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4th Place for North America at World Cadets

(Courtesy of USATT) 4th Place for North America at World Cadets Despite Strong Efforts 4th Place for North America at World Cadets They gave their best efforts but it was just shy of a medal finish for both the Cadet Boys and Cadet Girls teams representing North America at the World Cadet Challenge. In the […]

The 13th South Shore Sports/Butterfly Open

(Courtesy of Dan Seemiller) The 13th South Shore Sports/Butterfly Open The 13th South Shore Sports/Butterfly Open was held last weekend October 22-23. 141 competitors traveled to this northwest Indiana city  to compete and watch the Nate Wasserman Junior events. $7,200 was awarded to the winners and semifinalists in the age brackets 18,15 and 13 in boys […]

2016 Alabama Middle/High School TT Club Team Championships

(Courtesy of Emily Scott) When: Trussville Parks & Recreation Center Red Gym               Friday, Oct., 14, 2016   Participating Schools: 9 high schools: Baker in Mobile; Hewitt in Trussville; McAdory in McAdory; Mtn. Brook in Mtn. Brook; Oak Mtn. in Birmingham; Oneonta in Oneonta; Pinson Valley in Pinson; Spain Park in Spain Park; Sumiton […]

2016 European Championships Day Five Preview

(by Simon Daish/ITTF) 2016 European Championships Day Five Preview Day five of the Liebherr 2016 ITTF-European Championships will see the Women’s Singles event alongside the Men’s Singles reach the semi-finals stage, while the Men’s and Women’s Doubles categories will determine which players will appear in the respective finals. Petrissa Solja will be one of five […]

NY International TTC Nov. 6, 2016 Open Championship

NY International TTC Nov. 6, 2016 Open Championship Table Tennis Tournament, Sponsored by Butterfly NA USATT Sanctioned 2 star Tournament, 134-32 35th Ave,   Flushing, NY 11354 TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: Yuxiang Li (www.NYITTC.com) REFEREE: Jean Sze/CR; RULES: All USATT and regulations apply. USATT Dress Code will apply. EQUIPMENT: Butterfly tables, 3 star white butterfly balls; ENTRY POLICY: […]

2016 US Open Championships: Invitation open to all nations

(By Neha Aggarwal/ITTF) The 2016 U.S. Open Championship will be held from 12-17th December at the Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. All entries are now accepted by USATT. Early bird entry deadline is 6th November 2016 and final entry deadline is 20th November 2016. USA Table Tennis invites all nations to compete at the […]

Triangle Table Tennis October 2016 News and Happenings

We’re very excited to announce the 2017 schedule of Triangle Table Tennis Tournaments!  We have plenty of new tournament information in this newsletter, along with updates on fall training programs and school leagues. Not that you have to wait for 2017 to get some tournament action…  The USATT 4-Star sanctioned 2016 Southeastern Open Tournament (with a Giant Robin […]

Reigning champion Elizabeta Samara to lead Romanian charge at European Championships

Elizabeta Samara lead Romanian charge at European Championships (by Simon Daish / Photo: Alex Lomaev – Butterfly) Romania’s Elizabeta Samara picked up one of the greatest achievements of her Table Tennis career to date when she won the Women’s Singles category at the 2015 European Championships, and Samara is heading into the Liebherr 2016 European Championships […]

Ecuador moves to new level; Guayaquil welcomes Philip Molodzoff

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor / Photo: courtesy of Freddy Almendariz) Guayaquil, the biggest city in Ecuador but not the capital, that distinction belonging to Quito, was the home for an ITTF Level Two Coaches Course from Monday 3rd to Monday 10th October. Supported by Olympic Solidarity and organised under the auspices of the ITTF […]

European Championships: Greek contingent ready for action

(by Simon Daish / Photo: Ina Fassbender) The Liebherr 2016 European Championships are only a matter of days away, and some of Greece’s players who are heading to the event have given their thoughts on what to expect from them at the Budapest competition. Panagiotis Gionis, Ioannis Sgouropoulos, Konstantinos Papageorgiou and Giorgos Konstantinopoulos are the four Greek competitors set […]

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