Panchkula TT tournament retains National-ranking status
An ad hoc committee has granted official National-ranking status to the upcoming table tennis tournament in Panchkula to protect athlete interests. However, two other proposed tournaments in Phagwara and Dehradun remain suspended pending a domestic structure review.
Why it matters
The decision balances the need for administrative reform in sports federations with the immediate welfare and career progression of athletes.
The National-ranking table tennis tournament at Panchkula starting on Tuesday has been retained as an official National-ranking event by the ad hoc committee constituted to administer the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), even as the committee stripped the ranking status of the remaining two proposed tournaments at Phagwara and Dehradun.
In an email to TTFI president Meghna Ahlawat and secretary-general Kamlesh Mehta on October 1, the committee said the decision on Panchkula was taken after weighing the interests of the players.
The tournament, scheduled to be held from October 6 to 13 on Ahlawat’s home turf, plunged into uncertainty after the committee, in an earlier communication, had said that TTFI-run events would not be recognised as ranking tournaments until a comprehensive review of the domestic structure was completed.
The latest communication, however, makes an exception for Panchkula.
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