World Championships

London 1926: How the World Championships was born

From the archives: The story of how the World Championships was born in London in 1926, plus find out more about the first players to represent England at the event.

From the Archives

Donation of signed programme gives an insight into historic China tour

To co-incide with Sporting Heritage Day, we tell the story of a remarkable donation recently received by Table Tennis England.

September 30, 2025 | Paul Stimpson
From the Archives

How you can help preserve your sporting heritage

On National Sporting Heritage Day, our Archivist Diane Webb looks at what can be done to preserve artefacts and records and protect them from being lost.

September 30, 2025 | Diane Webb
From the Archives

Armour-plated table among the gems unearthed in archive discovery!

We've digitised a series of microfiche sheets which provide a fascinating look into the early years of our sport, as described by Diane Webb, Chair of the Archives, Museum and Records Committee.

August 7, 2025 | Diane Webb
Counties and Leagues

New vice-presidents honoured at Yorkshire centenary celebration

The Yorkshire Table Tennis Association celebrated 100 years since its formation.

April 25, 2024 | Paul Stimpson
From the Archives

Video: England’s rich World Championships heritage

Watch a video about England's rich World Championships heritage and find out how to donate items of memorabilia.

April 17, 2024 | Paul Stimpson
From the Archives

Memorabilia donation shines a light on England teams

A most generous donation of memorabilia for the archives has been received from Karenza and Ken Mathews - can you provide any extra information about these photos?

April 3, 2024 | Diane Webb
From the Archives

World-class memorabilia of pioneering umpire Dennis

Table Tennis England was grateful to receive a donation of memorabilia belonging to the late Dennis Ingrey - can you help us identify people in these photos?

March 14, 2024 | Diane Webb
From the Archives

Delve into our sport’s history in new archive albums

For the first time, photos of some of the historic artefacts in the Table Tennis England collection have been put on public display online.

December 12, 2023 | Paul Stimpson
From the Archives

National Sporting Heritage Day

Learn about the work of the Archives, Museum and Records Committee who work tirelessly to preserve table tennis heritage.

September 29, 2023 | Diane Webb
From the Archives

Friday Photos 126: Can you name these young national champions?

The third and fourth Under-13 National Championships took place in 1971 and 1972. We know who won those events but not who all the players are in the photos. Can you help identify them?

July 28, 2023 | Diane Webb