(by Steve Hopkins) Princeton Pong’s 10,000 square foot table tennis facility is in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.  They are located between Philadelphia and New York City – centered in one of the largest population centers in the United States.  The elite facility features 14 professional tables,  custom sport flooring, high ceilings, great lighting, a player’s […]

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(by Steve Hopkins) The World Table Tennis Contender event in Metz, France concluded this week.  A pair of Americans made deep runs in the event, Sid Naresh (who was the top seed in the U19 Boys Singles event) and Sarah Jalli (who advanced to at least the Quarterfinals in both U19 Girls Singles and U17 […]

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(by Steve Hopkins) Rhode Island Table Tennis has been running juniors clinics (usually on Saturday mornings or Sunday afternoons) off and on for about 15 years.  Most years, these events have included 6-8 kids of varying ages – numbers that are on par with a small club functioning in the USA’s smallest State. Things changed […]

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(by Steve Hopkins) Ochsenhausen’s playoff hopes took a real hit today, as they were upset by 11th place Grenzau. Because Ochsenhausen was highly favored, they chose to proceed today without two of their normal three singles players – neither Simon Gauzy nor Samuel Kulczycki played.  The Ochsenhausen squad proceeded with Kanak Jha in the anchor […]

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(by Steve Hopkins) The top of the TTBL seems secure for the Borussia Dusseldorf in the top position and Saarbrucken as the second seed.  Barring a complete meltdown, these two teams will host semifinal playoff matches in a few weeks when the season concludes.  The early matches of this 18th weekend were played today and […]

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