Poem of the day

Liz Houghton from Bedford in England will read the poem of the day in the hall five minutes before the start of each tournament from Tuesday to Saturday

23 countries will start in Wels

Players from 23 different countries have registered for Wels 2023, which will improve the previous record of 21 countries (Berlin 2021). Three countries are new – Italy, Hungary and Ireland. This brings the number of different countries that have ever…

15 persons never missed

15 players have participated in all three Parkinson’s World Championships so far, and all 15 have also entered for the fourth one in Wels. Should all of them actually compete there, nothing will change at the top of the eternal…

Groups of six in singles

Because the PPP World Championships in Wels will last five days for the first time and with 48 tables there are more than ever before, it has become possible for all participants to play significantly more singles than in previous…

Single / Double / Mixed ?

Not all players have marked that they want to play singles when registering via the internet. We assume that this is an oversight because normally every player competes in singles at a tournament and some may leave out doubles or…

Protests tournament class

The division into the three tournament classes per gender for singles was made according to uniform criteria, which were announced to all players in the information letter. First, a list of playing strengths was drawn up and then, based on…

2nd press conference

Don’t miss our 2nd press conference on Friday, September 8th, 10:00 am CET at Hotel Ibis, WelsMaria-Theresia-Straße 444600 Wels Austria We will be live on PPP International facebook account. Looking forward to see you all soon Your Austrian organizing team