14 of our bright young stars are in Europe for a training and competition tour. Matches wrapped up overnight at the World Table Tennis Youth Contender event in Austria, with strong results being recorded.
The media statistics have been released for the 2022 National Hopes Challenge and the 2022 TTA Tour – Melbourne. As anticipated, very strong numbers have been achieved across both events.
ITTF have released a new magazine, which supersedes the previous Swaythling magazine. Two Australians, Graham Symons and Yangzi Liu, feature in the first edition.
David Powell has called time on his decorated playing career. After enjoying considerable success as a junior, Powell made the step to become entrenched as part of the senior National Team for more than a decade.
Table Tennis Australia Board member Craig Hayes will conclude his time as a TTA Director at the TTA AGM which will be held in Adelaide on Saturday 23 April.
Before the 2022 TTA Tour – Melbourne event, Aditya Sareen was not a name that most Australian table tennis fans would be familiar with. However, this is sure to change following his impressive display in his first appearance in Australia.
The TTA Tour - Melbourne was played at Croydon & Districts Table Tennis Association on 16-17 April.
162 athletes from 7 States/Territories competed at the event, with 327 individual event entries being received. The entries set a new record for the TTA Tour.
76 players from seven States/Territories competed at the 2022 National Hopes Week & Challenge at LOOPS Table Tennis from 11-15 April. The entries set a new participation record for the event for the fourth consecutive year.