Dimitris-Marios Alexandridis, Spyros Fusekis, Anastasios Fusekis and Katerina Ioannou, who in this order and with a one year difference each from the next, are from 10 to 13 years old, competed on June 22-26 in the 5th Youth Table Tennis World Festival in Gyor, Hungary.
They found themselves in an event with history, but also with the character of a world celebration, in Open with a significant impact and participation from a total of twenty countries and, of course, with the organizational guarantee of a country, which is one of the best in Europe in organizing events for the young ages and has a huge tradition in the sport.
The children “satiated” in simple and team games in exceptional conditions, were tested with many different opponents and gained useful experiences in their quest for competitive progress. Apart from the valuable performances, however, the most important thing is that they left all good impressions on the table, showed their talent with victories in their own age category and in one more, while in the ranking of the organizers they raised Greece to 13th with their results. position.
The responsible coach was Athanasios Tsokanas, who works at AO Diogenis Patras, while several parents were in the mission.
Two appearances on the main board, in the 16th group of the simple K11 with Sp. Fusekis and the octave of the K15 team with An. Fusekis in a mixed team, were the best placements for the Greek delegation, while the youngest of the group, Alexandridis, won the first place in the consolation of the K11 category.
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