(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Carolina Gold Rush were the only team to go 3-0 at the ULH Event Center in Houston, October 30 – November 1. They outscored their opponents 50-19 and won the weekend’s final match against the Chicago Wind with first place at stake. Chicago finished 2-1. The Texas Smash went […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With their location in Apex, North Carolina, just to the Southwest of Raleigh, the Carolina International Table Tennis Academy is well positioned to serve the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.  Coaches/Owners Di Yu and JiangShan Guo are strong players and coaches and they lead a team of quality instructors. The club […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The WTT Champions series ended with a surprise winner in Montpellier today as Jang Woojin claimed his first ever WTT Champions title. Top seeded Sora Matsushima, second seeded Felix Lebrun, and third seeded Tomokazu Harimoto all fell early leaving Truls Moregard (World No. 4) and Hugo Calderano (World No. 7) […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The WTT Champions series arrived in Montpellier, France this week and after Saturday’s action, only the final four players remain.   In Men’s Singles, Hugo Calderano will face Jang Woojin in one Semifinal and in the other it will be Truls Moregard and Patrick Franziska. Of the final four, only Moregard […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) Major League Table Tennis moves to the ULH Event Center in Houston, Texas, next weekend, October 30 – November 1.  This will be Week 4 of Season 4. The host Texas Smash will be joined by the Carolina Gold Rush, Chicago Wind, and Atlanta Blazers. Tickets are available now at […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre (“the Centre” or “Elite”) is a table tennis club and training center in Mississauga, Ontario. Mississauga is just to the West of Toronto, about 30 kilometers from the city center. The Centre has run for many years as its own facility but has recently changed to […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) After winning silver at the last World Championships and bronze in Paris despite a fractured knee, Jenson Van Emburgh is ready to take on the world’s best at the 2026 ITTF World Para Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. We caught up with him to chat about the competition ahead, his injury […]

(by Steve Hopkins) This weekend, Rhode Island Table Tennis hosted its first Ping Pong Parkinson’s session, bringing the rapidly growing program to the Ocean State. Ping Pong Parkinson (www.pingpongparkinson.org) now has more than 400 chapters in 31 countries, each offering sessions to people living with Parkinson’s disease in their communities. As its website explains, “ping […]

(by Steve Hopkins) TeamUSA’s Women dominated the Women’s Team event at the ITTF-Americas Championships in Lima.  Unfortunately, the first title of the event was the last for the Americans as parity across this hemisphere saw event titles spread amongst USA, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and Chile. The American women spread one lost set over three team […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships concluded in Tashkent today with the battle between Asian superpowers starting early as China won the Men’s Teams and Japan won Women’s Teams.  Japan then won Mixed Doubles before China took both the Men’s and Women’s Doubles titles.  And then the week ended with China’s upset win in […]