Lagos International Table Tennis Classic in August

The Lagos International Table Tennis Classic will be held from August 26 to 31 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas of the Teslim Balogun Stadium. The tournament will have $ 40, 000 as prize money, the biggest in Africa. It is an ITTF sanctioned event.

The tournament is being organized jointly by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) and Main Organising Committee (MOC) of Lagos International Sports Classics.

 Wahid Oshodi and Khaled El-Salhy are encouraging the organization of the tournament.

Table Tennis opportunities in Sussex Table Tennis league

The North Mundham club is looking for promising players to represent them in this season's matches at the South West Sussex league. The club has recently bagged an additional match night for the coming season. Other clubs are also likely to have opportunities open to Table Tennis players.

The league is divided into three divisions based on the playing strength. 

(Photo courtesy www.sussextta.co.uk)

Reverend Richmond Quarcoo resigns as head of Ghana Table Tennis chairman

Reverend Richmond Quarcoo has resigned as the head of the Ghana Table Tennis association, citing reasons of interests elsewhere. Reverend Quarcoo had taken over from Ebo Bartels in May 2010.

During Reverend Quarcoo's tenure, the national team took part in different tournaments including the 5th West African Table Tennis championships where Ghana won nine medals.

(Photo of Ghana Table Tennis players courtesy of the ITTF)

Goa Table Tennis - Panjim Table Tennis club beats Regal Electrotech

Panaji TT club, sponsored by Hotel Manoshanti, won the Angley's Cup Table Tennis team title. The tournament was held in the Gymkhana Hall.

Goa top player, P Adarsh won both his singles matches but this did not help Regal Electrotech as Amit Naik came back from 1-2 down to win a thrilling decider.

Results:
Amit Naik lost to P Adarsh
Diljeet Velingkar beat Myron Pereira
Noel Noronha beat Noel Estibeiro
Diljeet Velingkar lost to P Adarsh
Amit Naik beat Myron Pereira

Table Tennis tournaments July 4th weekend at California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, New Jersey, Arizona, Michigan

Illinois

Schaumburg Summer Open     Schaumburg    IL    7/27/2013

California

LATTA Open     El Monte    CA    7/27/2013

North Carolina

9th Butterfly Cape Fear Open     Fayetteville    NC    7/27/2013

New Jersey

LYTTC July Open     Dunellen    NJ    7/27/2013 - 7/28/2013

Texas

Waco Table Tennis Annual Round Robin Tournament     Waco    TX    7/27/2013

Arizona

2013 Arizona Sizzler Open     Phoenix    AZ    7/27/2013 - 7/28/2013

 Michigan

2013 Northern Open on JOOLA North America Tour     Detroit    MI    7/27/2013 - 7/28/2013

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Table Tennis tournaments this weekend in Pennsylvania, Kansas, Florida, Colorado, Illinois, New York

New York

Westchester 2013 July Open     Pleasantville    NY

Pennsylvania

SportsFest XVII CANCELLED     Allentown    PA    7/20/2013

Kansas

Sunflower State Games     Topeka    KS    7/20/2013

Florida

Pensacola's 13th Annual Summer Open     Pensacola    FL

Colorado


2013 Rocky Mountain State Games     Colorado Springs    CO

Illinois

Champaign Butterfly Open Summer Giant Round Robin     Champaign    IL