With only one day to go before the ITTF Cadet Challenge starts in Sweden, Helsingborg’s mayor Carin Wredström welcomed the U15 table tennis players from all continents to the southern Swedish town. The dinner in the impressive Town Hall, one Helsingborg’s landmark, was the official opening of the seven days competition.
Sweden’s Best Town – at Least for One Week
The mayor did not let any doubt about the event being staged at the right place. “Helsingborg is the best town in Sweden”, she said before cutting the cord symbolically to declare the Cadet Challenge as opened.
ITTF Global Junior Programme Manager Mikael Andersson, a Swede himself but from another city, confirmed that statement. “Helsingborg is the best town in Sweden – this week!”
Draw for the World Cadet Challenge Team Events
The draw for the Team event for the players born in 1993 or later was conducted at the Comfort Hotel Nouveau. The Swedish table tennis Cadets will face Asia, Africa and North America in their respective groups in the Idrottens Hus in Helsingborg.
Boys Group 1: Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Japan
Boys Group 2: Asia, Africa, North America, Sweden
Girls Group 1: Asia, Africa, North Amercia, Sweden
Girls Group 2: Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Japan
Playing System for the Cadets
The team events will be played in two stages. The cadets will first play in two groups with four teams whilst the two best teams qualify for the semi-finals. Each team fixture consists of five singles matches and each team consists of three players. Within the group, all teams play each other once.
Please visit the ITTF website to find all players of the 2008 ITTF Cadet Challenge: http://www.ittf.com/juniors/2008/CC-JCF/2008_Cadet_Challenge_Entries.pdf
Tomorrow’s Playing Schedule and the Upcoming Draws
Day One, Tuesday 28th October:
09:30: First Session – Boys’ and Girls’ Team (Round One)
14:30: Second Session – Boys’ and Girls’ Team (Round Two)
17:00: Second Session – Boys’ and Girls’ Team (Round Three)
The following draws:
30th October, 18:00: Draw for the first stage of the Singles events in the Meeting Room of the Comfort Hotel Nouveau.
30th October, 18:30: Draw for the Doubles' events in the Meeting Room of the Comfort Hotel Nouveau.
31st October, 19:00: Draw for the second stage of both the Boys’ and Girls’ Singles in the Meeting Room of the Idrottens Hus.
tisdag 28 oktober 2008
The Next Table Tennis Generation Meets in Sweden
From 28th October to 2nd November the Swedish town of Helsingborg will hosts the world’s best Cadet (U15) and Junior (U18) players. The event in Scandinavia starts with the training camp for the Cadets being held from 24th to 27th October. The competitions in the Cadet series will start on 28th October and last to 2nd November. The Juniors play from 31st October to 2nd November.
Please find more information in the attached press kit about the event, the players and table tennis in general as well as in the section of the event on the ITTF website:
www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=1767&category=WJCF
Swedish Olympic Hero and ITTF President in Helsingborg
On Wednesday 29th October, Sweden’s Olympic hero Jörgen Persson, who finished fourth in the Men’s Singles at the Games in Beijing, will attend the Cadet Challenge. Furthermore the president of the International Table Tennis Federation, Adham Sharara from Canada, will visit the tournament too.
Sharara and Persson will be at the players’ disposal for an “Open Clinic” as well as later for journalists at a press meeting. They will hand over the awards at the prize ceremony for the winners of the Cadet Team event.
Please find more information in the attached press kit about the event, the players and table tennis in general as well as in the section of the event on the ITTF website:
www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=1767&category=WJCF
Swedish Olympic Hero and ITTF President in Helsingborg
On Wednesday 29th October, Sweden’s Olympic hero Jörgen Persson, who finished fourth in the Men’s Singles at the Games in Beijing, will attend the Cadet Challenge. Furthermore the president of the International Table Tennis Federation, Adham Sharara from Canada, will visit the tournament too.
Sharara and Persson will be at the players’ disposal for an “Open Clinic” as well as later for journalists at a press meeting. They will hand over the awards at the prize ceremony for the winners of the Cadet Team event.
The Next Table Tennis Generation Meets in Sweden
From 28th October to 2nd November the Swedish town of Helsingborg will hosts the world’s best Cadet (U15) and Junior (U18) players. The event in Scandinavia starts with the training camp for the Cadets being held from 24th to 27th October. The competitions in the Cadet series will start on 28th October and last to 2nd November. The Juniors play from 31st October to 2nd November.
Please find more information in the attached press kit about the event, the players and table tennis in general as well as in the section of the event on the ITTF website:
www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=1767&category=WJCF
Swedish Olympic Hero and ITTF President in Helsingborg
On Wednesday 29th October, Sweden’s Olympic hero Jörgen Persson, who finished fourth in the Men’s Singles at the Games in Beijing, will attend the Cadet Challenge. Furthermore the president of the International Table Tennis Federation, Adham Sharara from Canada, will visit the tournament too.
Sharara and Persson will be at the players’ disposal for an “Open Clinic” as well as later for journalists at a press meeting. They will hand over the awards at the prize ceremony for the winners of the Cadet Team event.
Please find more information in the attached press kit about the event, the players and table tennis in general as well as in the section of the event on the ITTF website:
www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=1767&category=WJCF
Swedish Olympic Hero and ITTF President in Helsingborg
On Wednesday 29th October, Sweden’s Olympic hero Jörgen Persson, who finished fourth in the Men’s Singles at the Games in Beijing, will attend the Cadet Challenge. Furthermore the president of the International Table Tennis Federation, Adham Sharara from Canada, will visit the tournament too.
Sharara and Persson will be at the players’ disposal for an “Open Clinic” as well as later for journalists at a press meeting. They will hand over the awards at the prize ceremony for the winners of the Cadet Team event.
torsdag 9 oktober 2008
I've been told
From a couple of players in the EC that they are using boosters and that up til 90% uses this even though it's forbidden.
I think ITTF have to make this go away or to let the boosters run free until they have a method for messuring if someone is using them.
I think ITTF have to make this go away or to let the boosters run free until they have a method for messuring if someone is using them.
måndag 29 september 2008
Correct or not?
3-1 to Samsonov and a good dueel between him and Persson at 9-8.
The ball hits the edhe or the side of the table.
Is this point corrrect or incorrect?
The ball hits the edhe or the side of the table.
Is this point corrrect or incorrect?
torsdag 4 september 2008
Boris Johnson and the Whiff-Waff Gaffe
The Facts as revealed by the Curator of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Museum in Switzerland
Much has been written of London Mayor Boris Johnson's claims about Whiff-Waff, but all of these comments, including the inevitable rebuttals and follow-up debate, have one thing in common: they forgot to check the FACTS!
The ITTF Museum in Lausanne has not only all the facts, but also originals of the games. The extensive museum web-site: www.ittf.com/museum has over 2000 photos covering all aspects of Table Tennis history, especially strong in the earliest years of the game, its birth and evolution.
Curator Chuck Hoey, world renowned authority on Table Tennis history, summarizes the facts, along with illustrations of the actual evidence:
Whiff-Waff, made by Slazenger & Sons, was registered as “a new game” on 31 December 1900, Trademark number 235,131, as shown above. While it is an English game, it can easily be shown that it is clearly not the first. Hopefully this evidence will at last put an end to the Whiff-Waff gaffe!
Gossima, made by John Jaques & Son, was registered on 16 July 1891, Number 157,615:
Ping-Pong was trademarked on 20 Sept. 1900 by Hamley Brothers, who became “jointly concerned” with Jaques, as the game was renamed first to „Gossima or Ping-Pong‟, then „Ping-Pong or Gossima‟, and finally just „Ping-Pong‟.
On 21 January 1891, 7 months before Gossima, Emma Barker (London) filed for an American patent, No. 454,700. Actually for a net fixture, the patent has a sketch of a table laid out like a lawn tennis court, describing the game as played much like lawn tennis, using rackets with straps for the hands. An 1891 advertisement in the USA by Spalding proves the game was made, under the name Indoor Tennis.
But the crown jewel of Table Tennis history is the very first game, made by David Foster of England in 1890. Only one example is known to have survived, now featured in the ITTF Museum. Strung rackets were used, with side nets designed to catch the cloth-covered rubber balls. Following is an abstract for English Patent No.11,037, filed 15 July 1890, a full year before Jaques‟ Gossima.
The ITTF Museum would be pleased to exhibit this evidence at the Olympic Games in London 2012.
Much has been written of London Mayor Boris Johnson's claims about Whiff-Waff, but all of these comments, including the inevitable rebuttals and follow-up debate, have one thing in common: they forgot to check the FACTS!
The ITTF Museum in Lausanne has not only all the facts, but also originals of the games. The extensive museum web-site: www.ittf.com/museum has over 2000 photos covering all aspects of Table Tennis history, especially strong in the earliest years of the game, its birth and evolution.
Curator Chuck Hoey, world renowned authority on Table Tennis history, summarizes the facts, along with illustrations of the actual evidence:
Whiff-Waff, made by Slazenger & Sons, was registered as “a new game” on 31 December 1900, Trademark number 235,131, as shown above. While it is an English game, it can easily be shown that it is clearly not the first. Hopefully this evidence will at last put an end to the Whiff-Waff gaffe!
Gossima, made by John Jaques & Son, was registered on 16 July 1891, Number 157,615:
Ping-Pong was trademarked on 20 Sept. 1900 by Hamley Brothers, who became “jointly concerned” with Jaques, as the game was renamed first to „Gossima or Ping-Pong‟, then „Ping-Pong or Gossima‟, and finally just „Ping-Pong‟.
On 21 January 1891, 7 months before Gossima, Emma Barker (London) filed for an American patent, No. 454,700. Actually for a net fixture, the patent has a sketch of a table laid out like a lawn tennis court, describing the game as played much like lawn tennis, using rackets with straps for the hands. An 1891 advertisement in the USA by Spalding proves the game was made, under the name Indoor Tennis.
But the crown jewel of Table Tennis history is the very first game, made by David Foster of England in 1890. Only one example is known to have survived, now featured in the ITTF Museum. Strung rackets were used, with side nets designed to catch the cloth-covered rubber balls. Following is an abstract for English Patent No.11,037, filed 15 July 1890, a full year before Jaques‟ Gossima.
The ITTF Museum would be pleased to exhibit this evidence at the Olympic Games in London 2012.
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