WITS Open Tournament

WITS Open Tournament
Saturday 20th September
08H00 - Start Of Draw
Wits Hall West Campus
Entry R70

China Mens Team Takes GOLD

WITS UPDATE

WITS Fun Tournament
10 May '08 @ The Old Mutual Hall Wits Campus

Arrival Time : 08H30
Start Time : 09H00

Singles and Doubles
Entry Fee : R30

Players from Botswana will be participating on the day.

Refreshments on Sale !!!
All Welcome.
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Donic Review

• Blade : Donic Waldner DOTEC Carbon
• Rubbers : Donic COPPA JO Gold
• Glue : Butterfly FREE Chack

The feel of this combo is amazing, a fast setup with a suprising amount of control. The blade has a unique handle that creates an arch in your wrist that enables you to really get over that ball.Thanks to the COPPA rubbers, no speed glue is needed.
OVERALL RATING : 9/10

New Tournaments Added

Enter at http://www.rackelton.co.za/

Rubber Sheets Banned As Of July This Year

Do you use any of these rubbers ?

• 989
  999
• Andro
  Clou
  Krypto
• Dawei
  388B
• Donic
  Alligator
  Alligator Soft
  Piranja FD
• Double Power
  No. 4080
• Dr Neubauer
  Boomerang
  Inferno
  Monster
  Roulette
  Scalpel
  Super Block
  The Wall
• Friendship
  RITC 755 Faster
  RITC 799-1
• Giant Dragon
  8228 Out
• Hallmark
  Friction Special
  Super Special
  Super Special Extra
• Imperial
  Defender
  Magic Swing
• Joola
  Antispin Long Pips
  Fakir
  Razor
• Milky Way
  Pluto
  Uranus
• Proma
  Diabolic
• Socko
  STR-Gee
• Tibhar
  Grass Devil
• Toni Hold
  Virus II
• TSP
  Bam Boo Curl p-1
  Curl Cactus
  Curl Combi
• TT Master
  R Flex
  Swing Back I
  Swing Back Special
• Yaping
  138

Warning These Brands are not Authorised as of July 2008
Download PDF List Here !!!

Tournaments '08

April
19th: SACSSA Nationals – Benoni
27th: SAVETTS Tournament - Pretoria

May
10th: Wits Fun Tournament
10th: GNTTA Vets Open
11th: Racketlon SA Open - Capetown
31st: GNTTA Junior Open

June
7th: GNTTA Senior Open
21st: GCTTA Senior Open - Boskruin Centre
29th to 6th July: SATTB Junior Championships - PMB

July
13th: Racketlon Cape Open - Capetown

August
8th to the 11th: SATTB Vets Championships

September
28th to 4th October: SATTB Senior Championships - Belhar

October
4th: GCTTA Junior Open - Boskruin Centre

Equipment Reviews Coming Soon .......

Watch the 49th World Team Championships Online Now


http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=itTV_Nov_07

55th E.G.T.T.A Annual General Meeting

The Fifty-Fifth annual General Meeting oF The EASTERN GAUTENG TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION, will be held at the ALBERTON TABLE TENNIS CLUB, on MONDAY 3RD MARCH 2008 AT 19:00

The Most Backspin Possible

This video shows Ma Lin with an incredible backspin serve.

All You Need To Know About Glue

A must read for anyone who uses glue or wants to start !!!

CLICK HERE !!!

Awesome Rally

Still one of the most viewed videos on youtube.com

Serving Tips

By far the most neglected part of practice. Most players focus on drills and footwork and forget that the serve is a critical element in their game.

Some guidelines:

• Learn a few basic serves with different spins. ( sidespin, backspin, topspin, nospin, etc )
  
  
• Aim for little to no variation in the look of these serves. For example in order to confuse your opponent, a sidespin and a sidespin with backspin should look the same when performed, which makes their choice of return more difficult.
  
  
• Work on placement. short or long balls but not in the middle of the table, as these are easy to return.
  
  
• Watch where your opponent is positioned, a good angle on your serve can help setup for the Third Ball Attack.
  

Practicing the serve can be a chore, but it will pay off in the end.

to be continued.........

Ladder For Rules '08

01 - The ladder runs the whole year. Summer and Winter.
02 - The matches must be scheduled by the involved players.
03 - If a player does not show for a match then the points are automatically given to the challenger and places are swopped.
04 - If a player has not attended the club recenty, he / she may be skipped, but only if the challenger has another player to confirm.
05 - If this happens then the places adjust with no points awarded.
06 - A player cannot challenge another if he / she has unresolved challenges. Those matches have to be resolved first.
07 - A re-challenge may occur if the defending player agrees.
08 - All normal ITTF Table Tennis Rules apply.
09 - All matches are to be played as Best of 5 basis, or otherwise agreed by the players.
10 - There is no limit to the amount of challenges a player can make.
11 - Taking a Position Scores - 4 pts.
12 - Defending a Position Successfully ( Below Position 1 ) Scores - 3 pts.
13 - Defending at position 1 - Scores 4 pts.
14 - Losing Player Scores - 2 pts.

The ladder will be randomly redrawn every two months. This encourages player of all levels to set goals, and work on getting points.
Points get accumulated and DO NOT reset when the ladder gets redrawn.

At the end of the Season, the total points are added to get final results.

Hexagonal Multiplayer Extreme Table Tennis

Practice This Sunday

General Practice to continue this sunday.
Multi-Ball and other drills.

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