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2016 Butterfly Teams Tournament: Once Again Philadelphia Hosts High Profile Table Tennis

2016 Butterfly Teams Tournament: Once Again Philadelphia Hosts High Profile Table Tennis By: Barbara Wei 2016 Butterfly Teams Tournament: Once Again Philadelphia Hosts High Profile Table Tennis Having hosted the 2008 USA Table Tennis Olympic Trials and the extremely exciting 2016 ITTF Women’s World Cup, Philadelphia once again returns to the table tennis spotlight Thanksgiving […]

2016 USA Table Tennis US Open entry form – Now Available

2016 USA Table Tennis US Open entry form – Now Available (Courtesy of USATT) October 14, 2016 To register online for the 2016 US Open Championships, click here. Get your printed copy of the 2016 US Open Entry Form here. For questions, contact USA Table Tennis at: Admin@USATT.org or call (719)866-4583 Ext. 5

Angela Guan with 2016 Women’s World Cup’s Champion & Runner-up

Angela Guan with 2016 Women’s World Cup’s Champion & Runner-up Courtesy of ITTF & Bruce Liu Not originally scheduled to go, our very own Butterfly player Angela Guan, just got back from the 2016 Seamaster Women’s World Cup, in Philadelphia, PA. “It was a last minute trip, since I did not qualify at the North America […]

Play concludes in Pattaya, surprise winners emerge

Play concludes in Pattaya, surprise winners emerge Courtesy of ITTF,  Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor October 12, 2016 The host nation’s Anurak Laowong and Yuttajak Glinbanhuen secured the Class 3 Team title to justify their top seeded position; likewise, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Ting and Tonnie Heijnen combined to be crowned Class 9-10 champions but in […]

Reminder, deadline approaching to submit nominations for Fair Play award

Deadline approaching to submit nominations for Fair Play award (by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Staged in Doha on Wednesday 7th December, the 2016 Star Awards Evening will be held immediately prior to the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals; the prestigious four day end of year event being scheduled to commence on Thursday 8th December. […]

Back to the roots but playing at a new level, heights raised in Greece

Back to the roots but playing at a new level, heights raised in Greece October 11, 2016 Courtesy of ITTF, by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor Back to the roots playing at new level, heights raised in Greece Ascending the heights, reaching for the sky; they are oft use phrases when a player responds to […]

DTTA’s Eighth MENSUAL Tournament held during 2016

DTTA’s Eighth MENSUAL Tournament held during 2016 Submitted by: Angelo Gandullia Hello Table Tennis players and friends! Last Saturday, October 8th, DTTA hosted our 8th MENSUAL Tourney of 2016, which I was fortunate to win (in A Division). Denver Table Tennis Alliance would like to congratulate, in particular:   C Division Winner, Bobby Green Runner […]

Ask A Pro Anything: meet Wong Chun Ting

by Simon Daish Ask A Pro Anything: meet Wong Chun Ting Wong Chun Ting is the latest Table Tennis player to speak with Adam Bobrow, answering fan questions and demonstrating his dancing skills in the most recent edition of ‘Ask A Pro Anything’. Progress Made Fresh from taking third spot at the Liebherr 2016 Men’s World […]

Miu Hirano responds to occasion, writes history, wins Seamaster Women’s World Cup

by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor (Photo: Bruce H. Liu) Miu Hirano writes history, wins Seamaster Women’s World Cup Acclimatising and relishing in the occasion, Japan’s Miu Hirano secured the Seamaster 2016 Women’s World Cup title in Philadelphia on the evening of Sunday 9th October; the no.5 seed, she accounted for Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching, […]

Lily Zhang reflects on meeting President Barack Obama at the White House

(By Neha Aggarwal/ITTF) Lily Zhang reflects on meeting President Barack Obama In the honor of TeamUSA’s success at Rio, all the Olympians and Paralympians were hosted at the While House by the President and the First Lady. Two time Olympian Lily Zhang was part of this historic moment. She reflects on day, which is probably […]

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