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Tawny Banh Joins Butterfly

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Tawny Banh Joins Butterfly (by Steve Hopkins) This week, Bowmar Sports announced that Tawny Banh, coach of Los Angeles Table Tennis Association, has again signed with the Bowmar Sports Butterfly Team.  Banh is a USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame member, Olympian, Pan Am Team Champion and has accumulated a series of Team, Doubles, and […]

World Cup Invitations: Kanak Jha to Join World’s Best in Chengdu

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(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 ITTF Men’s World Cup is one of the annual highlights of the ITTF calendar.  This year, the event will be held in Chengdu, China beginning on November 29th.  There are 20 players who are invited each year based upon qualifying events and the August World Rankings.  The current World Champions is […]

Coaching Tip Of The Week: Serving Short

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Coaching Tip Of The Week: Serving Short (By Larry Hodges) One of the most fundamental rules of serving is that you have to be able to serve short. A deep serve may be effective against some players, and up to a certain level, it may always be, but if you cannot serve short, you will […]

Pan Am Games Recap: Excitement in Lima

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo courtesy of ITTF)   The 2019 Pan American Games finished over the weekend in Lima, Peru.  The tournament began on August 4 and concluded on Saturday, August 10.  The tournament featured Singles, Doubles, and Team events.    The top seed in Men’s Singles was Brazil’s Hugo Calderano, with a World Ranking […]

Pan Am Games: USA are Men’s Team Champions

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(by Steve Hopkins) In the Team format used at the Pan Am games, Doubles is the first match played.  The two players who make the doubles team are only eligible to play one of the remaining four singles matches, so most teams hold back their strongest singles player so that that player can play twice […]

Pan Am Update: A Puncher’s Chance – USA Upset Brazil

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(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) Team USA has completed an upset of the Brazil Team in the Semifinals of the Pan American Games in Lima.  The wins went to Tio/Kumar in doubles, Nikhil Kumar, and Kanak Jha. The Brazilian Team entered as the top seed with good reason.  They are anchored by Hugo Calderano, the […]

Pam Am Games (Day 6) – USA Teams Advance to Semifinals

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(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 Pan American Games is through the fifth day in Lima, Peru.  The tournament began on August 4 and will continue through August 10.  The tournament has now completed the Singles and Doubles events and just the Team events remain. The top seed in Men’s Singles is Hugo Calderano […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: North Texas Table Tennis Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) North Texas Table Tennis is a premier table tennis club operating two locations in Plano, Texas.  Their Independence location, which used to be called the Xtreme Table Tennis School, operates out of HuaYi Education on Independence Parkway in Plano.  HuaYi Education provides after school programs and camps designed for social and academic […]

Jenson Van Emburgh Joins Butterfly

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(by Steve Hopkins) This week, Bowmar Sports announced that Jenson Van Emburgh , rising star in the Para ranks, has joined the Bowmar Sports Butterfly Team.  Jenson is currently ranked No. 3 in the IPTTC category of Men in Wheelchair Under 23 years of age, and No. 17 among all players in Class 3 Wheelchair. 2019 […]

Pan Am Games (Day 5) – USA Teams Cruise

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(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 Pan American Games is through the fifth day in Lima, Peru.  The tournament began on August 4 and will continue through August 10.  The tournament has now completed the Singles and Doubles events and just the Team events remain. The top seed in Men’s Singles is Hugo Calderano (World […]

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