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Join the Fun! Play at Upcoming Table Tennis Tournaments

JOIN THE FUN! PLAY AT UPCOMING TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS Click here to view the full upcoming table tennis tournament listing. 2016 BUTTERFLY MDTTC OPEN Date: September 10, 2016 Venue: Maryland Table Tennis Center Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland Contact: Larry Hodges CENTRAL FLORIDA TABLE TENNIS CLUB LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER 2016 Date: September 10, 2016 Venue: Central Florida Table Tennis Club Location: Orlando, Florida Contact: Hung Tran:  407-801-1999 2016 […]

Bob Chen & Tao Wenzhang Win Open Doubles Title

Bob Chen & Tao Wenzhang Win Open Doubles Title by Barbara Wei Bob Chen & Tao Wenzhang Avenge Singles Losses to Win Open Doubles Title at 2016 Butterfly LA Open Bob Chen and Tao Wenzhang long time professional player-coaches at ICC have dedicated the majority of their time to training the US’s best junior and […]

Ask The Experts: Steven Wang, No. 145

Ask The Experts: Steven Wang, No. 145 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I played table tennis at league 4 years ago and I want to resume my game again which rubber stick and blade you recommend me to start again? Thank you. Hi Julian, Based on your previous equipment, apparently you prefer a hard […]

Zha Wenting Captures Women’s Singles Title at Butterfly LA Open

Zha Wenting Captures Women’s Singles Title at Butterfly LA Open by Barbara Wei Offering $2,000 in prize money for first place, the women’s singles event at the 2016 Butterfly LA Open attracted some of the best female players and player-coaches in the west coast. Top seed in the event, Tang Liying, defending 2014 and 2015 […]

Vladimir Samsonov Wins 2016 Butterfly LA Open

Vladimir Samsonov Wins 2016 Butterfly LA Open by Barbara Wei In a league of his own, Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus, WR #9) effortlessly adds the 2016 Butterfly Los Angeles Open champion to his long and storied table tennis resume with a straight game win over 2015 LA Open champion Hou Ying Chao from China. The long […]

Butterfly Badger Open: Bigger and Better in 2016

Butterfly Badger Open: Bigger and Better in 2016 by Barbara Wei On September 16th-18th, the 9th annual Butterfly Badger Open, one of the nation’s biggest and longest standing table tennis tournaments, will take place in Franklin, WI (15 miles from downtown Milwaukee) at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex. A Midwest favorite, the Butterfly Badger Open […]

Canada and United States combine, successful training camp held in Burnaby

Canada and United States combine, successful training camp held in Burnaby Courtesy of ITTF / by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor Staged immediately prior to the ITTF-North America Cup and the inaugural Panam Junior Championships; a training camp was staged in the west coast Canadian city of Burnaby situated in British Columbia. Organized under the auspices […]

2016 Butterfly LA Open Tournament

2016 Butterfly LA Open September 3 & 4, 2016 10410 Valley Blvd. El Monte, California The 2016 Butterfly LA Open 4-Star USA Table Tennis sanctioned tournament wrapped up today in El Monte, California. Congratulations Vladimir Samsonov, 2016 Butterfly LA Open Champion! OPEN SINGLES Final: Vladimir Samsonov def. Huo Yingchao 4-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-3, 11-7) Semifinal #1:  Vladimir Samsonov def. Bob Chen […]

Vladimir Samsonov & Hou Ying Chao Compete at 2016 Butterfly LA Open

Vladimir Samsonov & Hou Ying Chao Compete at 2016 Butterfly LA Open by Barbara Wei 2016 Rio Olympic Semifinalist Vladimir Samsonov and Former World Top 10 Hou Ying Chao Compete at 2016 Butterfly Los Angeles Open. 15 events, $36,000 in prize money, 2,000+ spectators and one of the most energetic table tennis competitions in the […]

Stars Named to Attend 2016 Women’s World Cup

Stars Named to Attend 2016 Women’s World Cup Courtesy of ITTF World and Olympic champion DING Ning (CHN) heads the invitation list for the Seamaster 2016 ITTF Women’s World Cup to be held in Philadelphia, USA on 7-9 October 2016. 18 of the 20 players invited to the prestigious event in the USA competed at […]

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