Westside Table Tennis Club

Hi All! It's been a while since I had anything to post, but today I do: We're adding a new table tennis location! It's in Atwater Village (between Silver Lake and Glendale) - 5 minutes north of Downtown Los Angeles. We had help from a good friend and a great supporter of our sport in finding a perfect facility, and Killerspin was very generous in agreeing to lend us tournament flooring for all courts.... I hope we'll see many of you there soon. Details at alphatabletennis.com > Atwater Village club

Hi Everyone I wanted to give you a quick update on our first week of re-opening and some changes we’ll try out going forward. Bullet points:... Social distancing at TT is possible There was plenty of table time We’ll start a new system: Open + reservations while maintaining safe practices read below for details

Our re-opening last night went well. Not knowing what the new system would feel like, we were a little nervous about it, but it turned out to feel almost like a regular Westside night. People made an effort to stay at distance. The 1.5 hour time slots seemed good. In fact, they provided more uninterrupted play than usual, because there was nobody waiting. Thanks to all for helping the club get back on its feet.

Hi Friends As a cautious first step, we will start re-opening on Tuesday 6/16 - by reservation only. No walk-ins, please, because we need to manage the number of attendees so we can maintain social distancing. For a schedule and instructions on how to make a reservat ion, please go to: https://docs.google.com//1hwTeLdVIYGjULDKKro18O63vs9/edit

Hey Everyone I hope you're all holding up well. We're looking forward to reopening soon - hopefully. Meanwhile, last night things went in the opposite direction: Many of us found ourselves quarantined *and* under curfew for the first time in our lives! Perhaps some teenager might have been grounded, too, completing a trifecta. I'll keep you informed.

So, after over 30 years of marriage, in which I’ve played with Wei maybe a couple of dozen times, I finally cornered her again. You’d think that with a couple of TT clubs we’d have a TT table at home, but you’d think wrong. So, Pool Pong it is. Here's some of the pre-game fun. The score of the one game we did play? 11:4. I’ll let you guess for whom. https://youtu.be/o1HHS9CiZIc

My favorite quote of the day: "I feel like I'm 16 again. Gas is cheap, and I'm grounded."

Hi Friends Today we made the difficult, but necessary decision to close Westside TTC until this COVID-19 thing blows over. As much as we all would like to continue our regular lives, it simply is not worth endangering anyone. I'll post when we re-open, and I hope to see you all coming out in force to reclaim you lives from this damned critter!

Hi Friends As a measure to help keep us safe, we will cancel the Westside Round Robin until further notice. I will post again when we are ready to resume normal scheduling. Stay safe

And here's the video of the final: https://youtu.be/zjPf_5R-pk0

Sorry, folks: I got everything ready to post on Sunday - and then forgot to actually post it... Here are last Saturday's results:

Hi All Sorry for the delay in posting the results. I was out of town and only just now got to it. Here they are:

Here's the video of the final: https://youtu.be/5etLOPeEfp0

Here are the results of last night's event: