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New Glue Rules & Rubber Regulations Don't forget that from 1 Jan 2008 (for juniors) & 1 Sept 2008 (for Seniors) players are NOT to use non VOC free glues. New VOC water based glues are now available and should be used. From 1 July 2008, those frictionless long pimpled rubbers will no longer have ITTF approval. 2008 Australian Juniors - South Australia These championships are being held at Pasadena Sports Centre from 28 Sep to 4 Oct. Tasmania defeats Western Australia in U18 Men. Daniel Huxtable shines with 3 wins, supported by Josh Goodsell and Nathan King with one win each. Jennifer Sweeney plays well for Presidents in U15 Teams against Victoria winning 2 matches. Troy Higgins (2 wins) and Tim McKay (1 win) play well against NT with Allen Chen losing a close encounter.
WASSING ENEZ VOC Testing Device For information on this device go to this site. http://www.enez.de Here is more information on the ENEZ device
2009 Australian Veteran Championships - Perth Here is a link to the Championships webpage Ron Vincent has finally decided to retire from table tennis and concentrate on his other interests. We will all miss him at the Centre and wish him well for the future. Film with Table Tennis Spin "Balls of Fury" Here is a link to a trailer of the film: http://www.ballsoffury.com I think the film is available at video stores.
"Our" Stephanie Sang qualifies for Beijing Olympics Stephanie Sang who came to Tasmania in with Clare Yan from Harbin, Northern China in 2002 and studied at Collegiate has qualified to play in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. After moving to Melbourne Stephanie established herself as one of the top Australian women players. Congratulations from all table tennis players in Tasmania.
ReUnion with Roger Bonney & Chris Forster at Roger Massie's
Doug McLean with President, Tamasu Co.,Ltd, Shunsaku Yamada - June 2007
The Australian Open will be held from
Sunday, 20 July 2008 till Saturday, 26 July 2008 in Melbourne, Victoria. ITTF Rubber List indicating those to be banned Please click here for PDF of the list.
Glues containing Volatile Compounds Banned Please click here for an announcement from ITTF President.
If you have broadband connection you can watch TV broadcasts of table tennis via the ITTF website. Click on the itTV icon. Then click on the screen and you will be asked to download an .exe file. Once installed you need to open program from desktop shortcut and select the event you wish to view. A little slow at first but seemed to work fine when fully buffered. ITTF site is at www.ittf.com
To have a look at Australian Tournament Results CLICK HERE and go to the TTA website and click on the bat and ball icon on right of page.
Here are a few player quotes from past:
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SRIVER "L" & "S" Sriver 'S' with pimples positioned sideways produces fast speed and is designed especially for a fast attacking type play. Sriver 'L' with pimples positioned lengthways creates good control, suitable for ordinary type play.
LIST OF PLAYERS OVER THE YEARS I have listed a few of the top players over the years. No particular order. Men only. Tas Open Winners in red. Will do a list of women soon.
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