During three days in February Tanja KAJTNA held advanced practical course in Athens. In Greece, 19 coaches and one athlete attended seminar which was conducted in the organization of Greek Table tennis Association and the European Table Tennis Union. “I h,

Naomi OWEN won her 9th Welsh Championship with a fantastic win against Welsh number 2 Charlotte CAREY. In one of the best encounters the Sports Centre in Cardiff has seen for many years, the girls went at it hard with Charlotte winning the first set. Naom,

After two days of competition in Cerknica new champions in Slovenia are Jan ZIBRAT and Manca FAJMUT. In the final of the Men’s Singles Event ZIBRAT beat Gregor KOMAC. In semis they accounted at Gregor ZAFOSTNIK and Bojan ROPSA. In Women’s Singles Event Ma,

Joniskis hosted 83rd National championship of Lithuania. Competition was fierce and after three days of spiriting battles new champions are crowned. This year for the first time National champion in Women’s singles event become Egle STUCKYTE. In the final, Joniskis hosted 83rd National championship of Lithuania. Competition was fierce and after three days of spiriting battles new champions are crowned. This year for the first time National champion in Women’s singles event become Egle STUCKYTE. In the final with a result 4:0 (11:7, 11:9, 11:6, 11:2) she won against Aiste MACAITE. The third place went to Lina MARTINKE (Panevezys) and Vitalija VENCKUTE (Kaunas). For the first time champion in Men’s singles event became Tomas MIKUTIS. In the final he fought against Kestutis ZEIMYS and won with the result 4:3 (11:8, 12:10, 11:13, 7:11, 13:11, 6:11, 11:9). The third place shared Valdas MARTINKUS and Gintautas JUCHNA. In Women’s doubles champion title clinched Ieva VENSLAVICIUTE and Aukse GECEVICIUTE . In finals they won 3:1 (7:11, 11:8, 11:9, 11:9) against Aiste MACAITE and Ausra STIRBYTE. Third place shared Vitalija VENCKUTE with Ugne BASKUTYTE and Egle STUCKYTE with Egle ORLOVAITE. Men’s doubles champions are Matas SKUCAS and Matas VILKAS. They won 3:2 (12:10, 4:11, 9:11, 11:8, 11:4) against Tomas MIKUTIS and Valdas MARTINKUS. With third place were happy Kestutis ZEIMYS with Vytas RYBAKAS and Manfredas UDRA with Alfredas UDRA. Mixed Doubles champions became Egle STUCKYTE with Tonetas DOMEIKA. Second place was taken by Gintautas JUCHNA and Egle ORLOVAITE. Aukse GECEVICIUTE with Algirdas SKIRGAILA and Monika TAMULIONYTE with Vytas RYBAKAS shared third place. (by Egle KAZYTE) Photo: Egle STUCKYTE (Photo Lomaev)

In Sarajevo’s Skenderija more then 90 players fought for the titles in Bosnia and Herzegovina last weekend. DURANSPAHIC won his second, whilst HADZIAHMETOVIC clinched fifth title.  Admir DURANSPAHIC beat Srdjan MILICEVIC in the final. Adnan SEHIC and Edin,

It was a big sensation when Fabian AKERSTROM took the title in Men’s singles in Swedish National Championships. In the final he beat Jens LUNDQUIST, the champion from last year and with four gold medals total in this class. It was 4–2. AKERSTROM is member, It was a big sensation when Fabian AKERSTROM took the title in Men’s singles in Swedish National Championships. In the final he beat Jens LUNDQUIST, the champion from last year and with four gold medals total in this class. It was 4–2. AKERSTROM is member of Växjö PK but has played before for Lyckeby BTK in Karlskrona – the town in the south east of Sweden which organized the championships for the fourth time. The people in the hall give “their son” a big support. AKERSTROM is 24 years old and his ranking in the world is 333 – 276 after Lundquist. Lundquist won the Men’s double title instead. With Pär GERELL he has four gold medals – three in a row 2009-2011 and 2013. LI Fen, 36 year-old, played for the first time in the Swedish Championships. First he won Women’s double with Sandra ANDERSSON and less than one hour later on Sunday she won Women’s singles. She played five matches with 20–0 in sets. Matilda EKHOLM, the winner 2012 and number one in Sweden, was sick and could not play. Twelve years ago LI Fen was in the quarterfinal in the Chinese National Championships. She lives in Malmö and played in Bundesliga in Germany for TTSV Saarlouis-Saarbrücken. At the Championships she have won 14th of 17th singles matches. (by Örjan WESTBERG) Womens doubles – Final: LI Fen/Sandra ANDERSSON, Malmö IF-Linda BERGSTRÖM/Josefin LUND, Ängby SK 11–6, 11–6, 7–11, 11–8. Semifinals: LI Fen/ANDERSSON-Marina DONNER/Sara RASK, Tabergs SK/Eslövs AI BTK 8–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–6, BERGSTRÖM/LUND-Daniela MOSKOVITS/Stina ZETTERSTRÖM, Team Mälarenergi BTK 7–11, 13–11, 11–13, 11–3, 11–7. Mixed doubles – Final: Simon ARVIDSSON/Sara RASK, BTK Rekord/Eslövs AI BTK-Anthony TRAN/Daniela MOSKOVITS, Spårvägens BTK/Team Mälarenergi BTK Semifinals: TRAN/MOSKOVITS-Anton KÄLLBERG/Tilda JOHANSSON, Söderhamns UIF/BTK Frej 9–11, 13–11, 11–8, 11–9, ARVIDSSON/RASK-Mikael APPELGREN/Marlene APPELGREN, Spårvägens BTK 11–5, 11–8, 11–3. Mixed doubles – Final: Anthony TRAN/Daniela MOSKOVITS, Spårvägens BTK/Team Mälarenergi BTK-Simon ARVIDSSON/Sara RASK, BTK Rekord/Eslövs AI BTK 11–8, 14–12, 11–7. Semifinals: TRAN/MOSKOVITS-Anton KÄLLBERG/Tilda JOHANSSON, Söderhamns UIF/BTK Frej 9–11, 13–11, 11–8, 11–9, ARVIDSSON/RASK-Mikael APPELGREN/Marlene APPELGREN, Spårvägens BTK 11–5, 11–8, 11–3. Photo: Fabian AKERSTROM (courtesy ITTF)

Andreaj GACINA beat Roko TOSIC in the final of the Men’s Singles Event to clinch the national title in Croatia. In semi final GACINA overcame Miho SIMOVIC, whilst TOSIC succeeded against Tomislav KOLAREK. KOLAREK and TOSIC clinched the title in Men’s Doub,