Scenes from first half of July

The 2024 Newark Butterfly West Coast Teams took place this past Saturday at a great venue, the nearby Siliman Center. Over 20 teams battled in 4 divisions for trophies and rating points. Teams had many unique team names and had a great experience battling for prizes with their teammates….

The 2024 US Nationals took the Fremont Table Tennis Academy advanced students to Huntsville, Alabama from July 3-7 for a week of excitement and overall great team bonding. All 11 students have been training this past month in the advanced summer camps and came home with 7 medals! It was overall a great experience for students to play with the top players from all parts of the US in the battle for national medals….

Can playing table tennis, better known as “ping pong,” lead to significant improvements in brain structure and function? New research published in the journal Brain Research suggests it can. Researchers discovered that table tennis players exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity and structural changes in the brain, including increased white matter integrity in regions associated with motor skills….