October 15, 2025 (by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Hugo Calderano defeated Kanak Jha in the men’s final and Adriana Diaz’s upset in the women’s final blocked a Brazilian singles victory as the action continued today at the ITTF Pan American Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Both the semi-finals and the final were played on […]
October 15, 2025 | Paul Stimpson DONIC is the official table tennis table supplier for the upcoming WTT Star Contender London 2025. The table model selected for the event is DONIC’s premium competition table tennis table, the DONIC Delhi 25 Table – Black Top, together with the DONIC Stress Table Tennis Net – Black. DONIC […]
October 15, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Young English trio Jayden Xuan Chen, Dimitar Dimitrov and Amber Lemmon (pictured above) have joined 37 of the world’s best 12-year-olds at the ITTF World Hopes Week at the Elite Training Center in Sheffield. The players and their coaches arrived from around the world on Sunday and started training […]
October 14, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Tianer Yu came of age with a brilliant double as England women sent Italy to the knockout stages of the European Championships in Croatia, where they will take on second-placed Germany. Yu, aged 17 and ranked just inside the top 300 in the world, defeated two players from the […]
October 14, 2025 (by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Singles started on Sunday, with top seeds in action on Monday. at the ITTF Pan American Championships in Rock Hill, SC. Top class player Hugo Calderano won his first two matches 4-0 and 4-1, so he could compete with the American Sid Naresh in one quarter-final. In […]
October 14, 2025 | Paul Stimpson England’s men were stunned by veteran Panagiotis Gionis as Greece’s 3-1 win eliminated them from the European Championship. After yesterday’s 3-2 win over fourth seed Portugal, England were hopeful of progressing as group winners. Instead, their hopes were dashed as Greece progressed alongside Portugal after a three-way countdown. Having […]
October 14, 2025 | Eamonn Hall Another impressive victory this week for Cold Norton B consolidates their grip on the championship in the top division of the Burnham & District Table Tennis Winter League. Things have changed since the recent wedding of Sam Lowman of Cold Norton B (pictured above) – he’s more centred, more […]
October 14, 2025 | Tony Oswick Nomads Lions set up their stall in the first week of the season Division One of the Clacton League with a convincing 10-0 win over Walton A. There were hat-tricks for Paul Hume, Adam Cuthbert (pictured above, photo by Roger Hance) and Ethan Lloyd. In the tightest match of […]
October 13, 2025 (By Edgardo Vazquez/Bowmar Sports) When playing table tennis at the highest level, every detail counts. The choice of rubber can be the difference between controlling a rally or losing the initiative. With the arrival of the new Zyre 03, Butterfly introduces an innovation that redefines the way attacking players can generate power […]
October 13, 2025 By Larry Hodges, member of the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame When you start, the coach is the BOSS. If you’re smart, you’ll do what he says. Sometimes you have a coach who just isn’t right for you, or maybe he’s just not a good coach – and then you might […]