Pooja and Harmeet win prestigious titles at Thane

Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Harmeet Desai won the prestigious Mens and Womens title at the West Zone National Table Tennis Championships at Thane. Pooja beat team mate Madhurika Patkar, while Harmeet beat Sourav Saha.

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Sourav Saha won the Youth girls and boys titles by beating Nikhat Banu and Junior winner Abhishek Yadav in their respective events.

Manav Thakkar and Moumita Datta win Sub Junior titles at West Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Pint-sized Manav Thakkar won the Sub Junior Boys title at the West Zonal National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Thane. The PSPB lad Manav Thakkar beat Rohit Bhanja of North Bengal in the finals. In the Girls finals, Moumita Datta of West Bengal beat Shruti Amrute from the host state.

Udit Bhattacharya and Tulika Roy won the Cadets titles.
Photo: Vikas Thakkar

Scores:
Cadet girls:
Tulika Roy (WB) bt Swastika Ghosh (MHR) 11/4,11/6,11/6,11/9

Cadet boys:
Udit Bhattacharya bt Soham Bhattacharya (WB) 11/4,6/11,7/11,7/11,12/10,11/7,11/5

Sub Junior Girls
Moumita Datta (WB) bt Shruti Amrute (MHR) 11/5,7/11,11/4,11/8,11/9

Sub Junior Boys
Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Rohit Bhanja (NB) 11/7,8/11,12/10,8/11,12/10,11/6

Swastika Ghosh wins National level title at Gandhidham

Raigad District has a gem in it's midst. Young Swastika Ghosh won the Cadet girls title at the Central Zone National Table Tennis Championships at Gandhidham.

Ably guided by her dad, Sandeep Ghosh and constantly encouraged by the President of the District Association, Sanjay Kadu, Swastika is sure to go places in the years to come.

Harmeet Desai crowned twice at the Central Zone National Table Tennis Championships at Gandhidham

Harmeet Desai of PSPB claimed a double Crown when he won the Youth Boys and Mens singles title at the Indian Oil National Ranking Table tennis Championship which concluded here today at Kachchh District Table Tennis Association Indoor Stadium, Adipur Gandhidham. In the Mens final Harmeet defeated A. Amalraj also of PSPB 5-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11, 11-6. This was Harmeet's maiden mens title at the National level. In the Youth Boys, Harmeet defeated Saurav Saha(PSPB) 11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7. In the Womens Singles, Neha Agarwal of Delhi defeated Anandita Chakraborthy(RSPB) 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-5


Cadet Boys Singles, Finals, Soham Bhattacharaya (Wb) Bt Udit Bhattacharya (Wb) 11-2, 11-8, 11-2, 11-8

Cadet Girls Singles, Finals, Swasthika Ghosh (Mhr) Bt Anusha Kutumbale (Mp) 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9

Sub Junior Boys’ Singles, Finals, Ronit Bhanja (Wb) Bt Manav Thakkar (Pspb-A) 16- 18, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4,

Sub Junior Girls Singles, Finals 11-5, 12-10, 11-8, A Naina (Ap) Bt Aishwarya Pathak (Up) 11-7, 11-5, 12-10,

Junior Girls Singles Final – Sargarika Mukherjee(NB) bt Priyadarshani Das (WB) 15-13, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7

Junior Boys Singles Final – Lalrin Puia(PSPB) bt Abhishek Yadav(PSPB) 11-3, 4-11, 8-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-6

President of Equador Table Tennis Federation

Who is the President of Equador Table Tennis Federation?

Freddy Fajardo was voted into power from October 1, 2013.

Its Jan Ove Waldner's birthday today

Happy B'day Legend!

It's just over 7 PM in Sweden. You still have a chance to wish the All Time Great.

Editor

Naina wins Sub junior singles, creates waves in Youth Singles

Naina Ashwanikumar not only won the Sub Junior girls title at the Central zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Gandhidham, but she also created ripples in the Youth girls singles by beating Nikhat Banu, who is an International player in that category!

Congrats, Naina! All the best for future matches.

Editor

Former India National Table Tennis Champion Uttam Chandrana passes away

RIP Uttam Chandarana.
A great Table Tennis Champion, an inspiration for many generations.

Editor

Table Tennis tournament at Monroe, Michigan

The first fall tournament and exhibition Table Tennis event will be held at Monroe, MI (Michigan) on October 5th at the Dickerson Center. Bill Englebreth is the tournament director.

The competition will be held as a round robin so that all participants get a chance to play a few matches each and then classified based on their playing strength.

In addition to the tournament, an exhibition between World Championship participant Pablo Perez of Charlotte and Greg Riley will be played.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/10/01/4347168/table-tennis-tournament-set-for.html#storylink=cpy

Formula Donic 3 Table Tennis equipment

Donic explains the FD 3 technology of the Donic Rubbers in the following manner. Do write to editor@tabletennisbug.com if you have more questions on the listed rubbers or if you are looking for the lowest prices.

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