5th ROMANIAN INTERNATIONAL TABLE TENNIS OPEN
2-5 JUNE 2011
REPORT
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176 Participants from 28 COUNTRIES came to the 5th Romanian International Table Tennis Open in Cluj. The countries represented were Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Venezuela. In addition there were 50 staff from these countries including carers and coaches.
RITTO took place at the Horia Demian Sports Hall, starting on Thursday 2 June at 9am and finishing at 6pm on Saturday 4th June;
The principal sponsor was E.ON Gas without whose support RITTO would not have been able to be staged;
- There was 30 international umpires from Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Japan and Romania. In addition, there was a Technical Delegate from Italy, Chief Umpire from France, two classifiers from the Czech Republic and Israel;
- The Little People Association provided over 600 volunteers for this event and E.ON Gas had over 30 volunteers from their staff assisting also;
As always the RITTO organization was complimented by many participants, e.g.
Thank you unreservedly from the bottom of my heart for all your care, compassion, prompt response and first class executive service that was provided to me which made me feel so special and very comfortable whilst I was in Cluj
Abis'oye Oye'wande Jemiyo, Class 2 player, Great Britain
There were considerable
This year there were considerable problems with flights because Lufthansa has recently changed their regulations regarding the number of wheelchairs on each flight and also imposed a new law whereby every wheelchair must be accompanied by a carer. The participants arriving had not been informed of this and at least 15 people were moved on to different flights enduring long waits at the airports. With a great deal of work and assistance from Natura Travel, the agency RITTO works with, we managed to avert a possible disaster on the return journey when it was discovered there were 12 wheelchairs booked on the first Lufthansa flight out of Cluj on the Sunday morning. All were allowed on the flight with Cluj airport going out of their way to assist.
However, as in the past years RITTO was able to offer a memorable event with its special ingredients of a first class transport system, incredible volunteers from the Little People Association, a highly organized team assisting in every way possible and a very nice traditional medal ceremony. Thanks to everyone, E.ON Gas, the British Council and all the sponsors who donated goods.
The Romanian team did well winning a bronze medal in the singles class 8 female event – Gabriela Nicola and five silver medals in the team event namely; class 6/7 female – Gabriela Constantin; Class 8 female Gabriela Nicola and Maria Stanescu; class 3 male, Dacian Makszin and class 5 male Petru Ifrosa. Ranking points were won by most of the Romanian team.
Nume |
Sex |
Clasa |
Puncte Ranking |
Dorina Vargatu |
F |
4 |
30 |
Gabriela Constantin |
F |
7 |
85 |
Gabriela Nicola |
F |
8 |
280 |
Florentina Hriscu |
F |
8 |
160 |
Maria Stanescu |
F |
8 |
100 |
Dacian Makszin |
M |
3 |
280 |
Petru Ifrosa |
M |
4 |
310 |
Victor Doana |
M |
7 |
55 |
Mihai Miron |
M |
8 |
60 |
Alyn Nicolae |
M |
8 |
50 |
Laszlo Koloszi |
M |
9 |
130 |
Mihail Sargu |
M |
10 |
160 |
Alexandru Bordea |
M |
10 |
30 |
