Table Tennis Australia
Encyclopedia
Table Tennis Australia is the National Sporting Organisation for the Sport of Table Tennis
in Australia and is affiliated with both the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation
) which oversees the international governance and development of Table Tennis and the OTTF (Oceania Table Tennis Federation
) which oversees the sport development at a regional level.
Men:
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
in Australia and is affiliated with both the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations.-Founding history:The ITTF was founded in 1926, the nine founding members being Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales...
) which oversees the international governance and development of Table Tennis and the OTTF (Oceania Table Tennis Federation
Oceania Table Tennis Federation
The Oceania Table Tennis Federation is a table tennis organization found on 1st June 1977, recognized by International Table Tennis Federation as its continental federation in Oceania....
) which oversees the sport development at a regional level.
Players
Women:- Miao MiaoMiao MiaoMiao Miao is an Australian table tennis player who represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games. Her best Olympic result was the quarter finals of the doubles tournament in Sydney...
- Jian Fang Lay
- Stephanie SangStephanie Sang XuStephanie Sang Xu is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Australia.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition....
Men:
- William HenzellWilliam HenzellWilliam Henzell is a right-handed Australian Table Tennis player. He was born in Adelaide and moved to Sweden at the age of 14. His highest international ranking was 108 in 2010. He has represented Australia many times, including securing Australia's first Commonwealth Games table tennis singles...
- David ZalcbergDavid ZalcbergDavid Zalcberg is a left-handed Australian table tennis player. He is Jewish.- Table tennis career :...
- Simon GeradaSimon GeradaSimon Gerada is a right-handed Australian/Maltese Table Tennis Player. His father, Joe Gerada, who was born in Malta but immigrated to Australia three decades ago. Simon Gerada was born and brought up in Melbourne, Australia and began playing at the age of 9 after he witnessed his father win a...
National Championships
Each year there are a number of National Championships run by TTA for each Age Grouping| Junior | Youth | Senior | Veteran | AWD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | Under 21 | Open Age | Over 40 | Class 1-11 |
| Under 15 | Over 50 | |||
| Under 13 | Over 60 | |||
| Over 65 | ||||
| Over 70 | ||||
| Over 75 | ||||
| Over 80 |
State Bodies
- Table Tennis Queensland
- Table Tennis New South Wales
- Table Tennis ACT
- Table Tennis VictoriaTable Tennis VictoriaTable Tennis Victoria is the State Sporting Organisation for the Sport of Table Tennis in Victoria and is affiliated with TTA , the ITTF and the OTTF . TTV was formed in 1925. Today, Table Tennis is played by over 1.5 million Australian's either socially or in organised competitions...
- Table Tennis Tasmania
- Table Tennis South Australia
- Western Australia Table Tennis Association
- Table Tennis Northern Territory