Welcome to the official website of the Allentown/Lehigh Valley area Table Tennis club
You have found a great place to participate in the SECOND most popular indoor sport in the world
THIS WEEK 'ONLY' UPDATES: NO play as 'YMCA' is closed - Hopefully by DECEMBER
We now have open play in our 'TEMPORARY' location @
623 Hamilton Street on Tuesdays & Fridays from 7:00pm to 9:30
PLANNING AHEAD
Please contact Fred at 610-797-6637 or fredkistler@alvattc.org
Special Announcements
ALVaTTc 'open play' hours
We now haveopen play in our 'TEMPORARY' location @ 623 Hamilton Street on Tuesdays & Fridays from 7:00pm to 9:30
EFFECT.
NO play as 'YMCA' is closed - Hopefully by DECEMBER Tuesdays- 6:30pm to 9:15* Fridays- 6:30pm to 9:15*
*Stop play @ 9:15pm SHARP! - all players helpstore equipment and must exit 'Y' by 9:25 pm
A GIANT 'thank you'to all those who so graciously donated to the 'Y' to help towards a/c repairs and last yearto those that that donated for the 'Y' Financial Aid program. Thanksalso to the volunteersthatonce again helped make our annual SportsFestTable Tennis tournament a 22 year consistently successful event..'s' SportsFest & Winter Holiday tournaments the great continued successes over the past 42 years.
Come meet, and play with members of varied age and ability levels! You will play on one of six Harvard/Stiga tables in a room with excellent lighting, and very friendly players. Whatever your ability, there are always many peer level players,...........but,...if you want...or...need verification,
take a few minutes to see........and enjoy, our very own ALVaTTc you-tube video below.
Our Club In Action!
SAFETY is a TOP PRIORITY, therefore, prior to participation, all players are advised to peruse the Guidelines tab for specifics/details while paying particular attention to Section D.
ALVaTTc
established in 1972
has been a USATT Association club member since 1973
is privileged to have a former WORLD ranked USA Paralympic Table Tennis Team player as a member
offers OFF SITE coaching by USATT Certified Coaches with reasonable rates. E-mail requests to alvattc@gmail.com
is home to TWO [2] USATT Certified Referees, ONE [1] USATT Regional Umpire TWO [2] USATT Certified Wheelchair Umpires, and THREE [3] USATT Certified Club Umpires
offers a variety of TOP QUALITY Table Tennis equipment at competitively reduced prices - see our Equipment page.
Open Play
Unless otherwise specified on the Home Page Club Calendar, the club holds Open Play twice weekly. The nightly fee for Open Play is $6.00, however discounts for under age 18 students and 'pre-paid' members are available.
Winter Hours (September - mid June): Tuesdays and Fridays from 6:30pm to 9:15pm*.
Summer Hours (mid June - September): Tuesdays and Fridays from 6:00pm to 8:45pm*.
Tournaments ALVaTTc will now host TWO Table Tennis tournament per year and both will be NON USATT 'sanctioned' events. Our annual SportsFest tournament is held in mid July. The other TBA is EITHER our Spring Classic tournament held in late March OR the Holiday Classic held 'around' the New Year. These tournaments cater to all age and ability level players and both feature 10 singles and doubles events and are
in-expensive. Awards are trophies with CA$H awarded in the
highest ability level events. Please click on Tournaments tab for info. Occasional 'club' tournaments are held throughout the year.
For all USATT 'sanctioned' tournaments, USATT membership is required and is available via our club.
Location
The club holds tournaments and Open Play nights at the Allentown YMCA at 425 S. 15th Street, Allentown, PA.18102.
For more more information on locating the club see our Directions page.
You-tube VIDEO
Philadelphia CHANNEL 10 News interview of our own Table Tennis Paralympian -
Our ALVaTTc President NOGA prior to her competing in Table Tennis in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics
