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Table Tennis Exhibition in Valletta
July 2006
The Valletta Alive
Foundation, in association with Bank of Valletta, are organising the BOV Streets Alive
Event due to be held in Valletta over a one-month period commencing on July 28.
The BOV Streets Alive events are aimed at reviving Valletta in the evenings through a
series of artistic and cultural events. "The main objectives of the BOV Streets Alive
initiative are to give Valletta its due and proper place on the local scene as an ideal
location for evening leisure, as a cultural hub, as an inspirational city, and as an
historic city wherein European history was forged. This initiative aims to do this by
creating synergies between the arts, leisure and business activities in the city." The Evenings will take place on Fridays and will include a variety of
activities hosted between 6.30p.m. and 9p.m., offering visitors the opportunity to soak in
and delve deeper into the unique characteristics of our Capital. Giving life to the
streets and creating incentives for the general public to truly appreciate the cultural
and historical heritage will certainly help in the Foundation's objective of increasing
the Capital's profile.
The dates of "BOV Streets Alive" will
therefore be on Fridays 28 July, 4, 11 and 18 August 2006 from 6.30p.m. to 9p.m. with the
Table Tennis Academy participating on all 4 Fridays in Merchants' Street. |
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ITTF WJC Australian Junior Open
July 2006
Daniel Bajada is representing Malta at the
Australian Junior Open. Apart from being one of the Academy's top players, Daniel is also
a prominent player in the national scene and has acheived many high positions in the
various tournaments.
Interview with Daniel Bajada at the
Australian Open - Read Interview
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2005/06 MALTA NATIONALS
23rd to 26th June 2006
MEN'S SINGLES
EVENT
Two of our star players reach the quarter final stages!! |
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MEN'S PLATE EVENT
Top spot achieved!! |
Daniel
Vella entered into the men's singles event by beating Matthew Farrugia in the qualifying round.
He then went on to beat Umberto Borg Cardona and later played an impressive game beating the then 2nd ranked national champion Mark Azzopardi.
Daniel lost in the quarterfinal to Peter Borg Cardona. The latter then lost in the
final to TTA Coach & National Champion Edward Baldacchino. Daniel Bajada won his first two games against Lorenzo Mule Stagno and Ray
Darmanin respectively.
Daniel lost in the quarterfinal to David Pace. |
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Matthew Micallef has worked his way through the plate event and emerged the overall winner.
Matthew showed his characteristically strong determination in all of his
games winning against Adrian Cipriott, Matthew Grech in the semifinal and Dennis Borg in the final. |
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SENIORS' DOUBLES EVENT
Good show by newly formed team!! |
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Sergei Mikhailenko & Stefan Grech won their opening game against Johanna Grech & Nadia Bonnet.
They then lost in the quarterfinal against last year's runner up team
composed of Alex Anastasi & Joe Borg Cardona |
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BOYS UNDER-18 SINGLES EVENT
Another strong show!! |
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BOYS UNDER-18 DOUBLES
Academy boys in the final!! |
| Daniel Bajada has shown his stength in this event winning against Matthew Micallef and Umberto Borg Cardona in the line up to the final against Robert Carbonaro who he beat with a final score of 3-0 [13-11, 11-7, 11-4]. |
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Sergei Mikhailenko & Stefan Grech lost a very close final game of this event at 2-3 vs Kevin Abela & Robert Carbonaro.
 left to right:
Sergei & Stefan
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BOYS UNDER-18 PLATE EVENT
Academy budding player is the winner!! |
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William Camilleri is the overall winner of the plate event by winning the final against James Dawson at 3-0 [11-8, 13-11, 11-8]
He beat Giulio Bonavia and Christian Mugliett in the games leading to the
final. |
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BOYS UNDER-15 SINGLES EVENT
90% of the event composed of Academy players!! |
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BOYS UNDER-13 SINGLES EVENT
Another event where 90% of entrants were Academy players!! |
| Matthew Micallef reached the final with wins vs Kurt Cauchi, William Camilleri and Stefan Grech. Daniel Bajada reached the final with wins
vs Dario Portelli, Eman Mifsud and Daniel Vella.
In the final game, Matthew was
the overall winner beating Daniel at 3-2 [11-8, 6-11, 13-11, 13-15, 11-4]
left to right: Daniel & Matthew
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Daniel Bajada and Steve Bugeja reached the final as the two strongest players in this event.
Daniel was the overall winner at 3-0 [11-8, 11-7, 11-6]
left to right: Steve & Daniel
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BOYS UNDER-15 DOUBLES
An all Academy final game!! |
| Stefan Grech & Matthew Micallef were trailing at 0-2 vs Daniel Vella & Daniel Bajada in the final game of this event. The former then changed tactics and picked up a strong determination to win a very combated game at 3-2 [9-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 13-11] |
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TABLE TENNIS ACADEMY TEAM IS FIRST IN 3RD
DIVISION NATIONAL LEAGUE
March 2006
from left to right Stefan Grech, Daniel Vella, Matthew Micallef and Thomas Vella
Now promoted to Division 2, Thomas, Matthew, Daniel
and Stefan have earned the top spot by winning all the matches along the way. The results of their matches are shown below.
| Date |
Home |
Away |
Result |
| 07.10.05 |
Table Tennis Academy |
Makuja |
8-1 |
| 14.10.05 |
Aloysians 'A' |
Table Tennis Academy |
3-6 |
| 21.10.05 |
Table Tennis Academy |
Striders T.T.C. |
9-0 |
| 28.10.05 |
Batman 'D' |
Table Tennis Academy |
0-9 |
| 25.11.05 |
Table Tennis Academy |
Batman 'C' |
9-0 |
| 09.12.05 |
Union Press |
Table Tennis Academy |
1-8 |
| 13.01.06 |
Makuja |
Table Tennis Academy |
1-8 |
| 20.01.06 |
Striders T.C.C. |
Table Tennis Academy |
2-7 |
| 10.02.06 |
Table Tennis Academy |
Batman 'D' |
8-1 |
| 03.03.06 |
Batman 'C' |
Table Tennis Academy |
0-9 |
| 10.03.06 |
Table Tennis Academy |
Union Press |
8-1 |
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ANNUAL AWARDS FOR 2005
December 2005
The Table Tennis Academy has awarded those students who have excelled in their performance both within as well as outside the Academy competitions.
Click
here for the nominations and
winners of the various awards.
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SPECIALISED COACHING SESSIONS FOR TOP-10 TABLE TENNIS ACADEMY PLAYERS
November 2005
Guest coach Erik Nordlander is currently
leading a series of specialised coaching sessions at the Table Tennis Academy. Attending these courses are the TTA's Top-10 players (according to the ranking list updated after
the 1st ranking tournament '05/06). Coaching has been organised at a professional level as is the norm at the Academy. The sessions are being held on Sunday mornings at the Royal Overseas Sports Center.
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ERIK NORDLANDER - SWEDISH GUEST COACH AT THE TTA
October 2005
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The coaching force at the Table Tennis Academy has been strengthened with the addition of Erik
Nordlander from Sweden who
has been contracted for a long period. Erik boasts a lot of achievements in his table tennis career starting at the age of 15 when he qualified to be rated as a Class One player in Sweden. Since then Erik has obtained over 25 victories in various competitions held in Sweden. Erik has obtained qualifications as a coach under the guidance of top Swedish coaches such as Kjell Ake Waldner and for 3 seasons he was personal the coach for 3 of among the top 20 best junior players in Sweden.
Bringing Erik over is a real
achievement for local Table Tennis. “This is something that is really needed as we have to establish good quality and freshen up situations. Sweden has the best coaching systems in the world after China. Sweden has developed super table tennis giants such as
JO Waldner and Jorgen Persson, Tikkan Carlson, Erik Lins and so many more” said Mario Genovese. |
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TABLE TENNIS ACADEMY BOARD MEMBERS FOR 2005/06
SEASON
The new TTA Board was formed during a meeting held on the 4th Oct 2005 at the Royal Overseas Premises. The board members responsibilties were assigned as follows.
| Technical Committee |
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Mario Genovese
Edward Baldacchino
Alex Soler
Alex Anastasi |
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| Treasurer &
Student Records Management |
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Tony Vella |
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| Public Relations
& Marketing |
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Joseph Micallef |
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| Tournament Director |
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Mario Dimech |
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| Secretary &
Website Administration |
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Katia Mifsud |
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TABLE TENNIS ACADEMY FEATURE ON TV
A feature on the Table Tennis Academy will
be aired during the program Ziffa on Education 22. Broadcast schedule is as
follows:
Thursday 29th Sept '05 @ 18:00
Friday 30th Sept '05 @ 10:00 & 14:00
Sunday 2nd Oct '05 @ 15:45
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POLISH COACH FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
The 2005 Summer School was marked by the
contribution of Milosz Przybylik from Poland who was our guest for the summer months. Milosz has been playing in First Division Polish Table Tennis for the past 5 years and has
a good track record. Prior to leading the Academy Summer School, Milosz was also involved in the organisation of another summer school with the Irish Table Tennis Association in
Belfast, Ireland.
The Summer School was a success with all students who participated!
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World Team Table Tennis Championships,
Bremen Germany
24th April to 1st May 2006
Link to the official Site
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XVIII Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006
15th to 26th March 2006
Link to the official Site
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