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                                   Issue 1 - 2013

2018 Commonwealth Games Logo Launched

The logo for the 2018             “Centred upon fluid                 “Local focus group workshops
Commonwelath Games was            representations of a gymnast,       were held and we then defined
released on Thursday the 4th      a hurdler and a swimmer, the        the Games core proposition
of April. The emblem’s design     emblem reflects the Games’          before engaging brand and
- based on ‘months of research    deep heritage and humanity.         design company WiteKite to
and development’ - incorporates   “Today’s unveiling shows the        develop the artwork.
athletes including a swimmer, a   world the Gold Coast can’t wait
gymnast and a hurdler against     to share this moment in history.”   “It has been a very exciting
what appears to be windmill.                                          and thorough process and
                                  Gold Coast 2018                     GOLDOC believes the emblem
Tourism Minister Jann Stuckey     Commonwealth Games                  is an outstanding reflection
said the emblem was inspired      Corporation Chair Nigel             of community sentiment and
by the Gold Coast’s “stunning     Chamier OAM said the emblem         broader perception of the Gold
beach side location, its iconic   was a result of months of           Coast and its role as host city for
skyline”.                         research and development.           the Commonwealth Games.”

When logos are no-go: designs     “Market research was                Minister for Tourism, Major
court controversy                 undertaken to unpack the            Events, Small Business and the
She said the colours were         deeper emotional factors which      Commonwealth Games
“representative of the coast,     define the Gold Coast as a place,
the hinterland and the            and those that define the           The Honourable Jann Stuckey
celebratory atmosphere which      Commonwealth Games
is synonymous with the region”.   specifically,” Mr Chamier said.     Thursday, April 04, 2013

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Welcome
Welcome to the first issue of Over      the Toowoomba Association to
the Net for 2013. In this issue         utilise Totally Table Tennis as part
there are once again many articles      of their recruitment strategies,
of interest highlighting what is        some associations successfully
occurring in our clubs, outlines of     incorporating AWD table tennis
up-coming events and training           into their activities, actress Susan
camps and also information              Sarendon trying something
detailing the successes of some of      new (table tennis) in what could
our members, whether that be in         already be described as a fairly
playing table tennis, officiating, or   successful life, or junior player
being an active club volunteer.         Kyle Luthe from Bundaberg
However, primarily in this              undertaking training in Japan,
introductory article I would like to    which as you will read was a new
talk about the concept of “Change”.     and exciting experience for him,             President - Trevor Barrett
                                        and certainly a change to his
On various occasions when               usual training regime.
                                                                               that if we don’t experiment with
writing the introduction to
                                                                               change we won’t know if we can
the TTQ annual report, I have           Change often is accompanied
                                                                               run our tournaments in a more
mentioned the need for clubs to         by success…..not always……
                                                                               successful manner.
always be prepared to try new           but often, and if our current
ideas and to review the normal          practices are not achieving
                                                                               I encourage all players to be
practices in that association.          success, then change is not a
                                                                               accepting of the new event
Basically, the theme has been           bad strategy to consider.
                                                                               formats and to be prepared
that if you keep doing what you
                                                                               to give the changes a fair go.
have always done, you should            This year, TTQ has decided to
                                                                               However, constructive criticism
probably not be surprised if you        embrace some change in the
                                                                               is also a good thing, so I also
always get the same result.             ways that we normally conduct
                                                                               encourage players, coaches
                                        our major tournaments. We have
                                                                               and parents to be forth coming
Some people and organisations           shortened the length of some
                                                                               with suggestions about these
easily embrace change and are           events, adopted some new
                                                                               changes that you feel are worth-
open to new ideas. For others,          playing and scheduling formats,
                                                                               while and could lead to further
there is reluctance to change, and      and are trialling new strategies in
                                                                               improvement.
while stability can sometimes           relation to the management and
have benefits it can also               the venues for some of our major
                                                                               On a larger stage, Table Tennis
sometimes stifle progress and the       events. We are hopeful that these
                                                                               Australia are also embracing
development of new initiatives.         changes are in the best interests
                                                                               change in the format of their
Progress in any organisation            of table tennis in Queensland, and
                                                                               events this year, particularly in
is usually the consequence of           in the long term will lead to those
                                                                               relation to the Australian Open.
constructive change.                    events being more successful.
                                                                               With the event being based in
                                                                               Sydney over the next few years,
In this edition of Over the Net         As is often the case, there will be
                                                                               significant increases in prize
you’ll read various articles that are   those who do not see the need
                                                                               money and sponsorship, and
in some respects about people or        for such change, and even those
                                                                               increased participation from
organisations embracing change,         who think that such change is
                                                                               overseas teams, TTA are hopeful
such as the successful move by          ill-advised. The point is however,

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that new life will be engendered         (which is easy, but often achieves   events are also excellent
into the Australian Open, and that       little), become an active agent      networking opportunities
the event will become part of the        for positive change in your          whereby club delegates are able
ITTF World Circuit. If successful,       club, or in TTQ. Volunteer to be     to interact with other delegates,
this will be a major boost to table      your club delegate, join your        exchange ideas and also gain
tennis in Australia. Further, TTA        club committee or become             new ideas.
will be revamping the Australian         more involved in some form of
Closed into a new National               volunteer activity in 2013.          For smaller clubs, the AGM
Championship format, and also                                                 and Development Forum are
introducing a National Club              Finally, in relation to change,      opportunities to become more
Championships later this year.           I would like to encourage            involved with the broader
Hopefully, all of these initiatives      those associations who were          management of the sport in
will be successful examples of our       not able to attend our Annual        Queensland and to express
sport being prepared to embrace          Development Forum and AGM            your own view and concerns. In
constructive change.                     this year to consider a change to    essence, they are opportunities
                                         this circumstance in the coming      to both influence change in
In summary, if we are to continue        years and to make every effort       our sport and also to gain ideas
to develop as a sport, constructive      to ensure that a representative      that may bring about successful
change has to be part of that            from your club is present at these   change in your own associations.
development. Our most successful         events in future years.
clubs are those that look for new                                             I trust that you enjoy reading this
ideas and readily embrace change.        I am sure that those delegates       issue of Over the Net, and that
Sometimes that may involve a             who attended this year found         you have a successful year in table
degree of calculated risk, but that      the presentations at the             tennis in 2013. I also encourage
in itself is part of change, and there   Development Forum to be both         all members to aim to be positive
is often an element of truth to the      very well presented and highly       influences for constructive
expression that “who dares, wins”.       informative. A considerable          change in your own association
                                         amount of information was            this year.
If you are not entirely happy            presented that was of benefit
with what is happening at your           to clubs in terms of improving       Trevor Barrett
own club, or in TTQ in general,          practices and achieving more
then rather than complaining             successful outcomes. These           TTQ President

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News

Commonwealth                          6. Kane Townsend QLD           Women
                                                                     1. DING Ning (CHN)
Championships Event -                 7. Heming Hu VIC
India 5-8 May                                                        2. LIU Shiwen (CHN)
                                      8. Trent Carter NSW
                                                                     3. LI Xiaoxia (CHN)
                                      9. Wade Townsend QLD
                                                                     4. FENG Tianwei (SIN)
                                      10. Kiet Tran NSW
                                                                     5. GUO Yan (CHN)
                                      1. Jian Fang Lay VIC           6. KIM Kyungah (KOR)
                                      2. Miao Miao VIC               6. SHEN Yanfei (ESP)
                                      3. Vivian Dederko NSW          8. ZHU Yuling (CHN)
                                      4. Sally Zhang NSW             9. ISHIKAWA Kasumi (JPN)
                                      5. Peri Campbell-Innes QLD     10. FUKUHARA Ai (JPN)
                                      6. Stephanie Sang VIC
                                      7. Michelle Beaumont NSW       Get in the Game
Congratulations to the Campbell-
                                      8. Melissa Tapper VIC
Innes sisters (Peri & Claire) & the
Townsend brothers (Wade &             9. Claire Campbell-Innes QLD
Kane) on being selected in the        10. Chermaine Chen NSW
Australian Team to play in the
Commonwealth Championships
in India from 5-8 May.                Current World Rankings
                                      (as at 1 March 2013)
Heming Hu and David Powell
are the other two players for the     Men
men. While Melissa Tapper and         1. MA Long(CHN)                Premier Campbell Newman
Vivian Dederko also make up                                          and Sport and Recreation
                                      2. XU Xin (CHN)
the women’s team. Good luck!                                         Minister Steve Dickson have
                                      3. ZHANG Jike (CHN)            recently tripled funding to the
National Rankings
                                                                     LNP’s flagship Get in the Game
Congratulations to the following      4. WANG Hao (CHN)
                                                                     grassroots sports initiative.
Queensland players who have
                                      5. BOLL Timo (GER)
been named in the latest TTA
                                      6. CHUANG 		            		     Mr Newman said the increase
National Rankings for 2013 (as
                                         Chih-Yuan(TPE)              from the program’s original
of April 2013)
                                                                     $16 million over three years
                                      7. OVTCHAROV Dimitrij (GER)    to $47.8 million over the same
1. William Henzell SA
                                      8. MA Lin (CHN)                period was a huge boost to
2. Justin Han NSW                                                    his commitment to support
                                      9. MIZUTANI Jun (JPN)          grassroots sporting clubs across
3. Robert Frank VIC
                                      9. WANG Liqin (CHN)            Queensland.
4. David Powell VIC
5. Chris Yan NSW

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State Championships Changes 2013
The Board of Table Tennis                                                     singles events Monday
Queensland has insituted                                                      afternoon onwards.
some changes to State                                                         Doubles events will be
Championships for 2013                                                        run over the period of the
to revitalise the events,                                                     event depending upon
to try to increase levels of                                                  numbers.
participation and help better
prepare Queenslanders for                                                     Queensland Vets
Australian Championships.                                                     Feedback for the
                                                                              Queensland Veterans
Queensland Seniors                                                            was that the current
The loss of the Labour                                                        three day event was too
Day public holiday in May                                                     demanding upon some
weekend combined with                                                         of the older players. As
falling numbers in recent                                                     such it was decided to
years necessitated some                                                       start play on the Friday
changes in format for this event.   for Mackay in early November.       evening for doubles events, to
                                    The final format of this event      reduce congestion later in the
Firstly to try to increase          is still to be determined, but      weekend.
the standard of play and to         will be sent out to clubs in the
give Queensland players a           coming months.                      Teams events and individual
home event where they can                                               events will then be scheduled
compete against interstate          Queensland Juniors                  across the remaining three days.
and international players it was    TTQ regularly received feedback
decided to split this event into    from players and parents that       Online Entry
two new events.                     the format of the Queensland        To simplify the paperwork
                                    Juniors was too long over           for these events entries for
Individual events (senior and       six days, five of which were        individual events will be online
under 21) would be combined         weekdays. However clubs made        only via TTQ’s new online
into a new Queensland               it clear that they wanted to        event registration website.
Open event to be staged             retain the team element to the      Payments will also be made
over a weekend in May. The          championships.                      online using either Paypal or a
2013 event has already seen                                             Credit/Debit Card, which will
a good entry of Under 21            To try to resolve these issues it   again streamline the process for
interstate players and we are       was decided to condense the         players and the organisers.
looking forward to a great first    event into four days (Saturday
championships.                      to Tuesday) and to run team         Players will however be
                                    events consisting of two person     responsible for their own entry
The Board recognised the            teams, rather than the more         rather than relying on the club
importance of teams events          common three person teams as        secretary to collect and collate
to clubs and in building club       a compromise.                       all club entries, so look out for
cohesion so determined to run a                                         emails about these events and
separate team event later in the    Team events will run Saturday       don’t miss out.
year. For 2013 this is scheduled    to Monday morning with

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Hollywood Star with a passion for Table Tennis
The hardest thing about                                                       “Ping pong cuts across all
playing ping pong against                                                     body types and gender –
Susan Sarandon is playing                                                     everything, really – because
against Susan Sarandon.                                                       little girls can beat big
It’s distracting to look                                                      muscley guys. You don’t get
across the table and see                                                      hurt; it is not expensive; it is
your defensive block being                                                    really good for your mind. It
swiped at by a Hollywood                                                      is one of the few sports that
icon, a woman who by                                                          you can play until you die.”
the compartmentalised
standards of modern                                                           Recently a school teacher
celebrity life has “done it all” –                                            from North Carolina who
actor, activist, lover, mother,                                               sent her a letter about a
model, feminist, fearless                                                     pupil suffering problems
campaigner on behalf of the                                                   with migraines. “By playing
dispossessed, easy target for                                                 ping pong with him for 15
America’s right-wing bullies.        New York, a basement joint               minutes every day, not only
                                     in midtown Manhattan that             did his migraines go away he
It would be fair to say she misses   opened in 2009. “I was doing          became less stressed and more
as many shots as she hits. In        Exit the King on Broadway with        social,’’ she says. “So we sent her
her defence she is wearing a         Geoffrey Rush at the time. I          a ping-pong table. The next
royal-blue trouser suit, high-       had some movies coming out            thing she knew she had 25 kids
collared white shirt and studded     as well, and I would be doing         begging to play ping pong.”
winklepickers, the kind of outfit    interviews and at the end of
Jerry Lee Lewis might have           the chat people would ask: ‘So        Recently she and SPiN
taken to the stage in. She is not    what’s up next?’ I would say:         established a programme
dressed for bouncing around in       ‘Well, we have this ping-pong         in New York which supplies
pursuit of a ping-pong ball. But     bar that’s going to open.’ All of a   ping-pong tables to schools in
let us not pretend these sartorial   sudden that’s all people wanted       underprivileged parts of the
constraints mask a potential         to talk about, I guess because it     city. School districts agreed to
Olympic champion. “I’m not a         is the most unexpected pairing        provide coaching. A league has
competitive person, so I’m not       of a person and a sport.”             been established. Sarandon
one of those people who gets                                               donated $95,000 of her own
hooked on something and plays        SPiN has since opened up in           money to help fund the whole
it constantly,’’ she says. “So I’m   Milwaukee, Toronto and Los            thing. “It’s so much fun to
just not very good.”                 Angeles. Expansion, even on           be able to give ping-pong
                                     this modest scale, ranks as an        tables and instruction to kids
All of which brings us to the        achievement in an austere             in schools – most of them
rather startling news that Susan     economic climate, and Sarandon        are black – that don’t have
Sarandon is now the most famous      can take a lot of the credit.         gymnasiums,” she says.
ping-pong player in America.
This surreal designation has         Ask her to explain this late-         Courtesy of: newyork.
been bestowed by virtue of her       career diversion and she’ll           spingalactic.com
part-ownership in a chain of         pitch you the movie rights.
bars which started with SPiN

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Totally Table Tennis - Toowoomba
Following prompting from
Jason Walsh (TTQ regional
club coordinator) our
committee decided to give
“Totally Table Tennis” a go at
our club.

Our junior situation at the
time could only be described
as very poor so there was
only the possibility of
improvement, it couldn’t get
any worse.

We planned to have a “Come
and Try day” on Sunday the
17th February followed by 5
weekly sessions finishing on
the 24th March before the
Easter break.                               Participants and coaches of the Totally Table Tennis program

                                  showing up. In addition, the                followed by a party for
We booked an advert in our
                                  3 other kids from the come                  juniors and parents that was
local newspaper “The chronicle”
                                  and try day that couldn’t make              appreciated by all.
to publicize the Come and Try
                                  Sunday morning due to other
day and put posters up in as
                                  commitments now attend our                  The most cost effective
many locations as possible
                                  Friday evening Junior’s coaching            advertising seems to be school
around Toowoomba. Jason also
                                  sessions. In conclusion, 11 kids            newsletters so we will continue
organized a leaflet drop in
                                  completed the “Totally Table                with these adverts to try to
Toowoomba city and adverts in
                                  Tennis” course and are now                  build up our junior’s numbers
several school newsletters.
                                  club members so I can say it                and we plan to run the “Totally
                                  was a very good outcome and a               Table Tennis “course again later
All was ready for our “Come and
                                  tremendous boost to the club.               in the year.
try day” on the 17th February
and although I was slightly
                                  Throughout the 5 lessons we                 I would strongly recommend
pessimistic about this new
                                  had 4 coaches so 2-3 kids per               other clubs around Queensland
initiative. The day proved to
                                  coach meant we were able to                 to give the ‘Totally Table Tennis’
be a big success with about 15
                                  keep the kids involved and busy,            program a go, as it is proven
kids + parents attending along
                                  also following the guidelines of            to bring new juniors and
with a number interested adult
                                  the “Totally Table Tennis” book             families to the club and the
beginners.
                                  we kept the emphasis on fun                 six week program is a great
                                  rather than formal coaching.                introduction to the sport for
Our first lesson of the Totally
                                                                              these participants.
Table Tennis program started
                                  We ended the last lesson with
the following week exceeded
                                  presentation of certificates                Neil Sheriff Toowoomba TTA
my expectations with 11 kids
                                                                              Club president

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Petr Korbel Seminar
On Australia Day 2013, I                Benjamin Gould, was part of
attended a seminar organised            this squad and had the great
by Australia’s Head Coach, Jens         opportunity to receive personal
Lang, with Czech Table Tennis           advice from Petr.
legend, Petr Korbel.
                                        The questions/ answer sessions
                                            were conducted in a forum
                                            situation where coaches
                                            were able discuss, network
                                            and raise points of interest
                                            with each other and hear
                                            the views of Petr. Some
                                            of the main parts of these
                                            sessions were:

                                              • Five week preparation
                                              for major tournaments
                                              and league season
                                              • Club membership and              Petr Korbel and Benjamin Gould
                                              the available table time
                                              that is needed to achieve at
      Petr Korbel and William Henzell                                             be replaced at the earliest
                                              a high standard.
                                                                                  every ten years.”
                                              • Inter-club and state
                                                                             •    Coaches need to be
                                              leagues
                                                                                  continually updating and
Petr competed at five Olympic           •   Benching in matches
                                                                                  developing their knowledge
Games from 1992 to 2008. With           •   Video analysis of Petr playing
                                                                                  and skills
his best finish in Atlanta in 1996          against Jun Mizutani
                                                                             •    Squad unity
where he finished in 4th place.         •   The importance of the
He has been one of Europe’s                 player to coach ratio being
                                                                             I will be sharing many of the
leading players for over ten                a minimum of 10:1 prefered
                                                                             points raised at this seminar
years. His highest ITTF ranking             6:1
                                                                             with players, coaches and
was in 2001 when he was                 •   Squad training is the
                                                                             administrators at TTQ training
ranked sixteen in the world. It is          backbone of the creating
                                                                             camps, workshops and coaching
not often that we get a player of           a professional training
                                                                             courses in the near future.
this calibre in Australia to work           environment
with our players and coaches.           •   Squad success
                                                                             Cathy Townsend
                                        •   Planned seasonal sessions
                                                                             TTQ State Coaching Director
The day consisted of two,               •   Sparing partners –
question and answer sessions                brought in to prepare for
as-well-as two, Australian Junior           tournaments
squad training sessions. All four       •   Focus on sessions and
of these sessions last two hours.           programs not equipment
                                            (other than quality balls),
Queensland U/13 Champion,                   “table and flooring needs to

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TTQ Juniors in Japan
This January, Table
Tennis Queensland
offered the unique
opportunity to players
to train at the famous
ITS club in Tokyo, Japan.

The ITS club was
founded by the 12
time World Champion,
Ichiro Ogimura and is a
community based club,
something which is not
very common in Japan.

Three players took
up this opportunity;
Jackson Meyn and
Dylan Carpenter
from the Gold Coast
and Kyle Luthe                                 Competitors in action at the All Japan Championships
from Bundaberg. As State
Performance Director I was
                                    Olympic Games in 1964 and was                a three time All Japan University
responsible for both organising
                                    full with spectators from the                champion (only player to
and leading the group.
                                    very beginning. The group were               achieve this) and twice a
                                    special guests of the JTTA and               bronze medallist at the World
As well as training 5-7 hours
                                    watched several rounds of both               Championships.
per day, the players did
                                    the men’s and women’s singles
an enormous amount of
                                    as well as doubles matches.                  I feel that not only did the
sightseeing around Tokyo.
                                                                                 three players learn an amazing
Meiji Jinju Shrine, Harajuku,
                                    The pomp and ceremony of the                 amount about Japan and its
The Metropoitan Building
                                    finals is something that cannot              culture but also improved their
Observation Deck and
                                    be easily put into words. It is like         skill and knowledge of Table
Inokasira Park and Zoo, to
                                    a World Heavy weight title fight             Tennis.
name just a few things that
                                    combined with the Super Bowl.
were somehow squeezed in. It
                                    We were able to watch both                   TTQ hopes to offer more
was a non-stop 10 days.
                                    the Men’s and Women’s Singles                opportunities like this, for its
                                    finals. Both were great matches!             members, in the future.
Probably the highlight of the
trip for all was visiting the All
                                    Every day and night the three                Graeme Townsend
Japan Championships on three
                                    players were able to train with              TTQ Performance Director
occasions. The stadium where
                                    and get personal coaching
the event is held was the venue
                                    from the many staff at the club,
for Swimming events when
                                    including Ryo Yuzawa,
Japan hosted the

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On January 13, Graeme                                                        performers in the park. One
Townsend took Jackson Meyn,                                                  of the acts that we got to
Dylan Carpenter and me to Japan.                                             see was a man who was able
It was the best holiday of my life                                           to juggle 2 swords and an
and I would love to go again.                                                apple, while eating the apple
                                                                             all while another person lay
When we landed in Japan it                                                   underneath him.
was very exciting but really
very cold. We didn’t start                                                   We travelled by train quite a
training until our second day                                                lot and they were very, very
in Mitaka which was very easy                                                crowded. The seats on the
compared to the training later                                               trains were heated which was
on when it got really intense                                                really good for coming in from
                                                                             the cold. Although it was
We trained and stayed at                                                     Japan, there was English on
the ITS (International Table                                                 most of the signs and many
Tennis Stage) which meant                                                    Japanese people speak English.
that as soon as we got up in                                                 There are lots of different types
the morning we got dressed,                                                  of restaurants in Japan and we
had breakfast and then went                                                  visited Indian, Japanese and
straight to training.                                                        Italian ones. My favourite food
                                     Jackson Meyn, Dylan Carpenter and me    was the crepe ice-cream.
The training was very intense
but also a lot of fun. The staff     World Championships. A lot of            One of the many highlights of
and Mr Oribe (the boss) were         the time we chose what drill we        the trip was getting to see the
very nice and it was great to be     got to do and in Yozou’s training      All-Japan Championships. We
trained by them but Mr Oribe         we did a variety of multi-ball         saw the final of the Women’s
was very strict and you had to       exercises. We also did a lot of        and Men’s singles. In the
do as you were told. It was hard     serving practice, Mr Oribe told        women’s Ai Fukahara (known
to get to sleep at night as Dylan    us to work on one or two serves        as Ai Chun) defeated Kasumi
and I were sleeping in a room        and get them as good as we             Ishikawa in 6 sets and in the
right next to the tables where       can. I learnt many things in           men’s Koki Niwa defeated
people were still playing at         Japan and it improved my table         Jun Mizutani after being
11.00 and 12.00 at night.            tennis greatly.                        down 3 sets to 1 winning the
                                                                            match 11-9 in the seventh
Our regular daily routine was:       We went to many different              set. Watching the All Japan
7:00 – Out of bed                    places in Tokyo including:             Championships was amazing.
9:00 – 10:30 – Own Training          Kichijoji, Shinjuku, Harajuku          People in Japan are really very
10:30 – 12:00 – Mr Oribe’s lesson    and Ikebukuro. We went to              polite and extremely friendly.
5:00 – 7:00 – Yozou’s Training       the Government building in             I would really like to go back
7:00 – 9:00 – Squad Training         Shinjuku and saw Mt Fuji. We           again. I had the best time.
We had a great experience            spent time in the middle of
hitting with many great players      the city where there are lots          Kyle Luthe
and also getting coached by          of shops and interesting acts.         Bundaberg member
2 time bronze medallist at the       There were also some great

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State Training Camps
STATE TRAINING
CAMP

BRISBANE
16TH & 17TH FEBRUARY,
2013

The first of many state
training camps planned
for this year took place at
the Brisbane Table Tennis
Centre on the weekend
of the 16th and 17th
February. A total of thirty-
five players and seven
coaches participated over
the two days.

It was great to see such
a positive approach by
all involved in working
together to raise the
overall standard of Table                               Participants warming up at Brisbane
Tennis in Queensland.
                                    motivating others in the hall.          of their great facility.
Many of the coaches
were attending for free to
                                    Amongst these were four of the          With many more State Training
accrue hours towards their
                                    state’s top five ranked women           camps planned for the year it
coach accreditation or re-
                                    players, Claire Campbell-Innes,         is hoped that the trend started
accreditation. The coaches
                                    Peri Bostock, Ivett Weininger           in Brisbane continues through-
present were able to start on
                                    and Mariana Lee.                        out the year.
planning and working with our
possible state representatives
                                    While in the men three of               Visit our website or Facebook
for the upcoming year.
                                    Australia’s top eight men               page for updates on new
Particularly in the junior ages
                                    were present; Robert Frank,             training camps that have been
it is vital that our coaches have
                                    Wade Townsend and Kane                  annouced. The registration
worked during the year with
                                    Townsend. These players set a           forms are available to download
our state representatives.
                                    great example to the younger            there as well.
                                    players in both training ethic
As usual the playing standard
                                    and as role models.                     Graeme Townsend
and ages of those attending
                                                                            State Performance Director
was extremely varied,
                                    Thank you to all those involved
however it was great to see
                                    and to the Brisbane Table               Cathy Townsend
some of Australia’s leading
                                    Tennis Association for the use          State Coaching Director
players training together and

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Australian Women’s Team excels
ITTF World Team                      saved match point after match       Magdalena Szczerkowska.
Championships                        point in the fifth game of their    Third Game
Australian Women                     duel against Miao Miao and          She won the first two games
Guangzhou, China                     Zhenhua Dederko (9-11, 11-9,        with a degree of ease before
                                     9-11, 11-7, 13-11); a result that   in the third game losing the
Winners of the Women’s First         had surely swung matters in         first five points; it appeared
Division title at the Liebherr       favour of the Europeans.            Katarzyna Grzybowska had
World Team Championships,                                                adjusted to the style of Jian
just under one year ago in           It was not to be the result         Fang Lay.
Dortmund, Australia caused one       though; Australia responded.
of the biggest upsets to date in                                         It was not the situation; Jian
the Times Property World Team        Australian Response                 Fang Lay won the next nine
Classic in Guangzhou.                Miao Miao kept her nerve and        points, it was over bar the
                                     in yet another duel that was        shouting. Jian Fang Lay won in
In their concluding group            decided by a minimal two            three straight games (11-7, 11-3,
stage fixture on the morning of      point margin, she overcame          11-7) and Australia celebrated.
Friday 29th March 2013; they         Katarzyna Grzybowska (13-11,
beat Poland, the eighth seeds,       11-9, 4-11, 6-11, 11-9) to set      Australian progress came to a
in a contest that lasted within      the scene for Jian Fang Lay to      halt at the quarter-final stage
seconds of three and a half hours.                                       of the Women’s Team event
                                                                         at the Times Property World
A true team effort, the result                                           Team Classic in Guangzhou on
meant Australia secured                                                  the afternoon of Saturday 30th
second place in the group                                                March 2013.
behind Singapore with Poland
suffering elimination.                                                   They suffered a three-nil defeat
Level after two matches                                                  at the hands of Hong Kong;
Zhenhua Dederko gave                                                     the trio comprising Tie Yana,
Australia the perfect start by                                           Jiang Huajun and Lee Ho Ching
beating Natalia Partyka by the                                           holding the aces in the pack.
narrowest of margins in the
fifth game (9-11, 11-9, 10-12,                                           Nevertheless, the outfit of
14-12, 11-9).                                                            Jian Fang Lay, Miao Miao and
                                                                         Zhenhua Dederko could leave
Immediately Poland levelled                                              China with heads held high.
with Katarzyna Grzybowska
overcoming Jian Fang Lay in                 Jian Fang Lay in action      Jens Lang, the National Coach,
a hard fought five games duel        secure a quite sensational win.     could be proud of his team’s
(17-19, 15-13, 11-7, 11-7). Next                                         efforts and so could the whole
came the doubles which went          Using her pen-hold blocking         of Oceania.
the way of Poland.                   style of play to perfection,
                                     combining blocked returns           ITTF.com
Match Points Saved                   from the long pimpled side of       By: Ian Marshall, ITTF
Natalia Partyka and                  the racket and attacks from the     Publications Editor
Magdalena Szczerkowska               reversed side, she mesmerised

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Officiating at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Table Tennis Umpires Wanted                                               in even bigger events such
Table Tennis is one of the                                                as World Championships,
seventeen sports included in                                              Olympic and / or Paralympic
the Commonwealth Games that                                               Games. Undoubtedly, it will be
will be held at the Gold Coast                                            memorable experience.
in April 2018. With both team
and individual competitions, our                                          What do you have to do?
sport will run over almost the
entire length of the Games, so                                            If you are already an umpire, at
there will plenty of action for all                                       whatever level, stay involved
table tennis lovers.                                                      and get as much experience
                                                                          as you can over the next five
However, as with all major                                                years. If you don’t have sufficient
tournaments, a large number of                                            qualifications yet, enquire about
Technical Officials (umpires) will                                        attending a State or National
be required – possibly up to sixty,                                       Umpire course.
with Australia responsible for up
to half that number. They will have                                       Once qualified as a State
to be International or National                                           Umpire, it’s another two years
Umpires at the time of selection.     As a Technical Official, you will   before you can become a
                                      receive complete official and       National Umpire, and another
Therefore, as well as current         casual uniforms, all meals, an      two years before you can
umpires who have either               allowance (generally about          attempt the International
State, National or International      $25.00 per day), and probably       Umpire exam. This is held every
qualifications, there is still time   tickets to both the Opening and     two years, the next being in
for any who have not obtained         Closing Ceremonies, plus plenty     2014, then 2016.
any qualification but would like      of opportunities to visit other
to be involved in the Games to        sports and do some sightseeing.     Dave Delpratt
gain accreditation.                                                       TTQ Officiating committee
                                      You will meet other Table
What can you expect by being          Tennis Technical Official’s from    If you are interested in
involved as an umpire at the          around the world and, of course,    becoming an official
Games?                                umpire players from many            with the goal to be at the
                                      Commonwealth countries, both        Commonwealth Games please
Technical Officials of all sports     large and small, competing          contact Derek Scott, derek@
will probably be accommodated         against each other.                 tabletennisqld.org or 3217
at hotels relatively close to their                                       5579.
venue which, for Table Tennis,        This may be the biggest
will be the Village Roadshow          Table Tennis event you will         Table Tennis Queensland will
complex at Oxenford, about half       ever be involved with, or it        conducting more officiating
way between the Gold Coast            may be the start of a career        courses in the lead up to the
and Beenleigh. The stadium            that enables you to travel          games.
is expected to have a seating         the world and participate
capacity of 3200 spectators.

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Commonwealth Games Facts

  - The Games will be staged from 4 – 15 April 2018
  - There are more than 70 Commonwealth countries
  competing in the Commonwealth Games
  - Athletes and team officials: 6,500
  - Technical officials: 1,000
  - Workforce: Approximately 1,000 staff by 2018
  - Volunteers: 15,000 (estimated)
  - Tickets: 1.5 million (estimated)
  - Live broadcast coverage: Approx. 1,000 hours and 1.5
  billion global TV audience
  - 17 sports and 4 Para-sports

  Sports					Venues
  Aquatics        			               Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
  Athletics and Ceremonies		        Carrara Stadium
  Athletics (Marathon)			           Southport Broadwater Parklands (South)
  Badminton       			               Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre
  Cycling (Track) 				              Queensland State Velodrome
  Gymnastics/Basketball (Finals)		  Gold Coast Sports Arena
  Basketball(Preliminaries)		       Cairns Convention Centre/Townsville Entertainment and
  					Convention Centre
  Hockey 				                       Gold Coast Hockey Centre
  Lawn Bowls				                    Broadbeach Bowls Club
  Netball and Main Media Centre		   Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
  Rugby Sevens				Robina Stadium
  Shooting				Belmont Shooting Centre
  Table Tennis and Boxing        		 Oxenford Studios
  Triathlon				                     Southport Broadwater Parklands (North)
  Squash and Weightlifting		        Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre
  Wrestling				                     Coomera Sport and Leisure Centre

  For more information about the 2018 Commonwealth Games, visit the games website at:
  www.gc2018.com.

  1801 days to go as at 29 April 2013!

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Special Olympics Table Tennis
2013 started with a
Come and Try Day in
February at the Gold
Coast Table Tennis
centre. This saw the
partnership of the Gold
Coast Region for Special
Olympics Queensland
and the Gold Coast
Table tennis centre.

14 Players from the
Gold Coast Sport and
Recreation Association
Program competed
for the first time. We
appreciate the support
Gold Coast Table Tennis                    Regional Club Coordinator Jason presenting awards
Centre Manager Lukas
Kozak has provided in              From the February competition,             club delegates about the
the preparation and on the day.    two players were selected to               Special Olympics. It was a great
                                   compete at the Special Olympics            opportunity to make the clubs
In late February Special           Asia Pacific Games to be held at           around the State more aware of
Olympics Queensland invited        Newcastle in December 2013.                the Special Olympics.
all players with an intellectual   Congratulations to Brendan
disability to compete at a Round   March and Kate Juillerat, both             If you know of any people with
Robin held at the Brisbane Table   from Bundaberg, in their                   an Intellectual Disability please
Tennis Centre. 26 players          selection. There will be four              encourage them to come and
competed in 8 divisions. Dave      players representing Australia in          try Table Tennis as it’s a great
Delpratt from Bundaberg            Table Tennis.                              sport where new friends can be
brought down a group of                                                       made. Our group trains each
players to compete.                Two parents attended the TOPS              Wednesday at Brisbane. Please
                                   coaching course on Sunday the              contact Kim on 3289 8225 as
The Special Olympic players        7th April. Kim already coaches             she is the current coordinator
appreciate the chance to           the 8 players at the Brisbane              for Table Tennis Special
showcase the skills they have      Centre and is hoping with the              Olympics Qld.
recently learnt in a pathway of    fellow parent Sarah Bonar’s
competition. Many thanks to        assistance to expand in other              Sincere thanks to Jason Walsh
Mike Battilana for his ongoing     regions.                                   for this opportunity to inform
support, and for supplying the                                                you all of the growth of your
venue where 8 Special Olympics     I also recently made a                     sport throughout Special
Athletes train weekly.             presentation at the Table Tennis           Olympics Qld.
                                   Queensland Development
                                   Forum at the AGM to inform                 Kim Hammermeister

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Volunteer Recognition

Table Tennis Queensland              GOLD                               Peter Kuskie (Moreton Bay)
would like to recognise the          Judy Engstrom (Brisbane)           Chris Parminter (Moreton Bay)
volunteers that received             Mick Coughlan (Gold Coast)         Lionel Rose (Moreton Bay)
awards at our AGM on March           Peter Ward (Moreton Bay)
16 at Sports House, Milton.          Heather Ward (Moreton Bay)         If there is anyone at your club
                                     Greg Dinsey (Toowoomba)            that has put in a lot of hard work
Congratulations to all who           Don MacDonald (Crow’s Nest)        for a long time please nominate
received an award, you are the                                          them for a Volunteer award at
backbone of our sport around         SILVER                             next years AGM.
the state. Without you all, the      Warren Fleming (Brisbane)
sport would not be what it is        Ron Nuroo (Moreton Bay)            Please email admin@
today.                                                                  tabletennisqld.org for the
                                     BRONZE                             nomiation form. At Table Tennis
The volunteer awards are Gold        Daryl Coombs (Brisbane)            Queensland we love recognising
(20+ years), Silver (10 years) and   Katrina Forster (Townsville)       our hard working volunteers.
Bronze (5 years of service)          Brian Guthrie (Townsville)
                                     Kevin Chun Tie (Townsville)
                                     Peta Guthrie (Townsville)

Special Table Tennis Couple
                                           Table Tennis Queensland      manager, a level 1 accredited
                                           would like to make a         umpire and the sponsorship
                                           special mention about a      coordinator of the Moreton Bay
                                           very hard working couple,    club. Peter is also a life member
                                           Heather & Peter Ward. Who    of the Moreton Bay club.
                                           have been volunteering for
                                           over 35 years.               Heather Ward was also a
                                                                        founding member of the
                                           Peter Ward not only          Moreton Bay club and a life
                                           started the Moreton Bay      member of the club. She also
                                           Table Tennis Association     volunteered for 30 years at
                                           but has been involved        the Wynnum club. She has
                                           with Wynnum Table            previously assisted by preparing
                                           Tennis Association           the newsletter and helped as a
                                           for 30 years and was         Desk officer and was previously
                                           instrumental in getting      the Secretary and Treasurer
                                           the Wynnum club house        before the Moreton Bay
                                           built. His roles over        committee formed.
                                           the years has included
                                           President, Secretary, Vice   Congratulations to you both
                                           President. He is also the    and we hope to see you around
             Heather & Peter Ward          current tournaments          for a long time to come.

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    Volunteers of the Year 2012
    Congratulations to Mick                          trade expertise
    Coughlan who has been                            at the club, He
    awarded Table Tennis                             has shown great
    Queensland Volunteer of the                      leadership as
    Year for 2012.                                   president of the
                                                     association for over
    Mick has been a member at                        10 years.
    the Gold Coast Table Tennis
    Association ever since it was                    Well done Mick
    formed in the late 1960’s.                       and we hope that
                                                     you continue to
    Mick has always displayed                        support table
    his loyalty and dedication                       tennis in the future.
    in supporting the club right
    through the early days by                         Your efforts at
    renting halls at the local senior                the Gold Coast
    citizens centres providing                       club reflect on the
    financial assistance in building                 success the club
    the current existing hall.                       has seen in recent
                                                     years and are truly
    Mick always lends a hand                         appreciated from
    in helping out at events,                        all involved.
    promotions and providing his
                                                                                      Mick Coughlan receiving his award from
                                                                                            TTQ president Trevor Barrett

    TTA Umpire of the Year
                                                     Joe Clifton has been awarded              Joe put together the
                                                     the Fran Keyhoe Table Tennis              draw and schedule for the
                                                     Australia Official of the Year for        Championships, which was
                                                     2012.                                     pivotal for the event flowing
                                                                                               smoothly and being such a
                                                     Joe is pictured left being                great success.
                                                     presented his award from Table
                                                     Tennis Australia president Will           Joe was also the Tournament
                                                     Goodier at the TTQ AGM.                   Referee at the Rockhampton
                                                                                               and Bundaberg Open and
                                                     A highlight for Joe in 2012 was           umpired at the Mackay Open.
                                                     being Deputy Referee for the
                                                     Australian Open which was held            Well done Joe and keep up the
                                                     in Brisbane.                              hard work.

Joe Clifton receiving his award from TTA president

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Player of the Year Awards 2012

  Congratulations to the following players for who
  have been awarded player of the year in their
  respective age groups. Here are some of their
  highlights from 2012.

  Junior Player of the Year
  Jake Duffy (Gold Coast)

  •   Gold - U21 Men QLD Team at Australian Open
      Youth Championships
  •   Gold - U15 QLD Boys
  •   Silver - U18 QLD Boys
  •   Ranked #4 U15 Boys in Australia
  •   Ranked #1 U15 Boys in Queensland
  •   Ranked #2 U18 Boys in Queensland
  •   QSport Junior Team of the Year recipient

                                                     Senior Player of the Year
                                                     Kane Townsend (Cabarita Beach)

                                                     Oceania Championships
                                                     • Gold - Men’s Team
                                                     • Gold - U21 Men’s Team
                                                     • Gold - Open Men’s Doubles

                                                     Australian Open
                                                     • Silver - Open Men’s Team
                                                     • Quarter finals - Men’s Singles
                                                     • Gold - U21 Men’s Doubles
                                                     • Bronze - U21 Men’s Singles

                                                     Current Australian Ranking:
                                                     • Open Men # 6

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                                                 Veteran Player of the Year
                                                 Max Wellington (Townsville)

                                                 Australian Veterans
                                                 • Silver - O50 Men’s singles
                                                 • #2 Order of Merit O50 Men

                                                 Club Championships
                                                 • Gold - O40 Townsville, Mackay and Gold Coast
                                                 • Gold - O50 Townsville, Mackay and Gold Coast
                                                 • Gold - Open Singles Mackay
                                                 • Silver - Open Singles Cairns, Townsville,
                                                    Toowoomba and Gold Coast
                                                 • Silver - O50 Cairns Open

New Board Member - Terry Morato
Table Tennis Queensland              Queensland, and Australia as well
welcomes Terry Morato as the         as overseas as a Veteran and is still
new board member filling the         an active player.
position previously occupied by
Paul Uttley. Terry was elected       Terry has vast experience in
at the AGM which was held on         business management and
March 16 in Brisbane.                has been involved with many
                                     organisations and community
Terry started playing table tennis   groups at Board level over the last
at the age of 23 in Ayr, where he    30 years.
resides and has played ever since.
                                     Terry has always possessed a
Along the way he has been lucky      great passion for table tennis
enough to be coached by some         and has been a player, coach,
of the best coaches around and       umpire, Qld Team Manager, Club
had the experience of competing      President, Sponsor and supporter
                                                                                       Terry Morato
with some of the great players.      over his time.

Terry has competed at                Terry is committed to making            having Queensland Table
tournaments throughout               the game available to all and           Tennis sound and viable into
                                                                             the future.

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Table Tennis Queensland Board 2013

                             President - Trevor Barrett                           Danny Lloyd - Vice-President

   Joe Clifton - Treasurer                            Rhonda Miller - Secretary                   Katrina Forster - Board Member

 Tony Herbert - Board Member                        Lukas Kozak - Board Member                     Terry Morato - Board Member

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Forthcoming Events
           May 2013                       September 2013
4-5     Queensland Open           8-14    Australian Veterans
        Brisbane                          Darwin, NT
5-10    Commonwealth Champs       12-15   TTA Club Championships    Please note that events included
        India                             TBC                       here are correct at the time of issue.
13-20   World Individuals         14-15   State Training Camp       Please check the TTQ Website for
        Paris, France                     Bundaberg                 up to date calendar information.

18-19   Brisbane Open             20-22   Women’s World Cup         In addition, Table Tennis
        Brisbane                          TBC                       Queensland will be running a series
                                                                    of training camps throughout
27-28   State Training Camp       21-22   National Women’s Event
                                                                    the state which are open to all
        Mackay                            Moreton Bay               levels of members. Camps will
27-1/6 European Veterans          28-5/10 Australian Juniors        be run by Graeme Townsend
       Germany                            VIC                       (State Performance Director) and
                                                                    Cathy Townsend (State Coaching
                                                                    Director) and are aimed as skill
          June 2013                        October 2013             development amongst players
                                                                    and coaching developmment for
1-2     Toowoomba Open            28/9-5 Australian Juniors         coaches.
        Toowoomba                        Croydon, VIC
                                                                    Look out for more details
6-9     Australian Open           18-19   Bennelong Cup             throughout in the year.
        Sydney, NSW                       Sydney
22-25   Queensland Juniors
        Brisbane
                                          November 2013
28-30   Queensland Veterans       2-4     Queensland Senior Teams
        Townsville                        Mackay

           July 2013                      December 2013
                                                                       Comments
                                                                       If you have any comments
6-13    Australian Closed Teams   1-8		World Juniors
                                                                       or suggestions to improve
        Sydney, NSW                    Rabat, Morocco
                                                                       future issues of Over the
                                  13-20   World Individuals            Net, or perhaps ideas for
                                          Paris, France                content or articles, please
         August 2013
                                  14-16   State Training Camp          feel free to submit your
10-11   Gold Coast Open                   Brisbane                     ideas to TTQ.
        Gold Coast
                                                                       Contact Derek Scott, TTQ
17-18   State Training Camp
                                                                       Executive Officer on 07
        Townsville
                                                                       3217 5579 or by email to:
                                                                       derek@tabletennisqld.org.

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   Member Clubs
   Brisbane                         Gatton                               Redcliffe
   ttbris@bigpond.com               gatton@tabletennisqld.org            redcliffe.tta@gmail.com
   07 3357 8992                     07 5462 8121
                                                                         Rockhampton
   Bundaberg                        Gold Coast                           rockhampton@tabletennisqld.org
   bundaberg@tabletennisqld.org     info@goldcoasttabletennis.org.au     07 4922 5570
   07 4155 2388                     07 5597 1633
                                                                         Sunshine Coast
   Cabarita Beach                   Ipswich                              sunshinecoast@tabletennisqld.org
   cathy.cabaritabeach@gmail.com    ipswich@tabletennisqld.org           07 5490 2666
   02 6676 3168                     07 3282 4708
                                                                         Table Tennis Academy Townsville
   Cairns                           Mackay                               ttatownsville@gmail.com
   cairns@tabletennisqld.org        mackay@tabletennisqld.org            0431 099 274
   07 4051 6825                     07 4957 6103
                                                                         Toowoomba
   Centenary                        Maclagan                             toowoomba@tabletennisqld.org
   centenary@tabletennisqld.org     maclagan@tabletennisqld.org          07 4632 2710
   07 3279 1300                     07 4692 8235
                                                                         Townsville
   Crows Nest                       Maleny                               townsville@tabletennisqld.org
   07 4698 4132                     maleny@tabletennisqld.org            07 4771 5911
                                    0400 224 401
   Dalby                                                                 University of Queensland
   k.bremner@bigpond.com            Moreton Bay                          schanphysics@gmail.com
   0429 639 136                     p.kuskie@qut.edu.au                  0423 035 708
                                    07 3888 0894
   Far North Coast NSW                                                   Wynnum
   02 6624 5153                     Noosa                                wynnumtabletennis@gmail.com
                                    07 5474 5526                         07 3396 8310
                                    noosattc@aapt.net.au

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