ETTU president praises European Games

  18 June 2015    Read: 1834
ETTU president praises European Games
President of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) Ronald Kramer praised the efforts of the organizers of the first European Games in Azerbaijan.
“Hosts are doing a very good job here in Azerbaijan staging the first multisport event in their short history. They are a young independent nation and it is not easy to take up the challenge they did. I want to complement the Azerbaijan organizers and the EOC for staging the event here and taking up the challenge on this big event," stated President Kramer.

"The differences between the sports are large. Some of federations sent juniors, whilst others came here to fight to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games with their top players. I can understand that. For a first time we are at such an event. It is something completely new for all European federations. To fit it into the calendar was not an easy task," he stated.

"Volunteers are getting better each day. First day was toughest as it is on every major event, but the good thing is that for many of them this is not a first experience. Organizers did it very cleverly to take experienced staff, especially in volunteering leading positions. The volunteers are very helpful, they are enjoying their work and that helps building the whole good atmosphere at the games. Apart from the replacement issue we can be very satisfied with the Games,” said the ETTU president.

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