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The BC Secondary Schools Table Tennis Championships 2025
BC's most inspirational and exciting table tennis tournament, the BCSSTTC, was held on February 28 and March 1 at Lord ...
The Present and Future of Table Tennis in BC
As we near the end of 2024, and our fourth year of reporting on and advocating for table tennis, Ping ...
TTBC: A New Agency For Table Tennis in BC
After more than a decade of being abandoned by an inept PSO, table tennis players in BC have a new ...
Bringing Table Tennis Closer To Where People Work and Play
Since we launched this table tennis in Vancouver blog just over four years ago, our readers have submitted dozens of ...
Point Grey Village Outdoor Table Tennis Tournament
Enter for FREE and win some of more than $500 in cash and prizes at the first annual Point Grey ...
The Table at The Stack
Kudos to OXFORD Property Management for adding a table tennis table to the public plaza at the Stack, a new ...
Point Grey Village Plaza Table
We received an invitation this past week from the Point Grey Business Improvement Association to review the newly installed table ...
Ping Pong In Paris
It's common knowledge among travellers from the table tennis community here in Vancouver that European and Asian cities are far ...
Your Guide To Playing Table Tennis Outdoors
In preparation for the VOOTTT, our editors take a hard swing at everything you need to know about playing table ...
The BCTTA: Then and Now
In the latest post in our "Investigating the BCTTA" series, we compare the mandate and mission original BC Table Tennis ...
Celebrate World Table Tennis Day!
Join Ping Pong In Vancouver in celebrating the ITTF Foundation's World Table Tennis Day (WTTD) on April 23, 2024. On ...
The Vancouver Open Outdoor Table Tennis Tournament
Ping Pong In Vancouver is proud to be the parent of a new baby, our little VOOTTT, whose full name ...
Barriers To Table Tennis Access
Barriers exist that prevent table tennis players like you or your kids from accessing the sport in your community and ...
Induct Dr. Chandra Madhosingh into BC Sports Hall of Fame
Chandra Madhosingh, who died in December of 2022, was known affectionately as the "father of table tennis in BC" for ...
Introducing Secret Weapon Sports
PingPongInVancouver.com is pleased to announce that after a long search for a responsible event and gear sponsor, we have partnered ...
My Year of Magical Thinking
From the author: "Here's a lesson about being careful what you wish for. In a very short period of time, ...
A Review of Table Tennis at Vancouver Community Centres
Community centres are the final frontier for those who love to meet up with friends to play table tennis. With ...
Windermere Table Tennis Court
For fans of outdoor table tennis in Vancouver, the day has finally arrived. The new Windermere Community Table Tennis Court ...
Completed: Vancouver’s First Dedicated Table Tennis Court
Great news for Vancouver outdoor table tennis enthusiasts! Last spring Health Minister Adrian Dix granted $44,000 towards the Vancouver School ...
Ping Pong In New York City
Ping Pong In Vancouver's Editor-in-Chief Beeyo travelled to New York city this past September to, apart from the touristy things, ...
TT4Ever for Everyone, Everywhere
Who says kids are self-absorbed with their heads buried in social media? Not the kids who make up TT4Ever, a ...
Coquitlam Municipal Hall Tables
We started out listing and evaluating places to play ping pong in Vancouver but since the city has so few ...
Outdoor Table Tennis: Vancouver Vs. Burnaby
We are two years into our mandate to promote and support the development of outdoor table tennis courts in Vancouver ...
Cameron Park Tables (Burnaby)
What can we say? Here is another quality table tennis court located in a Burnaby park! It seems Burnaby is ...
401 Georgia Table
The lone ping pong table at 401 West Georgia seems like it would be a favourite for office workers at ...
Confederation Park Tables (Burnaby)
The Confederation Park Table Tennis Court is our latest "discovery" of great places to play free, outdoor public ping pong ...
Willingdon Heights Park Tables (Burnaby)
Vancouver zero, Burnaby three, if you're keeping score. The municipality of Burnaby is in the lead when it comes to ...
Public Ping Pong Survey Results
It's no secret: Vancouver isn't big on ping pong in parks. To help advocate for safe public ping pong tables ...
Public Ping Pong Survey
Besides becoming a go-to listing for places to play ping pong in Vancouver, we want to be a voice for ...
Quayside Park Tables (New Westminster)
The Quayside Park Tables are easy to miss. They're hidden away in a small green playground next to the Fraser ...
Moody Park Tables (New Westminster)
It's great to see examples outside of Vancouver of table tennis tables safely located within the leafy green confines of ...
Lonsdale Table
Someone recently contacted PingPongInVancouver.com to tell us about a public outdoor table tennis table in North Vancouver near First and ...
Edmonds Park Tables (Burnaby)
While this table tennis table installation is in Burnaby, it's worth mentioning because, 1) it is a table tennis installation ...
The Players Directory
Ping Pong In Vancouver has finally created a players directory, one of the three main goals we set out to ...
Kits Beach Table
The Vancouver Rotary Club recently unveiled a ping pong table at Kits Beach. Situated behind the buildings along the main ...
Orchard Commons Tables, UBC
The Orchard Commons Tables are excellent aggregate stone tables with a surface more like 400 grit sandpaper than polished ...
Save On Table
The Save On Table is a really lively and generally awesome stone aggregate table but… it's right in front of ...
Oxford Place Tables
In the heart of downtown, the Oxford Place Tables is a peaceful ping pong oasis. Two tables are positioned on ...
Building An Awareness Of Our Goal
Ping Pong In Vancouver advocates for public table tennis. Our goal is to bring safe, permanent public ping pong installations ...
Table Tennis Players Need Room
Ping pong is actually a sport. The sport is table tennis. It is the second most popular sport on earth. ...
A Call For Public Table Tennis In Vancouver Parks
Unlike parks in other western countries like Germany, parks in Vancouver, despite the vast unused lawns available, do not contain ...
Let’s Take Ping Pong Player Safety Seriously
Ping pong players playing on any of the public ping pong installations we've reviewed on this website face objective hazards. ...
City Hall Tables
All things considered, this is a nice spot for playing ping pong. And a nice gesture by the city to ...
Cambie Bridge South Tables
Two of the four weather-sheltered public ping pong tables in Vancouver are located under the south end of the Cambie ...
Cambie Bridge North Tables
There are two excellent table tennis tables sheltered from the weather under the Cambie Street Bridge on the north side. ...
Adanac Bike Route Table
This funky ping pong table is located at the Vernon-Adanac Plaza, a blocked-off section of Vernon Drive, right where ...
Bryant Park Tables, New York City
From the film's description: "In the middle of New York City, tucked away in the corner of Bryant Park, sit ...
Empire Fields Tables
The three steel tables at Empire Fields, in the shadow of Vancouver's beloved wooden roller coaster offer the ultimate outdoor ...
Stonehenge Tables
Stonehenge Tables, are three tables in the Concord Pacific play area in the expanse of asphalt north of Science World. ...
