Report from the Grubba Polish Champions 2015 tournament

The next edition of the tournament took place on May 22-24, 2015. Grubba Polish Champions 2015, which during the three days of the event gathered a total of 70 thousand spectators who visited the shopping center and took part in the honoring of the figure Andrzej Grubba.

The next edition of the tournament took place on May 22-24, 2015. Grubba Polish Champions 2015, which during the three days of the event gathered a total of 70 thousand spectators who visited the shopping center and took part in the honoring of the figure Andrzej Grubba.

This year Grubba Polish Champions – Table Tennis Champions Tournament provided plenty of excitement and was a true celebration of table tennis in Poland. This was due to the unusual setting of a shopping center, where ping-pong tables were surrounded by stands that could accommodate several hundred people and where world-class stars performed – Jean-Michel Saive, Jorgen Persson, Lucjan Błaszczyk and Daniel Górak. All this was done with the aim of commemorating the figure Andrzej Grubba – the best Polish table tennis player in history.

For the first time, the youngest players could also participate in an event of this size. Friday, the opening day, was set aside for the tennis schools’ competition. The best team was Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki, whose rivals in the final were representatives of the team Dekorglassu Działdowo. The best individual players had the opportunity to perform at Sunday’s Tournament of Champions in front of an audience gathered in the shopping center, as well as in front of televisions, as the finals could be followed via live television coverage.

During this year’s edition of the tournament, one could also admire the players Rising Białystok Super League – among others Filip Szymański, Xu Wenliang, Andrew Baggalley and Michał Murawski. An additional attraction of the second day of the competition was the Firefighters’ Tournament, which ended with the victory of Sebastian Lubaś.

The final day of the event began with a Table Tennis Clinic for the Youngest. The coaches were Jean-Michel Saive, Joergen Persson, Lucjan Błaszczyk and Daniel Górak. Several dozen of the youngest table tennis players took part in the open training sessions.

In conclusion 2nd edition of Grubba Polish Champions – Tournament of Champions two exhibition matches took place – Lucjan Błaszczyk and Daniel Górak, and Jean-Michel Saive and Joergen Persson.

Last weekend’s table tennis event provided plenty of sporting excitement. We hope that more and more similar events promoting table tennis will be held.