INTERNATIONAL TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN STEPANAKERT

Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
Oct 17 2006

On October 7 and 8 the fourth international table tennis tournament
of NKR president was held in Stepanakert. Players from Russia,
the cities of Tehran and Tabriz of Iran, Lebanon, Georgia, Armenia
and Nagorno Karabakh Republic took part in it. In his address at the
opening ceremony NKR President Arkady Ghukassian said the geography of
participants is expanding, and "it means that the tournament has become
traditional, and sport is developing in our republic." In individual
and pair games the 1, 2 and 3 places were taken by Victoria Baramidzeh
(Georgia), Nosrati Arash (Iran), Gallina Degtiarova (Moscow), Luisa
Nazarian (Yerevan), Marianna Sahakian (Beirut), Hasmik Matevossian,
Tatev Yengibarian, Arthur Poghossian, Murad Asatrian, Mesrop Ghukassian
(Yerevan), Mikhail Khomutov, Victor Kozlov (Moscow).

NVARD SOGHOMONIAN.
17-10-2006