(by Steve Hopkins, photos Pan Am Masters Games) Fifty four of our more seasoned players competed this year in the 2024 Pan Am Masters Games that was held in Cleveland.  Butterfly and Bowmar Sports were among the sponsors for this Olympic-style event that included twelve age categories (starting at age 30 and increasing up to […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Los Angeles Table Tennis Association (LATTA) LATTA is a non-profit organization established in 1998. The center is one of the largest table tennis clubs in the country with more than 10,000 square feet of space.  It has 20-foot ceilings and red rubber floors. It accommodates 16 tables and has ample parking spaces.  It […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With the seedings set as Paris is just days away, the most current ITTF Rankings have little impact on the Games, but do offer a snap shot into how well the world’s best are currently playing. World No. 1 Wang Chuqin will be a heavy favorite in Men’s Singles, and the Chinese […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The South Paris Arena will be the center of the table tennis universe from July 27 to August 10.  This will be the 10th time that table tennis is featured at the Olympic Games.  Over those 9 previous games, Korea has won Men’s Singles gold twice, Sweden has won once, and China […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The King Square Sports Centre is located just North of Toronto in Markham.  The facility caters to a number of sports with table tennis and basketball open daily.  The venue offers hardwood flooring, lots of space, and great lighting.  There are 12 tables and they are open every day from 9am to […]

(By Steve Hopkins) The Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA) is located in one of the largest cities in the largest State, so its only natural that HITTA provides one of the largest professional table tennis training academies in the country.  The facility is 11000 square feet with 18 tables, quality lighting, and rubber flooring. […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Huntsville is home to the largest space museum in the world, the US Space & Rocket Center.  This week, the discussion in town wasn’t focused on Moon Rocks or the development of the rockets that put man on the moon – rather, the focus was on a thousand of America’s […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Tomokazu Harimoto scored a pair of Sunday upsets on his way to winning the latest WTT Tour Event, the WTT Star Contender Bangkok.  World No. 11 Harimoto entered the event as the third seed, but knocked out Lin Yun-Ju (No.8) in the Semifinals 3-1 and then topped Lin Gaoyuan (No. 7) in […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo by USATT) The best of the best fought their way into the Finals this evening in Huntsville at the 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships.  Contrasting styles were on display in the Men’s Final with the quick and agile Kanak Jha facing a very stable and steady Jinxin Wang.  Jha started […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo by USATT) Jha and Tsao faced off in the Quarterfinals in one of the most entertaining matches thus far the 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Huntsville, Alabama.  Darryl Tsao came out full of adrenaline and quickly converted that adrenaline to confidence with strong point after strong point pushing Kanak […]