Tag: Seniors

The North Shore Table Tennis Society and the North Shore Table Tennis Club are pleased to announce they are accepting entries for NSSL Season. 12.

Start Date: Wednesday September 27, 2023. End Date: November 29, 2023 (10 weeks/ 2 rounds). Entry Fee $30 per player:  Match Day fee $10 – Registration Deadline: Monday, September 18, 2023

Full Details & Entry form can be found on the League’s page https://nstts.ca/leagues-2/

When: Saturday, May13, 2023

Where: North Shore Table Tennis Club – 1555 Forbes Ave, North Vancouver

Registration: Free for members of the BC Games Society (annual fee $20)

Pre-registration is required. Contact Mike Dumler at: mike@mdumler.ca or 604-340-6774 for Games Society Membership form, and to pre-register for either or both clinics. 

Clinic 1 for Recreational  & intermediate Players –

10:00 – 11:00am Check-in, introduction to the BC 55+Games, and warm-up

11:00 – 1:00pm The Stance, Correct Techniques, Proper Grip, the Footwork and Drills to improve faster at Table Tennis as outlined below.

The GRIP Learning the correct way to hold the racket is essential. The correct grip allows you to develop your strokes using the correct technique

THE STANCE. The quickest way to tell the difference between a beginner and an expert Table Tennis player is how they stand. You will learn the correct position to every stroke.

Correct Techniques Every technique has starting and finishing position. Learn it so you can use it in game situations more easily

SWITCHING between Forehand (FH) and Backhand (BH) drills. Does your grip allow you to switch easily between FH and BH. Practising and right training drills will teach you recover easily between FH and BH

SHUFFLE Footwork – training drills to improve your footwork so you can make good position for every stroke. This is essential for developing your game.

Clinic 2 for Competitive intermediate & Advanced Players

1:00 – 2:00pm Check-in, introduction to the BC 55+Games,  and warm-up

2:00 – 4:00pm Pre-match Routine, Serves, Receiving Serves, Spin secrets as outlined below

PRE-MATCH ROUTINE. Proper warm-up & stretching to avoid injury, start with a clean racket & check the rubbers on opponents’ racket as they may have PIPS which produces flat and dead ball returns.

HOW TO SERVE and WHAT TO SERVE. This class will give you simple pointers that make it easy for you to start SERVING to WIN the point, and avoid serves which are easy to attack.

SERVING How much % of Serves in Table Tennis should be short vs long serves? What spin to put on short vs long serves? Beginning – Position – Backswing – Contact point and Follow- Through

RECEIVING AND RETURNING SERVES and UNDERSTANDING SPINS. Understanding spins is the key to learning how to receive all types of serves properly. Learning to identify different types spins by effect.

TOPSPIN – JUMPS UP, BACKSPIN – DRAGS DOWN

SIDESPIN – GRIPS SIDEWAYS, BACKSPIN – TOPSPIN – DRAGS DOWN & SIDEWAYS

SIDESPIN – TOPSPIN – JUMPS UP & SIDEWAYS

LOOPS – VERY HEAVY TOP SPIN WHICH LEAPS OFF THE TABLE

Coaching by and under the direction of Luba Sadovska, ITTF PTT Level 1 Certified Intro into Competition Base/Advanced Coach Competition Development Coach TTCAN Master Coach Developer, Learning Facilitator and Coach Evaluator.

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport”, and the BC Games Society through the 50/50 draw.

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It also has tips for finding playing partners, and a public survey we think will also be of interest to players of all levels.

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Thanks to the extended deadlines we had 20 participants and 6 supporters register for the 2022 Games. Unfortunately 2 participants had to withdraw, however the 18 who competed did zone 4 proud. 14 of us metalled in 22 events, and won 32 medals, 10 Gold, 14 Silver, and 8 Bronze. The remaining 4, while not winning medals, had some very competitive matches, with Deanna Kasta defeating the eventual gold medallist in Women 65 – 69 Singles – Competitive.

Contributing to our success was the Step-up your Game Clinics, and practice sessions sponsored by Zone 4, and hosted by the North Shore Table Tennis club. These and the coaching by Luba Sadovska were most appreciated by the participants.

2022 BC 55+ Victoria Senior Games Zone 4 Table Tennis Results

Gaskill Stephen                 Gold      1              Men 55-59 Singles- Competitive

Khoudeir Mazen              Silver     2              Men 55-59 Singles- Competitive

Agyeman Kingsley           Silver     2             Men 60 – 64 Singles- Competitive

Goldstein Laurent            Gold      1              Men 65 – 69 Singles- Competitive

Clark-Wilson David          Silver     2              Men 70 – 74 Singles- Competitive

McLennan John                 Gold      1              Men 75 – 79 Singles – Competitive            

Dumler Mike                      Bronze  3              Men 75 – 79 Singles – Competitive

Kim Won K.                         Gold      1              Men 80+ Singles – Competitive

Costello  Bob                       Silver     2              Men 80+ Singles – Recreational

Woo Wilhelmina               Silver     2              Women 75 – 79 Singles – Competitive

Yen Elaine                           Bronze  3              Women 75 – 79 Singles – Competitive

Nykl Marta                          Silver     2              Women 80+ Singles – Competitive

Clark-Wilson/Khoudeir  Gold      1              Men 55 – 59 Doubles – Competitive

Gaskill/Fung                       Bronze  3              Men 55 – 59 Doubles – Competitive

Agyeman/McLennan     Silver     2              Men 60 – 64 Doubles – Competitive

Dumler/Edwards              Bronze  3              Men 70 – 74 Doubles – Competitive

Kim/Costello                      Gold      1              Men 80+ Doubles – Competitive

Yen/Woo                             Bronze  3              Women 70 – 74 Doubles – Competitive

Juergens/Nykl                   Silver                     Women 70 – 74 Doubles Recreational

Woo/Dumler                 Gold      1              Men/Women 75 – 79 Mixed Doubles –

Yen/McLennan                 Silver     2              Men and Women 75 – 79 Mixed Doubles

Costello/Nykl                     Silver     2              Men and Women 80+ Mixed Doubles

Full results for all zones are available on the Games official website: 

    https://www.bcseniorsgames.net/results/default.aspx