To friends and players: I'm writing to let you know that I'm stepping back from my table tennis volunteer activity at the Green Lake Community Center. I started playing and helping out at GLCC around 2007. I purchased the glttc.org domain and created the website and email list. I created and fabricated the gym divider system, worked with Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) to purchase tables and equipment, helped organize several annual weekend tournaments, and repaired nets, barriers, and tables. I ...Continue Reading

Green Lake Community Center has updated their summer table tennis hours: Tuesday 6-8:45pm Wednesday 10am-1pm (only 7/31, 8/14, 8/28) Friday 2:30-5:30pm (only 8/2, 8/30) Note, there will be table tennis tomorrow (Wednesday 7/31) Also, we heard back from Daisy Catague following our meeting with Superintendent, Christopher Williams. She basicly said that the contract that was offered to us for Saturday evening play will not be changed from what Barb Wade presented. We will be discussing how to respond. Please ...Continue Reading

Thank you to everyone who participated in our kanban table tennis match scheduling system at the Green Lake Community Center. Unfortunately, the community center has ordered us to stop using the system. They have told us that use of kanban violates the staff's union contract, third-party software usage is not permitted, and it is not compatible with SPR's low-bar drop-in programs. We find some of these concerns to be questionable, however this decision was made by SPR's upper management. GLCC coordinator, Jewels ...Continue Reading

First, Friday evening play has stopped again for basketball season. Table tennis should be starting up again around March 29. There have been some developments regarding restoration of our pre-pandemic weekend hours. The GLTTC, together with our fiscal sponsor, Seattle Parks Foundation (SPF), applied for a "service contract" in September that would allow for a reduced rental cost on weekends. Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) responded on November 27 with a draft contract offering Saturday play from 5 pm to ...Continue Reading

The Green Lake Community Center will be closed on Friday, November 10th (Veterans Day), and Friday, November 24 (Day after Thanksgiving) We are waiting to hear when our last Friday will be before the basketball league takes over the gym. In any case, we can expect that there will be no table tennis on Fridays, January through March.  We are also waiting for the results of the partnership application that might allow us to start Saturday and/or Sunday evening table tennis. -Kim ...Continue Reading

There will be no table tennis Tuesday, August 29 or Friday, September 1 due to annual floor maintenance in the gym. Table tennis will continue on September 5. Also, Wednesday morning table tennis is starting up again beginning September 6th. We will continue with our kanban league on Tuesdays (ttcentral.com/5) and with open play on Fridays. Please note, we ask players to sit down and allow others to play if they have won 3 consecutive matches on one of the challenge tables, 1 - 9. Players should just rotate on the ...Continue Reading

All players are requested to attend a "listening session" with SPR Recreation Director, Daisy Catague this Wednesday, July 19 at 5:30 pm at the Green Lake Community Center. This will be our best chance to let SPR know how much we would like to see our weekend table tennis hours restored. I will be presenting our petition to her at the meeting. If you have not yet signed, please do so before Tuesday at noon, since the signatures are being sent to me then for final formatting. Here is the petition l ...Continue Reading

There is no table tennis at Green Lake CC on 7/4. Also, our Wednesday playtimes are ending after 7/5, and will resume in September. Thank you to 160 of you who have signed our petition to have our weekend playtimes restored. That leaves 850 others who have not yet signed. We will be presenting the petition on July 16 to the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. The more signatures, the stronger our message will be. Please sign here: https://act.newmode.net/action/seattle-parks-foundation/save-green-lake-co ...Continue Reading

Please help us restore weekend evening table tennis at Green Lake Community Center The Green Lake Community Center announced in September of 2021 that after 26 continuous years, they could no longer provide weekend table tennis. The reason given was that the off-hours weekend program violated cash handling policy and was non-standard within Seattle Parks & Recreation (SPR). This cut has reduced our average evening hours from about 13.5 per week to slightly under 5 hours. The gym now sits idle on Saturday and Sunda ...Continue Reading

Good News!  Friday Night Table Tennis at Green Lake will be starting up again on Friday, March 24th. Time will be from 6-8:45pm. Please remember to check in at the front desk with your Free Quick Card to help keep track of how many people are using our Free Drop-in Programs. Quick Cards are available at the desk -- just ask the next time you drop in.  By using the card, you help show Green Lake how popular the table tennis program is.   Best, GLTTC volunteers ...Continue Reading