As the president of the Italian Table Tennis Federation, I’d like to sincerely welcome all the participants of the European Youth Championships of Terni.

I wish all the athletes, their staff, and to everyone who is accompanying them in this international event – this year’s most important table tennis event in Italy -- a wonderful stay in our country, and in the city of Terni and in Umbria, the splendid green “heart” of Italy. The waterfall of Marmore, the Piediluco lake, Sangemini, Narni, Spoleto, Orvieto, and Assisi are just some of the beautiful places that you can visit only a few kilometers from Terni.

It is my great honour and pleasure to welcome in Terni the best young table tennis players in the year 2008, just few weeks before the Olympic Games in Beijing.