| Nordhorn Classic Open 2025 at 24./25.05.2025 |
| Tournament Information | |
| Name of Tournament: | Nordhorn Classic Open 2025 Because the tournament includes not only hardbat classes but also now four sandpaper classes, we have changed the well-known tournament name "Nordhorn Brettchen Open" in the English version to "Nordhorn Classic Open". |
| Organizer: | SV Vorwärts Nordhorn The tournament, being started 2001 by SV Eintracht Nordhorn and organized by TTC Eintracht Nordhorn after the fusion with TTC Nordhorn from 2008 until 2012, is organized since 2013 by SV Vorwärts Nordhorn. The Nordhorn table tennis players have moved completely to this club in summer of 2012. Organization is the same as before, just the club's name has changed. |
| Events: | Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14.00 o'clock: Hardbat I, Hardbat II, Hardbat III, Hardbat IV: singles and doubles in each class. The doubles competition will start after the end of the preliminary rounds of the singles competition. Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 10.00 o'clock: Sandpaper I, Sandpaper II, Sandpaper III, Sandpaper IV: singles and doubles in each class The doubles competition will start after the end of the preliminary rounds of the singles competition. |
| Venue: | Gymnasium of ALMA-School; von-Behring-Straße 5; 48529 Nordhorn; Tournament telephone 0049/151/27592481 The gymnasium of ALMA-School is meanwhile available for our table tennis club for all competitions. This venue is almost identical to the long-standing tournament venue, the gymnasium of Frensdorf school (but without disturbing incidence of sunlight), so that we can now offer 12 tables again. This hall is also much more centrally located in Nordhorn than the Vorwärts-hall and ultimately only 1.2 km from the former hall of Frensdorf school. With four separate changing rooms, each with a shower, the sanitary facilities are significantly better than those in the previous tournament venues. |
| Format: | Singles: Preliminary round in groups of four up to six players each, who play Round Robin, and final round with first and second of each group in knock-out system. If feasible, consolation round for third and following of each group on a voluntary basis in knock-out system.
Doubles: Knock-out system |
| Games: | Hardbat: best of five; 11 point games Sandpaper: best of three; 15 point games (with double point-rule) |
| Participation: | international open tournament |
| Eligibility: | All starters require a valid tournament licence from German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) for adults (TLEI) or an event licence for this tournament. This also applies to foreign players. |
| Tables: | 12 JOOLA 2000-S, blue surface |
| Nets: | GEWO-Weltmeister |
| Balls: | Gewo Ultra SLP 40+*** white; 40 mm; poly ball |
| Categorization: | There is no categorization by gender or age. All players, including female and young players, are categorized to the four classes by the quarterly table tennis rating values (Q-TTR-values) from andro ranking list of 11.02.2025 (see: www.myTischtennis.de) as follows: Hardbat I: open for all players Hardbat II: open for all players with a Q-TTR-value up to 1600 Hardbat III: open for all players with a Q-TTR-value up to 1400 Hardbat IV: open for all players with a Q-TTR-value up to 1200 Sandpaper I: open for all players Sandpaper II: open for all players with a Q-TTR-value up to 1600 Sandpaper III: open for all players with a Q-TTR-value up to 1400 Sandpaper IV: open for all players with a Q-TTR-value up to 1200 Players without a Q-TTR-value are put into one of the four resp. two classes by our decision. Two entries of one person in different classes of one day are not permitted (singles and doubles of one class is considered as one entry). |
| Tournament Director: | Hilmar Heinrichmeyer, Heinrichstr. 17, 44137 Dortmund; Tel. 0049/231/148224 (p), E-Mail: hmeyer@ttvn.de |
| Management Committee: | club members of SV Vorw rts Nordhorn |
| Referee: | Werner Meer (VSR) and Katrin Harms-Ensink (VSR) |
| Jury: | 3 persons from different clubs, who are named at the tournament day |
| Entries: | exclusively online via the portal myTischtennis.de (=> Community => Turniere => allgemeine Turniere => Kalender) until Thursday, 22.05.2025 at 23.59 o'clock. Entries by e-mail will not be accepted. |
| Late entries: | Entries, which are not present up to May 22, 2025, are considered as late entries and will cost 5.- late entry fee per person additionally to the entry fee. Please deliver your late entry per mail or on tournament day until 15 min. before start of tournament to the cash desk. A tournament licence is also required for late entries. |
| Draw: | 15 minutes before the start of each competition in the gymnasium |
| Awards: | Prize money for the first four players in singles and the first two pairs in doubles: 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 3rd place Hardbat I-Singles 120,- € 60,- € 30,- € 30,- € Hardbat I-Doubles 60,- € 30,- € Hardbat II-Singles 40,- € 20,- € 10,- € 10,- € Hardbat II-Doubles 20,- € 10,- € Hardbat III-Singles 40,- € 20,- € 10,- € 10,- € Hardbat III-Doubles 20,- € 10,- € Hardbat IV-Singles 40,- € 20,- € 10,- € 10,- € Hardbat IV-Doubles 20,- € 10,- € Clickball I-Singles 120,- € 60,- € 30,- € 30,- € Clickball I-Doubles 60,- € 30,- € Clickball II-Singles 40,- € 20,- € 10,- € 10,- € Clickball II-Doubles 20,- € 10,- € Clickball III-Singles 40,- € 20,- € 10,- € 10,- € Clickball III-Doubles 20,- € 10,- € Clickball IV-Singles 40,- € 20,- € 10,- € 10,- € Clickball IV-Doubles 20,- € 10,- € |
| Entry fee: | 10.- € per player (contains singles and doubles). Young players (born 2006 or later) each pay half. The entry fee has to be paid until 15 min. before start of tournament at the cash desk. |
| Entry fee reduction: | For clubs of 4 (resp. 10) and more starting players at a day entry fee of that day is reduced by 25 % (resp. 50 %). |
| Accommodation: | Accommodation questions please send to Hilmar Heinrichmeyer, Heinrichstr. 17, 44137 Dortmund; Tel. 0049/231/148224 (p), E-Mail: hmeyer@ttvn.de |
| Cafeteria: | In the gymnasium warm and cold meals and beverages are offered at both tournament days. |
| Clothing: | Table tennis playing garment is obligation. The gymnasium may be entered only in not-coloring sport shoes. |
| Laws of the Game: | Both days will be played according to the ITTF Laws (German version; restrictions see below), the Laws of the DTTB and the implementing regulations and the "Rechts- und Disziplinarordnung" of the TTVN. The management committee is allowed to make changes to the tournament rules if necessary. |
| Hardbat laws: | The laws of modern hardbat table tennis will be applied: All players must use the uniform hardbat rackets being provided at the table. That will be the TSP Picco woods (with straight, anatomical or concave grip) with Friendship 729 Dr. Evil rubbers (short pimples out without sponge) on both sides. Private rackets are not allowed. Before each change of ends every player puts the racket used previously to his half of the table. After the change, he uses the bat with which his opponent has played before. |
| Sandpaper laws: | The laws of the former World Championship of Ping Pong will be applied: All players must use the official WCPP bats (wood: Carlton/sandpaper: 3M) being provided at the table. In these the wood is coated on both sides with a thin layer of fine gray sandpaper with the same color. Private rackets are not allowed. Before each change of ends every player puts the racket used previously to his half of the table. After the change, he uses the bat with which his opponent has played before. It is played with best of three games to 15 points. Each game is finished when the first player has scored 15 points. In the final game ends change when the first player has scored seven points. Each player once per match has the option to take a double-point ball. This must be at his own serve and before he has reached 13 points in this game. The directly following rally is played with a white ball. If this rally is won by the server he gets two points. Otherwise, the opponent gets one point. Counting and change of service will remain unaffected. The server always has two services one by one. |
| andro ranking list: | The results of this tournament won't be used for the andro table tennis ranking list at www.myTischtennis.de. |
| Permission: | Table Tennis Association of Lower Saxony (TTVN) at April 6, 2025 |