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CONTENTS

President’s Report Website/News/Museum

Future Events WC 2014 Tokyo/JPN WVC 2014 Auckland/NZL EC 2014 Lisboa/POR

SCI Junior Trophy Presentation Rabat/ MAR 2013

SCI AGM Tokyo 2014

Down Memory Lane Country Corner Section In Memoriam SCI News Flash

SCI NEWS

SWAYTHLING CLUB INTERNATIONAL

NO. 96 MARCH 2014

Ichiro OgimuraJapan

World Singles Champion

1954 and 1956

ITTF President1987 - 1994

Photo: ITTF

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THIS IS THE

NEW AGE.

HONORARY PRESIDENTSMr. Victor BARNA (Founder – Deceased 1972)Mr. Joe VESELSKY Dr. Zarko DOLINAR (Deceased 2003)Mr. Steve BOROS (Deceased 1994)Mr. Johnny LEACH MBEMr. Ferenc SIDO (Deceased 1998)Mr. Hugo URCHETTI (Deceased 2004)Mr. Ichiro OGIMURA (Deceased 1994)Mrs. Diane SCHÖLER

HONORARY MEMBERS1967 Hon. Ivor MONTAGU (Deceased 1984)1967 Mr. Bill VINT (Deceased 1993)1970 Mr. H. Roy EVANS (Deceased 1998)1972 Mrs. V. BARNA1988 Mr. Hikosuke TAMASU (Deceased 1998)1993 Mr. Ranga RAMANUJAN (Deceased 2013)1994 Mrs. Nancy Roy EVANS (Deceased 1998)

PRESIDENTMr. Eberhard SCHÖLER (GER), Schäferstrasse 2, D-40479 Düsseldorf, GermanyTel: 0049 211 6017730E-mail: [email protected]

DEPUTY PRESIDENTMr. Johnny LEACH MBE (ENG)

TREASURERMr. Werner SCHNYDER (SUI), Stallenrain 18, CH-4103 Bottmingen, SwitzerlandTel: 0041 61 4020220E-Mail: [email protected]

SECRETARYMrs. Gloria WAGENER, C/o SCI Office

RULES EXPERTReto BAZZI (SUI)

DIRECTORSNational and International RelationsMr. Richard YULE (ENG)

Press and PublicityMrs. Vera BAZZI (SUI)

Public RelationsMr. Milan ORLOWSKI (CZE)

Sponsorship - Not assigned

World Veterans ChampionshipsDirector: S.C.I. PresidentChairman: Mr. Hans WESTLING (SWE)

Swaythling Club International OfficeC/o Eberhard SCHÖLER, Schäferstrasse 2, D-40479 Düsseldorf, GermanyTel: 0049 211 6017730E-Mail: [email protected]

The First World Sports Veterans Association

SWAYTHLING CLUB INTERNATIONAL(FOUNDED - STOCKHOLM 1967)

FOR TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONS AND OFFICIALS WHO HAVEREPRESENTED THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Recognized bythe ITTF

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

In this issue, you will find some interesting reports about meetings and get-togethers within National SCI sections. It is a splendid idea to keep in contact with players who you used to fight against at the table – and even more, to get to know and understand the younger generations.

Unfortunately, some of our members have passed away since the last edition of our News in October 2013. We will remember them as table tennis enthusiasts and per-sonalities with special characteristics and skills. They are part of our history.

Looking at the Calendar of Events, we are excited to meet many of you - as officials, guests or fans - at the next highlights in Japan (World Team Championships), New Zealand (World Veterans Championships) and Portugal (European Championships). Respective information you can find on pages 5, 6 and 7.

Have you all received the new Booklet which was sent to you in September 2013, for the first time together with issue No. 95 of our News? If not, please contact us immediately. We have had many positive reactions – and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ITTF for their assistance and of course Vera Bazzi, Anton Hamran, Jens-Erik Lindeand Gloria Wagener for their input. Great team-work!

Enjoy reading, take care and best wishes!

PhotoEberhard Schöler

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Please be informed that the new edition of the Table Tennis Collector Journal, edition 71 (February 1), the largest issue so far, 60 pages, with many interesting articles covering dif-ferent aspects of Table Tennis history, is published now - you can download from this link: http://www.ittf.com/ museum/TTC71.pdf Enjoy!

Chuck Hoey, Curator, with Laci Földy

Photo by Laci Földy

FUTURE EVENTS

ZEN-NOH 2014 WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPSTOKYO • JAPAN

28th April to 5th May, 2014

The following seven Swaythling Club Members have received an invitation to attend this event:

Mrs. Lena Andersson, Sweden Mr. Fima Borys, Israel Mr. Christian Heyerdahl, Sweden Mr. Tony Martin, Ireland Mr. Werner Schnyder, Switzerland Mrs. Gloria Wagener, Germany

Mr. Radu Wolf (Negulescu), Germany

We wish all attending members a most enjoyable stay in Tokyoand many exciting table tennis matches!


Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Main arena – outside view) Tokyo Gymnasium (Second hall – outside view)

Traditional touristic attraction in Tokyo All photos by JTTA

FUTURE EVENTS

STAG WORLD VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPSAUCKLAND • NEW ZEALAND

12th to 17th May, 2014

The following nine Swaythling Club Members have received an invitation to attend this event:

Mrs. Elmira Antonian-Brunner, SwitzerlandMrs. Vera Bazzi, SwitzerlandMr. Ding Yi, AustriaMrs. Yvonne Fogarty, New ZealandMrs. Monika Kneip, GermanyMr. Jaroslav Kunz, GermanyMr. Li Yuxiang, USAMr. Lumir Ruzha, Czech RepublicMrs. Edith Santifaller-Huber, Italy We wish all participating SCI members every success in the tournament and a most pleasant stay in Auckland

Details regarding the Championshipsyou can view under www.wvc2014.com

All photos by TTNZ

t Waikatere Trust Stadium Auckland - ariel q


FUTURE EVENTS

EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPSLISBOA • PORTUGAL

24th to 28th September, 20146 Invited SCI Members

Members wishing to apply for one of the SIX PLACES kindly offered by the Portuguese TT Association are requested to apply to

E.Schöler, Swaythling Club International, Schäferstrasse 2, D-40479 Düsseldorf, Germany

or per email: [email protected] later than 30th May 2014


MEO Arena, inside view MEO Arena, outside view

Overall view of the venue area in Lisboa All photos: Portuguese Table Tennis Association

ITTF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSRABAT/MOROCCO

1st - 8th DECEMBER, 2013SCI Junior Fair Play Trophy


The Swaythling Club International 2013 Jun-ior World Championships “Fair Play Awards” were presented to Monika Batra (India) and Masataka Morizono (Japan) for their sporty behaviour in victory and defeat. We sincerely congratulate both Monika and Masataka for

Monika Batra, India and Masataka Morizono, Japan

setting an example during the event in Rabat for the principles of the SCI – friendship, fair-ness and peace.

Results of the Championship you find under www.ittf.com, section Junior Events.

Photo by Remy Gros

SWAYTHLING CLUB INTERNATIONALANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TOKYO • JAPAN 1st May, 2014 - 15,00 hrs - 17,00 hrs

Yoyogi Gymnasium, combined Meeting Room 1/2

AGENDA

1. President’s Welcome

2. Appointment of Scrutineers

3. Approval of Minutes from previous AGM (Paris, 3. France 2013, published in the SCI News No. 95)

4. President’s Report

5. Treasurer’s Report

6. Report of the WVC Chairman

7. Motion for Amendments to the Rules, if any

8. Motions for any proposals

9. Any other business

PLEASE NOTE:A reception by JTTA given for the Swaythling Club International

will take place after the AGM, starting at 17,30 hrs.in Japan Sports Man Club,

on the first floor of Kishi Memorial Building,3 minutes walking distance away from the Yoyogi Gymnasium



DOWN MEMORY LANE ISTVAN JONYER, HUNGARY

Born in Miskolc on August 4, 1950, Istvan Jonyer excelled at football and basketball during school, but instead chose to concentrate on table ten-nis while still a junior. In 1970, his family moved to Budapest. Istvan joined the Spartacus Club, where coach Ferenc Sido gave him plenty of good advice. He made his debut in the National team against Denmark; between 1967 and 1983 he played more than 320 matches for Hungary. He took part in nine World Championships and won 26 National Titles in different events.

He won four gold medals at World Champion-ships – singles in Calcutta (1975), men’s doubles with Tibor Klampar in Chiba (1971) and with Ga-bor Gergely in Calcutta (1975) and was a mem-ber of the Hungarian Team winning the title in a

Forehand action All photos: SCI Hungary

sensational conquest against China in Pyongyang (1979).

Jonyer almost did not make it to Calcutta (!) in 1975: because of a customs violation committed when he returned from Paris; the Hungarian As-sociation suspended him….but then pardoned him five minutes before departure!

In the singles, he was at the brink of disaster al-ready in the first round against a young Swede, Wikström, but won 3:2 after 13:17 in the fifth game. Things were not easier in round 2 against Jaroslav Kunz: he was losing 0:2, but nevertheless carried the day in five games. A quick win over Li Peng (China) followed….and a much tougher op-position in the quarter-finals against Sarkhoyan (Sowjetunion). In the semi-final,


Kohno of Japan did not pose a particular prob-lem (3:0); moreover, Kohno had previously done Jonyer a favour by eliminating Surbek, the most successful player in the team event.

Finally, after a long time (twenty-two years), a European final at World Championships: Jonyer vs Stipancic in front of a crowd of 12.000.

It was an extraordinary hard, exhausting match in five games! Jonyer started off rather insecure-ly. Stipancic was up 2:0 in no time. But finally the Hungarian’s topspin got into high gear and, af-ter the 2:2 tie, the time for decision came in the fifth game. Both rushed towards the goal, and

taRejoicing! paThe Golden Team of Hungary

only Jonyer’s greater initiative decided the issue: 21:19, and the world title for 1975!

“It is not easy to have more knowledge than your opponent,” answered Jonyer once when asked what it took to become a world champion. “Therefore, other things prevail: self-confidence, top form at the right time, cheek which may bor-der on excessive behaviour but pulls you towards the goal, drives you to play a crazy, risky game at some point in the match. Risk is part and par-cel of the game of great players….you cannot achieve anything with calm expectation. Then, psychologically you must always control the situ-ation and….you must have a fair share of good luck in reserve.”

A great player!

Excerpts from “Legends of Table Tennis” by Zdenko Uzorinac.

xqaPhotos taken recently


DOWN MEMORY LANE SIXTY YEARS AGO

World Championships 1954 Wembley, London, Ichiro Ogimura wins his first World Singles Title.Famous forehand drive Photo: JTTA

Japan wins the Men’s Team Event for the first time.Winning Japanese team: From left to right: Kichiji Tamasu, Ichiro Ogimura, Kiyotaro Hasegawa (captain), Yoshio Tomita and Kazuo Kawai (the only one still alive) Photo: JTTA


COUNTRY CORNER BELGIUM

Belgian SCI members met up twice during the last few months.

Firstly, they visited the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup in Verviers on Saturday 26th October 2013. National Champions of some 30, 40 and more years ago met for a brief get-together to have a drink or two in the restaurant at the venue. Ebby and Diane Schöler were also present and enjoyed the company of old friends.

A short report with three photos was published on the SCI website on October 30, 2013.

Now, on the occasion of the Belgian National Championships in Andenne on March 2, 2014 several members met up once again. Philippe Saive Management organised the event in a brilliant way. Amazingly, Jean Michel Saive, at the age of 44 years, won the singles title for the 25th time. He successively beat Delporte (4:1), Philippe Saive (4:3), Nuytinck (World Ranking 180, 4:3) and Benjamin Rogiers (4:1). Congratu-lations, Jean Mi!

Nathalie Marchetti won the women’s singles.

Veronique Germiat and Andre Damman in Verviers. Photo by SCI

From left to right. • Front row: Unknown fan, Josiane Cornelis-Detaille, Philippe Saive, Jean Paul Saive, Marie France Germiat-Lohest, Pierre Juliens, Norbert Van de Walle. • Back row: Alex Rosmarin, Andre Damman, Gas-ton Detaille, Frans Lanckman and Dominique Lohest.

Photo by Pierre Juliens


COUNTRY CORNER BULGARIA

On January 8, 2014, the annual meeting of the SCI Bulgarian section took place in the Sport Pal-ace of the Ministry for Youth and Sports in Sofia.

Seven members were present: George Damian-ov, Svetoslav Gerdjikov, Angel Kaltchev, Dimitar Karaivanov, Stefan Kitov, Nayden Konov and Al-exandar Sladkarov. Excused were – due to their stay in France - : Daniela Guergueltchova, Kata-lina Gatinska and Mariano Loukov. The meeting welcomed Mr. George Shone, former Bulgarian player, now coach from New York, as guest.

Svetoslav Gerdjikov informed the members re-garding the change of officials on top level in SCI, ETTU and ITTF. He also reported that Bul-garian players including veterans in 2013 partici-pated in 15 international tournaments at home and abroad. Bulgarian veteran players compet-ed in the European Veterans Championships in

Bremen and in the International Team Tourna-ment in Birmingham. This year, the town of Do-britch in the north of Bulgaria will stage a large event. In Plovdiv, a big hall for table tennis (35 tables) is being built. It is planned that Bulgaria becomes the host of the next team competition for veterans among the Balkan countries and also for the World Veterans Championships 2018.

It was decided to hold the next annual meeting in January 2015.

Best regards from Sofia were sent to SCI mem-bers all over the world.

By Svetoslav Gerdjikov

From left to right: Alexandar Sladkarov, George Damianov, George Shone (sitting), Svetoslav Gerdjikov, Dimitar Kara-ivanov, Angel Kaltchev, Nayden Konov (standing).

Photo by Svetoslav Gerdjikov


COUNTRY CORNER ENGLAND

Ten members of the SCI met in Sheffield on March 2, 2014 at the English National Table Tennis Championships. We were delighted to welcome Richard Scruton, Nick Jarvis and Harvey Webb to their first meeting; unfor-tunately Ian Marshall was unable to attend, as were Don and Jill Parker. Others present were Jeff Ingber, Alan Ransome Jose Ran-some, Alan Cooke, Denis Neale, Bill Moran and Tony Chatwin.

I was pleased to announce that Mrs Ann Jones MBE had been awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the Queens New Year Honours. Congratula-tions were expressed to Richard Scruton on his appointment as Secretary General of the ETTU and as Deputy Chairman of the ETTA.

I was able to announce that Desmond Douglas had completed his membership

form bringing our membership to 23, although no response has been received from Ann Jones or Matthew Syed. A discussion regarding mem-bership agreed that we should approach eligible active and inactive players in an attempt to in-crease our membership.

After looking at the nominations for the “fair play” award it was agreed that no suitable nomi-nation had been received and therefore the award would not be presented.

Thanks were expressed to the ETTA for their sup-port of the SCI.

By Tony Chatwin

From left to right: Nicky Jarvis, Alan Cooke, Richard Scru-ton; Tony Chatwin, Jeff Ingber, Denis Neale, Alan Ran-some, Jose Ransome, Harvey Webb, Bill Moran

Photo by Tony Chatwin


COUNTRY CORNER IRELAND

Mr. Pat O’Brien, President of the Irish branch of the SCI hosted the annual get-together in Dub-lin on 22nd of February, 2014 with special guests Mr. Marcin Nawrot, the Polish Ambassador to Ireland and Mr. Joe Veselsky, co-founder of the SCI and Life President of the Irish Table Ten-nis Association. During the course of the lunch, presentations were made by the Ambassador and Mr. Veselsky to Mr. Liam O’Ceallaigh, former player and volunteer for the past 30 years and also to Mr. Brian Fitzgerald, former international and national singles champion.

The Ambassador spoke of the warm relationships between Poland and Ireland and how much he enjoyed meeting the members and guests of the SCI today, including several Polish people who are now resident and playing table tennis in Ire-land.

The gathering was also addressed by Mr. Joseph Hickey, President of the Irish Table Tennis Asso-ciation. During his remarks, Mr. Hickey paid trib-ute to Mr. Veselsky, Honorary President and co-founder of the SCI 47 years ago, who continues to serve the Club.

Mr. Hickey also thanked Mr. O’Brien for the con-siderable work undertaken by him in organising the affairs of the Irish branch and providing a forum for members to keep in contact with one another.

Mr. O’Brien concluded a most enjoyable day by thanking the special guests and members for tak-ing part in the proceedings and looked forward to seeing everyone at the next event!

By Joseph A. Hickey

Photos:

Joe Veselsky, Liam O’Ceallaigh, Brian Fitzgerald, Pat O’Brien

Joe Veselsky

Pat O’Brien and Polish Ambasssador Marcin Nawrot

All photos by SCI Ireland


COUNTRY CORNER ISRAEL

Following a decision of the National SCI section, to promote young players in Israel, Fima Borys donated 4 trophies for 11 year old talents and winners.

The cups were awarded during a “children and youth” tournament on 2nd December, 2013 to the following champions:

Tal Israel from Hapoel Tirat Hacarmel, Chen Avishai from Hapoel Beer Sheba, Sean Berotov from Beitar Beer Sheba andIdan Rosman from Elitzur Kiriat Ata.

Fima Borys and winners Photo by SCI Israel

It is hoped that these young persons practice hard and eventually become true adverts for ta-ble tennis in Israel.

By Fima Borys

Fima Borys and Mendel Neiman (right), Manager of Ha-poel Beer Sheba and SCI member. Photo by SCI lsrael


COUNTRY CORNER SWEDEN

During the Swedish Open (SOC) from November 27 to December 1, 2013 members of the Swed-ish SCI section with friends met in the Stockholm Eriksdalshallen for a very pleasant day.

Starting with a most tasteful and appreciated lunch, updated information was given regarding the Swaythling Club International. The President of the Swedish Association, Petra Sörlind then presented her view of our sport on a national and international level in a very interesting way.

Stories were told and many laughs were made, sitting together at the lunch table. Afterwards, a number of high quality matches were watched during the Saturday afternoon rounds.

By Hans Westling

In the meantime, Gudrun Bergström and Siv Hammarlund, both of whom always supported their late husbands Nicke and Lollo, were accept-ed as new Associate Members of the SCI.

Welcome on board!

Photo

Front row left to right: Tomas Berner, Inger Adelin, Gudrun Bergström, Siv Hammarlund

Back row left to right: Christer Johansson, Björne Mell-ström, Bengt Levin, Petra Sörling, Hans Westling, Inga Bremer, Ingemar Adelin, Christian Heyerdahl

Photo by Hans Westling


The Swaythling Club Switzerland held its AGM on November 9, 2013 in Würenlos near Baden. After having enjoyed a rich Apero in the Clubhouse of the Tennis Club Würenlos, we went for a sight seeing tour to Baden where we visited the city, a number of inter-esting buildings, the river Rhein and the old City Tower.

The AGM, with our President Teri Földy in the chair, was held at the Rittersaal of the Gasthaus Sternen Kloster Wettingen, the oldest guest house in Switzerland. A wonderful dinner was served after the meeting. The day ended with many interesting discussions and memories. Everything was well organised by our member Thomas Sadecky – we thank him for his great efforts!

By Werner Schnyder

Photos:

Teri Földy (left) and Emira Antonian-Brunner (right) p

From left to right: Artur Brunner, Laci Földy, Teri Földy u

Group of members during the sight seeing tour q

All photos by SCI Switzerland

COUNTRY CORNER SWITZERLAND


Look at this trophy! The Thall Sisters Cup, named in honour of Thelma “Tybie” Thall Sommer and her deceased sister, Leah Thall Neuberger – this magnificent perpetual trophy sits on display at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the United States. A replica is given every year to the winner of the Women’s Singles Title at the U.S. Open Nationals, held in July.

The multi tiered Loving Cup made in Gold and Sil-ver says “Honouring Leah Neuberger and Thelma “Tybie” Sommer, U.S. Open and World Champi-ons”. The names of every woman winning the U.S. Open Title since 1933 are etched on the tro-phy.

Both Tybie and Leah, in the Table Tennis Hall of Fame, were awarded the Lifetime Achieve-ment Award in 2005. They are the only Ameri-

cans to ever win the World Mixed Doubles Ti-tle (Tybie/Dick Miles in London 1948; Leah/Erwin Klein in Tokyo 1956). In addition to the World Mixed Doubles Title, Leah won the U.S. Open Singles Title 9 times, while Tybie won 2 World Titles – Mixed Doubles 1948 and Cor-billon Cup in Stockholm 1949! Together, a dy-namic Duo represented the United States.

Tybie will be 90 in March, still active, playing in tournaments. At the moment, Tybie and her daughter Marilyn Feinstein, USPTA Tennis Pro & Peak Performance Coach, are writing a book: You Don’t Have to Be the Best to Beat the Best: How to Create the Zone for Peak Performance in Sports & Life (registered with The Library of Con-gress – Copyright Dec. 2013)

By Marilyn Feinstein

COUNTRY CORNER UNITED STATES

Marilyn Feinstein, Thelma “Tybie” Sommer, Michael D. Cavanaugh, CEO, USTTA Tybie with Cup Photos: Marilyn Feinstein


It is with great sadness that the death of Hans Giesecke is announced. He was 81 years old and passed away on Sun-day 29th December 2013 fol-lowing a short period of ill-ness.

Hans Giesecke was one of the long term officials in German and International Table Ten-nis. He was elected Honor-ary Treasurer of the ITTF in 1985, a position he occupied until 1999 when he became a Personal Honorary Member – in 2000 he was appointed to the ITTF President’s Advisory Council.

A highly respected official of the International Table Tennis, Hans Giesecke was equally prominent within the European Table Tennis Union, being the chair of the Um-pires and Referees Commit-tee from 1972 to 1976.

In Germany, he was the man at the helm of the Area As-sociation of Lower Saxony for many years, before tak-ing over the presidency of the DTTB from 1996 to 1999.

Professionally, he was the head of the National PoliceSchool in Bremen where he taught English, a subject in which he had genuine interest; in his spare time reading English was very much a fa-voured option.

In particular he was adept to the double enten-dre, a figure of speech in which a phrase may be understood in two ways, such intricacies of the English language enchanted Hans Giesecke and were often the source of his dry sense of humour.

The services of Hans Giesecke when documents

IN MEMORIAM HANS GIESECKE, GERMANY

needed to be translated from English to German and vice versa were invaluable.

He believed whole-heartedly in the principles of the SCI, friendship and fairness - and was a great help during SCI AGM’s.

He will be sadly missed.By Ian Marshall

Photo by Remy Gros


Ranga Ramanujan passed away at his son’s house in Hyderabad in the early hours of Monday 14th October 2013. He was 96 years old and had been suffering from lung related problems; recently he had been treated in a local private hospital.

Born in Tamil Nadu, Ranga Ramanujan is consi-dered the father of Indian table tennis, being at the helm of the Table Tennis Federation of India for four decades either in the role of Secretary or President.

A former Executive Vice President of the ITTF, he was elected to the ITTF President’s Advisory Council in 1999. Furthermore, he was the fou-nder of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federa-tion and a life President of the Asian Table Tennis Union, playing an active role in the organisation of major events, usually as the guiding hand.

He gained national and international recognition for his administrative skills.

In his condolence message, ITTF President Ad-ham Sharara stated:

Our teacher Ranga Ramanujan has influenced and shaped our Federation and our sport over the years. We will follow his teachings and re-spect his input.

He is survived by his wife and 5 children. Photo by Remy Gros

IN MEMORIAM RANGA RAMANUJAN, INDIA

Long term SCI member Heinz-Joachim Kermel, former Vice President of the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) from 1973 to 1979, has died in October 2013 in Travemünde at the age of 83. He worked as solicitor and notary and was involved in the development of table tennis on regional and national level over a period of more than 25 years.

He was a good player and therefore interested in top competitions, as soli-citor of course also in Rules and Regulations.

Our condolences go to his family. We will remember him.

Photo by DTTB

IN MEMORIAM DR. HEINZ-JOACHIM KERMEL, GERMANY


The founder member of the Latin American Table Ten-nis Union, Dr. Helios Farrell Murga passed away on 15th January, 2014. He was 88 years old.

An official of note – and in Mexico he was a player of note. He became national champion for the first time in 1963 and in the next ten years won virtually every title the country offered; he occupied a top ten place in the national rankings for 15 years. He first represented Me-xico at a World Championships in Nagoya 1971 and was ever present at the event until Tianjin in 1995.

Success as player but it was his capacity as an official that he became better known. He became President of the Mexican Table Tennis Federation and served as member of the Mexican Sports Confederation. He was President of the Latin American Table Tennis Union from 1973 to 1995.

In 1991, he was presented with the ITTF Merit Award and in 2010 was elected as ITTF Personal Honorary Member.

Notably, he met leading members of the Chinese Table Tennis Association in the era of “Ping Pong Diplomacy” with whom he established close links and a successful relationship in his endeavours to promote the sport of table tennis.

Our condolences go to his family. By Ian Marshall

Helios Farrell shaking hands with Chinese Prime Minister Tschu En-Lai (old spelling) in the 60s. Photo: Carlos Esnard

IN MEMORIAM DR. HELIOS FARRELL, MEXICO

At the microphone in Rotterdam 2011 Photo by ITTF


It is with great sadness that the death of Uttam Chandarana from India is announced. He passed away on 2nd October, 2013; he was 94 years old.

The playing career of Uttam Chandarana span-ned two decades in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the Indian Men’s Singles National Champion four times – in Hyderabad 1943, in Colombo 1948, again in Hyderabad 1949 and in Baroda 1954. In addition, he was crowned Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles champion on many occasions.

Notably, he represented India at World and Asian Championships whilst being captain of the Indi-an team in 1952 when the World Championships were held in Mumbai (formerly Bombay).

“My friendship with Uttam started in 1952 and I saw him win his last Men’s Singles title at the Indian National Championships 1954 in Baroda”, reflected Gautam Divan, a lifelong friend and col-league. “Uttam also played against several world class players like Ivan Andreadis and Vaclav Te-reba when they visited India.”

Playing days over, his focus of attention changed. “He later coached budding players in the Rajku-mari Amrit Kaur Coaching Scheme”, continued Gautam Divan. “He helped guide the state table tennis association as a member of the commit-tee.”

IN MEMORIAM UTTAM CHANDARANA, INDIA

Farrokh Khodaji, who was crowned national champion in Madras 1966 and in Guwahati 1967, was grateful for the advice given by Uttam Chan-darana. “I was one among the five players to be coached by Chandarana in 1957”, he reflected. “I was a left hander like him and he had excellent backhand play; his forehand too was good; the coaching stint was very short but he used to fol-low my game and was my mentor.”

Everlasting memories of a person who made a notable contribution to table tennis in India. However, it was not only the sport of table tennis where he excelled. In addition, Uttam Chandar-ana was successful in tennis, athletics, billiards, snooker and cricket. He was made an hono-rary member of Cricket Club of India and Hindu Gymkhana.

“Uttam was one of the greatest table tennis play-ers India has produced and we, who were fortu-nate to see him play, will cherish very happy me-mories of his left handed all round game brought just before the sponge racket came onto the sce-ne”, concluded Gautam Divan. “May his soul rest in eternal peace.”

By Ian Marshall

Photos by Gautam Divan


Good-bye Ciancio, champion of my youth!

In 2006 , because of an incurable illness, Lucia-no Winderling died, one of the strongest Italian players of all times. Note of the editor: We did not know about it at that time – therefore we re-member him now.

I had the luck to be his partner in the Italian team at the 28th World Table Tennis Championships in Llubljana 1965, appreciating his intelligence and his human qualities.

Born in Genova in 1938, after a degree in juris-prudence, in the sixties, he devoted himself to the guitar, studying in Italy and abroad. At the beginning of the seventies, he came back from London, where he played for a whole season. With a group of musicians, some of whom for-ming part of the permanent orchestra of the “Scala” in Milano – he recorded “Viva la rosa” which is, up to and including today, a record ap-preciated by musicologists. To explain his popu-larity, it is enough to say that his performances at the “Carlo Felice”, the most important theatre of Genova, made the crowd enthusiastic – it was like that also at his last opportunity, a few years before his death. If the music was his love, the table tennis has been his life.

Winderling was a natural talent of superlative quality, with an exceptional touch of ball control and a powerful smash; to these technical gifts he united an exciting vision of play and a superb tac-tical intelligence.

Luciano Winderling represented Italy 54 times – he took part in 5 World and 2 European Champi-onships.

He was National Champion in Singles 5 times, in Doubles 6 times and in Mixed Doubles 2 times. He also won 2 National Club Championships with his team of Genova.

Ciao Ciancio, rest in peace……near your old Bar-na racket!

By Sergio Durazzano

IN MEMORIAM LUCIANO WINDERLING, ITALY

Luciano Winderling (with guitar) in the 90s, surrounded by Italian SCI members and Ferenc Sido, the late SCI Pre-sident.

Photos by SCI Italy

Luciano as table tennis player in the 60s.


BEST RALLY OF THE YEAR

Timo Boll (Germany) has been honoured by ITTF. The 33 year old left-hander received the ITTF Star Award 2013 for the best rally of the year. This exchange was played during his quarter-fi-nal match against Ma Long (China) at the World Championships in Paris last year. You can watch it under:

www.youtube.com/watch?v= qby-VOxZRgfA&feature=youtube.be

DOROTHY DE LOW

The oldest table tennis player passed away on 24th January, 2014. She was born in Wembley in North London but very much Australian, where her family moved to when “Dot” was only two years old. She started to play table tennis when 50 years old and continually attracted the atten-tion by setting standards of venerability. She re-ceived a place in the Guinness Book of Records as oldest volunteer at the 2000 Sidney Olympic Games. Notably, she won the Women’s Singles at the World Veterans Championships in Dublin 1992.She will be sadly missed. Photo by SCI

BOOKS OF TABLE TENNIS

Tennistavolo Senigallia ASD, the club with the longest history in Italy, runs a beautiful facility for table tennis. Some of their books are availa-ble in e-book format in the major international online stores, including Apple’s iTunes who won the first prize in the literature section. The texts are free.

The following books have been translated into other languages:

“Boys look at the stars” by Enzo Pettinelli – StoryEnglish, Spanish, Italian

The mystery of the lost racket” by Enzo Pettinelli – Fairy Tale for childrenEnglish, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Ukra-inian, Parsees, Chinese, Italian.Details you will find on the website http://www.ping-pong.org/libro_tennis_tavolo.html

ANN HAYDON JONES

We have been informed that Ann Haydon Jones was awarded the Commander of the British Em-pire (CBE) in the British New Year Honours, follo-wing her tremendous contributions for our sport (silver and bronze medals at World Champions-hips in the 50s) and Lawn Tennis (winner of Wo-men’s Singles in Wimbledon 1969). Hearty con-gratulation, Ann! Photo by SPOKEO

NEWS FLASH

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SCI/WVC MEETINGS

On Friday, 17th and Saturday, 18th January, 2014 the SCI Executive Committee met in Basel/Swit-zerland to discuss SCI membership, systems of payment, trophies, gifts and – in presence of Vera Bazzi, the Director of Press and Publicity, future concepts for the website, News and book-let. Treasurer Werner Schnyder gave an update on the financial situation.

The major topic for the additional WVC Commit-tee meeting was the forthcoming STAG World Veterans Championships 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand coming May. Online registration and tournament control were the main subjects.

Meanwhile, WVC Computer Expert Michael Theis arrived back home after concluding his in-spection visit to Auckland. We expect a well or-ganised event in a beautiful environment.

MEMBERSHIP FEE During March 2014, invoices for the mem-bership fees 2013 and 2014 will be sent to all National Representatives; we respectfully ask them to collect the fees from their mem-bers and transfer the invoiced amount to our bank account

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S.C.I. NEWS FLASH (continued)

WORLD VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1982-2016 1982 Gothenburg Sweden1984 Helsinki Finland 1986 Rimini Italy 1988 Zagreb Croatia1990 Baltimore USA 1992 Dublin Ireland1994 Melbourne Australia1996 Lillehammer Norway1998 Manchester England

2000 Vancouver Canada2002 Lucerne Switzerland2004 Yokohama Japan2006 Bremen Germany2008 Rio de Janeiro Brazil2010 Hohhot China2012 Stockholm Sweden2014 Auckland New Zealand2016 Alicante / Elche Spain

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