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LY Table Tennis Academy: Champion of 1st Stage of Quebec League

(By LY Table Tennis Academy) Congratulations to LY Table Tennis Academy for winning the 1st Stage of Quebec League Venue: Collège Letendre Address: 1001 boul. de l’Avenir Laval, Québec Canada Phone: 514 252.3064 Website: www.tennisdetable.ca ELITE MEN Antoine Bernadet Quebec   Marko Medjugorac Sherbrooke   Edward Ly China   Luc Sicard Trois-Rivières

Crystal Wang stars, as USA trio makes perfect start to qualifying groups

(by Simon Daish/Photo: Thorsten Gohl) Crystal Wang stars, as USA trio makes perfect start to qualifying groups The preliminary qualifying group stage of the Girls’ Singles event at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships got underway on Sunday 4th December as 24 groups battle it out for the chance to reach the main draw. […]

Consolation for Canada as girls outshine boys

(by Ian Marshall/Photo: Rémy Gros) Consolation for Canada as girls outshine boys Third place in the first stage group on the initial day of play and thus with 13th place being the ultimate goal, it was Canada who enjoyed success on the second day of play, Thursday 1st December, in the consolation events. The trio […]

Comeback win sees USA top group, initial stage comes to a close

(by Simon Daish/Photo: Rémy Gros) Comeback win sees USA top group, initial stage comes to a close USA, Spain, Serbia and Brazil are the four countries that ended the opening day at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships top of their respective Girls’ Team initial stage groups. They will join the top eight seeds […]

Two wins in vain, two wins in victory, differing fortunes for North America

(by Ian Marshall/Photo: Rémy Gros) Two wins in vain and victory,differing fortunes for North America First place in the group and thus a passport to the second stage; that was the lot of the top four outfits on duty in the Boys’ Team event at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships, when play closed […]

5th consecutive appearance for Kanak Jha at WJC

5th consecutive appearance for Kanak Jha at WJC (by Ian Marshall/(Photo: Thorsten Ghol) A debut in 2012 when the World Junior Championships were staged in the Indian city of Hyderabad and China’s Fan Zhendong won the Boys’ Singles title, the name of Kanak Jha of the United States appears on the entry list for the […]

My family, my identity, my motivation

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor / Photo: courtesy of LATTU) My family, my identity, my motivation The sixth seed in the Girls’ Singles event at the forthcoming Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships, which commence in Cape Town on Wednesday 30th November, whilst also joining forces with Lineris Rivera, Paola Sanabria and elder sister […]

2016 Butterfly Teams: LYTTC Teams Claim Top Spots in Division 1

2016 Butterfly Teams: LYTTC Teams Claim Top Spots in Division 1 By  Barbara Wei 2016 Butterfly Teams: LYTTC Teams Claim Top Spots in Division 1 “LYTTC Elite” continued their dominance in Division 1 on the final day of competition at the 2016 Butterfly Teams tournament by easily overcoming 2nd and 3rd seeded teams “Newgy/Petrosetco” and “SPiN” […]

2016 Butterfly Teams: “LYTTC Elite” and “SPiN” Remain Undefeated after Day 2

2016 Butterfly Teams: “LYTTC Elite” and “SPiN” Remain Undefeated after Day 2 BY BARBARA WEI At the close of day 2, only two teams: “LYTTC Elite” and “SPiN” remained undefeated in Division 1. Comprised of Ruichao Chen, Kaden Xu, Yuxiang Jin, Ziyang Chen and Junha Wu, “LYTTC Elite” seemed unbeatable as they swept every team […]

Top Three Teams Undefeated on First Day of Competition

Top Three Teams Undefeated on First Day of Competition BY BARBARA WEI “LYTTC Elite” (Ruichao Chen, Kaden Xu, Yuxiang Jin, Ziyang Chen, Junha Wu), “Newgy/Petrosetco” (Sameh Awadallah, My Trang Mai, Rachid El Boubou, Sameir Mohammad Elfeky) and “SPiN” (Kevin Wang, De Tran, Tahl Leibovitz, Paul David, Anthony Valero) remain undefeated after the first three rounds […]

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