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Hopes team announced for World Cadet Challenge

Hopes team announced for World Cadet Challenge

Hopes team announced for World Cadet Challenge

(by Daniela Gomes, ITTF Development, Education and Training Projects Officer)
Hopes team announced for World Cadet Challenge
Following the ITTF World Hopes Week and Challenge staged in Luxembourg from Friday 11th to Thursday 17th August, the names of the players selected to represent the Hopes Team at the forthcoming ITTF World Cadet Challenge is announced.

The Girls’ Team comprises Singapore’s Zhou Jingyi, Anna Hursey of Wales, Swathi Giri of the United States and Brazil’s Takahashi; the Boys’ Team is formed by Iran’s Navid Shams, Germany’s Tayler Fox, Australia’s Nicholas Lum and Egypt’s Omar Ehab.

Staged in Suva, Fiji, the ITTF World Cadet Challenge commences on Saturday 21st October and concludes on Sunday 29th October.

In Luxembourg, the Hopes Challenge, the tournament which concluded proceedings, was one of the highlights of the week; it attracted great attention.

Fiji bound Singapore’s Zhou Jingyi (left) and Anna Hursey of Wales (Photos: Claude Sibenaler)

 

However, the event only contributes 35 per cent of the overall evaluation. The most important value for players aged 11 years and 12 years is to have a strong base for long term improvement. The final standing is formed by the results of the tournament which is 35 per cent of the total plus the assessment of the evaluators which is 65 per cent.

The evaluation was based on attributes divided into three sections. The core elements, composed of anticipation and kinaesthetic sense; the technical level, the quality of service and speed; thirdly the challenges, encompassing the response to special goals set both in training and competition.

Ready for another challenge, Swathi Giri (left) and (right) Giulia Takahashi (Photos: Claude Sibenaler)

 

Winners of the tournament, Navid Shams and Zhou Jingyi gained automatic selection.

Only players who finished in the top 10 in each of the Boys’ Singles and Girls’ Singles events at the Challenge tournament were considered for the remaining six places.

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