By Willy Leparulo; guest writer
NCTTA Media Committee

They always ask us “How do you do it?” The real answer is: not without volunteers.

NCTTA is a national organization unlike any other, with no paid staff run by a volunteer board of directors and a volunteer staff. NCTTA manages a 5 star event all with the power of people!

Volunteers from across the continent (USA and Canada) are the heart and soul of one of the best events in North America!

NCTTA competitions happen all over North America led by volunteers, and these same people (mostly Alumni) come together once a year at the NCTTA Championships to work 12 hour days to make the event better than they had it when they were in school. Truly #payingITforward in every aspect.

Volunteers operate the live stream, umpire important matches, manage registration and practice areas. Willy Leparulo, Volunteer Director of the champs among other things says, “We arrive early and stay late. Where else can you ask people to work from sun up to sun down with no pay and still have a smile on their faces at the end of the day?”

NCTTA is thankful to have friends in Texas like Vlad Farcas who runs the San Antonio Table Tennis Club, https://satabletennis.org/ Marguerite Cheung of Austin Table Tennis Club https://www.austintabletennis.net/ and Scott Ryan of the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Without these movers and shakers of the Texas table tennis world, we wouldn’t be able to put on this great event.

Photo credit to Grant Bergmann

About 2022 NCTTA College Table Tennis Championships
The championships are hosted by the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association and the Round Rock CVB. Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles, and Men’s/Coed Teams, Women’s Teams. The event is sponsored by Double Happiness, Double Fish and Joola.
Watch the event on live stream starting Friday April 8th on champs.nctta.org

About NCTTA
The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization established exclusively for promoting the sport of table tennis at the college level. As the national governing body for college table tennis in the United States and Canada, NCTTA organizes elite intercollegiate competition throughout North America. www.nctta.org