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News2008 ISF WORLD SCHOOLS TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit by the Malta Table Tennis Association President to the Guangzhou No.1 High School. On the occasion of the 49th World Table Tennis Championships held in Guangzhou China, the President Mr. Joe Borg Cardona visited Guangzhou No.1 High School. This meeting was held through the collaboration of The Malta China Friendship Society, who through their hard working President Mr. Reno Calleja were instrumental in providing the required contacts to our association. Mr. Borg Cardona was taken round the High School by Mr. Yu Yongzheng & the Vice Chairman of the School Mr. Cheng Ke. The school has excellent sports facilities & students from various sports have won many Chinese honours. Mr. Borg Cardona said that an exchange program could be possible however it is probable that before the group of Chinese students come over to our island, a Chinese fact-finding team representing the school would come over to Malta to explore our country & organise better their visit. Photos of Mr. Borg Cardona's visit............
23rd February to 3rd March 2008 Malta’s participation at the 49th Worlds’ Table Tennis Championships held in Guangzhou China was undoubtedly very positive considering that Simon Gerada was unavailable (injury) and Mario Genovese had to miss some matches in China also due to an injury he sustained in the match against Montenegro. Below are the full results of our team in which Malta finished 93rd place out of 104 countries. The Team was composed of Edward Baldacchino, Mario Genovese, David Pace and Alex Anastasi. Head of delegation was the President of the MTTA Mr. Joe Borg Cardona who attended various meetings in Guangzhou including the AGM of the ITTF and the European T.T. Union Congress. Johanna Grech also accompanied the contingent as a full member of the Technical Committee within the International Tale Tennis Union and also attended the Women’s Forum who have approved to organise in Malta a Women’s Seminar to be held next September 2008. More Photos of the event are hereby attached.
200722nd November 2007Visit by the President of the International Table Tennis Federation Mr. Adham Sharara . The Malta Table Tennis Association was honoured to have in Malta the President of the International Table Tennis Federation Mr. Adham Sharara. This is the first time that Mr. Sharara visited our island. During his stay he had a cordial meeting with the Minister of Education & Sport his Hon. Dr. Louis Galea L.L.D., ( photo below). Whilst other talks were held with the President of the Malta Sports Council Mr. Franco Azzopardi and the President of the Malta Olympic Committee Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco L.L.D., The ITTF President’s visit was mainly concentrated in connection with the joint project between the Malta Table Tennis Association & Malta Tennis Federation.
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Men's World Cup and Global Junior Programme Michael Bachtler, the President of JOOLA Tischtennis GmbH has renewed the agreement with TMS International. JOOLA will be equipment supplier and sponsor for the LIEBHERR Men's World Cup for the next four years 2007 to 2010 and the Global Junior Programme for the period 2008 to 2010. In addition, JOOLA has become a sponsor of the ITTF Museum till 2010. The agreement gives JOOLA the table equipment supplier and sponsor rights for the period and makes JOOLA an ITTF Partner until the end of 2010. TMS represented the ITTF in securing the renewal of this long-term package agreement with JOOLA. |
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MALTA TABLE TENNIS MARATHON
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SICILY Tour April 2006
The Maltese Team with players & officials from Pol. Sportivo Catania
Good Results In Three Categories
The five day Table Tennis Tour to Sicily for the second consecutive year proved to be successful and of benefit to the Maltese participants who opted to take part in joint training sessions at Pol Sporting Club Catania along with a tournament which was held on Saturday in three different categories. The younger Maltese players were under the guidance of Svetlana Tetouieva but they also had the opportunity to do multiple ball training due to the new robot which the club has just purchased, this proved to be a positive method of practice and also new to our young athletes. The results obtained were the following. In the boys under-15 Marcus Portelli placed second and Daniel Portelli placed third. In the girls under-15 Jessica Pace took first place and in the mixed open David Pace placed third. David said “Relations with Sicilian counterparts are strengthening and this augers well for future opportunities that we may want to endeavour”
Polish Table Tennis National Coach Visit to Malta
Last week the Malta Table Tennis Association through an agreement made with the European Table Tennis Union had the privilege to host in Malta Mr. Laszek Kucharski from Poland who is definitely one of the best Table Tennis coaches presently in circulation in Europe .
Mr. Kucharski is currently head Coach of the Polish female National Team and in 2003 was Coach of the Polish youths who succeeded in winning a Gold Medal in the European Youths Team Championships.
Mr. Kucharski holds many prestigious International Victories be it as a singles player where he succeeded in reaching the world number 11 rank and also as a doubles competitor where he held the Polish title for a number of years.
In Malta Mr. Kucharski was engaged with our Elite Junior Table Tennis players, he conducted sessions for a whole week and passed on knowledge to our youngsters in order for them to step up another level in their game. He also gave a seminar to Maltese Coaches and enlightened them on the latest techniques of the game. The MTTA delegates took Mr. Kucharski to visit some schools and here practical and fun sessions were implemented to the delight of enthusiastic students. Mr. Kucharski visited the latest private Table Tennis Centre in Tarxien and shared his thoughts with the Coaches at the Centre encouraging them to keep up the good work.
At the end of his stay the MTTA was presented with a report by the top International Coach so as to work on areas which he felt needed to be addressed most in respect of young Table Tennis aspirants, without doubt the Malta Table Tennis Association will act up on the professional advise that has been put forward.
Mr. Kuckarski's Visit to St. Aloysius College
Participants at the Coaching Seminar held by Mr. Kucharski.
2nd April 2005
Table Tennis Youths on sicily Tour 
A selection of youths from the Malta Table Tennis Association have just returned to Malta after a very successful visit to Sicily where friendly encounters between our locals and those from Catania, Messina and Reposto took place.
23rd March 2005
Banks ROL have been crowned Malta's league Champions 2004/05 after beating Batman TTC by 7-2. The players who gave the title to the Banks club for the 3rd consecutive year are, Edward Baldacchino,
Andrzej Makowski, Mario Genovese, Alex Anastasi.
4th January 2005
Andrzej Makowski coaching scheme
Sasha Pace our youngest Junior Member and
promising future Champion.
Megaspin.net awarded Best Made in Malta Site award
25th
June 2004
National Youth Day
20th March
2004
Table Tennis Gets Off To a Flyer
October 21, 2003
Table Tennis Exhibition at Malta Union
Club
April 3, 2003
Table Tennis Exhibition at Ghaqda Melita Banda San Guzepp,
Msida
February 26, 2003
Table Tennis Exhibition at St. Elias Secondary School
February 4, 2003
National Team in Euro and World Championships
International Open Results and Photos
Visit to Malta by ETTU President
Table Tennis Exhibition in Valletta
