2012 Schedule and Events
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American Youth Table Tennis (AYTTO) plans to offer a line-up of exciting table tennis tournaments for it's after school participants and for the table tennis community. Please click here for our programs initiatives or scroll below for a listing of our tournaments and Academies the 2012 winter and spring seasons.**************************
AYTTO and the New York City Department of Education to have partnered to create a middle school table tennis league and instructional program. The league will start the second week of January and will end March 10th 2012 with a culminating championship held at PS 126M in Manhattan on that date.
If you are a New York City parent, a school principal or an after-school teacher, who is interested in having table tennis at your school please click here to review the opportunity. You may be able to receive free equipment and coaching support. To register please complete an an 8 question survey. The last date to enter the league is extended until January 22nd 2012.
AYTTO is currently running High School Table Tennis League Tournaments each season, with a final New York City High School Championships slated for May 2012.
Interested in working with your school to form a high school league this winter season. It is still not to late to sign up.
To find out more, please click the letter above and have provide it to your School Athletic Director, Club Director or official in charge of high school sports. Also we would greatly appreciate the completion of the nine question survey.
The purpose of the Sunday Academy is to give students interested in learning more table table tennis skills and opportunity to received advanced instruction in a fun, but disciplined environment that engages everyone. Several times a year Weekend academy students are encouraged to play in local and national level tournaments. For more information please
click here
Outside school aged students may also participate for a small fee of $8 per session.
Location: PS 126M. 80 Catherine Street, New York, NY 10038.
Waiver form: Please click here . Waiver forms are needed for participation.
Contact us: Please contact us via email or phone for more information.
Schedule: Winter Season Dates: Jan 8,15 22, 29 Feb 5, 12, 26. March 4. 18, 25 We update this page each week.
AYTTO will send a coach to each of these events to assist and make the “experience” highly rewarding. We will also assist in coordinating travel and covering some of the tournament costs.
Event # 1 (Completed): October 8th and 9th. First Westchester Open. Congratulations for those who participated! Please visit our Facebook page for photographs!.
Event # 2 (Completed) : November 5th and 6th. The FIT Open is being run on Saturday November 5th between 1 and 5 pm at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Congratulations all those who competed.
Event # 3 (Completed) : November 13th. The Fat Cat School Team Challenge Table Tennis Tournament had 55 middle and high school students competing in two separate events. Please click on the link to view event photos. Congratulations to all participants and to PS 184M Middle School Team winner and KoKo Htet - High School Singles Winner.
Event # 4: (Completed) Sunday December 4th from 11AM to 2PM. New York City Open High School and Middle School Team Tournament at PS 126 Manhattan, 80 Catherine Street New York, 10038.
Seven High School and Eleven middle school teams, Eighty Four Students in total, competed in AYTTO’s New York City School Team Challenge. The format was a co-ed four person school team event. Congratulations to all, students, organizers, coaches, and parents. It was a great day! Results: High School – Winner Brooklyn Tech, Finalist High School For Duel Language and Asian Studied. Middle School – PS 184 Manhattan, Finalist – PS 340 Brooklyn. Please click here for a link to some terrific photos.
Event # 5: (Competed) Saturday December 10th from 10AM to 4PM. Westchester Table Tennis Club Youth Tournament.
Eight AYTTO students participated against some of the top juniors in the local area. It was a great day for all and an opportunity for our team to travel outside of the area to competed against others.
Event # 6: (Register Now!) Saturday January 21. Under 14 and Under 18 events Noon to 6:00 Pm Westchester Table Tennis Club Youth Tournament.
Event # 8: (Register Now!) February 25. Under 14 and Under 18 events 2PM to 5PM Pm Westchester Table Tennis Club Youth Tournament.
Event # 8: (Invitation Only ) March 10th Middle School League Championships. Saturday from 10Am to 3PM.
Winter Break Table Tennis Clinic
AYTTO is conducting a youth winter table tennis clinic at PS 126 (MAT) in Manhattan. Dates - February 22, 23, 24- Cost $20 per day and $50 for all three days. Expert instruction from world class coaches! Click here for more information. Parents may also sign up! RSVP to coach@aytto.org
If you are signing your child up for the first time this school year you will need to fill out and sign an event waiver form (see link below).AYTTO in partnership with the New York City Department of Recreation is offering a free youth clinic and adult tournament play at the Alfred E Smith Recreation Center each Saturday starting October 8th.
- · Youth Clinic: Time 10 AM to 11:30. Number of Participants 12. Click here for more information.
- · Adult Tournament and Recreational Play: Time 11:30 to 1 PM. Click here for more information.
Space is limited. Please reserve a spot for your child and / yourself by emailing us at coach@aytto.org . Include the following information – Participant first and last name, school grade (if applicable) and what program registering for (youth) or (adult). Participants and/or Parents will need to complete an enrollment waiver form. This can be brought to the event.
Schedule: Click on Calendar Page. We update this page each week.
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Past Events
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New York City School Teacher Training - Table Tennis
2011 Summer Programs and Tournaments
AYTTO in partnership with SASF and public school 126 in Lower Manhattan provided an engaging 3 week summer clinic for over 25 motivated students. The program provided participants with a detailed instruction in a fun but challenging environment.
At the end of the summer, AYTTO, sponsored 4 participants to play in the New York Open (a four star nationally sanctioned event).
ITTF Coaching Seminar
Fifteen Participants Increases their coaching knowledge and became an ITTF Level 1 Certified Coach. This Certification is recognized by AYTTO, USA Table Tennis, and every table tennis country association in the world. The information learned in this program was extremely valuable for all participants.
A total of eight schools participated in the AYTTO High School Team Championship Tournament held this Sunday May 22nd at PS 126 in Manhattan. Participating schools included Brooklyn Tech , Benjamin N Cardozo, Stuyvesant, Millennium, Midwood, Ramaz, School of the Future, and High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies.
The purpose of this co-ed tournament was to give high school students an opportunity to form teams and compete against one another. This tournament was organized by the participating high school student themselves with AYTTO as facilitating and coordinating entity. Over 5o students competed, including some top New York State talent and future Olympic team hopefuls. The presence of these players raised the intensity of play and created future rivalries.
Results: Brooklyn Tech High School "A" team; consisting of Jonah Awad, New York State # 10 in the under 18 category, Jacky Zheng, David Xiong and Andy Mai, finished first. Benjamin N. Cardozo's High School finished a close second. The Cardozo team consisted of Phillip Woo, New York State #14, Andy Liu and Andrew Jeung. The final's match produced some outstanding hard fought points with the Cardozo team falling 3-0. Each of the 3 Brooklyn Tech wins were in doubt as the Cardozo’s pushed each match to the 5th and tie-breaking game
In the semi-final Brooklyn Tech overcome their own 'B' team of Justin A,Ivan Lin ,San Koko and Keith Tan 3-2. Meanwhile, Cardozo ousted the No.2 seed in the tournament Stuyvesant 3-1. Mayor's Cup High school Girls Singles winner Anna Ho, who is ranked number 5 in New York State.
Congratulations to all participants! We hope to see you at our upcoming events!
May 8th: NYC Mayor's Cup Table Tennis Championships: – Alfred E Smith Recreation Center: NYC & Company, in partnership with American Youth Table Tennis ran its most successful mayor’s cup ever. One hundred and one entrants, expert play, free tee shirts, great conditions all lead to a fun and competitive event.
This was our fifth year organizing and running this competition. Each and every year the level of play rises. For results and an outstanding article on the event, please click here to view an article written by Youth 1 on the event.
Table Tennis is a great city sport. It requires little space, is captivating and physically and mentally challenging. We are pleased that the City of New York includes table tennis as part of the Mayor’s Cup Series
We look forward to running this event every year or the benefit of New York City and Metropolitan Area school children.
March 5th - Middle School League Championships: One Hundred and Six students competed in the second annual Middle School League Championship Tournament. Thirteen schools played. After four hours of frenzied mach play, PS 126 defeated last year's winner Nest + M. Please click here for a detailed tournament report.
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| 2011 Middle School Championships - New York City |
November 2010 - Middle School Challenge: Twenty one students participated in the Fat Cat School Challenge tournament on Saturday November 13th. Students from IS 126, Tompkins Square Middle School, and Lab School participated in a giant round robin. In the finals, Glen Price defeated Chen Qixin in a hard fought and exciting finals.
Train The Trainer Certification: On November 2nd AYTTO provided a detailed train the trainer certification program. Twenty One New York City School Teacher's participated! A special thanks to ITTF coach to Sydney Christophe for making this a memorable training for all!
November 2nd ITTF training
Prior Year Photo Gallery
AYTTO Events and Programs- 2009-10
From MiddleSchoolLeague Photos