In Patras the final phase of the Panhellenic junior championship, in Athens the junior championship and in the Greek Cup
The decision for the venues of three more big events of the current season was taken by the board of directors of the Hellenic Table Tennis Federation at its last meeting.
In the age-old Panhellenic championships initially, it remained to determine the venues for two more final phases. The Panhellenic Junior Championship will be held in Patras and the indoor gym “Costas Petropoulos” in Koukouli from April 15 to 18. The Panhellenic championship of boys-pangolins will be hosted in Athens and the federal hall of the Peace and Friendship Stadium from June 10-13. Also, the Board It was decided to be held at the SEF and the Greek Men-Women Cup, which is scheduled for the two days of May 14-15. Besides, the members of the board of directors of the federation increased by one, as stipulated by the new law and the elected first deputy Nikos Filippakopoulos was added.
For the Panhellenic championships, it is noted that the final phases concern the team and individual competitions. In the Greek Club Cup, we remind you that the phenomena of each region, where the Local Cup is held, will precede, so that in addition to qualifications, the local winners will also emerge.
For the addition to the administration, it is pointed out that it is provided by law 4809/21 from the beginning of 2022. It is basically defined to enter the BoD. A representative of the Panhellenic coaches’ association, however, as the association has not been established yet, the first substitute is added to the members, who is the experienced agent from Patras, Nikos Filippakopoulos. There are now 13 members on the board of the federation.
Also in the last meeting it was mentioned that the Panhellenic Veterans Championship, which has been included in this year’s program of EFOEPA, is requested and claimed by Chios and Xylokastro. As an alternative at the venue is Athens.
HTTA 3-0 FOR THE BOGORIA OF GIONIS IN ITALY
Bogoria of Panagiotis Gionis suffered a heavy defeat yesterday in the first semifinal of the European Men’s Cup. The Polish team was defeated 3-0 by Apuania Carrara in Italy, without the Greek ace, who is just coming out of quarantine, being treated for a coronavirus. Bogoria made up for her absences, as she also missed the very capable young Milos Retzimski, who on Thursday won the 1stthe place in the Youth Contender of the Spa in the Under 17 category.
The club did not win a single set, however, this year’s change in the system of qualifications leaves chances for a reversal in the rematch, where Gionis is also waiting to go. We remind you that in some cases it no longer has the “golden match” and one of them the home team has not won 3-0 in the first match and in the second match to lose either with the same score or 3-1! Then the teams resolve their differences in three extra sets. An equal number of pairs of opponents play from one set and the opposing team reaches dominance and qualification.
The development of the match Apuania-Bogoria 3-0 in detail:
Andrei Gassina-Michal Gavlas 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-3)
Lubomir Pistay-Pavel Sirucek 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-8)
Mihai Bobotsika-Marek Badowski 3-0 set (11-8, 11-8, 11-5)