ETTU postpones Olympic singles qualification tournament to April Tuesday, 19 January 2021
The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) has postponed the European Olympic Singles Qualification tournament to April due to the ongoing coronavirus situation.
The tournament had initially been scheduled for February 10 to 14.
New dates of April 21 to 25 have been decided for the event.
The ETTU says the event is still due to take place at the municipality of Odivelas in Lisbon, Portugal.
The ETTU Executive Committee decided on the postponement after requests from member associations and an evaluation of the current COVID-19 situation in Europe.
Continental qualification events are requested by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) to be completed by April 30.
International Table Tennis Federation 22 Dec 2020
Player, official, businessman; there have been many landmarks in his illustrious career, on Tuesday 22nd December, there is yet another.
Eberhard Schöler celebrates his 80th birthday.
Ebby Scholer at the 1973 World Championships in Sarajevo (Photo - Mal Anderson)
by Ian Marshall
Born in Zlotow in north west Poland, always known as “Ebby”, he succeeded his wife, Diane, as President of the Swaythling Club International in 2013, a position he holds currently, having taken a one-year break in 2018/2019 when fulfilling the role of Deputy President.
It is during his tenure of office, at meetings held at the Liebherr 2017 World Championships in Düsseldorf and ratified two years later in Budapest that the overall responsibility for the World Veteran Championships was transferred from the Swaythling Club International to the International Table Tennis Federation.