Triangle Table Tennis: April 2018 News and Happenings

Posted on April 21, 2018

(By Triangle Table Tennis) Triangle Table Tennis: April 2018 News and Happenings Spring has sprung and we are flying through 2018! This newsletter is the only email you’ll receive from us this month, so you’ll find it all in this one source — a quick overview of recent news as well as upcoming tournaments and programs, […]

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$2700 3-Star Butterfly MDTTC April Open

Posted on April 20, 2018

$2700 3-Star Butterfly MDTTC April Open April 14-15, 2018 • Maryland Table Tennis Center • Gaithersburg, MD By Larry Hodges, tournament director Lots of five-game matches this time, with an epic seven-gamer in the Open final! What a tournament it was. Alas, I missed much of it because I was at the control desk running […]

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Get To Know Me: 2018 Butterfly Cary Cup Interview Featuring Al Herr & Kai Zhang

Posted on April 20, 2018

 Get To Know Me: 2018 Butterfly Cary Cup Interview Featuring Al Herr & Kai Zhang 2018 Butterfly Cary Cup Interview Featuring Al Herr & Kai Zhang Video by Bowmar Sports / Butterfly North America March 29-April 1 Morrisville, NC Triangle Table Tennis Center  For articles, photos, results, and full live stream archive videos, check […]

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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Allen & Sons Table Tennis Club

Posted on April 19, 2018

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Allen & Sons Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) Located in the San Fernando Valley, North of Santa Monica and Malibu in the greater Los Angeles area is Allen & Sons Table Tennis Club.  The club began six years ago as the passion of a successful, retiring businessman.    Initially, the club […]

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2018 World Team Championships Preview

Posted on April 19, 2018

(By Steve Hopkins) 2018 World Team Championships Preview We are now 10 days away from the kickoff of the Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships.  The Championships will be held from Sunday April 29 to Sunday May 6 in Halmstad, Sweden.  The Men’s event is known as the Swaythling Cup and has been held […]

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Denver Table Tennis Alliance’s 3rd MENSUAL Tourney

Posted on April 18, 2018

(By Angelo Gandullia) Denver Table Tennis Alliance’s 3rd MENSUAL Tourney Hello Table Tennis players and friends! On Saturday, April 14th, Denver Table Tennis Alliance hosted our 3rd MENSUAL Tourney of 2018!  DTTA hosted again a full tournament with exciting matches, big upsets, and lots of fun in all 3 divisions! Denver Table Tennis Alliance congratulates, in particular: C […]

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4 Quick Picks: Table Tennis Flicks

Posted on April 18, 2018

Table tennis is an amazingly engaging sport played by millions worldwide. In 2016, there were roughly 16.57 million ping pong player over the age of six. With such an international presence, table tennis has staked its own niche claim in pop culture with several thoroughly engaging films. If you’re a table tennis enthusiast, the following […]

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WIE LOVE PING PONG: Michelle Wie Raises Money for Hawaii Junior Golf

Posted on April 18, 2018

(By Steve Hopkins) Michelle Wie Raises Money for Hawaii Junior Golf Last weekend was the 4th table tennis fundraiser featuring Michelle Wie.  The “Wie Love Ping Pong” event is coordinated by the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association and raises funds for HSJGA College Scholarships.  The event was a great success – raising over $40,000. The […]

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Table Tennis Supplies the Pros Take Seriously

Posted on April 16, 2018

Table tennis is one of the most enjoyable basement games ever created. Except now it is way more than some simple game high school kids play to pass the time. No, ping pong is huge. It even rose to such levels of popularity that the Soviet Union actually banned it between 1930 and 1950. This […]

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Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Finals

Posted on April 16, 2018

(By Steve Hopkins) Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Finals Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna defeated India’s Sharath Achanta in one Semifinal and Singapore’s Ning Gao defeated England’s Sam Walker in the other.  Neither of the Semifinal matches were ever in doubt, with the winners advancing 4-0 on both sides of the draw. In the Final, Gao jumped […]

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