From the Archives

USA make history, but at a cost: The 1937 Worlds

From the archives: Find out why there was no Women's Singles champion at the World Championships in 1937, the year the USA made history.

From the Archives

The long and the longer of it: The 1936 Worlds

From the archives: Find out why the 10th World Championships was among the most controversial.

January 31, 2026 | Diane Webb
From the Archives

Heading down Wembley Way for the first time – the 1935 Worlds

From the archives: England welcomed the Worlds once again in 1935 - find out more about the ninth World Championships.

January 29, 2026 | Diane Webb
From the Archives

Haydon’s singles success highlights England’s 1933 Worlds campaigns

From the archives: We look back at 1933 - a unique year in which TWO World Championships were held.

January 22, 2026 | Diane Webb
From the Archives

Poor preparation hampers England – the 1932 Worlds

From the archives: Just one medal, but some eye-catching results as England struggled to make an impact at the sixth World Championships in Prague.

January 16, 2026 | Diane Webb
World Championships

Team silver for England as Barna’s legend starts to take shape

From the archives: Just one medal for England across the 1930 and 1931 World Championships, as Victor Barna emerges as a dominant force.

January 8, 2026 | Diane Webb
World Championships

Fred Perry rules the world – England at Budapest 1929

From the archives: Fred Perry becomes England's first world champion, at the age of 19 in Budapest in 1929.

December 30, 2025 | Diane Webb
World Championships

Sea travel, a sleepy schoolboy and medals – England at the 1928 Worlds

From the archives: Find out more about England's team at the second ever World Championships in Stockholm in 1928.

December 23, 2025 | Diane Webb
World Championships

England star Bernard Crouch remembered as victims of rail disaster are honoured

VIDEO: The memory of England international and World Championship medallist Bernard Crouch is enshrined in a plaque marking the railway disaster which tragically ended his and 12 other lives.

December 8, 2025 | Paul Stimpson
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.

November 27, 2025 | Diane Webb
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