Join the future! 2nd ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge Official Training Camp and Tournament June, Falkenberg, SWEDEN.

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1 Join the future! 2nd ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge Official Training Camp and Tournament June, Falkenberg, SWEDEN powered by

2 Dear friends and supporters of the ITTF Hopes Program It is with tremendous pride and large dose of anticipation that I, on behalf of the ITTF Development and Education departments colleagues and staff, bids welcome to young hopes talents from all over the globe to visit Sweden and the city of Falkenberg for the second edition of the ITTF Hopes Week and Challenge. During the week June, we will together walk in the footsteps of a number great Swedish table tennis players calling Falkenberg their Table Tennis home and practice place. As long as I can remember, this city - tucked away on the beautiful west coast of Sweden - has been all about the sport of Table Tennis and its well being. Let us during our stay cherish the great spirit and listen to the advice of champions like Stellan Bengtsson, Bo Persson, Ulf Carlsson, Erik Lindh and Peter Karlsson just to mention a few. The ITTF Hopes Programme is the newest project offered by the strong and always evolving ITTF Development sector. We are talking talent ID at an early age, in combination with a strong push for young and upcoming coaches to get involved, to learn and to start thinking professional career and development of young talents. Our new working model also involves national associations planting seeds of motivation for the benefit of Table Tennis by setting up a national phase of qualification prior to entering athletes to the Hopes Week. Allow me to thank close to seventy countries covering all the six continents, for taking interest in the Hopes Programme. We are on the way towards a bright future no doubt about that. The Hopes Week is all about CHALLENGE, unlimited FUN and EDUCATION. We want to teach EXCELLENCE by offering quality training and competitive opportunities. We want to promote UNIVERSALITY for the better good of our sport and we wish to CEL- EBRATE young talents, their coaches for spending long hours in the practice hall working on the secrets of our game. Finally from the bottom of my heart - I thank the Falkenbergs Table Tennis Club and the Swedish Table Tennis association for their graceful hosting of the event. I salute STIGA our new Table supplier and partner for the 2012 event as well as BUTTERFLY for powering the ITTF Hopes Program to new heights. To all athletes, coaches, officials, parents and ITTF staff, down to the simplest of supporter, I say: Welcome to a week of FUN, CHALLENGE and EDUCATION may you all be rewarded! The ITTF Hopes Week Where The Future is Now! Welcome to Falkenberg and Sweden! It is a great pleasure to invite the future hopes of table tennis to Falkenberg, Sweden. To have young and promising athletes from all over the world in Falkenberg gives me great joy. I hope that you will have a great week, will improve your table tennis skills and meet new friends and above all learn more about each other and from each other and other cultures. Walter Rönmark Chairman of the board Swedish Table Tennis Association Welcome to Falkenberg! We are pleased to invite you to the ITTF World Hopes Week and Falkenberg Hot Spot Training Center. In Falkenberg we have a long tradition of top class Table Tennis. Many strong players, both top Swedes and foreign players have successfully swung their rackets for Falkenbergs BTK. World champion Stellan Bengtsson, and Bo Persson dominated the seventies and brought fame not only to the club, but also to the city making it a Swedish hotbed for the sport of table tennis. In the footprints of Stellan Bengtsson followed other greats like Erik Lindh, Ulf Carlsson and Peter Karlsson We are proud of our past, but also interested in the future. In 2011 we applied and received approval from ITTF and the Swedish Association to join the ITTF Hot Spot Training Center network. Following the guidelines for the network we are now offering several longer training camps each year targeting players interested in raising their level of play. We promise to do everything we can to make this a memorable week and are looking forward to see you in Falkenberg. Michael Sterne Chairman of the board Falkenberg Table Tennis Club Mikael Andersson, ITTF Executive Director Education and Training

3 General Information Venue: Falkhallen, Nyhemsplan 1, Falkenberg, Accreditation Accreditation of the delegations will take place at the Falkhallen Service Center inside the venue on the 10th of june from 10:00 until 21:00. Delegations arriving will upon payment receive a hotel-voucher to be able to check in at the hotel. You will not be able to check in at your hotel without this special voucher. Payment should be made in advance to: SWIFT: HANDSESS IBAN: SE Bank: Svenska Handelsbanken, Falkenberg Branch Official Hotels Falkberget Official hotel for all players and coaches. Located 2 km from the venue and Falkenberg center. Grand Hotel Falkenberg Beautifully situated in the center of Falkenberg, close to the venue. The Hotels do not handle private reservations. Any reservation is only possible through the organisers. Players numbers Players are requested to wear players identification numbers, provided by the organizers, during all training sessions (with their printed names on it). Athletes will not be allowed to practise without the ID Back number. Meals/Tickets Breakfast shall be taken at each hotel. and dinner will be served at Grand Hotel using an official meal ticket system. Extra meals are possible to buy at the price of : EURO 10 : EURO 15 Bank/money exchange Banks are open from Monday to Friday from 10:00 until 15:00. Monday and Thursday until. Saturday and Sunday closed. There are several cash dispenser / ATM machines available close to the venue. Internet Free wireless internet is available in the entire venue and in the hotels. Pharmacies There are several Pharmacies close to the center. Opening hours from 8:30 until 19:00 on weekdays, Saturday 9:00-16:00 and Sunday 11:00-16:00. Shops Shops are open daily from 10:00 until. Parking Parking is available outside the venue Airport The closest airports are Gothenburg Landvetter Airport, Gothenburg City Airport, Copenhagen Airport Kastrup. Arrival and Departure Airport pick up at Gothenburg Landvetter Airport and transport to the venue will be available on the 10th of June 10:00 and 20:00. Departure from the hotel on the 18th of June. The transport from and to Gothenburg Landvetter Airport is included in the participant fee. Pickup and departure from other Airports or other dates are available at the price of: Gothenburg Landvetter and City Airport: EURO 120 per minivan (up to 7 persons). Copenhagen Airport Kastrup (Denmark): EURO 290 per minivan (up to 7 persons). Public Transportation Falkenberg is easy to reach with public transportation at a low cost. From Gothenburg Landvetter and City Airport, bus from airport to central station in Gothenburg: Train from Gothenburg central station to Falkenberg: From Copenhagen Airport Kastrup: Railway station The Falkenberg Railway Station is 5 min by car or bus from the venue. Free Shuttle buses

4 to the center, close to the venue, in connection to every train. Good connections to Gothenburg and Copenhagen Airport. Tickets can be bought at the ticket printer at the railway station. Price per day per person Full board and lodging Only lodging (Bed and Breakfast Hotel Falkberget Single room EURO 105 EURO 90 Double room EURO 80 EURO 65 Triple or four bed room EURO 72 EURO 55 Grand Hotel Single room EURO 120 Double room EURO 100 Including full board lodging and transport from Gothenburg Landvetter Airport at given dates and between the venue and hotel during the week. Educational Sessions Tuesday 12th June: 15:00-16:30 - ITTF Education Department, Career management of young players in Table Tennis. ITTF Hopes Programme the future. Wednesday 13th June: 15:00-19:30 - Meet the legends - Jan Ove Waldner and Jörgen Persson (tbc) - Swedish Table Tennis superstars ready to share their secrets. Thursday 14th June: 15:00-19:30 - The importance of a quality approach to physical conditioning and injury prevention for young players. Practical exercises combined with class room instructions. ITTF coaching staff and assigned coaches Dejan PAPIC Chief Evaluator Peter KARLSSON Head Coach Aleksey YEFREMOV - Belarus Olga VILA National coach Dominican Republic Erik LINDH, Thomas von SCHEELE, Joakim ANDERSSON, Mikael STÅLBRO - Sweden Local organizer Falkenbergs Table Tennis Club Nyhemsplan 1, Falkenberg, Phone: kansli@falkenbergsbtk.com, Web: Visa assistance Swedish Table Tennis Association Idrottens Hus, Stockholm, SWEDEN Contact: Mats Hedin mats.hedin@bordtennis.rf.se, Phone: ITTF World Hopes Team Selection Please note that ONLY athletes, validated and entered by a registered national association, participating in the full event Training camp and the Challenge competition are eligible for selection to the 2012 ITTF World Hopes Team. ITTF World Hopes Team Activities 2012 The ITTF will following the event announce a selection of 4-6 boys and 4-6 girls for the 2012 ITTF WHT. The team (fully funded) will gather in mid August for a training camp and competition in Europe. The complete for the ITTF WHT planning will be announced separately. Training plan (preliminary) Monday 11th June 15:30- Tuesday 12th June 15:30- Wednesday 13th June Free afternoon Thursday 14th June 15:30- Friday 15th June Free afternoon Please note that this is the schedule from last years ITTF Hopes Week which means that it s subject to change.

5 OFFICIAL PROGRAM SPONSOR OFFICIAL TABLE PARTNER ITTF Contacts PASSION + VISION + ACTIVITY = SUCCESS! International Table Tennis Federation ittf@ittf.com, web: Mikael ANDERSSON ITTF Executive Director Education & Training mikael@ittf.com Zita PIDL ITTF World Hopes Team Manager zpidl@ittf.com *** *** Dejan PAPIC Polona CEHOVIN SUSIN Chief Evaluator PARK Jeong Woo (KOR) Competition Manager MIGOT, Marie (FRA) dpapic@ittf.com pcehovin@ittf.com