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Local table tennis hall of famer continues reign of excellence Las Vegas Sun, NV - Jan 2, 2009 Table Tennis hall-of-famer, David Sakai, practices at Las Vegas Table Tennis Club. Sakai took first in the 50 and over competition at the USA Table Tennis Senior national table tennis championship from Jan 5 Indopia all 2 news articles

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Table Tennis siblings Sunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka - 40 minutes ago A brother and sister combination of Erandi and Supun Warusawithana swept the boards at the Southern Province grading Table Tennis Championships held

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1. 5/8-inch black edge-banded top with net and posts
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News

The Facts as revealed by the Curator of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Museum in Switzerland

Much has been written of London Mayor Boris Johnson's claims about Whiff-Waff, but all of these comments, including the inevitable rebuttals and follow-up debate, have one thing in common: they forgot to check the FACTS!

The ITTF Museum in Lausanne has not only all the facts, but also originals of the games. The extensive museum web-site: www.ittf.com/museum has over 2000 photos covering all aspects of Table Tennis history, especially strong in the earliest years of the game, its birth and evolution.

Curator Chuck Hoey, world renowned authority on Table Tennis history, summarizes the facts, along with illustrations of the actual evidence:

Whiff-Waff, made by Slazenger & Sons, was registered as “a new game” on 31 December 1900, Trademark number 235,131, as shown above. While it is an English game, it can easily be shown that it is clearly not the first. Hopefully this evidence will at last put an end to the Whiff-Waff gaffe!

Gossima, made by John Jaques & Son, was registered on 16 July 1891, Number 157,615:
Ping-Pong was trademarked on 20 Sept. 1900 by Hamley Brothers, who became “jointly concerned” with Jaques, as the game was renamed first to „Gossima or Ping-Pong‟, then „Ping-Pong or Gossima‟, and finally just „Ping-Pong‟.

On 21 January 1891, 7 months before Gossima, Emma Barker (London) filed for an American patent, No. 454,700. Actually for a net fixture, the patent has a sketch of a table laid out like a lawn tennis court, describing the game as played much like lawn tennis, using rackets with straps for the hands. An 1891 advertisement in the USA by Spalding proves the game was made, under the name Indoor Tennis.

But the crown jewel of Table Tennis history is the very first game, made by David Foster of England in 1890. Only one example is known...

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