Clevelanders grew up playing table tennis with friends at recreation centers across Northeast Ohio. As a right of passage, the game has turned into a honed skill and friendly competition with age. This wooden paddle sport is a must have when it comes to the 2024 Pan-American Masters Games.
Table tennis, also known as “ping-pong” and “whiff-whaff,” is a sport where individuals or teams of two players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth using small wooden racquets.
The game, which takes place on a hard table divided by a short net, requires quick eye-hand coordination, fast movements and techniques to reach 11 points before the opposing team to secure a win.
Although Forrest Gump may have competed in the 1972 World Table Tennis Championships, the event became an official Olympic sport much later in 1988.
If you’re a “master with the paddle,” we hope to see your lightning quick back-and-forth action in The Land during Summer 2024.
There will also be a parasport/adaptive option for table tennis.
Age Categories
- Men’s: 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
- Women’s: 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
Competitive Divisions
- Open
Events
- Singles
- Doubles
- Mixed Doubles
Para-Sport
- Para-sport athletes compete with and against all other athletes in their selected Age Category. Each match played will be modified by the athlete’s requirements as a para-sport athlete.
Venue
- Coming soon
