Welcome to the Sun City Table Tennis Club – your ticket to a more exciting and healthy life! The club is located near the mini-golf course at the west end of the Bell Rec Center. It is a great club and facility to help keep your body in shape, improve eye-hand coordination, sharpen those reflexes, and make some great, long-lasting friendships. Table tennis (or ping pong as it is often called) is a low-impact sport that improves balance, and also stimulates mental alertness, potentially helping to delay the onset of dementia.
The Table Tennis Club room is available for year-round play and is air conditioned, making it an especially great place to spend those hot Sun City summer months! The room is open for play anytime the Bell Recreation Center is open, so while we would like you to join our club, you can also play outside of club hours without joining.
Our club provides free lessons for beginning players, and periodically provides free lessons for more advanced players. For a small annual fee, the club also has a top-of-the-line table tennis robot to practice with, which can really help improve your strokes and make you a more consistent player. Visitors are welcome to try out the club by playing for a few sessions before joining. Paddles and balls are provided, though club members almost universally choose to bring their own paddle for playing.
Our year-round Table Tennis club hours are:
Mon / Wed / Fri 8:00am – 4:00pm Tue / Sat 9:00am – noon
We accept players of all skill levels, and have specifically assigned playing times on Mon/Wed/Fri to help match you with players at your own skill level to provide the most enjoyable and competitive experience possible. These assigned time slots are as follows:
8:00am – 10:00am Beginners / Recreational players 10:00am – noon Intermediate players Noon – 4:00pm Advanced players
The two morning sessions on Mon / Wed / Fri primarily play doubles, while the afternoon / Advanced session plays a mixture of singles and doubles.
In addition to play during regular club hours, a smaller group of Club members also meet outside of club hours on most Tuesdays and Thursdays starting around 4:30pm and going on as long as people want to play (usually until 6:00 or 6:30pm). During good weather periods, there is a “BYO beverage and snack” social gathering the first and third Thursdays of the month after the 4:30pm session completes; it’s a great time to get some exercise, then sit down afterwards to chat and get to know each other!
The Table Tennis Club has a free annual tournament for club members with prizes and lunch provided. In addition to the competition, food and prizes, winners of the tournament get their names memorialized on a wall-mounted plaque on the table tennis room – your name could be there next tournament!!
Club annual membership dues are $10. The additional annual fee for the robot, should you choose to take advantage of it, is $15, which includes a half-hour training session on how to use the robot and, if desired, 30-40 minutes of coaching on proper stroke techniques. As previously mentioned, there are also regular free lessons for beginners, and periodic free coaching sessions for intermediate players.
General Information: Randy Hostettler (Club President), 602-291-5369 or SunCityAzTTClub@gmail.com
Beginner Lessons: Tim Frank, 916-412-7504 or TimCFrank@gmail.com
We hope to see you at the club soon!!
Location: Bell Recreation Center (Table Tennis Room)
