As it happens every year, Thursday night pong will be moved to the multi-purpose room. The room can hold 8 tables. This will happen until basketball ends in late February. Sunday sessions will still be in the gym. Also, our friends at Lucky Shoals will hold their Spring Giant Round Read more
There will be no pong this Sunday, November 12. A dance group will occupy the entire gym. In other news…yours truly and Neil Norton attended the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah last month. This was Neil’s first time and my 17th time. The games cover over 30 sports Read more
Decatur Active Living and Children & Youth Services have formed a new department, Parks and Recreation. With that, new financial decisions were made. Effective July 1, table tennis sessions will be $5 for City of Decatur residents (living in zip 30030) and $10 for non-residents. In other news, the GA Games Read more
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