(by Steve Hopkins) A year ago, ITTF events started up in late January after the holiday break and that first month hit the ground running with three events – including the German Open.  The 2020 Calendar then listed 14 February events, 10 March events, and 13 April events. The 2021 Calendar is filling slowly, as […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The TTBL Liebherr Cup Final will be played this Saturday (January 9).  Three of the top four German Bundesliga teams will play,  Borussia Düsseldorf, TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen, and TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt.  As luck would have it, the fourth invitee, ASV Grünwettersbach just defeated Schwalbe Bergneustadt this week – so with a good […]

by Steve Hopkins The TENERGY and DIGNICS series dominated the top 10 sellers this year, and its no wonder.  These are the most used rubber series on the tour, and the high quality and advanced technology provides all players with the same advantages sought by the pros.  From Tenergy 05 and Dignics 05 at the […]

by Steve Hopkins In 2020, perhaps more than any other year, much of America spent extra hours in front of their computers at home.  Butterfly worked hard to provide entertainment and information through videos, articles, reviews, and interviews.  Below is a list of the Top 10 viewed Bowmar Sports videos of 2020. Our most viewed […]

(by Steve Hopkins) As COVID caused tournaments to be cancelled and clubs to close, many of the normal sources of content vanished.  Butterfly reacted with a series of weekly interviews called PongNow.  The tag line of the interview series is “talking table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport”, and […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Timo Boll‘s many years of success have put the German at the peak of popularity in the US and abroad.  He has also been a Butterfly sponsored player for his whole career, so he has left his mark on Butterfly by developing and supporting a whole series of products with the TIMO […]

by Steve Hopkins From the classic VISCARIA and PRIMORAC blades, to the ALC and ZLC blades made popular by players on the ITTF Tour, to the Cellulose NanoFiber (CNF) blades, here are are the TOP 10 blades of 2020 – from the top table tennis company in North America. A quick overview of Butterfly blade […]