5th SEA Table Tennis Championship 2006

[actionman]

Hi people, here are some more table table shots, taken over the weekends at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. I made some adjustments to my shooting, hope the effort paid off.

1. The 5th South-East Asia Table Tennis Championship took place in Singapore at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall on 24 to 28 May 06. The biannual event saw over 70 players representing 8 nations.



2. The coaches observe their players and opponents from the side. Majority of the coaches, even those employed by chinese minority countries, are from China.



3. Lim Pei Xin of Singapore hitting a big back hand return. New faces don the Singapore color in this year's SEA table-tennis championship. Pei Xin narrowly missed out qualifying from the round robin stage.



4. Players with their coaches during the intervals

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5. Zhang Xue Ling with a backhand return. Xue Ling is the biggest winner of the championship with golds coming from the Women's team, singles, doubles and mixed doubles events.



6. Zhang Xue Ling



7. Zhang Xue Ling



8. Like Xue Ling, this young fan was also a big winner of the day. Her prizes: an autograph on her bat's case and a big handshake from her idol.

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9. Singapore's Cai Xiao Li judges the ball's trajectory during the round of 16 for the Men's Single event.



10. Cai Xiao Li reacts to a short play



11. Tan Paey Fern slices a backhand return. Tan adopts this unusual defensive style of play in table-tennis which is made even more effective by occassional unexpecting counter attacks.



12. Singapore's Tan Paey Fern rues the loss of a point. Despite turning 32 this year, Tan showed that age is not a limiting factor as she beat many younger and fitter opponents to reach the women's single final.

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13. Singapore's Yang Zi



14. Yang Zi serving the ball during during a group match against Muhd Shakirin Ibrahim of Malaysia



15. Yang Zi reacts after securing another hard fought point in the Men's Single event. Yang eventually avenged Singapore's loss to Vietnam in the Men's team final by overcoming Doan Kien Quoc and Tran Tuan Quynh in the final and semi-final respectively. Singapore won 6 golds out of a possible 7, making it the best result ever achieved in the championship history.

[Stanly]

Tan Paey Fern is getting better it seems......her defensive play with attack can be very challenging....

[sehsuan]

Great series. Keep up the good effort!

[Redstar202]

I enjoyed your series tremendously. Thank you for sharing.

[actionman]

thanks for the encouragement

Stanly >> yup i agree with you. Tan Paey Fern has shown that she is one of the best in the region. I feel that this is mainly due to training with our foreign talents which brings up the standard of our local players.

[Stanly]

Originally Posted by actionman thanks for the encouragement Stanly >> yup i agree with you. Tan Paey Fern has shown that she is one of the best in the region. I feel that this is mainly due to training with our foreign talents which brings up the standard of our local players.

Yeah....she's definitely come of age.....

Too bad no ITTF pro tour in Singapore this year......

Now looking at the Korea Pro Tour where Tan Paey Fern and Zhang Xueling narrow loses to the Korea Duo.....

[Stefen]

Hey,

This is really quite good. The rules, the balls are all in place..

Keep up with the good work!

[eugeneceh]

Nice work! I like the way your pics captured the emotions displayed by the player(s).

[londonray]

very nice series! keep it up bro!

[slacker123]

good pictures

[actionman]

thanks for the encouragement, will keep working on it

[Stanly]

Good news for table tennis lovers, I think there'll be a ITTF PRO Singapore Open this year....

[actionman]

Originally Posted by Stanly Good news for table tennis lovers, I think there'll be a ITTF PRO Singapore Open this year....

The Pro Tour VOLKSWAGEN Open right? oh yeah !