Dunlop Table Tennis Masters in Royal Albert Hall!

Dunlop Masters returns after 3 decades and will be held for the first time ever at the ever-gorgeous Royal Albert Hall, UK on the 17th of March 2008. It will be contested by some of the world's top players like Timo Boll for instance; a German player currently ranked 4th in world. A top Chinese player will also be present.

Some quick background information:

It is a six-man competition for huge prize money encompassing 2 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals and a final. We're not only expecting to see world class table tennis but also the presence of 'special guests' that apparently, will take the breath away! Specially installed big screens, featuring action replays and interviews with the players as they happen on court, will add to the sense of this occasion.

Best available tickets are currently at £15. Proceeds all go to charity!

I really would love to go and want some company. Anyone up for it? Do let me know as soon as possible!

Nottingham Games 2007

Nottingham Games this time was once again a rather successful one for me although I failed to bag any gold medals for Imperial.

I was not expecting anything out of this since I only practised a day before the competition and guess what happened to my beloved ping pong bat....

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it broke!!!

How unlucky things were :(

Had to use Hua Aun's bat in the beginning and the games I played were soo awful! I then used a friend's bat (another player in the same competition) which happens to be almost the same as my broken bat. Things turned out to be so much better after that.

Overall, I managed to bag a silver medal for Mixed Doubles category and a bronze for Singles. Both matches were extremely close and I thought I could have gotten 2 golds for that! Aihh.. Anyway, that's it for this year. Don't think I'm actually looking forward to next year. And honestly, I thought Nottingham Games would be the last ever ping pong competition I'll ever enter. Have been taking part in competitions for every year since 2001. It's probably time to retire in this and move on to probably another sport? Hehe.

Anyway, below are some of the pictures during Nottingham Games:

Met Subha and Jia Wei in Notts (Wei is not in this picture though)

Me in action!

Group picture with the players and organiser

And lastly, the champion and I!