In table tennis, the brain and body are challenged at the same time so that the ball can be returned correctly. This is probably one reason for the success of table tennis in the fight against Parkinson’s disease. But there…
On Monday, 25.09., there will be no competitions in Wels yet, but with the Opening Ceremony and the Players Party there will already be two other important events for all participants on the first day. The Players Party will start…
The opening ceremony will feature a number of short speeches in German and English. The host will be Nenad Bach, the 1st chairman of PingPongParkinson international, who will not only speak. It is planned that the already deceased participants of…
While in the mixed doubles all pairings are fixed because all women willing to play have already found a partner, this is not yet the case for the men’s doubles and the women’s doubles. The button “Doubles & Mixed” in…
At the PPP World Championships in Wels, great importance is attached to fair draws. Therefore, the ITTF rules for draws are explicitly not applied. Care is taken to ensure that the preliminary round groups in singles, doubles and mixed are…
As at the last World Cup in Pula, there will again be short video summaries of the individual tournament days of the World Cup. Nenad Bach, the President of PingPongParkinson International, has engaged the same production company from Croatia that…
As the registration for the doubles and mixed pairs has not yet been completed, it is not yet clear how many doubles and mixed will compete in Wels. If all players would play doubles and all women would participate in…
The organisation of the PPP World Championships in Wels is in the hands of PPP Austria, but without the support of an efficient local table tennis club, such a tournament would not be possible. This club is SPG Felbermayr Wels,…
The 50 competition tables are already due to arrive in Wels on 19 September. 48 of them will be set up after the red table tennis floor has been laid. Two will remain untouched for the time being as a…
296 players want to compete in Wels, and the age difference between the oldest and the youngest player will be considerable: There are a whole 53 years between the oldest participant at 84 and the youngest at 31. Among the…
