(by Steve Hopkins) Sally Moyland capped off an amazing week at the 2022 ITTF Pan American Youth Championships (U19) in Argentina by winning the U19 Girls Singles title. She went 7-0 against the best girls in this hemisphere to take the coveted title. She also teamed with Angie Tan to win the Doubles Event, and […]
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Classic Hardbat World Championships: Over 60
Posted onOver 60 at the Classic Hardbat World Championships: Randy Hou and Other Pips-Out Penholders Dominate By Larry Hodges At the US Nationals a month ago, Randy Hou won two golds (Over 70 Singles, Over 60 Doubles), a silver (Over 50 Doubles) and two bronzes (Over 50 Singles, Sandpaper Singles). Other than the sandpaper singles, it […]
The Hardbat Rivalry – Jimmy Butler and A.J. Carney
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) On July 7, 2018, the two titans of US Hardbat finally met for the first time in a $10,000 challenge match, held at the US Nationals. It was a seesaw battle, played best of seven to 21, where often one player would dominate for a time, then the other. In the end, […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: The Dream Team Wins Again
Posted onOpen Teams at the Classic Hardbat World Championships: The Dream Team Wins Again By Larry Hodges The Dream Team won in 1992, and now they’ve repeated, 30 years later in 2022. But instead of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and the rest, it was Jimmy Butler and Alexander “The Flash” Flemming. (Alex’s brother, Stephan, […]
ITTF Pan Am Youth U19: TeamUSA Girls Win Teams, Puerto Rico Boys Win
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Rosario, Argentina is host this week to the 2022 ITTF Pan American Youth Championships (U19). The tournament includes Boys and Girls Singles, Boys and Girls Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Boys and Girls Teams. The singles and doubles events will conclude on Sunday, but the teams events concluded on Thursday. TeamUSA’s Girls won […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: Women’s Singles
Posted onWomen’s Singles at the Classic Hardbat World Championships: Xin Li Dominates with the Backhand By Larry Hodges (photo by Larry Hodges) Many players struggle in making the transition from sponge to hardbat. Less so for Xin Li, who just won Women’s Singles here at the Classic Hardbat World Championships. While she’s a standard shakehand player […]
Calderano Wins in Tunis
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Calderano entered the event as the second seed and he played a nearly flawless tournament – winning 3-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1. The tournament’s top seed, Tomokazu Harimoto fell early – losing to 18 year old French phenom Alexis Lebrun 3-0. Lebrun’s run may have been the biggest story of the tournament, as […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: Under 17
Posted onUnder 17 at the Classic Hardbat World Championships “Because It’s Fun” says Champion Bryce Milford By Larry Hodges “That’s about it – just school and table tennis.” That’s what Bryce Milford, 15, said when I asked him what he did outside school and table tennis. Of course, you have to be somewhat single-minded if you […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: Alexander Flemming – Who Will Clash with “The Flash”?
Posted onBy Larry Hodges Alexander “The Flash” Flemming was a top sponge player in Germany before he got into sandpaper. He once finished third at the German Nationals in Men’s Singles and won Men’s Doubles twice. But in 2012 he tried out one of those “oldfangled” sandpaper rackets . . . and now he’s the World […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: Interview with Steve Claflin
Posted onInterview with Steve Claflin Founder and Director of the Classic Hardbat World Championships By Larry Hodges How did you get started in table tennis? Weren’t you a top junior player once? I am from Port Huron, Michigan. Port Huron had a weekly club and my parents made sure the entire family played every Monday. I […]
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