The young ages remain in the forefront of table tennis this time with the developmental open championship of Trikala. On the weekend of May 7 and 8, the beautiful city of Thessaly hosts the 6th tournament of the series, which will be the last for the period 2021-2022.
He has the joy and the eagerness to hold for the first time a pan-Hellenic table tennis tournament and by offering the best for the children he also wants to spread and advertise the Olympic sport to the local community.
The games will take place in the municipal indoor gym of Trikala with the final registrations reaching 117 from 43 clubs in the country. They are organized by the Local Committee of Northern Greece of E.F.O.E.P.A. in collaboration with the Ambitious DP of Trikala, which cultivates table tennis in the Region of Thessaly / Regional Unit of Trikala and the municipality of Trikala. The program will have five categories. Of these, which are classically conducted, was not completed of the juniors.
The tournament in Trikala will form the final special score of this year, which counts for the qualifications from each category in the grand final of Loutraki. The event will take place on May 21 and 22, the federation issued the relevant announcement during the week and those interested can find it at the link Announcement of the Open Championship Final 2021-22. On the first page of the federation site there is also the special rating for the six categories in total.
In Trikala, the 117 statements are divided into 47 girls, 30 boys, 12 teenagers, 14 pangolins and 14 girls. Apart from children from the local FAS, of course, there will be athletes from Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Corinth, Halkidiki, Kastoria, Alexandroupoli, Veria, Volos, Kozani, Kavala, Florina, Orestiada. , Larissa, Chania, Ioannina and Karditsa.
Top names of the categories give the “present” in another event, although the special score in view of the final has been formed to a very large extent, thus ensuring again a high spectacle and ambiguous matches. The first two favorites per category are: Stathis Manolopoulos, Iraklis Kerasidis in the teenagers, Marios Katsaprakakis, Rafael Dimos in the boys, Mavra Kontopoulou, Georgia Spanou in the girls, Konstantinos Isaakidis, Dimitris Georgapidas in Baganpas, Saparkas.
The action will take place at 14 tables and starts on Saturday at 11 with the groups of boys. The last time of the first day is at 16:40. On Sunday, the qualifying matches start at 08:40 and the five finals together with the matches for the 3-4 places are estimated to take place around 1 and a half at noon. Today Friday the gym will be available for training after 8 pm.
THE CALL OF FAS TRIKALA
Trikala and the local club are making their first acquaintance with the wider world of sports with the national championship, as the corresponding tournament, which was to be organized two seasons ago, was canceled because it fell on the serious consequences of the covid-19 pandemic. With the valuable support of the Regional Unit of Trikala and the municipality, FAS Trikala has completed all the necessary preparations and aspires to meet the expectations of all missions. At the same time, he has highlighted the games in the local media, in which the head of the association and founding member Costas Psofakis spoke for the last two days. The call on the union’s account on social media also stated: “We expect friends of the sport not to come and enjoy a rich spectacle, as well as to get to know the sport better. We hope we look worthy of the expectations!
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