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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Broward Table Tennis Club

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Broward Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) The Broward Table Tennis Club is at 3371 N. University Drive in Davie, Florida, just North of Miami in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Boca Raton metropolitan area of the Southeast coast of the State.  The club is near to Florida’s Turnpike about 12 miles from Fort Lauderdale and […]

WAB Club Feature: Ly Table Tennis Academy

WAB Club Feature: Ly Table Tennis Academy (by Steve Hopkins) Located in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, in the south-west portion of the Island of Montreal along the Saint Lawrence river, is the Ly Table Tennis Academy.  LYTTA has 8 quality tables and is aimed at players of all levels.  The club is designed with […]

Boston Bruins’ 2020 Pucks & Paddles Raises $125,000

Boston Bruins’ 2020 Pucks & Paddles Raises $125,000 (by Steve Hopkins)   The Boston Bruins annual PUCKS AND PADDLES was held in Boston on Friday.  The event began with autograph sessions and exhibition matches.  The main event was a doubles tournament that matched Bruins team members with fans who had been the highest bidder in […]

World Veterans Rankings: US Players Shine at Start of 2020

World Veterans Rankings: US Players Shine at Start of 2020 (By Steve Hopkins) With the World Veterans Tour now in full swing worldwide, the ITTF publishes regular Veterans Rankings.  Ranking categories are by age with 40 being the youngest and 80 being the oldest. In the Men’s Veterans Rankings, the Over 80 age tier is led […]

WAB Club Feature: Houston International Table Tennis Academy

WAB Club Feature: Houston International Table Tennis Academy (By Steve Hopkins) Located in Katy, Texas on the West side of Metropolitan Houston, is the Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA).  Consistent with being located in the largest city in the largest State, HITTA provides one of the largest professional table tennis training academies in the country. […]

The English National Championship: One Step at a Time

The English National Championship: One Step at a Time (by Steve Hopkins) The US Nationals are a massive event with a hundred tables and a thousand players collected in one huge room in the same week to compete across 80 or 90 events.  The format of the US Nationals has been debated in recent years […]

Picking Football Winners… with Table Tennis Logic: LSU versus Clemson

Picking Football Winners… with Table Tennis Logic: LSU versus Clemson (by Steve Hopkins) It’s no surprise to anyone reading this post that my sport doesn’t make headlines in the US.  Because of this, I like to find table tennis angles to most of the big sporting events.  And, at this time, I’m announcing my TT-focused pick for […]

WAB Club Feature: Salt Lake City Table Tennis

WAB Club Feature: Salt Lake City Table Tennis (By Steve Hopkins) With their location just off highway 215, about 8 miles Southwest of the City Center, Salt Lake City Table Tennis is easily reachable across this large metropolitan area.  The club has been in operation in the West Valley City neighborhood since 2011, having expanded […]

January 2020 ITTF Rankings: Fan Starts 2020 On Top

January 2020 ITTF Rankings: Fan Starts 2020 On Top (By Steve Hopkins) Fan Zhendong tops the first ITTF World Ranking list of 2020.  Fan replaced Xu Xin – the two traded the top position three times in 2019.  Ma Long is in third (only 500 points separate him from the second spot), and Lin Gaoyuan […]

Marvellous 2020 Review: Fan Repeats, Qihao and Yuling Surprise

Marvellous 2020 Review: Fan Repeats, Qihao and Yuling Surprise (By Steve Hopkins / Photo: Brian Yuxiang) Each year, China’s Marvellous 12 brings the top Chinese players together for an invitational where the first prize is an automatic invite to the World Championships. Six of the Marvellous 12 are players seeded based upon World Rankings.  The other […]

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