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WAB Club Feature: California Table Tennis, and the Angel’s Cup Butterfly Team Tournament

WAB Club Feature: California Table Tennis, and the Angel’s Cup Butterfly Team Tournament (By Steve Hopkins) The annual Angel’s Cup Butterfly Team Tournament is scheduled for November 23/24.  It is a signature Southern California event for a signature Southern California club. The format of the tournament is three-person teams with two divisions based upon rating.  […]

Austrian Open Update: Xu Xin and a Series of Upsets

Austrian Open Update: Xu Xin and a Series of Upsets (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Liebherr Austrian Open is down to the last day.  The men’s event included 177 competitors and began with qualifying rounds which lead to 16 qualifiers who joined the top 16 seeds in the […]

Ask The Experts: Hui Wang, No. 185

Ask The Experts: Hui Wang, No. 185 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Blade: Timo boll ALC Forehand: Tenergy 05 Backhand: Tenergy 05 Hi coach, I have a question about best Tenergy rubber for Viscaria ALC blade. I’m thinking about Tenergy 05fx for forehand and Tenergy 80fx for backhand. My understanding that FX rubbers are less hard […]

Ask The Experts: Jeffrey Zeng, No. 184

Ask The Experts: Jeffrey Zeng, No. 184 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Blade: Timo boll ALC Forehand: Tenergy 05 Backhand: Tenergy 05 Hi, I am tempted to try Tenergy 05 Hard. Does it have high throw also like normal Tenergy? What different characteristics does it have from normal Tenergy? Moreover, I want to put it […]

The 29th Cape Fear Open

The 29th Cape Fear Open (By Tony Murnahan) On Saturday, November 3, the 29th Cape Fear Open was held at the Massey Hill Recreation Center in Fayetteville, NC.  21 players were entered in the tournament.  This tournament was snake seeded with no preliminary round.  There was an air of excitement since Ryan “the Nightmare” Gibson (2112), […]

2018 Butterfly Southeastern Open Giant Round Robin

2018 Butterfly Southeastern Open Giant Round Robin (by Steve Hopkins) The 2018 Butterfly Southeastern Giant Round Robin tournament was held last month.  The 4-star three-day tournament featured five rated events and $7,500.  Triangle Table Tennis in Morrisville, North Carolina was the host. Friday included two warm-up singles events:  Under 1800 and Over 1800.  Changbo Lu took […]

NYITTC Nov. 18, 2018 Open Championship

NYITTC Nov. 18, 2018 Open Championship Nov. 18, 2018 Open Championship Table Tennis Tournament, Sponsored by Butterfly USATT Sanctioned 2 star Tournament, 134-32 35th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: Jean Sze (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; […]

RHODE ISLAND TABLE TENNIS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018

RHODE ISLAND TABLE TENNIS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018 JOE POLSELLI Joe Polselli Sr. ran the club for much of the 1970’s and 1980’s. He was an active member of the club for over 40 years. Joe was the first person to welcome a whole generation of Rhode Island players. When you met Joe, […]

Seamaster ITTF World Tour Swedish Open

Seamaster ITTF World Tour Swedish Open (by Steve Hopkins/Photo courtesy of ITTF) The top two seeds in the tournament were Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin.  Both advanced to the final easily. The top half of the draw had 6 Chinese players (out of 16 total players).   Fan played four matches in the tournament, and three […]

Rhode Island TT Fall Open

Rhode Island TT Fall Open (by Steve Hopkins) The RITTA Fall Open was held on November 4th at the Rhode Island Club in Manville.  The one-star USATT-sanctioned tournament included six events — all singles events based upon rating. Henry Kopczacki won the 1100, David Afando won the 1350, Yulang Wang won the 1600, Charles Cavicchio […]

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