Womens World Cup 2011
The Womens World Cup is in Singapore at end of October and New Zealand's Karen Li is a
participant.
More>
NZ Open Championships - Palmerston North 12-16 October 2011
Individual Seedings and Team Draws Published
Read
all About the NZ Open at Matt Hetherington's Blog
TTNZ Website Transition
Our new website, hosted by Sportsground, has been constructed and is currently in
'completion and review' mode. The current website will shortly be 'frozen' (no updates)
until it is replaced. The Sportsground website will appear at the existing URL http://www.tabletennis.org.nz/ no later
than 10th October. There will be links to the TTNZ Chronicle and TTNZ Archives websites,
which will attach a number of pages from the current website.
TTNZ offers profound thanks to Robin Radford for his many years of volunteered dedication
in managing TTNZ's website.
John Lea Executive Director
| World Veterans Championships 2014 Venues have been
selected for the World Veterans Championships being hosted by New Zealand in Auckland in
2014.
more> |
Waitakere Trusts Stadium
(One of the venues) |
Progress with ITTF Coaching Qualification
Final preparations are being made for the final ITTF
Level 1 Coaching Course for 2011. It is being run in Christchurch from November 16th to
20th by OTTF Development Officer, Scott Houston. TTNZ Development Committee member, Grant
Wilson is co-ordinating, with around 20 coaches expected.........
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| Six coaches went through this part of the accreditation
process on the weekend of June 18-19 in Palmerston North......... More> The ITTF Coaches Pathway
Levels are here> |
Loss of Stalwart Veteran Player
Sadly, Merle Sneddon (nee Rolston) passed away on Tuesday 13th
Sept.
Merle was a longstanding member of the table tennis community dating back to the 1960's
when she was very active in the open side of the sport in the Waikato area. She was ranked
in the NZ Open women several times in late 60's - early 70's, her highest being no 3 in
1968.
In later years she participated in Veteran events in NZ and Australia winning many many
age group events - singles and doubles, and mentioned often in the veteran rankings. Merle
was a member of the Levin Table Tennis Club and affiliated to the Manawatu Association who
she represented at both Veteran and Senior levels with distinction.
This lovely lady will be missed. (Funeral in Levin on Friday 16th 12.30pm Salvation Army
Centre Durham St).
Annual General Meeting TTNZ
This is being held on 12-13 November 2011 Albany North Shore Auckland
Notice of meeting>
Otago-Southland Match 3 Sep 2011
Report here>
World University Games August 12-23 2011 China
| (22/8/11 |
Finals day arrived at the table tennis....... |
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| (20/8/11) |
The New Zealand presence in the table tennis
competition at the World University Games is no longer....... Photo
right: Jenny Hung (foreground) Coach Li Chunli (far
right) |
| (19/8/11) |
The New Zealand men made their last appearances at
the Table Tennis at the World University Games today....... |
| (18/8/11) |
Another long day at the table
tennis but this time without having quite the success of the previous couple of
days..... |
| (17/8/11) |
The table tennis team built on its improvements
over the last few days to have 2 players qualify for the main draw of the women’s
singles....... |
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| (15/8/11) |
The individual events started today with
group play involving all but the top 16 seeds in the men's and women's singles...... |
| (14-15/8/11) |
Competition started and there was a palpable
change in atmosphere as athletes prepare to get down to business. Nowhere is this more
obvious than in the dining hall where the noise levels have fallen noticeably and 'game
faces' are most definitely on show...... |
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The day of the Opening Ceremony dawned and
brought with it an air of excitement. Throughout the Village there was a camaraderie and
shared anticipation that was enlightening. And we were not to be disappointed! ........ |
| (12/8/11) |
Another busy day at the World University Games. We were
unable to train today as the venue is prepared for the Opening Ceremony........ |
| (11/8/11) |
The team embarked on the long flight to Guangzhou in good
spirits with everyone fit, healthy and excited about the event.... Reports
from the team manager as they come to hand.
More - Read All> |
| Great Publicity for Local Lad and TT in Manawatu 14-year-old
Palmerston North Boys' High School student, Nathan Watson has taken to
the game like a duck to water in his two short years of competition...
(6/8/11)
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Big Rewards for
Table Tennis Family
The demands on table tennis parents can be huge, particularly when their children excel in
their chosen sport. Just getting them outfitted and transported to training, interclub
matches and tournaments is a second job in itself. But, on top of this, there is a large
financial and emotional commitment required for them to aspire to ‘be the best’.
Sometimes the rewards make it all seem so worthwhile. Such was the case in the Rao
household during the NZ Junior Nationals, held recently at the North Harbour
Table Tennis Stadium.
(4/8/11)
more>
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ITTF LEVEL 1 COACHES COURSE – CHRISTCHURCH - 16TH TO 20TH NOVEMBER 2011
Active coaches are invited to attend the ITTF PARA Level 1 Coaches Course to be held in
Christchurch from 16th to 20th November 2011. Details as follows:
16th to 19th November - ITTF Level 1 course, 6 hours per day
20th November PARA part of the course which is now integrated into ITTF courses. Those who
have done an ITTF Level 1 course but haven't done the PARA day can attend as well as the
coaches on the full course.
Travelling coaches will have their accommodation costs met for the course as well as
lunches, morning and afternoon tea during the day.
Course presenter is Scott Houston - OTTF Development Officer. Course
coordinator Grant Wilson - TTNZ Development Committee
The course is limited to 20 coaches. Coaches must be actively coaching or intending to
actively coach in the immediate future. Please email your initial expression of interest
to TTNZ at ttnz@tabletennis.org.nz
Success for Auckland - successful bid to host ITTF Junior Global
Circuit
Congratulations to Auckland Table Tennis Association for their successful bid to host ITTF
Junior Global Circuit event at Gillies Avenue from 19th to 22nd April 2012. This is the
sole event awarded to Oceania within the 32 event programme for 2012. |
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New Website for TTNZ in 2011
After twelve years of diligent and painstaking service our volunteer Website
Administrator, Robin Radford, will be venturing from cyberspace to personal space later
this year. His efforts and achievements for New Zealand table tennis will be sorely
missed. We wish him all the best for the future. Robin will continue to administer the
TTNZ Archives and Chronicle websites.
We are looking to launch a Sportsground website in mid-September. A large number of sports
bodies and clubs already use Sportsground, including several from table tennis. TTNZ is
looking to form a website admin team from volunteers within our sport. Supported by Mandy
Burt, Christine Young and myself, this team is expected to comprise three persons, with
each assuming primary responsibility for an area. These areas are tentatively:
a) news and calendar updates
b) forms, documents and list and database admin (tournaments, results and venues)
c) player profiles, galleries, sponsors and advertising (HP focus)
Please email expressions of interest to jlea@xtra.co.nz
by June 20th, indicating your capabilities and preferences in terms of the
responsibilities outlined. There are some significant tasks to be completed in each area
before we can make the transition.
(7/6/11)
World Veterans Championships 2014
TTNZ has just been notified of its successful bid to host the 2014 World Veterans
Championships in Auckland.
Many have made a huge contribution towards this notable achievement with the opportunity
allowing TTNZ to promote table tennis in New Zealand and establish valuable new
relationships and collaborations that will greatly advance the sport.
Report
from the International Table Tennis Federation>
(13/5/11)
New Zealand SENIOR Open Table Tennis Championships -
Palmerston North 12-16 October 2011
Entries Close 4 September 2011
2011 ITTF - Oceania Cup - Reports and Updates
2011 ITTF - Oceania Cup - TV Broadcast
Nationals Palm North
Board Appointment
K Li big win in Oceania
Updates on Nationals
Progress ITTF Coaching Qualification
Australian Open Championships
TTNZ Appointments
Development Success in Nth Taranaki
University Blues to TT Player
World Individual Champs
NZ Champs - Announcements venue change
North Island Championships - Results & Pics
Oceania - World Qualifying - Guam |
Qualified Coaches
National Squads 2011
High Performance Camps
Paralympis Progress
Message re Earthquake - TTNZ ChairHistory Chronicle
ITTF Level 1 Coaching Course a great success
Plenty Happening in the Bay
Junior Umpires Badge Theory Test
Karlsson Camp Sweden
Oceania Calendar
NZ Veterans Teams to play Australia
World University Games |
TTNZ Archives - Publications Sought TTNZ
is seeking some Table Tennis Publications to complete collections. Some Annual
Reports are required for the National Library and Championship Programmes
for both TTNZ and National Library.
Details> |
Reisman v Barna (English
Open) 1949
ITTF Museum - Interesting Stuff including "Table
Tennis Collector", a quarterly magazine in pdf format (nicely coloured).
Some video and cartoons -
funny table tennis
Table Top Inventions - these would
test you
Bruce Lee - old table tennis
footage - well.......
A bit of fun table tennis -
reaction & celebration to winning a point
Table Tennis Balls - Collection
Interesting bits about Table Tennis
first one is "watch your temperament"!
Play a game of Table Tennis on line -
courtesy ITTF
Some
Incredible Table Tennis - U-Tube
An 80 Table Stadium in China
Here you will find a “Stroke Play Cinema”
http://www.etta.co.uk/etta_website/stroke_play_cinema/index.htm
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