05/05/2011 – Yesterday club Ironi Givatayim became the new Israeli champion after 4-0 victory over the Maccabi Rehovot. It is sixt title in the row for the Isack ABRAMOV

05/05/2012 – France will have 8 representatives at the GAC GROUP 2011 World Championships in Rotterdam. At this moment Adrien MATTENET and LI Xue has a good chance to qualify for Olympics in London whilst Carole GRUNDISH has to do very well in Rotte

05/05/2011 – After the pause that team had made in Yokohama two years ago Scotland will be represented at the World Individual championships in Rotterdam this May. Tricia WHITAKER Director of Support of Scotland TTA gave us the national team line u

04/05/2011 – Katerina NTOULAKI suddenly announced the retirement of the Greek national team! The leading Greek athlete in world ranking and current champion in women’s singles decided to stop early the international career for personal reasons https://www.ettu.org 04/05/2011 – Katerina NTOULAKI suddenly announced the retirement of the Greek national team! The leading Greek athlete in world ranking and current champion in women’s singles decided to stop early the international career for personal reasons and the news caused a huge surprise to all the people in the sport! The 29 year old champion wants to move to the place of origin Crete and set other goals in her life. She had intended to stop immediately and for this preferred to stay outside of the mission for the upcoming World Championships in Rotterdam. “My decision is final and it is something I worked on my mind for long time. The reason for leaving is that I want to move to Crete for personal reasons and of course it was impossible to follow the program of national team. I will stop on June at the end of the season I will leave my club which is abroad but is very possible to continue table tennis in some Greek team. Will see.” said the current bronze medallist of Mediterranean. NTOULAKI closed a great chapter for Greek women’s team. She played with absolute consistency from 1998 to today (she had a bronze medal in doubles at the European Junior Championships in 2000)! In recent years played for Colosa Telesil Valladolid spend two seasons in Portugal’s Sao Joao and her first stop in Europe was the Italian Sporting Catania in 2004. “I feel like ending a strong long-term relationship and I wonder “what I do now?”. I am sad but like I said I thought this is the time for moving forward. The important thing now is that I put other priorities in my life and move to other rhythms. I stop for something good. Until now it was the tennis my priority but I decided that if I can not normally pursue the program of the national team it is better to stop now” added NTOULAKI Greece will be represented at the GAC GROUP 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam by Panagiotis GIONIS Kostas PAPAGEORGIOU Kostas LAGOGIANNIS Tasos RINIOTIS Maria CHRISTOFORAKI and Filareti EXARCHOU. They will compete under the guidance of the men’ s national coach Kostas VATSAKLIS. The teams will arrive in Netherlands on Saturday morning. Kalinikos KREANGA cancelled his participation. He prefer to star at home and rest. After a good and full season KREANGA does not want to strain himself and risk possible injury. Kostas VATSAKLIS underline that the basic target in Rotterdam concerns Panagiotis GIONIS and his efforts to earn a place to the Olympic Games via World Ranking List. “In the past few months Panagiotis loose same positions and now he is not inside 28 tickets for London. So the most important thing for us is to win in few rounds in men’s singles in order to get the necessary points for the decisive W.R.. It is the last chance. The draw will undoubtedly play a role and will be the best result if he repeats the record in 2009 when he went to Round of 16 of the event. For other kids the goal is to go through the qualifiers and scored in the first round of men’s singles” said the national coach. Giorgos KARITSAS not hide his bitterness about the retirement of NTOULAKI which he lead in the team from 1998 at age 16. “Personally thank and honour her presence of the national team. This is a great athlete and a great character. The decision is a blow to the team and the Greek table tennis because I think from now on would provide more from what has already offered” comment national coach and for the participation of younger athletes CHRISTOFORAKI EXARCHOU in the World Championship said: “This participation will help them to gain experience. The have done a very good season with national team and can continue good performances. They will find in qualifying I hope to be competitive and to move as much as possible”. (by John FAKAROS courtesy Hellenic TT Federation) Photo: Katerina NTOULAKI (courtesy ITTF) Photo: Katerina NTOULAKI (courtesy ITTF)

04/05/2011 – Yesterday Dutch national football team players Siem DE JONG (Ajax Amsterdam) and his younger brother Luuk DE JONG (FC Twente) played a table tennis match in front of the press on the pitch and in the stands of the Olympic Stadion of Ams https://www.ettu.org 04/05/2011 – Yesterday Dutch national football team players Siem DE JONG (Ajax Amsterdam) and his younger brother Luuk DE JONG (FC Twente) played a table tennis match in front of the press on the pitch and in the stands of the Olympic Stadion of Amsterdam (build for the 1928 Olympics). This event was created to promote the upcoming World Table Tennis Championships the possible Olympic bid of the Netherlands in 2028 and the common ambition of different sports associations and the National Olympic committee (NOC*NSF) to promote sports and increase the sports participation (see also the interview with our president Ronald Kramer in February on ETTU website) and of course the clash between Ajax and Twente on both 8 May (Cupfinal) and 15 May (Last round of League) which will directly decides who will win these two titles. As you see these dates mark exactly the beginning and closure of the WTTC in Rotterdam. The table tennis match was broadcasted by NOS National Television and several others (click here to watch). In addition the Euromast tower (96 meters above Rotterdam) was the location for the press presentation of the Netherlands Team for the WTTC. Five television stations (including NOS National Television) various radiostations and a large amount of written press attented the meeting which was organised by the NTTB. A great success and continuing nationwide attention just before start of WTTC (watch the video here ). (by Harald HANEMAAIJER courtesy NTTB) Photo: the Dutch team ( courtesy NTTB / Henk HOMMES all rights reserved)

03/05/2011 – In the final of the Men’s play off in Europe’s Siperliga SVS Niederosterreich will meet SKK El Nino Praha. In the match for the third position CVSE Celldomolk overcame SK SATEX Bratislava. STAVO-IMPEX Holic is fifth whilst S

03/05/2011 – From the moment the arrangement was made thoughts of the Chinese National Team at the Werner SCHLAGER Academy seemed never out of mind. What a privilege we have to host the finest and now they are here to complete their final preparat https://www.ettu.org 03/05/2011 – From the moment the arrangement was made thoughts of the Chinese National Team at the Werner SCHLAGER Academy seemed never out of mind. What a privilege we have to host the finest and now they are here to complete their final preparations for the GAC GROUP 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam. On Friday a delegation of 36 representatives flew Beijing to Frankfurt to Vienna a chartered bus waited to take them promptly to the Reinisch Hotel where they had a small dinner and retired for the evening. The next day at 10.31 am the greatest table tennis team on earth set foot into the training hall. One after the other filed in reserved unassuming looking here and there at a place many in the table tennis world had heard about with such high regard. Fans of the sport would recognize many from the elite coaches Liu Guoliang and KONG Linghui to the stars WANG Hao WANG Liqin and GUO Yue just a short list of the 24 players in the group. First on the agenda was a tour of the Werner SCHLAGER Academy. In the respectful way we have come to anticipate from these professionals their many comments indicated how very impressed they were. As we are appreciative of them being here they are appreciative of being here with us in this exceptional facility. And what are we to expect from their first training session? It will not surprise the most knowledgeable in our sport that the first session was in the multi-training fitness center. With not a racket to be found the team spread out among the first class workout equipment and rigorously began their tournament preparations. We should expect no less. Joining the Chinese contingent are four players from the Academy training group: Daniela DODEAN (Romania) and LI Qiangbing (Austrian National Champion) Austrian team player CHEN Weixing and Jo?MONTEIRO (Portugal). (by Donn OLSON WSA courtesy ITTF) Photo: Werner SCHLAGER during training sessions in Schwechat

03/05/2011 – Georgian National Table Tennis Federation announced that a new management and a new president are now in charge. The new elected President of Georgian NTTA is David BURCHULADZE. 03/05/2011 – Georgian National Table Tennis Federation announced that a new management and a new president are now in charge. The new elected President of Georgian NTTA is David BURCHULADZE.