Courtesy of ITTF

December 12, 2009 - China won both the Boys’ and Girls’ Team titles at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias on Saturday December 12, 2009 and thus retained the crowns, won twelve months earlier, when the annual tournament was held in Madrid. Read More

Courtesy of ITTF

December 10, 2009 - Asia dominated matters on the second day of play, Thursday December 10, 2009 at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in the northern Colombian city of Cartagena with only Germany standing in the way of a full house of medals for countries from the Orient. Read More

Courtesy of CTTA

Chevrolet and the Coaching Association of Canada are committed to improving Olympic performances by creating unique competitive advantages through customized grants for coach development that will benefit athletes.

Ten grants of $10,000 will be awarded this spring to coaches for the purpose of enhancing coaching excellence and expertise that will... Read More

Today's video is a clip from the Counter Smash Documentary: Mark Hazinski interview for Counter Smash

The Documentary: Delving inside the unique community of table tennis -- closely following a select group of athletes and other insiders -- on a year-long journey to tell a story about table tennis in the U.S.

Courtesy of USATT

On Saturday morning, Dec 19 at the USATT 2009 National Championships, we will feature a special event that is billed as the East Coast vs the West Coast – a final league, club team championships. This Team event will feature the Bay Area Table Tennis League against the New York Table Tennis League. The USATT continues to support league and club team competition and our vision is that this event will expand in the future.

Courtesy of Richmond News
By Mark Booth

December 09, 2009 - As Canada's top up-and-coming table tennis player, Andre Ho is in the fast lane for success and he is showing no signs of slowing down.

Originally pegged as a 2016 Olympic hopeful the goals keep changing for this 17-year-old rising star from Richmond. Read More

By Flip Carico

Roanoke VA - Chris O’Brian got the jump on the field, during the first Butterfly / East Gate Open Series on November 14, and took the first step in defending his title.

O’Brian, the 2009 series winner, went undefeated taking the Class A event with nine victories. O’Brian’s archrival Jim McQueen missed the... Read More

Courtesy of ITTF

December 9, 2009 - Germany brought proceedings to a close on the first day of play, Wednesday December 9, 2009, at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in the northern Colombian city of Cartagena by causing the one notable upset to date.

In the Boys’ Team event they beat Chinese Taipei, the no.4 seeds, by the impressive margin of three matches to nil. Read More

Today’s video features our latest promotional video, which includes top Butterfly players and equipment.

Courtesy of Butterfly-World (December 2009 Newsletter)

Material Talk with Taisei Imamura

Butterfly has written a unique success story with the new top rubbers of the TENERGY series. The TENERGY 05 was first brought on the market in May 2008 that means shortly before the glue ban in September 2008 and it was a great success straight away. Among the professionals it was the most successful and most favorite rubber very quickly. What makes the TENERGY so exceptional? Read More