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High Performance for a Topspin Attacking Strategy
"Spring Sponge" is the latest innovation from BUTTERFLY. It is the sponge of the coming era. The well-known High Tension technology of BUTTERFLY is now combined with "Spring Sponge" to produce a new rubber family: TENERGY.
TENERGY 05 is the first family member; the special feature being in the original shape of the pimples. The product carries our development code No. 05 and merges High Tension technology with the characteristics of a highly grippy rubber.
TENERGY 05 has already been evaluated by a large number of leading players, as well as by scientific measurement, as the best rubber for spinning the ball, both when serving and during a rally.
Do you look for a high quality rubber for your topspin and attack strategy? Then TENERGY 05 is the right answer.
| Mariano Coto Grosser - Rated: |  | | | | |
An excellent rubber, providing me much things. I won the 1st place in a Championship that was going in my college. I was looking for rubbers that made me a winner, "Tenergy 05" was definetly the right answer.
Tamasu Butterfly celebrate in 2000 their 50th anniversary
Success has a name
0n December 19, 1950 Hikosuke Tamasu founded Tamasu Co., Ltd.) in the small town of Yanai City, Japan. This was the beginning of a company career which is almost unique in table tennis.
The company founder Tamasu was a renowned international for Japan at his time. He fulfilled his dream of a lifetime when half a century ago he made his hobby his profession. At that time he could hardly imagine that he would make Butterfly the leading brand worldwide.
Support individuality
But creativity, durability and a profound technical knowledge meant success. 0ver and over again he looked for new possibilities in order to optimise techniques by innovative playing material. �Each player is different. Each one has his strength and weakness. By offering individual playing material I wanted to help players right from the beginning to emphasise their individuality� he describes his company philosophy. The breakthrough came 1960 resp. 1962 when Butterfly ALLROUND D 13 resp. TEMPEST D 13 were introduced. The greatest success, however, was the introduction of SRIVER in 1967, which is one of the world wide most used rubbers. Eventhough thus rubber won more than 30 world championships it is constantly been improved in order to cope with changes in the game.
0wn research center
Since 1983 Butterfly has its own training and research center in Tokyo in which highly qualified scientist co-operate with world class players and coaches for the development of rubber and blade technology. Since many years Butterfly rubbers and blades are used by more than half of the participants at World and European Championships.
Living table tennis
Mr. Tamasu is convinced that table tennis keeps young and fit. �Table tennis really is a life time sport and ideal specially for older people� he adds. Even today Mr. Tamasu travels around the globe in order to promote his beloved sport. There is almost no country on this earth which does not have friendly relations with Butterfly.
By the way, friendship and peace. Due to his horrible experiences during WW II Mr. Tamasu chose BUTTERFLY deliberately as company name because this stands for peace, spring time and joy.
Planning the future
Ten years ago H. Tamasu appointed his son Kimihiko Tamasu new managing director who now carries the company on based on the Butterfly company philosophy. Today some 150 staff members work for Butterfly worldwide.
Focus on young players
Two of the most promissing young European players, Timo Boll and Michael Maze, have long term contracts with Butterfly. Many European coaches will support Mario Amizic to find more talented players for Butterfly. Apart from those youngsters Butterfly has many experienced world class players, such as Kong Ling Hui, Kim Taek Soo, Zoran Primorac, Werner Schlager, Christophe Legout, Zhang Yining, Liu Jia or Tamara Boros.
Quality and service
Rubbers and blades are certainly Butterfly�s main products. But also in other fields, such as textiles, accessories, tables etc. Butterfly offer a wide range of high quality equipment. �Quality and service come first� is Butterfly�s motto.
No fear of the future
The table tennis industry is obviously aware of the decreasing number of players. Tamasu: �still table tennis is an attractive game for kids and adolescents. Associations, clubs, industry but also professional clubs and players are asked to stop this negative trend�.
New Era of Tamasu Co., Ltd., Tokyo
In December 2005 a new board was elected, which is led by Shunsaku Yamada, Managing Director. Three key words for the new board are service, technology, and planning.
"Service": Tamasu Co. is determined to continue contributing for further development of the sport.
"Technology": The new Butterfly Technical Centre started to research and develop table tennis rubbers and sponges in April 2006.
"Planning": Every staff will be involved in planning the annual achievement of the company and in sharing the same objectives
Timo Boll
WELL DONE TIMO !!
Germany's Timo Boll came from a set down to beat Belarussian Vladimir Samsonov 4-2 and be crowned European table tennis champion on Sunday. Best results: Bronze medal in men's singles at the European Championships 2003. European Champion in men's single 2002,2005 and 2008. Winner of the World Cup 2002 and the European Top 12 in 2002 and 2003.
Samsonov won the first set 14-12, but Boll took three sets in a row for a 3-1 lead. The Belarussian took the fifth set to reduce the arrears but Boll won the deciding point 11-5 to take the title.
Paul Drinkhall
Cleveland’s Paul Drinkhall won the silver medal in the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Madrid on Saturday after he was beaten in the final of the Boys’ Singles by Chen Chien-An of Chinese Taipei by 4 games to 1.
This silver medal added to the bronze won by Drinkhall in the team event earlier in the week when he led the England team to the semi final.
The day started well for Drinkhall, seeded second, when he won his semi final match against the No 3 seed Lee Sang Su of Korea by 4 games to 2. Lee started well and looked in control when he won the first 2 games at 11-8 and 12-10 but Drinkhall levelled the match winning 2 more close games, both at 12-10, and then took the last 2 by 11-8.
Although being beaten by 4 games to 1 in the final, Drinkhall had real chances. Chen, ranked 13th in the world, won the first game at 11-8 but Drinkhall took command in the second, winning by 11-3. The vital game was the third in which the Cleveland player led by 10-8 with his service to come before Chen saved the game points with first an edge ball then with a net to level at deuce. Drinkhall had a third game point before the Taipei player won at 14-12 to take a 2-1 lead. Chen gained confidence from that point and took the fourth game at 11-8 and the fifth at 11-5.
After the match Drinkhall said, “I definitely felt the stronger player. The Asian players are very good with their service and the receive of service and that is what I have to work on to beat players like Chen in the future. I came here thinking I was one of the best junior players in the world and know now that it is true.”
Taking the silver medal in the World Junior Championships is the best that any English player has ever achieved. At 18, it was Drinkhall’s last match as a junior player as he becomes a senior in international table tennis terms from 1 January.
A problem for the Cleveland player with his senior career could be the decision from UK Sport to put table tennis as a sport in limbo for the time being so far as performance funding for the period up to the Olympic Games. UK Sport, who are responsible for this funding will make a decision on 29 January with regard to the table tennis funding through to 2013. Hopefully they will take account of Drinkhall’s fine performance in Madrid and give him the support needed to produce his best in the 2012 Olympics as well as for other major table tennis events around the world before then.
Tees Sport congratulate Paul Drinkhall on winning 3 Gold Medals at the European Youth Championships in Terni, Italy on Sunday. Paul was unbeaten throughout the 10 days of the Championships. In addition to winning the Junior Boys Singles, Paul won the Junior Boys doubles with Darius Knight and also the Mixed Doubles with Yekaterina Kolodyazhnaya of Russia. Paul was using the Timo Boll Spirit Blade combined with Tenergy 05 2.1 Black on the forehand and Bryce Speed 2.1 Red on the Backhand.
National Senior Champion 2007. England No1. Great Britain number 2. Won Gold & Silver in Australia Youth Olympic Festival 2007. 2006/07 ITTF World Junior Circuit Funchal Open Winner. ITTF World Junior Circuit Canadian Junior Open Winner 2007. ITTF World Junior Circuit Spanisn Youth Open Winner 2007. No less than 26 National titles in all age groups.
Michael Marsden
Tees Sport Marketing Manager. Former England Junior and Schoolboy International. Plays for Ormesby in the Premier Division of the British League and IF Norcopensarna in the Swedish 1st Division. One of the Ormesby Coaches. Number 12 in the current England Senior Mens Rankings.
Karina Lefevre
Ormesby’s 15 year old Karina Lefevre won her biggest championship so far in taking the gold medal in the UK School Games Table Tennis in Bath on Sunday. The UK School Games is a multi sport event sponsored by the Government as part of the build-up to the 2012 Olympics and is the strongest competition at junior level in the British Isles.
To win the coveted title Karina, ranked at No 4 in the England Junior list and seeded 4th in this competition, beat all 3 players ranked and seeded above her. Karina, who attends the Thornaby Community School, won 7 consecutive matches starting by winning her group against Chloe Thomas of Wales, Stephanie McCallum of Scotland and Ayonija Sundararajan of Berkshire, all by comfortable margins, to take a place in the last 16.
At this stage, Karina beat her second Welsh player, Natasha Rees, in straight games before going on to play the England No 2, Sara Wang, against whom Karina had played 2 very close matches in the team events. This match was a third close encounter which was levelled at 2 games and 9 points all in the decider before Karina won the last 2 points.
In both the semi final and final, the Ormesby girl fought back from being 2-1 down. In the semi, her recovery was against the England No 1, Emma Vickers, where Karina from the 2-1 deficit won the 4th at 11-6 and the decider at 11-7. In the final Karina gained revenge against the England No 3 Junior and No 1 Cadet, Emily Bates of Lincolnshire, from the final of the English Junior Championships in May. Karina looked in trouble when she lost the 3rd game convincingly at 11-3 but took full control from that point, winning the 4th at 11-6 with some strong hitting rallies and the decider at 11-4.
What makes this performance even more remarkable is that Karina, aged 15, was in the main playing against competitors 2 or 3 years older than herself. She still has 3 more chances to lift this title in the future.
On Saturday, Karina helped the North East girls team to win the bronze medal in the team event with her Ormesby team mates Chloe Whyte and Rachel Greener and Sheffield’s Melissa Wright. The North East team won their group by beating Scotland 6-1, Northern Ireland 5-2 and the South East by 4-3.
In the semi final the North East narrowly lost to the South West 4-3, so playing off for the bronze medal against the South East for the second time and on this occasion winning 4-3.
Karina was the star of the North East team, winning 9 of her 10 matches whilst Melissa Wright won 7 out of 10, Chloe Whyte 2 out of 6 and Rachel Greener 1 from 4.
This overall performance with a total of 5 wins against higher ranked players will boost Karina’s England ranking right at the start of the new season and helps to justify the England selectors’ faith in her. Karina’s next major competition is her first full international when she represents the England Senior team in the 6 Nation Championships in Fife a week on Saturday.
The worlds best known and most popular fast attacking rubber
Used by more world ranked players than any other rubber
The most reliable and consistent rubber available
More than 20 World and 70 European Champions have been successful with Sriver
The all time winner
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Very popular rubber amongst the participants in World Championships
Slightly slower than regular Sriver
Combines particularly well with Butterfly glue
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Comfortable, well fitting shorts manufactured from 2-way stretch and cool dry lycra.
Classic style cut.
Available in Black, Silver or Navy.
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Completely free from organic solvents, FREE CHACK is made from100% liquidized natural caoutchouc. After a short drying period, it sticks the sponge and blade surface together perfectly. It is also very easy to remove the rubber from the blade and to peel off the remaining caoutchouc from the sponge.
Comes complete with sponges and clip applicator.
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