(BY TIM BOGGAN) 2000 World Veteran Championships WELL, SOME U.S. PLAYERS WERE THERE By Tim Boggan (From July/August 2000 USA Table Tennis Magazine) The 10th World Veterans Championships, held in three venues at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, May 21-27, drew the second largest entry ever for these biennial Championships – 1867 players […]
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Olympic Gold Medalist Chen Longcan Visiting MDTTC & other news
Posted on(By MDTTC) Olympic Gold Medalist Chen Longcan Visiting MDTTC & other news Archive of Past MDTTC Newsletters Welcome to the 67th issue of the MDTTC News! As usual, there’s lots of news to report and new and ongoing programs, and we hope to see you at some of them. As usual a special thanks to MDTTC […]
Tried and trusted trio, China supreme
Posted on(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Tried and trusted trio, China supreme The selection from start to finish and no change to the playing order, China won the Boys’ Team title at the 2017 ITTF World Junior Championships in Riva del Garda on the evening of Wednesday 29th November. Once again, Niu Guankai was resigned […]
Irvine Levine – A Witness to 70 Years of Rhode Island Table Tennis
Posted on(Steve Hopkins) Irvine Levine-Witness to 70 Years of Rhode Island Table Tennis We don’t know exactly when the Rhode Island Table Tennis Club started, but we do know there was an active league running when World War II broke out – and that club operations ceased temporarily. We also know that since 1947, when the […]
Fun, Exciting Matches All for a Good Cause at Pong for Harvey
Posted on(BY RICHARD FINN) Fun, Exciting Matches, Good Cause Hurricane Harvey Nearly three months after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Houston with flooding rains and destructive winds causing an estimated $200 billion in damages, the area’s table tennis community came together for Pong for Harvey on November 18-19th at the Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA). More […]
Boll: We are closing gap with China’ s table tennis
Posted on(By Oliver Trust) Despite latest defeats and problems with the new ball used in international competition, China’s table tennis stars are still the world’s leading fraction, said German Timo Boll. “We managed to close the gap a little bit, but they still rule table tennis,” the German number two and former first of world rankings […]
Valiant Efforts, Medal Finish Passes Within Points of USA
Posted on(BY MATT HETHERINGTON) Valiant Efforts, Medal Finish Passes Within Points The US Junior Boys Table Tennis team have come within points of guaranteeing themselves a medal at the 2017 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Riva Del Garda, Italy. After an amazing performance yesterday against Russia where Sharon Alguetti wrestled back from a 2-0 deficit […]
Tip of the week: The Non-Playing Arm
Posted on(By Larry Hodges / Photo courtesy of ITTF) Tip of the week: The Non-Playing Arm Many players do not use their non-playing arm properly. Often the problem is that you can sort of get away with not using the non-playing arm in many drills – either static ones, where you aren’t moving (i.e. working on basics with […]
Review Boys’ Team: Tense battles, United States upsets seeding, wins thriller
Posted on(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Tense battles, United States upsets seeding, wins thriller Places in the quarter-finals at stake, tense contests concluded proceedings in the Boys’ Team event at the 2017 ITTF World Junior Championships in Riva del Garda, Italy on the evening of Monday 27th November. Represented by Tobias Hippler, Gerritt Engemann and […]
World’s Biggest Table Tennis Tour Opens Bids for 2019
Posted on(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 […]
MLTT Week 4 Preview: The Pros Head to Houston
October 25, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) Major League Table Tennis moves to the ULH Event Center in Houston, Texas,… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre
October 25, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre (“the Centre” or “Elite”) is a table tennis club… Read More
Jenson Van Emburgh: Pattaya, Paris, and Playing through Pain
October 25, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) After winning silver at the last World Championships and bronze in Paris despite… Read More
Ping Pong Parkinson Reaches Rhode Island
October 25, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) This weekend, Rhode Island Table Tennis hosted its first Ping Pong Parkinson’s session, bringing the… Read More
Venezuela and USA take Team Titles as Parity Prevails at America’s Championships
October 25, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) TeamUSA's Women dominated the Women's Team event at the ITTF-Americas Championships in Lima. Unfortunately, the… Read More
China Wins 4, Japan Wins 3 at Asian Championships
October 25, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships concluded in Tashkent today with the battle between Asian superpowers starting… Read More
Kou Lei – Counterlooping Opening Loop
October 25, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kou Lei is working with Butterfly Sponsored Player Kef Noorani,… Read More
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October 23, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kou Lei is working on with his chopper student on… Read More
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