Asia-Pacific Table Tennis league next season

Lucrative league  (approx 10 crore) announced in Asia-Pacific- The Asia-Pacific region will soon be home to the most lucrative professional table tennis league in the world, when the new T2 Asia-Pacific (T2 Apac) kicks off its inaugural season next year.

While the roster of players has yet to be finalised, the line-up of 24 is expected to feature some of the world’s best (12 men, 12 women) competing in men’s, women’s and mixed-team events.

Its prize purse of US$1.5 million (S$2.06 million) far surpasses any of the events on the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) professional circuit, with the World Tour Grand Finals the richest event at US$500,000.

Maharashtra State Ranking tournament at Thane

The 5th State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament of 2016 is being held at Thane's Raheja Complex, which is located opposite to Raheja Gardens. The tournament started on 3rd October and runs until 7th October 2016.

After this, the state season ends with the State Championships to be held at the Balewadi stadium at Pune from 18th to 23rd October.

Andhra Pradesh State Ranking tournaments 2016

The State level Ranking tournaments in Andhra Pradesh for 2016 are as follows:

July 8-10 Guntur State Ranking Tournament
August 13-15 or 19-21  Ananthapur State Ranking Tournament
September 2-4 Rajahmundry State Ranking Tournament
October 6-8 Vijayawada State Ranking Tournament
October 14-17 Eluru State Championship

Photo - Indian Express

Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh will start their Rio Olympics campaign tonight

Indian Table tennis super star A Sharath Kamal and Soumyajit Ghosh will play their matches tonight.

Soumyajit takes on Tanviriyavechakul Padasak of Thailand (no. 181 in the world) at 00:30 India time. Soumyajit is ranked no. 65.

Sharath faces Adrian Crisan of Romania at 3:30 AM India time.

India Table tennis at the Rio Olympics 2016

Mouma Das lost to Daniela Dodean of Romania 0-4 (2-11, 7-11, 7-11, 3-11)

Manika Batra losto Katarzyna Grzybowska 2-4 (12-10, 6-11, 12-14, 11-8, 4-11, 12-14)

World Table Tennis Day 2016

Today is the World Table Tennis for All day. On this day, the ITTF is launching Table Tennis for NepALL, a project backed by the UN.

Thomas Weikart will be one of the dignitaries who will launch this program in Nepal.

$150, 000 will be spent over three years for this project.

New York Table Tennis League

Just discovered some interesting information about a Table Tennis league in New York. A blog written and updated by M Vergara, a passionate Table Tennis enthusiast, the blog provides information about schedule, clubs that participate and names of players.
The winners of this league go on to play the National league finals, usually at Las Vegas

Link to the blog on New York Table Tennis league:
http://newyorktabletennisleague.blogspot.in/

Veterans Table Tennis tournament at Khar Gymkhana

Khar Gymkhana will be hosting one of the first tournaments of the next calendar year. The tournament has been accorded the Maharashtra state ranking status and will run from January 8-10 2016.

Last date for accepting entries is 28th December, 2016.

Mr. Yogesh Desai is the Organizing Secretary.

Soumyajit guides India to Gold medal at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships

India won the Gold medal in the Men's section and Silver in the Women's at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at Surat. Soumyajit was the hero for the Indian men's team.

Results:

Men’s Team:

Gold Medal match: India beat England 3-1 (Harmeet Desai lost to David McBeath 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 9-11, Soumyajit Ghosh bt Helshan Weerasinghe 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, G. Sathiyan bt Tom Jarvis 11-3, 11-6, 11-5, Soumyajit Ghosh bt David McBeath 11-6, 11-3, 11-9, 11-8).

Women’s Team: Final: Singapore bt India 3-1 (Lin Ye bt Ankita Das 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, Zhou Yihan bt Manika Batra 11-9, 11-8, 8-11,11-9, Koh Kai Xin lost to Mouma Das 8-11, 7-11, 5-11, Lin Ye bt Manika Batra 11-8, 11-3, 11-6).

Twitter group for Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships 2015

Have you joined the Twitter group for Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships 2015 at Surat? Join now and get some juicy updates.

Join on Twitter-
@cttc_surat
(CTTC 2015)

Teaser-
Who is the defending Women's and Men's Champion at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships?