Australia & table tennis

yes check out the club i play at ...open 7 days a week 10 til 10:30, 18 tables,soon to be 36 after the expansion!
it really has takin off here in the past 3 or 4 years ....lucky for me

here is link: http://www.cctta.ca/cctta.asp

well the guy you see there at the top is a sponsored player for butterfly ...rated #1 in all of canada ....it is also canadian rating ...but they do play at the world level with the top guys around the world

but we do have a lot of members just under 3000 at our club

oh and just to really rub it in .....10 minutes from that club is another popular club  just down the street that just opened this year. open the same hours and nearly the same amount of tables. it is also doing very well and really starting to open up the sport ....but overall we have long way to go here in canada ....but i think were going in the right direction!!

bozbrisvegas wrote: The Brisbane table tennis association has tables set up Monday to Friday. (we pack them up only sometimes for weekends to help raise money for the club by other functions)   Are there any other clubs that you know of that have tables constantly set up?  If you are not in Australia, I am still interested in the club situation in your country.    oh, are there any A grade players on this forum from Australia?

In SA we have quite a few clubs setup with tables permanently, although some are a little smaller than your club (I've been to your club a few times).
I'm an A grade player from Australia... I know there are a few others here too...

Yes there are quite a few clubs in Australia that have tables constantly set up. Some have tables open till 2am!
Details can be found via the Table tennis Australia website. http://www.tabletennis.org.au/

As for A grade players, I saw the Australian number one post on one of the other forums, so it's a good bet some of them haunt these forums too.

Around Boston there is only one club, I think, with permanently installed tables - in Medford. All the others rent from YMCAs or school gyms for just a couple days a week. There is also RITTA which is pretty close to my part of MA - but that's officially in Rhode Island.

I'm the number one player in my town and A2 ish (number two in A grade in the smaller/mid size cities in Victoria). But probably pretty average in Melbourne I'd say :). I live close to Mount Gambier but have no played there, I often wonder if I'd be ranked in the top couple over there or not, should be

varghesep wrote: bozbrisvegas wrote: The Brisbane table tennis association has tables set up Monday to Friday. (we pack them up only sometimes for weekends to help raise money for the club by other functions) � Are there any other clubs that you know of that have tables constantly set up?� If you are not in Australia, I am still interested in the club situation in your country.� � oh, are there any A grade players on this forum from Australia? � � Who is an A grade player? Is this a kind of rating?

Its more of a level or a grade than a rating, so very general.
I think in most places theres grades A to D...
And we have to move our way up by winning comps starting from the lower grades, so you might win a comp this year so next year your pushed up a grade.

Ginko

bozbrisvegas wrote: I'm probably heading down to Sydney around Christmas is there anything open?  places with aircon of course...    BTTA shuts this week and its the thing I hate about chrissy holidays, no tt is not a holiday...

Yeah... where abouts are you planning on staying brisvegas???

Hi bozbrisvegas,

another aussie here, I  am currently playing (trying) in A1 @ the Dandenong TT Club in Melbourne, I think we have 14 or 16 tables permanently set up in a dedicated hall. 

hahaha yeah i just realised its mr lett's from the darker side of the force [oneofakind forum lol] 

Beer Belly wrote: DTopSpirit wrote: Scott Houston would probably be under "ForehandFlick", that seems to be a favorite nickname of his. I play A grade in Perth, where our main centre has 7 table set up permanently. We really need more space though - it's a bit smallish for defenders like me, and we definitely need more tables for tournaments etc. Greg ZOMG it's Greg!

Yep - I get around! Long before I took over at About.com, I used to browse several TT forums (while sitting around at work). Saw no reason to change just because I now have my own site and work from my home study!

So watch what you say - as has been mentioned before at OOAK, speak my name and I might just appear!

Hi I play at Coburg in Victoria. The club has 11 tables and a Robot. It is open 6.30 pm until 10.00 pm Monday to Friday and 1.00pm until 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. The tables are always set up because the building is only used for table tennis.
   Membership is $160 for the year. It also sells equipment.

haggisv wrote: shaun226 wrote: Hi I play at Coburg in Victoria. The club has 11 tables and a Robot. It is open 6.30 pm until 10.00 pm Monday to Friday and 1.00pm until 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. The tables are always set up because the building is only used for table tennis.    Membership is $160 for the year. It also sells equipment. Wow that is awesome! Wish we had clubs like that!

Ginko Tai Kim wrote: I heard the TT facilities over there are truely better than anything we got up here.

It's true. MSAC is like a permanent Homebush facility. And hearing that there're two more just like it is just blasphemy

As a sidenote: most of the NSW A graders here already know each other and play/train with each other regularly, it'd be far more interesting if we could unite players from other states also.

Mars wrote: Hey guys,   heres a picture of our TT club @ Dandenong.  ( I hope this works)  uploads/New/20081210_084439_GDTTA2.jpg   This was on a lazy Sunday afternoon afternoon, group coaching had finished and most player headed off home.   cheers mars

nice... that is what i would have expected from a place like australia!

so far you look like you have the best club to play at in australia in terms of how it is set up and appearance anyway

can anyone from down-under top that one?