WELCOME!
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 (7/4/09)
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A message from Steve Wallitt, summer TT manager:
"Starting Monday July 6, 2009, and ALL Mondays thereafter (until the end of the summer), we will be holding League Night at the Princeton Theological Seminary. All players interested can participate. Those who just want to play regular matches during the evening are free to do so and do NOT have to join the league. Those who participate will be given preliminary ratings and will be placed in a round robin bracket. Based on the individual performance at the end of the evening, players' ratings will increase or decrease. Those who have increased their ratings will most likely be placed in a higher round robin bracket the following time they attend the league night.
Players are not obligated to participate every Monday evening, they can simply show up any Monday and ask to be included in the league challenges.
Start time: 8:00 PM.
Participating in the league is completely FREE to everyone."
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SPECIAL SUMMER LOCATION:
Starting June 3, practices will take place at the Princeton Theological Seminary's Whiteley Gymnasium, located on the corner of Stockton St. (Rte 206) and Hibben Rd., half a mile to the west of the PU campus. The address is 36 Hibben Road, Princeton NJ 08540.
Schedule: Monday 7-10pm; Wednesday 7-10pm; Friday 7-10pm; Sunday 2-5pm.
Bring your PUID for free access; guests will be charged $2 fee per visit and have to sign a waiver.
- PUTTC is happy to welcome Amaresh Sahu (USATT rating 2504) and Thomas An (2081) as members of the Class of 2013.
- Check out this article in the Daily Princetonian: "Princeton's Paddle Proficiency"!
- At the 2009 College Table Tennis National Championships, Princeton finished fourth in the team competition. Playing for PU were Eric Finkelstein '10, Alden Fan '11, George Xing '11, and Anton Koychev GS. Adam Hugh '09 was injured and could not make the trip.
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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!
- 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.