TTA Summer
Awards
27th August 2008
James Dawson - FAIR PLAY AWARD
Andrew Gambina, Steve Bugeja, Jake Galea - MOST DEDICATED PLAYERS
Andrea Portelli - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
Keith Vanhear - STAR OF THE FUTURE AWARD
Daniel Vella Fondacaro - TT Academy Award
Erika Farrugia - GIRLS MOST IMPROVED AWARD
View Photos.....
Index
TTA Workshop -
I Can..... I Will.....
13th August 2008
Speaker: Mario Genovese
- Levels and stratas and the development of skills through a
developed academic network.
- Recording your weaknesses and grading your improvements: how
it needs to be done
- Scaling the ladder of an active sports school and utilising
the coaches maximally.
- Why throw away 50% of your game performance 'the secret
weapon of Mental preparation.
- Confidence building and
athletic bullying
- I can .....I can't .....I can Action and interaction with
your opponents on the field of play.
Speaker: Edwin Cotter
- Professionalism in the training hall and the actions
for domestic exposure.
- Systems of training and their further creative development
for furthering enhancements.
Speaker: Edward Baldacchino
- The importance of preparation for International and National
competition.
- Diet, physical and thinking ahead.
- The interaction of sparring partners for further development
and increase of intuition.
Index
MTTA Presentation of Awards
Academy students and coaches receive their well earned trophies for their acheivements during the 2007/08 season.
Index
56th Edition of MTTA National Championships
Results of TTA Students in the Championships
Boy’s Under-13
Runner-up ~ Ryan Tabone
Winner ~ Andrea Portelli
Boy’s Under-15 Doubles
Runners-up ~ James Dawson / Julian Caruana
Winners ~ Steve Bugeja / Andrew Gambina
Boy’s Under-18 Event
Runner-up ~ Daniel Vella Fondacaro
Boy’s Under-18 Doubles
Runners-up ~ William Camilleri / Andrew Gambina
Winners ~ Matthew Micallef / Daniel Vella Fondacaro
Under – 21
Runner-up ~ Daniel Vella Fondacaro
Winner ~ Edwin Cotter
Girls
Runner-up ~ Jessica Bianco
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Other Tournaments During the 2007/08 Season
1st SENIORS RANKING TOURNAMENT - Oct ‘07
PLATE EVENT WINNER ~ ANDREW GAMBINA
1st CADETS RANKING TOURNAMENT – Nov ‘07
PLATE EVENT UNDER-15 RUNNER-UP ~ MARCUS PORTELLI
UNDER-15 RUNNER-UP ~ STEVE BUGEJA
1st JUNIORS RANKING TOURNAMENT - Nov ‘07
UNDER–21 WINNER ~ DANIEL VELLA FONDACARO
PLATE EVENT UNDER-18 RUNNER-UP ~ NIKOLAI SAMMUT
PLATE EVENT UNDER-18 WINNER ~ DANIEL PORTELLI
UNDER-18 WINNER ~ DANIEL VELLA FONDACARO
2nd CADETS RANKING TOURNAMENT – Jan ‘08
PLATE UNDER-15 WINNER ~ SHAUN MICALLEF
UNDER-15 RUNNER-UP ~ JAMES DAWSON
UNDER-15 WINNER ~ ANDREW GAMBINA
2nd JUNIORS RANKING TOURNAMENT – Jan ‘08
PLATE UNDER-21 RUNNER-UP ~ SHAUN MICALLEF
PLATE UNDER-21 WINNER ~ ANDREW GAMBINA
UNDER-21 RUNNER-UP ~ STEVE BUGEJA
PLATE UNDER-18 RUNNER-UP ~ MARCUS PORTELLI
PLATE UNDER-18 WINNER ~ JESSICA BIANCO
UNDER-18 RUNNER-UP ~ DANIEL VELLA FONDICARO
3rd CADETS RANKING TOURNAMENT – Feb ‘08
UNDER-15 RUNNER-UP ~ JAMES DAWSON
UNDER-15 WINNER ~ ANDREW GAMBINA
3rd JUNIORS RANKING TOURNAMENT – Mar ‘08
PLATE UNDER-21 RUNNER-UP ~ MASSIMO ANASTASI
PLATE UNDER-21 WINNER ~ NIKOLAI SAMMUT
UNDER-21 WINNER ~ DANIEL VELLA FONDACARO
PLATE UNDER-18 RUNNER-UP ~ MARCUS PORTELLI
PLATE UNDER-18 WINNER ~ NIKOLAI SAMMUT
UNDER-18 RUNNER-UP ~ DANIEL VELLA FONDACARO
Index
ISF World Schools Table
Tennis Championships
COTTONERA
SPORTS COMPLEX - MALTA Mar 2008
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Table Tennis Academy players represent Malta
in the ISF Games
from left to right...
Dario Portelli, Marcus Portelli, Daniel Portelli
James Dawson, Daniel Vella Fondacaro
Full results on MTTA Website. |
Index
Edwin Cotter
joins Academy Coaching Team
Edwin is resident coach at the Academy until his return to Australia in Aug '08.
He shall also be coaching during this year's SUMMER SCHOOL!
Index
2007/8 TTA Davis Cup
League
Feb & Mar 2008
Final Standings as
at 26th March 2008
| Team |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Pts |
| Table Tennis Devils |
5 |
5 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
15 |
| Tibhar TT |
5 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
9 |
13 |
| Los Guapos |
5 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
9 |
9 |
| Liverpool |
5 |
2 |
3 |
14 |
11 |
9 |
| Academy TT |
5 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
20 |
7 |
| Academy Spinners |
5 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
20 |
5 |
The last League
Day saw the leaders face each other in a very close game.
The effective winners were
Table Tennis Devils - STEVE BUGEJA & MARCUS
PORTELLI
who played to win 3-2 vs Tibhar TT. The
match included a very close game between
Steve Bugeja of Table Tennis Devils & James Dawson of Tibhar TT with Steve
emerging as the winner: 11-5, 4-11, 17-15, 3-11, 11-7.
Index
2007/8 3rd Division National
League - St James Smashers TTA
Daniel Portelli, Andrea Portelli, Michael Grech and Marcus Portelli
| Date |
Home |
|
Away |
Result |
Write Up (compiled by Marcus Portelli) |
| 15/02/08 |
Allied Consultants |
vs |
St James Hospital TTA |
4-5 |
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| 08/02/08 |
St James Hospital TTA |
vs |
Melita B Cadets |
1-8 |
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| 01/02/08 |
Blade T.T.C. |
vs |
St James Hospital TTA |
3-6 |
A third win in a row leaves St James Hospital
TTA in third place in the Third Division but with equal points to second placed Allied
Consultants. The next game is against first placed Melita B Cadets. |
| 11/01/08 |
St James Hospital TTA |
vs |
Paper Chase TTC |
5-4 |
St James Hospital TTA registered 2
consecutive wins in Division III to move up to third place in the standings. |
| 04/01/08 |
Aloysians 'C' |
vs |
St James Hospital TTA |
0-9 |
| 07/12/07 |
St James Smashers TTA |
vs |
San Gwann Flutisat |
4-5 |
St James Smashers TTA lost to San Gwann Flutisat
in a very close game. St James now lie 5th in the table but with equal points to Paper
Chase TTA and San Gwann Flutisat. |
| 30/11/07 |
Men In Black TTC |
vs |
St James Smashers TTA |
3-6 |
Back on track with a win against Men In Black!!!
The next game, the last one this year, will be against San Gwann Flutilsat. |
| 23/11/07 |
St James Smashers TTA |
vs |
Allied Consultants |
4-5 |
A narrow loss making the team drop to 4th place
in the 3rd division. |
| 16/11/07 |
Melita 'B' Cadets |
vs |
St James Smashers TTA |
8-1 |
On Friday 16th of Nov, St James TTA suffered
their 1st loss in Div 3 against Melta B Cadets. Up to now, St James TTA were 2nd in Div 3
with 9 points from 3 games right behind Melita B Cadets who also had 9 points. |
| 26/10/07 |
St James Smashers TTA |
vs |
Blade TTC |
7-2 |
Third consecutive win for the team! |
| 19/10/07 |
Paper Chase TTC |
vs |
St James Smashers TTA |
4-5 |
Saint James Hospital TTA registered another win
at the National Teams League Division 3 against Paper Chase TTC. |
| 12/10/07 |
St James Smashers TTA |
vs |
Aloysians 'C' |
6-3 |
The newly formed St. James Smashers T.T.A. third division team composed of
Table Tennis Academy students Michael Grech, Andrea Portelli, Marcus Portelli and Daniel
Portelli beat Aloysians C. |
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Index
STEFFAN FETZNER
Interview Taken During Guangzhou World Team Table Tennis Championships 2008
 
Mario Genovese has known Steffan Fetzner for the past 24 years. Meeting him again during the Guangzhou Championships, Mario took the occasion to interview Steffan for the benefit of Table Tennis in Malta specifically by gaining more insight into opportunities for our youth and TTA students.
Steffan Fetzner's greatest game in terms of overall performace and table tennis glory was winning the Men World Doubles Championships in Dortmund '89 in front a packed and overfilled stadium.
The subjects covered during the interview were mainly:
o Youth Development in teritiary countries and developing countries.
o The protocol formation for developing countries through bilateral agrements with developed countries.
o The Aspire School of excellence in Qatar and mode of operation.
o The influx of new developments and their full interaction with the old school methodology.
o The footsteps of a new generation of simulative table tennis programming.
Index
2008 World Table
Tennis Chamionships, Guangzhou, China
24th Feb to 2nd Mar 2008
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TTA coaches Mario Genovese & Edward Baldacchino together with Jorgen Persson |
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Index
2007 Academy Annual
Awards
27th Dec 2007
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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