National Volunteer Week 2023 (NVW2023)
is Australia’s largest annual celebration of
volunteers. From Monday 15 to Sunday 21 May
2023, we will celebrate, thank and recognise
the significant contribution the almost
3 million sport volunteers make across
Australia by saying 3 Cheers for Volunteers.
TTA is pleased to release the media statistics from the TTA Tour – Canberra, National Hopes Week & Challenge and TTA Tour – Geelong. Overall, very strong figures have been realised, continuing the trend of strong interest in National Events.
TTA is pleased to release the Prospectus for the 2023 National Veterans Championships, which will be played in Canberra from 30 September to 7 October.
TTA is pleased to advise that at the 4 May 2023 TTA Board meeting, the TTA Board unanimously endorsed Graham Symons to continue as TTA President and for Steve Knapp to be appointed as TTA Deputy President. Both will hold their positions until the 2024 TTA AGM.
Following on from their landmark medal at the 2022 World Youth Championships, the Aussie trio of Aditya Sareen, Won Bae and Chulong Nie feature in the April 2023 ITTF Swaythling Magazine.
After more than 5.5 years in the role, Scott Houston has announced his resignation as CEO of TTA. Scott will be taking up another opportunity outside of sport with his final day being 30 May 2023.
The 2023 TTA Tour - Geelong was played at Geelong Table Tennis Association on 22-23 April. A record 400 individual event entries were received from 196 players from 6 States/Territories and New Zealand. Final results for all events are now available.
"THE DREAM STARTS HERE"
The 2023 National Hopes Week & Challenge was played at Geelong Table Tennis Association, Victoria from 17-21 April. 75 youngsters from 6 States/Territories participated in what was an action packed week of training and competition. Final event results are now available.
Table Tennis Australia (TTA) would like to congratulate Lina Lei and Qian Yang who earlier this month attended the Australia Day Honours and Awards Investiture ceremony at Government House Victoria where they were presented with their Order of Australia medals by the Governor of Victoria, the Honourable Linda Dessau AC.
The TTA Board provides a key outcomes summary after each Board meeting to ensure that all stakeholders are informed about TTA developments and to offer openness and transparency.
One of the great servants of Australian table tennis, Angelo Tabone, passed away this morning in Melbourne, aged 80 years old. Angelo had a long and decorated career at all levels of the sport for nearly 60 years, primarily in officiating and administration.
The Australian Veterans team comprising 13 women and 19 men ventured to Nelson, New Zealand over the Easter long weekend for the Trans Tasman Test Match and the New Zealand National Veterans Championships. This was the first time Australian Veterans players have headed to New Zealand since 2019 and the events were a big success overall.