North Virginia

Any forum members play in the

-North Virginia Table Tennja Club
-Smash Table Tennis

I'm on vacation/scouting for a possible relocation and trying to look for a home club to play in

http://www.pcttc.net/

Saturday from 9:30 to 1:30, you may come to this
club. Usually at least 20+ ratings 1900-2150 with
few above 2200, and 20+ ratings 1500-1900.
For non-member, you only need to pay $5 per time.
It also opens every Wednesday 6-10 but traffic may be bad.

MDTTC has league match Tuesday and Friday 7:30-, and fee is $10.
It has all ratings, and 6 person per group according to rating
to play a round robin, and also has Sunday League with rating 2100+
and for 1900-2100 you pay extra $5 in additional to $10 regular fee.

A little further south in NC is Triangle Table Tennis, the largest facility in the country. In case moving to NC is an option.

There is a Washington DC TTC around 15 miles driving distant from Tyson's Corner.
http://wdctt.com/
Gunston Community Center in Arlington has a good population of 1800 - 2200+ players:
https://parks.arlingtonva.us/parksfacilities/community-centers/gunston-community-center-weekly-schedule/. Holiday schedule might vary, thus call first will be preferred.

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Thanks guys

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simon_xuan wrote: There is a Washington DC TTC around 15 miles driving distant from Tyson's Corner. http://wdctt.com/ Gunston Community Center in Arlington has a good population of 1800 - 2200+ players: https://parks.arlingtonva.us/parksfacilities/community-centers/gunston-community-center-weekly-schedule/. Holiday schedule might vary, thus call first will be preferred.

This was a great find. I'm staying in Arlington for a couple weeks and playing at Gunston. Lots of good players and super convenient.

I've played at mdttc, wdttc, both arlington venues, potomac, and clara barton. But never at smash or novattc. I'm thinking about going to Smash for league tonight, but not sure if it will be worth the commute from Arlington on a Friday. Anyone here who is a regular at Smash and can tell me how the league works? How many matches do you normally get? And is there much waiting?

Google says about 40 minutes drive each way, and I'd like to get at least as much table time as drive time.

Look at the Session Group Archive to get a feel for the numbers and levels of players.  http://www.smashtt.com/session-group-report-historyarchive/

BRS, let me know if you end up going anywhere Saturday or Sunday. I’ll try to make it. The wife is out of town, so I have daddy duty all weekend, but it’d be cool to hit with you.

I recommend Sunday league at NOVATTC if you want to play anyone over 2000.

Smash is the nicest place to play in terms of facilities. Lots of room, good tables, good AC, sports court. I can’t play at Smash Tonigjt because my warriors are playing. The Levenes are good people.

—Japsican from OOAK, btw

Edited by Mingez - 06/08/2018 at 7:14pm

BH-Man wrote: BRS, 15 miles is nothing, but in DC where you are, when you leave, and what path you take count for everything. If you leave around 3 PM or earlier, just go up 267. If you want to take 267 on Friday, some days traffic clears up by 6 PM, but don't bank on it. Leave an hour early and if you are running late, FB message Smash. I moved out of the area of Novatt and Smash to Sacramento, but was a member at both places. The 2 PM Sunday should be good for you at Novattc. Also, either Mon or Wed (or both) around 4PM, there are several 2000-2300 players, they hang out there until around 7 PM or so. I forgot which day, Wade, Nassar, Nam, Hiep, Chopper Le, Chopper Freddy, Naveen, Guarav, and a couple others showed up. I have been gone 1.5 yrs. Smash runs a league twice a week, pretty much the same thing. You are grouped into divisions (tables) by level and do a complete round robin. There are stats kept and awards for the "season". On non-league nights, they have a court set aside with a few tables, great if you bring someone to train with to practice, no waiting or pressure to leave table. I used to do Smash league 2x a week and play at Novattc the rest of the week.

BRS, it depends on how many of who shows up at Smash, but it is typical to have 5-6 players on Table 1. Maybe I guess looking at the last few league results on the webpage would show a better story.