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Interview #1 with Liam Pitchford
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Hey everyone, recently I had a little sit down with my TT colleague Liam Pitchford and I gave him a quick 11 question interview.
Q1. When did you first start playing Table Tennis
A1. I first began at around 9 years of age in Junior School.
Q2. Why did you get involved with such an unusual game?
A2. I [...]
Commonwealth Championships
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This was the first time in this decade (and in my playing career) that the Commonwealth Championships came to the UK, and this was also my debut performance in a Commonwealth Games.
Table Tennis Masters Live
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Watch Darius on Sky Sports 3 Tonight (Thurs 7th May) at 7pm
Duration: 210 Minutes.
Knight gets Royal Treatment
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England’s Top Two Players set to compete at the Dunlop Masters at the Royal Albert Hall.
Read the Article
The Future is Now
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“Knight is running out of time to show that he can threaten the dominant Chinese at London 2012″
Read Matt Syed’s Article here
Knight Rider hits Top Form
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Darius wins the first ever Barnsley Open Grand Prix in his stride.
http://www.englishtabletennis.org.uk/nlstory.cfm?ID=33264&NLID=3153
Party time as EIS celebrates five years
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The English Institute of Sport, in Sheffield, where I train, had a huge party to commemorate five years at Sheffield.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Party-time-as-EIS-celebrates.4823062.jp
No cash on the table
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Table tennis is booming, and Britain boasts some of the world’s best young players. But all the good work will be undone because of soul-destroying funding cuts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/14/olympics2012
Knight of the rectangular table
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The Taipei Times features Darius’ story.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/12/06/2003430424
Rising star blasts 2012 funding cuts
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Darius Knight, the British No2 table tennis player, today blasted UK Sport’s decision to cut funding for athletes ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23596983-details/