Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 157 Question & Answer

Posted on April 5, 2017

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 157 Question & Answer Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I need your kind advise on my new rubber-blade combination: 1. Rubber: Tenergy 80 which has overall 9.4 rating: speed 9.4, spin 9.4, and control 9.0. 2. Blade/racket: DHS Hurricane long 5 (V): overall 9.7 rating: speed 9.8, […]

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2017 USATT Hopes Trials at ICC

Posted on April 3, 2017

(By Bruce Liu) This is the last of the five Trials in the US. Top three girls and boys will join the other US kids to compete with their Canadian peers. If one of the top 3 can’t go, the fourth finisher will be the alternate. 12 girls and 12 boys have qualified through the […]

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LYTTA won the champion Pro-A league of Quebec Table Tennis Federation

Posted on April 3, 2017

LYTTA won the champion Pro-A league of Quebec Table Tennis Federation (By David Ly) LYTTA won the champion Pro-A league of Quebec Table Tennis Federation For the second times consecutive of the year. Team LYTTA won the champion Pro-A league of Quebec Table Tennis Federation     LYTTA team have won  10 – 0 against […]

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Butterfly 2017 Cary Cup Press Release 4 for 4/2/2017

Posted on April 3, 2017

(By Barbara Wei) 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup: Kaden Xu Dominates Competition Kaden Xu (2700) came to the 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup seeking to improve upon his semi-final finish from 2016 where he bowed out to the Bohan Zhang, the eventual 2016 champion. A year later in 2017, he over delivered, cleanly sweeping the competition to […]

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2017 US Hopes Camp at ICC

Posted on April 2, 2017

2017 US Hopes Camp at ICC (By Bruce Liu) 2017 US Hopes Camp at ICC This is the last of the five Hopes Camps in the US. A tournament will follow tomorrow. Top three girls and boys will join the other US kids to compete with their Canadian peers in April in New Jersey. 12 […]

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Butterfly 2017 Cary Cup Press Release 3 for 4/2/2017

Posted on April 2, 2017

(By Barbara Wei) 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup: Top 4 Seeds Cruise to Single Elimination Draw Exciting play, upsets and a little bit of drama framed the third and main day of competition at the 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup, but the top 4 seeds in Division A accentuated their dominance and did not drop a match […]

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2017 Butterfly Cary Cup: Thursday & Friday Events: Taste of Excitement to Come

Posted on April 1, 2017

2017 Butterfly Cary Cup: Thursday & Friday Events: Taste of Excitement to Come 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup: Thursday & Friday Events: Taste of Excitement to Come (By Barbara Wei) 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup: Thursday & Friday Events Taste of Excitement to Come Six exciting events took place on Thursday (3/30) and Friday (3/31) at the […]

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Together again: Timo Boll and Ma Long

Posted on April 1, 2017

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Partners two years ago in Suzhou, once again Germany’s Timo Boll will partner China’s Ma Long; it is just one of the intriguing pairings announced for the forthcoming Liebherr 2017 World Championships which begin in Düsseldorf on Monday 29th May. Also, in the Men’s Doubles event Fan Zhendong will […]

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Tip of the Week – Serve and Forehand Loop

Posted on March 30, 2017

(by Larry Hodges) Serve and Forehand Loop Back in the 1960s and 1970s, a common slogan in table tennis was “One gun is as good as two.” This was back in the days of the all-out forehand attacker. Many of the dominant players (especially from Asia) would mostly just block on the backhand – often […]

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Great Neck North HS TT tournament

Posted on March 30, 2017

Great Neck North HS TT tournament (By Joyce Cheung Li) Great Neck North HS held it’s 2nd annual TT tournament on Sunday, March 26th.  It was a great success where 60 players signed up representing 10 different schools.  Coach FeiMing Tong and Tahl Lebovitz were both present as well as the school administration.  They had school team events, […]

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