September 2024 - New business

• Club is now open WEDNESDAY 6pm-9pm. This is a group effort! Please assist the volunteers to make things move smoothly! Please be safe in working with the tables. If you aren't sure what to do, ask someone!
• Battle of the Ages - I am thinking this will start in October, but we still need to determine the year we use to divide club members. Here is a link to last year's program's details.
• Ping Pong in the Park - We would like permanent outdoor tables installed in Phoenixville. To kick off fundraising and to determine the best locations, Ping Pong in the Park will see us setting up a couple of tables for fun and tournaments around town. Places, dates and times will be announced through social media. Are target audience are the locals. But everyone is welcome to join us!
• Greatest of Phoenixville - The annual Greatest of Phoenixville table tennis championships will be held in November! To qualify for this tournament you need to live, work, or go to school in Phoenixville AND win 6 matches against 6 different individuals at the club from now until the event.  Report you wins here!
• Coaching with state champion Jameson Bernard - Various coaching sessions are available. If interested click here. We are working on opening up more opportunities.

Old business

• Congratulations to Girish and Hwang for their tournament wins at West Chester and Princeton!
• Hwang took first and Varun took second in our first annual Rahul Kapoor NO PIPs Challenge tournament. Rahul gave a very moving speech that ruffled the feathers of some pipsters. Interesting enough, none of the pipsters were willing to pick up different racket to participate. The interventions will continue. If we can save just one pipster that will be a win!
• Girish now leads in Greatest Ever Doubles Champions challenge with 37 wins. Karun is 2nd with 21 and Abi is third with 11. The Infinite Loop club has their own flag and tally system. Remember that the player with the most wins at the end of the year gets to keep the flag. 

Greetings table tennis fans!

• The Olympics have started! I bought a Peacocktv.com membership so I can watch all the action live. Because live really is the best way.  But you can also watch the replays there too. There have been some fantastic matches and it is exciting to see the crowd get so involved. 
• Saturday 8/3 - We have to clear out the stage room at 11:15am. Expect some interruptions in play as we move things around. Also one table will be dedicated to kids coaching from 10:30am - 11:45.
• Tuesday 8/6 - There is a National Night Out event in the parking lot. We still play that night, but parking will be on the street or over at the Franklin Commons.
• Thursdays thru 8/15 - Group coaching with Jameson continues. Jameson is interested in opening Thursdays to open play and one on one coaching. Making this happen is a step by step process. First step, I need to know who is interested. Is that you? Let me know so we can get a group discussion going for step two.
• Tuesday 8/20 - Stage area in use, down to 6-7 tables. (We may no longer use the exercise room. The tables leave marks on the flooring.)
• USATT League - If you already are, or you want to become a member of USA Table Tennis, you can join our league play. Players are divided into groups and play for club rating points. Here are the details. Next league sessions are 8/17 and 8/27.
• Congratulations to Bobby Helm for winning the Greatest of Ches-Mont Junior Championship, to Tiancheng Wang for winning the Blob Trophy Hardbat tournament, to Girish for his trophies at Princeton Pong and West Chester, to Jasen for his wins at West Chester and the National Championships, to Shata and Karun for their wins at the Rec. Room. I am sure I forgot something, it was a very busy July!!!
• Greatest Ever Doubles Champions is now at Infinite Loop on Mondays! Head out there, win some doubles and send me the photos. Remember, the player with the most wins at the end of the year gets to keep the flag!

Hello ping-pongers! It's time for another monthly update!

Here we go with the new business first!

• Coaching Classes for kids and adults with state champion Jameson Bernard continue Mondays 7/8, and 7/15. Details here.
• You have one more chances to qualify, 7/6, for our Blob Trophy Hardbat Tournament on 7/13. Details here.
• Rahul Kapoor's NO Pips Challenge will be announced soon! One tournament, inverted rubber only!
• Sunday July 28th is the FINAL Rec. Room by Conshy Brewing Co. Sign up here!
• There is a push to draw more players out to the Infinite Loop Club that meets Monday nights. I am getting them an Infinite Loop Greatest Doubles Champions flag for you to fight over at that club as well!
• USATT rated league. I want to get this up and running in a couple weeks. You must be a USATT member to participate. I am going to steal West Jersey's website's info for ours, but for now, it is going to look something like this.
• Greatest Ever Doubles Challenge continues! Links here to the rules and the photo gallery.

The old business!

• The USATT Cruzin' Classic tournament went very well. We were able to expand some of the event with the addition of two more tables. We had six events and 33 competitors. You can find photos in our main gallery.
  Results:
  • Open - 1st Jameson Bernard, 2nd Samarth Chythanya
  • U2200 - 1st Samarth Chythanya, 2nd Jameson Bernard
  • U1800 - 1st James Good, 2nd Frank Draves
  • U1500 - 1st Frank Draves, 2nd Varun Khanna
  • U1250 - 1st Varun Khanna, 2nd Girish Chawla
  • U1000 - 1st Janel Flor, 2nd Kishore Raju Sivaramakr
• Battle of the Counties 2024 ended with the Montgomery County Monarchs pulling ahead of the Chester County Cheetahs in the very last matchup! Winning it 162 to 156 overall. The scores and individual stats can be found here. Photos of our champions and matches can be found here. Congratulations. Battle of the Counties returns in 2025 but the Battle of the Ages will begin this fall. 
• Congratulations to James Roth for taking 2nd place in the U1250 at Princeton.
• Congratulations to Abi Stanley and Tim Weaver, members the Dragon Warriors. The Dragon Warriors won the inaugural Minor League Table Tennis championship sponsored by Major League Table Tennis. MiLTT is gearing up for the next season now. While we will not be MiLTT events, you can join Princeton Pong for theirs

• SIGN IN WHEN YOU ARRIVE!
• ADULT AND KID CLASS WITH JAMESON
• CODE RED - READ THE SIGN
• CLUB IS CLOSED SATURDAY 6/22 
• LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR possible Summer THURSDAYS 
  
• Battle of the Counties continues thru June.
• Lost and Found: ALAN FOUND HIS RACKET 

May in review - VIDEO

Greetings table tennis fans!

1. Battle of the Counties
2. Blob Trophy Hardbat Qualifiers
3. Cruzin' Classic USATT Tournament
4. Ladies Group
5. Anniversary Recap
6. MLTT Finals
7. Moore Park Tournament

1. The Battle of the Counties begins this month and continues each session until the end of June.  This year the Chester County Cheetahs and Montgomery County Monarchs are running a draft style roster. Here is a link to the current roster selections. If you weren't drafted you can still participate.
The teams will play MLTT format, five players per session, four singles matches, one doubles, and one "golden game". More details on the format here.
Arrive by 6:30 pm Tuesdays, and 9:30 am Saturdays to be considered for that session's lineup.  

2. The Blob Trophy Hardbat Tournament is now sanctioned by the International Classic Table Tennis Federation. In May there will be two mini tournaments, May 7th, and May 18th. These are open hardbat events. You can register at Omnipong.com. The winners of each mini tournament qualify to compete in our July Blob Trophy final event. We have hardbats at the club for you to use if you don't already have one. In addition, you will get a rating/ranking from ICTTF and the winner of the Blob Trophy qualifies to play at the ICTTF World Championships! Here is some video of last year's Worlds.

3. The Cruzin' Classic USATT sanctioned tournament will be held at the recreation center on Saturday June 22nd. Most events are full, but people do drop out, so if you want to be on an event's wait list, contact me. There are a couple spots open in the U1000 event as of this time. Sign up at Omnipong.com. 

4. Ladies Group. Janel is organizing the women folk! For detail talk to her at the club or send us an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.on how you can get into the sorority!

5. Thank you to everyone who was a part of our last 15 years! It has been a pleasure to serve you and bond over such a great sport! Aleem was last man standing on the king of the hill table and was crowned Intercontinental Table Tennis Champion of the World!  

6. The first season of Major League Table Tennis is in the books. 1st Place: Texas Smash, 2nd Place: Princeton Revolution, 3rd Place: Carolina Gold Rush. You can catch every season match and the finals on the MLTT Youtube channel.

7. The third annual Ping Pong in the Park tournament is coming up Tuesday May 14th, 4pm-7pm at the outdoor table in King of Prussia.  You can sign up here. I brought a couple of small tables last year and offered them again. So I am looking for volunteers to keep things going at the club until I can get there!  

Yeee haw! What a month!
Greatest of Ches-Mont championships, virtual karaoke contest, Major League Table Tennis! It's like a whirlwind!

Okay, new business first!

• Group coaching classes continue Mondays through 4/8. $20 a session. Sign up here.
• State Championships are April 5-6th in Lancaster. Go get them club members!
• Blob Trophy Hardbat Championship on July 13th now requires pre-qualification! Monthly trail details are here.
• Sat. 4/13 we are probably in 3 rooms until 11am, then we have to clear out to only one!
• Tue. 4/16 we are only in the back two rooms. Seven tables.
• Tue. 4/23 we are CLOSED because the center is a voting location.
• Sat. 4/27 we will be in the Gym
• Greatest of Ches-Mont Junior Championships have been postponed to the summer. Sign up here.
• USATT tournament in the works for June 22nd.
• Battle of the Counties begins May 4th! Here are last year's results.
• Major League Table Tennis Championships are April 27th & 28th. Watch live on the MLTT Youtube channel.
• Happy 2nd Anniversary at the Rec Center! It is our 15th anniversary as a club! Come out an celebrate with us on April 30th! Details to come!

Old business:

Your 2024 Greatest of Ches-Mont Champions! Singles: 1st Subodh, 2nd Varun. Ladies: 1st Naomi, 2nd Janel, 3rd Lilly, 4th Karen.
Doubles: 1st Nick F/Subodh 2nd: Karun and Abi. Junior event is postponed until the Summer. Our champions page is now updated!

We came in second place in the Health Care Access of Phoenixville's Virtual Karaoke Fundraiser Contest! It was a crazy event. They had a goal of $2500 but they raised over $4200! The final 48 hours was a true battle between first, second, and third. First placed knocked us out with only one minute left on the clock! You can watch all the contestants' videos here.

Ladies Group
Janel is organizing the women folk! For detail talk to her at the club or send us an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.on how you can get into the sorority!

40?!!
Yes, we had a week there where we had 40 on Tuesday and 39 on Saturday. With tournament announcements and a room being taken away from us a couple of times, that may have calmed things down so we are in the 20s and 30s. Just remember the CODE RED rules when we announce them. You will find wait times are significantly reduced when we go red. Pay attention to who is next! Listen out for "Who wants to play" and jump on it!

It's time for the Greatest of Ches-Mont Championships!

• Tuesday March 5th - Ladies Championship Invitational (Message us if you didn't get an invite!)
• Tuesday March 12th - Singles Championship (must prequalify, see below for details)
• Saturday March 16th - Doubles Championship (Soft date, we may need to reschedule.)
• Saturday March 23rd - Juniors Championship POSTPONED TO SUMMER 

All Greatest of Ches-Mont events are at no additional charge, are single elimination and require the participants to either live, work, or go to school in Chester or Montgomery Counties. In addition, the Singles Championship requires pre-qualification by winning six matches against six different individuals during our normal meetings. Report your matches here. Gallery of participants and past winners can be found here.

State Championships

Will be held April 5th-6th at Manor Church, 530 Central Manor Road, Lancaster, PA 17603. Hosted by the Manor Table Tennis Club.
Enter online at Omnipong.com.

Major League Table Tennis

? Take me out to the ball game! ? I don't know if there will be peanuts or Cracker Jacks, but there will be lively action when MLTT comes to Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. March 15,16,17th. Get you tickets here. Not familiar with MLTT? It's where the "Golden Game" originated from for our Battle of the Ages and Battle of the Counties.  Check out there past events on their Youtube page. Use Promo Code: PRINCETON25 for 25% Off!!

Kids and Adult Coaching 

This form will give you details and let you sign up. The form changes in real time, so keep visiting it for updates. We plan on restarting this month.

Karaoke Charity Fundraiser

If you missed the PongFather singing in person at the club, you are in luck! Here is the video. This video is an entry for Phoenixvilles's Health Care Access Contest. Vote for our video with dollars. Each dollar is a vote for us! Your money goes to helps provide health care services to those in need in the Phoenixville area. If we win, the prize money will go to the club!
Voting begins March 8th!

Groundhog Trophy Champion

Nick Cassell is our Groundhog Trophy Champion for 2024, showing us his is the king of handicap tournaments after winning this and our National Rubber Duck Day event. Check out more his winning smile and more photos here.

Good morning and welcome to the monthly update. 

NEW BUSINESS:

This Saturday: Our third annual Groundhog Trophy Tournament is 2/3 at 9:30am.  There is no extra entry fee, anyone may participate. It will be a handicap rules tournament and single elimination with a trophy and flag awarded to the winner. The handicap rules award starting points to the lower rated players giving them a chance against better players. And it makes every match a challenge for the higher rated players. If you don't have a rating, we will give you an estimated one. Here is our photo album of the past events.

The third Tuesday of each month: The stage area room will be used for monthly meetings for another group. Therefore we will be using only two rooms. That means only 6 tables set up. If the kitchen is free, we can put one in there.  And I was told that if the exercise room is available we can use it for the final two tables. 

The Greatest of Ches-Mont: Are you the best of Chester and Montgomery County area? Our Ches-Mont Championship tournament will be held in March. The open requires you to pre-qualify by winning six matches against six different players at the club between now and the event. You can report your wins here. Follow who has qualified here. Currently up to six players, their digital trading cards are showcased on Facebook and in this gallery.

Local tournaments: Princeton Pong holds a tournament the first weekend every month, you can sign up through Omnipong.com.  The Trolley Car Table Tennis Club and PingPod will be holding a joint tournament Saturday February 10th. You can sign up through events tab, then community, then drop down Philadlephia.... Okay it's complicated. See if you can find it at Pingpod.com. Sorry, I can't provide a direct link.

MLTT: Major League Table Tennis is to table tennis what the NFL and MLB are to football and baseball. We have joined up with their partner program. Their next matches will be Chicago VS Carolina Feb 9th @4pm, Princeton VS Florida @ 7pm. Chicago VS Princeton Feb 10th @4pm, Carolina VS Florida @ 7pm. Princeton VS Carolina Feb 11th @11am, Chicago VS Florida @2pm. These matches are streamed live on the MLTT Youtube channel.  You can also watch previous meetings there as well. Subscribe and add notifications to get pinged whenever they are streaming.
The MLTT is coming to New Jersey March 15th-17th. You can get tickets here.  I have mine already. 

When it rains, it rains money: Our rubber duck handicap system will be used for the Groundhog tournament, but also whenever it is raining, we will pull the ducks out and have a $1 to enter, winner takes all, handicap tournament. 

Time to buy more balls: The balls are starting to run thin again. If you can, donate a dollar or two so we can purchase some more! Please and thank you!

Facebook: If you shy away from the social media but still want to see what is happening with the club. Our Facebook feed is now directly viewable on our website.  So you get all our smiling faces, Greatest Ever Doubles Champion Photos, Monthly Review Videos and Lost and Shame shenanigans, 100% drama free!

Group Coaching: Our final session of group coaching will be Monday 2/5.  There are 2 spots open for the kids program from 6pm - 7pm, and 4 spots for the adult program 7pm-8:30pm. If you want to join, sign up here. The cost will be $20.

OLD BUSINESS:

Nick C. won our National Rubber Duck Day Tournament! Yes that's a real day. This was an impromptu event to test out our duck system rules. See, it pays to pay attention to our emails and Facebook to know when I have a surprise event for you!

Details and match reporting form.

Welcome to the January 2024 Monthly update!

The new business: 

• Jameson Bernard's group coaching will be held Mondays, January 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, and Feb. 5th.  The kids session is now full, but you can have your child's name placed on the waiting list.  There are now single session spaces in the adult sessions. Sing up at: http://level2199.com/short/single
• The Greatest of Ches-Mont qualifiers begin now! The Ches-Mont singles championship tournament will be held March 12th. To participate you must reside, work, or go to school in Chester or Montgomery Counites and win six matches against six different individuals at the club between now and the tournament. Report your wins here: http://level2199.com/short/matches
• The Groundhog Trophy tournament returns for it's third year in a row. This year it will be held Saturday Feb. 3rd at 9:30am.  This will also be a handicap tournament. Details to follow. Sing up here!
• National Rubber Duck Day is Saturday January 13th.  So to warm up for the Groundhog Trophy, we will hold a test handicap mini tournament that day.  No sign up necessary.

The old business:

• The second annual Greatest Ever Doubles Tournament was held 12/30. Twelve teams competed across three divisions after an initial seeding round. Here are the results:
  • Diamonds Division: 1st Zhongqi Zhang & Ray Wang, 2nd Place Mark Vrabel & Steve Lowry, 3rd Steve & Jimmy Good, 4th John Richards & Frank Roth
  • Hearts Division: 1st Alan Watt & Alex Tse, 2nd Mohammed Rajput & Randy Stoddard
  • Spades Division: 1st Karun Harikrishnan & Abishek Stanley, 2nd Santosh & Keshav Kurup
• Karun won the Greatest Ever Doubles Challenge, which is held every club meeting, 29 times in 2023. He therefore gets to keep the flag! But do not fear, we have a new one that you can fight for over the next 100 some club meetings! Girish is already training, so watch out!
• In Princeton Pong's December tournament, Karun took 1st place in the U1250 and Shata took 2nd in the U1000! Princeton holds a tournament on the first weekend of every month.

Time for the Phoenixville Table Tennis Club Monthly Update!

Schedule notes:
I had announced to the players last Saturday that we would be closed for the next two, that was INCORRECT! 
Sat. 12/2 - Closing early at 11:30 - We are unsure if we will have 9 or 7 tables in play this day. Kids mult-iball will be 11-11:30.
Sat. 12/9 - Only two rooms, 6 or 7 tables.
Sat. 12/30 - Doubles Tournament. No open play this day.
Going forward, kids multi-ball practice will be from 11am to 11:30am Saturdays.

Saturdays are always in flux for us. We are allowed to used the space if nothing else is going on. It is more profitable for the recreation center to rent the rooms for events and if that happens we have to accommodate them.  I appreciate your cooperation with this. I know it can be annoying sometimes!

Our Greatest Ever Doubles Tournament will be held Saturday 12/30 at 9am. Sign up at here or send me a message and I will add you manually.
Details link.

Details: http://level2199.com/short/gedc2023

Greatest of Phoenixville
Congratulations to Subodh for winning the Greatest of Phoenixville Championship, and to Brady and Nick for winning the doubles championship!
Here is a link to the photo album which includes the pre-tournament introduction video. Our Facebook page has a video of the live feed, and it was not a very good video. But it paves the way for our future improvement!


Greatest of Ches-Mont qualification matches will begin January 2nd.  To qualify 1 - Live, work, or go to school in Chester or Montgomery Counties. 2 - Win six matches against six different individuals at the club from January to March. We plan to have an open, women's event, under 18 event and doubles on different days in March.
Report wins here: http://level2199.com/short/gocmmatches

Jameson's group coaching programs will be held Mondays in January, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, and 1/29.
6pm - 7pm is the kids program.
7pm - 8:30pm is the adult program.
Cost will be $75 for the full four weeks.
Sign up: http://level2199.com/short/jb

Are you ready to volunteer? I have had warning I may need to pick up overtime from mid December thru early January. Should this happen during a club session, you will get the call to help setup and breakdown in my absence!  Everyone is really good at helping out. I appreciate you all!

Nick here with your November 2023 Monthly update!

Some scheduling changes coming up this month: Tuesday November 7th is election day, so we have moved that meeting to Monday November 6th.
Saturday November 18th, we have to close off the stage room after 10:45am, and will be down to 6 tables after that.

Battle of the Ages

We switched from our A,B,C vs X,Y,Z format in September to the MLTT format in October.  Team Legacy was leading up until the second week of October and then Nexgen took the lead and never looked back! Congratulations to the youngsters! Final standings: Nexgen 179, Legacy 144. Photo gallery here!

USATT Innovation and Growth Challenge

I had entered a video for the USATT's 90th Anniversary Innovation and Growth Challenge and WON! With the win I received a plaque, one year pro-membership, and free entry to the US Open.  Since I work at a small business and two of my co-workers are expecting newborns the same weekend as the Open, that is a fine excuse for my not flying out to California. And totally NOT that I dislike flying! But I am grateful for the opportunity! Don't know why Brady got his photo front and center there, maybe it is because I inspire him!

Greatest of Phoenixville

Our 2023 Greatest of Phoenixville Championship will be held Tuesday November 28th. You must qualify for this single elimination event.  To do so, you must live, work, or go to school in Phoenixville and you must report winning six matches against six different individuals at our club meetings during the months of October and November.

Greatest Ever Doubles Tournament

The Greatest Ever Doubles Champions tournament will be held Saturday December 30th at 9:30am. Registration is open through Omnipong.com.

Juniors: Kid and teen players

We have an unofficial program going. On Saturdays,11:30 to 12 Noon, I take any young players and cycle through multi-ball drills with them.  The goal is to give kids attention and drills to help them improve their play. Jameson would like to conduct group training with the more dedicated kids, please contact me if you have a kid interested. Once we have enough kids we can arrange the days, times, and price.

-We have a robot for rent for our regular players.

The long version:
Let's start with upcoming events.

Bye guys! 

Bo and Jimmy are off to college. Study hard fellas! See you soon!

BATTLE OF THE AGES

GREATEST OF PHOENIXVILLE

GREATEST EVER DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

Now for the month of August in review.

USATT 90th ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT

The all the time stuff:

GREATEST EVER DOUBLES CHAMPIONS

WATCH OUT FOR SLICK FLOORS! 
When the dew point is high, our floors and tables begin to sweat.  This begins in the furthest most room and so far has been contained there.  Please let everyone know if you feel things getting slippery.  We reconfigure the playing area to avoid that room if it occurs.

ROBOT FOR RENT
We now offer rental of a Newgy Robo-Pong 1040 to our regular members. You can take this robot home with you for $10 per week or $30 per month. You have to supply your own balls.

Blob Trophy 2023 - Our Blobfest inspired hardbat tournament saw 13 players compete. Tim H. was our winner beating Jimmy S. in the final!

Battle of the Counties has come to a close.  Our two month long event saw the Montgomery County Monarchs pulling ahead of the Chester County Cheetahs in the last two weeks and they never looked back. The Berks Bears took third over the Lehigh Lobsters.  Both those teams could only compete sporadically but I appreciate them joining in the fun!

Watch out for slick floors!  The DEW POINT is the bane of our club.  When it gets hot and humid the AC cools down the floors and table tops to the point that a thin layer of water forms over them. Please be careful, and notify others if you notice it starting up.

We will hold a USA Table Tennis sanctioned tournament on Saturday August 19th.
If you have not already signed up please contact me to be placed on the waiting list.  The events have been full for a while but people do drop out. There is no open play that day but you are welcome to spectate or volunteer!  I could use some scorekeepers for the final matches.
Here is our local area guide for those coming from out of town. 

New places to play
Recently I found out about two new places opening. 
Club 28 - 3559 Edgemont St, Philadelphia, PA 19134.  Plays Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. They also offer coaching, which you can book through their website.
Wise Game Club - 1045 Bustleton Pike Unit 7A, Feasterville-Trevose, PA 19053.  Billiards, table tennis, computer gaming.  All the Facebook videos they put out are in Russian. 
Here is a google maps list I have created with all the places to play in our area.

Princeton Pong Tournament Winners 
Jimmy and James took home some hardware in the monthly Princeton Pong tournament.

Tim-nitiative!
Tim W. has some items he would like to discuss. He is keeping a club ratings record, you will find it posted at the club. All you need to do to keep it up to date is send him your wins and losses.
Tim also would like to see about opening the club on Thursday nights.  We wanted to see if a team can be put together to share the responsibilities of setting up, breaking down, turning the money in, etc.  Nick cannot help because he works Thursday nights.  Once we have a group of volunteers, then we will approach the Rec Center with the idea. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Greetings and Salutations my table tennis friends!

Club Calendar:
Special opening Monday July 3rd, 6pm - 9pm. 
The Rec. Center is CLOSED Tuesday July 4th.
Saturday July 15th 9:30am: Hardbat Mini-tournament

It has been an interesting month! The player count ebbs and flows as the Summer vacation period begins. Our Battle of the Counties event continues on however.  We are at the halfway point and the Chester Cheetahs and Montco Monarchs are in a tight race to win the title. You can still join up here. The event runs through the end of July. Standings can be found here. 

Looking for some tournaments?
Princeton Pong has a monthly event that is usually the first Saturday and Sunday of every month.
There is an Upside Down Giant RR in Middletown on July 15th and 16th.
Go to Omnipong.com to enter or download the event entry forms.

The Colonial Theater hosts the annual BLOBFEST July 15th-16th.  So we decided to hold a 1950s themed event, the Unofficial Blobfest Hardbat Mini-tournament on Saturday July 15th at 9:30am. $3 entry fee (in addition to the regular $5 session fee). We have old school pips out, no sponge rackets that you can use for the event. Best of 3, games to 21, serve switches every 5 points, single elimination.  

Our USATT 90th Anniversary Open is full, but people do drop out from time to time. Contact me if you want to be put on the waiting list.

Congratulations to our players for their finishes at the Princeton Pong June Open!

Happy Summer Table Tennis Fans!

This has been one action packed month! Forgive me if I left something out!  Nice weather, holidays, and summer time events have probably influenced out numbers recently.  We have fallen below our 30+ player day into the mid 20s recently.

The Pennsylvania State Championships were held May 12th and 13th in Lancaster. 
Several of our players made it out to compete and spectate. 
States Champions Archive : States Photo Archive : Fox 43 News clip
I also maintain the Pennsylvania Sate Table Tennis Championships Archive on our website.

Mustache night was lots of fun: Mustache Night 2023 Photos

There was no meeting the 16th due to elections, but there was a King of Prussia District Sponsored outdoor tournament that we flocked too for free pizza and beverages.
Karun ended up edging out Dimitri for the grand prize, $50 Wegman's gift card.  Then some of us headed to the Rec. Room by Conshohocken Brewery afterwards.
Here are the Photos.

June through July we pit Montgomery county against Chester county. We have started pre-season play in preparation.
Chester County and Montgomery County will put together as many teams as they like to compete against each other.  The teams will be made up of three players each. Teams should be made up of players of similar playing ability. The top players in team A, next best players team B, etc.

A captain/manager should be selected for each county.  They will be in charge of communication with players, determining line-up and substitutions for each playing session.

Counties will rotate weekly in presenting a line-up. The “away” county line-up is presented, the “home” county will offer their line-up. If any substitutions are required to be made by the “away” county before a session’s matches begin, the “home” county may be allowed to make any changes to their line-up.  Line-ups may not change once the first match has begun. 

Matches are played as follows:
Away Team Players: A,B,C
Home Team Players: X,Y,Z
AvY, XvB, BvZ, YvC, CvZ, AvX, doubles

Each match win will count as 1 point towards the cumulative county standings.
Sign up here: http://level2199.com/short/botc
Standings are posted here: http://level2199.com/short/botcstandings
Match reporting can be done here: http://level2199.com/short/botcreporting
You can join at anytime.

We will be holding a USA Table Tennis Tournament on August 18th, 2023."
However we most events are now FULL! There are four openings in the U1000 at the time of this posting.
You can sign up through Omnipong.com. Here is a printable registration form.
For those of you who do not know how USATT tournaments work, come talk to Nick at the club or drop me an email.  I will be happy to explain it.

A big thank you for the gift card that many of you contributed towards! We appreciate it very much!
But we have to say that we appreciate all of you, our table tennis family, for making our club such a friendly and enjoyable club.
So thank you for being involved and being AWESOME!

The Greatest or Ches-Mont 2023 have been crowned! Congratulations to Dimitri, Varun, Naomi, Janel, Keshav and Jimmy!
You can find the results on our State and Local Champions page.
The Pennsylvania State Championships are being held May 12th and 13th in Lancaster. They have plenty of openings for the Women's Title, and a waiting list for most of the other events.

Our month+ long anniversary celebration continues with Mustache Night on May 9th.
Fake mustaches, come dressed up in manly costumes to win prizes, bacon, and a CAGE MATCH table!

June through July we pit Montgomery county against Chester county.
Chester County and Montgomery County will put together as many teams as they like to compete against each other.  The teams will be made up of three players each. Teams should be made up of players of similar playing ability. The top players in team A, next best players team B, etc.

A captain/manager should be selected for each county.  They will be in charge of communication with players, determining line-up and substitutions for each playing session.

Counties will rotate weekly in presenting a line-up. The “away” county line-up is presented, the “home” county will offer their line-up. If any substitutions are required to be made by the “away” county before a session’s matches begin, the “home” county may be allowed to make any changes to their line-up.  Line-ups may not change once the first match has begun. 

Matches are played as follows:
Away Team Players: A,B,C
Home Team Players: X,Y,Z
AvY, XvB, BvZ, YvC, CvZ, AvX, doubles

Each match win will count as 1 point towards the cumulative county standings.
Sign up here: http://level2199.com/short/botc
Standings are posted here: http://level2199.com/short/botcstandings
Match reporting can be done here: http://level2199.com/short/botcreporting

We will be holding a USA Table Tennis Tournament on August 18th, 2023.
You can sign up through Omnipong.com. Here is a printable registration form.
For those of you who do not know how USATT tournaments work, come talk to Nick at the club or drop me an email.  I will be happy to explain it.

Greetings table tennis fans!

April marks our 1 year anniversary at the Phoenixville Recreation Center! The club has really grown over the last year! We went from 6 to 9 tables and are seeing our player counts moving into the 30s on both Tuesdays and Saturdays!

We just finished our first kids program. We learned a few things from it and are formulating ideas on what we should do next for the kids. 

Now, let's celebrate! 

Asking for volunteers to open the club on Saturday May 13th.  Drew and Chris have volunteered to breakdown and close up. We just need a couple of people to open.  
Why? Because the Pennsylvania State Championships are that day, and the regular show runners are going.

August is a ways off, but we are hosting our first USA Table Tennis (USATT) sanctioned tournament, August 19th, 2023.

More, more, more coming soon, but I want to keep you guys focused.

Love you all!

Nick

Greetings Ping Pong fans!

This month we began our first beginner program for kids.  We had to cap the number of participants at twelve.  The ages range from 8 to 11 and they were very enthusiastic the first week.  Be aware that kids may still be playing when the club opens at 6pm, so be kind and courteous to these new players.

I am always looking to tweak and tune the club procedures and activities to give everyone the best experience.  We just started a color coded system.  We start out at CODE GREEN.  During code green, matches are best of five and practice is limited to 15 minutes.  When we exceed 25 players, we go to CODE RED. During code red, matches are best of three, and practice limited to 10 minutes.  So look for the color bar at the top of the waiting list, and the colored cards attached to the net sets at the tables.

Skipping. Keep in mind, we allow skipping when your name comes up on the list.  What does that mean? The player skipping retains their place on the list and allows the next person to play in their place.  But when the next table opens, the player who skipped is up again. So please, don't cross off a player's name when they skip, and look out for skipped names who may have a lot of crossed out players beneath them.

Time is running out to qualify for the GREATEST of CHES-MONT tournament being held the last week of April.  Be sure to report you match wins!

We have several members looking to unload equipment. Rackets, blades, and rubbers.  If you are in the market for some discounted equipment check out our Facebook group or drop me a message. We also have T-shirts for sale. Shirts can also be custom made. See the PongFather for details.

Mark your calendars for April.

• April 4th: Ladies night with Greatest of Ches-Mont WOMEN'S event.
• April 11th: Juniors night with Greatest of Ches-Mont Under 18 event.
• April 18th: Mustache night 
• April 25th: Greatest of Ches-Mont Championship.

That's all for now!

Um... I don't think I have met Tommy before, and I don't know his last name, but he beat Brady in the final 3-1 with his pen-hold style, pips, positioning, and power!  
Thank you everyone for participating!

 

 

 

 

Next up is a jam packed April! It's our month long anniversary celebration. 
Janel plans on baking something for everyone each Tuesday. Here is what I have for you so far!

• April 4th: Ladies night with Greatest of Ches-Mont WOMEN'S event.
• April 11th: Juniors night with Greatest of Ches-Mont Under 18 event.
• April 18th: Mustache night 
• April 25th: Greatest of Ches-Mont Championship.

USATT Tournament.  Okay, this is the big one.  Here is the story. 
May 6th we have been moved to the gym so that another event can be held in our normal spot. 
This gives us the opportunity to hold a full tournament in the gym.  But this is something I cannot do alone. 
I need help and backup. If you want to volunteer to help please come talk to me.
The plan is running 4 consecutive events on 8 tables and would probably run from 9am to 4pm.
If you would like more information on how USATT tournaments work let me know.

The Greatest Doubles Champions Challenge is going strong.  We post the winners on Facebook and in our website gallery. 
Hey, maybe the players who end up in the most photos at the end of the year will get something special.  

You still have time to qualify for our Greatest of Ches-Mont Championship. 
You must live, work, or go to school in Chester or Montgomery Counties and win six matches against six different players at the club between now and April 25th to qualify for the "closed" overall final. 
The Greatest of Ches-Mont Women's Championship and Juniors Championship have the same county requirement, but six wins are not necessary.
Report your wins to Nick or via this link.
Qualifiers will get their photo on a virtual "trading card" which will be posted on Facebook and in our website gallery.  

Now, lets talk about the balls.
The Nitakku balls are pretty good, haven't seen one crack yet, but have started disappearing.
Our solution? Back to cheaper balls!  There is no clear consensus on which of the three types of orange balls are best, so we are just going to use all three! 
Joola training, Nittaku training, and Mapol 3 stars.  So if you like a specific version, you can probably find one around. 
If you prefer top of the line balls, you can bring your own or purchase one from the club.  We will have white 3 Star Gambler poly balls for sale. 
Using a white ball will allow you to track it down easier amongst our sea of orange ones. 
I can't wait to talk on this subject in the next update! Oh boy!

Thanks to everyone for making our club welcoming to all and thank you to those who help setup and breakdown, YOU ROCK!

-Nick

Click here to sing up now for the Greatest Ever Doubles Ping Pong Tournament 2022.
New Years Eve, 12/31/2022 9am-12noon. Cost to enter is $30 per team.
Up to 24 teams can compete in a 3 to 4 team round robin followed by placement into either the Aces or the Kings divisions.
Each division will play in randomized single elimination round. 
Trophies will go to 1st and 2nd in each division.
Prize money might be available for the Aces division if we exceed 12 teams.  At which point prize money will scale based on entries up to a maximum of $150 for first place and $60 for second.
Kings division earns trophies only.
*This is not a USATT sanctioned event.  We will play in the three multipurpose rooms, with tile flooring, on  3 Joola DX30 tables and 3 Joola Indoor 25mm tables using white Gambler balls.

Print out flyer.

Looking for a teammate? Use this form.

Greatest of Phoenixville 2022 - Time is running out to qualify. This single elimination event has no entry fee and will be held 12/27/2022 - STARTING AT 6PM. You have only a few sessions left to qualify and compete to earn the title of 2022's Greatest of Phoenixville.  This event is mainly for bragging rights, winner gets a trophy and the title.  Next year begins the quest for Greatest of Ches-Mont.

Winter is coming.
Make sure you don't travel out to the club only to find our session canceled!
We don't just cancel for the weather, Saturdays are especially prone to cancelation due to other events being held at the recreation center.
Check your email, the website, our google calendar, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter before you come out.
As you can see, I am trying to make it as easy as possible for you so you don't waste a trip, so please check first!

Stats for 2022
Tuesdays: Highest Attendance 24, Lowest 9, Average 16, Number of meetings 31
Saturdays: Highest Attendance 13, Lowest 5, Average 7, Number of meetings 15

Thank you everyone for your making the club such and awesome place to play and socialize! We are grateful for you!

Greetings Phoenixville Table Tennis Club friends!

Table of Contents.
1 - Will election day affect the club?
2 - The Greatest of Phoenixville will be determined for 2022.
3 - The Greatest of Ches-Mont Tournament qualifications begin.
4 - The Greatest Ever Doubles Champions.
5 - Club shirts available.
6 - Recession Buster Vouchers

1 - The Phoenixville Recreation Center will be a polling place on Tuesday 11/8.  I have conflicting information on if this will affect us playing or not.  At the very least, it may cause parking headaches.  Since it is my polling place, I will let you know on that day if we are open or closed, and what the parking looks like.

2 - The Greatest of Phoenixville Ping Pong championship is approaching.  So far we have two players qualified, Janel and myself, imagine that.  The plan is to hold it before the end of 2022.  If we cannot obtain the gym for a full tournament, the championship will be held during normal club hours on a Saturday.
Remember, if you live, work, or go to school in Phoenixville you must win six matches against six different opponents to qualify for the championship event!

3 - Okay, now that Phoenixville is out of the way, Who is the greatest player in all of Chester and Montgomery counties?  Let's find out!
The Greatest of Ches-Mont Ping Pong championship event will be held in 2023.  Early bird qualifications begin 11/5. On Saturdays only, from now until January, win six matches against six different players at the club to qualify.  Starting in January, you may also qualify on Tuesday nights as well. But for now, I am using it as a way to lure more players out to Saturdays! (9am-12Noon)

4 - This is just for fun! I have a flag announcing the Greatest Ever Doubles Champions. If you want your team to get a photo with the flag, you have to be the winners for the night!  So once one team wins, they get the right to get a photo unless you beat them!  This starts from scratch each night.

5 - We have new club shirts! These shirts are cotton with a white logo and are $10.  Let me know a size and color and I can have one made for you. We also have some quick-dry embroidered club shirts for $22, while supplies last.

6 - If you would like to come to the club, but your budget is tight, reach out to me.  We are starting a voucher program.  We gave vouchers out to winners of our last tournament, and I would like to extend them to players who want to come, but have a hard time affording it.

Greatest of Ches-Mont 2023

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