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I can confirm that both Alize and Ocean Belrose have been selected to represent Tahiti Nui at the Oceania Championships in Auckland, New Zealand from 12-18 April 2010.

The inclusion of both Alize and Ocean in the National Team is of crucial importance to the medal chances of Tahiti Nui. Both players are of the highest quality in the Pacific and Oceania and this is shown through the results they have achieved.

Alize Belrose is currently playing at a semi-professional level in France where he has gained some exceptional victories. In addition to this, at the Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa in 2007 he was a silver medallist in the men’s singles event. In the past he has also been a member of the Oceania Cadet’s Team that competed at the International Cadet Challenge.

Ocean Belrose has also achieved some very impressive results recently. He has selected into the 2010 Oceania Talent Team and consequently spent three weeks training in Chengdu, China in January. He was also part of the Oceania Cadets Team in 2007 and 2008 that competed at the International Cadet Challenge. At the Mini Pacific Games in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in 2009 he won a bronze medal in the men’s singles event.

Unfortunately the Federation Tahitienne de Tennis de Table is not in a position to financially support their National Team to compete at the Oceania Championships in Auckland. If you would be in a position to offer any form of assistance to enable the Belrose brothers to be able to attend the competition, it would be greatly appreciated by all concerned and would certainly help Tahiti Nui to gain the best possible results.

If you require any further information, please don’t hesitate to contact me on the details below.

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Scott Houston
Oceania Development Officer
International Table Tennis Federation
email: shouston@ittf.com
PH: +61 411 465560

In a sensational series of upsets fourteen year old Tahitian Ocean Belrose and his partner 18 year old Rachel Hsiao won a tight five set match against Oceans older brother Alize Belrose and his partner Cyrine Sam.

The two youngsters had caused a number of upsets on the way. In the second round they defeated 3-0 the number one seeds Wang QI and Rujuan Qu. They next defeated Vanuatu ’s Ham Lulu and Priscila Tommy, in the semi-final they defeated fellow Tahitians Tinohau Klouman and Melveen Richmond 3-2.

Andrew quote “ Ocean was a member of the South Pacific Junior Talent Team that trained for three weeks in China earlier this year. His improvement between January and now is extraordinary. His partner Rachel also showed real determination to win’

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Fourteen year old Tahitian Ocean Belrose and his partner eighteen year old Rachel Hsiao caused an upset when they won a tight five set match against Oceans older brother Alize Belrose and his partner Cyrine Sam.

The two youngsters had caused a number of upsets on the way. In the second round they defeated 3-0 the number one seeds Wang QI and Rujuan Qu. They next defeated Vanuatu's Ham Lulu and Priscila Tommy, in the semi-final they defeated fellow Tahitians Tinohau Klouman and Melveen Richmond 3-2.

Andrew Hubbard, Development Officer for Oceania Table Tennis Federation says `Ocean was a member of the South Pacific Junior Talent Team that trained for three weeks in China earlier this year. His improvement between January and now is extraordinary. His partner Rachel also showed real determination to win.'

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Fourteen years old Tahitian Ocean Belrose and his partner eighteen year old Rachel Hsiao won the gold medals of the mixed match Saturday in Apia at 2007 South Pacific Games.

They have proven skills and desire to win in a tight five set match against Alize Belrose and his partner Cyrine Sam also from Tahiti.

In the second round the young pair defeated 3-0 the number one seeds Wang Qi and Rujuan Qu. They next defeated Vanuatu's Ham Lulu and Priscila Tommy, in the semi-final they defeated fellow Tahitians Tinohau Klouman and Melveen Richmond 3-2.

Tahitian Table Tennis Federation President Gerald Huioutu said it was the first time Ocean has competed in the South Pacific Games but the second for Rachel.

Ocean said he was very happy as it is the first time he played in a tournament like this.

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Mixed Doubles
Meanwhile, in the Mixed Doubles, Tahiti was very much to the fore; they provided three of the four semi-finalists and both finalists.

The gold medal went to Ocean Belrose and Rachle Hsiao, who overcame Alize Belrose and Cyrine Sam in the final. The respective losing semi-finalists were Tahiti’s Tinihau-O-Terai Klouman and Melveen Richmond plus Vanuatu’s Yoshua Shing and Anolyn Lulu.

Yoshua Shing and Anolyn Lulu finished in third place beating Tinihau-O-Terai Klouman and Melveen Richmond in the play off encounter.

Ocean Belrose
Exciting matches with Ocean Belrose in particular the player to catch the eye of Andrew Hubbard, the Oceania Development Manager.

“Ocean was a member of the South Pacific Junior Talent Team that trained for three weeks in China earlier this year”, he said. “The improvement between January and now is extraordinary; also, his partner Rachel showed a real determination to win.”