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Sally’s Houston/World Championship report

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(By Sally Moyland) If you’ve been reading my articles, you would know that I just finished the Pan American Youth Championships in September, 2021 at Santo Domingo. Since the USA team made it, I had a chance to go to Portugal and play the World Youth Championships. At around a month to go, all the […]

2021 World Table Tennis Championships is ready for lift-off in Houston

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(Courtesy of ITTF) Houston, in the United States, will host the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships which will be the first time in the Americas and for the first time outside Europe and Asia since 1939. Dating as far back as 1926, it will showcase the world’s best table tennis players. Houston, in the United […]

Thinking Big: 2021 WTTC in Houston

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo credit:  Jujutacular ) Things are bigger in Texas.  Big spaces, big cities, big stories, and big dreams.  What better place to host the biggest event in our sport, the World Table Tennis Championships is coming to Houston in 2021. The award followed a presentation to the ITTF today by the U.S. Delegation including Dragomir Cioroslan […]

Pong for Harvey: Table Tennis Club Helps Community

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(BY MANNY VELAZQUEZ) Pong for Harvey: Table Tennis Club Helps Community As we all know, Texas was hit by a devastating hurricane Harvey this last week. Much of the storm has passed but much work is being done and much more still needs doing to help bring our cities back. The Houston International Table Tennis […]

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