Announcements, cancellations, and other messages will be posted here.
Check here before heading out to play.

• Group Coaching Mondays! 1 on 1 Coaching Wednesdays! Details & Sign up! 
  
• Next USATT League night 5/6 (sing up at Omnipong.com)
• Interclub Tournament VS GPCCC 4/19 (open play as well)
• USATT PA Open Championships registration is NOW OPEN.
• 6/20 & 6/21 limited space, expect CODE RED playing rules!
• 5/3 - Rec Center Mental Health day. We are in the gym. 9-1
  
• 5/3 - Juniors U18 tournament. Sign up here
• Saturday afternoon guest coaches program in May: Details here.

Make sure you are on our email list to get these announcements delivered straight to you!
Check the club  calendar for schedule changes and for local tournaments.

When the player count exceeds 29 we go to CODE RED : Matches are EXACTLY 3 games OR a timed practice of 10 minutes.
Below 29 we are CODE GREEN : Matches are best 3 out of 5 or a timed practice of 15 minutes.
Doubles matches will remain best 3 out of 5 during red and green.

The club meets at the Phoenixville Recreation Center, 501 Franklin Ave, Phoenixville PA 19460. Tuesday & Wednesday 6pm-9pm and Saturday mornings 9am-12noon  (subject to cancelations, check here first before visiting.) $5 to play.

Welcome to the Phoenixville Table Tennis Club Monthly Update April 2025.

The Greatest of Ches-Mont Championships for 2025 are complete! The champions are:

• Singles: 1st Jasen, 2nd: Abhishek
• Juniors: 1st Aiden, 2nd: Aarav
• Women's: 1st Janel, 2nd Liying, 3rd Carol, 4th Nancy
• Doubles: 1st Tim/Abhishek, 2nd Girish/Jasen

Check out photos here. Records of local and state champions can be found here also.

Upcoming Events:

• USATT League Night is 4/8. (Open play also available)
• Limited space/Code Red days this month: 4/15, 4/16
• Saturday 4/19 - Interclub Tournament VS GPCCC (Rosters are currently set. Open play also available.)
• Saturday 5/3 - Mental Health Day & Kids Tournament (We play in the gym!)
• Battle of the Counties, Minor League Table Tennis, or both are coming soon.

USATT Pennsylvania State Open Championships

USA Table Tennis has expanded their State Championship Series to include open championships as well as closed. Closed means only PA residents may participate. That is held at Manor in Lancaster this year 4/11 and 4/12. 

Phoenixville has the privilege of  holding the open this year July 12th. You can join through Omnipong.com. Space is limited due to time constraints at the recreation center. We MUST be done by 5pm. Therefore, we have opted to hold one spot in each event as a "wildcard". If the event you want to play in is full at Omnipong, you can email me to get on the waiting list. We will hold a separate event for waiting list players with the winner getting that final wildcard spot in the Open. Here is a direct link to the printable registration form.

The USATT State Championship Series awards USATT Ranking points as well as rating points, something new this year to mimic the International Table Tennis Federations World Ranking system.

Outside News & Events

Where do Olympians play after the Olympics? Philadelphia! Come see Major League Table Tennis wrap up their season at Saint Joe's, April 12th and 13th! I know, I know, "Nick, the States are that Saturday!" Fine, but you can go Sunday! The MLTT is a BLAST! And this is the CHAMPIONSHIP! Get your tickets here and use code PHILLYCLUBS to save some money. If you haven't seen MLTT in action, check them out on Youtube. The whole season is on there. You can also catch them on cable via CBS Sportsnet.

• Pottstown has open play at Fit Life Fitness from 6pm-9pm Mondays.
• Royersford has open play from 7pm-9pm at Infinite Loop Table Tennis Club
• Major League Table Tennis is holding their 2025 Championship at St. Joe's 4/12 and 4/13 (USED CODE PHILLYCLUBS to save)
• The Pennsylvania State Closed Championships are 4/11 and 4/12. The events are mostly full, but you can contact them to join a waiting list.

When: Tuesday & Wednesday nights 6pm-9pm and Saturday mornings 9am-12noon
Where: 501 Franklin Ave, Phoenixville PA 19460 (Phoenixville Recreation Center)
How much: $5 per night. Cash, Zelle or Venmo.

Playing at the Phoenixville Recreation Center since April 2022. Previously Phoenixville Table Tennis Club ran from 2009 to 2015 in Phoenixville and 2015-2020 as Rising Phoenix in KOP drawing players from Exton, Downingtown, Malvern, King of Prussia, Collegeville, Pottstown, and even Princeton, NJ.  On any night we would have between 15 and 40 players. Our friendly atmosphere, regulated playing format, and fair treatment of all playing levels helped us to succeed.

We currently have ten tables and supply training balls.

What we think makes us successful:

• We greeted everyone who visited and explained our system
• We used a waiting list system in which the player "on deck" gets to choose any opponent
• Play is managed. Table time is rotated fairly and continuously.
• We provided buckets filled with balls, you never have to stop play to retrieve yours, or anyone else's balls.
• We had a sitting area for players to converse while waiting
• Active internet presence
• A variety of periodically scheduled events such as coaching clinics, tournaments, and fun celebrations.

We keep members informed with our email list and Facebook Page and Group.
Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be placed on the email list, or fill out this form.
Find us at our Facebook Page or through our Facebook Group.

• When a player arrives, he adds himself to the bottom of the playing list.
• Each player waits his turn.
• When your name moves to the top of the list, it is your turn to play. You may choose to do one of the following:
  --ask another idle player to play a match,
  --ask three other players to play a doubles match,
  --ask another idle player if they want to practice.
  -- delay playing (if he's still tired, or wants to wait for someone who is already playing). 
  --If a player delays, it's the next player in line's turn.
• All players going to the table move their name tags from the "waiting side" to the "at the table side".
• A player who is asked for a match may decline the invitation.
• Players who chose to practice will start a 15 minute timer at the table. ***
• Matches are first to 3 wins, each game is to 11 points, and the service switches every 2 points.. ***
• When a match or practice is over, ALL players leave that table, return to the waiting area, and add their names to the BOTTOM of the waiting list.
• When there are a large number or people waiting, please pick someone else who has been waiting and who has not just come off the table.  Or consider asking three players for a doubles match.

***When the player count exceeds 26 we go to CODE RED :Matches are EXACTLY 3 games OR a timed practice of 10 minutes.
Below 26 we are CODE GREEN :Matches are best 3 out of 5 OR a timed practice of 15 minutes.
Doubles matches will remain best 3 out of 5 during red and green.

Phoenixville TTC Youtube playlists: Our videos and favorite TT videos.

• Podcast December 2023
• Podcast January 7, 2024 - Ping Pong World Cup & MLTT discussion, "Pips, what's the deal?", Handicap tournament, Group coaching info, Greatest of Ches-Mont.
• Podcast January 18, 2024 - Email list, snow days, coaching, MLTT partners program, Rubber Duck and Groundhog tournaments.
• Pongcast June 16, 2024 - Clinics, tournaments, Battle of the Counties. Video version too!
• Pongcast June 25, 2024 - Bad back, every point counts at a tournament, why we have events, save your money on rubber. Video Here.

More Local Clubs

• Google Maps Facility Locations
• Infinite Loop TTC - Trinity Lighthouse Church, 66 S. Limerick Rd, Royersford, PA 19468 (Mondays 7pm-10pm)
• Fit Life Fitness - Pottstown. (Mondays 6pm-9pm)
• Club 28 - Coatesville.
• Upper Darby TTC
• Newtown Table Tennis Club - Newtown Elementary School (Cafetorium room), 1 Wrights Road, Newtown, PA 18940
• Millersville Bible Church Table Tennis Club - 1940 New Danville Pike Lancaster, PA 17603
• Manor TTC - 530 Central Manor Road, Lancaster, PA 17603
• Trolley Car TTC - 1 Falls Center, 3300 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129
• Club 28 - 3559 Edgemont St, Philadelphia, PA 19134
• West Jersey Table Tennis Club - 3541 Pennsylvania Ave, Union and Orchard Ave, Pennsauken, NJ 08109
• Princeton Pong - 745 Alexander Road  Princeton, New Jersey 08540
• Ping Pod - 325 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 

The Rec Room (not a club)

• The Rec Room is a bar and grill restaurant at 230 Bridge Street in Phoenixville, they have several tables. 

• Phoenixville Recreation Department
• USATT (Team USA Table Tennis)
• ColesTT store $
• Gambler Table Tennis Store (formerly Zeropong) $$
• Paddle Palace Super Store $$$$
• Dynamic Table Tennis
• Ping Skills Coaching and Lessons

Know the "CHO!" policy before you go "CHO!", so know you can go "CHO!" without being told no. Thank you.

Yes, you can call it ping pong!