Dates are now officially set with a proposed tour organised by Paul Pinkewich to depart Sydney on the 21st April 2009 to go to Taipei, Taiwan and participate in the Taipei Asian Veterans Tournament playing on the 24-26th April.
Then travel direct to Tokyo where we stay at a famous club formerly run by the great Ichiro Ogimura where we stay at modest rates Japanese style, play against local clubs and then proceed to Yokohama to watch the kids play in the World individual Championships from the 28th to the 5th May.
After this we proceed to Hong Kong then to Szhenjen for some more therapy of table tennis matches either in Hong Kong and in Szhenjen,depending on the numbers.
This trip can be split into sections of 2 weeks and 3 weeks depending on your budget.
Approximate airfares including taxes to be around $2000, tickets for the World Championships from say $300 -$500 depending on the quality of seating and approximate accommodation to be say $$700 each per person twin share for the 2 week tour which would come in at around a budget of $3500-$4000, for the extra week in Hong China to be say $70 per day including food and accommodation so say $500.
Proposed Itinerary
April 21 dep Sydney-HK-Taipei
April 22-23 Taipei Sightseeing and practise
April 24,25,26 Taipei Asian Veterans Tournament
April 27 Taipei to Tokyo Club match in Tokyo
April 28,29,30,May 1,2,3,4,5 Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships May 5 or 7 dep Tokyo - Hong Kong
May 7,8,9,10 Hong Kong/Szhenjen,China then return
More details to come but please let me know if you are interested in Joining the tour as we need to confirm the ticketing for the World Champs as they are hard to get and Paul has a member on the Japan Association ready to book the tickets.
For more information contact Paul directly on 0418 252240 or by email on paul@tabletennisworld.com.au
A deposit is required to secure and guarantee tickets for the WTTC in Yokohama
This trip can be split into sections of 2 weeks and 3 weeks depending on your budget.
Approximate airfares including taxes to be around $2000, tickets for the World Championships from say $300 -$500 depending on the quality of seating and approximate accommodation to be say $$700 each per person twin share for the 2 week tour which would come in at around a budget of $3500-$4000, for the extra week in Hong China to be say $70 per day including food and accommodation so say $500.
Proposed Itinerary
April 21 dep Sydney-HK-Taipei
April 22-23 Taipei Sightseeing and practise
April 24,25,26 Taipei Asian Veterans Tournament
April 27 Taipei to Tokyo Club match in Tokyo
April 28,29,30,May 1,2,3,4,5 Yokohama World Table Tennis ChampionshipsMay 5 or 7 dep Tokyo - Hong Kong
May 7,8,9,10 Hong Kong/Szhenjen,China then return
More details to come but please let me know if you are interested in Joining the tour as we need to confirm the ticketing for the World Champs as they are hard to get and Paul has a member on the Japan Association ready to book the tickets.
For more information contact Paul directly on 0418 252240 or by email on paul@tabletennisworld.com.au
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