The 1st Lopue’s Table Tennis National Age-Group Championship reels off May 22 in Bacolod City with 15 titles up for grabs in events to be contested by registered participants in the three-day event.

At stake are top honors in boys and girls’ singles 10-Under, 12-Under, 14-Under, 17-Under, men and women’s singles 25-Under, 30-Under, 30-Above, 40-Above, and 50-Above singles.

Champion, 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up in every category will be given medals plus P2,000, P1,000 and P500 cash respectively, LOPTTA organizers said.

Interested participants will have until 6 p.m. of May 17 to register at the LOPTTA office as only 32 players per category will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis.

A registration fee of P50 will be collected from participants in boys and girls 10-Under, 12-Under, 14-Under and 17-Under while participants in  men and women’s 25-Under and 30-Under will be charged with P100 while those seeing action in the 30-Above, 40-Above, and 50-Above will have to pay P150 registration fee.

Those who wish to register must bring a photocopy of their birth certificate and those who will impersonate, misrepresent and falsify their documents will be subjected to disciplinary action that may consist of perpetual exclusion from tournaments conducted and sanctioned by LOPTTA, association secretary Mark Francis Jimenez said.

Drawing of lots for participants in all categories will be on May 21 with competitions in boys and girls’ 10-Under, 12-Under, 14-Under, 17-Under to be played on May 22-23 while the 25-Under men and women’s singles, 30-Under, 30-above and 40-above will have its play dates on May 24-25. Singles above 50 will have their battle for supremacy on May 24.

Meanwhile, a free table tennis clinic for coaches and trainers in Negros Occidental will be conducted by former RP Men’s Team No. 1 player Rowell “Jet” Yatco on May 26-28 with the assistance of some LOPTTA players.

The clinic will have limited slots and participants will be accommodated on a first-come-first-serve basis, Jimenez said.*NAB

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