05/21/2013      

Situated in the Nord Department, Milot is the site of the Sans-Souci Palace, one of Haiti's most revered landmarks; also it is the home for the Hôpital Sacré Coeur, run by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Crudem Foundation.

Now it has another claim to fame; it is the centre of an ever growing sporting culture.

In the past five years, since 2008, table tennis has become the passion for children in Milot.

 05/20/2013       World Table Tennis Championships

Over US$ 100,000 was raised at the inaugural ITTF Dream Building Dinner held at the Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel in Paris on Friday 17th May 2013, on the occasion of the LIEBHERR World Championships.

The money raised will be devoted to the major initiatives promoted by the International Table Tennis Federation: the Development Programme, the Global Junior Programme and Para Table Tennis.

A range of highly valued items were on show.

 05/17/2013      

Half meeting, half birthday party; that was the quite unique scenario for the ITTF Women’s Working Group Meeting held on Thursday 16th 2013 in the French capital city of Paris on the occasion of the LIEBHERR World Championships.

It was the 10th “birthday” of the Women’s Working Group, which will be dissolved later next year.

Australian singer Paulini, who sang Whitney Houston’s “I Am Every Woman” for the participants, provided the entertainment.

The meeting discussed how to better market women’s table tennis and how to best increase participation.

 04/28/2013      

The largest of the Windward islands in French Polynesia, situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, Tahiti was the recent home for a series of well attended Training Camps.

Organised under the auspices of the ITTF Development Programme in conjunction with the Oceania Table Tennis Federation, the expert on duty was Michael Brown, the ITTF-Oceania Development Officer.

Four Training Camps in total were staged with the itinerary tailored to suit the level of players present.

The one common factor was that all were received with enthusiasm and a will to progress.

 04/25/2013      

Organised under the auspices of the ITTF Development Programme, “Ping Pong Paix”, has been shortlisted for the second consecutive year for the SportAccord Spirit of Sport Award.

The winner will be announced during the prestigious 11th Annual SportAccord Convention in St Petersburg, Russia on Wednesday 29th May 2013.

An outstandingly successful initiative, the focus was on the Great Lakes region of Africa in the disputed border region of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Four villages, two on either side of the border were united through table tennis.

 04/18/2013      

Organised under the auspices of the ITTF Development Programme and promoted by Olympic Solidarity, a Developing a National Sports Structure Course concluded recently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Led throughout by Togo’s Kaka Lawson, an ITTF Level One Course and Training Camp brought matters to an end in Lubumbashi being.

Proceedings were staged from Monday 1st to Monday 8th April 2013.

The whole programme was organised in two parts; the first part had been held from Thursday 15th November 2012 to Sunday 15th December 2012; the second part commenced on Tuesday 12th March 2013.

 04/16/2013      

Located in Central Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was the home for a recent Developing a National Sports Structure Course.

Organised under the auspices of the ITTF Development Programme and promoted by Olympic Solidarity, the whole itinerary was conducted in two parts.

Both parts being under the direction of Togo’s Kaka Lawson.

The first part commenced on Thursday 15th November 2012 and concluded on Sunday 15th December 2012, with the second part, equally successful, being staged from Tuesday 12th March 2013 to Wednesday 12th April 2013.

 04/09/2013      

On duty for Romania at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 26 year old Iulia Necula is the latest notable name to add her support to Aerobic Table Tennis, a programme initiated by England’s Steve Rowe.

Alongside Steve Rowe, she was present in the Spanish city of Cartagena recently, to promote the innovate concept that combines fitness and table tennis.

A total of 150 school children both girls and boys took part in the sessions that were organised, with Iulia Necula proving very much a source of inspiration.

 04/08/2013      

A successful ITTF-Latin American Championships was staged in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador from Tuesday 19th to Sunday 24th March 2013; the tournament was very much the focus of attention for table tennis players throughout the continent.

However, San Salvador was not the only focus of attention in March.

Throughout most of the month, commencing on Saturday 9th March and concluding on Friday 9th March, countries throughout Latin America celebrated International Women’s Day.

The area was awash with Friendship Trophy events.