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WAB Club Feature: Bridgeport Sports Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) Bridgeport Sports Club is located in Richmond, just South of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.  The club is located near Highway 99 and 9, with easy access to the greater Vancouver area. At over 14,000 square feet, this is one of the largest table tennis clubs in all of North America — […]

Women’s World Cup Group Stage: Both Americans Advance

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(by Steve Hopkins) After 8 months of waiting, the ITTF Tour is back.  The Dishang 2020 ITTF Women’s World Cup, the first of the three ITTF RESTART events got under way on Sunday with the Group Stage.  The Group Round consisted of 13 players fighting for the right to play the top 8 seeds with […]

Women’s World Cup Update (3): Zhang over Diaz

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(by Steve Hopkins) World Cup Update 3: Lily Zhang bounced back in her second match today.  Within the group, she was seeded second but was upset by the fourth seed in her opening match.  Lily’s second match puts her back in contention – it was a win over top group seed Adriana Diaz (4-2).  The […]

RESTART in TT-Minus 6 days: Cheng I-Ching

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(by Steve Hopkins) Its almost time for the three ITTF events that are collectively being called the ITTF RESTART events. The ITTF has selected 21 male and 21 female athletes to come to China to participate in the Women’s World Cup, the Men’s World Cup, and the 2020 ITTF Finals.  The first of these events will […]

WAB Club: Austin Table Tennis Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) The Austin Table Tennis Club is located at 8956 Research Blvd in Austin.  They are just off of US Highway 183 on the North side of Austin. The club has been around for more than thirty years.  They first started in the back of a bar, with a wooden dance floor serving a […]

Rhode Island’s Rich Table Tennis History

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(by Steve Hopkins) One of the neatest things about living in Rhode Island is the rich table tennis history in the region.  Despite being the smallest U.S. State, Rhode Island is prominently represented in Tim Boggan’s History of Table Tennis.  The club was a regular stop for regional players and pros for a generation with appearances from […]

PINGPOD DIVISIONAL LEAGUE – SEASON TWO

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Dear Table Tennis Lover,   Find below a few new announcements!   JOIN PINGPOD LEAGUE SEASON TWO – “DIVISIONS” Season Two will be played in 4 divisions based on skill level. Details can be found here. As always, there will be prizes for the top finishers per division. The top 2 finishers in each division will […]

USATT’S THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Ted Li’s Upset Win

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(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis continued its T2 Challenge Series this week with an Encore Edition of Thursday Night Live.  The team format from previous versions has ended (Team Butterfly overcame Team Nittaku 6-3 in that Series), but USATT continues to bring us quality table tennis.  This week, the event matches two young, up […]

Sally Moyland – Taiwan Cadet Trip Report

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(By Sally Moyland) The Taiwan cadet national team qualification tournament has been my next goal since I made the mini-cadet team back in 2019. The tournament was located in Tainan in the south of Taiwan and lasted for four days. My mom drove us down south for three and a half hours to get there. […]

AIBISS review by Sponsored Coaches and Olympian Tawny Banh

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(By USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame – Tawny Banh) Butterfly released Aibiss in June of 2020. It is a very tacky, high-friction rubber with a specialized top sheet with a pimple shape that enables heavy spin as well as a curved arc over the net. It has the hardest sponge ever of all Butterfly […]

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