On Thursday morning, the Lord Mayor of Hanover, Belit Onay, hosted a reception at the New Town Hall to mark the PingPongParkinson World Championships, welcoming selected representatives from the two organising bodies, the Lower Saxony Table Tennis Association and PPP Germany. Alongside LSB Director Reinhard Rawe, he welcomed TTVN President Heinz Böhne, the two Vice-Presidents Sigrun Klimach and Joachim Pförtner, as well as Managing Director Markus Söhngen and the two founding members of PPP Germany, Thorsten Boomhuis and Harry Wissler. Also invited from the organising committee were tournament director Isabell Meyer, competition manager Hilmar Heinrichmeyer and IT manager Michael Theis, as well as representatives from Hanover City Council. To round off their 16-day tour of all Germany’s state capitals, the two table tennis powerwomen, Anke Leidenberger and Nadine Spenlé, had also arrived in Hanover in good time. Heinz Böhne, on behalf of the TTVN, and Thorsten Boomhuis, on behalf of PPP, responded to the Mayor’s welcoming address.