PRESS RELEASE: October 13, 2008
For Immediate Release
NCTTA Announces Exclusive Table Tennis Equipment Partnership with Killerspin LLC.
The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association formally announces an exclusive 3-year Table Tennis Equipment League and Championship Partnership with Killerspin LLC. Killerspin will provide balls and barriers to 17 NCTTA Divisions throughout the country. With this agreement Killerspin becomes the official equipment supplier for College Table Tennis.
In addition to ongoing support of the NCTTA league, for the next three years
Killerspin will also provide top-of-the-line equipment for the National
Championships, including True Blue tables, 3-star champion balls, and barriers.
This will kick off with the 2009 NCTTA Championships in
As part of the agreement, member schools of the NCTTA and their participating club members can enjoy phenomenal discounts on Killerspin equipment, including:
· 20% off all regularly priced merchandise, excluding the purchase of table tennis tables
· 25% off the purchase of regularly priced tournament-used tables (pickup only)
· 15% off the purchase of regularly priced new table tennis tables
Chicago-based Killerspin produces premium quality
table tennis equipment, sports apparel and media. Killerspin’s media
initiatives have brought table tennis to the masses, with professional
competitions that have been broadcast on Fox Sports Net and ESPN around the
globe. Additionally, Killerspin gear and sponsored players are regularly
featured in well-known publications including Rolling Stone and Maxim, as well
as in popular television series, such as ‘The Simple Life’, Bravo TV’s ‘Meet
the Parker’, and HGTV. Recently,
Killerspin was the exclusive table tennis equipment supplier and featured in
the blockbuster
The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association
(NCTTA) is the governing body of College Table Tennis and is a government-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting competitive table tennis at the collegiate
level in the US and Canada. NCTTA also provides assistance and leadership in
implementing College/University Table Tennis programs, securing the opportunity
for student-athletes to compete in the sport of Table Tennis in schools and
achieve athletic and academic excellence. NCTTA maintains the eligibility and
integrity of intercollegiate Table Tennis while providing the regulation of
Varsity Table Tennis at the Collegiate Level in
For more information, contact the Media Relations Committee at the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association at publicrelations@nctta.org.
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