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This is not a Ping Pong ball. It's a Puffer fish, the second most poisonous vertebrate!

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Aman Balgu dominates All India Inter Railways Table Tennis

Aman Balgu beat Soumyajit Sarkar 4-0 to win the All India Inter Railway Championships at Dharwad. In the Women's final, Anindita Chakraborty beat Shreya Ghosh 4-3.

Aman also played a stellar role in his team - Central Railway's win over South Eastern Railway. Omkar Torgalkar, and Martand Biniwale were his team mates.

Earlier in the Singles, Soumyajit Sarkar caused the upset of the tournament, beating Anirban Nandi in a thriller, 4-3.

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USA tournaments July

Large number of tournaments coming up this weekend in the US on July 14 weekend.

Mid-Florida Tour - Lakeland July Classic Open	Lakeland	FL	7/13/2012 - 7/14/2012	2	Raymond Spann, 352-750-4286
LYTTC July Open	Dunellen	NJ	7/14/2012 - 7/15/2012	2	Lily Yip, 732-200-5820
Maryland Circuit	Eldersburg	MD	7/14/2012		Yvonne Kronlage, 410-489-7291
July MCCC RR Open	Cary	NC	7/14/2012		Mike Babuin, 919-601-1914
Georgia Games Table Tennis	Norcross	GA	7/14/2012 - 7/15/2012		Wendell Dillon, 770-923-5110
Dana Point Open	Dana Point	CA	7/15/2012	1	Attila Malek, 714-280-6821

Layers of Table Tennis rubbers

Table Tennis rubber comparison?

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Eugene Wang Wins US Open Table Tennis 2012

Eugene Wang of Canada beat Slovakian International, Thomas Keinath to win the US open crown. Liu Juan won the Women's title.

	Men's Singles	Wang, Zhen (Eugene)	Canada	Keinath, Thomas	Slovakia	7,9,-7,1,13
	Women's Singles	Liu, Juan	NY	Wang, Huijing	TX	10,-11,7,4,10

Xu Xin video by Stiga

Here's a very beautiful video on Xu Xin, the rising super star of Table Tennis.

Mizutani documentary

Table Tennis Player Jun Mizutani has just ascended to the 5th spot in the World Rankings, his best ever.

Here is a very interesting documentary full of comedy by a leading journalist.

Mizutani shoots into Top five in World Table Tennis Rankings

Jun Mizutani is the biggest gainer and is now No. 5 on the World Table Tennis Rankings list. Ma Lin dropped a place and so did Timo Boll, who is now No. 7.

Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Wang Hao continue to lead the rankings.

From India, Sharath Kamal is no 63 and Amalraj moved up to 155th. Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das are in the top 200 in the Women's section.

Table Tennis Clubs in Queensland

BRISBANE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	MIKE BATTILANA	07 3357 8992
BUNDABERG & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	DAVE DELPRATT	07 4155 2388
CABARITA BEACH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION	CATHY TOWNSNED	02 6676 3168
CAIRNS TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	BERNI BURGSTALLER	07 4051 6825
CENTENARY TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	CAMERON DAVIDSON	07 3279 1300
CROWS NEST & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	VERA BRETZ	07 4698 4132
DALBY TABLE TENNIS CLUB	KIM BREMNER	0429 639 136
FAR NORTH COAST (NSW) TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	JIM ARMSTRONG	02 6624 5153
GATTON TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	MARGARET HOOD	0404 095 300
GOLD COAST TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	LUKAS KOZAK	07 5597 1633
IPSWICH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	DAVID MCCOSH	07 3282 4708
MACKAY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	CHRISTINE MOOHIN	07 4957 6103
MACLAGAN MEMORIAL HALL TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	ROXLEY EHRLICH	07 4692 8170
MORETON BAY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC	PETER KUSKIE	0414 401 253
NOOSA TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	BRUCE BLAKEMORE	07 5474 5526
REDCLIFFE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	TERRY DENNY	0407 007 143
ROCKHAMPTON TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	ALLAN CLARKE	07 4922 5380
SUNSHINE COAST TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	PAUL GREEN	07 5490 2666
TABLE TENNIS ACADEMY TOWNSVILLE INC	TERRY DAHL	0431 099 274
TOOWOOMBA TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	GREG DINSEY	07 4632 2710
TOWNSVILLE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	RHONDA MILLER	07 4771 5911
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	STANLEY CHAN	0423 035 708
WYNNUM TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	BARRY DRIVER	07 3396 8310

World Veterans Table Tennis Championships 2012 at Stockholm

The World Veterans Table Tennis Championships 2012 were held at Stockholm, Sweden at the Ericsson Globe, a huge hall with hundreds of tables.

There were 3333 official entries for the tournament, although some did not turn up. From India, there were 210 entries, but again some participants could not make it to Stockholm. The star players in the tournament were Sweden's former World Champion Mikael Appelgren and Phillipe Saive of Belgium. Appelgren and Waldner played a scintillating exhibition match during the opening ceremony.

The number of participants was massive in many categories. For example, in the Men's 50-59 category, there were 170 groups, with 4 players in each group for a total of around 680 players. The winner Mikael Appelgren had to win around 10 rounds in total to lay claim on the Title.

All the participants played enthusiastically. The best performance for India was the doubles pair of Suhasini Bakre and Mantu Murmu in the Women's 50-59 category. They reached the pre-quarterfinals of the main draw after many gruelling rounds. In the Men's doubles 40-49 age group, Kapil Kumar partnering a player from another country reached the round of 32.

In the singles, the best performance was from Shilpa Joshi in the Womens 40-49 age group. She reached the round of 32. Anil Rasam, Deepak Dudhane, and Vivek Alawani reached the round of 64 in their respective Men's age groups. They had to win several rounds to reach this far.

For those who were eliminated early in the group stages, the organizers conducted competitions in Consolation draws. Amarnath Bhargava of India won the 2nd place in the Consolation Men's 75-79 age group singles.

For more details of results of all age groups, please visit www.wvc2012.com

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