Your first hit is free.
Never held a bat? Haven't played since school? Doesn't matter. Come down, have a hit, see if you like it. No commitment, no gear needed, nothing to pay.
Start with a practice session
Practice is casual, turn up whenever suits, play as much or as little as you like. If you're nervous about being new, Sunday afternoon is the most relaxed way in. Bats and balls are at the club.
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Monday
6:30pm to 7pm
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Wednesday
3pm to 5pm and 7pm to 9pm
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Thursday
7pm to 9pm
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Saturday
1pm to 3:30pm
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Sunday Great first visit
3pm to 5pm
Coaching is also available most Wednesdays, 7pm to 9pm, meet the coaches.
Will I fit in?
Short answer: yes. The current roster has teenagers and retirees, blokes and women, first-season players and people who've played for forty years, often at the same table.
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Never played? Perfect.
Everyone at the club started with an air swing and a sheepish grin. Practice sessions are exactly for this, and bats and balls are provided.
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Worried you'll be outclassed?
Competition teams are graded by ability, so you play people at your level. Nobody gets thrown to the A-grade wolves.
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Coming alone?
Most people do the first time. Table tennis is the easiest sport in the world to get a game in, you need exactly one other person, and the club is full of them.
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Not exactly an athlete?
It's low-impact and self-paced, play it gently social or sweat-through-your-shirt competitive. Ages 8 to 80+ genuinely share the room.
The sneaky-healthiest sport you can play
It looks like a game you play at your uncle's shed. The research says otherwise, scientists keep finding that whacking a little white ball is absurdly good for you.
🧠 Your brain loves it
Reading spin and reacting in milliseconds is a workout for the brain, not just the arm. A 2025 review of clinical studies found table tennis programs produced large improvements in cognitive scores for older adults, and a Fukuoka University study presented to the American Academy of Neurology found weekly table tennis improved speech, walking and tremor in people with Parkinson's.
Systematic review & meta-analysis (2025) · Parkinson's pilot study
❤️ Your heart too
A British Journal of Sports Medicine study following 80,306 adults found racquet sports players had a 47% lower risk of dying from any cause, the best result of every sport studied, ahead of swimming and aerobics. We're not saying ping pong makes you immortal. We're just saying the data's suspicious.
🦵 And your knees forgive you
No tackles, no jarring, no shoulder reconstructions. Table tennis builds balance, reflexes and footwork with about the lowest injury rate of any competitive sport, which is why it's one of the few sports people play for life. Our roster is the proof.
Played 8 to 80+, every week, right here in Devonport.
About the club
The Devonport Table Tennis Association runs competition table tennis for players of all ages and abilities. Once you've found your feet at practice, there's a pennant team competition on Monday and Thursday nights from 6:30pm till late, teams are selected based on ability by the roster committee, so you'll always be playing people at your level.
Clubrooms: 34 Forbes St, Devonport TAS 7310
How to find us
We share the block with the basketball stadium at 34 Forbes St. The Table Tennis Centre entrance is around the side, on Charles St, so don't be put off if the Forbes St doors are shut. Look for the big shed behind the stadium.
Lost on the night? Call Ken on 0408 372 348.
What it costs
First hit
Free
Try it first. Seriously, it's free.
Social
7
/ per week
Regular practice sessions.
Roster
10
/ per week
Pennant competition, billed in bulk at the start of a roster.
One-off join fee
- Join in January to June: that's now
- Join in July to December: that's now
You pay this when you join. It covers your insurance and registration with the sport, and it goes to the sport's insurer, not the club. Fees renew at the start of each year.
Ready to give it a go?
Give Ken Mason a call and he'll point you at the right session, or just turn up on a Sunday afternoon and say you're new. Already sold? Sign up as a member and we'll take it from there.