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CONTENTS

President’s Report

Website/News/Museum

Future Events EC 2013 Schwechat/AUT WC 2014 Tokyo/JPN WVC 2014 Auckland/NZL SCI Fair Play Trophy Presentation Paris 2013 SCI AGM Paris 2013 Minutes and Reception

EVC Bremen/GER Winners 2013

Country Corner Section

Down Memory Lane

In Memoriam

SCI News Flash

SCI NEWS

SWAYTHLING CLUB INTERNATIONAL

Diane Schöler nee Rowe, former World Doubles Champion, President SCI 1997-2013, now SCI Honorary President.Photos • 1: 1960, Backhand attack Photo: ETTA Archive • 2: 1950, Forehand attack Photo: ETTA Archive • 3: 2011, At the microphone Photo: SCI • 4: 1965, Private Photo: SCI • 5: 1970, Defense Photo: SCI

NO. 95 SEPTEMBER 2013

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NEW AGE.

HONORARY PRESIDENTSMr. Victor BARNA (Founder – Deceased 1972)Mr. Joe VESELSKY Dr. Zarko DOLINAR (Deceased 2003)Mr. Steve BOROS (Deceased 1994)Mr. Johnny LEACH MBEMr. Ferenc SIDO (Deceased 1998)Mr. Hugo URCHETTI (Deceased 2004)Mr. Ichiro OGIMURA (Deceased 1994)Mrs. Diane SCHÖLER

HONORARY MEMBERS1967 Hon. Ivor MONTAGU (Deceased 1984)1967 Mr. Bill VINT (Deceased 1993)1970 Mr. H. Roy EVANS (Deceased 1998)1972 Mrs. V. BARNA1988 Mr. Hikosuke TAMASU (Deceased 1998)1993 Mr. Ranga RAMANUJAN1994 Mrs. Nancy Roy EVANS (Deceased 1998)

PRESIDENTMr. Eberhard SCHÖLER (GER), Schäferstrasse 2, D-40479 Düsseldorf, GermanyTel: 0049 211 6017730E-mail: [email protected]

DEPUTY PRESIDENTMr. Johnny LEACH MBE (ENG)

TREASURERMr. Werner SCHNYDER (SUI), Stallenrain 18, CH-4103 Bottmingen, SwitzerlandTel: 0041 61 4020220E-Mail: [email protected]

SECRETARYMrs. Gloria WAGENER, C/o SCI Office

RULES EXPERTReto BAZZI (SUI)

DIRECTORSNational and International RelationsMr. Richard YULE (ENG)

Press and PublicityMrs. Vera BAZZI (SUI)

Public RelationsMr. Milan ORLOWSKI (CZE)

Sponsorship - Not assigned

World Veterans ChampionshipsDirector: S.C.I. PresidentChairman: Mr. Hans WESTLING (SWE)

Swaythling Club International OfficeC/o Eberhard SCHÖLER, Schäferstrasse 2, D-40479 Düsseldorf, GermanyTel: 0049 211 6017730E-Mail: [email protected]

The First World Sports Veterans Association

SWAYTHLING CLUB INTERNATIONAL(FOUNDED - STOCKHOLM 1967)

FOR TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONS AND OFFICIALS WHO HAVEREPRESENTED THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Recognized bythe ITTF

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

We can now look back on an eventful and exciting six months since the publication of our last NEWS. The World Individual Championships in Paris during May, followed by the European Veterans Championships in Bremen only one week later, were truly memorable tournaments for players, offi-cials and fans alike. In this edition, you find reports from those marvellous events, including the Minutes from the AGM of the Swaythling Club International held in Paris.

Please do take note of the top events in the table tennis season that has just started – with highlights in Schwechat/AUT, Tokyo/JPN and Auckland/NZL. Courtesy of the organising Associations, altogether 23 of our members will be invited to attend those Championships, receiving free hospitality for the duration of the event.

We would also like to draw your attention to the Country Corner Section with information from several National sections of our club.

Last but not least, may I thank all members who entrusted me to lead the SCI through the next two years. The example given by my predecessors, upholding the principles of our club – friendship and fairness – will be a serious obligation and challenge for me.

Have a successful and enjoyable season!

Best wishes,

Eberhard Schöler President SCI

WEBSITE

THE SWAYTHLING CLUB INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE IS ONLINE !!!

THE SCI-WEBSITE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ITTF-WEBSITE UNDER:

http://www.ittf.com

You can visit the SWAYTHLING CLUB INTERNATIONAL Section

under: http://www.ittf.com/ front Page/ittf7.asp?category=news

You can now view, download and even print the S.C.I. NEWS direct from our website !!!


ITTF Museum in Lausanne

Please be informed that the new edition of the Table Tennis Col-lector, packed full of Table Ten-nis history, vintage photographs, artifacts and interesting reports and updates, a total of 44 pages, is published now – you can down-load from this link:

http://www.ittf.com/museum/TTC69.pdfChuck Hoey, Curator Photo by Laci Földy

Enjoy!

FUTURE EVENTS

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSSCHWECHAT - AUSTRIA4th – 13th October, 2013

The following six Swaythling Club Members have received an invitation to attend this event:

Mr. Pierre Juliens - Belgium Mr. Oscar Kraus - Israel Mr. Jaroslav Stanek - Czech Republik Mr. Bert Van der Helm - Netherlands Mr. Hans Westling - Sweden Mr. Liova Yosulevsky - Israel

These championships are held in the city of Schwechat (Austria) which is close to Vienna Airport and also close to Vienna City Centre.

We wish all attending members a pleasant stay with lots of exciting table tennis matches!


Photos by ÖTTV

7 Invited SCI Members Those members wishing to apply

for one of the 7 places kindly offered by the

Japanese Table Tennis Association (JTTA)to attend this event are requestedto apply to the following address:

C./o. E. Schöler,Swaythling Club International

Schäferstrasse 2, 40479 Düsseldorf, Germany

or per Email: [email protected]

Apply no later than 31st December, 2013

All photos by Japanese Table Tennis Association (JTTA)

Wonderful spring blossom in Tokyo

FUTURE EVENTS

WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPSTOKYO – JAPAN

28th April to 5th May, 2014


Yoyogi National Gymnasium(Main arena – view from outside)

Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Main arena – inside view)

Tokyo Gymnasium(Second hall – view from outside)

Tokyo Gymnasium (Second hall – inside view)

FUTURE EVENTS

WORLD VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPSAUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND12th - 17th May, 201410 Invited SCI MembersThose members wishing to apply for one of the ten offered places to participate as players at the above event are requested to apply to the following address:

C./o. E. Schöler, Swaythling Club International,Schäferstrasse 2, 40479 Düsseldorf, Germanyor per Email: [email protected]

Apply no later than 15th November, 2013

Waikatere Trust Stadium (main hall)

North Shore Event Centre, where the NZ Open Badminton Championships were held recently Viaduct at night Photos by TTNZ

Details regarding the Championships you can view under www.wvc2014.com


RICHARD BERGMANNSCI Fair Play Trophy


At the LIEBHERR World Individual Championships in Pa-ris, France on 19th May 2013, Vladimir Samsonov (left) from Belarus was presented with the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Trophy by Milan Orlowski (right), SCI Director for Public Relations.

Disappointment in defeat, losing a closely fought seven games duel against Japan’s Kenta Matsudeira but as al-ways the behaviour of Vladimir Samsonov was impec-cable.

Photo by Remy Gros

Please note:

Many of our S.C.I National Representatives regularly send us photo-graphs and articles from their section which assists us enormously to publish and print an up-dated and interesting edition. Please do conti-nue with this most necessary and integral part of our NEWS.

For memory: The award was first presented in Stockholm 1967 to Sweden’s late Kjell Johansson. It is made to a player who displayed the true credentials of sportsmanship at World Championships and keeps alive the name of one of the leg-ends of our sport, Richard Berg-mann.Born in Vienna on the 10th of April 1919, Richard Bergmann competed in 13 World Champi-onships; he made his debut in Prague 1936 and bid farewell in Stockholm 1957. Sadly, he pas-sed away on the 5th of April, 1970.Overall he won 22 medals at World Championships during his career – among them 4 Men’s Singles Titles (1938, 1939, 1948 and 1950). Had it not been for the cessation of sport during the period of the Second World War, it might well have been more; it is that conflict which necessi-tated Richard Bergmann’s move from Austria to England.

By Ian Marshall

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGPARIS - FRANCE

16th MAY 2013 - 10,00 hrs - 12,00 hrs World Individual Table Tennis Championships

in the Palais Omnisports de Paris Room: Bercy 80

AGM MINUTES


1. PRESIDENT`S WELCOMEThe President, Diane Schöler, firstly thanked members for attending at such an early hour. She hoped they would have a positive and fri-endly meeting here in Paris. Diane informed the assembly that Johnny Leach had sent members his best wishes. Unfortunately, Diane continued, that nowadays he was unable to travel, but he was in continual contact with the Executive Com-mittee.She thanked most sincerely the French Table Ten-nis Federation for assisting them in the prepara-tion of the AGM, in particular Claude Bergeret. Diane´s thanks also went to Etsuko Enami from the ITTF who had been a great help reserving the dates and the meeting rooms.Diane added that she hoped they would have a pleasant and successful AGM.

2. APPOINTMENT OF SCRUTINEERSHans Giesecke had agreed to conduct the meet-ing and requested two members to volunteer as Scrutineers. Richard Yule and Paul Kyle offered to be scrutine-ers and were accepted by the Assembly.

3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES 3. OF THE PREVIOUS A.G.M.(Dortmund Germany 2012, included in the SCI NEWS No 93) Proposal to accept the minutes from Dortmund, 2012 was put forward and unanimously accepted by the assembly.

Reto Bazzi, Werner Schnyder, Diane Schöler and Gloria Wagener. - Photo: SCI


3. PRESIDENT`S REPORTThe President informed the assembly of those members who had passed away during the past year: Premysl Fulin (Czech Republic), Helen Hamilton nee Elliot (Scotland), Berti Pingel-Capellmann (Germany), Marty Reisman (USA), Ken Stanley (England) and Zhuang Zedong (China). Their obituaries were published in the SCI News No. 94, March 2013. In addition, she stated the Club had lost their long term members Jeanne Delay from France and Tony Brooks from England, the former secre-tary of the ITTF. Unfortunately, she received the information that they had passed away too late to mention it in the last News. Diane added that only a few days ago, here in Paris, they had been informed that Ernest Demetrovic (Slovakia) had recently died.Diane then asked the assembly to stand for a minute’s silence in order to honour those mem-bers who had passed away.

World Individual Championships 2013 in ParisDiane thanked the French Table Tennis Federa-tion for very generously inviting 5 SCI members to attend the event in Paris, offering free hos-pitality for the duration of the championships, which she stated they sincerely appreciated.

Junior AwardsDiane advised members that during the finals of the World Junior Championships in Hyderabad/India last December, the SCI trophy “Fairness, Friendship, Peace” was presented to Bruna Alex-

andre (Brazil) and Jang Woojin (Korea Republic) for their impeccable behaviour in the tourna-ment, hereby successfully promoting the princi-ples to the young generation of table tennis play-ers.

Richard Bergmann “Fair Play” TrophyDiane informed members that the above men-tioned award would be presented in Paris at the end of the championships, on the proposal of the referees and umpires.She added that The Victor Barna “Best Player” Trophy would be presented next year in Tokyo, during the World Team Championships.Diane continued that during the past months, the WVC Committee were busy with organi-sational details for the prestigious event to be held next year 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. A meeting with representatives of the organising association, she continued, would take place in Bremen/Germany during the European Veterans Championships at the end of May 2013. Also an update on the event in 2016 in Alicante/Elche Spain would be given to the Executive by the Spanish organisers during the Championships in Bremen. She stated that Hans Westling would give members a short report about the situation later during the meeting. Diane advised the assembly that the “Terms of Reference” for the ITTF Veterans Committee had been newly drafted. The ITTF Board of Directors would discuss the proposal the following day in order to make a decision.Diane commented that the NEWS had always been hard work and she requested any interest-

Members in attendance of AGM and subsequent reception - Photo: SCI


ing articles and photos from members, regard-ing current affairs and historic elements, which would be of considerable assistance to her. The NEWS, she stated, was also available on the SCI homepage, which was part of the ITTF Web-site, thanks to the help of the ITTF. Diane fur-ther stated that within the Executive Committee, they would be discussing possibilities to improve this section. She was confident that this could be achieved in the next two years, with the help of members from the respective sub-committee “Press and Publicity”.Diane continued that in the last News, she was able to report 24 new members from 9 associa-tions. In the meantime, she stated, an addition-al 37 members from different associations had joined the Club, which was most encouraging. She hoped that the efforts in the coming year would also have positive results!She advised the Assembly that a lot of work was achieved in the past year. She sincerely thanked Gloria Wagener, Johnny Leach, Werner Schnyder, Hans Westling and all Directors for their contribu-tions. In this respect, she informed members that Directors Teri and Laci Földy, Press and Publicity, together with Tim Boggan, Director of Sponsor-ship and Advertising, were no longer continuing. The Executive Committee had decided to honour all three with a silver bat, engraved “In apprecia-tion”.The President went on to mention that as she had announced two years ago, at the AGM in Rotterdam/Netherlands, she would be retiring from the position of SCI President in Paris. She told the Assembly that it had given her great

New Executive Committee: Werner Schnyder, Gloria Wagener, Eberhard Schöler and Reto Bazzi Photo: SCI

pleasure assisting members of the SCI, how-ever, she continued, it was now time to leave! The President informed members that after the meeting, there would be a short get-together in the same area with snacks and a drink or two. She hoped many would join her.

a) Adoption of ReportThe President`s report was agreed and adopted.

4. TREASURER´S REPORTThe Treasurer, Werner Schnyder, commented on the financial outcome of the years 2011 and 2012.

Subscriptions:He advised members that subscriptions were paid fairly well on time, but it had to be point-ed out however, that a considerable number of countries did not respond to invoices or remind-ers, even though the Club was interested in pro-viding assistance to members who have health or financial problems.He continued that an increasing number of mem-bers had taken advantage of the one year rebate when paying the membership fee for 5 years in advance.

Assistance and SupportWerner informed the assembly that the Swayth-ling Club was always anxious to help as many members as possible to get free accommoda-tion on the occasion of international Table Ten-nis events and that during this fiscal period the Club had been able to provide financial help to a number of Swaythling Club members.


Profit and Loss statementWerner advised members that a consolidated profit of CHF 35.354,89 had been achieved dur-ing the 2 year fiscal period. He said this had been mainly due to the following facts:A number of countries had paid their member-ship fees for 5 years in advance and the Veter-ans World Championships in Stockholm, Swe-den contributed considerably to this profit. His thanks went to Butterfly and Tibhar, the Club`s sponsors, whose generous contribution reduced the high cost of the SCI Magazine. On the other hand, he stated, it had to be pointed out, that the overall cost of the Swaythling Club International due to its commitments such as booklet printing, the twice yearly SCI Magazine, and donations to members who need help, exceeded the income of the membership fees.

Current AssetsWerner advised members that the assets of the Swaythling Club International had increased from CHF 248.029,21 up to 283.384,10. With this amount the Treasurer was confident to be able to ensure all future activities and responsi-bilities towards the Club`s members and friends.

WVCThis event Werner stated, organised under the responsibility of SCI, had become an extremely important and popular championship and was not only from a sporting point of view, but also a financial topic to secure and cover all the nec-essary expenditures, such as future Presenta-tions for WVC organisers, office overheads, WVC Committee meetings, and when necessary travel expenses for the WVC. He again stated that the event 2012 in Sweden had been a big success thus meeting its WVC budget and brought a con-tribution to the profit. Werner added that he felt sure the WVC Championships to be held in New Zealand in 2014 would be a spectacular event and a well organised tournament, hopefully at-tracting a high number of players. Outlook 2013/2014Werner informed members that with a good en-try of participants at the WVC Championships in New Zealand and an improved income of the membership fees, his prognoses was a positive

financial result at the end of the next fiscal pe-riod in 2014 for the WVC and SCI.The Treasurer commented that he was at their disposal for any further questions they may have and he closed his report with many thanks to his colleagues of the Executive Committee and ex-pressed his sincere and special gratitude to the President, Diane Schöler for doing such a great job.Werner thanked the assembly for their attention.

a) Adoption of ReportReport was agreed and adopted.

6. AUDITORS REPORTThe Auditor`s Report for the fiscal years January 1st 2011 until December 31st 2012 dated 4th May 2013 and signed by Mr. Laszlo Pal and Trix Luterbacher, stated they had in their capacity as auditors for the Swaythling Club International audited the books on May 4th 2013 for the fi-nancial period 2011 - 2012. All records for the mentioned period were available to them for au-dit. Werner Schnyder, Treasurer of the Swayth-ling Club International, who was responsible for the accounting, supplied all the information they had requested.Spot checks of the most important income and expenditures convinced the auditors that the records were in order and the books clearly ar-ranged and kept correctly and with due care. Moreover they had verified all the different bank accounts and the balances.The balance sheet as per December 31st 2012 showed a consolidated profit of the Swaythling

Diane Schöler and Ivo-Goran Munivrana - Photo: SCI


Club International of CHF 35.354,90 and the current assets showed a total income of CHF 283.384,10.All books and documents were kept in perfect order. The auditors expressed their warm thanks to the Treasurer, Werner Schnyder and recom-mended, based on their detailed audit, that the accounts presented be approved and that the Treasurer’s actions be ratified.

a) Adoption of Report Report was agreed and adopted

7. ADOPTION OF BUDGET FOR NEXT TWO YEARSThe Treasurer advised members that the as-sessed total Income for SCI/WVC for the years 2013/2014 would be CHF 41.000,00. Expenses for the years 2013/2014 were assessed at CHF 37.000,00 which left a profit of CHF 4.000,00The Budget was agreed and adopted. 8. APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORSIt was agreed by the assembly to appoint Mr. Las-zlo Pal and Mrs Trix Luterbacher as auditors for a further two years.

9. REPORT OF THE WVC CHAIRMANHans informed members that after the last AGM in Dortmund the WVC in Stockholm took place in June 2012, in the very special Eriksen Arena. This arena, he stated, could be seen all over Stock-holm. The organisers, Swedish Table Tennis As-sociation, plus the city of Stockholm, he contin-ued, had expected 2.500 – 2.800 participants. In

Friendly reunion between Czech and Slovak

SCI membersFrom left to right:

Anton Hamran (SVK),Zbynek Spacek (CZE),

Vladimira Hudetzkova (CZE),Milan Orlowski (CZE), and Zdenko Kriz (SVK)

Photo: SCI

fact, he said, there were considerably more, 3.350 participants, 133 tables and a record entry of 66 countries. Hans mentioned that the quality of play was very high and that the largest age group was the over 50`s with 600 players. A member of the SCI, Mikael Applegren, won the over 50`s. He added that 35 Swaythling Club members took part and some spectacular matches were played. He mentioned that 50 participants took part in the over 85`s, which included a 100 year old Rus-sian player. Hans advised members that the championship was a well organised event with a very friendly atmosphere and that the WVC Committee had had a positive feedback. This was immediately confirmed by several members of the assembly. A reception for SCI members, Hans stated, was held on the day of the finals.Hans went on to mention the next WVC in New Zealand which is to take place on the 12th -17th May 2014, after the World Team Championships in Tokyo next year. Hans advised members that during the European Veterans Championships next week in Bremen the WVC Committee will be meeting the New Zealand organisers to discuss further details. a) Adoption of Report Report was agreed and adopted

10. PING PONG FOLLOW-UP (CARE HOMES)RICHARD YULE advised members that he would like to follow-up on the information given by him at the last AGM in Dortmund, regarding a film made in Hohhot concerning 8 participants all


over 80 years of age. This film had been such a success that the producer has now arranged for the film to be released in the cinema. More DVD`s are being produced and he promised to send the Executive a copy.Richard continued that the ETTA had organised a lottery fund which amounted to 300,000 pounds to create a pack of DVDs, bats, balls, nets show-ing instructions on how to introduce Table Ten-nis to Care Homes with the object of keeping the elderly population healthy and possibly to sup-port people with Alzheimer.Richard promised to send the Secretary Website links and any further information that he might have regarding this subject. This information will be included in the next SCI NEWS and displayed on the SCI Website.Diane thanked Richard for this information and looked forward to receiving the DVD of the Hoh-hot film.

11. MOTION FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE RULESNo motions were put forward.

12. ELECTIONSa) SCI Executive CommitteePresident candidate: Eberhard SchölerDeputy President candidate: Johnny LeachTreasurer candidate: Werner SchnyderSecretary candidate: Gloria WagenerRules Expert candidate: Reto BazziHans Giesecke released the present Executive Committee, stating that Diane Schöler would not be standing for re-election as President.Eberhard Schöler was put forward as candidate for Presidency. The assembly unanimously voted Eberhard Schö-ler as the new SCI President. Eberhard Schöler, thanked the assembly for their support and stated that he would continue to promote the aims of the Swaythling Club, friend-ship, fairness and sportsmanship, especially with regard to the youth. All other candidates for the Executive were all separately voted in unanimously.New Executive Committee for the next two years:

President: Eberhard SchölerDeputy President: Johnny LeachTreasurer: Werner SchnyderSecretary. Gloria WagenerRules Expert: Reto Bazzi

b) WVC Committee: WVC Director: SCI PresidentWVC Chairman, Candidate: Mr. Hans WestlingWVC Treasure: SCI TreasurerWVC Secretar: SCI SecretaryWVC Committee Member: SCI Deputy PresidentWVC Rules Expert SCI Rules ExpertWVC Comp. Expert, Candidate: Mr. Michael TheisHans Westling was voted again unanimously as Chairman. Michael Theis was voted again unanimously as Computer Expert.The WVC Committee for the next two years con-sists of:WVC Chairman: Hans WestlingWVC Director: Eberhard SchölerWVC Treasurer: Werner SchnyderWVC Secretary: Gloria WagenerWVC Committee Member: Johnny LeachWVC Rules Expert: Reto BazziWVC Computer Expert: Michael Theis

c) SCI Sub-CommitteesThe under mentioned SCI Sub-Committees and their Directors were unanimously agreed upon by the assembly:

National & International Relations Director: Mr. Richard Yule (SCO) Ass. Director: Mr. P. Alaor (Brazil) Dr. Michael Scott (USA) N. AmericaMrs. Marta Stretton (S.A.) AfricaMr. Amir Mirsadeghi (Iran) M.EastMr. Carlos Taranto (Uruguay) S. America

Press & PublicityDirector: Mrs Vera Bazzi (SUI)Ass. Director: Mrs. S. Federova (Russia) Mr. Bas den Breejen (Netherlands)Mr. J-E. Linde (DEN) Publication of SCI News

Public RelationsDirector: Mr. Milan Orlowski (CZE)Ass. Director: Mr. F.N. Chan (Malaysia)


Mr. Koji Oribe (Japan)Mr. Vladimir Ivanov (Russia)

Sponsorship & AdvertisingDirector: not yet assigned Ass. Director: Mr. Houshang Bozorgzadeh (USA) Mr. Laszlo Pal (SUI)Mrs. Libuse Uhrova (Czech Republic) Werner Schnyder took the podium and stated that he would like to welcome the new Presi-dent, Eberhard Schöler and sincerely thank Di-ane on behalf of the Executive for all her hard work and in this respect the Executive felt that Diane should immediately be made an Honorary President.The assembly agreed with acclamation.

13. ANY OTHER BUSINESSChristian Heyerdahl mentioned that he felt all addresses should be put on the internet, as it would be easier to contact members and change addresses.Eberhard Schöler explained that this had been on the agenda before and he had, therefore, sort legal advice and was subsequently informed that it was apparently impossible to have addresses and e-mails displayed on the internet. However, he added, the Executive would look into this again to see if something can be arranged.The new President reported that the SCI de-pended on its National Representatives to man-age their national sections. He mentioned that several countries through their National Repre-sentatives had managed to rearrange their sec-tions such as Luxemburg, Slovakia and the Italian section. Zefferino Mancini`s efforts for the Ital-ian section had improved the number of mem-bers from 8 to 36. He felt this was quite positive. Eberhard said it was also important to meet at National Championships and to help and under-stand each other. Alan Ransome thanked Diane for the amount and quality of work she had achieved for the SCI and wished her every success for the future.Alan went on to advise the assembly that the museum would be moving to China and would therefore, not be stationed in Europe anymore. He wished to know if other members had any

views or ideas to keep part of the museum in Eu-rope.Hans Giesecke strongly seconded Alan`s com-ments. Koji Kamura stated that the decision was un-changeable. Radivoji Hudetz mentioned that this was purely a financial decision to cover the costs of the museum.Hans Gäb stated he saw some political involve-ment in this respect regarding Adham Sharara and Stefano Bosi.Eberhard added that he would contact, on be-half of the Swaythling Club, the ITTF in order to obtain some internet connection with the muse-um online on a regular basis. It was mentioned that some of the history was already listed under SCI/WVC on the website. Radivoji Hudetz informed members that there was now a museum in Koprivnica, Croatia exhib-iting Zarko Dolinar`s memorabilia, achievements and medals, which would be well worth seeing when visiting tournaments in Croatia and, he stated, if requested, he would be glad to arrange a trip to the museum. Zefferano Mancini thanked Diane for all her hard work. He explained that it was very difficult to obtain names and addresses of potential new members. Eberhard informed him that the Na-tional Association should be contacted in this respect. Zefferino also requested that if possible the SCI find a way to obtain tickets at a reduced rate for members at World Championships.Eberhard explained that there had been simi-lar requests in the past, but circumstances had changed; the National Associations are now con-nected to commercial companies, thus control-ling the financial aspect at major events.There were no more comments and the meeting was closed at 11.40 hrs.

Prepared by Read and confirmed by......................... .....................................Gloria Wagener Eberhard Schöler Secretary SCI President SCI18th May, 2013 18th May, 2013


EUROPEAN VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPSBREMEN . GERMANY

27th May – 1th June, 2013

The facts from a very well organised event:

• 2739 participants in the eight age categories (Men and Women), a new record for Euro- pean Veterans Championships.• The oldest participant is Antonin Moreau from France, 92 years of age, born on the 8th of March 1921, exactly 60 years before Timo Boll was born!• 1508 entries from Germany; quite a contrast to Belarus, Israel, Montenegro and Serbia with only one player each.• Altogether 170 tables including practice hall.• 7000 square metres of special red flooring from Gerflor have been laid.• 60 gross of table tennis balls available = 8640 balls.• 1640 surrounds each 2,33 metres long = 3,82 kilometres.• 80 splendid volunteers (54 male, 26 female).

Inside the main arena - Photo by SCIArtists at the Opening Ceremony - Photos by Manfred Schillings


The Winners, new European Veterans Champions 2013Women Singles DoublesOver 40 Elena Lamonos (GER) E. Chunikhina/L. Lavrukhina (RUS) Over 50 Jing Tian-Zoerner (GER) M. Gaftea/M. Popa (ROU)Over 60 Larisa Andreeva (RUS) C. Geist/S. Siewert-Rath (GER)Over 65 Mare Kabrits (EST) M. Kerwat/U. Krüger (GER)Over 70 Jutta Baron (GER) E. Haak/E. Wetzel (GER)Over 75 Marianne Blasberg (GER) B. Bird/N. Pilliere (ENG/FRA)Over 80 Anneliese Bischoff (GER) U. Poplawski/I. Bauer (GER)Over 85 Eliska Krejkova (CZE) L. Jordane/E. Krejkova (LAT/CZE)

WS 50: From left to right:

Vera Bazzi (SUI), Jing Tian-Zörner (GER),

Maria Gaftea (ROU), Ulrike Kretschmer (GER)

- Photo by Manfred Schillings

WS 60: From left to right:

Larisa Ilinskaja (RUS), Larisa Andreeva (RUS),

Teresa Devaney (IRL), Sandra Rider (ENG)


WD 70: From left to right: Christa Gebhardt/

Heidi Wunner (GER), Ellen Haak/

Edit Wetzel (GER), Ruth Schneider/

Margret Tepper(GER), Ingrid Lieske/

Karin Niemeyer (GER)- Photo by Manfred Schillings


WS 85 - From left to right: MS 40 - From left to right: Eliska Krejkova (CZE), Ursula Bihl (GER) Thierry Miller (SUI), Mukhamed Kushkov (RUS), - Photo by Manfred Schillings Dmitrij Mazunov (RUS) - Photo by Manfred Schillings

On the day before the finals, many players and fans met at the Farewell Party in a friendly atmosphere with tasty food and all kinds of drink, enjoying the company of each other for several hours, talking – and some even still fit enough to dance!

Jutta Trapp and Jing Tian-Zoerner - Photo by SCI

George Evans and Champions, from left to right: Mrs. Appelgren, Mikael Appelgren (SWE), George Evans (WAL), Steffen “Speedy” Fetzner (GER), Jan-Ove Waldner SWE), Frank Schreiner (DONIC) - Photo by George Evans

The Winners, new European Veterans Champions 2013Men Singles DoublesOver 40 Mukhamed Kushkov (RUS) G. Böhm/A. Fejer-Konnert (GER)Over 50 Mikael Appelgren (SWE) L. Mocker/U. Christlieb (GER)Over 60 Stanislaw Fraczyk (AUT) R. Sorger/S. Fraczyk (AUT)Over 65 Claus Pedersen (DEN) C. Pedersen/N. Ramberg (DEN)Over 70 Uwe Wienprecht (GER) E. Bison/Dr. B. Witthaus (GER)Over 75 Dieter Lippelt (GER) A. Propfe/K.-H. Falke (GER)Over 80 Rolf Gross (GER) G. Bax/F. Lockwood (ENG)Over 85 Lumir Ruzha (CZE) L. Ruzha/E. Junker (CZE/GER)


MS 50: From left to right:

Zsolt-Georg Böhm (GER), Manfred Nieswand

(GER), Mikael Appelgren (SWE),

Ding Yi (AUT)- Photo by Manfred Schillings

MD 65:From left to right: Ming Pan (SWE),

Jürgen Reuland (GER), Nosrat Safai (SWE),

Wilfried Lieck (GER), Claus Pedersen/

Niels Ramberg (DEN), Gennady Gmyra/

Vladimir Stolnikov (RUS)- Photo by Manfred Schillings

MS 85:From left to right:

Nicolas Leon Neetens (BEL),

Ernst Junker (GER), Lumir Ruzha (CZE), Oldrich Fiala (CZE)



COUNTRY CORNER ENGLAND/SCOTLAND

Last June, the former Chief Executive of the Eng-lish Table Tennis Association and long standing SCI member, Richard Yule, was given a grand farewell at a surprise retirement party in Bounce, London.This fantastic occasion, arranged for weeks un-der great secrecy, included a host of colleagues (both old and new), players, officials, family and friends with whom Richard Yule was able to en-joy some nostalgia, re-acquaint himself with old friends and listen to accolades and recollections of his career.He started to play table tennis at the age of eight. Over the years, he won 8 Scottish National Men’s Singles titles, numerous Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles titles, won the Scottish Universi-ties title and a bronze medal in Men’ Singles at the Commonwealth Championships in Cardiff.He served Scotland with great distinction win-ning 285 caps, thus making him the most capped Scottish sports player of all time.

Richard Yule participated in 6 World Champion-ships, 7 European Championships and 6 Com-monwealth Games – in the process beating three England No. 1’s – Chester Barnes, Dennis Neale and Nicky Jarvis.He retired from National level play in 1985 and shortly after, in 1989, he was awarded Harry Bax-ter Award for services to Scottish Table Tennis.He then became a Scottish National Coach, a Na-tional Coach of Ireland and ran national training camps in Belgium. In 1985 he joined the Scottish Table Tennis Association as Director of Coaching & Development and ten years later he became CEO of the ETTA. Respect for Richard Yule is worldwide and the list of guests in London was impressive. 143 attend-ees at the retirement party included ITTF Presi-dent Adham Sharara, former Performance Direc-tor Michel Gadal, former English No. 1 Matthew Syed and famous English entertainer Michael Barrymore.


COUNTRY CORNER ENGLAND/SCOTLAND

During the reception, Richard said: “This has been an unbelievable day that I will treasure for ever. I was so surprised and am so grateful”.(Excerpts from an article by Milica Nikolic)Diane Schöler, Honorary President SCI, adds:We thank Richard for all he has done in Ta-ble Tennis – for Scotland, for the ETTA and for the Swaythling Club as Director for Na-tional and International Relations. We feel sure that he will use his knowledge of our sport to further promote friendship and fairness amongst players, officials and fans.Swaythling Club wish him all the best and look forward to meeting him once again in the near future.

Photos by ETTA

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COUNTRY CORNER CZECH REPUBLIC

On the 17th April 2013, the Czech Swaythling Club International met in Prague. Josef Plachy senior received the Czech SCI prize as a reward for his lifetime work for Czech Table Tennis. We also celebrated the 70th birthday of Vlado Miko and the 60th birthday of Branca Pradova-Silhanova. Jaroslav Stanek, the long-standing doubles partner of Vlado Miko – to-

gether they won the European Doubles title in Malmö 1964 – was also present to congratulate his friend.The whole SCI meeting took place in a very friendly atmosphere and we all are looking for-ward to the next get-together.

By Libuse Uhrova

Group photo - Photo by Czech SCI

Vlado Miko (left) and Jaroslav Stanek - Photo by Czech SCI Blanka Pradova-Silhanova - Photo by Czech SCI


COUNTRY CORNER GERMANY

We were informed only recently, that Edit Wetzel nee Buchholz had received the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany, presented to her on 3rd August 2011 during a solemn ceremony in Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein by the Deputy Minister President of this Federal State of Germany, Dr. Heine Garg. During her career, she won 4 me-dals at European Championships, among them 2 Gold in Team Events (1962 and 1968), plus 11 National titles in Individual Events between 1962 and 1969. She still enjoys playing table tennis – and winning the Women’s Doubles with her twin sister at the European Vete-rans Championships in Bremen a few months ago. Amazing!Congratulations, Edit!

Photo by Edit Wetzel

WORLD VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1982-2016 1982 Gothenburg Sweden1984 Helsinki Finland 1986 Rimini Italy 1988 Zagreb Croatia1990 Baltimore USA 1992 Dublin Ireland1994 Melbourne Australia1996 Lillehammer Norway1998 Manchester England

2000 Vancouver Canada2002 Lucerne Switzerland2004 Yokohama Japan2006 Bremen Germany2008 Rio de Janeiro Brazil2010 Hohhot China2012 Stockholm Sweden2014 Auckland New Zealand2016 Elche / Alicante Spain


COUNTRY CORNER ISRAEL

Protocol of Israeli SCI Members Meeting held in Tel-Aviv on the 24th June, 2013Present Members: F. Borys – Chairman, Z. Rathaus, D. Davidson, Dr. S. Kedar, Y. Shoham, M. Neiman, O. Kraus, I. Yossilevski, L. Podgorianu, Mrs. R. Rnapir – Secretary.Guests: V. Waldovski - President of the Polish Ta-ble Tennis Federation, A. Segal – Secretary of the Israeli T.T. Organisation and M. Grisero – former Chairman of the Organisation.F. Borys welcomes the members and guests, es-pecially Mr. Waldovski. He reminds the members who still owe money to SCI, to pay their fees.Fima, who has been invited to visit the Polish Na-tional Championships, shows an article written in a Polish newspaper in his honour. He aims to improve the situation of the Association. D. Davidson shows a presentation from the Paris World Championships. He names different play-ers and describes the games process. O. Kraus re-ports from the Paris AGM where he represented the Israeli SCI – the election of Eberhard Schöler as new SCI President, Diane Schöler retired and

was nominated as Honorary President per accla-mation. F. Borys sends his best greetings, thanks Mrs. Schöler for her co-operation and wishes Mr. Schöler success in his new task.Y. Shoham reports on the activity of Special Ol-ympics. Due to lack of money, he voluntarily trains young people.M. Neiman reports on the 308 Israeli Leagues.Dr. S. Kedar greets Mr. Waldovski on behalf of all members.Mr. Waldovski thanks the members for their warm welcome. He mentions that he and Fima Borys used to play for the same club in Poland named Buja Wrozlav. Mr. Waldovski has latelybeen appointed responsible for sports organisa-tions dealing with handicapped people. This in-cludes Special Olympics. In order to get to know each other, he suggests to hold friendly matches between Polish and Israeli Table Tennis players in November this year.

By Fima BorysIsrael National Representative

Group photo - Photo: SCI Israel


COUNTRY CORNER ITALY

By invitation of the Italian SCI section, we visited Riva del Garda on the 28th and 29th June, situated on the North Shore of Lake Garda. During the Italian Championships in all age categories, held over a period of 9 days, approximately 2000 players gath-ered in this beautiful town. The venue was equipped with 48 tables and red flooring – perfect conditions!On Saturday, 29th of June, Zefferino Man-cini, our Italian SCI Representative, invited us for lunch with the SCI members present there, into a nice restaurant. We enjoyed the company of Francesco Bisi, Giovanni Bisi, Guido Bisi, Maurizio Errigo, Silvio Mag-ni, Zefferino Mancini and Rosario Troilo. We had also met Edith Santifaller-Huber in the venue, who had to go back to Bolzano, her home town, to compete in another tourna-ment!During the lunch, we were presented with a book on the history of the Italian Table

Tennis Federation, written in Italian language by Fabio Colombo and Giorgio Malisani – with 500 pages and over 450 photos of athletes, managers and personalities! In return, we presented both Silvio Magni and Zefferino Mancini with the SCI glass cube for their contributions to our club.Thanks to the efforts of our Italian friends, you can watch 4 videos from the get-together on youtube underPart 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSd39bl_vgw

Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww-M_ZIWZNs

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnZbS3Y-_l0

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgkjOq5JpBM

It was a remarkable and interesting trip!

Diane and Ebby Schöler

Group photo - Photo by SCI Italy


DOWN MEMORY LANE STELLAN BENTSSON (SWE)

The first World Singles Champion from Sweden. Surprise winner in Nagoya 1971, beating the de-fending Champion Shigeo Itoh from Japan (and the home crowd) in the final. Stellan was born in Falkenberg, on the west Coast of Sweden, on 26th July 1952. “I started to play table tennis at the age of eight; we played on an old sheet of plywood in the basement. We would play football one Sunday, then bandy (a kind of Icehockey) the next Sunday, then table tennis, and so on. I was always fascinated by a ball, and played and knew every ball game. However, I chose table tennis because I was small and not very strong. After I became ten years old, I used to play at least three-four games in the club, eve-ry day for four years. According to an unwritten rule of the club, the best could practice the long-est.”His first coach in the local club was Allan Dahl-gren. Torstensson was next, then Ogimura, Alser and Christer Johansson took over…Stellan has ten World Championships medals to his credit (3/1/6), plus thirteen medals at Europe-an Championships (7/4/2). He demonstrated his most mature and best game in the team events at the World Championships 1973 in Sarajevo.He was one class above all others as he accumulated 19 wins in straight games. The Swedes rejoiced in their first team victory, and extolled Stellan…as well as, of course, Kjell Johansson, Wikström, Bo Persson, Anders Johansson and coach Chris-ter Johansson.When one asked Stellan, in the ‘old days’, about his profession, he would reply: table tennis play-er. Today, he would say: table tennis coach. To-gether with his wife Angie Rosal, a former mem-ber of the US table tennis team, he now lives in San Diego/California.(Excerpt from “Legends of Table Tennis”, written by the late Zdenko Uzorinac)

Photos by Mal Andersen Practising 1971, the year he became World Champion

Smiling coach 2006Still looks good, playing in 2009


IN MEMORIAM NILS ”NICKE” BERGSTRÖM (SWE)

Nicke years ago as General Secretary of the Swedish As-sociation - Photo by Swedish Association

Nils Bergström, born on Friday 7th March 1930, passed away on Friday 9th August 2013. He was 83 years old.In his role of a player, he represented Sweden at the World Championships in London 1948, play-ing alongside Bengt Nicander and Tore Palm; he was 18 years old at the time.Later when playing days were long over, he as-sumed official roles within the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) and the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). In July 1993 he was ap-pointed Acting President of the ETTU following the resignation of Hans Wilhelm Gäb; one year later at the European Championships in Birming-ham, he was elected President of the ETTU by acclamation.The vote of confidence in Nils Bergström is note-worthy. It was a time when the map of Europe was changing and a record of 48 Associations were present at the Assembly.He resigned from his position as President of the ETTU in 1997 in order to stand for office as a member of the ITTF Executive Committee; he was duly elected ITTF Vice President at the World Championships in Manchester.He remained a valued member of the ITTF Ex-ecutive Committee until 2005 when, at the elec-tions held at the Volkswagen 48th World Cham-pionships in Shanghai, he did not stand for office.

Immediately he was appointed a member of the ITTF President’s Advisory Council.During his long and distinguished career in the sport of table tennis he attended well over 40 World Championships since first appearing in London 1948. Furthermore his career spans the generations of legendary Swedish players who achieved the greatest heights; his table tennis life was the dynasty of his country’s greatest ta-ble tennis triumphs.He played in the era of the likes of Tage Flisberg and Tony Larsson in the 1950s, then applauded the success of Hans Alser and Kjell Johansson a decade later. In the 1970s, he delighted in the achievements of Stellan Bentsson; then he rev-elled in the era of Ulf Carlsson, Mikhael Appel-gren, Erik Lindh and Thomas von Scheele. Most recently the trio of Peter Karlsson, Jörgen Pers-son plus the one and only Jan-Ove Waldner made Nils Bergström proud to be Swedish.It was always a pleasure to reminisce with Nils Bergström, his dry sense of humour combined with a genial smile is the lasting memory.Sadly he has departed but that smile, that gra-cious personality lasts in our minds for ever.

By Ian Marshall

Nicke as ITTF Official - Photo by Swedish Association


IN MEMORIAM TORD ÖSTNER (SWE)

Last April, our long standing member Tord Öst-ner sadly passed away. He was almost 90 years old, born in October 1923. Tord lived all his life in Stockholm and became involved in table tennis at a very early age – both as a player and an official. He was a member of the Executive Board in the Swedish Association from 1953 to 1979 and acted as the Associa-tion’s most appreciated Treasurer from 1958 for a record long 22 years.He was still playing table tennis actively until a few years ago and became Swedish Champion in 2005 and Scandinavian Champion in 2006.He will be sadly missed.

By Hans Westling

Photo by SCI Sweden

Peggy McLean (later Foulke), one of the U.S.A.’s most successful players at home and abroad, has died.By 1940, as a thirteen year old, she was playing seriously at Herwald Lawrence’s fabled Broad-way Courts in New York City and was coached by four time U.S. Champ Lou Pagliaro whom Dick Miles thought the best U.S. player ever.Later, during her international career, when her game had matured, she had a remarkable per-formance at the World Championships in Stock-holm 1949, beating – among others – the de-fending World Women’s Singles Champion Gizi Farkas in the Team Events. The U.S. Team over-came Czechoslovakia and Hungary, then in the fi-nal beat England to give the U.S.A. for the second and last time the Corbillon Cup. Bravo!At an English Open, a local reporter gave her “take” on McLean:

IN MEMORIAM PEGGY McLEAN (USA)

“She has a dry sense of humour, an insatiable cu-riosity regarding English ideas and methods, and in order to acquire the correct slant on English life perused the London Times with great inter-est during her stay in London. She is 22, but looks 16, has a loveable elfin face, and the most beau-tiful teeth you ever saw – I can’t help feeling that a certain firm of toothpaste manufacturers, well known for their pun adverts missed a wonderful opportunity there, especially in view of the fact that English aficionado Ron Crayden will actually write her name as McClean.”Her play was very spotty over the remaining competitive years – she’d taken time out to raise a family and secure a Master’s degree in Educa-tion.We will remember her.

Excerpts of an article written by Tim Boggan


8th December 1944 – 4th June 2013.Dorin Giurgiuca started to play table tennis in 1956, at the age of 11 years. He participated in his first official com-petition in 1958. Shortly after, at an-other tournament, he was discovered by the famous coach Farcas Paneth. Early 1959, Dorin was moved to the table tennis department of CSM Cluj Napoca.After one year’s training, he had pro-gressed a lot, rising to excellent per-formances very fast. He was included into the senior team of CSM Cluj Na-poca, the National team champions and participants in the European Club Cup Competition.1962 he became National Junior Champion and was promoted to the Romanian National Junior Team. In the following years, he obtained re-sults at the National Championships which placed him among the best ta-ble tennis players of Romania. All in all, he won more than 20 titles at Na-tional Championships.In 1962, he was awarded with the title “Master of Sports”.For more than a decade, he participat-ed in World Championships – Prague 1963, Ljubljana 1965, Stockholm 1967 (where he won the bronze medal in Mixed Doubles with Maria Alexandru) and Sarajevo 1973. At European Championships he won two medals in Mixed Doubles, again partnering Maria Alexandru – Silver in Lyon 1968 and Bronze in London 1966.

With his team CSM Cluj Napoca, he won the European Club Cup of Champions four times, finished once in second place and once in third place.In 1994, the Romanian Table Tennis Federation awarded him with the title “Honoured Master of Sports” for his en-tire sports activities - the highest sport classification in that period.Dorin Giurgiuca was one of the most valuable Romanian ta-ble tennis players, also recognised internationally.Rest in peace. We will miss him.

By Eleonora Mihalca

IN MEMORIAM DORIN GIURGIUCA (ROM)


S.C.I. NEWS FLASH

NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVESWe have the pleasure to inform you that ten of our members have accepted to serve as new Na-tional Representatives of the SCI in their coun-tries. They are:Paul Pinkewich (Australia), Niels Ramberg (Den-mark), Sirje Lubi (Estonia), Bengt Ahti (Finland), John Mandilas (Greece), Robert Szentgyörgyi (Hungary), Malik Beisaliyev (Kazakhstan), Bert van der Helm (Netherlands), Jonny Ternlind (Norway), Almeida Antonio Matos (Portugal) and Eleonora Mihalca (Romania)We wish them patience and success - whilst thanking their predecessors for all their efforts in the past.In addition, we notify you of a new SCI National Section – San Marino – with it’s Representative Claudio Stefanelli and three other members. Welcome on board!

VICTOR BARNARobert Szentgyörgyi from Hun-gary supplied us with a film he edited from historic elements about the founder President of the SCI. Go to the ITTF website, section SCI/WVC, read the artic-le written by Ian Marshall on 6th August, click on the arrow on the photo of Victor Barna with Eva Koczian – and enjoy!

(Copyright: Robert Szentgyörgyi)

Victor Barna in action - Photo by ITTF Museum

PING! TABLE TENNISThere has been a great deal of activity in Eng-land with regard to the Ping! Campaign and the Ping! Care programme which follows up the Brit-doc movie made at the World Veterans Champi-onships in Hohhot/China 2010. The campaign is gathering some momentum – and there was a very interesting piece on one of the English TV stations, Channel 4, last August. The film explains that Table Tennis has the poten-tial to be helpful for older people with illnesses, “in particular with dementia because it combines physical activity with spatial skills, cognition and keeping social” (Doctor Matthew Kempton from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College Lon-don). Our member Alan Ransome supplied us with the following link:http://www.channel4.com/news/ping-pong-table-tennis-film-dementia-older-people-elixir

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTFor the first time in the history of our Club, the SCI Booklet, containing information re-garding our officials, awards, aims and prin-ciples as well as addresses and contact data from all members, will be distributed togeth-er with this issue of our NEWS (No. 95). You should receive both publications in one envelope by the end of September.Please check your personal data printed in the booklet and inform our Secretary if you find any errors. Also do not hesitate to give us recommendations for future editions.Many thanks in advance!

MEMBERSHIP FEE We respectfully remind our members to up-date their Membership Fees, either through their Representative or directly, at their ear-liest convenience.

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S.C.I. NEWS FLASH (continued)

ITTF ON FACEBOOKWe were informed of the excellent presence of the ITTF on FACEBOOK – possibly one of the best and most dynamic of all International Federa-tions. Take a look for yourself by clicking on the following link:https://www.facebook.com/ITTFWorld

10 MOST POPULAR SPORTS IN THE WORLDITTF President and SCI Member Adham Sharara was very proud and motivated to announce that Table Tennis in August had moved to fifth place among the most popular sports activities in the World. Please check out the following link on In-ternet:http://www.clicktop10.com/2013/03/top-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-world/(He added with a smile: Do not get distracted checking the 10 most beautiful women, or the 10 richest men).

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