BCTTA NEWS

The BCTTA calls upon all table tennis players, supporters, and fans of the sport to wholeheartedly donate to the proposed Windermere Table Tennis Court, Vancouver’s first and only dedicated outdoor table tennis court. The project is the brainchild of Windermere PE department head Brad White, a tennis, squash and table tennis enthusiast and man behind the newly constructed Windermere Community Fitness Park (WCFP). The table tennis court will represent phase two of the project and be built on the remaining strip of land adjacent to the WCFP.

Dr. Chandra Madhosingh, a giant in the world of Canadian table tennis has died at age 85. Chandra, as he was known to thousands of players, officials, students and peers, served six decades at every level of the sport of table tennis and is singlehandedly responsible for encouraging generations of children to take up the sport.

At last! A new website for the BCTTA! Our goal for the new website is to recreate the conditions that existed in the 1970’s where two BCTTA publications, LeTTers and News, informed and engaged readers from all over the province every two months on all the latest table tennis news and events. Fast forward from analog newsletters to the realm of the internet where our new website can instantly engage and inform readers world wide and at a fraction of the cost!

In 2023, BCTTA will carry out a series of campaigns to promote table tennis to specific communities, namely indigenous communities, LGBTQI2S+ communities, and new immigrants to BC. This post presents a general announcement to help the BCTTA launch the campaign.

Your BCTTA membership connects you with opportunities at every skill level. You’ll build your table tennis game, benefit from participating at your level in sanctioned tournaments, and you’ll develop a ranking to build on as you hone your game.

Subscribe to the BCTTA Newsletter and get the beta on what’s happening in table tennis locally, provincially and nationally four times per year. We plan on covering tournaments and league play, as well as events and developments that centre around the sport we love. The first edition is set to appear in your inbox sometime in early spring 2023.

When we said goodbye to 2022, we said hello to building our new fresh, new BCTTA website. Among the important content we have transferred over from the old website to the new website, are the links to the many photo galleries the BCTTA has collected over the past decade. Do you have photographs from the early days of table tennis in BC. Share them with us!

The BCTTA remembers those who we have recently lost: members, players, officials, and volunteers who have made significant contributions to table tennis in BC and beyond. You are in our hearts and will never be forgotten.