Club de Tennis de Table

2012 CERN Table Tennis Tournament

As the campaign launched by the CERN medical service “Move! & Eat better” is designed in particular to encourage people at CERN to take more regular exercise,
the CERN Table Tennis Club, with its traditional CERN Table Tennis Tournament is providing an excellent opportunity to practice moving.

The tournament will take place at the Meyrin CTT, 2 rue de Livron, Saturday August 25, 2012, in the afternoon (starting at 13:30). It is open to all CERN staff, users, visitors and families, including of course summer students, who are strongly encouraged to participate.

In order to register, simply send an E-mail to Jean-Pierre Revol (jean-pierre.revol@cern.ch). You may also find useful information on the Club Web page http://www.cern.ch/tabletennis

CERN 2011 champion Savitha Flaecher, between the finalist Bertrand Mouches on her left, the winner of the consolation draw on her right (Sudarshan Paramesvaran), and far left, Denis Moriaud (semi-finalist and winner in 2010).

INFORMATION ON CERN TABLE TENNIS CLUB

At the beginning of the 1980’s, the CERN Table Tennis club merged with the “Club de Tennis de Table de Meyrin” (Meyin CTT), a member of the Association Genevoise de Tennis de Table (AGTT). Therefore, if you want to practice table tennis, you may join the CERN Table Tennis Club, and play at the Meyrin Club, where you will have the opportunity to find partners at all levels, from beginners to Swiss National League A (LNA).

Table Tennis is becoming increasingly popular at CERN. The CERN TTC has more than 40 members. CERN had excellent results during the 2011-2012 season. For instance, Alex Sharmazanashvili, vice president of the CERN TT club, won his category in the Championnats Romands, and his team was promoted from 4th to 3rd League in the Geneva championship. Four CERN teams participated in the Challenge Interentreprise, which gathers teams from Swiss cantons Vaud and Geneva. Two CERN teams qualified for the final round, on June 30, and in the end one CERN team finished second overall (Pavel Binko, Christophe Haen, Vijay Kartik, Achintya Rao and Jean-Pierre Revol).

CERN 5th Table Tennis Tournament

DATE & TIME: Saturday, August 25, 2012 starting at 1:30 PM

LOCATION:
Meyrin Table Tennis Club (Bus: 14, direction Gravière, stop: FORUMEYRIN)
2, rue de Livron, entrance near the swimming pool entrance.
1217 Meyrin (See map on Club Web page http://www.cern.ch/tabletennis)

FORMULA:
Open to players of all levels, from beginners to elite, on 6 tables.
Each player will be guaranteed to play at least 4 matches, as players will be arranged by groups of 4, and play against each other in order to rank them before entering a main draw.
For each match, the winner is the first player to win three sets, in 11 points, or with two-point difference.

REGISTRATION:
Via E-mail, to Jean-Pierre.Revol@cern.ch, indicating your ranking if any, the country of ranking, so that we can distribute the players in an appropriate way. If you do not have a ranking, simply indicate whether you are a beginner or not.

Entry fee: 10 CHF (to be collected at the club before the start).

PRIZES:
One “prix souvenir” to each participant and special prizes given to all players reaching semi-finals.

 

par Table Tennis Club