(by Steve Hopkins) The 2022 US National Table Tennis Championships are one month away, and the final entry deadline will be June 15.  That is, if you have not yet signed up – there’s still time. The Fort Worth Texas Convention Center will host this year’s event.  There are 112 events this year.  Those events […]

(by Steve Hopkins) CRUSH Table Tennis in Greenwich, Connecticut is now taking applications to add to their coaching staff.  If all goes as planned, the newly created position of Head Coach will be filled before the Summer Camp in July. To enquire about the Head Coach position, please contact Michael Tolle at 203-489-0664 or via […]

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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]