Arctic Winter Games 2023, Table Tennis

A special postponed 2022 Arctic Winter Games will be held in January 29 to Feb 4 2023 in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada. The Arctic Winter Games are a high-profile Circumpolar sport competition for northern and arctic athletes. The first Games were held in Yellowknife in 1970, with 500 participants from Yukon, NWT and Alaska. Participants now come from Alaska, Northern Alberta, Yukon, Nunavut, Nunavik, Northwest Territories, Greenland, Finland and NorwaAlberta Canada.  Approximately 20 various sports including Table Tennis.  Alaska is scheuled to field a team of 4 juniors (2 male & 2 females, born 2004 or later) to compete in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and Team competition.  Competing for fun, culture exchange and Gold, Silver and Bronze Ulus.  The Ulu is an all purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, inupiat, yupik and Aleut women. Symbolized as the award Metal given to the 

Current and now adult Alaska Table Tennis members are alumni junior, adult players & coaches from 1976, 1982, 1994, 1996, 2012 and 2018.  The last AWG was held in 2018 as the 2020 AWG was cancelled less than 2 weeks prior to their proposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic hosting in March 2020.  The 2022 games were postponed to an unusual January 2023.  

The 2024 Arctic Winter Games will be hosted by the Mat Su Borough.  With sports held in Palmer, Wasilla, and Hatcher Pass.