(by Steve Hopkins, photo Butterfly) Table tennis made its Olympic debut in Seoul back in 1988, and it’s worth pausing on that anniversary for a moment. Today (September 23), is exactly 38 years since action kicked off at “our” first Olympics – the inaugural games for our sport. And in two years we will be […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) Major League Table Tennis moves to Compass Arena in Willowbrook, Illinois, this weekend, September 25-27, for Week 2 of Season 4. The Portland Paddlers, New York Slice, Bay Area Blasters, and host Chicago Wind will all be in action. Tickets are available now at mltt.com. Three of the four teams […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Table Tennis Club is in Medford, just North of Cambridge and Somerville and only four miles from  Boston’s city center.  The club is just off I-93 (Northeast Expressway), and near the Orange Line (and Route 95 Bus), providing easy access to the greater Boston metropolitan area. The BTTC is a 3500 […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) The United States ran the table at home as the ITTF Americas U11 & U13 Championships concluded in Houston last week.  American players won gold in all of the events (all four singles titles, all six doubles titles, and all four team events). Expanded results actually included Americans taking 43 […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The top two seeds reached the Final at the WTT Star Contender series event in Astana, Kazakhstan.  Those two Finalists, top seeded Alexis Lebrun and second seeded Dang Qiu may have been exhausted as the momentum shifts led to a series of one-sided scores.  Lebrun won the opening game with […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT’s Michael Mixon) Major League Table Tennis kicked off its fourth season this weekend at Gas South Convention Center in Duluth, Georgia. Four teams opened the year in the same building: Chicago Wind, Atlanta Blazers, Princeton Revolution, and the Los Angeles Spinners. True to form, every single match in the building […]

(by Steve Hopkins) BAPPA Table Tennis is a USATT-certified club in Milpitas, California, whose website greets visitors with the tagline “FAST, Fun & Fierce” and the promise of “Table Tennis for Everyone.” The club features 7 ITTF-approved tables in a professional facility with red rubberized flooring, high ceilings, and quality lighting. Coaching is led by […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Truls Moregard took home the Men’s Singles title today in Macao.  He entered the event as the third seed, and his run ended with a pair of explanation points today – a win over second seeded Tomokazu Harimoto in the Semifinal, and then a 4-1 victory over Hugo Calderano in […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Teams events bring a special comradery and a particular kind of pressure.  Its not just about your own performance – its also a matter of juggling your teammates’ hopes and expectations.  This week, a hundred teams converged on Myrtle Beach for the US Open Teams Championships and it was the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Austin Table Tennis Club is located at 8956 Research Blvd in Austin.  They are just off of US Highway 183 on the North side of Austin. The Club has been around for more than thirty years.  Their current 12,000 square foot full-time facility is a big change from the wooden dance floor in […]