World’s Biggest Table Tennis Tour Opens Bids for 2019

Posted on November 27, 2017

(Courtesy of ITTF) World’s Biggest Table Tennis Tour Opens Bids for 2019 Set to be the biggest and best table tennis World Tour in history; more prize money, better sports presentation and more television distribution than ever before, bids are now open for the most lucrative table tennis tour: the 2019 ITTF World Tour. It […]

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Toronto experience invaluable, Alicia Cote sets Canada on victory path

Posted on November 26, 2017

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Experience invaluable, Alicia Cote sets Canada victory path An experienced player in the selection; most certainly in a major competition it can be a definite boost, a player to whom the big theatre is no stranger. At the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, the youngest player on duty was […]

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Triangle Table Tennis December 2017 News and Happenings

Posted on November 26, 2017

(Courtesy of Triangle Table Tennis) Triangle Table Tennis December 2017 News and Happenings We know, we know, we’re a little early, but who can blame us?  We have so much to tell you! This newsletter is the last email you’ll receive from us this month, so you’ll find it all in this one source — a quick overview […]

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Vote now for the Table Tennis Star Point of 2017

Posted on November 22, 2017

(Courtesy of ITTF) Vote now 2017 Table Tennis Star Point At the ITTF Star Awards, table tennis’ night of nights, it’s the fans that star as they vote for this year’s best players and points. There have been some huge rallies this year, but now’s the time to choose which point caught the world’s collective […]

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Olympic Dreams Take Hard Work – Gao Jun

Posted on November 22, 2017

(BY RICHARD FINN) Olympic Dreams Take Hard Work – Gao Jun Jun Gao knows a little something about being an Olympian. After all, she played in the world’s biggest sports spectacle four times during her illustrious Hall of Fame career – in 1992 for her native China and then in 2000, 2004 and 2008 as […]

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DTTA’s 9th MENSUAL Tourney / USATT Sanctioned DTTA’s 10th MENSUAL Tourney

Posted on November 20, 2017

(By Angelo Gandullia) DTTA’s 9th MENSUAL/USATT Sanctioned DTTA’s 10th MENSUAL Tourney Hello Table Tennis players and friends! On Saturday, November 11th, DTTA hosted our 9th MENSUAL Tourney of 2017. We had a great tournament that included -again- the participation of our friend, club member and USATT C.E.O., Gordon Kaye. Denver Table Tennis Alliance congratulates in particular, […]

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Reversal of Fortune for the Chinese: (Fortune Kooky ??!?)

Posted on November 20, 2017

Reversal of Fortune for the Chinese: (Fortune Kooky ??!?) (By Steve Hopkins / Photo credit to ITTF) SWEDISH OPEN:  After a two tournament absent from the podium, the Chinese were back with a vengeance at the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Swedish Open in Stockholm this weekend.  The Chinese took five of the eight spots in […]

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Ask A Pro Anything: Omar “always walks like an Egyptian” Assar

Posted on November 20, 2017

(Courtesy of ITTF) Ask A Pro Anything: Omar “always walks like an Egyptian” Assar Ask Pro Anything: Omar always walks like Egyptian Assar Want to know what makes Omar Assar tick? Now’s your chance as the Egyptian star was the next guest on Ask a Pro Anything. What is the best moment in Assar’s career? […]

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Final places decided, Astana list complete

Posted on November 20, 2017

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Final places decided, Astana list complete Disappointment for Japan’s Yuya Oshima and Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih-Yuan at the recently completed Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open in Stockholm but places in the forthcoming Grand Finals to be staged in Astana, Kazakhstan from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th December […]

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Jenson Van Emburgh Wants to Win Paralympic Table Tennis Gold Medal

Posted on November 20, 2017

(BY SEAN DALY/ABC ACTION NEWS) Jenson Van Emburgh Wants the Paralympic Table Tennis Gold Medal SEMINOLE, Fla. — Seminole High School senior Jenson Van Emburgh is really, really good at table tennis. Like 41st in the world good. He is a member of the 2017 US Para Junior National Table Tennis Team. Emburgh was paralyzed during birth, had spinal […]

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