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News (Last update on Tuesday, February 7 2012)

Umpires invitation for Korean Veterans PTT Tournament 2012.

New web site and photo in Mateja Pintar's profile.

In Budapest meeting, the Division resolved to implement a tournament credit of 130 (including Fa50, 40 and 20 events) for the 2014 world championships to be achieved over 24 months starting 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013 provided that a bonus of 20 points would be allocated for each event in which a player competed outside his or her continent.

Results of BSNW Open - Dusseldorf, Germany 2012.

Site inspection report of the Slovakian Open 2012.

Umpires invitation letter and nomination form of PTT Hungarian Open 2012.

Bank account details were wrong in first entry form of Korean Veterans PTT Tournament 2012.

Competition schedule of the singles event at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Bank account details were wrong in First entry form of the Al Watani Championships 2012.

The entries of the Lignano Master Open 2012 have been closed: 239 entries, 33 countries.

Minutes of the ITTF PTT division meetings held in Budapest.

Umpires invitation letter of the Romania Open 2012.

The rules section has been updated, obsolete documents deleted.

Classification seminars for 2012 – 2013.

Two classification seminars Level A will take place in 2012, during Fa 20 tournaments. These will be in Eger, Hungary in 2/3.2012 and San Diego, USA in 11/12 2012 (please see the calendar for details).

Seminars will be facilitated by Juraj Stefak and Sheng Kwang Wu, and the content will consist of medical, technical and ID training.

The target group is new candidates who wish to become a Level A classifier, or also as a “refresher” seminar for classifiers who have not been active for a long time. For new candidates it is obligatory to have a medical or technical TT background.

For the year 2013 we are considering organising seminars for Level B during the Regional championships but more information will be made available once the plans have been finalised.

Juraj Stefak, Medical officer

Here are some statistics about participation over last 12 years. Few remarks:

  • Women's participation has slightly increased.
  • 2011 has seen the highest number of players: 1137 for 24 tournaments. This number does not include class 11 players.
  • The impact of 2 year selection cycle over participation is very clear, the year of the Paralympic Games the particpation decreases by 27% to 35%.

Please read the revised misbehavior policy.

The equipment at the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be:

  • Balls: white Nittaku 3* (Japanese).
  • Tables: 26 Double Happiness rainbow tables and 22 TW1818 tables (dark blue top).
  • Floor: Tinsue blue.

New document: Entries requirement for PTT events.

New date for Copa Tango 2012, Buenos Aires, Argentina: 27 June - 1st July

Correction in Bank Account number first entry form and second entry form of PTT Hungarian Open 2012.

The ITTF Education and Training Department presents a very educational and well produced video on itTV. The video is produced by INSEP , France with input from the French association and concerns ITTF Racket Control Procedures at international events. All in all - an excellent learning opportunity for any athlete embarking on, or nursing an international career.

Prospectus, first entry form and second entry form of 2012 China Para TT Open.

Some corrections to documents about Paralympic Games 2012 pre-selections:

Prospectus, first entry form and final entry form of Korean Veterans PTT Tournament 2012.

Documents about Paralympic Games 2012 pre-selections:

A player asked for some statistics about age of top players, so here they are. I took the top 8 per class except for F1 that I combined with F2. The youngest top player amongst women is Karolina Pek (F9) from Poland and she's 13. The 2 youngest male top players are 16: Lian Hao (M10) from China and Ross Wilson (M8) from Great Britain.

Classification seminar form of PTT Hungarian Open 2012.

Copa Costa Rica, Factor 20, has been added to the calendar.

Here is an online calculator for rating movements. Hopefully Daryl will make it look nicer ;)

Here are the January 2012 ratings. Please note that all players' ratings have been compressed by 20% (e.g. a player with rating 1000 is now 800). We're still working on including class 11 players.

With the 2012 Paralympic Games in London fast approaching, the attention of players and coaches is drawn to the fact that no medals will be awarded for players who do not participate in at least one match in the whole team event. This means that if a player stays on the bench throughout the team event, he or she will not receive a medal. If, however, he or she competes in one match in the whole team competition and only 1 match, he or she will be eligible to receive a medal. Similarly, no medals will be awarded to coaches. These are the rules applicable to the Paralympic Games.

The city hosting 2012 Brazil Open is no longer Manaus, it will be communicated soon by organizers.

Evaluation report of the ITTF PTT Asian & Oceanic Championships.

Umpires' invitation letter and prospectus of Lignano Master Open 2012. Prospectus has been updated to fix a minor error in entry fees.

ITTF PTT INAS players list as of January 2012. Any player with a sport class status N must go for further testing at the PTT Hungarian Open if he or she wishes to be considered for participation in any ITTF PTT Tournament.

Please read Peter and Marleen's message in forum about how we can help Ernst Bollden.

Prospectus, First entry form and Second entry form of the Romania Open 2012.

I thought I'd streamline the calendar for better viewing and add a new feature! If you click on the location of a tournament under the "Place" column, you'll get to see where the city actually is on Google Maps.

Prospectus, First entry form and Second entry form of the Al Watani Championships 2012.

Videos and photos of the ITTF PTT Asian & Oceanic Championships.

Evaluation report of the Para Panamerican Games 2011.

First entry form and second entry form of PTT Hungarian Open 2012.

List of players who have been selected randomly to be part of the registered doping testing pool for 2012.
The ITTF is a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code and as such is obliged to establish a registered testing pool for international level athletes. For the PTT section, 1 player is selected per class for both men and women. Those selected are obliged to submit through ADAMS (an online system which allows daily whereabouts to be recorded) their whereabouts per day per quarter of the year. The ITTF, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the national anti-doping organisation may send a doping control officer to do an out of competition any time on the basis of the whereabouts information submitted. Should a player not be found at the time and place so recorded, they will be investigated so it is important to ensure accurate information is submitted and that it is kept up to date at all times.

Prospectus of PTT Hungarian Open 2012.

Prospectus. First entry form of Slovenian Open 2012.

With the inclusion of class 11 players during the course of 2011, we have considered the best way to continue the process in the lead up to the Paralympic Games to be held in London in 2012. Thus the PTT Division has approved the following:

  1. We will have classification at 2 Fa20 events in 2012 - Hungary and USA
  2. All other Fa20 events are open only to those class 11 with a confirmed status (C status)
  3. All Fa40 events will be open to class 11 with a C status.
  4. If a new class 11 player wishes to enter an event, he or she can only enter for the events in Hungary and USA were classification is available.
Should you have any questions, please contact Nico Verspeelt or Alison Burchell.

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