) Junior Boys Singles (10) Mini Cadet Girls Singels

(4) Junior Girls Singles (11) Youth Boys Singles

(5) Sub-Junior Boys Singles (12) Team Championships

(6) Sub-Junior Girls Singles (13) Non-Medalist Singles

(7) Cadet Boys Singles (14) Mens Doubles

Ankita Das reaches Brazil Open finals, gives Elizabeta Samara a huge fight

We really need to stand up and take notice of this girl's achievement. Absolute Respect! Please watch the video, link is in the comments.

Ankita Das has not just reached the finals of a World Tour Table Tennis tournament, which is already a great achievement. Here's more - she gave a huge fight against the World cup runner up Elizabeta Samara of Romania (who lost the World Cup final to Liu Shiwen of China) of Romania. Remember, the World cup and such elite events are dominated by the Chinese and other Asian or players of Asian origin. In fact, it is worth noting that the Romanian player is the second highest ranked non-Asian (or a player originating from an Asian nation!

Ankita stretched the world class player, ranked No. 19 in the world in two deuce games and also another close 11-9 game. Kudos to Ankita, keep going strong, work strong.

Editor

Manika Batra and Soumyajit win U 21 titles at the Brazil Open Table Tennis tournament

Manika Batra and Soumyajit Ghosh won the U 21 Girls and Boys titles at the Brazil open.
While Manika beat the host nation's Caroline Kumahara 11:5, 9:11, 12:10, 11:5 and 11:5, Soumyajit over came Benjamin Brossier of France in seven tough sets 8:11, 6:11, 11;7, 11:6, 9:11, 11:7 and 11:2.
Incidentally, Soumyajit beat G Sathiyan also of India, who won the bronze medal.

All in all, the Indian players ensured a rich medal haul with Ankita Das reaching the finals (to be played today), again beating Caroline Kumahara and Harmeet Desai (semi finals). Ankita Das faces the very strong Elizabeta Samara of Romania, who recently achieved the rare feat of an European reaching a World Cup final.

Photo source: ittf.com

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India wins Gold and silver in the Cadet Boys section at the Guatemala Junior and Cadet Open ITTF Junior Circuit tournament

Update:
Aniban Ghosh and Birdie Boro won the gold medal in the Cadet Boys section.

India has started it's medals sweep at the Guatemala Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Junior Circuit tournament.
In just over an hour, they will play in two semi-finals. India A team represented by Anirban Ghosh and Birdie Boro, India B team represented by Lalrin Puia and Arjun Ghosh.

All the best!!! Go for Gold.