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Sad News at Butterfly: Truong Tu

Truong Tu passed away peacefully in his home this weekend. Truong was a valuable member of the Bowmar Sports/Butterfly family as well as the Silicon Valley Table Tennis Club and he’ll be missed by family and friends (including all of us here on the Bowmar Team). Details regarding services will be released by the family […]

ITTF Rankings: Stable at the Top

(by Steve Hopkins) USA’s Lily Zhang is now World No. 42 and USA’s Juan Liu is No. 87.  Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz is No. 9 and her sister Melanie is No. 92.  The top four in the Women’s rankings are all Chinese (Chen, Sun, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi).  Hina Hayata passed Mima Ito – the […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Central Florida Table Tennis Club

(by Steve Hopkins) With its location near the junction of 423 and 441 just a few miles Northwest of the city center, the Central Florida Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to the greater Orlando area.  The club’s facility is 27,000 square feet with 18 ITTF approved tables, Olympic standard vinyl flooring, 30-foot ceiling, air-conditioning, […]

WTT Youth Contender Berlin: A Miwa Sweep

(by Steve Hopkins) Thirteen year-old Miwa Harimoto (younger sister of Top 10 Men’s player Tomokazu Harimoto)  was the biggest story in Berlin.  She entered only the U19 and U17 Girls events, and won both.  In the U19, she played 5 matches and only lost one game (15-1) and in the U17 event, she played 5 […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Orange County Table Tennis Academy

WAB Club Feature: Orange County Table Tennis Academy (by Steve Hopkins) The Orange County Table Tennis Academy (OCTTA) is located in Fountain Valley just off of the 405 in the center of Orange Country (with Santa Ana and Irvine to the East, and Huntington Beach to the South, and Anaheim to the North).  OCTTA describe […]

Peak Performance Strategy Workshop: (Free 12p Eastern Sunday) Invitation from Lillieroos International TT

(by Steve Hopkins) Lillieroos International Table Tennis (USATT Hall of Fame Member Christian Lillieroos) is inviting everyone to a free Live, interactive, Peak Performance Strategy Workshop via Zoom.  The event will include Tony Robbins’ top certified trainer, Scott Gass. The event will be Sunday 5/22/2022 at noon Eastern. ______________ Discover your next level with Tony […]

Some of World’s Best U20 Players in Berlin for WTT Youth Contender

(by Steve Hopkins) Maciej Kubik, Oh Junsung, Nicole Arlia, Miwa Harimoto, and Amelie Jia were just some of the top ranked players to compete in their events in Germany this week at the WTT Youth Contender Berlin. Events included U19, U17, U15, U13, and U11. In the U19 Boys event, Maciej Kubik was the top […]

Creating unimaginable table tennis

Some people devote themselves to producing the same precise and identical equipment time after time. These are our staff members who manufacture our rubbers and blades. If the bounce or touch of a product is not constant, it would be fatal for elite players who live in a world of extreme competition, it might also […]

WTT Feeder Westchester: Ojio over Zhang and Chuang over Duda

(by Steve Hopkins) In Men’s Singles it was No. 25 Chuang Chih-Yuan of Taipei over No. 33 Benedikt Duda, and in Women’s Singles it was Japan’s Haruna Ojio over USA’s Lily Zhang. At No. 33, Duda is Germany’s sixth highest ranked player so he does not have as many opportunities to play internationally as he […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Texas Table Tennis Training Center

(by Steve Hopkins) The Texas Table Tennis Club (“TTT”) has about 50-60 regular members, as well as a number of premium memberships for business people.  One emphasis of the club is on professional coaching for elite players and juniors in the greater Houston area.  In 2016, the Texas Table Tennis was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional […]

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