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Aussies Bow Out of Olympics After Amazing Performances

William Henzell

William Henzell’s Olympics have come to an end. He was playing Korea’s Jae Young Yoon for a spot in the last 32. Henzell really pressured Yoon by running out to a 2 sets to nil lead. Yoon fought back taking the thrid set. Henzell built up a massive lead in the 4th set but […]

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William Henzell and Miao Miao Shine in Beijing

Photo courtesy of ITTFHenzell’s firing in Beijing

William Henzell has just beaten the Number 58 in the World, Lundquist from Sweden, to progress to the 2nd Round in the Mens Singles at the Beijing Olympics. Henzell went up 2-0 in 2 really close sets but Lundquist fought back to 2 all.

The 5th Set Proved Decisive

Henzell shot […]

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Olympic Table Tennis Schedule

Take a look at when Table Tennis is on at the Olympics.
Here is the full schedule of events.
Teams Events

Olympic Day 5 – Wed. 13th August
10:00- 13:00 Women’s Team Group 1st rd
10:00- 13:00 Men’s Team Group 1st rd
14:30- 17:30 Women’s Team Group 1st rd
14:30- 17:30 Men’s Team Group 1st rd
19:30- 22:30 Women’s Team Group […]

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Teams Format for Olympics

Format Changes
This Olympics will see a few changes in format to previous Games. The first major change is that Doubles has been replaced by a teams event. The second change is that the format for the teams event has had a facelift.
Teams Format
A toss is done to decide which team will be ABC […]

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Table Tennis and the Olympic Games

Table Tennis is the National Sport of China and hence their most popular sport for the Olympic Games. There are over 19 million registered Table Tennis players in China which is not far from the entire population of Australia. Table Tennis is one of the top 5 televised sports throughout the world during the Olympics. […]

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TTV Super League Grand Final

Last night I played in the TTV Super League Grand Final for the second year in a row. This is Table Tennis Victoria’s premier pennant competition and has 4 of Australia’s Olympic representatives competing in it this year.

The Regular Season

During the regular season my team MSAC MyDBA managed to go undefeated. I had a strong […]

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Passion in the Table Tennis Victoria Super League

Jesse Bricknell has passion

The Table Tennis Victoria Super League is underway and 3 rounds have been played. The League features some of Australia’s best players as well as a swag of up and coming young guns.

There is a new website for the TTV Super League. It is still under construction so not all of the […]

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