Kagawa Adults Competition Division 25

The tournament is split into 27 divisions (1 being the strongest and 27 being the weakest). I was in division 25. There were about 10 teams.

It's a cruel tournament that requires you to come first in your division to advance up one division. And since it's run twice a year, theoretically the quickest you can get from 27 to 1 is 14 years.

This year my team finally won our division (and it was very easy this time). So next year we'll be in division 24 :) The level is quite low, but the last few times we always lost against a new team rising up the ranks.

There are over 2000 people participating, so it's probably the biggest table tennis tournament in my prefecture!

If you're interested, please have a look :) Here were the final sets from 2 of the better opponents I versed. The rest were older ladies who couldn't really attack the ball at all. Sorry about the bad angle. My opponents were covering me most the time when I was hitting the ball.

2 years ago when I first joined this tournament, I lost about half my matches. This time I won all 4 I played. I know it's not really that impressive because the level is low, but I just wanted to share :) I also got a ~$20 gift voucher for a local supermarket.

Thanks balldance!

Yeah, the sheer size of it is amazing. In my division it's always a bunch of very social and friendly people. Last year we ended up eating with a bunch of older ladies, and they had all these little stacks for us.

I would really like to play around division 15, but I don't think I'm good enough for it yet. If I asked my club they would probably put me in one of their teams around there. But the team I'm currently in is really nice, so I don't think I'll change. They're not so strong, but when I first started out and was really bad, they were the only people who asked me if I'd like to join them in a tournament. They also provide lunch and foot the entrance fee for the tournament. Very friendly guys. All the money comes from the club (which only costs $1 per visit, with competition balls provided).