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Perhaps Blahness read the Butterfly Report https://butterflyonline.com/european-games-krakow-freitas-and-szocs-claim-titles "European Games Krakow: Freitas and Szocs Claim Titles June 27, 2023 (By Steve Hopkins) The European Games Singles Champions were crowned today at the European Games in...

Depends what you want. Equipment reviews, general news, places to watch games etc etc? Be a bit more specific about what you want to do. General forums like this one are a good place to start because all kinds of things are covered and discussed - there's also OOAK (ooakforum.com) (strapline -...

Germany, now the China of Europe. Glad the MD Final features some different nations. Overall impression - as with the last 15+ years, Europe not developing any real talent. Timo in the Final again 19 years after he first won it.

Alas Pitchford isn't playing - he was on a flight from Russia to UK last week and a few passengers had Covid symptoms so he has to self-isolate meaning he'll miss the tournament.

Well said, yoass. How many times have we seen retiring women players from the CNT going into marriages with fatcats in what is likely a loveless relationship of vacant material convenience. One has to reflect on what kind of a life these women have led. Having sacrificed (or been coerced into...

Christian Martin? He was a lefty defender, played for the French national team in the 70s and 80s.Some (good) footage of him at the start of this video:

Assume you mean Bobrow, not Shalala 😄 Yes, the loss of Bobrow is a grievous one.

+1 for return of the Dark Side What's with the TT balls? is it the amount of 'balls' one puts in a post? 😀

Interesting that YNK, who achieved everything as a player as a LH penholder, is demonstrating mostly using RH shakehand. What a great coach.

2010...that was the Women' Team, and you could equally say it was China NT vs. former China NT. Kudos to Singapore though - they didn't have the same supporting infrastructure. I think Igorponger is right about the Men's team...and there was also the occasion when Korea (Republic) NEARLY beat...

Amazing, Dan! 5 and a half hours, blimey. I've done similar things (music marathons), and all that concentraton and repetition sure can turn your brains to custard.

Amazing, Dan! 5 and a half hours, blimey. I've done similar things (music marathons), and all that concentraton and repetition sure can turn your brains to custard.

A couple for me...1) the semi-final of the European Championships in Paris in 1988 between Appelgren and Waldner (Appelgren won 19 in the 5th). This is a match described as one of the best ever by those who saw it: it was shown on Swedish TV. There are some very poor quality excerpts on YouTube...

Presumably the non-changing of ends is a consequence of Covid? Another consequence - the lack of shit pop songs between games is a real plus! Mengel bears an uncanny resemblance to former German chopper Engelbert Huging.

Thanks, Jeff! In answer to your question: Definitely piano these days, though my income is largely based around singing and running choirs. I'm a jazz pianist- I can play classically too and was trained that way, but I'd far rather have the spontaneity and improvisation of jazz. Trouble is, jazz...

Since I make instruments out of bamboo, I'm planning to make a shakuhachi when I'm old and wise enough.;) Trouble is, living in England, it's hard/impossible to get the right kind of rootstock bamboo. I don't play string instruments, so never tried an erhu. Played a few Chinese and Japanese reed...

I'm a pro musician, though I'm almost retired. I have a music degree, I sing professionally, play jazz piano, compose, arrange, teach, make instruments using bamboo, run two choirs and sing in a male quartet. I worked as Musical Director of various (mostly visual) theatre companies in the '80s...

Hang on, he does have a few achievements. SEVEN times European singles champion (the next most wins is three) - and that doesn't include two European Championships in his prime where he was injured and couldn't play, and another where he had to retire in the semi-final. Similarly he has won...

Well, maybe I'm old-fashioned but I'm with Waldner. I'm writing a book about the history of the WTTC - and in six years time it will be the centenary of the event. What's wrong with a great tradition? You might as well change the name of the soccer World Cup to the 'Grand Penalty shootout'...

Not to mention He Zhiwen, who reached the quarter finals in the World Championships in 1997, further than he went twelve years previously when he was a member of the Chinese team - or even Guo Yuehua, who came out of retirement in c. 1990 and beat Jorgen Persson. In fact the same could be said...