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| 30 September: | ITTF Museum receives strong website statistics. Nearly 188,000 hits in 9 months. The new online Table Tennis history journal, the Table Tennis Collector was downloaded over 25,000 times during the past 9 months. Before the ITTF Museum began publishing the journal, there were only 50 subscribers - the power of the internet! The magazines are in the format of pdf downloads in full color, so you can choose to read, print, or save to your disk. 4 issues per year, each 24 pages. Click here to select an issue |
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| 21-27 May: | ITTF Museum exhibits at the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb Exhibit Tour |
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| 14 February: | Happy Valentines Day from the ITTF Museum! See vintage Table Tennis Valentines here! |
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| January 2007: | The family of former ITTF President and Hall of Fame World Champion Ichiro Ogimura (JPN) has donated his documents and correspondence for the ITTF Archives. A bat that Ogimura personally used was also donated to the ITTF Museum. "Ogi" won the World Singles title in 1954 and 1956 during the thick sponge revolution, and pioneered training techniques. |
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| 1 January 2007: | Happy New Year to all, and heartfelt thanks to our sponsors, LIEBHERR, DHS and Joola for their generous support, and to those who helped to preserve the heritage of our great sport and its Champions through their kind donations. |
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| 11 December: | The family of the late Laszlo Bellak has kindly donated a selection of the legendary Hungarian superstar's Table Tennis memorabilia. "Laci" was a charter member of the ITTF Hall of Fame and a key member of the dominant Hungarian team in the 1930s. Known for his keen wit and entertainment skills on and off the table, "The Great Bellak" also helped to promote Table Tennis as part of the Three Musketeers of Table Tennis, along with his lifelong friends Victor Barna and Miklos Szabados. |
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| 11 October: | Dickie Fleisher (USA) has kindly loaned the bat used by Standa Kolar (CZE) to win the 1936 World Singles title. The bat comes via "The Great Bellak" along with a handwritten letter from Kolar, conveying the bat to the late Laci Bellak. Special thanks to Dickie for sharing this unique piece of history with the world Table Tennis community. The bat can be viewed in the ITTF/Sport history galleries, Medals: World Ch./W.Cup, 4th slide (1936) |
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| 14 October: | Yao Zhenxu of P.R.China, Chairman of the ITTF Technical Committee, visits the ITTF Museum. Mr. Yao, a defense specialist who once ranked number 3 in China, will be the Competition Manager for the Table Tennis events in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
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| 11 October: | Caron Leff, member of the Florida Table Tennis Hall of Fame and an Ambassador of the ITTF Museum, kindly donates Jimmy McClure medals |
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| 2 October: | Leandro Olvech, Chairman of the Americas TT Committee for the Disabled, visits the ITTF Museum |
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| 29 September: | Silas Chiang Tak-cheung, Secretary General of the Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation, vists the ITTF Museum, along with Cindy Leung, Chairwoman of the ITTF Umpires & Referees Committee |
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| 29 September: | Zahra Yousefi and Sima Limoochi of the Islamic Republic of Iran visit the Museum |
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| 26 September: | Group of 20 umpires visits the Museum during World Disabled Championships in Montreux |
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| 25 September: | Svenn-Erik Nordby, Secretary-General of the Norwegian TTA visits |
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| 25 September: | ITTF Executive VP Neil Harwood visits |
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| 13 September: | Emmanuel Kolibadis, Secretary General of the Hellenic TT Association, kindly donates a torch from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens! |
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| 14 August: | Kimihiko Tamasu kindly donates memorabilia of his late Father, Hikosuke, who founded the Butterfly TT corporation |
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| 11 July: | Laszlo Foldi visits ITTF Museum, donates Swiss Elite 10 trophy |
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| 8 July: | DHS and Joola join the ITTF Museum sponsor team |
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| 21 June: | Visit by KIM Jung-Kil, President of the Korean Olympic committee |
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| 15-20 May: | ITTF Museum exhibit at the World Veterans Championships in Bremen |
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| 24 April-1 May: | ITTF Museum exhibit at the World Team Championships in Bremen |
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| 16 March: | Group of GERFLOR executives visit the Museum |
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| 24 February: | Group of 13 from COOP visit the Museum |
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| 16 February: | 150 guests from Renens visit the Museum! |
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| 31 January-1 February: | Visit to the AWD Dome in Bremen to coordinate arrangements for Museum exhibit during World Team Championships |
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| 17 January: | Sandor Szabados, son of 1931 World Champion Miklos Szabados, presents the Museum with his Father's bats and gold pin. |
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| 1 January 2006: | Happy New Year to all, and special thanks for Museum donations in 2005 |
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| 14 November: | Polish TT author & researcher Mr. Pieta visits the ITTF Museum |
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| 2 November: | LIEBHERR Managing Directors visit |
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| 6 October: | Group of 23 from Japan visit the ITTF Museum |
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| 4-7 October: | Visit of 2 Japanese journalists from World table Tennis Magazine |
| ----------------- | 23 September: | Group of executives from Guangzhou, China visited the ITTF HQs for meetings and ITTF Museum exhibit |
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| 1 September: | Space allocation map for Bremen exhibit received; 270m2 |
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| 5 August: | Visit to the Musee Olympique to research touch screen displays |
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| 3 August: | Museum display cases arrive from Shanghai, so now begins the set-up of the permanent museum. Special thanks to the chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA) and the Shanghai Organizing Committee (SOC) for their generous donation of the display cases and shipping. |
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| 9 July: | ITTF Junior Commission Chairman Tony Yue and family of Hong Kong visited the ITTF Museum for a special exhibit |
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| 7 July: | Famous French Table Tennis philately collector visits the ITTF Museum and agrees to donate his collection to the Museum. |
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| 6 July: | Marius Widmer of the Swiss Topspin magazine visited the ITTF Museum for an exhibit an interview with the Curator |
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| 28 June: | Ebby Schoeler & Diane Rowe Schoeler visit the ITTF Museum A vintage film of Diane winning the World Doubles Championships with her sister was a special treat for Diane |
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| 22 April-6 May: | ITTF Museum exhibit in Shanghai |
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