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Welcome to the PUTTC home page. Please visit the "About Us" section to find all information about the Club, including practice times, policies, opportunities for students, etc.::: Updates
- Balls of Fury! There is a Table Tennis Tournament this Thursday from 9-11 pm in Dillon Gym. Players of all levels are invited to enjoy some table tennis and some great food provided by CSA. Please email us if you are interested.
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Congratulations to the Princeton A team, who defeated all six opponents at the spring Mid-Atlantic Division Meet at Johns Hopkins and qualified for the national tournament.
Playing for Princeton were Eric Finkelstein '10, Alden Fan '11, Max Li '12, Taiyee Chien '12 and Anton Koychev GS.
You can see the full results here.
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At this year's first NCTTA Regional Meet on November 8th in Dillon Gym, the Princeton A team defeated all other schools and took the lead in the mid-Atlantic division. The next meet will take place on February 7 at Johns Hopkins University. Playing for Princeton were Adam Hugh '09, Eric Finkelstein '10, Alden Fan '11, George Xing '11, Anton Koychev GS and Yang Luo GS.
Full results can be seen here.
Highlights of Adam's and George's matches against UPenn can be viewed here and here!
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Congratulations to Max Li '12, winner of our club tournament, held on the Dillon main floor on October 3rd! Max defeated Alex Man '10 in the final. Gerald van den Berg '11 took third place with a win over Tushar Gupta '11. Phoebe Jin '10 won the consolation bracket. 21 players competed and played a total of 61 matches.
Click here for complete results, and here for a few tournament pictures!
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Spring schedule:
Wednesdays, 8-11pm;
Fridays, 8-11pm;
Sundays, 5-7pm.We play in the Group Fitness Room, upstairs in Dillon Gym. Everyone welcome! (Paddles and balls are provided.)
Sunday practices include free instruction (lessons/coaching) - email puttc@princeton.edu if you're interested.
- As of September 1st, "speed gluing" is no longer allowed. Only VOC-free, water-based glue may be used to affix the rubber to the blade. "Boosters" and "tuners" have also been banned.
- If you missed Olympic table tennis from Beijing, you can still watch all the matches as high-quality streaming video on nbcolympics.com. (Scroll through the schedule, and click on "Rewind" to start the video.)
- On August 4, Sarah and Eric appeared on NBC Philadelphia for a table tennis demonstration! Click here for videos and pics of the show. On August 8, Eric also made an appearance on the Today Show.
- PUTTC is happy to welcome Taiyee Chien (USATT rating 2037) and Nitin Viswanathan (1788) as members of the class of 2012.
- Two short clips from the 2008 Nationals are on Youtube: #1 (Pan Lin), and #2 (Eric Finkelstein and Adam Hugh). Video taken by Sarah Zheng '11.
- Adam Hugh '09 was once again voted Male Player of the Year by the NCTTA (National Collegiate Table Tennis Association).
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At the 2008 College Table Tennis National Championships (April 11-13 in Rochester, MN), Princeton again finished second in the team competition, falling only to the three-time defending champion Texas Wesleyan University. On the way to the final, Princeton defeated regional champions Iowa State, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Mississippi College, Illinois, and Puerto Rico.
In individual events, Adam Hugh '09 became national champion in men's doubles (with Tahl Leibovitz/CUNY-Queens) as well as in mixed doubles (with Judy Hugh/Rutgers). In men's singles, Adam took third place; Pan Lin '08, Eric Finkelstein '10 and Alden Fan '11 all advanced to the championship bracket and reached the round of 16, as did Sarah Zheng '11 in women's singles. Congratulations to all!
Detailed reports from the championships can be found here. See also this article in The Daily Princetonian.
- At the February 16 ACUI regional tournament in Newark, Sarah Zheng, Pan Lin, Adam Hugh, Eric Finkelstein and Alden Fan qualified for Nationals.
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At the February 10 intercollegiate meet in Dillon Gym, the Princeton A team defeated all other schools and became NCTTA Mid-Atlantic division champion for the third straight year.
Video highlights are available on YouTube: - [1.18.08] Check out this Prince article on the 2008 US Olympic Table Tennis Trials, featuring PUTTC's Adam Hugh!
- PUTTC regrets to inform all of our community members that effective September 11, 2006, Dillon Gym will no longer allow USATT members to enter the building at no charge. All community members will hence either have to purchase a yearly facility pass or pay a $10 guest fee at the front desk in order to use the gym facilities. Please refer to the Campus Recreation webpage for more information.
- Click here for our archive of club news from previous seasons.