Timpanogos Table Tennis Club

Noel Huermann & John Pratt awarded semifinalist medals in Hardbat Doubles at U.S. National Championships, Las Vegas, Dec. 2004. Noel was also the Under-2000 Hardbat Champion.

John Pratt warms up with his hardbat friend Bob Palgon at the Huntsman Senior Games, Oct. 2007

The Timpanogos Table Tennis Club meets at the Pleasant Grove Community Center from 8:00-10:30 pm on Wednesday nights. It is located on the northwest corner of 100 East and 200 South in Pleasant Grove, Utah. If you are coming on Interstate-15, take exit 278, turn right and follow a long exit road to PG, turn right at the traffic light onto State Street, go perhaps a mile until you go through the underpass, then turn left (north) immediately at the next light, which is Main St. in PG. Go a few blocks and turn right (east) on 200 South and enter the parking lot on the left near the end of that block at the PG Rec Center. Enter the northeast door and go to the upstairs gym. The cost is $3 per night. There is no other membership fee; play is open to players of all skill levels. Play is limited to twelve players per night on four tables. About five visitors per night may play, the other seven players are regular members. So your chances are best if you come right at 8 p.m.

A current ranking of active players is updated weekly. We also have one annual tournament, the Utah Valley Open in the spring. Tournament results are posted on this web site.

Hardbat Challenge. Anyone who defeats Club President John Pratt in a best 3 of 5 series to 21 with a hardbat (short pips, no sponge, wooden blade) will win a box of three 3-star Premium Nitakku balls!

Come join us. It is really fun!!

Club President and Webmaster is Dr. John P. Pratt, who can be contacted at john at johnpratt dot com (use symbols for "at" and "dot"). In case you are interested, he has written an article entitled "Attacker's Minimum" mathematically showing that if you are an attacker, you should make at least 2/3 of your "kill" shots, such that less than half can be returned. He has also invented a new tournament format to replace the double elimination, which is described in an article entitled "The Rapid Ranker Tournament." For entry forms for both the Round Robin and Rapid Ranker click here.