Latest Updates Around The World
October 29, 2025 (by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The top seed is out and American Kanak Jha now heads into the Round of 16 in the position expected to be occupied by Hugo Calderano. The Calderano/Jha match started like many of their recent matches: an 11-4 win for Calderano put him in a dominant position, […]
October 29, 2025 (By Edgardo Vazquez – Puerto Rico National Coach / Butterfly America Sponsored Coach) The Puerto Rico National Team delivered an outstanding performance at the 2025 ITTF Pan-American Championships, held in Rock Hill, South Carolina, confirming the growth and strength of our table tennis at the continental level. Our delegation concluded its participation […]
October 29, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Mark Bates Ltd has extended its sponsorship of the National Championships for another year, continuing its partnership with Table Tennis England that began in 2020. The partnership will see the Mark Bates Ltd name remain associated with each age group of the Nationals. To celebrate the news, Mark Bates […]
October 28, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Chris Brown is excited to play his part in building a lasting legacy for next year’s ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals in London, after returning to Table Tennis England as Director of Development. Chris, who will start in his new role on November 10, will be well […]
October 28, 2025 | Francesca Bullock Under the most difficult of circumstances, a 16-strong team of British Para Table Tennis team athletes paid tribute to their late Performance Director, Gorazd Vecko MBE, who passed away last Friday, by taking part in the ITTF World Para Elite Yvelines 2025 in France, demonstrating the courage and determination […]
October 28, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Table Tennis England and World Table Tennis (WTT) invite the business community to support a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get more people around the table in 2026. Table Tennis England will be assembling a limited number of special edition ‘centenary tables’ to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the International Table […]
There was a time when the smash, especially on the forehand side, was considered the most important shot in the match. Japanese and then Chinese players dominated with forehand hitting in the 1950s and 1960s, and often into the 1970s and 1980s, often using short pips. But in modern times, looping has dominated. When I […]
October 28, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Ella Pashley and Connor Green have been rewarded for eye-catching wins at WTT Star Contender London with big rises in the world rankings. Pashley, who started the event at number 908, finished 446 places at number 463 after reaching the third qualifying round with victories over Mille Stoffregen (DEN, […]
The ITTF World Para Elite Yvelines 2025 delivers spectacular competition in Voisins-le-Bretonneux, with two days of intense action already delivering memorable moments and compelling knockout stage battles. As the final Elite event of the inaugural revamped circuit nears its conclusion on October 30, the French venue has witnessed the dominance of the world number one, […]
October 27, 2025 | Alan Ransome OBE The winners of the two singles events in the Ormesby Junior 2* Open Championships on October 26 were Louis Fell from Scarborough, who won the Junior Boys Singles, and Charlie Burnside from Ormesby, who took the Cadet title. To take the Junior title, Fell won all his matches, […]
