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Fun for All at the Upcoming 2016 Butterfly Arnold Table Tennis Challenge

Fun for All at Arnold Table Tennis Challenge

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Fun for All at the Upcoming 2016 Butterfly Arnold Table Tennis Challenge

It’s fun for all at the 2016 Butterfly Arnold Table Tennis Challenge table tennis tournament. The three-day, 4-star USATT sanctioned tournament, features 36 events at different levels of play. Events include Open Singles, rated events, aged events, and recreational events such as Family Doubles and divisions for recreational players. The 13th annual tournament offers over $10,000 in cash and prizes including awarding $3,000 to the Men’s Singles Champion. The fun begins on Friday March 4th and continues through Sunday March 6th at the Ohio Expo Center’s Voinovich Center in Columbus, Ohio.

The Voinovich Center is a 70,000 square foot facility. Tournament Director, Ed Hogshead, anticipates the venue will consist of over 50 professional, ITTF-approved Butterfly tables, Olympic-level lighting and court sizes of at least 19ft by 38ft with barriers.

Butterfly is proud to be the official equipment sponsor 2016 Butterfly Arnold Classic.  As the first stop on the 2016 Butterfly North America Tour, Butterfly will supply professional Butterfly Centrefold 25 and/or Europa 25 tables, net sets, barriers, Butterfly 3-star G40+ balls, and more.

The 2016 Butterfly Arnold Classic runs in conjunction with the 2016 Arnold Sports Festival. The festival will attract worldwide athletes in more than 55 sports and events, including 14 Olympic sports. The festival is expecting 185,000 sport fans and 18,000 athletes at a variety of venues in the Columbus, Ohio area during March 3 through March 6. Spectators may purchase tickets for the Arnold Sports Festival at ArnoldSportsFestival.com/ticketinfo/.

Register today to join us, Rockford Table Tennis Club and Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2016 Butterfly Arnold Classic.

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The professional tables used at this tournament are for sale, reserve one today.

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Butterfly is the world leader in table tennis / ping pong equipment and gear. Butterfly is the official table sponsor for the 2016 World Table Tennis Championships. In addition, Butterfly was the official table sponsor for the 2014 World Championships and the official ball sponsor for the 2013 & 2015 World Championships. Visit Butterflyonline.com for more information.

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