After not having pong the last two Sundays, I am here to say there WILL be pong this Sunday, May 28! I know that it’s Memorial Day week-end, but the powers that be in Decatur say we will play. Also, a shout-out to our Guyana players who are celebrating Guyana Independence Day Read more…
There will be no pong for the next TWO Sundays (Happy Mothers Day this Sunday). Oddly, there WILL be pong on Sunday, May 28–Memorial Day week-end. If you want to play this Sunday, you can drop by our friends at Lucky Shoals. Also, they have some tournaments coming up. Check Read more…
Apologies for the short notice… but the DeKalb Senior Olympics Table Tennis Event will be here in Decatur on Tuesday, May 9, starting at 6 p.m. The Early Registration deadline is Friday, April 14. In this case, “senior” begins at age 50. Click here for more information.
Happy Easter/Passover to all! Besides whatever the Easter Bunny brings you, Decatur will bring you pong. That’s right…Decatur Rec. WILL BE OPEN ON EASTER SUNDAY. Feel free to play in your Easter bonnets. In other news, the Annual Delta Air Lines Table Tennis Tourney went quite well. Decatur Rec. proved to be Read more…
It appears basketball ended early, so we are back in the gym on THURSDAYS as well as Sundays. This coming Sunday is the last Sunday of the month. This means we will hold our League Tourney. It starts promptly at 9:30 a.m., so please be on time if you wish to join Read more…
The Decatur Rec. Center will be closed for the holidays. Our next session will be Thursday, January 5. Decatur Table Tennis wishes all a happy and SAFE holiday. May Santa bring you all you wish for–including a better backhand! See you at the tables… but not before January 5.
Lennox Drakes tells me our League start-up went quite well. In the semi-finals, Dale Nembhard beat Bruce (sorry…I couldn’t get Bruce’s last name) and Abi Neupane beat Emil Palamaru. The final saw Dale defeat Abi, 3 games to 1. Many thanks to all who participated. The League was set up Read more…
Last night, volleyball ended in the gym so we will be back in the gym at 6:45 p.m. (until 10 p.m.) on Thursdays. I should add that this would be for only the next 2 or 3 Thursdays because basketball will return sometime in November. At that point, table tennis Read more…
Due to another function at the Decatur Rec. Center, there will be no pong this Sunday, Sept. 18. Also, we introduced clipboards as a way to call “Next” on a table. Please help by ensuring these clipboards get placed back in the storage bins with the nets. Keep the pencils with Read more…
Yesterday (Sunday, August 14), we celebrated George Cooper’s birthday # 75. By some miracle, it appeared that we were able to keep it SECRET, because he looked shocked when he saw the crowd, the decorations, and the cake. I am pleased to report that many of you were VERY generous Read more…