(by Steve Hopkins) Countdown to the Games?  80 Days The 2024 Pan Am Masters Games kicks off in Cleveland on July 12th, just 80 days from today.  Butterfly will be there.  Butterfly and Bowmar Sports are the sponsors for this huge, Olympic-style event that will include twelve age categories (starting at age 30 and increasing […]

(By Steve Hopkins) Denver Table Tennis Alliance features 8 butterfly tables, barriers, great lighting, and Gerflor rubber flooring.  The great facility is combined with a friendly atmosphere to provide a great place where table tennis knowledge and experience are freely shared and available to all. With all these characteristics, the Denver Table Tennis Alliance are proud […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Ma Long entered the World Cup Macao as the fourth seed, but after defeating World No. 1, No. 5, and No. 8, he has secured his third World Cup title. Liang Jingkun was the first of the top seeds to fall, as the World No. 3 fell 4-3 to Anton Kallberg in […]

(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis Hall of Famer, Larry Hodges has a new book out.  Currently, there are 10 books by Hodges for sale on the Butterfly site on a variety of topics that can help you improve your game. The latest book, Table Tennis Doubles for Champions, is 133 pages of interviews, tips, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) CRUSH Table Tennis is in Greenwich, Connecticut.  They are located in a 6,000 square foot facility in downtown Greenwich.  The club is easily accessible by public transportation.  The club offers a great environment for recreational and competitive play.  Visit the two floor table tennis space seven days a week for fun, for […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Action started on Friday in San Juan at the 2024 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams.  This morning, the top 8 teams faced off in the Quarterfinals.  Team 888 TTC topped Mile High TT Academy 3-0.  Yubeen Han defeated Chance Friend, Nandan Naresh defeated Vinay Chandra, and Tyrese Knight defeated Pablo Figueroa as […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha has won the WTT Feeder Series event in Dusseldorf .  Jha continues to log matches in his comeback as he eyes a May event that provides one of the few remaining opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. Without a current World Ranking, Jha entered unseeded, but defeated Rassenfosse, Sareen, Shinozuka, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha has reached the Final in the WTT Feeder Series event in Dusseldorf this week.  Jha continues to log matches in his comeback as he eyes a May event that provides one of the few remaining opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. Jha had been as high as 20 in the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Action starts tomorrow in San Juan at the 2024 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams.  The champions will take home $7,000 and the runner-ups will receive $3,000.  There are over 300 athletes vying for those prizes – with players from Puerto Rico, the US, France, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Sweden. Among […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With its location near the junction of 423 and 441 just a few miles Northwest of the city center, the Central Florida Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to the greater Orlando area.  The club’s facility is 27,000 square feet with 18 ITTF approved tables, Olympic standard vinyl flooring, 30-foot ceiling, air-conditioning, […]