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FEATURESUSATT CI.l 11 oF -1'HE Al<)\1-11: The Ping-Pong Posse brjason Sun....................... 22
USATT LE.14(11'17. OF 'rHE MON'TH: W. C. C/eve/und ,/r. Le,igue hi· Ralph Pre,Wer .. 81Upiano Santo: 9S and Still Active and Competitive! bv Dean Johnson _......„, 10Interview with the LISA National Team Coathes br Larn· Hodges........................ 24liSATT Hall of Fame Induction: John Tannehill hv Tim Boggan ..................__ 30.........................................
SPECIAL FEATURE on Disabled Table Tennisl/The L SATT Disabled Committee
A Guide to Understanding the Paralympic Table Tennis Classification System _ 33l.i Pat-:ilympic Table Tennis Championships 4 Danic'/le Brooks ..................... 34USATT Rule Changes for Playing Against Disabled Plavers hi Sean O'Veill . 35Differences in the Rules br Karol Zhhdiak.......................................................... 35
Bios & Pictures of the LISA Disabled learn ..............,................,.,,..............,,,..... 36
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TOURNAMENTS
Cover Story: $17,000 U.S. Open Team Championships bi· Larrr //udges ... 38Arnold Championships /12 6//-h,g,x/ie£ul................................................................. 66Western Open hi·.·1/an 11 7lhemis ............................................................................... 70
Meiklejohn Senior Championships & Quaker Citv Open bi·.4/cm N )/litu;Li ,..... 74Can Cup Championships /11· LiA·
Mbouri Open br Bill Aci·i.·.....,,,..................................,....,.................................... 79
International Results: Europe Top /2, .-isian (71,p, /TTE Pro Tours................... 69US:\ Regional Tournament Writeups & Results ....................................72-73.76-77.........................................
COACHING
Energi Masten: Spin hy John Alleti ....,............................................................... 5\
MeAfee's Mechanics: The Forehand Flip Serve Remi·n bi· Ric·hard Ah·..4/09 .... 52Tips of the Month hi· Carl Danne/'..............,..........,................,................................. 53Basics Corner: The Foreliand Smash by Glenn Tepper „„„......._...................... 53The Inside-Out Sen'e of Thiago Monteiro 41· /12'i /Nuw, photos /11· Dicgo Schaa/'. 84.........................................
USATT AND OTHER NEWS
Short stutl'....................,,,.,,.,..................................,.........,.,...............,..................... 9.10
Cartoons ...........,,,..................,..............,,.,.............,.,........,..,.,.,,............................. 35,79President' s Report hi· Sheri Pinnum...................................................................... 16Senior Corner bi ()lUci & Stitil Kitlitll.............................................................,....18
An Official's View br .jr/m· /brahim ........................................................................ 20Thew Said It! br Lai n
LSATTApproved Dealers and Equipment Listing ,...,.........................................,,.. 5414 t:64 Katinp /1 r N.·ITTLTS.4 1 7 lourn:iment Schedule .................................................................................. 65LISA'I'T Board J'otes . 68
Obituaries: Bob Chaimson, Carl Kronlage, Ruben Gome:,................................00.........................................
ON THE COVER:
Bence Csaba of the Winning Canadian Team atthe U.S. Open TeamsCover Photo and Design by Tom Nguyen ©2006
Official Ctabaes Baaa, =Appated
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4 4 2 USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE e May/June 2006
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VOLUME 77, NUMBER 3
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HEADQUARTERSSTAFF
Dot-u Gheorghe Executive DirectorFelisa Huggins Tournament & Equipment CoordinatorDeborah Gray AccountingJoyce Grooms Administrative Coordinator
Dana Sclinell Programs Coordinator
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
JolmAI]en, B.J. Bellard. lim Boggan. Danielle Brooks,Carl Danner. Larry I lodges. Ed I logshead, Aziny [brahim.
Dean Johnson. Jennifer Jolinson, Wayne Johnson..Olga & Stan Kalian, Bat-bara Knininsky, Bill Lewis,
Richard McAlee, Jerry Mintz. John Oh, Sean O'Neill,Sheri Pittman, Ralph Presley. Sain Steiner, Jason Sun.
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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to:USA Table Tennis MagazineOne Olympic PlazaColorado Springs, CO 80909-5769This publication is owned and published by USATT, a nonprofit
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Christian Lillieroos Leaves
Texas Wesleyan Ad 9,0 74 9uueB> B..1. Bellard
tel- four and a hall' years as head
oach of the Texas Wesleyan'niversity table tennis program.
Christian Lillieroos bids the team and the
sport good-bye as he moves on to head a
jurestry and investment company inBeijing. China. "But by no means am Ileaving because I dori't like it here or Im
tii-ed of the team or the place - I enjoy thiswork very much." savs Coach Lillieroos.
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Ill his tenure at TWU. Coach Lillieroos
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Table Tennis Coach of the Year. lie has
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tlie USA, and Mexico.lind is the chair of
the hiternational Paralympic Table TennisCommittee. lie also sith on the executive
committee of the National Collegiate TableIbnnis Association.
The university does I tice it clitilletiyes
with the departure ofCoach Lillieroos. 1 lost
university to the upcoming 2006 NationalIntercollegiate Table Tennis
Championships iii April. the team willprepare for the tournament under the newdirection of interim head coach Keith Evans.
Teammate Jasna Reed has also moved iiito
the role ofassistant coach. Coach Lillieroos
has agreed to return to the program for two
weeks iii April to oversee the
c h .2 171 F 1 0 17 J h i p .
"Spii*it, iniention and creati\ity often
go away bee:iiise of the changes in yourlife.- reflects Christian, -but table tennis
lias brought me around the world. My kids
have been the players on the team and hadit not been for this opportunity. I would
have gladly stayed witli the program for
four and a hall years more."
Ping-Pong Diplomacy onView at the Kemper Museumof Contemporary Art
n exhibition at the Kemper Museum
11- Contemporary Art in Kansas City.VIO. takes a closer look at how two
emerging artists ilse low-tech. common
materials to create laiger-than lifescillptural en\'iromnents that fuse together
architecture and 1:Indscape and play lillynegotiate dilltient aesthetics. Ping-PonyDiplomacy: Stephen Ilendee & PhoebeWasliburn, on view March 11 -Mav 14 at
tile Kemper Museum. features two major site-specific installations by Stephen Hende: andPhoebe Washbum. and includes a ping-pony
table designed in tanclein by botli artistslocated at the center of the gallery. where
visitors can rellect on the exhibition's dimlitywhile playing a game or two.
Taking a historic 1971 table tennis
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USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE • May/June 2006 2 9
Ulpiano Santo: 98 and Still Active & Competitive!By Dean Johnson
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n any Monday or Friday evening at1]ie Tidewater Table Tennis Club in
the Kempsville Recreation Center in
Virginia Beach youll find Ulpiano Santoplaying challenge matches. After a matchor two. "Mr. Santo." as he's respectfullyreferred to at the club, will match wits with
Celus Weeks. at checkers. Nothingunusual. except for the fact that Mr. Santowas 98 years young on April 3,
Not only has Mr. Santo been blessedwith a long and fruitful life, but he has hada long und distinguished career in tabletennis: he has won 11 U.S. National titles -
three times iii the over 70 event, three times
in the over 75 and the times in the over 80.
[n every event he played, he was. iii hiswords "always the oldest. He played iiithe over 80s /br /1 .rears. Since no eventexisted for players age 90 and over. heretired from active U.S. National play since,in his words. he "could no longer competewith the youngsters." He still maintains a1300+ rating.
In addition to playing U.S. Nationalevents. Mr. Santo competed in the U.S.Senior Olympics and in the World Senior
Championships - in 1990 iii Baltimore,
where he and his partner won the over 80doubles; 1992 iii Dublin, Ireland where lie
won a silver medal in the over 80 singlesand in 1994 in Melbourne. Australia where
he and his partner won the consolations inthe over 80 doubles.
Born iii Leyte in the Philippines, Mr.Santo's career in table tennis began duringhis service in the U.S. Navy. which lie
joined in 1929. For the most part the gamewas a hobby for him and he only playedwhile his ship was in port. Following hisretirement from the Navy in 1956. he tookup the sport in earnest and begancompeting in tournaments.
During his career, Mr. Santo met andcompeted against some of the legends ottable tennis, such as Lazlo Bellak, Sol Schill
and Jimmy Me('lure.
When asked about the contribution
table tennis has made to his longevity andgood health he said. "Table tennis has beengood for me, especially for my legs. arms.
reflexes. hand-eye coordination and eyeperipheral vision which is why lin still ableto drive my car at age 98.
Mr. Santo lives iii Chesapeake with hiswife of 67 years, Francisca. 0
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(who umpired and helped make arrangements), Charlene Liu andChangping Duan . ., 55=4. *9 -- 9.11;ft-211It # r-7 Cheng Yingmi,.
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ptesidents liepottBy Sheri Soderberg Pittman
1 reported a few years ago. iii addition to providing thenembership with regular updates, 1 am also dedicated toducating you about the significance and historical
background of USATTs activities. That is why I also call each
report part of the "association primer series." It is especiallyimportant to provide the background information because manyof you are new to USATT.
USATT League Agreement
Earlier this year, I announced that this will be the year of theclubs. In January. USATT approved a 10-year league services
agreement with North American Table Tennis. USATT and NATTare pleased that Stiga/Paddle Palace is actively engaged as asponsor. As additional league details emerge. we will provide
more extensive updates. I am also working on preparing additionalinitiatives for Board approval. All of these initiatives are dedicatedto building up the infrastructure of our clubs for your enjoyment
of our sport. We also want to continually grow our association sothat new members will join and also have fun participating incompetitive opportunities. experiencing health benefits, andmaking new friends.
U.S. Open Team ChampionshipsIn March. USATT held the U,S. Open Team Championships
in cooperation with NATT. Ilistorically the tournament was heldover Thanksgiving weekend in Detroit. The tournament had alwaysbeen a highlight of many clubs' annual activities because it wasthe only 5-star team event held under the aegis of USATT. Many
clubs would hold trials to field their teams. After the first day ofpreliminary matches. teams were placed in one of multiple divisionswith players of roughly their competition level.
Several years ago. the organizer of the event decided not to
run it. There was a question about future riglits to hold thetournament, At that time, USATT was beginning its relationshipwith NATT. NATT proposed that it would rlin a team tournamentover the Thanksgiving weekend in Baltimore. The Board decidedto rename the event and signed an agreement with NATT to run itas a 4-star tournament. Years later. when USATT signed a releasewith Bob Allshouse, who had also previously operated USATT'snational training center. any questions about the naming rightsdissolved. Because of the excellent success NATT had built upwith their Thanksgiving weekend, USATT decided not to pursuereclaiming that weekend for the USOTCs. Instead. we sought an,alternative weekend. After years of dormancy. the event wasrevived. Im sure that the Board will consider a few optionsconcerning the future of this event.
North American Table Tennis Union
USATT's execittive director Dorii Glieorghe and 1 both wentto Reno for the USOTC's. We took the opportunity to meet withmany people also attending the event. In particular, we welcomedthe president and executive director of Canada. Bruce Burton andTony Kiesenhofer. A main purpose of our meeting was to discussthe North American continental agreement with the ITTF.Currently the ITTF has a developmental program in which theITTF funds continental development activities that will promotethe game globally. Each continent's representative negotiateswith the ITTF what its specific initiatives u-ill be, NATTU's currentrepresentative is Bruce Burton. As such. he is a Vice President of
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the ITTF. On behalf of NATTU, Bruce
Burton U-ill Slilli the continental
agreement with the ITTF in the near
ftiture. ]11 Reno we 711 agreed that theNorth American Table Tennis Union
should become a registered entity similarto the other five continental associations
(Africa, Asia. Europe. Oceania. ancl LatinAmerica). ITTF President Adham Sharam
agreed that this step should also be taken in order for the ITTF toformally convey its filiancia] support to North America.
Community-Based Programs Representative
In Reno, some college students also wanted to liear aboutwhy I chose not to le-appoint Willy Leparulo to serve as USATT'sCommunity-Based Programs Representative. As I explained tothem, my role as USATT president is to act in USATT's bestinterests. 1 think that Willy has done a great job iii his role aspresident within the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association,
Regarding this USATT appointment to the Board, the current By-Laws state that it is the president's right to nominate a candidate
for this position. In considering what is best for USATT. I decidedto look for another person to sei-ve in that position, In the end, tileBoard approved my nomination of Joseph Wells. Joseph is theVice President of NCTTA aiid works as sales coordinator for
Marriott international. I want to especittlly thank Christian
Lillieroos. formerly of Texas Wesleyan University. for hisassistance on this. USATT also wishes Christian all the best in
his new career in China.
35th Anniversary of Ping Pong DiplomacyThe rest of this report. in fact, pertains to China. As our
longer-term members know, table tennis plays a pivotal role in themodern relationship between our two countries. In 1971 Chinainvited the U.S. team to visit China. Iii 1972. President Nixon
traveled to China and the Chinese sent a team to tour the United
States. In both countries, the two teams played friendship matches,Tlie goodwill generated by the athletes. that in tui n changedhistory. earned the monikel- Ping Pong Dipioinacy
Iii many previous presidents reports I have alluded to the factthat 1 began playing table tennis shortly after Ping Pong DiploniacyNow I will elaborate on that and explain its current relevancy
Toward the end of last December, USATT received an
invitation to return to China for the 35'11 anniversary of Ping PongDiplomacy. The proposed trip was to take place toward the end ofMarch. As I write. the trip has just ended. One of tile participantsof this year's tour was Tim Boggan. As usual. he took copiousnotes. We'll run his story in the next issue, So, what Ill sharehere is a kind of behind-the-scenes look at this event and its
modern significance.
Zhuang Zedong gave me his firsthand account during thistour. He was a three-time world champion ('61. '63. and '65), Hesaid that China had withdrawn from international competitions,but decided to send its team to the world championships iii 1971.They were supposed to report back on their experiences, Otieday. a chance encounter changed everything. Glemi Cowan, oneof the U.S. team members, got on a bus that happened lo becarrying the Chinese athletes. As lie boarded the bus. the doorclosed and the bus began moving. He looked up und saw them.He instantly realized that this bus was not the bus lie'd meant toboard. As lie looked back at the door. it was already closed, Withhis back turned toward them momentarily. the back of his tracksuitrevealed the letters: USA. Outside of the bus. many people.
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spark Ping Pong Diploman in 1971. Wu might recognize the photo-
it's the cover photo of Tim Boggan's History of U.S. rlable Tennis, Vol. V,which covers the Ping Pong Diplomacy tours.
including the piess. witnessed what had just happened. So. on the bus.with nowhere to go to but tile next destination, Cowan had no option but to
sit, Zhuang Zedong's mind raced. 1-le'd represented China toi many years.
always with the understanding that there should be no friendly contact. iiifact. no association with Americans. But |le also recalled that iii 1970 Mao
Tse-Tung had Mvited the American jounialist Edgar Snow te. appear plihi ic lywith Mm in Tiananmen Square and had made comments signaling possibiefuture relations. He thought that it might be a good idea to make a friendly
gesture toward the American. Zhuang decided to present Glenn Cowan-with a tapestry depicting China's Hllangshall Mountains. Shortly
aftenvards. the bus arrived at its destination. Photographers and journalists.who were tipped off as to where the bus would arrive, awaited them. Zimang
Zedong and Glenn Cowan posed. showing the present On the next day.
photos ran iii newspapers worldwide. questioning whether this
demonstration of friendship between table tennis players symbolized aturn iii Sino-American leiations. One thing led ta anotlier. leading lip totoday's modern reality.
There is also an interesting story relating to the tollit sponsor.
i IongShanShii. Translated, the company name means redwood or sequoia.It was named after the tree that President Nixon planted in China in !972.Sequoias Ike for hundreds of years and grow taller than any other tree. Liu
Weijim acquired the company in 2001. A year ago. he learned that thecompany chose its name in commemoration of the Itiendship between the
U.S. and China. lie decided to offer Zliuang Zedong a position as aconsultant so that he could Itirther identify his brand with its historical
roots. So. when he learned that 2006 would be the 35{,1 alitiiversary of Ping
Pony Diploinacy. he naturally piti-sued the sponsorship opportunity. As
you'll learn in the next magazine, Mr. Liu took excellent care of its and his
generosity knew no limits.
It was a privilege for me to head the delegation. 1 also thank USATT's
staff who took pride in pittling together trip logistics. The Chinese Table
Tennis Association, HongShanShll and US,AT-1 worked together and all
events during the tour were a great success.
The aniazing thing for ine was how [ went froill being a little girl who
knew nothing about Ping Pony Diplomacy. to learning about it. When I
found out what it was and committed mysell- to the sport. I got to meet many
ofthe American Ping Pong Diplomacy delegation. Over the years. acquaintances
USATT Board of DirectorsPresident: Sheri Soderberg Pittman
1520 Dale Lane • Delray Beach, FL 33444(561) 276-4615 • [email protected]
Executive Vice President: Dr. Jiing \Vang1151 1 E. Gan'ey Ave. · El Monte. CA 91732
(626) 443-8891 •[email protected]
Treasurer: Tong Lee1 295 Quandt Court • Latioyette, CA 94549-2624
(925) 937-5044 • [email protected]
Secretary: Tim Boggan12 Lake Avenue • Merrick, NY 11566
(516) 868-0434 • [email protected]
Vice President: Robert Black,vell
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Vice President: George Brathwaite580 Main St.. Apt. 756 • Roosevelt Island. NY 10044
(212) 980-8442 • [email protected]
Vice President: Barney D. Reed1462 Old .]mial Ranch Rd. • Chula Vista. CA 91915
(619) 421-1004 · [email protected]
Vice President: Lily Yip14 Dock \Vatch Hollow Rd. • Warren, N.107059
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Foundation Representative: Dell Sweeris6617 Crossing Drive • Grand Rapids, MI 49508
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Community Based Programs' Representative:Joseph Wells
136 Meeting St. Dr. • Tallahassee, FL. 32301(904) 347-6281 • [email protected]
Olympic Athlete Representative: Ashu Jain38 Coleridge Dr. • Marlboro. NJ 07746
(732) 925-2 195 • ajain 1 [email protected]
National Athlete Representative: Khoa Agu,en3286 Pappani Way • San Jose. CA 95148(408) 406-2312 •[email protected]
National Athlete Representative: Whitney Ping16635 NW Yorktown Dr. · Beaverton. OR 97006
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turned into friends. Friendships flourished into a focus on
moving USATT forward. Moving USATT forward led to
my election. My sen'ice as USATT president led to making
friends with many of the Chinese Ping Pong Diplomacymembers. including CTTA President Xii Yinsheng and
Al-TU President Li Fill-ong.
During our tour. we spoke not just about the past,
but about the future as well. We are the guardians of the
Ping Pong Diplomacy heritage. It is through us. our
words. our actions and our commitment that the spirit of
Ping Pong Diplomacy u-ill live on. Let's each take on thechallenge of being someone who makes o difference in
tliis world. beint someone who bridges international
friendships and always carries on Ping Pony Diplomacyas a living legacy.
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Umpire Level Requirements
1 I- Te are looking for unipires wanting
to travel to foreign countries.Only International Umpires can
be sent to unipire overseas. We do send
National Umpires to umpire iii Canada.USATT pays partial travel expenses for
unipires sent to foreign tournaments. It is agreat experience for those who go.
USATT has 34 active International
Umpires. Ofthose 34. all but six are over 50years old and 20 are over 60. We want to
encourage younger Umpires to step Lip andmove up to the international level.
The steps are:Club Empire-Any USATT member
can pay $ 10 and take the open book examon the web or on paper. The exam is 50 triie/false, multiple choice and playing situationquestions.
Regional Umpire-Aclub timpire with
a minimum ofoneyear's unipire experienceincluding at least 25 high level matches ofwhich at least five are doubles. The exam is
50 multiple choice and playing situation
Seniot CotnetBy Olga & Stan Kahan,LIXATT Senior Committee Co-Chairs
949-830-6699 (ph) · 949-240-7167 (fax)
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fterthe hectic days at the 2006 U.S.I)pen Team ChampionshipsMarch, 3-5) in Reno, NV, two
members of the U.S. Women's Team, Gao Jun
and Crystal Huang, were eseorted by LWVclub coach Loc Bao Ngo to Laguna Woods.to follow up Lily Yip's recommendation to paya visit to the Club of the Month (Mar/Apr2006). These charming USATT top womenathletes gave a first-class table tennisexhibition with a virtuosity of table tennisstrokes. to the delight of the Laguna WoodsVillage club's members, average age 71. Itwas a wonderful gift given by young Olympicwomen to the mature table tennis enthusiasts.
We hope that such a fine gesture ofcommunity service by top table tennis athleteswill also spread over to other seniorcommunities. This might spark an incentiveamong veteran recreational players to becomemore involved in table tennis and to take
advantage of having professional trainingsessions by certified USATT coaches on aregular basis.
questions with a one-hour time limit. The exam fee is $ 15.
National Umpire
regional umpire with a minimumof one years Regional Empire
experience, including at least )5
high level matches of which atleast live are doubles. The exam i
50 questions with a one-hour time limit. Theexam is given only at the U.S. Open and theU.S. Nationals.
International Umpire - Must be an
active National Umpire for at least two yearsand be recommended by the Rules/OfficialsCommittee.
More details on these exam levels are on
the USATT web site under the Rules tab.
Umpire Recertification - To ensure
that umpires keep up with rules changes, allUSATT umpires must recertity every three
years beginning in 2006. The recertificationexam is an open book exam that can be taken
free on the web or for S5 on paper.
New Referee RequirementsIn 2003 USATT began a certified
referee program to provide a uniformstandard for referees. The old standard
required the referee to be a regional or
The
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Mickeljohn North American Seniors (June1-4) in Laguna Woods. California, with$ 16,000 monetary prizes and trophies in 33age and rated events, sanctioned by theUSATT. Hurry up and do not 111iSS thistournament i (Contact their at
[email protected].)The California Senior Games
Association organizes the California SeniorGaines Championships ("CSGS"). On June17, table tennis players (50 years or older)will be competing in Advanced and NoviceDivisions (Singles, Doubles and MixedDoubles) in Pasadeiia Senior CenterPasadena. The Table Tennis Commissioner,
Diego Schaaf. states that these CaliforniaGames are dedicated to the recipients ofthe 2006 "Keep the Flame Alive" Award.The first, second, and third place medalistswill be qualified to compete for the 2007National Senior Gaines. in Louisville, KY.
Do "Keep the Flame Alive"!
-1 higher unipire. Many of those
unipires qualified by unlpire rankhave not had to answer any
Ireferce question on an exam.
have a regional or higlier timpireMany tournaments did not
vailable. The certified referce
.,-Jification was developed to allowany umpire to take the training and become
certified as a referee. Beginning in 2007 allreferees will have to have passed a refereeexaill.
The referee candidate pays a S 15 fee andreceives a current copy of the TournamentGuide and a referee CD. The CD contains
several PowerPoint lessons on the duties of
the referee. The CD also contains other useful
items including the ITTF Laws andRegulations and the Tournament Guide whichcontains downloadable forms needed to run
a tournament.
After studying the Tournament Guidelind the Referee CD, the candidate to take
the exam. The exam consists of 25
questions and a separate requirement tomake a draw requirement.
If you would like to help improve thesport, consider becoming an umpire orreferee.
Dear Editor,
Please. please give lis a break. Mustevery issue have an article extolling thesuper talent of Scott Preiss or his superwonderful son?
The article titles make one believe they
are about someone else (e.g. Miles) butthey always wind up primarily about thePreisss and always they are iii the endlessphotos of themselves.Jack\Vebb
San Francisco
The Editor Responds....Dear Jack,
I think of Scott Preiss as sort of a
"roving correspondent." who sends inwrite-ups of his experiences as a full-timeprofessional table tennis exhibitioner(which lie usually does with his son Austin,former#1 in Under 10 Boysin tlie U.S. andrecently#3 in Under 12). He travels all overthe U.S. (sometimes the world) and meets upand does exhibitions or TV shows with
numerous "celebrities." I've told him tliat if
he does an exhibition that involves celebrities,
especially iftheres a picture. to send it in. Itadds spice to the magazine. If anyone elsecan do the same. well. send it in!
Larry Hodges
Editor, USA Table Tennis Magazine
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1-his college club began in 2002 when seniortheatre major and current actor AdamHobrow und his filend. Angad Singh.decided that i I wai time that the Universityof Southern California have a place wheretable tennis enth.isiasts of all levels can
conglomerate and test their skills againstone another. It was a huge hit and the club11.1(| over 400 people on its interest/comactlist. Unfortunately. the school only had tooffer two lild. worn Kettler tables with
saggy nets and only a xmall carpeted areain which to play. After Bobrow'>graduation. fieshman Jason Sun and HughNguyen took over as presidents of the club.
Being the business majors that theyuere. Jason and Hugh took a businessapproach to building the club, Afterinvesting a few thousands of doHars intonew tables and Offering instruction to its
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in the nation respectivel>·, The club nouhas twelve Killerspin tables (the club/teamsponsor). They have since moved our ofthe little cal-peted area lind into a full-sizedgym. The new USC Ping Pony Posseleague plays every Thursday with cashprizes fur the wijitiers.
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Interview with the USA NATIONAL TEAM COACHES BY lu:Hrn Hodges
usa on Developing the USA National TeamDan Seemiller: U.S. Men's Coach,
U.S. Men's Olympic Coach (Sydney2000 and Athens 2004). South Bend
Junior Coach. 5-time U.S. Men's Singles
Champion., 11 -time U.S. Men's DoublesChampion. 7-time U.S. Mixed DoublesChampion.
What, in your opinion, is needed forthe USA Team to someday competewith the best teams iii the world?
USATT is doing a good job by funding the Cadet and Junior teamsand making their progress a priority. The Cadet and Junior trials at LasVegas have been a big step fonvard. The training. coaching and travelsupport that USATT provides has put us on the right track.
We need a National Training Center where all of the USATT'scamps can be held. This center should also be available year round fortraining for any U.S. Team Member. Every top Colmiry has a NTC - weneed one as soon as possible.
Secondly. there Iieeds to be more prize nioney in our tool-Iiamentsand opportunities to make a living for the U,S,'s best. Players iii Europeand Asia are full-time players who make a good income from the sport,In the U.S. we only have Gao.Jun and Jasna Reed on the Women's sideand Mark Hazinski and Barney Reed on the Men's, Some countries have15-20 full-time professional players participating iii leagues and the ProTour. It is almost impossible fur part-time players to compete at theinternational level against these professionals.
Third. we need to focus on a tour for U.S. residents otily, This iscontroversial as many believe that we need to invite these foreign playersto our tourneys to help improve our level. The bottom line is our topplayers need to earn a respectable income so they can concentrate fullyon training.
Given USATT'§ limited resources, what do you think the prioritiesshould be at this time so that the USA Team can someday becomeamong the best in the world?
Traveling overseas to train in Europe or Asia is extremely expensiveand considering our Mmited funds just wont work. We need to put ourtime and resources into a National Training Ceiiter. Not just any center.but one of the world's best. Let'+ concentrate on domestic trainingop po rt u n i t i es for a 11 na t i onal team s, es p ec i a l l y yo u t h t eams . A spo n sor( s )needs to be found and plenty o f groundwork would have to be done. Butwithout a well utilized National Center we can't even discus the next
step.
For USA players. how would you compare overseas training in Asia(generall, more intense training) versus Europe (generall, moreconipetitions such as leagues)?
They are both excellent options. lf a player can lind a team to playfor then I would say Europe is better. Training hard and playing manytournaments or league matches is essential to improve your gaine. IiiAsia the training is more intense and there are many high-level practicepartners. During my career 1 played in the German Bundesliga and alsotrained in Japan and both were beneficial in different ways.
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Doru Gheorghe: U.S. womell,Team Couch since 1998 (and USATTExecutive Director since 2003), was amember of the Romanhm National team
from 1970-1983. He was 15-times
Romanian National Champion. andparticipated iii four Woi-Id
Championships and six EuropeanChampionships. He was a professional
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player and coach in Romania, and General Secretary of Romanian TableTennis Federation fursevetiyears (1990-1997). He'scoached Romanianand USA teams at three Olympics and numerous Pan Am and WorldC'humpionships
What, in youi· opinion, is needed for the USA Team to somedaycompete with the best teams in the world?
Provide oppoitunity. finaticial incentive :ind support for full-timetiaining all year long under the supervision oiqualified coaches while iiipreparation with the National team(s) and at CIllbs. For tliat we need todevelop a good club structure. reitional training centers and a Nationaltinining center. and to provide financial incentives for athletes iii order tocommit to year-round trainiiig,
Given USATT'% limited resources, what do you think the prioritiesshould be at this time so that the USA Team can someday becomeamong the best iii the world?
Direct our attention and limited resources only toward the bestworld class players, top junior and cadet players who want to commit totable tennis and offer them the best training preparation.
For USA plabers. how uould bou compare 0, erseas training in Asia(generallY more intense training) versus Europe (genen® morecompetitions such as leagues)?
The Asian system would be good for young players to developtheir skills and mastertheir teeli iii ques. After a certain age league matchesand international competitions are necessary in order to gain matchexpe rience and improve menta l st rength. 1 wo ti ld say th at we shou I d useu combination of the two systems and adiust it to our needs. We shouldconsider the players' needs, skills and also the system in which theylive. The Chitiese training system fits the Chinese system. withtough competition in order to become a member of their national team,School programs need to be adiusted according to the training program, nottile other way around. The school system iii Europe is flexible. and most olthe high-level players can go to college and play table tennis. They cim makea living playing table tennis due to the strong professional club structure.
Home schooMng and a strong education s>'stem is offered in theU.S.. but school iii-ograms are not as flexible as in Europe and Asia. Ourplayers have to make atough choice since the cur ent table tennis situationin this country will not yet allow them to make a living.
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Masaaki Tajima: U.S. Junior BoysTeam Coach. He started coaching about30 years ago out of necessity to recruitand retain new players for his club. Hegot more serious about coaching whenthe demand increased and new
responsibilities catne up. He graduallychanged from a career in the hospitalityindustry to full-time coaching. andcurrently operates the Sunset TableTennis Club in San Francisco which he
founded iii 1988.
U hat. in youropinion, is needed forthe US.A Teiwn to someday competewith the best teams in the world? Given UNATT'§ limited resources.what do you think the priorities should be it this time so that the UNATeam can somedaY become among the bat in the world?
111 combine the first two questions since they are related.These questions have beeli asked many times, even before my time
and the answers have been pretty much the same: grassroots. clubsschools, leagues, marketing. get it on TV, good mimagenient, leadership.run it like a business. etc. But I believe it is more Complex and difticultfur us to get there because of the mmi/·e 01%(mr sport.
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The fonnat here is too short for me to fully explain the nature of oursport. our "product." but briefly. 1 don't believe, now or in my lifetiine.we will be able to compete with the best in the world until we have onemind so we can focus on the details of how best to implement thesepriorities. Our priorities should be to set the conditions for an excitingenvironment that is attractive to talented kids because without a talent
pool to work with, no amount of clubs, leagues, training centers andgood coaching is going to get us there.
The immediate priority at this time is for us to have a stableorganization so that important long-term programs that are going to setthe foundation for our infrastructure will not be disrupted. We need tohave one mind, one goal and be on the same path. Our meager resourcesand energies are wasted on legal battles. in fighting aiid self-interestagendas when we should be directing our energies to developing ourathletes. We need to get our house in order before we can go out toconquer the world.
While we are trying to get our house in order (because I think. likedeath and taxes, politics is a reality that's not going to disappear). ourpriorities should be to increase the number of players and membershipin this country. We are still in the grassroots building stage: with onlyabout 300 clubs, no real professional leagues. no high-level trainingcenters, just a handful of professional coaches, not in primary andsecondary schools where we can tap into talented kids before they committo other activities, just starting to get into colleges and we have anunacceptable attrition rate. For us to someday compete with the best in
the world. we need to improve all of the above.Broadly, the answer should be simple. Run it like a business. If you
have a good idea, then plan it, organize it, staff it. implement it and
follow-up on it to make it better. But in the real world. it's a lot more
complex to succeed in any business venture. The failure rate for newbusinesses is 90% in the first two years and the rest is mostly in survival
mode. Our sport is just as complex as any other venture trying to succeed,
but our "product" is a hard sell.
For USA players, how would you compare overseas training in Asia
(generally more intense training) versus Europe (generally more
competitions such as leagues)?
1 see fundamental philosophical differences between Asia andEurope. Asia seems to train to win. while Europe trains to play. 1 don'tthink it's a question of is one better thaii the other, but of circumstances
amd goals. China, the dominating country that leads Asian training methods.historically needs to win because of what table tennis represents tothem. Europe. on the other hand, doesn't have this need because they aremore socially individualistic. As an example. if you ask an Asian workerwhat he does. he'll say he works for this or that company whereas if youask a Westemer, he'll state his position within the company.
For us, we are "Western" or European culturally, but in our sport,half the players are Asian. bringing with them their culture. I see this asa positive balance because we are big enough geographically anddemographically to employ both methods and ideology, to developdifferent styles, that to me is more interesting. We are located betweenAsia and Europe, able to go in both directions. influenced by both andeventually, able to compete with the best in the world.
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Lily Yip. U.S. Junior Girls' Team Coach.
She is a many-time and current memberof the U.S. National Team and a member
of the 1992 & 1996 U.S. Olympic Team.She's won three gold medals at the Pan Am
Games for doubles and teams, and three
times won the silver medal for singles. She'sbeen U.S. Women's Doubles Championfour times, and made the final of U.S.
Women's Singles four times.
What, in your opinion, is needed for the USA Team to somedaycompete with the best teams in the world?
We need to practice and compete with the best on a regular basis.
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Given USATT's limited resources, what do you think the prioritiesshould be at this time so that the USA Team can someday becomeamong the best in the world?
We should devote our limited resources to developing out-top juniorswith many training camps and competitions.
For USA players, how would you compare overseas training in Asia(generally more intense training) i ersus Europe (generally morecompetitions such as leagues)?
The training in Asia is definitely more intense and there are many
more playing styles to practice with and compete against. I believe thetraining in China is the best for the cost. Many of the top world playershave trained in China, including Waldner, Schlager, Chuan, etc.
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Sean O'Neill: USA Cadet Boys' TeamCoach. He also coaches the U.S. Disabled
Team internationally. A former nationaland Olympic team member and five-time
USAMen's Singles Champion, he started
his playing career in 1975. Currentlyliving in Portland, OR, Sean was namedthe 2005 USATT & NCTTA Coach of
the Year.
What, in your opinion, is needed for
the USA Team to someday compete with the best teams in theworld?
First and foremost the USA Team needs to believe they can compete
and be the best. It all starts with the belief that beating the best is indeed
possible. I think as national team coaches we need to do a better job at
creating this winning mindset among our players in the internationalarena.
When I played on the U.S. Team with Danny, Eric, Jimmy and
Hank. we always believed we had a chance to beat anyone we played.
[Mikael Andersson of the ITTF even wrote an article on tliis for the U.S.Open prograin.]
At the 1993 Worlds when we faced China in the first division we
were the only team that fielded our strongest team against them in theprelims. Danny upset Zhang Lei, and I lost to Liu Guoliang in three,Jimmy lost to Wang Hao (chopper) deuce in the third and played closewith Liu. Our strong belief in ourselves outweighed our lack ofinternational Pro Tour experience.
1 try to do the same with the USA Disabled Team and I believe someof our results are a direct result in believing we are good enough tocompete even though our clubs or training is far below the world standard.Unfortunately. I don't see this mental approach in preparation ortournament play today from anyone other than Tawny and Gao. Clearlywe must train as hard as our European and Asian counterparts as beingamong the best teams requires a full commitment from the players,coaches and association. Dorit Gheorglie has put together a sound highperformance plan as the USATT ED which should be supported andfollowed. The plan is there, now we just need to execute it.
Given USATT's limited resources, what do you think the priorities
should be at this time so that the USA Team can someday becomeamong the best in the world?
I believe relying solely on USATT support will never allow theUSA Team to be among the best in the world.
However. if I added up all the money spent by the Boggans,Seemillers, Gees, Butlers, Reeds, and other team members' families over
the years, one would see that the total funding has exceeded millions ofdollars.
My family spent close to $10,000 a year during my earlydevelopment and I know many families that are making a similarcommitment today. So I don't believe lack of money can be used as anexcuse.
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Huang Tong Sheng, Mitch Seidenfeld and many others have helpeddevelop our players at the local level to position them to make ournational teams at little or no cost to USATT.
So I think the question needs to be asked a different way. "How canUSATT better assist our future national team members to be competitiveinternationally?" The big answer in my mind is with better and strongercoaching.
As I said we have a number of quality coaches across the countrydoing a fine job locally, but 1 haven't seen any coordination to the degree1 see in Europe or Asia. Maybe it is because our country is so big, butwithout a coordinated coaching program to teach our coaches and players,
we will have to be happy with being ranked as a second or third tiercountry.
I think Danny Seemiller and Jolin Allen have done fine educatingcoaches at USATT coaching seminars with the limited funds they havebeen given. but this should be a major priority of the association if we
care to see our international results improve.Also our top players have to remember that USATT cant shoulder
all the weight. our best and older players need to better transition into
coaching to share their knowledge ofthe game to stay heavily involved.Creating junior programs, running group training sessions and being at
the tournament for their players can be more profitable than making the
quarters or sen-Iis and playing when you reach the senior ranks.
From my experience getting 50,000 more players will not increase
the likelihood of an Olympic medal unless each of those players gets
quality coaching prior to their 1 Oth birthday. I f the USATT wants to
compete at the highest level we must understand that coaching needs tobe the #1 priority of the association. Our coaches need to communicatemore often. share the same international vision. and create a higher level
of excellence. USATT can help facilitate these goals and provide incentivesand more programs for coaches at aillevels.
The one element I see iii all Olympic and Paralympic sports that aredoing well in America is a strong coaching plan.
For USA players, how would you compare overseas training in Asia(generally more intense training) versus Europe (generally morecompetitions such as leagues)?
To be competitive in the world you need both. Every world-classplayer 1 know has trained in both Europe and Asia during their earlydevelopment. Chinese coaches do focus more on technique while Europeancoaches focus more on tactics. These two strategies complement eachother nicely, but practiced alone will not create a complete player. Sincemost European clubs take the summer off, it makes sense for our playersto train in China in the summer and to try to find a way to play some iiiEurope during their heavy tournament season.
One other option which the Bay area is doing is to invite foreignplayers to their clubs to allow their players to stay at home and getquality training dining the school year. I am aware of many Swedishclubs that would love to send their junior players to the U.S. in thesummer as part of an exchange program to also play in the U.S. Open.
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Emilia Gheorghe, U.S. Cadet Girls'Team Coach. For over 13 years she was .1.-7,7a member of Romanian National Team.
She was the 1993 European Top Twelve
Champion and finished second in 1995.She was on the Romanian team that won :4*/*/11=the gold inedal at 1992 Hui-opeaii 2,9Championships and third place at 1995 t T
played in two Olympic Games and I finished fifth in 1992 in Women's Singles.
She was the 1990 & 1992 World Collegiate Women's Singles Champion.She won the silver medal at the World Team Cup in Atlanta iii 1995where she was named the Women's MVP.
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What, in your opinion, is needed for the USA Team to somedaycompete with the best teams in the world?
Year-long training preparation, with training camps and participation
in international competition. along with proper coaching and planning.Clubs are an important factor in developing our grassroots and providing
proper preparation for athletes when they are not in training/competitionswith National teams. Clubs are the base of our athlete development and
an important factor in building our structure/system.
Given USATT's limited resources, H hat do you think the prioritiesshould be at this time so that the USA Team can someda¥ become
among the best in the world?
When sending teams to international tournaments we should minimizethe number of players funded by USATT and maximize the number ofdays spent in training camps. This will open the door to greater
competition among the players. will push the players to practice harder
and provide the top players with more funded tournaments and trainingcatiips.
For USA players, how would you compare overseas training in Asia
(generally more intense training) versus Europe (generally more
competitions such as leagues)?
For U.S. juiiior players (with some exceptions) and younger ones.intensive training is first priority in my opinion. If you can have the
competition too. then that's the best solution. But leagues without proper
training will not help iii developing world-class players.
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every hotel in L.A. 1 swear, when people aren't going toauditions in LA.. they're all playing Ping-Pong." -WodelHelena Christensen, Jan. 23-30 issue of New 'York Magazine.page 17. in answer to the question. "At which Olympic sport
would you be most adept?" Submitted by Harry L. Frazer.
"We will not go to Kuwait and Qatar, that is certain, we arenot prepared to put the health of our players at risk." -AkselBeckma,in, chairman of Danish Table Tennis Union. of theKinvait and Qatar ITTE Pro Tour events. This was a result of theviolent episodes in the Middle East following the recent
publication of cartoons in a Danish newspaper depicting theProphet Mohammed. From ITTF News.
"We'll be happy to volley back with more good reasons whyyou'll get great results from Xerox color." -Acl for Xerox in
the March issue of Tinie Magazine. It included lai·ge colorjztldrawings of two ping-pong paddles and five ping-pong balls.Contributed by L.M. Sandovale.
"Going home for the holidays? Tell your parents to set up yourold Ping-Pong table. Turns out thatplaying table tennis improvesbrain function. 'Ping-Pong is aerobic. It promotes healthy brainblood flow and stimulates the cerebellum and the thought centersin the frontal lobes,' says Daniel G. Amen, M.D., a clinical
neuroscientist and author of Making a Good Brain Great."
-From November 2005 Fitness Magazine, page 83.
"Whoever scored 10 first, lost!" -Eric Owens at the Carp
Cup Championships, of his match with Barney J. Reed, wherewhoever reached 10 first (even 10-8 or 10-7) kept losing.Submitted by Larry Thoman.
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Hall of Fan e plague by Dick Evans.
Dick Evans. co-manager of the Columbus, Ohio Club during the1960's. tells us how, even before john Tannehill was a teenager,
his father. Chet. publisher/editorofanewspaper forthe Gallipolis/Pomeroy communities along the Ohio river. had started bringing him toColumbus to play. After a time, however. since home was Middleport.Ohio near the West Vii-ginia border, 100 miles away, Chet "would le'aveJohn to spend the weekend iii the home of one of our club members.usually John Spencerk" There young Tannehill not only improved histable tennis-by 1965 he'd win the U.S. Open Boys U-13 from GlennCowan-but his chess with Spencer and Dick Miless friend FreddieBorges.
During the 66-67 season. John was U.S. #1 in Boys U- 15 and U.S.#2 behind Cowan in Boys U- 17. Then, only 15 years old, playing at theU.S. Open Team Championships (USOTC's). he had a 17-3 record. wasnamed the tournament's outstanding male player, and for 1967 wasranked #7 among U,S, men.
in 1968 Ichiro Ogimura came to North America. and at the TorontoCanadian National Exhibition (CNE) tournament John was pleased tohave had his picture taken with this great Japanese player/coach and thereigning L.S. #1. D-J Lee. Motivated. John, back home in Middleportwith no weekday club to practice at adopted the following two-hours-a-da> training program Ogi had giKen him:
"[1] Jog half a mile: run 220 yards as fast as you can, then jog220 yards ( repeat 4 times ): warm down wi th a ouarter of a mile... [2 jgo home, serve into [practice] board and whack back 200 madeforehands: [ther] shadow-train-that is. aliticipate opponent's tableplacements by moving fast to imaginary numbered positions onyour side of the table (repeat seven-second inovements fortytimes)... [3] swing backhands and forehands hard as you can-sixtytimes a ha[ f minute (repeat 2-3 times).finish off with ] 00 sit-ups.
At the 1968 USOTC 's. one of Ohio's i mportant ties has John playingformer Thai Champion, Surasak Koakiettaveechai. who'd beaten mm sixmonths earlier for the National Junior Championship, Thanks to hisstepped-up training, John ekes out a win over Surasak in three deucegames. Undefeated Ohio then goes on to down undefeated California-and the w·inning Ohioans tuinble ecstatically all over ilie court.
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This strong play ensures John's
position on the 1969 U.S. World Team. Iii
Swaythling Cup play at Munich, John 5-5holds his own. But at the English Junior CHALL OF)Open that follows he plays this Swedish
guy-and. after being up 18-14 iii the P. tfAME jand 17-15 in the 2°d, loses two straight. ThisSwedish guy John had down both games isStellan Benglsson. soon to be World
Champion.The May. '69 San Francisco National k saw Tannehill defeat Cowan
and 4-time U.S. Champ Erwin Klein. But in the final Jolin couldii tcontest against D-J. Paired with Dell Sweeris. John also came runner-upin Doubles-to Lee and Cowan.
At their '69 summer meeting, USTTA President GrahamSteenhoven's E.C. valued.lohn so highly that they sbc„ved an 8-minute.
16mm film from Associated Ideas featuring him-and proniptly boughttwo copies for $785. But. oh, oh. a certain tournament director feelsJolin's "gone a bit mod" and that now, -at 17, his head is a bit too big,"And curly too.
Just as his rival Cowan's looking a little different these days, so hasTannehill changed. Asked whyhe. like Sweeris had switched to pimpledsponge. John said. "Because it's more fun! You understand? More fun!I can feel the ball."
By Dec. of 1969. John arrives at the Grand Rapids Central Openwith his 8-pound Orbitron dumbbell. All week, he said. lie'd been swingingthat dumbbell as much as 50 times a day to develop his forehand. And,like some determined bullet-handed, grenade-carrying revolutionistconverging on that Calvin College Fieldhouse. he carried. too, a Ton-a-matic ten-pound black belt ("1 do al] my exercises wearing this," he said).
Then. against Chicago's Jim Darey. he mounts an attack, still wearinghis heavy black belt. Fifteen straight times in the course of losing thismatch. John with dedicated industry and sobriety practices-and 15straight titnes relentlessly fails to score with-his 31('-ball attack,
But lie and D-J do win the Doubles-in large part because Johnplays exceptionally well. 1 couldn't ever let D-J down," he says. -Hessuch a winner,"
At the 1970 U.S. Open, Tannehill is again beaten by Lee. Were thereno South Korean Champion D-J Lee-John Conce? twice?) would be theU.S. Champion.
That summer, John turns up in Kingston. .lamaica for a celebratedmatch with Jamaican icon Orville -Les" Haslam who at this time. based
in London, was ainong the Top 10 players in England. A niglit crowd ofthousands came to cheer their 63" 210-pound hero. As the fans were ontheir feet screaming. John kept thinking. "This Haslam hits the ballharder from both sides than anybody Ive ever seen," The normalexpression in Jamaica fora good loop that's returned high and is followedby a good kill is, "Loop! Cock-up! Wham!" But an ardent fan of Haslani'swas yelling, "Loop! Cock up! Wham! Wham! Wham! Whain!" Iii fact.both players were whanimin'like crazy. Until in the 5'11, when Les breaksopen the game and by "sheet- power" finally subdues John,
In Columbus at the Sweepstakes Tournament. Ohio Closed ChampRich Farrell has John down match point. But the fatal bullet goes wide,and John. winning the next two points. is alive and well. and, with ayoung gunfighter's already old reputation. is fair game agaiii for the nextchallenger.
And speaking of reputations and games there at tile ColumbusClub, Dick Evans clues us in on a local hippie pastiine called "'StripPing-Pong'-played after hours with the draperies closed and the frontdoor locked. It was a game for the boys." Dick said. -although there wasone of our club 'mascots' who liked tojoin in because not only did shelike just about any excuse to take her own clothes off. she liked seeingthis particular John in tile nude...."
At the 1970 CNE final. John rallies fi-om down 2-0 to force D-J into
the 5'h and D-J's wife Linda into an 1 have to leave the hall, can't
watch." anxiety attack.Ohio wins the 1970 USOTC's -but Bukiet's losing 19-iii-the-34
struggle with Tannehill prompts Evans to pen a poem honoring Berniewith an Homeric allusion.
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At the infamous 1971 Atlanta Open, John's again playing Bernie.The amateur umpire calls the score wrong...a 2-point swing iii Bukiefsfavor. Bernie isn't waiting, serves. John catches the ball. wants to makea correction. Fault! The umpire awards another point to Bukiet, Bernie,iii his -Survival ofthe Fittest" way, hurries to serve again. John doesn'tunderstand whats happening. He can't concentrate. No. he can't haveanother umpire. Yes. he can have another impire-she will keep thetally on paper for the first unipire who will call the score. And now 5-10seconds go by befuie each service while the lit-st umpire looks at thesecond umpire's tally. Yes, alright, all's correct. John is down 2-1 and 19-13 iii the 4'11. He wins 5 straight-then again has words with the uinpireand. his concentration broken. loses. and comes off the table sobbing
Like any changing teenager coming into manhood. John has issues.lie's cut off his long hair. looks monkish. -Am I into meditation?" heresponds, repeating my question, trying to ready himself to answer it,"No. My religion is probably...Life-whatever that is.' John is thinkingof making a transfer-will niaybe leave the U . of C'incitinati. the robot in
his dorm. and go to Ohio State where they're iiioi-e liberal. He complainsthat where he's at "theres no creative schooling....Like every teacher Iwent up to. I said. Could I please learn under you? For after class for anhour or two. or whatever time you set aside. and we can be friends. But
they all said no. Like you either learn under me in class or not at all, 1donh want to be responsible for you'-that's what they were saying."
-My speech teacher said, 'We have to stick to the schedule.' Shedrew a circle on the board where she put an x inside the circle und an x
outside the circle. She said. 'We will be in the circle, We will not gooutside the circle. I jumped on Iici- for that. 1 really went berserk. Shestal-ted crying.'
This unfulfilled quest for knowledge-it really hurt him.So now the trip into the unknown, China. where John was sooii
engrossed in a Mao Tse-tung paniphlet he'd picked up called -On the
Correct Handling of Contradictions Among The People." Later. lie wascarrying round a silkscreen portrait of-The Great Helinsman" and wasfast 11-ying to convince himself that Mao. as he said, was "the greatestmoral and intellectual leader in the world todav.
One of the Chinese interpreters wanted to know from John if theSoviet Union was like America. ''Yes." said John.. ''In both countries the
workers are exploited. They're working for a capitalistic motive-formore and more money. The Soviets are heading more and more in ourdirection. Most of the youths there are taking drugs to try and escapeeve yonek greed and selfishness and to gain a sense of adventure thatisii't provided by the society."
"Drugs help ]}le think." interjected Couan. "John attacks me fordrugs. You have a million crutches. John. Everybody has crutches."
Then Tannehill began talking about how drugs provided the dreamsfor youth, "Glenn needs dreams." he said. "Because hek a product of asociety where tile dreams are taken away,"
'I do escape in drugs." said Glenn. 1 choose to because they giveme a world that fits my needs."
"You escape into another reality." said Tannehill. "But is it betterthan this one?"
Then John went on to say. Mao's the adventure here. Maos thedrug here.
Of course there is also nicotine, Friendship first. competition second,'] lere. try one of these cigarettes, John," say some smiling Chinese.'You'll like it."
Naturally we all went to the Great Wall. where Time took ourpicture. and Howard. Resek. and then Tannehill got sick-and. no. John,recuperating iii a hospital room. didn't want to stay here in China afterall: he'd go back to the U.S. with the Team, He'd been a fool to think hecould know nillch about China after only a few days.
Later. when the Chinese came to the U.S. through Detroit. Johnwas there too. He'd arrived at the airport in his familiar Washingtonoveralls, accompanied by two unknown Chinese friends while the restof the Team was iii uniform. One of these mysterious friends carried a
strange box out tliere to the welcoining line with John. Finally one ofthe
security agents turned up his hearing aid and discovered him. -Hey. you,who are you. and whats in the box?" Turns out it's a pair of overalls,which .lohii wanted to present to the Chinese. which wasn't so out ofline. was it? But did it matter'? Goodbye box. Goodbye Chitiese friends.
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And. soon, goodbye Tannehill. He and
Management-"Ping-Pong Diplomacy" in theperson of USTTA President Steenhoven-
weren't on the same Team page, weren't even
in the same book. 'Responsibility to Graham.said John. "means control. domination-I hate
tlie way Graham uses the word
Responsibility.' Ive decided to be political and
suffer the consequences. Not being political,it's like not having any mind."
How long John would stay in the Game
wasii't clear wiven two intiospective,
controversial articles he wrote for Topics. In
"The Coward in Ping-Pong," he confronts the
"paranoid attacking player" who "can dream of
nothing besides ping-pong." This perfectionist
has a "lifeless life," for his table tennis play-at which he works relentlessly mechanically-
takes away his anxieties. Takes away, too. his
SOUL his humanity. It was clear to many that
John was writing a warning to self.That summer of '71 he was certainly up
for adventure. He and his friend Bert Jacobs
decided to climb the Matterhorn on the Swiss-
Italian border. Which was almost a ven, bad
mistake, for John "came very close to falling3,000 feet": fortimately. said Bert. -a Swedishmountain climber...grabbed his arm,-Afterwards, Bert and John tracked down the
Swedish team who were participating in aclinicin Kranfors. near Lapland. and joined them-John ready for anything. "This will be yourdeath. Jahn," said Bengtsson. "It was five miles
of running full speed up a mountain." said Bert."John struggled to the end and finished. Theamazed Su/edes pronounced John not nearly asweak as most American players and asked himto return in the future.
Tliis experience provoked anotherTannehill article. "Who Is To Judge?" Recalling
his experience with Bengtsson. John says.Though Stellan's 'unvarying strategy of serve.
loop, kill. is. with his Mark V space weapon,executed with an unbelievable consistency and
technique," it's 'anathema to the senses." Anti-
human technological need is beginning to pervadethe Sport: mechanical robots spread theirmetallic disease like cancer around the globe."
John laments how "the sensuality of thegame has been lost to the silent thud of thesponge." Now speed is of the essence. "Thelong, skillful maneuvers of a hotly contestedmatch have evolved into the rushiny impatience
and quick movements of ati athlete racing the
clock of his mind towards the tape nervouslyaware that a split second could tell the winner.But. adds John, theres no tragedy iii a spongeplayer's defeat-nothing resembling"the moralsuffering of a Marty Reisman who has remained
faithful to the sensual style of his game despitetechnological inventions." Marty's "personalaura' remains.
Tannehill himself has surely undergone
some moral suffering. He turns up at the 1971CNE, and Rufford Harrison, who's alwaysinsisted U.S. Teams be properly outtitted. is
appalled by John's appearance. "lf you can't
put on clean shorts, you just put the same oneson backwards, right?" And your shirt, it reads
'Hodge.' This is some example to set for our
Juniors and for the Canadian public.
"Ping Pony Woes?"-that's the heading for
John's Jan.-Dec., 1972 Topics ad. He itrges
members to buy his-"Beginning Strokes,"
"Advanced play," "Training methods"-cassette tapes ($8.50 each) or. and this is
innovative, buy his response letters to
questions sent him ($7.50 each).At the Eastern's, John wins the Mixed with
Ogimura-trained Olga Soltesz. But loses iii theMen's to Peter Pradit. 1 don't think I can ever
beat Lee. Or inaybe Pradit." John says after thematch. So if he doesn't think he can....
At the '72 U.S. Open. he opens strongly,
knocking out Resek and ex-Korean National
Chanip Joong Gil Park Then. with Bong Mo
Lee giving him emotional strength. making him
feel he can t lose. he goes out to meet D-.1 iii thesemi's.
John's down 1-0 but Lip 15-13 in the 2ndwhen. according to John. D-J picks up the balland throws it on the rise into his racket givesJohn a super illegal serve. Then he starts with
the same serve again. This time umpire BillScheltema warns him....Lee goes for histowel....Starts with the same serve again. Is
warned....Goes for his towel....John is livid
after his defeat atid charges D-J with cheating."At an earlier tournament, John had said that hecouldn't let D-J down 'cause he's such a winner.
Only now D-J. in winning. has let John down.After Tannehill had words with
Steenhoven in Detroit and been sent packing.
maybe lie didn't really want to be on anotherU.S. Team'? At the Tryouts for the 1973 U.S.
World Team, after you'd thought of John asU.S. #2 for the last 4 seasons, he posted anunbelievable 6 and 8 record. But he did want to
beat D-J. And finally did-28-26 in the 3'd. Andyet-0.k.. he had ablister. but. m'god. 8 losses!
Enough to make you quit, was it? Sort of.He went to the University of Maine. where for6 months he attended Bert Jacobs' classes and
studied and wrote papers. Then made up his
mind to come back to table tennis and start
afresh. Joe Newgarden made it possible for himto again train in Miami. and Marv and CaronLeff invited him into their home and gave him
moral support.John resurfaces at the 1973 ONE and makes
preparations to play one of the mainstays ofthe Yugoslav National Team. Zlatko Cordas.
who's winding up a coast-to-coast. two-month
tour oftlie U.S. Except for some Organic TopazCoconut-Banana Honey, John was. as he said
fasting. He was also into meditation and yoga.In addition. he was wearing a Zuni indian badger
claw of inlaid turquoise-"guaranteed," saidJohn's guru friend and teacher Jacobs. "to turnyour enemies to stone."
Though down 2-1 to Cordas, he rallies forthe win. "I play for the spectators" who giveenergy to the table. lie says, and for my friends
Bert, Patty, and Ron Schull who'i-e praying forme.
After reading Carlos Castaneda, John says,
" 1 like to think of myselfas a warrior. as a manof unbending intent. A warrioi- never indulges
himself. He chooses a path with heart. and never
doitbts himself." Soren Kieikegaard sayspurity of heart is to will one thing and then
follow that path with passion. without doubtor remorse. Each table tennis shot has to be a
symbol of that."
Does John beat U.S. #1 Danny Seemiller
iii that CNE final'? No. but they play a gutsy,
thrilling 5-game match. with Danny winning thekey 34 game 25-23. Afterwards, John wasupbeat. had no regrets-smiled mid said, "I metanother warrior.
Iii the Kansas City Invitational that
follows. Cordas can't be stopped. But, before
losing to Zlatko. also his winning Doubles
partner, John will beat not only D-.1 but alsoAlex Tam. Once Tan Cho-lin. China's World
#14. Tam has now settled in the States after
escaping from the Mainland a few years back.John feels that one reason why he beat Alex is
because he saw him earlier taking a smokingbreak. eating a hamburger at McDonalds. Whichmeans John will try hopelessly to improve Iny
health by opening his bag and offering me Wheat
Germ Oil, Nature's Plus pills, Carrotjuice fromGermany. and black Honey.
Then it was on to the USOTC's-where
what warrior gave what warrior his only loss?Yep, it was Tannehill-over Seemiller.
John married Arlene in 1975, and in 1976
they had a daughter Clare. followed by a sonSoren, both of whom are with him as hes beinghonored tonight. From the mid-'70's on. Johnhad been at least semi-retired. Still before the
old millennium was up. the two warriors wouldgo at it again-with John for sure playing forfun. for feel. At the 1998 U.S. Open. Dannywon the Hardbat final from John. At the 1999
St. Joe Valley Open, John won the Hardbatfinal from Danny.
Ten years ago. one of these warriorsentered the Hall. Now it'stheother'slong overdotime to join him. Ladies and Gentlemen, a manwho we know chooses his path with heart. JohnTannehill.
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The USATT Disabled CommitteeBy Jennifer Johnson
Tble Tennis is clearly the most non-discriminatory
sport on the Olympic and Paralympic programs. Itdoesn't matter ifyou are tall like Vladimir Samsonovor short like Deng Yaping. It doesn't matter if you are aveteran like George Hendry or a youngster like Ariel HsingMost importantly in my case. it doesn't matter if you areas agile as Wang Liqin or play more stationary in awheelchair like I do. Table Tennis is everyone's game!
The goal of the committee I co-chair with SharonBrooks is to help serve the disabled table tennis communityin the United States. Our committee helps assist withdisabled standing and wheelchair tournament events,classification of players, outreach coaching programs, andgrowing the base of disabled table tennis players at home.
While we focus more on grassroots the USOC'sParalympic Division helps with our National and Elitelevel athletes with coaching and international team
preparation. The USOC's Paralympic Lead Coach is Sean
O'Neill ([email protected]) If you are interested incompeting for the U.S. Team, he can help answer questionsdealing with USOC support and training. He has compiled
quite an extensive video library of international players
and is happy to share it with any players or coaches wantingto see how strong the international field is.
This past December in Las Vegas, USATT hosted an
IPTTC sanctioned event during the Nationals. This gave
many USATT members a first-hand chance to see some of
the best disabled players in the world and to cheer for
some of our stars like Norm Bass, Mitch Seidenfeld. Dawn
Berguson and Ed Levy. I want to thank my staff and
especially Doru Gheorghe for all his work on the event.
Also Larry Hodges provided great coverage in the prograin
for the event. We also had four new players (Darwin
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from the U.S. Military Paralympic Outreach Program inaddition to a number of new old faces to the sport. We are
always striving to add more juniors and women to our
teams so i f you know some candidates let us know!
Due to the limited number of disabled players in theU.S. we strongly encourage all of our wheelchair and
standing disabled players to join local USATT clubs and to
participate iii the programs they offer. We are starting to
work with the USATT coaching committee to add a disabled
component into their program. Playing able body players
might seem like an uphill battle if you are disabled, but you
will find your level will improve much quicker when youare pushed beyond your preconceived limits. And don t
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accommodate disabled players in age, rating and openevents!
A Guide to Understanding the Paralympic TableTennis Classification System
What is a "Classification System?"'Classification" is the system which divides the players into groups of comparable
handicapping conditions.
How is Classification determined?
A Team of "Classifiers" determines a player's Class by assessing how theirdisability impacts upon such factors as balance. coordination. strength. range ofmotion,and volume of action (that is - the area a player can reach in all directions). Classifiersare certified by the International Paralympic Table Tennis Committee's ClassificationCominittee. They can be medical, para-medical or technical classifiers, depending ontheir professional training.
What are the Classes in Paralympic Table Tennis?The classes are divided into ten divisions. Five of these are for players who
coinpete in wheelchairs and five are for players who competes standing. The classesand a brief description of each are as follows:
Class 1: Plays in a wheelchair, has no sitting balance, has limited arm and handfunction. Most are unable to hold onto the racket. and strap it to theirplaying hand. They have no triceps muscle function.
Class 2: Plays in a wheelchair, has no sitting balance, has triceps and better wristfunction than a Class 1. Some players in Class 2 also strap the racket totheir hand.
Class 3: Plays in a wheelchair, has no or poor sitting balance, but has full armfunction.
Class 4: Plays in a wheelchair, has fair sitting balance and can lean more to eachside and forward over the table.
Class 5: Plays in a wheelchair. but has good balance, some leg function but notenough to play standing on his/her feet. This player has good reach in all
Class 6: This player plays standing up. but has very poor balance and does notmove very much on his feet in any direction and has both leg and playing
arm limitations as well. They are unable to run at all.Class 7: Plays standing, and has poor balance, especially moving to either side.
This player will also have arm deficits, and may need to play with a cane
or crutch. Both leg and arm limitations are seen here as well, but less thanwith class 6.
Class 8: This player usually has just leg involvement. but usually both legs are
involved. or one leg very severely involved, such as an above knee
amputation. They can not rim very well, or move very well from side toside.
Class 9: Plays standing, but has less involvement in one or both legs than a class 8.
They can run fairly well. but not quickly or normally. such as a belowknee amputation.
Class 10: This player has the minimal disability allowed iii either the non-playing armor the leg. such as a cross foot or non-playing arm ainputation.
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"Spin City" - The 2005 U.S. Paralympic Table Tennis ChampionshipsLas Vegas, NV• Dec. 14-17, 2006 • By Danielle Brooks
G GSin City" became -Spin City" December 13-18, 2005 at the USAParalympic Table Tennis Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada. Theannual competition - typically a closed (to foreigners) event for able-bodied and disabled players - incorporated an international "flair" forthe first time. boasting disabled players from 26 countries across theglobe. In all, 130 players competed iii wheelchair (classes 1-5) andstanding events (classes 6-10). This was the last international tournament
for the year 2005 and many of the participants were trying to get moreranking points in order to qualify for the 2006 World Championships tobe held in Montreux, Switzerland. Sept. 22-Oct. 2.
The USA team was comprised of many newcomers to theinternational scene coupled with a handful of celebrated veterans. DarwinHolmes, Dana Liesegang, Pat McDonald, and Patricia Sapp. all military
veterans. were extremely enthusiastic about competing in their first
international contest. Though they were relative novices to the sport, noone felt intimidated by the well-seasoned international players. Yet the
international competitors were not the only ones providing the "spice."
Experienced American players, including former Paralympians MitchSeidenfeld. Tah] Leibovitz and Andre Scott displayed the skill and
dexterity that has earned them their world-renowned reputations. Other
table tennis veterans, including Norman Bass, Robert Bowlander and
Dave Skrzypek. also added to the U.S. team's medal count.
With the influx of the international players. even the strongest
American players were faced with stiff competition. The women's
events, both standing and wheelchair, were dominated by the foreigncompetitors. Great Britain, France, Japan and Taipei all came away
with multiple medals. Catherine Mitton and teams partner Jane Campbellof Great Britain both won medals in their respective classes and in theteam event. The same went for Stephanie Mariage and Florence Gossiauxof France. Satoko Fujiwara of Japan came away with two Gold medals,as did Min Hsiu Liao and Shu Chin Hsiao of Taipei. Veteran Games
newcomer, Patricia Sapp, made her debut successful by clinching theBronze medal in the Class 4 singles event.
The Men's Wheelchair competition saw several surprising victoriesand upsets. A strong Korean team earned nine medals in the tournament,a number only matched by the equally talented French team. KyoungSik Choi of Korea captured the Gold in both the Class 4 Singles and
Team events. as well as securing the Bronze in the men's WheelchairOpen. Chi istophe Durand of France won two Silver medals, both in hisclass and iii the Open, and was able to capture the Gold in the Men'steam event for Class 5. Fierce competition between well-matched playersdemonstrated the sport at its highest level.
The men's U.S. team performed brilliantly in the standing events.led by the suddenly understated Tah] Leibovitz. Tahl proved to be thepowerhouse of the tournament, easily triumphing over Dragan Rakic ofCroatia and Ronal Vijverberg ofthe Netherlands to win the Men's OpenStanding event and Class 9 singles. Additionally, Leibovitz and hispartner, former Paralympian Gold Medalist Mitch Seidenfeld, captureda bronze in the Men's Standing Team event for Classes 9 and 10. OtherAmerican notables include former major league baseball pitcher and AFLfootball player Norman Bass, who clinched the Silver medal in Class 7singles.
In the Men's Team events. Team USA was not highly visible, takingonly one team medal. Bronze in Class 9/10 Teams by Seidenfeld andLeibovitz. Iii overall Team event wins, Team France, including a Class 5Gold Medal team of Christophe Durand and Japan's Toshihiko Oka,came away with 3% Team awards: the previously mentioned 92 of a teamin Class 5, a Class 1 -2 bronze medal team ofNennella and Boury. a Class4 Silver team of Martin and Thomas, and a Class 8 Gold medal team of
Abbadie and Rozier. There were some long-time Paralympic, Far Eastand South Pacific, and European champions evident among the medalingteams. Austrians Rudi Hajek and Hans Ruep won their customary goldin Class 1 -2, beating the Slovakian team which featured the World top-ranked Class 2 player, Jan Riapos. Italy's highly ranked Julius Lampacherled his country's Class 3 Men's team to the Gold - defeating strong
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teams from Korea and Japan. Class 6-7 Men's team was an excitingmatch-up of European champions, with Denmark s Michael Jensen andPeter Rosenmeier besting teams from Great Britain and Sweden. TheWomen's wheelchair team events were divided Lip between teams fromEurope and Asia. In Class 1-3 teams. Team France took both Gold andBronze medals. with Silver going to Team Great Britain. Asian teamsruled in Women's Teains Class 4-5. Team Japan of Kimie Bessho andFujiwara took the Gold. followed by Hong Kong and Taipei.
Great events do not '.just happen." The hard work it takes to plan,organize, staff, officiate, and legislate international events like the 2005USA Paralympic Table Tennis Championships require years of advancepreparation. Kudos must be sent out to the ever-dedicated JenniferJohnson, the Tournament Chairperson who seemed prepared at all hoursto address all questions. Sharon Frant Brooks did her usual behind the
scenes efforts in setting up and running classification as well as beingTournament Co-director - getting volunteers and addressing athlete
services. Despite illness keeping Michael LoRusso from being inattendance at the tournament, his endless hours of advance work as
Tournament Co-director were critical in arranging for transportation,
computer operations. and technical planning. David DelVecchio was
steliar stepping in for the ill Mike LoRusso to do computer operations,
and good old reliable Jim Beckford for his transportation assistance. A
newcomer to the working staff of the Disabled Players Committee ofUSATT was volunteer on-site coordinator, Eilan Lefkowitz of New
Orleans. Hospitality was skillfully managed by Carolynne Bethka andMarie Lewis from setting up of registrants packets, to distributing
lunches. and giving out of gift "goodies" provided by tournament sponsorsand friends. Danielle Brooks, who swears she came out of the womb
shagging ping-pong balls. coordinated media and photos, collected athlete
feedback and provided hometown media with athlete performances, as
well as assisting with transportation, errand running, and occasional tourguide activities. International Classifiers weire Dr. Nomia Patino of Mexicoand Sharon Frant Brooks of the USA, with Gina Maggio of the USA as
a Classifier in Training. Tournament Referee responsibilities were handledby Ray Cavicchio of the USA, Assistant Referee was Karol Ziduliak ofCanada. and Technical Delegate Margita Homolova of Slovakia. Thanksalso go out to USATT Head of officials, Wendell Dillon for his help.
Sponsorship for the event was, of course, what makes it all happen.We gratefully acknowledge the support and contribution of the
following organizations and individuals:• American Wheelcliair Table Tennis Association, NJ
• Bob Murray and Staff, City of Las Vegas Adaptive Recreation Division• Calvary Hospital of New York
· Joseph M. Dowling. CPA, Stamford, Connecticut• Joe Spallino, Ability Center, Las Vegas• Martin Kilpatrick
· Newgy• Paddle Palace
· ping-pong.coin
• Ruth Chan. Las Vegas Convention Center
• Sean O'Neill. U.S. Paralympics Table Tennis Lead Coach· Teodor Gheorghe (Doni), Executive Director of the USA Table Tennis· U.S. Paralympics, a division of the USOC· Treasure Island at the Mirage. Las Vegas
Volunteer assistance was also welcome froiii Nevada Voliiiiteers.
Thanks to Rabbi Gary Golbart for that great contact!In a final medal Count by country, France dominated with 4.5 Gold,
7 Silver. and 4 Bronze. The following countries in descending orderwere: Sweden with 4 Gold and 2 Bronze: Japan witli 3.5 Gold. 1 Silver.and 1 Bronze: Germany with 3 Gold. 1 Silver. and 2 Bronze. Whichonly goes to show that what happens in Vegas. does not ALWAYS stayiii Vegas. We can only hope that this Paralympic Table TennisChampionships does.
Results are at: www.usatt.org/newsl/2005USOpenParalympies.shtinl
USATT Rule Changes for Differences in the Rules for
Playing Against Disabled Players Able Bodied and AthletesBy Sean O'Neill, USA Disabled Team Coach with DisabilitiesTn last month's Official View Aziny Ibrahim explained a set of new rule changes for wheelchair doubles when competing in USATT events. This month we will focus
-lon a fuller explanation ofserving rules for playing against disabled players.At the 2005 World Championships the ITTF voted on a number of rule changes
that drastically impact and encourage tournament play for disabled players. These rulechanges primarily affect wheelchair players. but you should also know the basicservice rules for standing disabled players.
According to ITTF Law 2.6.6. the umpire may relax the requirements fur a goodservice if he or she is satisfied that compliance is prevented by a physical disability.
This rule comes into play if you are playing a standing disabled player missing anarm or a player with cerebral palsy needing to toss the ball With their racket hand. The
Coach Sean O'Neill (R) talks to teammates Ed Levy (L) and Ni
toss should still be six inches but the player may use the aid of their racket hand orpaddle to help toss the ball upward. Some disabled players with the inability to open
their palms are also allowed to use more of a cupped hand (or closed fist) to control theball toss. These players should be able to provide you with their classification card
that states that serving requirements can be relaxed due to their disability. This is the
only rule that able body players need to be concerned with wlien playing a standing
disabled player. The other new rule changes which went into effect on September 1,
2005 in all USATT and ITTF sanctioned events target wheelchair play.The wheelchair division is broken up into five divisions with the
most physically disabled in the lower classes. Classes 1 and 2 featurequadriplegic athletes that often have very high spinal injuries that affect
Interestectheir balance and muscular strength in all four limbs. These quad playersoften use a glove or wrist wrap to keep the racket secure in their hand. Thebefore mentioned ITTF Law 2.6.6 will come into play on serving with
these players needing assistance iii tossing the ball from an open palm.
One of the biggest challenges facing wheelchair players when theycompete is the area of receiving serves. Since wheelchair players lack the
ability to move around the corner to reach short, wide serves as quickly as
their able body counterparts. adaptive service rules have been iii place tolevel the playing field and make the game more enjoyable and competitive.
When serving to a wheelchair player, a serve is a let if the ballleaves
the table by either of the receiver's sidelines (on one or more bounces). Iii
addition a serve that comes to rest on the receiver's side of the playing
surfuce or after bouncing on the receivers side returns in the direction of
the net is played as a let.
These International Paralympic Table Tennis Committee (IPTTC)
service rules have been in effect for head-to-head wheelchair competitions
for many decades and are now being observed by the ITTF and USATTwhen able body players play wheelchair players. The belief is this will
encourage more wheelchair athletes to compete in able body events knowing
that matches won't turn into exeirises of unreachable serves. If you are
ever unsure of the service rules when facing a disabled player just ask the „tournament referee for clarification.
BA Karol Ziduliak, Deputy Referee
roviding that the receiver is iii a wheelchair due aphysical disability a let shall be called if iii servicethe ball:
• In singles leaves the table by either of the receiver'ssidelines Con one or more bounces):
• Comes to rest on the receiver's half ofthe playing surface,• A fter touching the receivers half of the playing surfuce
returns in the direction of the net.
However, if the receiver
strikes the ball before it crosses
a sideline or takes a second
bounce on his/her side of the
playing surface. the service shallbe considered good and no letshall be called.
When two players who arein wheelchairs due a physicaldisability are a pair playingdoubles. the server shall first
inake a service. the receiver shall
then make a return but thereafter
either player of the disabled pair
inay make returns.
However. if any part of a
player's wheelchair shall
protrude beyond the imaginaryextension ofthe centre line ofthe
rm Basstable. the umpire shall award thepoint to the opposing pair.
A concrete floor is, in principle, acceptable forwheelchairs.
Note: All the above rules have become part of ITTF
Rules as of Sept. I. 2005.
So if you find yourself playing against a player in
wheelchair you have to play by these rules.
There are no exceptions to the ITTF Laws of tabletennis for standing players with a disability.
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Mitchell Seidenfeld
Age: 43Home Club: Table Tennis Minnesota
Style of Play: All-Around Attacker
Coach: Sean O'Neill
Sponsor: Table Tennis Pioneers,ping-pong.comEquipment: Banda Allround blade, Banda Sigma 2.0 on BH,
Andro Maxcell 2.0 on FH
Class: 10
Mitchell Seidenfeld returned to competitive table tennis forthe disabled at the Pan Am Cup in Argentina in July of 2005. liewon a gold, silver, and bronze medal and qualified for the 2006World Championships. Mitchell. the 1990 World Champion and!992 Paralyinpic gold medalist in Class 8 Singles (for leg
disabilities), now must compete in Class 10 against players withdisability in only their non-playing arm. He has pseudo-achondroplasia dwarfism and is currently working on new elements
to make his game more competitive with the powerful Class 10players. Mitchell spends over half of his workweek organizing
clubs, leagues. tournaments, and coaching programs around the
Minneapolis/St. Paul area. This makes him one of the few table
tennis professionals in the United States.
Bob Bowlander
Age: 53Home Clubs: West Alabama Club in Anniston
and all the Atlanta clubs (A.G.T.TA. Ben Hill.
Coan Park, and the Jewish Community Center).
Style of Play: All-Around Blocker and Attacker
Coach: Sean O'Neill
Equipment: Oversized Nittaku Monophonic Blade.
Dr. Neubauer Super Defenseand Buttertly Challenger 1.8 soft
Class: 8At the 2003 Para Pan Am Championships in Brazil. Bob won
fourth place in the Open, Silver in Class 8. and a Class 10 Team Gold.
In 2004 at the U.S. Paralympic Open in Colorado Springs, Bryce Luuand Bob won the Bronze in Class 8 Team beating Sweden. In July
2005 at the Para Pan Am Championships in Argentina. Bob won aSilver in Class 8 Singles and Silver in Teams with Doug Younan. Last
December Dave Skizypek and Bob won a team Bronze at 2005 U.S.Open Paralympic Championships in Las Vegas.
Ed LevyAge: 19Home Club: Lewis & Clark College TTC
Style of Piay: Consistent Spinner. BlockerCoach: Sean O'Neill
Sponsor: Nike
Equipment: Buttertly Andrzej Grubba. STIGA Magna RubberClass: 7
Ed qualified for the 2006 World Disabled Championships bywinning the Class 7 team event at the 2005 Para Pan Am Games,
with teammates Chris Puls and Norman Bass. Ed lias competedfoi- the United States in Spain. Slovakia. Mexico. Argentina andBrazil. Ed's disability is cerebral palsy, which he contracted atbirth. Ed began playing in 1994 at the Greensboro Table TennisClub in North Carolina. Ed currently resides in Portland, Or. wherehe is a freshman at Lewis and Clark College.
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Tahl Leibovitz
Age: 30Hometown: Ozone Park. NY
Coaches: Sean O'Neill. Mohsen Javalieri and Earl YoungClub: Killerspin Big Apple Table Tennis Academy
Sponsors: Table Tennis Pioneers/ping-pong.com, USOC,FILA. United Airlines, Gateway and TeamContinuum. (Newgy has been very helpful).
Equipment: Stiga Energy Wood Racket,Mendo MP Max on forehand.
Mendo Energy Max on backhandClass: 9
Talil qualified for the 2006 World Disabled Championshipsby winning three Gold Medals at the 2()()5 Para Pan AmChampionships with help from his Doubles Partner MitchSeidenfeld. Tahl has a very i-are bone condition which limits hismobility. His titles include 2005 USOC Table Tennis Player of TheYear: 2-time IPTTC USA Piayer of The Year: a Gold and Bronze
Medal at the 1996 Paralympics. and a Bronze in 2004: 2003 & 2005
Para Pan Am 2-time Triple Gold Medalist: IPTTC WorldChampionships Bronze Medalist; Czech Open ParalympicChampion: and U.S. Open Paralympic Champion. Tah! alsocompetes successfully in able body events, and is a 2-time U.S,
National Men's Doubles Semifinalist, 2004 U.S. Olympic Singles
Trials Top 10 finisher. a 2004 U.S. Olympic Doubles Qualifier. and
a 2001 U.S. World Team Trials Top 10 Finisher. He also won aBronze medal at the 15th World Maccabiah Games in 1997.
Norm Bass
Age: 66Home Club: Rogers Park TTC (California)
Style of Play: Hardbat ChopperCoach: Scan ONeill
Sponsor: Nike
Class: 7
Norm qualified for the 2006 World Disabled Championshipsby winning the Class 7 team event at the 200 Para Pan Am Games
with teammates Chris Pills and Ed Levy. Norm won a bronze medal
in the Class 7 event at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney Australia.
Norm has also competed for the United States in Taiwan. Argentinaand Brazil. Norm is the first post-World War 11 African Americanto play two professional sports. He played Major League Baseballfor the Kansas City Athletics from 1961 - 1963 and AFL football for the1964 Denver Broncos. Norm currently resides iii Inglewood, Ca.
Andre ScottHome Club: TWU
Style of Play: Aggressive BlockerCoach: Sean O'Neill
Sponsors: Table Tennis Pioneers/ping-pong.comEquipment: Stiga Aluminum Tube.
Magna Black and Red 2.0Class: 5
Andre Scott returned to competitive disabled table tennisafter a two and half year layoff due to illness, He placed fourth atthe 2005 Para Pan Am Championships in Argentina. He qualifiedfor the 2006 World Championships by playing in tournaments iiiNorway. Argentina. Slovalda. Sweden. and the U.S. Open. He wasa Para Pan Am Gold medalist in 1995 and 1997: a Para Pan Am
Class 5 Gold medalist in 1995, 1997 and 1999, and runner up in2001. He won the Bronze for Tennis at the 1990 Para Pan Ams. He
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TTlhe u. s. open Teams started out as the Inter-cities in the 1930s. It
was held iii Detroit almost continuously from 196 I to 1997 (goingelsewhere only in 1962 1964 and 1973-74). In 1998 they moved toBaltimore, and became the North American Teams. So why not revive themas the U.S. Open Teams. and put it on the west coast, where it's never beenheld? And so it was arranged in Reno, Nevada, right on the California border.
Let's thank USA Table Tennis and sponsors Buttertly, Nittaku andTMS International for bringing it aboutt Let's also thank North AmericanTable Tennis (Richard Lee. Fong Hsu. Wendy Troy. Chris Troy, ToniNguyen andAlan Williams), who ran the event flawlessly on time. exceptwhen previous rounds held things up - such as the marathon Division Onesemi finals. Also a big thank you to the 25 referees and umpires who attended,including RefereeAzmy [brahiin. Deputy Referee Marc Richard, and ChiefUmpire Wendell Dillon. USATT President Sheri Pittman, Treasurer TongLee and Executive Director Doru Gheoighe also attended the tournament,spending most ofit attending every imaginable meeting.
Media coverage was very good, with articles almost every day inthe sports section of the Reno Journal Gazette, and news coverage fromthree television stations. It seemed to work as a lot of spectator passeswere sold to spectators. according to Tournament President Richard Lee.
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Reno, NV • March 3-5,2006 • By Larry Hodges
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Not that it was all perfect. At ati altitude of 4500 feet (compared to2200 feet for the USA Nationals in Las Vegas and 6000 feet for Colorado
Springs. site of USATT Headquarters and various table tennis events),
the ball traveled a little differently than some expected. The thinnerair
meant the ball traveled a little faster and deeper, spin died down more
slowly. and the ball arced less than normal.
' They should never play a major tournament again at high altitude."said USA Junior Boys'Team member Misha Kazantsev. Misha said he
never felt comfortable playing in the thin air, and twice he blew big leads.Misha wasn't alone in this. Players seemed split between those who feltthey adjusted (often control-type players) atid those who did not.
A bigger problem was the lack of entries. in Detroit and Baltimore,the Teams normally had nearly 200 entries. Iii Reno there were only 48.(That came out to just over $350 in prize money per team.) This was adisappointment as it was thought that there would be a lot more Californiaentries, with Reno about 200 miles from San Francisco. Some playerswere at the Arnold Fitness Classic (scheduled before the dates of the
U.S. Open Teams were set). including most of the top USA players. sentthere by sponsor Killerspin.
'The lack of entries is probably because there are so manytournainents in California, and they just had the Western Open," saidUSA Junior Boys' Coach Masaaki Talima. "It's also about costs. Tliesefour star events are expensive. We had the Baltimore Teams iii November.the Nationals in December. the Sacramento Winter Open (not asexpensive) and the Western Open in Berkeley iii February. There are alotof players in Californiabut if you're looking for them to support allthese events, that is asking a [ot when you also add the cost of travel.Despite the low turnout. plans are already being made to run the eventagain next year. perhaps in California.
The tournament used 36 tables. with another four for practice.Twelve were individually barriered, the rest were partially barriered.There was lots and lots of room for players, with 16 feet between tables.Eight of the courts had the red flooring. the rest were concrete (whichsome complained was too slippery)
It was a bit disappointing that the USA Men's Team wasn't here totake on the Canadians and others. The top seven finishers at the USANationals were not present. Ilija Lupulesku, Mark Hazinski. Adam Hughand Barney J. Reed were all at the Arnold Fitness Classic. Cheng Yinghuawas home coaching. Han Xiao was busy with school. And Darko Ropdidn't attend either. David Zhuang. who (partially due to injuries) finished8 at the Nationals was the highest men's finisher present,
The life of a USA Team member,., Jackie Lee, a junior architecturemajor at University of Cal ifornia at Berkeley. had a mid-term exam forher "Classics" class. She finished the five-page written exam Con RomanCivilization) here at the Teams. As she had pre-arranged. she had SeanO'Neill take digital photos ofeach page, and emailed them to her professor.(Due to a slow internet connection, the professor couldn't receive thein,and Sean later had to fax them from his laptop.)
Best teain names: -Bwahaliahaha," "The Cinnamon Toast Coco
Puffs," "Four Biological Brothers" (who obviously weren't), "FunkieJunkies." and "Jennifer Durst" (see later note). I'ni sure "Amor Reno'(the senior teani winner) means something creative, so I'll give themhonorable mention.
The New 01¥mpic Teams FormatThe format used was the one adopted by the ITTF for use in the
team event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing (where teams will replacedoubles for the first time). Each team will play three players. who will be
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designated as ABC or XYZ. One player on each team will play twosingles mate]ies; the other two players will play one singles and onedoubles match (together). The best of five forinat is as follows:
A vs. X
B vs. Y
(A or B) with C (doubles) vs. (X or Y) with Z (doubles)C vs. Xor Y (whoever didn'tplay doubles)A or B (whoeverdidn't play doubles) vs. Z
Teams do not set the doubles team until after the first two matches
are played. As soon as those two are played. the team captain has todecide the doubles team, with the third player (the one who hasn'tplayed yet) paired with one of the two who played in the first twosingles matches.
One special rule was put iii for this event. To give players morematches, all team ties were played out (i.e. they didn't end at 3-0 or 3- 1)
except in Division One starting on Saturday.The advantages ofthe system are best given by the ITTF's guidelines
in creating the format: "A best of five format was wanted where therewould be doubles, with three players playing on each side, with noplayer playing more than two of the matches.
Players seemed somewhat split on whether they liked the newfurmat. but most seemed to either like it, or (as they got used to it)adjusted to it. Many thought it was difficult to understand initially. andthat there was too much randomness built into it since who played whoiii singles was decided by die playing order set by each team. which wasdone not knowing the other team's playing order.
'Overall players were pleased with the new Olympic Teamsformat," said Alan Williams. the Marketing Director for North AmericanTable Tennis. "They expressed a willingness to play it again."
So what did some of the top players, coaches and officials think ofthe new format?Alan asked around. and got these responses.
Gao Jun. U.S. #1 Woman: "It's good, but it's seems a littlec ompl i c ate d to m e . Yesterday 1 m a d e a mistake and it cost my team a tic.1 thought the other coach would play their #3 player in fourth matchsingles, but he played in fifth singles and that created a mismatch. Thisforniat gives hard choices for coaches. it is harder to 'hide' a weak player
on your roster. If you are allstrong, no problem."
Sean O'Neill. USA Cadet Boys' Coach: "INn learning with each
fixture. 1 think it adds excitement and is better than other three-playerformats ITTF has previously tried. IN·elearned thatan advantage can begained if you can anticipate the other coach's decision. ABC vs. XYZchoices are important, whether you want to try to win 3-1 by mismatchingon the singles or play for a 3-2 win. Also. 1 think this format rewardsdepth on a team. rather than just being Singles Version Two."
Bence Csaba. Canada 2008 LISOTC Champions: "Itk all right:it's nice and short and allows us to get on with our lives. I don't likesitting around between matches and this format keeps play brisk. Doublesis cool, but the second position is hardest to play. Second singles versusfirst singles determines the whole tie. Ifthat match is a surprise result.then the tie is all over."
Azmy Ibrahim. International Referee and the tournament referee
1 think unipires have to be fastidious in their record-keeping with thisformat. Ensuring the order of play is best done from the start of thematch, in order to prevent errol-."
Earl¥ RoundsFriday morning greeted players with several inches of snow. and a
number of junior players had the expected snowball fights beforecompetition began at noon.
The format started off with tennis in preliminary groups on Fridayto decide whether they'd be in Division One or Two. The top four teamswere seeded out. while the other 44 were put in ten round robins of 4-5teams.The top two teams in each group (20 teams)joined the foul-teamsseeded out in Division One. The other 24 teams were put in DivisionTwo.
On Saturday, teams in both divisions were in groups of six. The toptwo in each group advanced to the quarterfinals of their division onSunday. with the rest in follow-up round robins on Sunday to decideplacement.
The "upset" of the tournament (and quite a comeback') took placeon Friday when Erick Shahnazari Cage 9. rated 1075) and Ethan Chua(age N. rated 1070), fearlessly smashingat wideangles. upset Dave Sakai(2213) and Ron VonSchmimmelmann (1983) in doubles. -3,-4,8.6,6.
However. the seniors swept the .singles.Tactical match oftlie tournament: 1 watched Loc Ngo ( 2321 ) against
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choppers. There are more than one way to do this, but I 'm guessing fewwho watched (and there was a crowd watching this crowd-pleasingattacker versus chopper match) saw what Loc was doing. He wouldpush heavy once or twice. then he'd throw a no-spiii push at her(contacting the ball near the handle with less grazing motion), andimmediately get ready to attack the next ball. Against the no-spin, Chrishail trouble keeping the ball down, and so Loc jumped on it over and overwith powerful loops. 1 f Chris chopped the first one back low. Loc wouldjust push and start over.
There were two matches of interest on Saturday among the topseeds.
NYAC Men vs. Chengdu
Both of these teams would be advancing to the quarterfinals, sothey were just playing for seediiig. The loser would be seeded to face thepowerful Canada 2008 team in the semilinals. More impoitantly. thiswas our first look at the Chengdu team against a truly strong team.
NYAC Men features three powerhouse Diayers. including formerChinese team member Jiang... no. not THAT Jiang! Jiany Weizhong, 37.frani Shanghai, was a niember o f the Chinese National Team in 1990 andis currently playing for the Burgos team in the Spanish League. Hisestimated rating of2750 "is very accurate." according to teammate ChetanBaboor. "Chet." 31. rated 2626, is a fbrmer Indian Champion now livingin New Jersey who made the final of Men's Singles at the Asian Cup in1997 and the semifinals in 2000. and the semifinals ofthe Asia Top 12 iii1999. The third player is USA's very own four-Iime men's championDavid Zhuang. 42, rated 2691. Zhuang and Jiang are vintage pips-outpenholders while Baboor is a two-winged looper.
Playing toi- Chengdu are penhold looper Xi Gllo, 18; andshakehanders Chao Huang Bang. 18, and YangZhang., 20. Xi hasbeen inthe U.S. lor the past three months working with the Palo Alto juniorplayers in the San Francisco bay area. and there is speculation thatperhaps he can be convinced to stay, He's on a six month visa.
Except for the first match, every match here was a close battle. Iiimatch #I,Jiang shows that that 2750 really is accurate, defeating YangZhang at 4,6.5.
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In match #2. Xi seems to have things under control against Chet. Xi
is up 2-lin games. and up 10-3 match point. That's seven match poilits.
At ] 0-7 he calls a timeout. At 10-all, he can only shake his head at whereall those match points went. and why so many of his serves went long
(thin air?) allowing Chet to loop. Xi has aiiotlier match point at 1 1 -10.but still cannot convert. Chet has three ads ( 12-11,13- 12,14- 13). Chet
misses a forehandrip from his backhand comerat 14-all. and then loopsXi's serve off as Xi can finally breath easy with his 5,-9.8,14 victory.
Iii the doubles, Chengdu (Xi and Chao) win the first two, butnothing's easy for them this tea111 match as.liang/Zhuang win the nexttwo. the fourth at deuce, Chengdu wins the doubles. 5,1 1,-5.-10.6.
Chet, perhaps still on a roll from his near comeback earlier. wins thefirst two against Chao, loses thethird, gets clobbered in the fourth (11-1 !) and loses the match, -9,-7,7,1,8.
So it all comes down to inatch#5, Zhuang versus Yang. ConsideringYang's di fficulties against fellow pips-out penholder Jiang, Zhuang shouldbe a favorite. David goes up 10-8 in the first, Yang gets ali edge, butDavid wins 11-9. Then it's all Yang for two gaines as he can do no wrong.winning at 6&4 (leading 6-0 in the third). David seems lost. unable tofind a way to stop the onslaught offorehand putaway loops. His ownfurehand hitting seems off (and in fact seems off this entire tournament).Then, down 6-7 in the fourth, David scores four in a row to lead 10-7...
and then it's 10-all! But David wins the next two, the last on a nice dropshot followed by a tlip to an open table. Things are tied up 2-2 as we goto the last game.
David takes a 3-0 lead. seems on a roll. Then Yang takes a titneout.When he returns. he scores five in a row. 3-5. Then David scores two in
a row, 5-5. Then Yang scores four in a row, 5-9. The two seem determinedto alternate scoring runs - and there's one niore scoring run left as David,from the depths, scores six iii a row to win the match! (The last one wason a down-the-line serve that catches Yang stepping around. furcing aweak return that David smashes.) It's 9,-6.-4.10,9 for David as he runs
screaming into the arms of his teammates. Such dramatic victories comerarely and are to be savored.
The Threesome vs. Butterjly Girls
Of the matches to advance to the quarters. this was the only tiglitlycontested one.
The team match starts off with a big upset as the Buttertly Girls'Sara Fu (rated 2391) upsets Freddie Gabriel (2530). -6,7.5.-3.10. Inmatch #2. Peter Zajac (2374) wins the first two against Whitney Ping(2342). but Whitney wins the next two. Peter goes up 5-0 in the fifth.but cannot hold it as Whitney ties it at 9-all, Peter goes up 10-9 matchpoint, but Whitney gets a net dribblerto reach deuce. Peter wins the nextpoint. and then gets his own net dribbler to witi tlie match, 9.7,-4.-8,1 0.Iii the doubles, Gabriel/Jackie Lee struggle before winning against Ping/Heather Wang. 8.8.-9.10 to give the Threesome a twosome to onesomelead.
Up next is U.S. Collegiate Women's Champion and U.S. TeamMeniber Jackie Lee against Sara Fll. It goes to 9-011 in the fifth, Sara winsa nice rally to go up 10-9, and then (it must be contagious) wins on a netdribbler. So it's into the fifth match-but this time it'srathera mismatch
as the 2530-rated Gabriel witis easily against the 2147-rated Wang 7,4.2.
Quarterfinals(Note -starting here, all singles matches are best of seven.)Canada 2008 d. California J Leaguers, 3-0
Canada 2008 reminds this writer ofCanada s former strength duringits rim with Johnny Huang iii singles, Joe Ng/Hot-atio Pintea iii doilbles(reaching the quarters ofthe Worlds in 1 991 ). Now it's Wilson Zhang insingles, Bence Csaba/Faazil Kassam iii doubles. In both cases, it gaveCanada a powerful 1-2-3 punch, with pretty strong 4-5 jabs as well!Canada cruised past the California "J" (for Japanese) Leaguers as Zhangdefeated Takayukil Abe, 2,5,4.4. Csaba defeated Tatsuya Honda, -10,8,5,8,7, and Csaba/Kassam defeated Honda/Saori Mihara, 3,7,9.3.
Canada 2006 d. NYAC Newgy Women, 3-1
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With Gao Jun (world #7 woman. long-time USA #1. rated 2651) as
their anchor and a threat to take two matches against almost any team.the NYAC Newgy Women knew they had a chance. But they decided topull a tactical switch, putting Gao in the doubles in the hopes that diey' dwin that match (along with Gao's lone single match) and get better match-ups in the singles. At first it seemed to have paid off, as it allowed themto play Gao against Canada 2006's #1, Pradeeban Peter-Paul, rated 2640.[f Gao could win that match. it not only gave the women a win. it tookaway iii expected win for the Canadians. However. there's a complication- Gao's got a fever and her voice is hoarse. Shes pretty sick.
And yet win it she did, -7,7,6.3,6, showing the mental strength thathas fueled her long career. "Peter-Paul likes players to play hard at himand outlast them," said USA Women's Coach Dot-u Gheorghe. 'Gao
plays soft, and he doesn't like that." it would be Gao's last singlesmatch: she would finish undefeated in singles. (She would later "lose"trvo practice matches against a smiling Justin Yao. a member ofthe USACadet Boys' Team. rated 2227 - but she was spotting 7-8 points per
game!)
Next up is Tawny Banh (2455) against Canada's Qiang Shen (2589)Tawny wins game one. but despite ferocious rallies. cannot pilll out thematch as Shen wins, -8.7,8,4,8.
The women's strategy starts to fall apart when Gao Jun/CrystalHuang (2473) begin to falter in doubles against Shen/Pierre-lue Hinse(2539) as they lose the first two games badly. Gao is a conventionalpips-out penholder with an emphasis on blocking and pick hitting. Crystalis a more "modem" penholder, with an inverted reverse penhold backhand(i.e. uses the back ofher penhold racket for backhands). The two womenpull even, winning the next two with great hitting and blocking. TheCanadians win the next two and the match, 7,3.-7,-7,9.7.
Next up is Tawny again. against Hinse. This one was a seesawbattle with more ferocious rallies (have you ever seen a match involvingTawny that wasn't'?), with Hinse winning the match. 10,-8.9.6,-10.6.NYAC Men d. The Threesome, 3-0
Against The Threesome, two of the matches are quick 4-0's as Jiangdefeats Freddie Gabriel. 8.7.5.2 and in match #3. Zhuang/Baboor defeat
Gabriel/lefty Peter Zajac, 9.4.7.7. In match #2 David is having unexpecteddifficulties with Jackie Lee. "1 can't treat her like a little girl anymore!"David exclaims at one point. The match goes 2-2, and at 8-all iii the sixthis on the verge of going seven before David wins three straight points andthe match, 5,9,-7.-5,6,8.
Chengdu d. Jennifer Durst, 3-1Who's Jennifer Durst? Why. that's Dr. De Tran's wife! Lefty De
(2463, former USA team member) had an inspired start against Chengdu'sYang Zhang, losing the first 15-13 but romping in the next two beforeYang came back, 13,-6,-2,8,7,10. When the Jenni fur's team's Shao Yu(2507) did romp against Xi Guo in match #2.13,7,-3.5,6, things gotrather serious for the Chengdu team, who might have been down 0-2. indoubles, Chengdu (Xi Guo/Chao Huang Bang) were romping, winningthe first two gaines against De/Paul David (2459) at 2 and 4. But thingsweren't over yet as the Jennifers won the next two games. and were atdeuce in the fifth before Chengdu pulled it out in six, 2,4,-8.-9.10,6. Inmatch #4, Chengdu ended it with a bang as Bang defeated Shao Yu,4.3.4.-9.5. in a battle of shakehanders with pips on the backhand.
Semifinals
Canada 2008 d. Chengdu, 3-0
Canada 2008 continues to play like a buzzsaw. In match #1, BenceCsaba easily wins against Yang Zhang. 10,6.-8,4,4. In match #2. againstXi Guo, Wilson Zhang wins the first 11-0 (Xi kept looping "winners" toWilson's forehand. and Wilson kept looping thein back as "winners").W ilson leads 10-9 in the second before faltering, He wins the next threeeasily, scoring six in a row from 5-all iii the fourth as he wins the match,0,-12.5,5.7. The doubles is also mostly one-sided, with a similar secondgame blip before Csaba/Kassam win. 4.-14.7,9.8.Canada 2006 d. NYAC Men, 3-2
Canada's Peter-Paul's only loss so far has been to Gao Jun. and his
problems with pips-out penholders continue as NYAC's Jiang completelydominates match # 1,7,7.7,5.
Next up is Canada's junior phenom Qiang Slien ( 16, rated 2589)
against the more experienced David Zhuang. Shen plays very steady
throughout the match, systematically picking out balls to loop away,
rarely giving David a chance to force errors. David's still having trouble
with his smash and he misses a number as he loses the first two games.
David wins game three. and leads 7-3 in the fourth. He loses four in a row
(7-all). then goesup 10-7 in winning 11-8. Shen wins game five and goes
up 10-8 match point in game six. He serves and rips - off! Then missesa backhand. and David s done another comeback, 10-all. Or has he?
David blocks off. and this time Shens serve & rip hits as the Canadian
jimior wins, 9,7,-8,-8,8,10, and things are tied up at 1 -1.NYAC Men has been varying their doubles team nearly every match,
trying to find the right combo. This time they send out Jiang/Baboor
against Canada's Shen/Hinse. It goes the distance, with Canada winning,7,-8,-9,3,10,-8.8.
David keeps things alive by de Eating 1 8-year-old Hinse. -8,8.10,8.7(down 9-10 in the third game). So it'11 be decided in the fifth match.between Peter-Paul ('Pradi") and Chet.
Pradi starts out completely dominating, winning the first three withease. The Chet who was once ranked in the top 70 in the world as a full-
time player is now just a part-time player, while Pradi trains full-time atthe Canadian Training Center.
Butalittle ofthe Chet ofold comes back as he wins game four, 11-9. Iiigame six. it's all Pradi who leads 7-2. Then the Chet ofold scores six in a rowand soon leads 10-B and 11-10 as he wins 13-11. In game six. the score is 4-3 for Pradi when the Canadian gets two net winners in a row. Chet can onlyshake his head, but Pradi, now leading 6-3, runs it out as he wins the matchto advance Canada2008 into theal]-Canadian final. 8,7.3.-9.-11,6.
This seinifinal took nearly three and a half hours to complete. a bitmore than the two hours scheduled, postponing the final nearly an hour.
Final
Canada 2008 d. Canada 2006,3-1
The final is anticlimactic. It'sjust another practice session back atthe Canadian Training Center. right? Says Faazil Kassam. "It's not likeplaying at the training center- much more pressure!" He's referring tothe prize money, since the winning team will get $7000, the runner-Lips$3000. (The semifinalist teams got $1200, the quarterfinalists $600.)
The most interesting match was the first one, where Bence almost
ran away with it over Pradi. After Pradi won the first at 3. Bence won thenext three at 7,9,2. (When Pradi takes a timeout in game four, Bence'steammates have to motion for him to come over: '1 didn't know it was a
timeout for me also!" he says, perhaps half seriously.) Then it wasPradi's turn, winning game five at 5, and leading 8-2 in the sixth. Then it was10-8, down game point at 10-11, finally 13-11 for Pradi. In the seventh,Pradi was behind 4-7 but scores seven in arow ( !) to win the match. 3.-7.-9.-
2,5,11,7. So Canada 2006 took a temporary 1-Olead over Canada 2008.However, Canada 2008 now played their "Big Three" back to back
to back. Wilson Zhang played matches #2 and #4, winning at 6.4.5,2 and6.5,8.4 over Hinse and Shen. In the doubles, it was Csaba/Kassam over
Hinse/Shen. Csaba/Kassam won the first three (with the highlight Csabakrunning into the umpire table during a point in game two, and then, yes,jokingly kissing it?) and had two inatch points in game five before winningin six. 11.8.1,-8.-13.6. So Canada 2008 defeats teammates Canada 2006
to win the 2006 U.S. Open Team Championships.
Canada Training CenterI discussed Canadian table tennis with Faazil Kassam. a member of
the winning team here. He told me their team is required to train at theirNational Training Center. And here is where Canada Table Tennis has amajor advantage over USA Table Tennis. The Canadian government fundstheir national training center. All six members of the winning Canada
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Team (Mo Zhang. Judy Long and Sara Yuen). train there full time, alongwith others such as Xavier Therien, Guo Peng and Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi. Also ti ain ing there full-time is USA's Sainson Dubina. Canada alsodoesn't have strict trials as we do in the U.S., with younger playerschosen to compete on teams for experience rather than older ones whomay be better but with less future potential.
Misha's Aeanderings
U.S. Junior Boys' Team member Misha Kazantsev, 17, had histribulations this tournament. Sometimes things go from bad to worse to... worser? The USA Junior Boys' team played -Butterfly Girls." Down1-2 iii games to Sara Fu. Misha went up 9-3 in the fourth, only to lose 8straight points and the inatch, 5,-5.8,9. Later, against "Jennifer Durst,"Misha would win the first two games against Shao Yu. and go up 5-0 inthe third. Shao took a time-out. and when he returned he won that gameand the match, -8,-8,8,5,7
And then Misha's racket disappeared - only to reappear and befound by Misha's Coach. Masaaki Tajima. in someone else's bag.
But yes. things got "worser" from there. Against 'Buttertly Boyson Saturday, Misha and Coach Tajima believed Jamaican Joseph Dibbs
had coached teammate and countryinan Nigel Webb during a match against
M is;ha's teammate Trevor Runyan, yelling "reverse" at a key point to
signal him to use a reverse pendulum serve. After the match, Misha
confronted Dibbs on this, and claimed that Dibbs said, '1 can do anythingI want when there is no umpire." Misha wrote the words down on the
back of the score sheet. Dibbs later denied both coaching during the
match and the quote Misha attributed to him.
As fate would have it. these two played next. Misha asked for an
umpire (a smart decision, if you believe your opponent had said the
above), and uinpire Grady Gordon entered t]ie scene. Dibbs won the
first game 11 -5. It was at 8-all in the second that the fireworks wentoff.Dibbs served. Misha raised his hand to signal "net ball" and patted the
ball back. Dibbs ripped a winner. Umpire Gordon said lie didnt see thenet ball, and Dibbs said he didn't see it either. So Gordon awarded the
point to Dibbs, 9-8.This was too much for Misha. He would later say that he believed
that the umpire made an honest mistake, but that Dibbs was cheating. Hethrew his racket. kicked over the barriers and threw at least one. and
cursed at Dibbs with profane language. He then stormed out of theplaying area, still cursing at Dibbs. After Misha left, Dibbs told theunipire he'd agree to play a let if Misha returned and the match continued,
but at this point that was rather unlikely.The acting referee at the time was Deputy Referee Marc Richard of
Canada. He now entered the scene, and after a short consultation with
the umpire. defaulted Misha from the match. However. he decided toallow Misha to play his next match. telling him. "If you say one moreword, you will be out." Misha teamed with John Leach in the doubles,but lost to Dibbs and Yahao Zhang. This ended the team match, withButterfly Boys winning 3-0.
During the doubles match Misha was very quiet, but immediatelyafterwards he confronted Dibbs again. The two went at it again, andaccording to Referee Richard, Misha used abusive language. and so Mishawas defaulted out of the tournament.
This left the U.S. Junior Boys' Team with only two players. Forthe rest ofthe tournament, they would start every team match essentiallydown 0-2.
Misha said that during their singles match that Dibbs had been"smart-mouthing" him, which had bothered him. That. and the incidentover whether Dibbs had coached Webb during a match and what Mishaclaimed Dibbs said afterwards. was what set him offwhen he believed
Dibbs was cheating. He admitted that blowing big leads iii two matelies,and his missing racket, had also probably affected him.
Of course. none of this excuses his actions. as he fully admittedlater on.
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USA Junior & Cadet Teams
As noted above, USA Junnor Boys, coached by Masaaki Tajima.lost Misha Kazantsev early on. However. Trevor Runyan and John
Leach battled on. starting every tie down 0-2. On Saturday. in their
group of six, they finished in a three-way tie for third with a record of 2-3. In the tie-breaking procedure, they were 3-4 in games (with the 0-3loss to Buttertly Boys costly) and so finished fifth in the group, OnSunday. playingin the 1 7-20playoffs, they won all three team matchesto finish 17* in Division One.
USA Junior Girls (Judy Hugh, Barbara Wei, Atha Fong. SteplianieShih) underwent major trials and tribulations this tournament. and endingup winning Division Two ... although they weren't too thrilled with itsince they were seeded forthe first di vision. and were easily the best inDivision Two.
The problems started on Friday. when Junior Girls' Coach Lily Yipand daughter Judy Hugh (#1 on team) arrived late and missed all thematches that day. Also stranded was Scott Preiss. whowasthe #1 playeron the -Triple A's." We'11 let Lily describe their trials and tribulations·
-We were supposed to arrive iii Reno at 11:30 PM on Thursdaynight. but that flight got delayed two hours :ind we didn't get in to SanFrancisco until 2:00 AM. The next morning (Friday) we were scheduledto take the first morning flight out at 8:40 AM. but that tlight got cancelledbecause ofmaimenance problems. The rest ofthe morning and afternoonflights were booked since everyone from the 8:40 flight was rushing tofind an open seat. So after missing the 10:30 AM standby tlight, ScottPreiss and 1 decided to drire to Reno since the next for sui-e flight wouldn'tbe until 7:30 PM Saturday night. We left a little after noon and didn'tarrive in Reno until 7:15 PM that night. The Junior Girl's Team washal fu-ay through their lasiteam tie of the day wlien we arrived.
She added."I needed ati emergency bathroom stop. but there weren'tany trees on our side of the road so ! had to run across the highway! 1have never seen so much inow in my life. Luckily we had Scott Preiss. a3000 level chauffeur. Thank yon, Scott!"
So Lily and Judy finally arrived. taking about twice the normal timeto drive from Sat' Francisco to Reno due to the snow - but the damage
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· Senior Cover 40) Team (Amot·
Reno - Billy Fit, Josef Badrena,
Felipe Campbell, Ivan Rubio).· Junior C:iris'Team (USAJunior
Girls - Judy Hugh, Barbara Wei,Atha Fong. Stephanie Shili):
· Junior Boys' Team (USA JuniorBoys (Trevor Runyan. John
Leach): Misha Kazantsev was also
on this team, but was disqualified(see section in article) and so
forfeited his $200 share.
Results
Division One
Final
Canada 2008 d. Canada 2006,3-1
• Pradeeban Peter-Paul (CAN()6) d.
Bence Csaba (CANOR). 3.-7.-9.-
2,ill,7
• Wilson Zhang (CANOS) d. Piene-lue Hinse (CAN06). 6.4,5.2
Hence Csaba/Faazil Kassain
(CANON) d. Pierre-lue Hinse/Qiang Shen (CAN06), 11,8,1,»13,6
· Wilson Zhang (CAN08) d. Qiang Shen (CAN06), 6.5,8.4Semifinals
Canada 2008 d. Chengdu, 3-0
• Berice Csaba (CANOR) d. Yang Zhang (CD). 10,6.-8.4.4· Wilson Zhang(CANON) d. Xi Guo (CD), 0.-12,5.5.7
• Bence Csaba/Faazil Kassain (CANOS) d. Chao Huang Bang/Xi Guo(CD), 4,-14,7,9,8
Canada 2006 d. NVAC Men, 3-2
• Jiang Weizhong (NYAC) d. Pradeeban Peter-Paul (CAN06). 7.7,7,5• Qiang Shen (CAN06) d. David Zhllang (NYAC'). 9.7.-8.-8.8.10
• Pierre-lue Hinse'Qiang Shen (CAN06) d. Jiang Weizhong/ChetanBaboor (NYAC)- 7.-8.-9.3.10.-8.8
• David Zhuang INYAC) d. Pierre-lue Hinse (CAN()6), -8,8.1 0,8,7· Pradeeban Peter-Paul ( CAN06) d. Chetan Baboor (NYAC),8,7,3,-9.-11,6
Quarterfinals
Canada 2008 d. California J Leaguers, 3-0
• Wilson Zhang (CAN08) d. Takayuki Abe COL). 2.5.4.4
· Betice Csaba (CAN08) d. Tatsuya Honda (CJL),-10.8.5,8,7Bence Csaba/Faazil Kassam (CANOS) d. Tatsuya Honda/Saori Miliant(CIL), 3,7,9,3
Canada 2006 d. NYAC Newgy Women, 3-1• Gao.lun (NYAC) d. Pradceban Peter-Paul (CAN06). -7,7.6.3.6
• Oiang Shen (CAN06) d. Tawny Banh (NYAC). -8.7,8,4.8
· Oiang SheniPierre-lue Hinse (CAN06) d. Gao Jun/Crystal Huang(\IYAC). 7.3.-3.-7,9.7
• Pierre-luc Hinse (CAN()6) d. Tawny Banh (NYAC).10,-8,9.6.-10,6NYAC Men d. The Threesome, 3-0
• Jiang Weizhong (NYAC) d. Freddie Gabriel ('IT), 8,7,5.2
· David Zhuang (NYAC) d. Jackie Lee (TT), 5,9,-7.-5.6,8
· David Zhuang/Chetan Baboor (NYAC) d. Freddie Gabriel/Peter Zajac
(TT). 9.4.7.7
Chengdu d. Jennifer Durst, 3-1
· Yang Zhang (CD) d. De Tran (JD),13.-6,-2,8,7,10
• Shao Yu (JD) d. Xi Guo (CD),13,7.-3,5,6
• Xi Guo/Chao Huang Bang (CD) d. De Tran/Paul David (JD),2,4,-8,-9,10,6
• Chao Hiiang Bang (CD) d. Shao Yll OD),4.3,4,-9,5
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Pierre-lue Hinse of the Runner-up Canada 2006 Team
4-1 by Reno and so knocked into the second division with a 2-2 record.
(In the last rather naeaningless match, a dispirited Atha Fong won the
first two against David Rubin before losing -9.-9.10.12.9.) On Saturdayand Sunday. they would play eight teain matches. romping through the
division with a combined 39-1 match record as they finished first inDivision Two. 25'h overall. They were the only team seeded to inakeDivision One that didn't.
USA Cadet Girls (Olena Sowers. Ariel Hsing and Amy Huang),coached by Emilia Gheorghe, went 1-2 on Friday Closing two ties 0-5.
winning the other 4-1), and so went into Division Two, as seeded. OnSaturday. seeded second in their group. they went 3-2 with a rather
traumatic loss to "The Hardbat Team" made up of. yes. three hardbatters(i.e. no spoiige). Scott Gordon, Lorin Benedict and Andrew Hutzel. This
knocked the USA Cadet Girls out of contention for winning the division.
putting them into the playoffs for 9- 12. On Sunday they went 2-ltofinish 10'11 in Di vision Two, 34'11 overal l .
USA Cadet Boys (Amaresh Sahu, Justen Yao. A.J. Brewer and
Joseph Wang) went 2-1 (winning tuo ties 5-0. losing the other 0-5) onFriday. and so went into Division One. as seeded. On Saturday. seeded
58 in their group of six, they went 0-5. losing a close 2-3 match toSenoda, putting them in the playoffs for 21-24. On Sunday they went 3-0 to finish 21 ' in Division One.
Said Coach Sean O'Neill. "1 was very pleased with their preparation
before each team match. They were ,always on time, glued up. and ready
to play. Since wchadfourplayers in Renosomeonewasgoing tohaveto sit out each round. Although I tried to balance it out. no one ever
complained. Instead the bo>s were always attentive and cheering for
each other after each good shot or smart decision.He added, "From watching the top cadets in the world at the 2005
&2006 Safir International Tournament in Sweden it is very apparent to
inc that we arc lagging in physical fitness and our ability to make strongtopspins on our forehand side. While our players are happy to slow
loop pushes over the net. our competition is driving theiR with tremendous
spin and speed. Our footwork is also a step too slow and often ouropponent's clioose our team's shot instead of us dictating play. Moreoffthe table training, footwork and multi-balls drills will be required forus to catch up with our peers."
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Photo by Kingston Gee ©2006
Division Two: P USA Junior Girls (Judy Hugh. Barbara \Vei. Atha
Fong. Stephanie Shili): 2"' Four Musketeers (Mark Johnson. Barry Or,Michael Liu. Gary Fang)
Highest Finishing Women 's Team: N YAC Neu'gy \Nomen (Gao .1 zin,Tawny Banh. Crystal Huanu).
Highest Finishing Senior Team: Amor Retio (Billy Fu. Josel'Badrena.
Felipe Campbell. 1,an Rubio).
Highest Finishing Junior Boys' Team: USA Junioi- 130>s (Ti·evorRunyan. John Leach: Misha Kazantsev disqualified).
Highest Fin ishi ng Junior Girls' Team: l.IS A .I ll 1 liot- ( i i ·ls C J udy l i li gil.Barbara Wei. Atha Fong, Stephanie Shih).
Energy Mastery: SpinByJohn Allen, USATT Coaching Chair
lis article is the first of a two-part article on the energy ofipiii and its application in the sport of table tennis. Thisrgment will consider spin in today's game and review basic
principles for striking the ball. The next article will explore spiiimastery and striking the ball "in the moment' for winning lesults.
Today's game presents us with the greatest spin the sport of
table tennis has ever seen. With the advancements iii playingrubber. rackets. glue and stroke techniques. we see more totalJpin and more variations of spin. We also see greater applicationsof spin in game tactics and strategies. Such as spin deception in
sen'ing or applying a spin curve to open up the CourtTo gain a better understanding of how to create and generate
spill it's important to reinforce basic principles of striking the ball.
.An outline of world class table tennis theory & technique byHenan Li Ai (1983) provides us with these basic principles:1. Timing when contacting the ball
11. Applicatioii of force and friction
III. Where to contact the ball (most important principle)
Principle 1: Timing when contacting the ballThis principle regards timing as the ball bounces on the table
prior to contact. This principle must be reinforced frequently inthe early stages of teaching a stroke and when applying it todifferent shots. The following table describes the execution of
this principle to various stroke techniques:Top of
Stroke Technique Rising Bounce FallingCounter X
Fast loop XSlow loop x rChop X
Block against loop XLoop against loop at table X ]42
Loop against loop ai, ay from table X XPush X X
Fast or quick push X.lab block X X
Principle 11: Application of Force and FrictionFor description we define /brce as tile forward motion in
striking the ball and application q/b·iction as the act of skimmineor spinning the ball. Every table tennis shot requires vaiving
degrees of force and fliction. Example: Loop - maximum frictionand less force. Counter and iii-.ash - maximum force and less
friction. Today's game requires even greater mastei-y of variations
of force and friction than in the past given the advancements inequipment and technique.
It's important for a coach to recognize a player's competence
of this principle and adjust de,elopment to improve skills wherenecessary. Abo in conipetition. for tactical & strategic
Jiang Weizhong. 37, plaved onthe semifinalist NVAC lien'%
IUm „ith David Zhuang andC hetan Baboor. He's a former
Chinese Na tional Team
Member. now phning in the
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development coaches and players should be adept :it assessingan opponentk competence with this skill.
The degree of applied force can be described as 1 ) inininium(30-40%), 2) medium (60-80%) and maximum (80-95%).
The final concept of this principle is the direction of.forcerelative m an oppoilent s xii{)1 described as follows:
Against topspin Down and forward
Against backspin Up and forward
Against right sidespin To opponent's left
Against left sidespin To opponent's rightAgainst high ball Downward
Against low ball Upward
Principle 111 : Where to contact the ballIn this principle it's important to distinguish the reference to
the front area of the ball (see illustration). Contact ''front" area of
the ball is determined by trajectory and timing of the ball's flight
pattern. The -front" of the ball is :111 area. not a Specific point,
"Front" -Rising - "Front" - Top of Bounce--
%1
Y--1 "Front" - Falling,1
Size of front contact area iii relation to different racquet surfacesshould be adjusted as follows:a) long pips - Ami]Iest contact area
b) anti-spin - slightly larger than area for long pipsc) pips-out - slightly larger than anti-spin aread) inverted - lai-nest contact area
Area of contact Confi·out of ball) for various shots:
a) counter against topspin - above center
b) smash against backspin - center or below centerc) block against topspin - above center
d) loop against tophpin - top
e) loop against backspin - slightly above center
t) chop against topspin · below center
g) push against backspin - below center
11) hit to opponent's right - contact to light of centeri) hit to opponent's left - contact to left of center
it.s important to tiote that Principle I (timing). Principle 11(application of loree and friction), and Principle Ill (contact area)
are all closely related. No one principle may be applied without
careful consideration of the concomitant relationships uith the
other two principles.Mastery of these striking principles into a player's stroke
techniques provides a strong foundation for a player's competenceiii receiving and applying spin into their game. Part two of thisarticle will review how spin is used in winning technique and how
these basic principles provide a common thread in the spin gameof today. Stay luned.
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The Forehand Flip Serve ReturnB, Richard Me:Afee.
L SATT National Coach & ITTF Coach
aggi-iessi ,·e play und nou·here isod„>6 modern Uallie rewards
this better ill listrated than the
growing inwortance of attacking shortserves. The move to the larger ball Ilitsreduced tile amount of spin possibleon short serves. Combine this factor
with the new rule forbidding Mding therocket b.111 contact when servinu und
>oil have a Situation where it is easierto anack short sen'es than M past year>.
Basic Elements of the Forehand FlipAgainst a Short Serve1. Timing: The ball liould be colltacted :11 the top 01 tile bollilce.1 T> pc of C'unt.let: You Should make friction (spill) conmet \\ ith
the baH. producing .1 light topspin.3. Contact Point on 8,111:
· Ag,tilist a Short lillile]--spin -- Colitact below the center 01the ball.
· Ag,limit a no-spin ball - Contact the center of the ball.
Stroke DescriptionI he stioke is executed liKing mostly the forearm and sonic
wrist. Most of the force coinei from snapping the lot-earm whichh|loilld be 11]Oving upward at the moment of contact The 1 .leketjace hholild be Al)11-le\Fhal open against :in under-spin Herve andIleult-:11 :lgailist .1 110-spill Herve.
Upper Body Position
[-lie upper body should be in .1 closed position ullich will allowyoll to rotate your shoulders Mto the stroke to aild some power.Approaching the bal] in this position al<o allows you to direct thereturn to .111 areas of the table with power. 11' you approach with theshoil|der. opell. you C.111 (,111> place the ball crosscourt with poweiand your opponelit will knou where built- reti:111% are going. (Sce photos:Ken I. jell dellic„lstrates.)
Footwork
For most short serve..except those to the wide backhand.htep ill with the right fooL You Allould try to get your right fuotdireelly under the spot where the ball is contacting the table. ForServes wide to your ft,1-ell.ind. you may need to tihe t\\-0-stepfuotwork. Remember. that your recovery nack into a ready positionis an essential part of the stroke. You do not wan: to uet e.illuhtleaning over the table by your opponell<% return.
Serve Return TargetsIn generaL there are three specific tai-gets 11)1+ your Ilip herve
return.
L Cross-Colit-1. trying to cut the angle bet\\,ren the corner of thetable aild the net
2. I)<)1 ii-line-deep into the corner3, Into the opponent s right elbow (right-handers). trying to
handeuff them, It is important to remember thal this target is a111(1\ ing one. You U il| need to .lillieipate u here your opponentwill be min ing after the serve.
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Practice Drills
Short serve - Flip: Have your training panner serve mixedspin short serves to yol:[- furell.ind I /3 01 the table. Return tilesene with a foreliand ilip to one of the three 1.irget .11-ea, lihtedabine. then play out the point, As your teehilique illiproves.|lave yolli- 11:11-mer serve to 2/3 of the table. attack to ally Of tilethree t,lruet areas. and play ollt tile point.
Nhort serve - Drop and Flip: In this Lhill. tile Ket-vcr gives a%11(11-1 Sene anywhere. the receil er drops tile billi back hhort 2111)11\ hete.the 1\\ o exchange drop shoth until the sen,er |lips and then the pointis played out. Thi.is H great drill li,1- ivorkingoit ball Control. 111(,iementin and out. und mixing the drop Lind Ilip techilililles.
Spend home time impiming your 12,1-ehand ilip serve returnsand you uill al„ays be able to furce the attack al el-itical times Mtile match. At the same 1-11112. it your opponent has to rehpict volit[lip thell you u.ill 01.ht) find your drop hhots to be more effective.Remember the quickest u .ly to impline your resillts is to Mmroveyour sen e and sen e return.
Two Table Tennis Movies!The Little White Ball
Two Friends. Two Paddles. One lirble. And... "The Little White Ball."
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description from \\'\\\\.1|lelittlewhiteball.com.The friendship between Leslie "L" Perkins and Johnny Silver was
forged on the playgrounds of Lebanan. Ohio, and has survived for aquarter century. Now. Johnny and L are professional table tennis players
going in opposite directions. Johnny is the biggest star in the genie but
still seeks the legitimacy of his first tournament win: L is a former
national champion attempting to reclaim his past glory.
"The Little White Ball" follows L and Johnny a,s they prepare for
Paddlefest. a hometown tournament that could be the high point of
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1Defensive Discipline Keep it SnappyBy Carl Danner By Carl Danner
ie best kind of defensive game constantly challenges the 1-n tentiis, players are advised to bring their b# 1= 91(.11ittacker by forcing her to work for every opening or arms back for ground strokes well before Eh --lkw-A'<,L:tidvantage. Not only does this create pressure, it also 1.the ball arrives. Table tennis is the 1 11' "€*2
guards against the one-shot winners that modern attackers can opposite; your strokes should be crisp andhit off any loose ball. quick, and you should "pull the trigger" only as the ball approaches
For defenders, this means making every shot aggressive you, In particular, you should not start a backswing until you arewhenever possible (i.e., where you're not chasing down a forceful ready to go right through the ball, almost in one continuous motion.drive). Don't just push, dig into the ball and give it sidespin. This is especially important for a strong forehand.Move your opponent around. Loop or hit returns that are soft, Slower strokes, with early backswings, tend to involveor deep. Load tip jour serves with spin. Mix in a few blocks with steering the ball rather than swinging through. Additionally, it'syour chops. Vary your service returns. hard to move well once you have taken your racket back. As
This is work. ofcourse. But the discipline of defense requires you improve. a crisp stroke will also help you keep up with theyou to challenge tile attacker at every turn, using a style that is - quicker rallies better players can produce.anything but passive. That's what you signed up for when you The recipe for good strokes is move first, swing last, anddeigned to defend in the modern game. 0.·, - keep it snappy. ...
Basies Corner: Forehand Smashie smash is a power stroke used to try and finish the rally. usually from a high ball.Ideally. the smash is performed at shoulder height at the top of the bounce. Thexmash can also be taken early to give the opponent less time, though this is a
higher risk stroke.Aiiother option for higher balls is to jump and make contact iii the air. to enable
shoulder height contact or to allow the ball to descent to shoulder height.
Text & photos from ITTF Level 1
Coaching Manual, Courtesy of ITTEAuthor: Glenn Tepper, ITTF
Development ManagerThose interested in this manual
hould go to www.ittf.com
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forehand stroke. moved directly behind and slightly in front of the body.slightly above the ball making aline between racket, ball and the
opponents side of the table.
Follow Through: The bodyweight shifts completely to theleft leg, with the stroke finishing
head height.
Con't from page 52
Johnny's career as a
player and Cs rebirth.
Will Johnny finally win atournament? Is this L's
ticket to the big-timeworld of table tennis
endorsements? And most
importantly, can their
friendship survive the
pressures of following"The Little White Ball"? A scene from "The Little White Ball"
LO cao di (Mongolian Ping-Pong)This movie, written and directed by Hao Ning, was shown at the
Seattle and Chicago Film Festivals in 2005. Here is the plot sumniarvfrom www. imdb.corn:
Bilike has never seen a ping-pong ball before. He and his familylive without electricity and running water in a solitary tent home amongthe vast steppe grasslands. The magnificent landscape here has
changed little since the days of Genghis Kahn. But life in the middle ofnowhere can be exciting for a young boy. The smallest of details become
big events for curious Bilike and his best friends Erguotou and Dawa.The mystery of the small white ball floating in the creek leads to questionsabout the world around them. as well as innocent mischief. Bilike's
grandmother says the ball is a glowing pearl from heaven. But the boysare skeptical after waiting all night outdoors for the ball to light up.
Since nobody has an idea about the odd white object, they trek to thefaraway monastery to consult the wise lamas. But even the grasslands'most knowledgeable inhabitants are stumped. While watching the newTV-set Dawa's father has won, the boys learn about ping-pong. They
are excited to hear that their object is the "national ball of China." Notrealizing how far Beijing actually is, the determined young boys set off
to return the ball to the Chinese capital....
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USATT Approved Equipment Dealer ListLarry
Newg,
This ts the official USATable Tennis Approved Equipment Dealer List from %05 Te6. Help support USA Table Tennis by P·O· Bved equipment from these suppliers.
Gallati
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January 1, 2006 - December 31, 200buying only USATT officially appro
Alpha Products (1)Diego Schaaf400 El Nido Avenue
Pasadena. CA 91107
Phone: 800-500-5057
Web: www.alphatabletennis.com(Avalox Rubbers)
American Table Tennis (2)Guenther Schroeder
29393 Murray CrescentSouthfield. MI 48076
Phone: 800-825-7664
Fax: 313-356-5871
Web: www.americantabletennis.com
(Donic ancl Yasaka Net sets, Rac·quets,Rubbet·s and Tables)
DHS America, Inc. (3)Mark Vaintroub
1300 Alness Street Unit 1-A
Concord Ontario, L4K 2W6 CanadaPhone: 905-761-6605
877-PLAY-DHS (7529-347)Fax: 905-761-6724
E-mail: [email protected]: www.dhsameric.com
(Double Happiness Balls, Net Sets,Racquets. Rubbers. and Tables)
Dr Neubauer Table Tennis GmbH. (4)Aufder Huth 7
90455 Nuernberg, Germany(Di· Veubcmer Rubbers)Distributors:
Paddle Palace
Judy Hoarfrost/Michael Bochenski7637 SW 33rd AvenuePortland. OR 97219
Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
Web: www.paddlepalace.comThe Table Tennis Pioneers
Mitchell Rothfleisch
2035 Nadeau, Laval
Quebec. Canada H7T ]W5Phone: 800-319-7464
FAX: 800-319-7664
Web: www.ping-pong.com
Escalade Sports (5)817 Maxwell AvenueP. O. Box 889
Evansville, IN 47706Phone: 812-467-1200
FAX: 812-425-1425
Web: www.escaladesports.com(Stiga Balls, Net sets. Racquet. and Tables)Distributors:
Academy
Big 5 Sporting GoodsCanadian Tire
CopelandsDick's Sporting GoodsMC Sporting GoodsPaddle Palace
Judy Hoarfrost/Michael Bochenski7637 SW 33rd AvenuePortland. OR 97219
Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
Web: www.paddlepalace.comThe Table Tennis PioneersMitchell Rothfieisch
2035 Nadeau, Laval
Quebec, Canada H7T 1 W5Phone: 800-319-7464
FAX: 800-319-7664
Web www.ping-pong.com
Hallmark Table Tennis Ltd. (6)Anne Hall
Hallmark House
51 Ash Lane
Wells Somerset
U.K BA5 2LW
Web: www.hallmarktt.com
(Hallmark Rubber)Distributor:
Paddle Palace
Judy Hoarfrost/Michael Bochenski7637 SW 33rd AvenuePortland, OR 97219
Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
Web: www.paddlepalace.com
JOOLA Tischtennis GmbH & Co.
KG (7)
D-76833 Siebeldingen/PfalzWiesentr. 13. GERMANYWeb: www.joola.deE-mail: [email protected](JOOLA Balls, Net Sets, Rubber, and
Tables)
Distributor:
Paddle Palace
Judy Hoarfrost/Michae! Bochenski7637 SW 33rd Avenue
Portland, OR 972]9Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
Web: www.paddlepalace.com
Juic Co., Ltd. (8)Peter Shioda
P. O. Box 12
No. 6-1 Nobitome 4 chome
Niiza City' Saitama Pref.. JAPAN(Jui· Rubber)
Distributor:
Paddle Palace
Judy Hoarfrost/Michac] Bochenski7637 SW 33rd AvenuePortland. OR 97219
Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
Web: www.paddlepalace.com
Killerspin, LLC (9)Mr. Robert Blackwell, Jr.100 S Wacker Drive Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60606-4002Phone: 312-732-6022
Web: www. killerspin.com(Killerspin Ball, Net Set, Rubbers, andTable)
Lily Yip Sports (10)Lily Yip14 Dock Watch Hollow Rd
Warren NJ 07059
Phone: 908-764-2293
Email: [email protected]: www.doublefish-us.com
(Double Fish Ball and Table)
Martin-Kilpatrick Co. (11)Bowie Martin
4482 Technology DriveWilson, NC 27896Phone: 800-334-8315
FAX: 919-291-8203Web: www.butterflyonline.com(MK Balls, Net Sets, Rubbers, andBu tte, 113 )
Industries, Inc. (12)Thoman
·iii Drive
ox 959
n. TN 37066
inone 615-452-6470
FAX: 615-230-9785
Web: www. newgy. com
(Ne 11·gi Ball Machine. Net Sets and
Rubbers)
Nippon Takkyu Co., Ltd. (13)Masaru Matsumoto
1-2-8 Kanda-Izumicho
Chiyoda-kitTokyo, JAPAN6/Vittak-u Balls and Rubbers)
Distributor:
Paddle Palace
Judy Hoarfrost/Michael Bochenski7637 SW 331,1 Avenue
Portland. OR 97219
Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
Web: www.paddlepalace.com
Paddle Palace (I4)
Judy Hoarfrost/Michael Bochenski7637 SW 33rd AvenuePortland. OR 972!9-1860
Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
E-mail: [email protected]: www.paddlepalace.com(Dr. Netibmier, Hallmark, Joola, Juic,Nittakit. Stiga, und Tibhar)
Robbins Sports (15)Dan Robbins
38462 James Drive
Clinton Township. MI 48036Phone: 800-727-2119
FAX: 586-468-8760
Web: www.robbinstabletennis.com
(Panda/Panal Rubbers)
(TSP Balls and Rubber)
Scholer & Micke GmbH (16)
Anja MickeMarkische Str. 82a
44141 Dortmund, GermanyPhone: +49-231-9588-21
FAX : +49-231-9588-89
Email: jlang(@schoeler-micke.de(And}·o Balls, Net Sea, Rubbers. and
Tables)
Distributors:
California Table Tennis Co.
Sydney Asser1367 Berkely PlaceLivermore. CA 94550
Phone: 800-521-1507
Web: www.catabletennisco.com
The Table Tennis Pioneers
Mitchell Rothfleisch
2035 Nadeau. Laval
Quebec, Canada H7T 1W5Phone: 800-319-7464
FAX: 800-319-7664
Web www.ping-pong.com
Spintech Inc. 417)Mr. Michael Laivani
5805 State Bridge RoadSuite G 363
Deluth. GA 30097
Phone: 404-242-7746
Fax: 770-667-1820
Web: www.espintech.corn(Spin Tech Balls, Rubbers and Tables)
Table Tennis International (18)
Bob and Maric Petty(May 15-Oct. 14)10060 Dedham Drive
Indianapolis. IN 46229-1390Phone: 317-894-4676
(Oct. 15-May 14)2203 Field LaneBedford. TX 76021-7527
Phone/Fax: 817-868-7664
Email: [email protected](Winning Rubbers)
Tamasu Co. Ltd. (19)
Kimihiko Tinnasu
P. O. Box 17
SuginamikuTokyo. JAPAN
(Biitter,fly Balls, Net Sets, Rae·quets,Rub ben amd Tables)
Distributor:
Martin-KilpatrickBowie Martin
4482 Technology DriveWilson. NC 27896
Phone: 800-334-8315
FAX: 919-291-8203
Web: www.buttertlyonlinc.com
The Table Tennis Pioneers (20)Mitchell Rothfleisch
2035 Nadeau. Laval
Quebec, Canada H7T 1 W5Phone: 800-319-7464
FAX: 800-319-7664
Web: www.ping-pong.com(Banda, Di·. Nellbauer. Schildkrot,
Sun Flex. and Stiga Rubbers)
Tibhar Tibor Harangozo Gnibl-1(21)
Erwin BergFenner Str. 62a
D-66127 Saa bruedeen
GERMANY
(Tihhar Nets, Rubber und Tables)Distributor:
Paddle Palace
Judy Hoarfrost/Michael Bochenski7637 SW 33!d Avenue
Portland. OR 97219
Phone: 800-547-5891
FAX: 503-777-4062
Web: www.paddlepalace.com
Yasaka Co. Ltd, (22)M. Honda
Midora 3-7-21 Sumida-Ku
Tokyo 130-0021, JapanFax: 81-3-3634-5158
E-mail: [email protected](Ya.saka Balls, Net Sets, Rackets,Rubber-s, and Tables)
Distributor:
American Table Tennis
GuentherSchroeder
29393 Murray CrescentSouthfield. MI 48076
Phone: 800-825-7664
Fax: 313-356-5871
Web: www.americantabletennis.com
ZeroPong.Com (23)2778 Stamby PlMount Pleasant. SC 29466
Phone: 843-296-5470
Email [email protected]: www.zeropong.com
(Friendship Balls and Rubbers,Goldway and LKT Rubhers)
054 kn USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE ' May/June 2006
USATT 2006 Approved Equipment List (Bv Product)
Ball Machines
Butterfly Amicus 3000........,........No.11. 19Butterfly Amicus 3000 Plus........No. 11. 19Newgy Robo-Pong Table Tennis Robot. No. 12
Balls
Andro Speedball 3 Star.........,,..,.,,No. 16, 20Butterfly 3 Star.............................No. 11. 19Butterfly 3 Star 44mm.................No. 11, 19
Buttertly Standard Training........No. 11. 19Double Fish 3 Star........................No.10
Double Happiness/DHS 1 Star.....No.03Double Happiness/DHS 2 Star.,...No.03
Double Happiness/DHS 3 Star.....No.03Double Happiness/DHS Double Circle ..No.03Double Happiness/DHS Shield.....No.03Double Happiness/DHS Super.....No.03Friendship 729 1 Star...................No.23Friendship 729 2 Star............,..,...No.23Friendship 729 3 Star..................,No.23JOOLA 3 Star Super.....................No.07. 14KS Champion 3 Star (White and orange) No.09MK 1 Star..........,....,.,....................No. 11
MK 2 Star ...........,..........................No.11
MK 3 Star....................i..i..............No. 11
Nittaku 3 Star......„.„.....................No.13.14
Nittaku 3 Star Premium ...............No. 13. 14
Spin Tech. 3 Star Elite.................No. 17Stiga 1 Star..............i....i.................No.05. 14,20Stiga T0620 2 Star .......................No.05. 14. 20Stiga T0625 2 Star.......................No.05. 14, 20Stiga T0640 3 Star.......................No.05. 14,20Stiga T0641 3 Star .........i.............No.05. 14, 20TSP 3 Star (White and Orange) . No.15Yasaka 3 Star Pro...,..................i..No.22,02
Net SetsAndre Niveau .i..............................No.16, 20
Andro Snap..............................,..,..No. 16, 20Butterfly Europa...........................No. 11,19Butterfly National League...........No. 11, 19Butterfly Stallion....,i....................No. 11,19Donic Clip......................................No.02Donic Rallye..................................No.02Donic Stress........................,...,......No.02
Double Happiness/DHS P 102 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS P 103 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS P 104 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS P 106 . .No.03Double Happiness/DHS P 108 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS P 145 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS P201 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS P202. No.03Double Happiness/DHS P204 .....No.03
KS Zephyr......................................No.09MK Deluxe .,,,,,......,.......................No.11
MK Simple.....................................No.11MK Standard.,.................i.,............No.11
Newgy Tournament ......................No. 12Stiga Performance ......._.............No.05, 14,20Stiga Quickplay.............................No.05, 14. 20Stiga Recreational .........................No.05, 14.20Tibhar Clip ....................................No.20.14Tibhar Smash.................................No.20.14
Yasaka Swift.............,.....................No.22.02
Yasaka Master _...........................No.22.02
RacquetsButterfly Brian Pace....................No.11,19Butterfly Carlos Chiu...................No,11, 19Butterfly Clearfield.......................No.11, 19Butterfly Csaba.............................No. 11, 19Butterfiy Derek May....................No.11,19Butterfiy Firehand........................No.11,19Butterfly Hazinski _....................No. 11,19Butterfly Kansei ...........................No.11, 19Butterfly Kassam.......................,..No. 11, 19Butterfly Katana................._......No.11, 19Butterfly Kanji..............................No. 11, 19Butterfly Kodo.....i........................No. 11. 19Butterfly Kyoshi...........................No. 11, 19Butterfly Naifu..............................No.11, 19Butterfly Primorac-2000 ............No. 11, 19
Butteifly Primorac Carbon.........No.1Buttertly Primo Vitesse ...............No. 1Butterfly Satori........................,....No.1Buttertly Seemiller.......................No.1Buttertly Senshu ........i..................No. 1Butterfly Shido..............................No.1Butterfly Shikata ..........................No.1Buttertly Sweeris_.......................No. 1Buttertly Tashika..........................No.1Butterfly Tensai............................No. 1Butterfly Victory _....„„..............No. 1Buttertly X-Star............................No.1Butterfly Yuki.......................i.-i.....No. 1Buttertly Viscaria..........................No.1Donic Waldner 400,.....................No.0
Donic Waldner 500......................No.0
Donic Waldner 600.._.„.............No.0
Donic Waldner 700......................No.0
Donic Waldner 800......................No.0
Donic Waldner 900......................No.0
Stiga Assault...................................No.0.
Stiga Champion.............................No.0:Stiga Elite.............i..i......................No.0:Stiga Eurotech .........................._No.0:
Stiga Masters ......,..........................No.0Stiga Performance ...........,............No.0Stiga Prestige .................................No.0.Stiga Strike.....................................No.0Stiga Tempest.....................i...,,,,.,,No.0Stiga Ultimate..........................._.No.0
Stiga Sandy...........i.........................No.0.Yasaka Astra _.............................No.2
Yasaka Attack.........................._„No.2
Yasaka Blast..........__.................No.2
Yasaka Gatien Expert ..................No,2Yasaka Gatien Leader 3D ............ No.2
Yasaka Gatien Mark V .................No.2
Yasaka Gatien Original................. No.2Yasaka Magnum ....i.......................No.2Yasaka School................................No.2
Yasaka Sting. No.2
Yasaka Tickan School..................No.2
Yasaka World Cup ........................No.2RubbersAndro Backside..................,..........No. 1
Andro Classic.................................No. 1
Andro Clou....................................No. 1
Andro DY-6............................,...,..No. 1
Andro EX-8...................................No.1
Andro Focus...................................No. 1
Andro Impuls .................................No. IAndro Logo .No. 1
Andro Maxcell ..............................No. 1
Andro Revolution.........................No.1
Andro Revolution C.O.R.............No. 1
Andro Revolution C.O.R.Pips ....No. 1Andro Revolution Fire.................No. 1
Andro Revolution Glue ................No.1
Andro Rocket................................No.1
Andro Trophy.........................,.,,,,No. 1Andro Updgrade............................No. 1Andro Victory....,...........................No. 1Andro V. I.P....................................No. 1
Andro Zenith-G...,,.,,...............,,.,.,No. 1
Avalox Pronte...............................No.0
Avalox Stereo................................No.0
Banda China TS.............................No.2
Banda Motion............................0..,No.2
Banda Rossa..............................._ No.2
Banda Rossa Soft.........................No.2
Butterfly Addoy............................No. 1Buttertly Allround-C4-A002 ......No.1
Butterfiy Allround-C4-A003 ......No. 11. 19Butterfly Allround-D]3 ...............No. 11. 19Butterfly Bryce.............................No. 11. 19
1,19 Butterfly Bryce FX...i...................No.11, 191, 19 Butterfiy Catapult ........................No.] 1.191, 19 Butterfly Cermet..........................No.11. 191, 19 Butterfly Challenger-Attack.......No.11. 191, 19 Butterfiy Challenger-Chop .........No.11, 191, 19 Butterfiy D'or...............................No.11, 191. 19 Butterfly Ekrips.,..........................No.11, 191, 19 Butterfly Ekrips Soft....................No.11. 191, 19 Butterfly Feint-Long 11 ...............No. 11. 19
Butterfly Feint-Long 11-OX........No.11, 191, 19 Butterfly Feint-Long iII..............No. 11.191, 19 Butterfly Feint-Long III-OX......No. 11. 191, 19 Butterfly Feint-OX.......................No. 11. 191, 19 Buttertly Feint-Soft .....................No. 11. 192 Butterfly Flarestorm..i.................No. 11. 192 Butterfly Flextra...........................No. 11, 192 Buttertly Impartial.......................No.11. 19
Butterfly Magnitude.....................No. 11, 192 Butterfly Magnitude-Kawa .......... No. 11,192 Butterfiy Morim...........................No.11.195.14.20 Butterfly Orthodox......................No.11.195. 14. 20 Butterfly Pan Asia........................No. 11, 195. 14, 20 Butterfly Raystorm......................No. 11.195. 14, 20 Buttertly Rein................................No. 11. 195. 14. 20 Butterfly Relop Attack ....,...........No.11.195.14.20 Butterfly Relop Attack OX......,..No. 11. 195. 14, 20 Butterfly Resilon ..........................No.11, 195. 14. 20 Butterfly Resilon Flex............„....No.11, 195, 14, 20 Butterfly Resilon Kawa................No.11. 195, 14. 20 Butterfiy Sapphira ........................No.11. 195.14. 20 Buttertly Selvid.............................No. 11. 195. 14. 20 Butterfly Speedy P.O...................No.11. 195.14.20 Butterfly Speedy P.O. Soft..........No. 11, 195. 14, 20 Butterfly Sriver.............................No. 11. 195. 14. 20 Butterfly Sriver EL.......................No.11, 195, 14, 20 Butterfly Sriver FX.......................No.1 1, 192, 02 Buttertly Sriver G2.........,.............No.11, 192. 02 Buttertly Sriver G2-FX ................No. 11. 192. 02 Butterfly Sriver-Kawa ..................No. 11, 192. 02 Biittertly Sriver Killer..................No.11. 192,02 Buttertly Stayer ............................No. 11, 192. 02 Butterfly Super Anti ...............i.....No. 11. 192. 02 Buttertly Super Anti-Special .......No. 11. 192,02 Butterfly Super Sriver ..................No. 11. 152, 02 Butterfiy Tackifire C....................No. 11. 152, 02 Butterfty Tackifire Drive............No.11. I €2,02 Butterily Tackifire Special..........No. ll. 192. 02 Butterfly Tackifire Special Soft..No. 11. 15
Butterfly Tackiness C ..................No. 11, 156,20 Buttertly Tackiness C Kawa........No.11, 196,20 Butterfly Tackiness D..............,,..No. 11, 196. 20 Butterfly Tackiness D Kawa.......No. 11. 196. 20 Butterfly Tempest..i.....................No. 11. 196,20 Butterfly Wakaba..........................No.11, 156. 20 Butterfly West Will......................No.11,156. 20 Donic Alpha...................................No.026. 20 Donic Anti 40................................No.02
6. 20 Donic Blues.._..............................No.02
6. 20 Donic Blues Axento .....................No.02
6. 20 Donic Blues FS .........,....„..............No.02
6. 20 Donic Coppa.................................No.026. 20 Donic Coppa Tagora....i...............No.026. 20 Donic Coppa Tenero....................No.026, 20 Donic Desto Fl .....................i..,..i,No.02
6. 20 Donic Desto Fl ............................,No.02
6. 20 Donic Desto F3.............................No.02
6. 20 Donic Gallardo Sound..................,No.02
6,20 Donic Gallardo Speed ................... No.026,20 Donic 1 O. Waldner _..i..............No.02
6. 20 Donic Liga........,..................__„No.026. 20 Donic Quattro A'conda.........i......No.02
1 Donic Quattro A'conda Medium No.021 Donic Quattro A'conda Soft.......No.020 Donic Slice 40...............................No.020 Donic Solo ."_No.02
0 Donic Sonex JP...........................„No.02Donic Sonex JP Soft ....._...........No.02
0 Donic Sonex X40.........................No.02
0 Donic Sonex X45......................... No.02
1. 19 Donic Sonex XF40.......................No.02
I. 19 Donic Sonex XF45.......................No.02
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Donic Supersonic M40.................No.02Donic Supersonic S40..................No,02Donic Supersonic SG40 ................No.02Donic Twister................................No.02
Donic Vario....................................No.02
Donic Vario Coopers....................No.02Donic Vario Soft...........................No.02
Donic Zicco...............................,...No.02
Double Happiness/DHS #20........ No.03Double Happiness/DHS #22........No.03Double Happiness/DHS 651........No.03Double Happiness/DHS 652........ No.03Double Happiness/DHS 874......., No.03Double Happiness/DHS 6512......No.03Double Happiness/DHS C7..........No.03Double Happiness/DHS CR ..........No.03Double Happiness/DHS G555.,... No.03Double Happiness/DHS G666..... No.03Double Happiness/DHS G777 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS G888 .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS Hurricane .....No.03Double Happiness/DHS Hurricane 2.No.03Double Happiness/DHS Hurricane 3.No.03Double Happiness/DHS PF4-I.....No.03Double Happiness/DHS PF4........No.03Double Happiness/DHS TNT......No.03Dr. Neubauer Boomerang .............No.04, 14, :Dr. Neubauer Domination ............No.04, 14. IDr. Neubauer Inferno....................No.04. 14. 2
Dr. Neubauer Leopard ..................No.04, 14, IDr. Neitbauer Monster ..................No.04. 14, I
Dr. Neubauer Pistol.......................No.04, 14, IDr. Nellbauer Roulette ...............,.,No.04. 14. I
Dr. Neubauer Scalpel.....................No.04, 14, IDr. Neubauer Super Block............No.04, 14, 5Dr. Neitbauer Tornado Ultra........No.04, 14, 2Dr. Neubauer The Wall.................No.04. 14. IFriendship 563..............................No.23Friendship 563-1..........................No.23Friendship 755..............................No.23Friendship 799.........................i....No.23Friendship 799-1..........................No.23Friendship 802..............................No.23Friendship 802-1.,,.......................No.23Friendship 804..............................No.23Friendship 837. ...........No.23
Friendship 729-40H .....................No.23
Friendship 729 Cream..................No.23Friendship 729 Dr. Evil ...............No.23Friendship 729 SP ........................No.23Friendship 755 Faster ..................No.23Friendship 729 FX (EL) ..........,.,,No.23Friendship 729 GeoSpin............... No.23Friendship 729 GeoSpin Tacky ..No.23Friendship 729 SST...........i..........No.23Friendship Focus 1........................No.23Friendship Focus 2........................No.23Friendship Highpoint .......„„........No.23Friendship RITC 729-3 ...............No.23
Friendship RITC 729 Tack Speed.. No.23Friendship RITC 729-2................... No.23Friendship RITC 729. ,,,,,,,,,,..... No.23
Friendship RITC 2000 Tackspeed . No.23Friendship Super 729FX ......_....No.23Friendship 729-40S......................No.23
Goldway 916 Destroyer ,...........,,. No.23Goldway 968 Stinger....................No.23Hallmark Frustration.....,..............No.06. 14
Hallmark Half Long.....................No.06. 14Hallmark Magic Pips....................No.06, 14Hallmark Original .........................No.06, 14Hallmark Panther.........................No.06. 14
Hallmark Power Spin ....,..............No.06, 14Hallmark Super Defense .....,........No.06. 14Hallmark Super Special ................No.06, 14Hallmark Super Special Extra.....No.06, 14JOOLA 4 All ..................................No.07. 14
JOOLA 4 You................................No.07, 14
JOOLA Amigo...............................No.07, 14
JOOLA Anti-Topspin T Hold.....No.07.14JOOLA Antispin Long Pips ........No.07, 14JOOLA Antispin Soft...................No.07. 14JOOLA Badman.............................No.07. 14
JOOLA Basic .................................No.07
JOOLA Cava..i.........i.....................No.07
JOOLA Clipper ..............................No.07JOOLA Compass ...........................No.07JOOLA Concret.............................No.07
..No.07JOOLA Bingo.................·············JOOLA Drum.................................No.07
JOOLA EasySpin............_..__.No.07JOOLA Echo .................................No.07
JOOLA Fakir.................................No.07
JOOLA Fiesta ................................No.07
JOOLA Mambo .............................No.07
JOOLA Mambo C.......................... No.07
JOOLA Mambo H.........................No.07
JOOLA Moskito_.......................No.07
JOOLA Orbit ICU......................... No.07
JOOLA Peking..............................No.07JOOLA Poker...................._........No.07
JOOLA PrismSpin ........................No.07JOOLA Pulse .................................No.07
JOOLA Samba................................No.07
JOOLA Samba Klick................„...No.07
JOOLA Samba NTec.....................No.07
JOOLA Smart....i...........................No.07
JOOLA Smash..................,.............No.07
20 JOOLA Spring Thunder ...............No.0710 JOOLA Staccato...........,..,.............No.07
20 JOOLA Tango.__.......................No.0720 JOOLA Tango Extreme ............... No.0720 JOOLA Tango Metallic................ No.0710 JOOLA Tango Titan 3.0..............No.07
10 JOOLA Tango Ultra.....................No.0710 JOOLA Titan 3.0..........................No.07
10 JOOLA Teacher .............................No.07
20 JOOLA TecSpin........i..,.................No.07!0 JOOLA Telum................................No.07
JOOLA Telum Soft.......................No.07
JOOLA Terminator ...,,..,,.............No.07
JOOLA Thema..............................No.07
JOOLA Topspin ............................No.07JOOLA Tramp ..............................No.07JOOLA Turbo Soft ............,......i...No.07
Juic 889..........................................No.08
Juic 999 Attack .............................No.08
Juic 999 Defense...........................No.08
Juic 999 Elite.................................No.08
Juic 999 Elite Defense.................No.08
Juic 999 Elite Hardtype ............... No.08Juic 999 Elite SV.....................i.....No.08
Juic 999 Elite Ultima....i..............No,08Juic 999 Elite Ultima SV .............No.08
Juic 999 Hardtype ........................No.08Juic Anti Super Spin..................,...No.08Juic Couga ..i...............„.„..........,,,,,No.08Juic Dany III..................................No.08Juic Dany V...........................„.......No.08Juic Dany V Ultima ......................No.08Juic Driva Smash_........,.......,._No.08
Juic Driva Smash SV.....................No.08
Juic Driva St-nash Ultima.........._ No.08
Juic Driva Smash Ultima SV........ No.08Juic Hirubia ...............i,...................No.08
Juic Kaiza ......................................,No.08
Juic Leggy Defense .......................No.08
Juic Masterspin 40........................No.08Juic Masterspin Special ................No.08Juic Montjuic Super ......,...............No.08Juic Montjuic Super SV.................No.08Juic Neo Anti............................._No.08
Juic Offense ..................,i...............No.08
Juic Offense Ultima......................No.08
Juic Pips Ace 03............................No.08Juic Scramble ............................i....No.08
Juic Scramble 21 ...........................No.08
Juic Scramble 21 SV..........,............No.08Juic Scramble 2 1 Ultima ...............No.08
Juic Scramble EX Ultima .............No.08Juic Shenron........„.„......................No.08
Juic Spark _...................................No.08Juic Spin Spiel................................No.08
Juic Spinspiel Hardtype ................No.08Juic Spinspiel SV ...........................No.08
, 14 Juic Spinspiel Ultima....................No.08.14. 14 Juic Varites .....................................No.08. 14
, 14 KS Forza.__................................No,09
. 14 KS Forza 4z...................................No.09
, 14 KS Fury .,.i,,i,,.,,.,.No.09, 14 KS Nitrx.
, 14 KS Nitrx 4z....................................No.09
, 14 KS Nitrx 5z....................................No.09
, 14 LKT Pro XP...........................,.....No.23
. 14 LKT Pro XT..,...i.......................,.,No.23
, 14 LKT Recoil....................................No.23
, 14 MK Blaze............................ , ..........No.09
, 14 MK Cyclone..................................No. 11, 14 MK Tsunami ..................................No. 11
, 14 MK Vortex.....................................No. 11
, 14 Newgy Omega................i...............No.12. 14 Nittaku (7 „„.„..............................No. 13, 14
, 14 Nittaku Express............................No. 13,14, 14 Nittaku G888.................................No. 13, 14, 14 Nittaku Graffiti .............................No.13.14
, 14 Nittaku Hammond........................No.13,14, 14 Nittaku Hammond FA...i..............No. 13,14, 14 Nittaku Hammond Pro Alpha.....No. 13, 14
14 Nittaku Hanimond X....................No. 13. 14. 14 Nittak u Hurricane II.....................No.13. 14, 14 Nittaku Hurricane III...................No.13, 14, 14 Nittaku J.O. Waldner....................No. 13, 14. 14 Nittaku J.O. Waldner SC............„No. 13, 14, 14 Nittaku Magic Carbon..................No. 13,14. 14 Nittaku Magical Spin....................No. 13,14, 14 Nittaku Micro................................No. 13, 14. 14 Nittaku Midship............................No. 13. 14, 14 Nittaku Midship SC......................No.13 14, 14 Nittaku Milford.............._...........No. 13, 14. 14 Nittaku Moristo............................No.13, 14. 14 Nittaku Moristo 44.................i....No. 13.14
. 14 Nittaku Moristo 2000.............i...No. 13.14, 14 Nittakll Moristo DF................,....No.13, 14, 14 Nittaku Moristo FG......................No.13, 14. 14 Nittaku Moristo LP.....................No. 13. 14. 14 Nittaku MOI*iStO LP One.............No. 13,14, 14 Nittaku Moristo SP......................No. 13, 14, 14 Nittaku Narucross....................i.... No. 13.14
, 14 Nittaku Narucross Tension .........No. 13. 14. 14 Nittaku Pimple Mini....................No.13, 14. 14 Nittaku Pimple Mini One............No. 13,14, 14 Nittaku Refoma.........,,,.,...............No.13.14. 14 Nittaku Screw One........................No. 13.14
. 14 Nittaku Screw Soft........................No. 13,14, 14 Nittaku Sharping..........................No, 13.14
14 Nittaku Spiral ............................i...No.13,1414 Nittaku Specialist One.................No. 13,14
. 14 Nittaku Specialist Soft HS........... No.13. 14, 14 Nittaku Specialist Soft.................No. 13, 14, 14 Nittakii Tracer ..............................No.13, 14. 14 Panda/Panai Force.i.................i....No. 15
. 14 Panda/Panai Mirage ............,........No. 15, 14 Panda/Panai Quickspin................No. 15, 14 Panda/Panai Quickspin/Powerflex ,...No. 15. 14 Panda/Panai Spinfactor...............No, 15, 14 Schildkrot Avantgarde 3 Star ......No.20, 14 Schildkrot Champion 5 Star........No.20. 14 Schildkrot CMax.....,.,.........,...,,,,,.No.20
, 14 Schildkrot Energy ............0...........,No.20, 14 Schildkrot Energy Groove...........No.20, 14 Schildkrot Power Spin...i..............No.20, 14 Schildkrot Spinmax .,................,,.,No.20. 14 Schildkrot Tensor Zoom..............No.20. 14 Schildkrot VMax..........................,No.20, 14 Spin Tech. Blackjack....................No. 17. 14 Spin Tech. Blackjack Ace._.......No. 17. 14 Spiii Tech. Blackjack Platinum ..No.17, 14 Spin Tech. Cyclone......................No. 17, 14 Spin Tech. Cyclone Chop............No. 17. 14 Spin Tech. Dynasty....i.....i...........No.!7. 14 Spin Tech. Dynasty Gold.............No. 17, 14 Spin Tech. Dynasty Platinum.....No. 17
14 Spin Tech. Jade .............................No.17, 14 Spin Tech. Konfuze......................No. 17. 14 Spin Tech. Spin Power.................No. 17. 14 Spin Tech. Spin Power SV...........No. 17. 14 Spin Tech. Spin Power Platinum No.] 7, 14 Spin Tech. Spinsonic....................No.17
]4 Spin Tech. Stealth.....................,..No.17
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Stiga Almana..................................No.2Stiga Almana Sound..,...............i...No.2Stiga Carbo.....................................No.2Stiga Carbo Control......................No.2Stiga Carbo MC.............................No.2Stiga Carbo Sound.........................No.2
Stiga Cliina Extreme....................No.2Stiga Chop & Drive......................No.2
Stiga Cobra 2000.......,..,............i..No.2Stiga Destroyer _........................No.2
Stiga Drive.....................................No.2Stiga Energy Absorber..................No.2Stiga Evo. .No.2
Stiga InNova Premium.................No.2Stiga InNova Ultra Light ............No.2Stiga Magna...............................,...No.2Stiga Mendo...................................No.2Stiga Mendo MP......i....................No.2Stiga Mendo Energy.....................No.2
Stiga Neos Sound...........................No.2Stiga Neos Tacky............i.............No.2Stiga Optimum MP................,......No.2Stiga Premiuml..............................No.2Stiga Radical..........................i........No.2Stiga Royal.....................................No.2Stiga Stream ...................................No.2Stiga Synchro................................,No.2Stiga Taiphoon ..............................No.2Stiga Triuinp..................................No.2Stiga Tween....................................No.2Sunflex Japtec Balance.................No.2Suntlex Japtec Experience ..........No.2Suntlex Japtec Performance ....... No.2Suntlex Japtec Precision..,,,,,.......No.2Sunflex Sun-Control.....................No.2
Sunflex Sun-Power........................No.2
Tibliar Black TechNo..................No.2
Tibhar Cata-]nazuma-Spin ..........No.2Tibhar Cata-Spin ..........,...............No.2Tibhar Control Spin.....................No.2
Tibhar Dang No.2
Tibhar Defense _..........................No.2
Tibhar Ellen........................,i.........No.2
Tibhar Extra Long.....................,,No.2Tibhar Grass....i..............................No.2
Tibhar Grass Spezial ...............„_No.2Tibhar Grass Spezial .........,.....i..,,.No.2Tibhar Intra...................................No.2
Tibhar Learn Cont.......................No.2
Tibhar Learn Spin ........................No.2Tibhar Makss.................................No.2
Tibhar No.rm............................_ No.2
Tibhar Rapid..................................No,2Tibhar Rapid D. TecS................... No.2Tibhar Rapid Soft.........................No.2Tibhar Red Power.........................No.2
Tibhar Rookie D. TecS................ No.2
Tibhar Seric ...................................No.2
Tibhar Speedy S/L............i...........No.2Tibliar Speedy Soft...........,.........i. No.2Tibliar Speedy Soft D. TecS........No.2Tibhar Speedy Soft Pro ,..,........... No.2Tibhar Speedy Spin..............i..i.....No.2Tibhar Speedy Spin Premium ..... No.2Tibhar Spico Speedy Spin............ No.2Tibhar Standard..................i..........No.2
Tibhar Storm.................................No.2
Tibhar Super Defense...................No.2Tibhar Super Defense...................No.2Tibhar Supra..................................No.2Tibhar Vari Spin............................No.2Tibhar Vari Spin D. TecS............. No.2Tibliar VHP Speedy Spin ............. No,2TSP 720 Regular...........................No,1TSP 730 Super Speed...................No.1TSP 730Ultra................................No. 1
TSP 720-21...................................No. 1
TSP 730-21...................................No.1
0 TSP Actor._...___.____.No.15
0 TSP Bjorn......................................No.150 TSP Brio........................................No. 15
0 TSP Cesalo Q................................No.150 TSP Curl 83A................................No. 15
0 TSP Curl OX.......i.......................i,No.15
0 TSP Curl P[...................................No. 15
0 TSP Curl IR...................................No. 15
0 TSP Curl PZ_......„..................._No. 15
0 TSP Curt P3_.........._..._...„._No. 15
0 TSP Cut-1 P3-A ..............i..i......i..,„No. 15
0 TSP D-Top Defensive.................No. 150 TSP D-Top Offensive ..................No. 150 TSP Miracle._...„...........„...„.......No. 15
0 TSP Real .----„rnrn-„.„.-No. 15
0
0 TSP Spin Drive .............................No. 150 TSP Spin Pips................................No. 150 TSP Spin MD ................................No. 15
0 TSP Spintip MD ...........................No. 150 TSP Spinwell .................................No. 150 TSP Summit...................................No. 15
0 TSP Super Drive...........................No. 150 TSP Tarbit ...No.15
0 TSP Tr*le Power........................No.150 TSP Tyrrano ......,............i..,i.........No.150 TSP X'S .........................................No.15
0 TSP X'S F-1..._.No. 15
0 TSP XS F-V..................................No. 15
0 TSP X'S Powerspin......................No. 150 Winning 729 TSS Super......„.......No. 180 Winning 738.................................No.180 Winning King Power....................No. 180 Winning Komann.........................No.180 Winning NP-8...............................No.180 Winning NP-2...............................No.180 Winning Super Fit........................No.180 Yasaka A-1-2...........,.....................No.22. 02
0 Yasaka Anti Power....,,.....,,,.,,.,....No.22,02
0 Yasaka Cadet .......,..,,...,...,,............No.22,02
0 Yasaka Cobalt A...............,....,.,.,...No.22. 02
0 Yasaka DO.....................................No.21 02
1,14 Yasaka Do-Up...............................No.22,021.14 Yasaka Extreme Speed.................No.22,021.14 Yasaka Extreme Spin...................No.22, 021,14 Yasaka Fusion................................No.22.02
1, !4 Yasaka Mark V...........................,,,No.22.02
1.14 Yasaka Mark V GPS ....................No.22.02
1.14 Yasaka Mark V M2...............,.,.....No.22.02
1, 14 Yasaka Mark V XS.............._......No.22, 02
1, 14 Yasaka New Era.............................No.22,02
1. !4 Yasaka Original A-1 .....................No.22, 021.14 Yasaka Original A-2...................„No.22, 021,14 Yasaka PB- 1.....i............................No.22. 02
1.14 Yasaka Phantom 008...................No.22,02
l. 14 Yasaka Phantom 009...................No.22.02
1. 14 Yasaka The Omote.......................No.22.02
1, 14 Yasaka Vision.................................No.22,02
1,14 Yasaka V Stage .No.22.021,14 Yasaka Wallic ........................_....No.22,02
1, 14 Yasaka Wei.............................No.22.02
1.14 Yasaka Xtend.................................No.22,02
1,14 Yasaka Xtend SC Zap...................No.22. 021, '4 Tables19 14 Andro Magnum SC...,..,..............,........No.16, :1,14 Andro Roller.........................................No.16,.
1.14 Butterfly Centrefold Rollaway .„.......No.11.1.14 Butterfly Centrefold 25 Rollaway.....No. 11.1, 14 Butterfly Centrefold 25 Sky Rollaway No. 11. 1I. 14 Butterfly Centre 22 Stationary .........No.11,1. 14 Buttertly Competition 25..................No.11,1, :4 Butterfly Europa Stationary ..............No. 11.1,14 Buttertly Europa 25 Stationary.........No. 11.1, I 4 Buttertly Europa 25 Sky Stationary .No.11,1.14 Butterfly Home Rollaway...................No.11.1.14 Butterfly Match25......._...................No. 11.1.14 Butterfly Match Rollaway............_..No.11.1, 14 Buttertly Nippon Rollaway................No. 11,1,14 Butterfly Octet Rollaway .No. 11,5 Butterfly Outdoor Home Rollaway...No. 11.5 Butterfly Outdoor Beach Rollaway ...No. 1 L5 Butterfly Outdoor Playback Rollaway No. 11.]5 Butterfly Personal Rollaway..............No.11,
5 Buttertly Playback Rollaway .............No.11.
Butterily Premium Rollaway.............No. 11.19Buttertly Space Saver 22 Rollaway...No.11, 19Butterily Team Rollaway ...................No.11, 19Buttertly Victory 25............................No.11, 19
Donic Compact Automat......................... No.02Donic Delhi No.02
Double Fish 99-45..................................... No. 10
Double Happiness T2828 Bridge............. No.03Double Happiness T3626 Competition . No.03Double Happiness T208, 133 Elite......... No.03Double Happiness T2023 Eurostar ......... No.03Double Happiness T 1024 Expert Compact . No.03Double Happiness T3723 Master Pro.... No.03Double Happiness T208.135 Rising Star..... No.03Double Happiness Rainbow ...................... No.03Double Happiness T08. 1323 Supreme Pro . No.03JOOLA -2000-S.............................No.07. 14
JOOLA -3000 SC ..........................No.07, 14
JOOLA Atlanta Olympic .............No.07, 14JOOLA Duomat Tournament......No.07,14
JOOLA Rollomat Tournament ...No.07, 14JOOLA Transport ........................No.07. 14
JOOLA World Cup........................No.07. 14
KS True Blue.................................No.09
Spin Tech Omni Roller ................No. 17Spin Tech. Pavilioni.....................No.17Stiga Acclaim .................................No.05, 14.20Stiga Aerotech...............................No.05, 14,20Stiga Blade......................................No.05. 14, 20
Stiga Carrera _..............................No.05, 14. 20Stiga Cascade .................................No.05, 14, 20Stiga Champion.............................No.05,14,20Stiga Cooper..................................No.05. 14.20Stiga Competition ........................No.05. 14.20Stiga Classic ...................................No.05.14,20Stiga Daytona................................No.05, 14,20Stiga Edge.......................................No.05, 14.20Stiga Equinox.................................No.05, 14, 20Stiga Eurotech ..i......i.....................No.05. 14.20Stiga G3..........................................No.05,14,20Stiga Hurricane..............................No.05. 14,20Stiga 1nsta Play ....,i..i....................No.05. 14, 20Stiga Lynx......................................No.05,14,20Stiga Master...................................No.05, 14, 20Stiga Monarc .................................No.05, 14,20Stiga Outcast......_..i.....................No.05. 14, 20Stiga Prestige .................,.„............No.05, 14, 20Stiga Power Play...........................No.05.14,20Stiga Quick Play Eclipse (outdoor) .... No.05. 14. 20Stiga Quick Play Equator (outdoor) ... No.05. 14, 20Stiga Quick Play I.........................No.05, 14, 20Stiga Quick Play Il ..........,.,,,,,,.,,i,No.05. 14, 20Stiga Quick Servel 000 .................No.05. 14,20Stiga Quick Serve 2000................No.05. 14. 20Stiga Quick Serve 3000................No.05, 14, 20Stiga Shadow ..................................No.05, 14,20Stiga Sierra ................................,.,i.No.05. 14. 20Stiga Silver Extreme......,.....i........No.05. 14,20Stiga Spark .........,",,.,,.........,..,..,....No.05, 14, 20Stiga Spyder..........,...............,........No.05. 14,20Stiga Supreme ................................No.05. 14.20
20 Stiga Sun Ray .......„__.,,,,..,........No.05. 14, 2020 Stiga Sundance...........,...................No.05,14,2019 Stiga T8129 Challenger ..,.,...,.,,...No.05, 14, 2019 Stiga T8173 Challenger ..i......i.....No.05. 14.209 Stiga T8291 Master .i...................No.05,14,2019 Stiga T8603 Master.....................No.05, 14, 2019 Stiga Tournament Champ............No.05, 14,2019 Stiga Ultratech..............................No.05.14,2019 Tibhar Smash 28R........................No.21, 1419 Tibhar Sinash R.............................No.21, 14
I 9 Tibhar Top .........i..i...........,...........No.21, 1419 Yasaka Progress Roller.................No.22.0219
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OVER 30 MEN OVER 30 WOMEN UNDER 18 GIRLS
1. IL 2776 Lupulesku, Ilija 1. MD 2661 Gao, Jun 1, NJ 2354 Hugh, Judy2. NJ 2673 Zhuang. David 2. TX 2471 Reed, Jasna 2, CA 2146 Vlasici Brana
3. MD 2663 Cheng. Yinghba 3. CA 2393 Banh. Tawny 3. MD 2079 Wei. Barbara
4. NY 2611 Musa, Atanda 4. NJ 2312 Yip, Lily 4. NJ 2039 Shih, Stephanie
5. CA 2592 Nguyen, Khoa Dinh 5. CA 2272 Chen, Diane 5. KS 2034 Xiao, Laura
6. NJ 2585 Baboor, Chetan 6. OR 2230 Yang. Simone 6, OH 2008 Sowers, Olena S.7. TX 2564 Owens, Eric 7. NC 2098 Mun, Hye.Sook Brenda 7. OH 1972 Mast, Jennifer Mae8. NY 2546 Li, Yu Xiang 8. MD 2097 Liu, Charlene Xiaoying 8. CA 1962 Fong, Atha9. NY 2521 Shao, Yu 9. CT 2054 Laskova. Inna 9, CA 1961 Hsing, Ariel10. TX 2497 Rop, Darko 10. CA 2048 Dole, Gina 10. FL 1954 Li, Diana
11 NY 2471 David, Paul 11. CA 2007 Livshin, Bella 11. CA 1891 Lee, Colleen
11 IN 2471 Seemiller, Daniel 12, FL 1946 Wronska, Beata 12. OR 1880 Qu, Tiffany
13. CA 2458 Abe, Takayukj 13. CA 1913 Lim, June 13. FL 1803 Delzo Infante, Mirella
14. NY 2415 Tran, De 14, NJ 1852 Troost, loanna 14. CA 1795 Wei, Alicia
15. NY 2403 Ren, Yong 15. GA 1826 Goh, Sue May 15. CA 1787 Yick, Jessica
OVER 40 MEN OVER 40 WOMEN UNDER 16 GIRLS
1. NJ 2673 Zhuang, David 1. NJ 2312 Yip, Lily 1, CA 2146 VIasic, Brana
2. MD 2663 Cheng. Yinghua 2. CA 2272 Chen, Diane 2, OH 2008 Sowers, Olena S.
3. NY 2611 Musa, Atanda 3. OR 2230 Yang, Simone 3. OH 1972 Mast, Jennifer Mae
4. NY 2546 Li, Yu Xiang 4. MD 2097 Liu, Charlene Xiaoying 4. CA 1961 Hsing, Ariel5. IN 2471 Seemiller, Daniel 5. CA 2048 Dole, Gina 5. CA 1891 Lee, Colleen
6. NY 2415 Tran, De 6. CA 2007 Livshin, Bella 6. CA 1795 Wei, Alicia
7, NY 2403 Ren, Yong 7. MD 1821 Sakai. Donna 7, CA 1783 Chow, Stephanie
8, CA 2387 Schmidt, Avishy 8, NV 1810 Cravens. Marina A. 8. NY 1738 Ho. Anna Ka Po
9. CA 2377 Tran, John Thach 9, FL 1787 Andrzejewska, Danuta 9. CA 1723 Gu, Willa Tammy10. CA 2363 Malek, Attila 10. VA 1767 Kaminsky, Barbara 10. NY 1714 Chen, Isabella11. CA 2349 Ngo, Loc Bao 11. FL 1764 Sanders, Suzanna 11. CA 1707 Divita, Christiana
12. CA 2348 Le, Tuan Dai 12. MD 1735 Huo, Kiem 12. MD 1696 Lan, Janice
13. F¥\ 2327 Seemiller, Randy 13. AZ 1699 Fuschino, Huiping 13. CA 1679 Zhang, Lily14. CA 2326 Samari, Ramin R. 14. CA 1682 Ikuno, Junko 14. FL 1656 Huang, Amy
15. NJ 2307 Dattel, Barry 15. WA 1644 Wang, Mei 15. CA 1638 Guo, SylvanOVER 50 MEN OVER 50 WOMEN UNDER 14 GIRLS
1. NY 2546 Li, Yu Xiang 1. MD 2097 Liu, Charlene Xiaoying 1. CA 1961 Hsing, Ariel2, IN 2471 Seemiller, Daniel 2. CA 2007 Livshin, Bella 2. NY 1738 Ho, Anna Ka Po
3. CA 2363 Malek, Attila 3. MD 1821 Sal(al, Donna 3. CA 1723 Gu, Willa Tammy4. IN 2306 Hicks, H. Richard 4. FL 1787 Andrzejewska. Danuta 4. NY 1714 Chen, Isabella5. CO 2302 Mendez, Francisco J.5. VA 1767 Kaminsky, Barbara 5. CA 1707 Divita, Christiana6. MD 2282 Duan, Changping 6. FL 1764 Sanders. Suzanna 6. CA 1679 Zhang. Lily
7. MA 2274 Hlava, JiN R. 7. AZ 1699 Fuschino, Huiping 7. FL 1656 Huang, Amy8. NY 2262 Klemendorf, Jan 8. CA 1643 Lin, Judy 8. CA 1638 Guo, Sylvan
9. NJ 2229 Domingo, Rey A 9. TX 1630 Legris, Chihiro 9. CA 1599 Banh, Serena G.
10. F¥\ 2224 Mojaverian, Parviz 10. CA 1626 Xianyu, Hui 10, CA 1520 Hsieh, Charleen
11. CA 2206 Dean, Lon A. 11. NY 1611 Braunfeld, Andrea 11. OH 1497 Mast, Jessica
12. FL 2197 Estrada. Carlos I. 12. MD 1579 Kronlage. Yvonne M. 12. NY 1464 Guo, Annie
13. NY 2192 Berger, Steve 13. MD 1561 Bell, Terri Lee 13, MD 1387 Madison, Leona S.
12. FL 2190 Chu, Bin Hai 14. CA 1543 Karshtedt, Yelena 14. CA 1358 Chua, Marielle
15. NJ 2185 Chui, Lim Ming 15. NY 1492 Hajduk, Gizella 15. CA 1353 Wu, Erica
OVER 60 MEN OVER 60 WOMEN UNDER 12 GIRLS
1. IN 2306 Hicks, H. Richard 1. FL 1787 Andrzejewska, Danuta 1. CA 1961 Hsing, Ariel
2. MI 2179 Sweeris, Dell Artnur 2. VA 1767 Kaminsky, Barbara 2. CA 1679 Zhang, Lily3. NY 2113 Braithwaite, George 3. FL 1764 Sanders, Suzanna 3. CA 1520 Hsieh, Charleeg4, CA 2086 Ukapatayasakul. Bill 4. MD 1579 Kronlage. Yvonne M.4. NY 1464 Guo, Annie5. CA 2067 Mintsiveris, Nick 5. CA 1491 Sung, Monica 5. CA 1353 Wu. Erica
6. CA 2055 Greene, Michael 6. CA 1408 Hellwig, Irina 6. CA 1331 Sun, Natalie
7. CA 2052 Dong, Guang-Kui 7. MO 1324 Davis, Rosemary 7. CA 1218 Hwang, Ellen8. MD 2030 Watts, Edward J. 8. WA 1319 Parkins, Tyra Diane 8. IL 1109 Snigurskaya, Natalia9. CA 2027 Zhao, Mao Lin 9. FL 1314 Strom, Kyoko 9. NJ 974 Yang, Emily
10. WA 2015 Ryant Bill 10. MN 1306 Leung, Helen 10, NJ 671 Yuen: Ashley11. NY 2003 Gudzenko. Gary 11, AZ 1280 Irving, Dorothy 11. AR 612 Mehta, Sonya
12, NV 1999 VonSchimmelmann, Ron 12. NY 1214 Amoury, Gloria 12. TX 592 Elston, Chelsea
13. CA 1997 Silberman, Allen 13. CO 1208 Longee, Jinny 13, NJ 583 Cheng, Olivia
14, CA 1986 Fahistrom, Ragnar 14 AZ 1192 Magras, Jane 14. NV 485 Yao, Jenny15. TX 1978 Gordon, Grady C 15. FL 1187 Williams, Nahed M. 15. FL 470 Gibbs, BriannaOVER 70 MEN OVER 70 WOMEN UNDER 10 GIRLS
1 NY 2113 Braithwaite, George 1. MD 1579 Kronlage, Yvonne M.1. CA 1679 Zhang, Lily2 CA 2067 Mintsiveris, Nick 2. MO 1324 Davis, Rosemary 2. CA 1353 Wu, Erica
3 TX 1978 Gordon, Grady C 3. AZ 1280 Irving, Dorothy 3. NV 485 Yao, Jenny4. NY 1977 Reisman, Marty 4. NY 1214 Amoury, Gloria 4. FL 470 Gibbs, Brianna
5 CA 1910 Cung, H Hoa 5. CO 1208 Longee, Jinny 5. CA 287 Sun, Vivian
6. FL 1906 Smith, Lynwood J. 6. AZ 1192 Magras, Jane 6. NC 285 Moundous, Soihia7 MA 1874 Dwelly, Frank 7. TX 1156 Thomas, Patricia L. 7. NH 279 Friend. MacKerizie
8, MO 1872 Hendry, George J. 8. NC 1146 Biggerstaff, Doris 8. NJ 195 Lin, Tina
9 WA 1854 Wolfe, Wes 9. CA 1123 Brin, Harriet R. 9. NJ 163 Shi, Annie
10. NY 1836 Roberts, Horace 10, FL 1040 Lindsay, Margo 10. NY 128 Daoud, Sabrina
11. OH 1821 Myers, Neil 11. CA 989 Drake, Millie 11. CA 104 Yuan, Rochelle
12. OH 1802 Shapiro, Mark 12, AR 960 Hartmann, Joyce 12. CA 97 Scott. Jula
13. FL 1783 Filipowicz, Leszek 13. MN 876 Baecker, Waltraud
14. WI 1764 Peregrine, Dick 14, TX 828 Moore, Francie usa15. CA 1762 Slade, Ivan 15. NC 726 Crusius. Mary
UNDER 18 BOYS
1. CA 2404 Kazantsev. Misha
2. IN 2303 Brewer, A.J.
3. CA 2298 Lee, Sean C.
4. CA 2294 Altot Don James
5. IN 2291 Cochran, Joseph
6. CO 2273 Leach, John
7. MD 2243 Li, Peter
8, CA 2236 Runyan, Trevor9. MD 2227 Jackson, Marcus
10, MD 2221 Yao, Justen
11. MD 2215 Sahu, Amaresh
12. CA 2212 Alto. Earl James
12. NJ 2212 Fan, Alden
14. CA 2199 Chan, Steven YingKit
15. CO 2194 Zhang, YahaoUNDER 16 BOYS
1. IN 2303 Brewer. A.J.
2. CA 2298 Lee, Sean C.
3. CA 2294 Alto, Don James
4. MD 2243 Li, Peter
5. MD 2227 Jackson, Marcus
6. MO 2221 Yao, Justen
7. MD 2215 Sahu, Amaresh
8, CA 2199 Chan. Steven
9, CO 2194 Zhang, Yahao10. PA 2183 An, Thomas
11. GA 2174 Chin. Preston
12, MD 2157 Ghiast Reza
13. MN 2140 Curran, Ming
14. TX 2111 Wang. Alex15. OH 2076 Mast Michael
UNDER 14 BOYS
1. IN 2303 Brewer, A.J.
2. CA 2294 Alto, Don James
3. MD 2243 Li, Peter
4, MO 2221 Yao, Justen
5. CO 2194 Zhang, Yahao
6. GA 2174 Chin, Preston
7. CA 2017 Chen, Jonathan Y.
8. WA 1 992 Tang, Da9. CA 1972 Poon, Derrick
10, CA 1942 Chow, David Shigeo
11. NC 1922 Moundous, Ilya12. MD 1918 Ma, Kevin
13. NJ 1905 Viswanathan. Siddarth
14. IN 1894 Ji. Ronghul (Ron)15. MD 1889 Sun. Charlie
UNDER 12 BOYS
1. WA 1992 Tang, Da
2, NC 1922 Moundous, Ilya3. IN 1894 Ji. Ronghul (Ron)
4. MO 1887 Yao, Alexander
5. CO 1877 Preiss, Austin
6. NY 1867 Polinsky, Denis7. TX 1794 Feng, Yijun
8. NJ 1631 Mujumdar, Sahaj (Sam:
9. MD 1612 Kung, Justin E.10. MD 1606 Sahu. Vikash
11. NJ 1595 Oh, Nan*yu12, NY 1571 Landers, Michael
13. CA 1567 Engineer, Anand14. OH 1545 Mast Jonathan
15. CA 1541 Roberts. Christian
UNDER 10 BOYS
1. TX 1794 Feng. Yijun2. NJ 1492 Wang. Allen W.
3. CA 1387 Chua, Ethan
4. NY 1342 Awad, Stephen
5. CA 1192 Shahnazari, Erick
6. NY 1107 Hashizume, Sho
7. IN 1106 Brewer, Christopher8. NY 976 Abrams. Mustafa
9. CA 944 Jiang, Eric10. CA 842 Chang, Nolan11. NY 814 Dougle, Judah12. CA 766 Upadhyay, Perth13. CA 753 Chen, Jonathan
14, MA 748 Mookherjee. Rajat15. NY 660 Glozman, Thomas
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1. IN 2626 Hazinski, Mark
2. NJ 2583 Hugh, Adam3. MD 2571 Xiao, Han
4. CA 2467 Guo, Xi
5. CA 2404 Kazantsev, Misha
6. CA 2388 Malek, Auria
7. IN 2303 Brewer, A. J.
8. CA 2298 Lee, Sean C.
9, CA 2294 Alto, Don James
10. N.J 2292 Lin, Pan
11. IN 2291 Cochran, Joseph12. CO 2273 Leach, John
13. MD 2264 Nadmichettu. Raghj
14. CA 2247 Nguyen, Trung15. MD 2243 Li, Peter
UNDER 22 WOMEN
1. CA 2474 Fu, Shu (Sara)2. NJ 2354 Hugh, Judy3. CA 2349 Lee, Jacqueline4. OR 2335 Ping, Whitney5. FL 2165 Delzo Infante. Marisol
6. CA 2146 VIasic, Brana
7. MID 2133 Wu, Katherine
8. MD 2079 Wei, Barbara
9. NJ 2039 Shih, Stephanie10. Crl 2035 Dubina, Amanda
11. KS 2034 Xiao, Laura (Jingyao)
12. Of· 2008 Sowers, Olena S.
13. CA 1986 Eav, Wendy
14. OH 1972 Mast, Jennifer Mae
15. CA 1970 Rosales, LauraOVER 75
1. TX 1978 Gordon, Grady C2, NY 1977 Reisman, Marty
3. CA 1910 Cung, H Hoa4. MA 1874 Dwelly, Frank
5 IVO 1872 Hendry, George J.
6. WI 1764 Peregrine, Dick7, CA 1762 Slade, Ivan
8. 9% 1668 Zheng, Robert
9. CA 1617 Kim, Danny
10. CA 1608 Skrbec, Karol
11. NY 1599 Boggan, Tim12. RA 1597 Dickson Jr., David C.
13. SC 1579 Garcia, Victor
14. TX 1578 Chase, Arthur B.
15. CA 1555 Miller, Al L.
OVER 80
1. MA 1874 Dwelly, Frank
2. MO 1872 Hendry, George J.3. CA 1762 Slade, Ivan
4. \R 1668 Zheng, Robert5. TX 1578 Chase, Arthur B.
6. CA 1549 Butler, Wiley M.
7. NY 1531 Brickell, Robert
8. CA 1517 Wasserman. Si
9. MO 1512 Klotzer, Charles
10. OH 1503 Radzeli, Louis
11. WA 1361 Treneer, E, Gene
12. AZ 1280 Irving, Dorothy
13. AZ 1224 Oswald, Evan
14. CA 1 201 Borges: Fred W.
15. WA 1195 Owen, Bud
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NY 1342 Abrameto, Robert CA
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TN 1981 Abril, Ricardo VAOK 1074 Ackart, Stephen MDMN 1349 Ackerman. John CA
MD 618 Ackerman, Zach CA
CA 1369 Adachi. Ryousuke MDOH 1723 Adachi. Shuhei (Sean) INCA 1674 Adams, Stephen NYOK 2203 Addy, Winfred NVDC 1556 Adeleye, Babasola INCA 1811 Adelman, Mark IMA
OH 1630 Adengada, Sharath FL
NY 2268 Adini, Eyal FLCO 1783 Adjel, Alfred CAVA 1652 Adjei, Michael CACA 1678 Adoremos, Wilhelm B. FL
CA 1101 Adrian, Rhesa ALCA 1869 Agajanian: Ralph FLMO 1332 Albaje. Adeyemi NYWA 2099 Aluanta, Roel B. NJFL 1518 Ai Kun, Malcoim CAAR 1567 Airabli, Reza CA
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VA 1953 A bright. David Wesley VIAPA 1747 Abright, Ronald J. WYVA 1719 Aburo, Gerry VYTX 1684 Adaba, Carlos VY
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MA 1539 Aexson, Daniel F. 4
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FL 1699 Allen, Allen LVA 1490 Allen, Harold P. MKY 2074 Allen, John B. WJCA 860 Allen, Roland CANY 477 Allen, Thomas CA
HI 1227 A mogela, Alan P. MNGA 246 A mond, Alan NYRI 1486 A-Sabek, Mohamad CA
CA 976 At, Cody ARNJ 892 A ter, Matt MD
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KS 2145 Atman,Vladimir MACA 2294 Ato. Don James CA
CA 2212 Ato. Earl James PA
CA 1532 Ato. John .James OH
FL 1105 Avarez, Diego NYFL 1578 A y, Ebrahim CAFL 1619 Amaro, Daniel ALFL 1437 Ambroise. Pierre Rudolf CA
CA 1117 Ambrose, Kevin AZ
MI 2059 Amin. Avant AZ
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OH 1743 Anantharaman, Manikantan JA
FL 1655 Anchava, Dario CANC 1628 Andersen, Robert John CA
TX 1616 Anderson, Evan CA
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1322 Arel, Daniel1616 Argote, Ruben688 Aries, Robert1372 Armentano. Paul
944 Armstrong. Daniel1660 Armstrong. M.D.1458 Armstrong Michael1030 Armstrong Robert1104 Arnett. Eric
1914 Aronson, James F
1037 Arpon, Joyce2213 Arman. Mark
1617 Arudt, Siekmann
2051 Ascaso, Antonio
2137 Ascaso. Gustavo
1063 Ascenclo, Ana Laura
1570 Ascencio. Ignacio1914 Ashmeade, Robert
480 Asiamah, David
1709 Assi,Andre
1607 Asson, David
1141 Asuncion. Restileon T
1551 Au, Calvin
2369 Au, Kevin Duong1446 Au, Shih-Shang Pete1857 Augestad, Kar A1539 Auriemmo,Armadillo<Arma)990 Austin, Brian M.
1663 Austin, Malcom
1661 Averin Sergey2020 Avery, Aaron1697 Avram, Vasiley1333 Awad, Daniel
1304 Awad, Jonah
1218 Awad, Rachel1342 Awad, Stephen1726 Axmacher. Andrew
1992 Ayangade. Oluwole1849 Azimzadeh. Kamran
1939 Aziz, Sultan
2093 Baboolal, Christopher2585 Baboor, Chetan1656 Bacon, Dale
1581 Badrena, Josef
1774 Badru. Olukayode881 Bae, James
1044 Bae, Mathew
876 Baacker. Waltraud
1827 Ba , Jianming1682 Bailey, Asquith983 Bailey, Bruce1609 Bailey, Craig K.1219 Balliff Jr., Edgar1677 Bard,Jim1756 Bad.Will
1196 Bar-Madrigal. Ryan1903 Ba arias, Rene C.1603 Baorski, Peter
1424 Bacer, Mark
1417 Bach, Bob
1512 Baderama. Jason
1399 Ba dner, Roger E1337 Balard, John L.
1908 Baogh. Miklos1001 Bandara, Nilantha
2108 Banet Sr., Steven
1442 Banghart. Adam1599 Banh, Serena G.2393 Banh, Tawny1821 Banh. Vincent G
1919 Banjoko Tony 0.873 Banko, Stephen1837 Bannister, Greg886 Banot, John R913 Barber, Wally1853 Bardo. Luke
1334 Barlow, Carl
1307 Barnes, Jason
901 Barnes. John
2130 Barone. Scott
540 Barone. Shelby643 Barone Jr.,Scott
1226 Barrera, Ramon1852 Barrett, Dan
1810 Barretto, Gary1355 Barrington, Jason1377 Barry, Matthew588 Barry, Sharon1412 Barseglan. George635 Barthold, Jean William
1673 Barton. Hugh R.1619 Barton, James E.
820 Bartos. Gregory1266 Barucic,Asmir1772 Basnet. Barkma
1171 Batista, Luis
1043 Ball Christopher647 Batten. Thelma
734 Batton, James
2060 Bauer, John1642 Bauman. M. Virgil558 Bavly, Ben2166 Bavly. Larry
CA 870 Baxter, Ed W
MO 1874 Bayarsaikhan, Munkhbold NOR 1305 Bayley, Bruce L. 11MA 1814 Baylies, Michael RAL 1009 Beam, Tony KLA 2173 Beaumont, John F
IMA 1458 Becker Gerald C
FL 1985 Beckford. Jim Ir
OR 1347 Bednarz, Ben 11
OH 344 Beer, Richard C
IN 1202 Beery, David NOH 1363 Beggin, Jack SCA 1565 Behura. Nathaniel C
Rl 1829 Belhumeur, Paul C
MD 1561 Bell, Terri Lee CIL 1758 Bellina, Riccardo N
CA 1840 Benedict, LoAn C
AK 683 Bennett, Brant N
PA 579 Bennett, Heather R
FL 1587 Bennett Jermaine N
AK 649 Bennett, Levi C
AR 1021 Benoit, Nathaniel V
AL 1395 Bensinger, Brad NPA 1483 Benson, Thomas A
CA 1833 Beraun, Cesar A
OH 1954 Berenson. David A
NY 1872 Berg, Mark NNY 2192 Berger, Steve CCA 1433 Bergman, Neal ACA 852 Bergman, Suniti ANY 2111 Bergunker, Nick NMA 1839 Beric, Nebossa &
VA 1637 Berman, Terry AAZ 440 Bernal, Jason NM 1708 Bernhard, Michael G
CA 514 Bernstein, David kFL 1979 Bernstein, Joshue C
NJ 181 Berry, Devon FVA 1299 Berry, Sam NVA 1534 Berry, Tommy A CCA 1484 Bezvikonny, Sergly GCA 1821 Bhaldasna, Praful VMD 867 Bhargava, Pavan AIL 1636 Bhoopalam. Mahesh AIL 1979 Bian, Jiawen (John) IvNC 1146 Biggerstaff, Doris NAL 1793 Billy, Johnny I. NNY 926 Bily, Charles DNY 832 Bily Joshua GMD 1313 Bitgood, Barbara NGA 1321 Black, Nathan N
MN 716 Blake, James NIL 951 Bland, Hal F
NV 1732 Blankenship, Henry Lee IlFL 1476 Blatt, Al CNY 1549 BIll heid, Steve CPA 920 Blocker, Jer'el A &
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PA 964 Blumberg, David ACA 562 Blyth, Austin KCA 1371 Blyth, William Allen KAL 897 Boateng, Jonas KCA 2076 Bobrow, Adam C
MA 394 Bockoven, Chase &MA 863 Bockoven, Connor G
CA 1205 Boeche, Ryan NIL 742 Boehner. James N
MN 1619 Boerner. Matthew N
AZ 1752 Boerwinkle. Jerry CFL 905 Bogan, Randy IlNY 1599 Boggan. Tim ItFL 1456 Bohres, Paul F
VIA 1340 Bokhman, Zinovy TAR 979 Bolanos, Yeimer 4CA 2161 Boldy, Zoltan 4CO 1883 Bolha. Slavomir 3
PA 1265 Bomberger, Fred bNY 1904 Bondrivski, BogdanCA 1127 Bookey. Justin 1IL 1618 Borcean. Marcel I
CA 1201 Borges, Fred W. J
9- 1698 Borges. Jose ND< 1815 Boring, Drew AAZ 1829 Borrillo Marco J. M
PA 1590 Borshansky, Ilya CIL 1708 Borysiewicz, Derek NVIC) 1844 Boswell, Dale A
NY 524 Boughton, Charles :CA 1614 Boukhanian, Sarkis 'MA 1862 Boulard, Claude V
GA 1874 Bowlander, Robert r
N 1697 Bowles, Mike 1RI 2102 Bowling, Richard VAK 846 Bowman, WesleyFL 807 Boyce, Harold VCA 1168 Boyce, Vern VDE '422 Boyer, Darryl 4IN '016 Bradley Jr., Carl L. lMS 719 Brady, Tyler VAZ 1441 Bragau, Petre VVA 1864 Bragg, Lewis Andrew rWC 267 Brain, Mathew V
NC 1892 Brain, Simon L
NY 2113 Braithwaite,George LMS '351 Brana, Marc N
MD 513 Branch, Michael W. CKY 1728 Branch, Wayne A. CMA 1236 Brandrick. Paul C
A 1777 Brastow, Kim S.
Y 1611 Braunfeld, Andrea4 2173 Brazzell. Donald E1 992 Breault. Frank
S 1655 Brecheisen, Terry K.L 1438 Brenner Bard
0 1193 Brenner, David
4 2303 Brewer. A J
1 1106 Brewer, ChristopherH 1909 Brewster. Keith
Y 1531 Brickell, Robert DouglasC 1177 Bridgers, HughO 1459 Bridges, Chris L,A 1123 Ban. Harriet R
A 816 Brin,William JamesIl 610 Brindel, Gen'yA 1909 Briscoe. Brian K.
C 1619 Broadie, Charles
4 1308 Brockington. MarcH 1468 Brocoum, Constantine
A 647 Brady, DennisA 1796 Broll, Jens
Y 1423 Bronfman, Samuil
Z 1646 Brongo. RayR 1384 Brooks, Charles
K 1476 Brooks. WayneJ 1332 Brouda. Mark
,H 1535 Broverman, IlyaL 2081 Brown. Adam
K 409 Brown. Chris
Y 1862 Brown, Dennis DiD 999 Brown, Harold
L 1914 Brown, Homer GeorgeY 1460 Brown. Michael
A 1842 Brown, RossID 1716 Browning, JohnA 1285 Brownson, Wallace
L 1422 Bruce. Sheldon
V 789 Bruno. Aushn
A 1255 Bruno, Dan
A 253 Brunson, Oman
/I 1182 Bruss. Adam
Z 1594 Bryan, DanielZ 1931 Bryant Jr.. RobertIA 896 Bryars, JoshuaIl 1560 Bublitz, GaryID 563 Buchness, Brendan
E 1348 Buckles, Steven EA 1366 Buckner. James
H 1855 Budiman, DanyaH 955 Bueno. Daniel
H 833 Bueno, Jason
L 2324 Bueno, Yandi
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A 1001 Buescher. Jim
A 1583 Bui Brian
ID 1858 But, Thong VanA 1765 Bujusu.VijayX 1957 Burkhart Joe
R 1593 Burkhart, Stan
Y 1599 Burnett, Alicia
Y 557 Burnett. Joyce¥ 1791 Burnett. RandyA 1734 Burris, Cornelius
IA 1151 Bushala, EugeneA 1793 Bushkanets, IlyaC 1532 Butani, AneeshC 961 Butler, JohnC 776 Butler. Mike
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4 1894 Button, JeffreyL 2049 Cadet. Gerard N
X 1359 Cadwell, SteveY 1831 Caesar, Peter
V 2111 Caglar, MeriA 1154 Cai, Simon
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K 284 Cantu, Elizabeth
L 1599 Caplin, Glenn W.L 1567 Caplin, Stuart RonaldIO 1389 Capps, David L4 1127 Caraman, Emanuel
1 1857 Caraviello, Daniel
E 832 Card, Zachary 'A 1959 Carlisle. BillyIN 1471 Carlson. JamesIN 626 Carlson. James R
Y 1790 Carney. Wayne A1077 Carothers. Craig
Il 1738 Carra. Stanley11 935 Carra. StephenL 1499 Carvajal, PabloIl 1412 Casey. William M.
1160 Cassidy. Ronald1041 Casstevens, Rex J
J 949 Castaneda, JoeyA 1669 Castillo. Aaron
A 1341 Castillo. Wilfredo
A 1821 Castillo Jr.. Willy
NY 1713 Castronovo Tommy GuyIL 1697 Catrima. Simon
NY 1424 Cavanagh, LisaRI 1562 Cavicchio. Charles M.
GA 1665 Cehal A MIrsad
MN 728 Cen, Ye-yingOK 1970 Chaar Samer
CA 2040 Chat. 2im
TX 1170 Chairez, ZacharyFL 1752 Chamberlain, Blake
MA 969 Chan, Andrew
CA 614 Chan, Arthur
CA 1973 Chan, ChanningFL 2161 Chan, Chi-KinFL 1724 Chan, ClementCA 733 Chan, Cornelius
IL 1715 Chan, DavidNY 1822 Chan, DavidAZ 1340 Chan, Eric
AL 882 Chan, HansenCA 639 Chan, HenryNY 1511 Chan, JustinMO 1611 Chan, Kam YuenAZ 1799 Chan, KeithAL 1885 Chan, Kim
MA 1849 Chan. MartyCA 2199 Chan, Steven YingKitCA 1740 Chan, Terence
AL 792 Chan, Trevor
AL 808 Chan, Tson
AL 1645 Chan, WingCA 1573 Chan, Yau-ManAZ 1384 Chang, Chung-FuCA 668 Chang, ConnieCA 1490 Chang, CrispinCA 2027 Chang. FernandoGA 1857 Chang, JieGA 1322 Chang. JustinCA 1608 Chang, Ming-LeeCA 842 Chang, NolanXY 1699 Chang, RuyingIL 974 Chang WesleyCA 1020 ChaO, Patrick
CA 751 Chao. Zacha-yNY 2089 Chapanond. AnuratNJ 2003 Chaplin, PaulOH 2061 Charvet Francois
TX 1578 Chase Arthur B.
TX 621 Chase. Julie K
CA 2110 Chase. SpencerCA 802 Chathu, JayakrishnanMA 1770 Chau, AnthonyMA 1486 Chau, EugeneJA 2232 Chau, Johnny
vIA 1282 Chau, Kevin
'L 1212 Chau, SamuelL 1681 Chau. Tim
VC 1792 Chau, Wing ChuenWH 1776 Chaung, Alex4.1 527 Chen, AndrewCA 1421 Chen. Brian
NC 1774 Chen, DaoyangDA 2272 Chen, Diane DongyeVY 1284 Chen, EricNY 1714 Chen, isabella
4J 1530 Chen. James
'L 1982 Chen, JerryVIA 1658 Chen, JianWJ 644 Chen, JohnCA 753 Chen, Jonathan
CA 2017 Chen, Jonathan Y
SAA 195 Chen. levin
WJ 341 Chen, Kody4 581 Chen, Maio Yu
viki 1538 Chen, Nancy4,J 1505 Chen, QimingVIN 1258 Chen, RishengIY 2005 Chen, Robert
VY 693 Chen, Rui1 263 Chen, Vania
DA 1844 Chen, Wei°A 831 Chen, Wei XiongJA 1936 Chen. Winston
DA 618 Chen, Yanpei4 791 Chen. Yen-Rung'A 261 Chen, Yu-Hsin
DA 1440 Cheng, BrianJA 2132 Cheng, HoraceVJ 583 Cheng. OliviaIJ 449 Cheng, SamanthaVY 1820 Cheng, SiukwoDA 1730 Cheng. Vincent14[ 2663 Cheng, YinghuaAZ 1637 Chemobelskiy AlexAZ 1723 Chemooelskiy. Mikha IOH 1328 Chester, Jeff
MA 583 Cheung, KevinMS 1648 Cheung, LapyanMA 1424 Cheung, RudolfCA 1421 Cheung, Ting NingNY 522 Chevatier, NancyOR 1147 Chia, Brian
CA 154 Chia, Jonathan
PA 1696 Chia, QuangOR 490 Chia, Valerie
NY 1081 Chieu, AlbertNY 863 Chieu, BrianNY 2014 Chieu, Trieu C.
GA 1595 Chin, Kngsley
GA 2174 Chin. Preston
NY 1870 Chin. Raymond CheesiongOH 1824 Ching. HowieCA 1819 Ching. Joe INJ 1272 Chironna. Robert J
MD 1885 Chisholm, LarryHI 1338 Cho, ToshimiCA 998 Chong, ChinyongCA 1770 Chongl PeteMD 992 Chou. Dianai
CA 1942 Chow, David ShigeoCA 777 Chow, Gloria
CA 1783 Chow, StephanieCA 1473 Chnstensen, Fumi
FL 1620 Christo, Joel
FL 1733 Christo, Lee
FL 1295 Christo, Matthew
NC 2376 Christopher, Andy NigelNJ 1549 Chtcherbakov. Max
FL 2190 Chu, Bin Hai
CA 1954 Chu, David S.
TX 1701 Chu, Jui-DerFL 1858 Chu, Khai
FL 1643 Chu, Khoi
VA 1640 Chu, ShilongPA 416 Chu, Shou-JuCA 1387 Chua, Ethan
CA 1824 Chua, GerryDA 1358 Chua, Marielle
W 2185 Chui. Lim MingDA 1014 Chung, Ho Pan3 1494 Chung, Peter3 1858 Chung, Te-Ching3 1885 Chwa, David K.
1 516 Clamacca. Chris
WV 1448 Clesielski. JerryDT 1573 Cimoch. Zbignieh'L 1559 Cincotta, Joseph M.'1 1392 Cinnei, Michelev'IS 659 Clark. JeremyN 1654 Clark. Jerrell
BA 1567 Clark. Joseph PN 1397 Clark. LarryvE 664 Clark. Timv'IN 733 Clarkin, Scott
CA 1419 Claude. Lou
MD 763 Cleckner, GregFL 995 Cline, Jan
AL 1286 Cloyd DickN 1199 Clyde, DavidN 1649 Clyde. RobertN 1419 Clyde. StephenVIA 1089 Cobanovic. Goran
VII 2198 Cobb, Dennis S.
N 1464 Cochran. Daniel
N 1984 Cochran, Gordon
N 2291 Cochran. Joseph2 549 Coffinger, SeanDA 1093 Cohen, Brian
DA 1482 Cohen. Ed
v'ID 1389 Cohen. Mark
DA 2306 Cohen, Randy H.AK 744 Cohn, TylerMI 1776 Coiban. Maria
NY 1403 Colas, Brad
NY 1270 Colas. CraigVA 1287 Coleman. Keith W
NY 1631 Coleman, MarkCA 1458 Colvin. Tim
FL 1682 Compton, Robert CharlesNY 1612 Connell. Earl R.
NC 1957 Connelly. TimAZ 1396 Connolly. PatrickNY 1442 Converse, Robert (Robby)OH 1374 Cook, David C.
KS 1042 Cook, KennyTX 1105 Cooper, JerryPA 909 Cooper, RyanCA 1295 Cooper, William R.NY 537 Coots. Jesse
CA 782 Copeland. Mark TOH 2189 Cordell, Robert B.
MI 1709 Cornish. Mark
FL 1360 Corrado. Robert
HI 1551 Correa, Frank L.
IMA 1145 Cortesi, TonyKY 1232 Cossid, Pierre
AZ 849 Cottingham, MikeAK 597 Cotton, Chloe
AK 1186 Cotton, DavidLA 1297 Coulon. Melvin
LA 678 Coulon. Shirley C.PA 2257 Coulter. ChipAR 815 Counts. Mark
NE 1799 Cowles, RodNC 1796 Cox, GregPA 1664 Cox. Robert S.
TX 1389 Crabtree. Rendell
NV 1545 Cravens, Dan Franklin
NV 1810 Cravens, Marina A.IN 1387 Creek ClaudeSC 1843 Creel, DavidIN 1552 Creel, StephenIL 1648 Crfassi, MikeNY 1490 Croitoroo. Mark
FL 1612 Crosby, Reginald H.GIA 335 Crowder. Terrance
AL 1654 Crowson, DannyNC 726 Crusius, Mary
(60 L USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE ' May/June 2006
NY 349 Cuartas, Kevin NYCA 1159 Cuevas, Nadia MO
MD 1196 Cummings, Brett MOCA 1910 Cung, H Hoa IMAOH 1567 Curd, John CA
FL 1493 Curran, Edward ILMN 2140 Curran, Ming (Nathaniel) SCNE 1831 Cushing, Matthew SCNC 1246 Cutbill Sidney PAWA 1796 Czebe, John LACT 1469 Czubal, Aleksander NYAK 1635 Czyz, Albin MOIL 1936 Czyz. Damian CAOH 2143 Dabburi, Ravi MDAL 1962 Dailey Sr., Tomme OH
FL 1023 Daley, Delroy OHIL 1792 Dalton. Scott NY
FL 1362 Dam, Veronica CAPA 1649 Dang, An NYCA 667 Dang, Ann ILMD 1963 Dang. Eric MIIN 1757 Dannenfelser, Torn NCNY 128 Daoud, Sabrina TXNY 1759 Daoud, Said MIMA 1341 Darcy, Frank PAAK 1167 Darnall, Diann NC
VA 1091 Darnell, Richard FLCA 1549 Dart, John MACA 1713 Darukhanawala, Nash CANY 1346 Darvas, David ILNY 2169 Dassonval, Philippe VANJ 2307 Dattel, Barry NYVA 1169 Daub, Ruth CA
NY 2471 David, Paul AZFL 1417 Davidson, Ted CAMA 1464 Davis, Frank Cueng S. AZMD 1860 Davis. Mark E. AZ
MO 1324 Davis, Rosemary AKMD 369 Davis, Tyler INAR 1787 Davis Jr., Richard Glen MN
MI 1711 Dawson, Steve Franklin FLMI 1748 Dawson Jr., Jim FLAZ 1648 Dax Roger A ALIN 1345 De Jesus, Bruno SCPA 1993 De Jong, !var PAMO 381 De Mariano, Charles A. TXAK 1549 De May, David TXGA 2387 De Souza Kwacvi Didi TX
FL 1387 Deacon, Richard H. NYCA 2206 Dean, Lon A VN
AK 1110 Debardelaben, Ray MIPA 1580 Debelak, Douglas CACA 1102 Debia, Gabriel SCNY 1966 Debo, Prince NC
MN 1079 Delendorfer. Terry MICA 1803 Deidashli, Mas·ioud MNAZ 661 De Nero, Jeff NC
VA 1783 De Vecchio, David CAVA 1954 De Vecchio, Marth P. CAIN 1212 De Bello, Mike NC
CA 1229 De-eon, Rene FLNC 285 De oatch, Jesse NYNC 512 De oatch, Jordan NJNC 269 De oatch, Tyler FLCA 1952 De-osReyes, Ernest FLMN 482 De-osRios, Rabel TXFL 2165 De zo Infante, Ma,isol F. LAFL 1803 De zo Infante, Mirella CACA 781 Demartini. Cliff CA
CA 711 Dempewolf, Mike OKAZ 1682 Deng, Kai CAAL 1902 Denton, Jason CA
MA 1226 Desai. Amar ARMA 1682 Desai, Sukumar PAMI 815 Deshmukh, Nikt·.1 NC
PA 1740 Desiderio, Scott Craig NJNJ 1327 Detweiler, Jared CAMC 1491 Dewan, Rohit NJCA 1316 Dewhirst, Ken PAAZ 1544 DeWitt, Mark CACT 2226 DeWitt, Richard A. CADE 2241 Deyak, Vitally CAIL 1813 Dhanani, Adil HI
CA 1564 Dhupelia, Anil CARI 1982 Di Xue NY
NY 781 Diaz, George NJFL 2370 Dibbs, Joseph FLNE 1640 Dickey Jr. Gorcon WI
TN 1747 Dickson, Roger NYPA 1597 Dickson Jr. David C. NJ
CO 182: Didio, Mike NJOH 1261 Diestro, Sherman NJ
IL 1521 Dietz, Jeff FLOH 1803 Dietz. Roy MicMel CO
SC 15611 Dilling, Peter CTCA 1774 Ding, Bo NJGA 1429 Ding, Di NJAR 1586 Ding, Yijun PACA 2296 Dinh, Tri H. TX
CO 1431.: Disch. Christopher (Judd) ALCA 1707 Divita, Christiana CACA 1677 Divita, Daniel FLCA 2138 Divita, Michael MEMI 1899 Dixon Jr., James FLCA 2111 Do, Michelle FLCA 951 Do, Patrick NYPA 1374 Dodds. William W NY
AZ 1022 Dok. Daphne KSAZ 1196 Dok, Derrick . MNAZ 1973 Dok, Panno FLCT 928 Dolan. Kevin FL
CA 2048 Dole, Gina NC
NJ 2223 Domingo. Rey A. NJCA 2052 Dong, Guang-Kul MDCA 1390 D'Ortenzio. Mado MA
NY 652 Dos Santos, Pables NY
KS 692 Doughty, John CAIL 1764 Douglass. Bob IL
814 Dougle, Judah Il1134 Downing, Jie IV1774 Downing, Steve C1974 Doyle. Chris M989 Drake, Millie N
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833 Dryden, David Il806 Du. Jesse R
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1924 Edwards. Raymond N1088 Egel Leo N1218 Eggleston, James H N1746 Egu. Emeka N1371 Ekbundit Patrick J
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1374 Ellis. Johnnie
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1602 Elson, Harold L. I
434 Elston, Austin
592 Elston, Chelsea C1915 Elston, Meredith 1
2274 Embleton, Shawn I
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2197 Estrada. Carlos I. F
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1624 Faccini, Matthew C
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1561 Falcone. Anthony A1620 Faminiba. Sam F
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1429 Fan, Tracy (1845 Fan, Wesley F914 Fang, De Jian E1957 Fang, Gary F876 Fang, Justin C373 Fang, Matthew 11791 Fang, Yen Wen &1944 Farah. Kamal G. P
287 Farello, Brian C1862 Farkas, Brian (
1366 Farnsworth, Donald C
1560 Farooque, Mustafa (1642 Farzin, Jalil (1408 Fazel-Sarjul. Behzad 151 Fazel-Sarjui, Kian I497 Fazel-Sartul, Sam C2130 Federico. Steve (
1166 Feinstein, Marilyn Sommer (1767 Feltenberger. Donald 1939 Fendrick, Josh b
929 Fendrick, Zachary C1403 Feng, Jackie I1794 Feng, Yuun C1207 Ferguson. Rick (1520 Ferrer. James A. i
1533 Ferrer, Orlando I1587 Ferriero, Paul /
1049 Ferro, Caleb a1147 Ferro, Genesis I290 Fidhel, Joshua I
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1540 Figg, Brian I1657 Figueroa. Wayne (1783 Filipowicz. Leszek ,1789 Filipowicz Peter 11749 FILL Raymond Kenneth I2227 Finketstein. Eric 1
749 Finkelstein. Steven I
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Z 1458 Flores, Victor
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Il 1690 Fowler, BrianA 1743 Fox, James Neal
ID 2128 Fraiman, GaryA 499 Framo, Hosea I.A 1997 Framo, Ira B
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4 1839 Frank, AronA 1318 Franklin. Kim
C 799 Freshwater, William
IA 883 Freydina. JaneY 1323 Friedler, MikeH 1920 Friend, Chance
H 699 Friend, CherylH 279 Frjend. MacKenzie
H 640 Friend, SpencerA 1827 Frigelj MarikoA 949 Frisoli. Paul AA 1554 Fryberger, MarkY 1745 Fryd, PaulM 1729 Fu, BillyJ 1795 Fu, LiA 2474 Fu, Shu (Sara)A 1724 Fuentes-Afflick, TomasL 1899 Fuertes, Justa
. 1667 Fufaeva, Irina)H 1215 Pullen, Dave C.A 1428 Fuller, Scott
1 1007 Fullerton, CollinA 590 Fulton, Nolan
A 708 Fulton, Roger'A 905 Fung, KingIC 1873 Furst, Mitch
2 1699 Fuschino, Huiping2 1588 Fuschino, MichaelA 2511 Gabriel, Freddie£ 1911 Gaither. Donald E.
IY 1754 Gaida, WojciechIC 1895 Galavis, Oscar A
1606 Galban. Jun
2 581 Gale, TracyIY 1042 Galper, MikhailA 1339 Galstian, Armen
L 1579 Galvez, RobertoA 1020 Gandhi, Viral
VI 1672 Ganesan, Ashwin
L 1666 Gangadharan, Deepak40 2661 Gao, Jun
C 1022 Gao. Max
40 1680 Gao, Mike
IC 1967 Gao, Qing Feng:T 1661 Gao, Xiang* 1140 Garcia. Gil
4A 2060 Garcia, ManuelIY 437 Garcia, Michael:L 2004 Garcia, OsnielL 2036 Garcia. Osviel
;A 1820 Garcia. RaymondL 1974 Garcia, Roberto
;C 1579 Garcia, Victor
11 1591 Garduque, Dan1 1471 Garretson, SteveX 1721 Garrett, Ryan41 1 481 Gards, Mike
IY 1045 Gaudin, Steve
1 337 Gavidia, Guillermo
14 1369 Gaynor. Michael1 604 Gee, Bryan'A 1892 Gee, Kingston'A 322 Gee, Suzanna
X 1140 Geeze, ChristopherIM 1840 Geeze. Donald 3.
14 1309 Gefter, Valentin
la. 874 Geller. Alan
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IY 1962 Geri Feliks
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/ID 2157 Gilasi, Reza
1 1993 G-irine, Kundan
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L 470 G bbs, Brianna
L 1604 G bbs, Car
2 423 G bbs, Hal2 829 Gbbs, William
£ 765 G bson, Casey
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00 1293 Gilespie, Ryan1. 1194 G Ilman, Art
4 357 G Ireath, Harold L
-L 2074 G ngold. Greg Bany-L 1202 G ngras. Robert4 1068 G nsberg, Jason11 688 G nther, Dean
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DA 1441 Giron, Ramon NH 777 ammond, Mark
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DA 1659 Givone. David AZ 1360 aney, EdwardL 919 Gladstone, Jerry OK 1783 anna, Sammy'A 1039 Glass, Adam UT 1613 ansen, Douglasil 1244 Gleeson, Andrew VA 1624 anson, Dana B. El940 1046 Gloden, Mark CA 1330 anson, DavidL 1792 Glowacki Kryztoff AZ 1338 aq, Eyen-UlVY 922 Glozman, Felix MN 1287 araldson, RichardVY 660 Glozman, Thomas CA 1067 aranay, Suhir ROSnetNC 1662 Godin. Yun NY 1346 arari Yair
WJ 583 Godoy Jr, Samuel CO 1406 ardin. Mike Popular
L 1814 Goedde. Michael AZ 1676 arrington. John G. power rubber
GA 1826 Goh. Sue May IL 1921 arris, Brucefrom JOOLA!
AZ 783 Goins, Nancy CO 1322 arris, Matt
AZ 634 Goins, Steven AL 1877 arris, Michael S. ,Reg §3795 $3495
IY 1961 Golbert, Alexi OH 1746 ams. Scott
vID 1059 Golden, Phillip-Matthew CA 865 arsono. Hugh 800-547-5891vii 1278 Goldenberg. Michael Paul VA 1710 art, BrianIY 1112 Goldfarb. Roman CA 1156 artman, DavidvID 1326 Goldstein. David AR 960 artmann, Joyce CA 1197 okama, Maurice (Mory)NY 1728 Goldstein, Emile CA 1524 artmann. Rudy Albert NY 1624 olck, Bruce F,VID 1449 Goldstein. Joey CA 1416 ashimoto, Margaret PA 646 olland, Steven
AL 1048 Goll, Rahul CA 2128 ashimoto, Masaru IL 992 ollander, SteveAL 904 Goli. Rakesh NY 1869 ashizume, Riki KY 1281 olliger, PaulIL 2355 Golic, Biljana NY 1107 ashizume, Sho IL 1454 ollingsworth. JoeTX 2445 Gombos, Ludovic VA 1829 atcher, Cody KY 1142 olly, ChristopherNC 1794 Gomez, Elias MA 1872 augh, David VA 1053 opkins, RayFL 656 Gomez. Enrique Fl 1912 autsch, Fred RI 1976 opkins, StevenNC 838 Gomez Jr., Elias NY 1922 awk. Harry R. WI 1324 orgen, ChristopherFL 1605 Goncalves, Jose Renato PA 1823 awkins, James Earl CA 974 onkoshi, Atsushi
NY 1794 Goncharov, Valeriy MD 1433 awkins. Joseph A. TX 1934 ormozi, Amir
FL 1333 Gonzalez, Alvaro NJ 517 awn, Andrew FL 1519 ome, Lavone
FL 492 Gonzalez, Viviana I NJ 290 awn, Vivian NY 510 omosky. NicholasSC 1829 Goodman. Ira PA 2028 ayal Hamid PA 921 orowitz. Scott MI.
MD 1281 Gopalan. Shn NH 2049 ayes. Donald B. CO 1942 orowitz, WilliamCT 1436 Gorbounov. Mikhail IL 1484 aynes, Charles PA 1202 orst. JosephTX 1978 Gordon, Grady C WY 1863 ays, David PA 1355 orst Robert
DA 1941 Gordon. Scott WY 1368 ays, Luke A. NC 1770 orton. BryanVIA 1531 Gore, Nelson IN 2626 azinski. Mark AZ 1973 oued, LuisE
4Y 2351 Gotlib, Slave CA 1046 ealy, Gms MI 1299 ough, StevenvIA 1201 Gotieb Myron NJ 1330· echt, David CA 1042 overter, JackDA 1577 Gotliffe, Harvey AR 1326 einbockel, Karl CA 1742 oward, Jack
vIN 1795 Gottesman, Adam TX 2289 einonen, Petri \W 1315 oward, Ronald
AK 635 Grabman, Jed IL 1688 einrich, Alexander PA 664 oy, Michael VanCA 1684 Grady, Kenneth W AZ 1195 eisel, Robert MA 1890 istodulov. Hristo
CA 482 Graelish, Ryan MI 1644 elfand, Joseph S. CA 1520 sieh, Charleen
DA 1864 Graham. Charles KS 1393 eller, Frank C. CA 1961 sing, Ariel'L 1338 Graham, Georges CA 1408 ellwig. Irina CA 1668 sing. MichaelN 1770 Grambo, Alan A. CA 1403 emphill, Mart MD 1718 SU. FongDA 1673 Grandalsk Joe NH 1592 enault. William (Bill) CT 770 su. Hans
'L 1903 Greaves, Wesley KS 1713 endrickson. Aaron CT 378 su, JohnVY 2088 Green. Daniel MN 1711 endrickson, Gary J CA 913 su, MichaelWY 986 Green, Ernie MO 1872 endry. George J. CT 529 su, Nathan
VY 2274 Green, Wally NY 2263 enry, Michael OR 1091 su. RyanvID 1644 Greenberg. Morton AZ 718 enry, Shirley PA 842 su, Ya-tingVY 1672 Greene. Alex FL 1648 ensley, Larry IL 1649 sueh. Norman
CA 2055 Greene. Michael Leroy FL 1777 erekar Girish CA 1855 tut. Maung TinNC 906 Gressett, Mark NY 752 ernandez, Rigo CA 2088 u, Joey Juin-YuanNC 1310 Griffing. John CA 1583 ernani, Alex CA 1433 u, Kent
VA 2020 Griffis Jr., Joe E AL 1048 erod, Danielle CA 648 4 Xiao AuiV 1222 Grigoriev, Rostislav N C 1994 err, Al FL 1772 ua. Peter (Liyang)VIA 836 Grimaldi, Francis V. IL 1753 errera, Cesar Jose FL 1656 uang, AmyDA 1934 Grimes. Scott FL 1547 errmann, Frank NY 904 uang. BarryVY 1735 Gringaus, David Vadim MA 173Z eslin,Jack MD 1363 uang. Benjamin:L 1422 Groce, Olinto L. CA 1413 ess Jr., Alfred J. NY 1892 uang, ChongmingNY 1687 Grodevant. Scott IVE 1155 8%vet Allen K. CA 1928 uang, JohnnyL 1270 Gross, Benjamin Timothy IN 2306 Icks, H. Richard NC 1497 uang, Kuang JungNY 1857 Grossberg, Eric MA 1184 ilbig, Nathan NJ 315 uang,Lena41 966 Gruszkowski, Steve MA 993 ill,James IL 732 uang, MerrillDA 1723 Gu, Willa Tammy MI 1832 inshaw. Donald MD 1833 uang, Samuel K.CA 2033 Guan, Hong GA 1435 jelmeland, David PA 884 uang, Tzu-HengCA 2031 Guan. Walter Hua Chuang MA 2274 lava, Jiri R. NC 1946 uang, Usher Chih-ShengMN 1089 Guan. Zhimin NY 1738 o. Anna Ka Po NC 1580 uang, XiangAl 729 Guanill, Jack CA 1507 0, Frank Cuong CA 933 uang, XiaohanvID 1290 Guckenberger, Michae P. AL 1753 0, Hung Mike MID 1786 uang, Xinsheng MichaeNY 2003 Gudzenko. Gary TX 1339 0, JC CA 2464 uang, Yao XiVIA 1549 Guevara, David Contra,-as HI 1351 o. Wesley FL 946 ubner, BillIY 452 Guevara, Jorge SC 1676 oagland, Tim NJ 558 uddleston, Elliot
'L 1931 Guhr, Roman CA 1729 oang, Christopher CA 1065 udson, PhillipDA 564 Guidry, Fran CA 2174 oang, Jason AR 1548 uey, TerryvIS 1422 Guillot. Robert CA 1810 oang, John Q. CO 1234 uffman, Allen
M 1679 Gumataotao, Tony S.N. MID 1927 ochman, Stephen CO 1744 uggins, DavidCA 1564 Gunawan, Hendra PA 1771 odges Ill, Herbert NJ 2583 ugh, AdamAR 464 Gunter, Steven IL 1247 offman, Mark J. NJ 2354 ugh, JudyNY 694 Gunther, Fritz 1 1979 ogshead. Edward CA 1692 ui, DannyNY 1464 Guo. Annie .
NC 1670 Guo. Chao
CA 1638 Guo, Sylvan USATIP Rating ChartDA 2467 Guo. Xi
VID 815 Gupta, Abmismek . les Higher rated Lower rated
WJ 1163 Gupta, Debol /j/tE player wins: player wins:il 264 Gupta. Nitant4.1 272 Gupta, Timirant Highel Lower Lower Higheril 413 Gupta. Unmukt Rating player p'ayer playeriplayerIY 1794 Gurevich, BorisVID 1451 Gutman, Edward Difference gains: loses: cains: loses:
VY 1615 Gulowski. Raymond11 786 Guttman, Daniel 0-12 8 8VY 988 Ha, Fulton
CA 1578 Hachache, Pierre 13-37 7 10
'L 1657 Hackler Jr., Ted HAR 1845 Hatfield, Paul Edwarc
38-62 6 13
GA 1953 Hadsell Jr , Michael 63-87 5 16VC 1140 Hafeez, Raul
'L 1829 Hagard, Cyril 88-112 4 20
VII 1344 Hageman, Douglas 113"137 3 25VII 1441 Hageman. GrantNY 1816 Haidvogel, Roger Paul 138-162 2 30
VY 1492 Hajduk. Gizella 163-187 2 35VIO 1853 Halbig, Fred M.31 1433 Halfaker. Steve 188-212 1 40
DH 1443 Hall. Everett 45vID 1574 Hall. Marty
213-237 1
NY 1674 Halliday, Michael 238 & up 0 5030 1281 Hallock, Brett
OH 1767 Hamarahian, Amir
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1 4 1321 Johnson Jr Shelley CA 1290 Koe, You-Chien CA 1081 Lee, Kanon CA 1520 L n, Kevin NY 612 vak, Felix
Al 0 1876 Johnston, Jeff PA 1327 Kohut, William S. NY 1969 Lee. Kevin NC 1915 Ln, Lobo NY 1256 vakkar. Marcos
DC 1370 Kokotov, Daniel AZ 499 Lee. Laetitia Hua NJ 2292 L n. Pan CA 2363 valek. Attia
JUIC Maple Shot El 4 1711 Jones, Adam HI 1336 Komatsu, Scott NJ 1972 Lee, Matthew PA 611 Ln, Shih-chieh NJ 1736 valench. Mark
VY 1786 Jois. Aravind HI 1461 Komatsu, George CA 1374 Lee, Larry AZ 549 Ln, Paula CA 2388 valek, Auria
Combo Special CEZ, 13 WY 1629 Jones, David A NC 1892 Komlanvl, Edem AZ 602 Lee, Mei NJ 195 Ln, Tina OH 1215 v allen, MarkFor the offensive Att;1 N 1081 Jones, Keith CA 1811 Kondo, Leroy Louis NY 519 Lee, Michelle PA 603 L n, Tzu-Tzer NJ 1269 vallows Colin L
spinning game! 14 4 636 Jones, LI CA 1544 Kong Alvin CA 1976 Lee, Mike CA 871 L ndley. John MN 1262 valtsev, Dima
171 -A 1647 Jones, Lon CA 1857 Kong, Alvin CA 2095 Lee, Myron CA 1658 L ndo, Howard George IN 1632 valyovanny, MikhailUl NY 1748 Jones. Robert L FL 1379 Kong, Shek K. CA 1847 Lee, Sean FL 1040 L ndsay, Marge AZ 1459 vanginelli. Andrew
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Blade only $46,95 tl )H 1804 Jorgensen. John NC 974 Komegay, Kris MN 1299 Lee, Timothy T. MN 446 L ou, Jonathor NY 2139 vanor. ZE
It'IDH 1764 Joseph, Ronald IL 1291 Koscielski, Daniel L. PA 206 Lee, Yi-Hsuan MN 1624 Lou. Lii-Perng IL 983 vansholt, Roger
800-547-5891 L VII 1113 Joshi, Milind G. CA 1521 Koshimoto, Hiroshi MD 820 Lee, Young NY 1857 L povetsky, Michael MD 1422 vantri, Gaurav
Cl VII 385 Joshi. Vishal MD 433 Kostkowski. Betty TX 1630 Legris, Chihiro CA 553 L pscomb, Luke CA 1805 vao, Toon Siong&-1 4.] 1572 Joyner, Samuel Eugene MD 1397 Kostkowski, Henry 1 NJ 2077 Lehman, Christopher B. CA 1243 Lpsky, David PA 987 v arcovitz, David
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RI 1127 Humphrey, Dren 'L 1763 Kadin. Rick MD 1716 Kovac, Paul jAZ 1694 Leichter, Morris CA 1602 L tvak,Alex FL 1242 varks, Hill
NY 537 Humprey, Brian VY 1669 Kadzinski, Jean Philippe IL 1804 Kovacevic, Karlo D. CA 1253 LeMaster, Harold CA 1974 Lu, Anthony NC 1396 varkus, Peter
AR 1206 Hunter. Michael L 1115 Kaehlert Stan MD 1707 Kowalewski, David NY 2005 Lemessy, Colin NY 1765 Lu, Benjamin Al< 729 kenton, KyleMD 1735 Huo, Kern N 917 Kaelin, John PA 1752 Kozak, John NJ 638 Lemis, Marc CA 1973 L u, Bruce H CA 1458 vartn, Fred J,OH 1274 Hurak, Doug -11 1906 Kahanu Jr. George NJ 1112 Kramer, Daniel NY 1809 Lemped, Michael MD 2097 Lu, Charlene Xjaorng PA 1843 vartn, Gary LOH 1252 Hurak, Matt NA 1858 Kahr. Andre TX 2280 Kranjac, Dinko SC 1723 Lempert, Paul CA 1734 Lu, Chuan Robert AZ 977 vartn, Joseph H.KS 1044 Hurlburt J.R. WH 1069 Kakkad, Vijay CA 1593 Krasowski, Mark B. GA 1487 Leon, Felipe KS 1940 L u, Chunyen NY 1703 vann, Jutta
CA 1846 Husbands, Parry VID 1690 Kamara, Mohamed FL 1082 Krause, Michael CA 978 Leong, Leng I CA 1456 Lu, Crystal H. AR 1168 vart n. KevinNJ 1052 Hussain, Asif A 1767 Kaminsky. Barbara CA 1198 Kretov, Victor AZ 1770 Lepara. Miralem AR 1345 Lu, James VA 1828 vartn. Roger C.AK 1863 Hutzel, Andrew 4 1703 1(aminsky. Dennis Francis CA 1651 Kretov. Yuriy FL 1902 Leparulo. Willy MO 1347 Lu, Jiejie VA 1847 vartn, Shannon
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WA 1340 Huynh, Tu R vID 724 Kammerer Sr., Thomas IN 1944 Kuchaes, Brian PA 1078 Lessen, Adam MD 1559 Lu, Liang FL 1299 vartnez, Nivaldo
CA 1381 Huynh, Tuan HI 1906 Kanae, Billy IL 1683 Kuchar, Kevin FL 1374 Lesser. Stuart IL 1290 Lu, Michael CA 614 v art nez, Pedro
CA 1218 Hwang. Ellen VID 1785 Kang, Di MN 1856 Kulkami. Sachin VA 1727 Letchworth. Jesse CA 1759 Lu, Michael NY 359 i·art novic, Luka
FL 1104 Hyttinen, Arvo WY 1759 Kapashi, Nisha CA 1748 Kuluva. Neil AZ 1933 Leu, Gia CA 1736 Lu, Michael J. NY 580 van novic, Niko
KS 1678 Ighani, Toraj VID 1549 Kapoor. Kiran MD 1612 Kung, Justin E. UT 1543 Leung. (Andy) KIM. MC) 1394 Lu, Paul C.T. VA 1044 v ascialino. GregoryNJ 858 Ignatenro, Oleg -A 1759 Kappel, Igor MD 1596 Kung, Nathan J. CA 890 Leung, Danny CA 1344 Lu, Qingmin OH 1359 vaskey, EricCA 1682 Ikuno, Junko 'L 1640 Karin, Alex CA 1288 Kunze, Ray WA 1066 Leung, Frankie W. MO 1201 Lu, Randy FL 1653 vason, John
CA 1657 Ikuno, Shin VY 983 Karkenny, Gabriel GA 1017 Kurdmongkoltham, Fetch MN 1306 Leung, Helen CA 2005 1 u, Renjie FL 1474 p ason, Mark
MI 2084 Iloh, Tesillmi VY 1637 Karkenny, Malka NY 1104 Kurtz, Clark CA 899 Leung, Kip KS 472 Lu, Samuel MA 1824 v assarsky, LevAZ 1622 Immaneni, Pramod 1 1211 Kamo. Marvin NY 1678 Kushnir, Leonid CA 1754 Leung, Paul M. MD 1693 Lu, Su Feng OH 2096 vast. Ivan
AZ 983 Ingles, Aubrey L. VID 719 Karr, Daniel NJ 886 Kutcher. John HI 1413 Leung, Raymond CA 2019 Lu, Wallace OH 1972 vast, Jennifer Mae
CO 1096 Ingwalson, Matt JA 1543 Karshtedt, Yelena MD 1797 Kutler. Toby CA 1766 Leung. Stephen IN 1358 Lu, Wayne Z OH 1497 vast, JessicaIN 1365 Inman, Ronald NY 2191 Kashimawo. Olushola NJ 1757 Kuznetzow, Kevin CA 1740 Leung. Tim CA 1580 Lu, Xuan OH 1545 vast, JonathanVA 1656 Inoue, Makats.J DA 1520 Kasowski, Leszek CA 573 Kwong, David MA 2068 Leung, Victor CA 1637 L verato, Juno V. OH 2076 vast, Michael
NC 804 Inscoe, Tom VJ 886 Kasper Jr. Wayne CA 413 Kwong, Lara GA 2182 Levene, Michael HI 2088 Lvermore, Rick KS 1965 , astylo, ZbigniewCA 1612 Intagliata, Paul WJ 1428 Kaufman, Neal OK 1608 Kyker, Robert A OH 1948 Leventhal Eric PA 1362 L vingston, Jack MA 1183 vatcheson. NathanOH 1899 mui, Tadao AL 2021 Kawamoto Ernesto Ryuki IL 1802 LaBak, Wyatt AL 572 Levin, Eddy CA 2007 Lvshin. Bella IL 1653 vathews, MarkPA 2133 lodkovskiy, \Madimi· CA 2404 Kazantsev, Mikhail Misha RI 784 LaBanca, Richard PA 1424 Levin, George NY 2121 Lewellyn, David IN 1182 vatlon, FrankNY 1708 loviero, Neil IN 1266 Keaton Charles W CA 374 Labins, Jacqueline OR 1657 Levy, Edward NH 2058 Loyd, Kurt FL 1967 vatos, Antonio E.
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Jim IA 1723 Lewis, Paul Wayne CO 1208 Longee, Jinny MO 1179 v ayfieldl LarryKS 1377 Ivkovic, Bozidar IL 1374 Kendle, Brad AZ 1712 Lai, Max TX 1689 Lewis, Troy D. FL 1749 Look, Raymond GA 121 vayfleld, MatthewIL 1923 Jablonski, Tomasz MO 1328 Kendle. Kelly GA 1899 Lalvani. Michael TN 1619 Lewis Sr. Carl R. MA 895 Lopes, Stephen VN 1136 vayo, KeithNJ 1774 Jackovino, Adam J. MO 1759 Kendle, Randy FL 1611 Lam, Brian CA 1752 L, Chee FL 1880 Lorand, Victor 1 NC 1091 vcAdams. ClaudePA 2002 Jackson. Charles P. AZ 1697 Kenig. Bill CA 1292 Lam, Cuong Chi MD 1495 L. David AZ 1924 Lorene, Marlo CO 2026 vcAfee, Richard E.AR 2056 Jackson, Don WI 1328 Kenyon, Richard CA 1738 Lam, John T. FL 1954 L , Diana CA 1917 Louie, Herbert OH 1495 v cAlister, JasonWA 1569 Jackson, Gary MN 1849 Kerkow, Greg CA 960 Lam, Johnny GA 218 L, Dorothy MO 1976 Louvier, Andrew IL 908 vcBride, MarvinMD 2227 Jackson, Marcus MA 1308 Keselman, Michael TN 1880 Lam, Jude NJ 2049 L. Douglas Yi NY 735 Lovenheim, Beri PA 1243 vcCandless, JeffAR 1563 Jackson, Sean KS 782 Kester, John FL 1835 Lam, Kai NY 2099 L,Feng NV 1162 Low. Michael N PA 943 v £10sky, TimTX 1509 Jackson, Steven IN 1791 Kiailo. Andre IL 1590 Lam. Ricky CA 1699 L, Gordon CA 794 Low, William FL 1759 vcConnell, CharlesNC 738 Jackson Sr. Charles F. CA 1738 Kiairzed, Kamran IL 2172 Lam, Spenser Minh MA 1165 L, Grant PA 2237 Lowry, Steven PA 2076 vcCoullum, HenryCO 1097 Jacober. Corey MD 1614 Kialafallah. Khaled NV 1378 Lambert, Howard WI 787 L.HongBo CA 1171 Lu, Felix AL 1563 vcCrary, DonaldFL 1761 Jacobson, Simon TX 2165 Kian, Abdul FL 644 Lambert, Jonathan VA 1733 L.Janiel CA 2387 Lu, Guo Hui CO 1886 vcDermott. AllenNJ 1668 Jafari, Farhad FL 1851 Kian, Khalid CA 1269 Lambert, Thomas CA 810 L. Jerry MA 1146 Lu, Jie CA 1699 vcDermott, DonNJ 2399 Jain, Ashu TX 1641 Kian, Sadiq MD 1696 Lan, Janice WA 1745 L,Jerry G IN 1857 Lu, Jin TX 1169 vcDonald, John E.CA 896 Jam. Saurabh NC 980 Kian. Shahzeb CA 1618 Lan. Moses Y. CA 544 L. Ji UN 1608 Lu, Ling NY 949 v cDonald, MalcolmCA 1743 Jamagocyan. Varujan NC 685 Kian. Umer AK 595 Landau, Aurora NJ 1882 L. Jim (bang) PA 1230 Lu, Yi IN 1141 vcDowell, RobertMD 1471 James, Richara CA 781 Kiatounabadi, Kambiz AK 387 Landau. Jillian CA 1598 L Jingyang IL 1717 Luan, Wayne SC 1916 vcEIveen. CoreyTN 324 James, Sara IL 1812 Kiodyryev, Valeriy NY 1571 Landers, Michael CA 98 L,Joe OH 1220 lube, Tom AZ 240 vcFadden, BradCA 1698 Jamshidinia, Hossein MN 1667 Kioury, Elle CA 1041 Landis, Raymond B. OK 1053 L, Kevin MA 1448 Luchint William MI 1252 vcfarland, DanielPA 1891 Janadri. Bchara FL 1904 Kbena. Veil(o FL 1452 Landon, Scott IL 2056 L, Leon TN 1499 Luck. Kevin AL 1369 v·cGInnls, DonnieAK 1565 Janes, Bob NY 1044 Kefer. Glenn AL 2021 Landry, David CA 617 L,Linda CA 1289 Lui, Dennis WI 1056 vcGivern,TomMD 935 Jani, Manan MC) 992 Kger. David NH 1819 Landsman. Alex M. CO 2433 L, Nan CO 1415 Lui, Kings AZ 1392 vcGue, FrankCT 1199 Janlura. Mark GA 2432 K m. Bong Geun IN 1514 Lane. Scott MD 2243 L. Peter MD 1873 Lui. Patrick Kin Luen FL 1241 vclnemey, JohnCT 406 Jankura, Nicole WA 1471 Km, Chong-Koo [N 1879 Lane. Shelby IL 1297 L. Ronald FL 807 Luisi, Giannina OK 403 vclntosh, CarmelitaPA 579 Jarrett. Zach IL 522 Km, Daniel MD 2121 Lang, Lixin PA 853 L. Shu Tu CA 1293 Lulu, Miheil OK 1463 vclntosh, DanPA 1287 Jarrett Jr.. Matt CA 1617 Km, Danny CA 1629 Langley, Jim CA 1114 L, Steven HI 1639 Lum, Bill PA 1470 vcKernan. PeteMD 1766 Jarin, David DC 1776 Km, Hyo Won '910 1198 Larko, Tom CA 1589 L,Tom IN 1729 Luo, Cameron NY 1791 vclean, GuyCA 2017 Javadian, Hrach CA 1792 Km, Hyung Min 'TX 128 Larson, Laurie NY 1438 L , Trung NC 1120 Luong, Brando, FL 2116 vcleod, CaseyNY 1828 Javaher·,Ali NY 2080 Km, Junghoon CT 2054 Laskova, Inna IL 729 L, Wesley III. 2776 Lupulesku, Ilija FL 1863 vcleod. CollinNY 2236 Javaherl, Mohsen IL 1339 Km, Suksu NJ 1654 Lathrop. Eric NY 2546 L , Yu Xiang PA 1802 -urty, Scott AK 1241 vcleod, TimothySD 1376 Javed, Mirza FL 1047 Kmmel, Michael L 1514 Lau, Andy NJ 582 Lang, Daniel Y. CO 1781 Lusk, Ronald At< 1205 vcMurray, Philip R.CA 998 Jaynes, Michael FL 1378 K mmel Steven Ill 1510 Lau. Kenny MD 642 Lang, Jackson 10( 433 Lutes. Sam NY 1708 v cNally. WilliamFL 2181 Jeerapaet, Kit IL 1654 Kng, A IL 858 Lau. Manny TN 1960 Lang. Peng CA 1042 Liovskayal Luba AL 1404 vcNeal, Robert EWA 1115 Jeffcoat Pamela CO 567 K ng, Charleste MN 773 Lauer, Doug FL 2081 L ang, Raymond NV 1208 Iva, Chang AL 1851 v cNeil. Warren KFL 1656 Jenkins,Tommy PA 646 K ng, Eugene (CA 983 -aurel. Vince CA 1742 Lang. Samuel S. MD 1918 ha, Kevin NY 643 vcNinch. JeffFL 1608 Jess, David S. CO 1627 K ng, Michael MA 751 Lauria. Mark NM 1953 Lanza, Charles Bo AZ 1808 Na, Mankit NH 1238 vcPartlan, Robert FCA 994 Jessup, Kuniko MI 1487 Kng, Steven R. 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CO 1 382 Jiang PhD, Fengla (Frank) FL 1033 Krk, David MA 599 -er Chris OH 1888 Le. Jan NY 696 & acelaren, Casey J XE 1547 vedina, EncMA 1148 Jin, Brian FL 1309 K rk, Greg MC 1591 _e. Ly OH 274 L e, Kevin NJ 1139 Mace, Omar AR 555 vehta. PoojaNJ 856 Jin, Christopher NJ 2144 K stelewski. Wojciech MA 1995 Le. Minhtu CA 1790 Len. Sang NY 1181 aciulis. Kostas AR 418 vehta. Pum PoshGA 534 Jin, Ethan PA 1803 Kstler, Fred E CA 2348 Le, Tuan Dai MT 1179 L ermann, Brad NY 2148 A'ack. Raymond C. AR 612 vehta. SonyaOH 1662 Johar, Param IL 1451 K ttner, Jonathan M IL 1366 Le, Van Thanh CO 1745 Leo, Viet CA 1126 taclaurin, William TX 1591 veier, MichaelFL 2409 Johnsor, Ben NC 1307 Ku, Brendan CO 2273 Leach, John PA 128/ L ghtner, Robert PA 1397 & acNeill, Adam CA 1879 v elgarejo Munoz, Jaime AVA 1624 Johnson, Dean MD 1589 K einberg. Jeffrey CO 1935 Leach, Laura MA 2048 L kerman, Alex MD 1387 Nadison, Leona S. AL 1457 velton. JamesAL 1736 Johnson, Don NC 606 Keinhenz, Joseph CO •581 Leatherwood, Robel K. FL 1449 Ellie Jr.,John T. MD 928 Nadison, Rachei 00 1395 veltser, Sasha (Alexander]ND 1570 Johnson, Donald E. NC 1005 K einhenz. Nabil WA 416 Lebedev. Alexander ,LA 961 LIly, Joshua AZ 1068 Raestas. Rudy CO 2302 vendez Francisco J.MN 710 Johnson, Eric Tnomas NY 2262 Kemendorf. Jan MD 1709 Lee. Anthony T. DC 2130 LIly, Ronnie Tyrone FL 1574 , agiEl, Gary NY 2006 vendoza. AndresCA 1444 Johnson. Glenn R FL 1001 Kompus, Mill CA 2047 Lee, Bunny CA 1913 Lm, June AZ 1192 'vagras, Jane CO 1872 veng, LeiMI ' 764 Johnson, Jeff MD 1512 K otzer. Charles CA 1891 Lee, Colleen TN 2305 L m. Soon Chian NY 1637 Naguire, Bill CA 544 veng, Sam SGA 284 Johnson, Jordan OH 1293 Knapp, Brian NY 787 Lee, Collen AR 1018 L m. William GA 1364 Nah, James VIN 1237 venon, RalCA 1902 Johnson, Mark MI 428 Knox, Brody NC 1688 tee, Dennis NJ 1834 Ln, Alan FL 2351 Naharaj, Dayanand CA 1721 vercado, Richard RMN 73 Johnson, Nichole E NY 2249 Ko, Edward MN 824 lee. Felix Z. MI 1901 L n, Allen AR 1511 & ahler, Bob M 1806 vercier, Edmond J.KY 774 Johnson, Parker OR 1709 Kobernick, Mark CA '824 Lee. Gan Wah PA 631 L n Chieh-Ting FL 280 Naisonet. Noel AR 1813 veredith, James Robert
< 62 tz USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE ' May/June 2006
NC 2010 Merida, Rodrigo OH
NH 778 Merrill, Ben AR
N H 559 Merrill,Steve MA
VA 1296 Merritt. John F MD
MI 1832 Merritt, Mark NC
FL 577 Mesker, Ed NY
FL 968 Metter. Danny FLMD 627 Metzler, Josh CAPA 1357 Meyers, Leroy FLAR 1670 Miapselar. Viful MAFL 804 M ao, Victor AZ
CT 932 M chaets, Christopher NJ
AL 1502 M chel, Robby PACT 2324 M czuga. Szymon CAFL 1363 Messler, Daniel HICA 2444 M hara, Saori NY
CA 1224 M kesell. Glen CA
AZ 1279 Mkula, Cyril J. WA
CA 1555 M lier,All. ME
IN 1396 Mller, Anthony NCIN 909 Miler,Avery NCNC 811 M Iler, Brian G KY
AZ 1161 M Iler, Christopher FLAL 776 Mller, David MO
MI 1388 Mller, Dennis NY
CO 1028 M Iler, Don MN
IL 2176 M Her, Jason T. FL
OR 1491 MHer. Jay SCIL 1246 Mller. John C. PAIN 1539 M Iler, Lee D. TNIN 719 M lier, Levi PA
OH 1422 MHer. Paul M. OHNC 1707 Mller. Tom FL
MN 1256 M Iler, WHAam A. FLMN 1760 M Iler (Sabas), Joseph FLKS 1892 Mllerll. CarIC. CA
FL 1834 M Ilett. Alan NY
FL 1532 M Its. Nesly CAKS 1696 M ningou, Deo Cephas MNCA 2067 M ntsiveris, Nick CANY 1803 M ntz, Jerry CAFL 1890 Mqueli, Evaristo M. VACA 2282 M randa, Rudy X. CAMD 880 M rtchev, Slavi CAUT 1534 M sbach, Grant CA
UT 1376 M sbach, Matt CA
FL 1522 Msra, Sambuddha CAFL 1736 M tchell, Lloyd CAOH 1138 M tchell, Robert CAFL 1342 M tchell, Sean CAAL 1459 Mtchell Il, Fred 6 VAFL 1742 M tra, Tilak VA
MI 1689 M troi. Stefan CA
HI 895 M tsuyasu, Jiro CACA 1509 Mnuskin, Kim CANY 117z Mo, George OR
NY 237 Mo, James MAAL 1871 Mobley 111, William H CANH 1434 Mohammed, Anisa OR
NH 1184 Mohammed. Saif CA
PA 2224 Mojaverian, Parviz CAMD 1719 Mokhtari, Keahan CAMD 1813 Mokhlari, lOan CA
IN 1294 Molenda, Ed CAMIl 893 Mona, Alexi MN
MN 914 Mona, Dominick CAOH 2124 Monaco, John J. CA
CA 1135 Montoya, Luis MDFL 773 Montzka, Dan MD
MA 748 Mookherjee, Rajat GANY 2032 Mookherjee, Satrajit (Sam) PATX 828 Moore, Francie INMD 1187 Moralde. Rhonald DCCA 2126 Morales. Guillermo AZNJ 1919 Mordecal Edward MO
FL 1515 Moreau. Richard MA
MI 1661 Moreno, Val ILCA 1035 Morioka, Yoshi OH
CO 1061 Morita, Michio (Mike) FLNv 583 Morrell, Mark COGA 1794 Morris, James R. IL
NIA 774 Morse, Julia MN
IL 1586 Morse-Karzen, Brett GAOH 1576 Moses Il, George G. ALPA 728 Mosley, Kenneth MOPA 1704 Moss, Richard H. NCFt 1435 Moss, Wade PANY 1638 Mostovetsky, Mike WA
NC 1922 Moundous, Ilya NCNC 285 Moundous. Sophia ILNY 1345 Moy, Christopher NJNY 1447 Moy, Larry NYIL 1655 Moy, Phillip HIIL 1874 Moy, Yu Cheung GAF. 1828 Mozur, Joseph NHMI 1521 Mudgal, Girish GAMO 1886 Muessig, Dennis ILTX 977 Muhich, Jimmy CATX 1991 Muhich, John NY
CA 1345 Mui, Danny CACO 1789 Mui, Mike ILNJ 1631 Mujumdar, Sahaj (Sam) GANJ 821 Mujumdar, Sarieev (Sonny) OHCA 1008 Mukherjee, Indroneil NYIv'N 1230 Mulbagai. Rahgha Swathi MAAL 737 Mulpur. Bhageeradh FLNC 2098 Mun. Hye-Sook Brenda MAVA 1845 Mundy, Rick CTNC 1448 Munoz, Luis G. CA
FL 2002 Munroe. Chedy CACA 1749 Muramoto, Ralph M. CAAC 1599 Murnahan, Tony ILMS 722 Murphree, Richard AZAl< 458 Murphy-Logue, Kelle FLCA 1602 Murray, Andrew J. CTNY 2611 Musa. Atanda NV
MD 1558 Mustafayev, Gahraman CAFL 1304 Myers,Morris IMA
1821 Myers, Neil872 Myers, Wayne842 1 addaff, Paul
2264 F admichettu, Raghu1574 agel, John1733 agel Raymond M1342 Nail, Danny1728 Naing Pyie Phyo931 haiywalko, Jerry2020 bajarian, Donald2034 hakada, Mitsutoshi
1587 hakamatsu Motoshi
871 Fam. Paul
1070 Nambudnpad, Kris K1731 laputo Ulderico1674 larayanaswami. Karthi1309 Naryshev. Mikhail1774 Nasab, Max
1037 Nason, Jim
634 hasser, Moustapha1717 hasser. Samir
1194 Natesan, Pugalenthi1868 Nathanson. Un
1024 Ndungu, James1376 Neal, Thomas
924 Nechville, Tom
1607 Needham, Winston1207 Nelson, Marc
316 Nelson. Shakira
1716 Kemarnik. Tina
1367 Neumann, Steven
1164 New. Bob
1670 Newton. Damon L.
1964 Newton, Dwight L.1743 Newton, Wendell L.
1636 Ng, Alexander1242 Ng. Jonathan1608 tgai, Winston1497 Ago, Anh2349 Ago, Loc Bao2293 Nguyen. Anh Tuan1302 Nguyen, Do2216 Nguyen, Dung634 Nguyen, Gregory
2073 Nguyen, Hoang651 Rguyen, Jasmine Phuong761 Nguyen, Justin Danh2592 Nguyen. Khoa Dinh
1961 Nguyen, Ky1641 Nguyen, Minh Chau1639 Nguyen, Nhac H.2129 Nguyen. Nhan H.2156 Aguyen, Quoc Bao1042 Nguyen. St2288 Nguyen. Steve1977 Nguyen, Tai1343 Nguyen, Tan1126 Nguyen. Thinh1777 Nguyen, Thomas1562 Aguyen Tin
2247 Nguyen, Trung1358 Nguyen. Tuan Paul760 Nguyen. Victor1526 Nguyen. Vu1315 M, Quan
1611 M. Zhang Yuan1965 Nicholas. Zoe
765 Nichols, Brandon K.351 Me. George1505 Nielsen. Rene
1491 Air-Kistler, Noga1959 Nishikawa, Shogo1726 M koume, Bernard Philippe1219 Noguera. Miguel1232 Nolte. Dennis
1070 Fooshen. Piroozjahen2164 bordby, Mark Andrew1207 forman, Dean
1822 Nosel lev
1045 Notz, Timothy1749 Nowicki. Michael
1224 Noyes, Jim2074 hines, Thomas
1542 hunnally, Rusty1526 Oberkirsch. Ben
1930 OBrian. Chris
1618 Obricki. Michael
1947 Ochsner. John P.
1678 Clundipe. Femi1702 01. John
1595 01, Namkyu2144 0iore A]ayl1372 0<utani, George1873 Oanrewalu. Sola1395 0 apurath, John1544 0 ayinka, Charles1372 0 echny, Janusz1161 Oiver. Gary295 0 Iven,Kaylyn1396 Oson, Richard1405 0 szanski, Piotr
1763 Ougbenga, Kareem1678 0 ugbile Il, Michael1431 Omelchenko. Yuri
1316 O'Neil. Kevin
1072 O'Neill. Tim
1738 Ong, Michael1220 Onnen, Don1895 Or. Barry554 Orbell, lan M
1046 Orbell, Jonathan
1755 Oros, John
943 Orros. Darwin
1699 Orsint, Hector
2053 Ort. Valeriy1437 Ortegon, Carlos J.1677 Ortiz, Angel1710 Osmancevic, Sanjin
FL 1691 Ostrowsk. Ted
NJ 1756 O'Sullivan. Patrick
AZ 1224 Oswald, Evan
AR 1324 Oudthone, Kitt
AZ 516 Ouellette, DianeWA 1195 Owen, BudNH 1316 Owens, Andrew
TX 2564 Owens, EricIL 1641 Owsiak, BoguslaeGA 2008 Ozumba, N.J.
FL 2392 Pace, BrianFL 2352 Pachon, Juan Carlos
CA 804 Page, DennyNC 1561 Pahl, JohnIMA 1781 Pajoohl, BabakPA 1279 Pajor, RonCT 2337 Palengal Jean-PhilippeCA 829 Palgon, RobertIL 1114 Palmer, Kenneth F.
CA 1652 Palnikovr NikolayFL 1608 Palumbo, Alfred
CA 1699 Pan. Paul
PA 1942 Panahiazar, BobNY 2154 Panich. Svetlana
TX 1372 Panola, Gabriel
OH 1210 Papishetty, RavikiranMD 1782 Pappadeas, JimmyPA 699 Parikh, NirajAZ 1522 Park, Chanwook
CA 284 Park, Daniel
MS 544 Parker, Charlie
NJ 1581 Parker. GregWA 1319 Parkins. Tyra DianeCA 479 Parkison, GregMD 384 Parnell, Todd
NC 1312 Parry. PhilAR 1090 Pascoe. Jeff
NJ 1067 Pascual. Lem
CA 602 Patel, AashayMA 1883 Patnaik, Praveen
MI 1372 Patterson, Billy GAL 676 Patton, NathanieAL 187€ Patton Jr., Charles R.
NV 1167 Paulson, Billie
MA 751 Pauly, ScottIIN 1278 Pease, Charles
IN 1922 Pease. Stan W.
OH 1528 Pech, David08 1632 Pech, Keith
014 1308 Pech. Seth
IL 947 Pechter, Scott
PA 185' Peffer. Rodney LiniNJ 2101 Pelse, Dieter
IL 1435 Pelekh, AlekseyFL 1276 Pella, MirceaNY 1426 Pelshe, AndyNJ 877 Peng, AlexPA 1241 Peng, ChengyuanFL 1840 Penny. EricNY 353 Penrod, Jason
MI 1884 Peradotto, Dave
WI 1764 Peregrine, DickCA 1317 Perenchlo, MariN C 192'3 Peres-da-Silva, Ashwin
NY 1843 Perez, Ariel
FL 1214 Perez, EfrainNC 2105 Perez, Pedro P
Ok 1906 Pestridge, RayAL 1431 Peterman, Robin KeithNY 1528 Peters, TadNY 516 Pettinaro, Franco
PA 406 Petty, Jason-MatthewTN 1923 Petty, TyroneKS 1747 Phachantry, P.21NC: 1877 Phadke, Milind
CA 1565 Pham, KhangNIA 1974 Pham. Long BuoMA. 1853 Pham, TrungCA 1758 Phan, AndyFL 1753 Phan. Sam T.
CA 2255 Phan, Tung D.TN 1720 Phelps, DavidMN 836 Phi. Due
PA 1788 Phillips. Andrew·
FL 180 Phipps. CameronFL 356 Phipps, NayantiaNH 1466 Pho, Kevin
CA 1858 Phoong, DavidCA 1349 Phoong, GretaCA 1877 Phoong, WilsonCA 1463 Phung, RobertNH 1173 Picard, Dorlon H.NY 382 Picoll, Charlie E.
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AZ 1522 Pierotti, Joe
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May 6-7 - Irving RR, Irving. TX.Contact: Gary Milton Wiederhold.214-491-8789.
M:n 6-7 - Butterflv San DiegoOpen. San Diego. CA. Contact:NATT. 301-738-8250.
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May 6-7 - Maryland Circuit.Eldersburg. MD. Contact: Yvonne
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.May 6-7 - St. Joseph Valley Open,South Bend, IL. Contact: DanielSeemiller, 574-654-7476.
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May 13 - Georgia Games KthDistrict Sports Festival. Atlanta.GA. Ralph Presley. [email protected]. 0 Star
May 13-14 - N JTTC May Teams,Westfield, NJ. Contact: David
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May 13-14 - 2006 VA State
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May 14- Brooklyn TTC Open.Brooklyn. NY. Contact: BrooklynTT School/Club. 718-421-2200.
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.Ma) 20-21 - 7th Garden StateOpen, Princeton, NJ. Contact:
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May 20-21 - 2006 NVTTC Spi-ingOpen, Arlington, VA. Contact:
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Min· 27 - Power Pony Open,Fountain Valley, CA. Contact:Attila Malek. 714-540-5162.
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May 27 - Sarasota TIC SpringOpen. Sarasota. FL. Contact:
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May 27-28 - Golden State Open.Walnut Creek, CA. Contact: PhilipSchafer. 925-689-7463.
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.Ma, 27-29 - KillerspinMohegan Sun Open. Uncasville.CL Contact: Ed Hogshead. 815-965-8505. Idk-bsikall.net. ****
June 1-4 - Meikle.john North
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949-583-1695. i·[email protected].****
June 3 - Grand Canvon State
Summer Games. Phoenix. AZ.
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Inc.. 602-678- 1234.
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June 3-4 - M[)TTC Butterfly JulieOpen. Gaithersburg. MD. Contact:Wei Xiao, 207-414-8128.weixia042,4 hotinail.com. *
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Julie 10 - Pens.,cola Spring Open,Pensitcola. FE. Contact: L.A.
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July 5-8 - U.S. Open, Charlotte.NC. Contact: Joyce Grooms. 719-866-4583 ex. 5. [email protected].*****
.July 8 - Power Pong Open,Fountain Valley. CA. Contact:Attila Malek, 714-540-5162.
July 9 - Framinghain TTC JulyOpen, Framinghain, MA. Contact:
Qiumars Hedayatian. 617-669-5585. [email protected]. 0 Star
July 8-9 - Maryland Circuit.Eldersburg, MD. Contact: YvonneKronlage. 410-489-7291. 0 Star
July 16- 'Sportsfest X' 2 PlayerTeam & 'Top Gun' Singles Open.Allentown. PA. Contact: Fred
Kistler. 610-797-6637.
.July 22 - Maryland Giant RR.
Eldersburg, MD. Contact: YvonneKronlage' 410-489-7291. 0 Star
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gilterepin -fireeente the Glrlic,10 1Eable (Eentlie €hmpiollehipeCOLUMBUS, OH • MARCH 3-5,2006 • Bi ED HOGSHEAD
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Ilija Lupulesku makes a return U
against Zoran Primorac, his
1992 Olympic Silver Medalistdoubles partner
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9. f kille,spln kiliers;Nn killerspi
"Faihor is not an option. Everyone has msucceed. " (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Tfyou're like most competitive players. >our travels to table tennis events are just thal.
lirips to tournaments with other table tennisenthusiasts and with limited frieitds or familymembers in attendance. playing for trophies orminimal cash awards. And then going home -kind ofa disconnect from your :unnal balancedlife until now....
Well. with the help of many volunteers and
Jim Lorimer, co-producer of The Arnold FitnessWeekend, Killerspin successfully created a TableTennis Festival out of a 'nornial' table tennis
toilinament on March 3,4,5. Being apart ofthethree-day Fitness Expo at the Greater ColumbusConvention Center in Columbus. Ohio was an
honor for table tennis and for Killerspin. Yearsago. Henry Ford appropriately said. "Mr bestfi*lend is the one who brings out the best in me."Our new best friends are Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Lorimer, and Lorimer's staff as they brought outthe best iii all of us.
As Lorimer declares: "The MrnoldFitness
Weekend is more than an event. It's £111
experience. This is the premier deNtination forthe uoi·ld's greatest bod\·builders and Atnesscompetuors. But it also is fast hecoming a forumof choice.tor many Of the world's best athletes.
Arnold .Schwarzenegger showed that.fitjiess isfun: you could see that each time he goes onstage as a competitor. Toduy, the Ai·gold FitnessWeekend is the ilitiniate exp,·exiion ofthe manyways in it'hic·h.fitness is/im.1 -"
The highlight of the Arnold table tennis
experience was the ESPN TV Invitational
Matches. On Thursday morning, March 2,
ballroom number four was an empty. carpeted
ballroom. By 8 AM on Saturday. March 4.ballrooin number four was a fully functionalESPN TV studio complete with floaring,
lighting, sound equipment. cameras, barriei-s,
audience seating. and a myriad of cables andwires connecting it to the ESPN trailer parkedoutside. Francois Charvet and his Ohio State
U niversity team 01 volunteers were instrumental
in creating this new table tennis court fortelevision (more on the volunteers later). Thefour feature events were: The Woinen's
Invitational Championships: The U,S, MetisInvitational Championships. The internationalMen's Invitational Matches: and the Table
Tennis Exhibition Match between 1988
Olympic Silver Medalists in Doubles. IlijaLupulesku and Zoran Primorac.
In the Women's Invitational
Championship first round action (TV only,allowed for these matches to be the best of
tliree games), Elie defeated Laura Xiao, 2games to 0. Biba won over Yann:}by thesamegame score. Laura is a newly sponsoredKillerspin player with a desire to i niprt» eby training overseas. Vanna, also neu toKillerspin. recenily restarted her table tennistraining and plans to help her nalive country,Greece, iii the upcoining Women's LeagiieCompetition. In the Women's Final. Bibaoverpowered Elie:s grace and desire to win iiitwo close gaines.
The U.S. Men s Inv i lational
Championship featured three members of the2006 U.S. Men s Teain representing the World
Championships in Germany next month. MarkHazinski (#2 U.S. team member) beat Arturo
Shiu 2-1 in the first semifinal. Shiu, aleft-handed
penholder serve and attack specialist. was bornand trained in Panama. In the other semifinal,
.Adam Hugh (#3 U.S. team member) narrowly·
defeated Barney J. Reed (#4 U.S. team member),2-1. Ilazinskitookollt Hughin the final. 2-1,
This was an interesting match-lip of the
forehand and backliand power of 1·lazitiskiagainstthegritanddeterminationof Hugh. Just
when one thought the point was over, Hughwould athletically run down the ball, quicklyplant his feet. and counter-spin deep to handcuffHazinski.
The International Invitational matches saw
Thomas Keinath of Germany defeat both
Aleksandar Kai·akasevic (Serbia) and ThiagoMonteiro. the current Champion of Brazil. 3-2.
Keinath' s effective service game coupled withhis control of his opponents' opening shotsenabled him to closely win both matches,Andrei Filimon of Romania elevated his gamesince losing to Ilija Lupulesku iii last year'sMohegan Sun Event in Connecticut and ratherhandily defeated Lupulesku 3-1. Filinion also
beat Zoran Primorac and during the matchFilimon made an amazing around-the-net loopkill with his left hand (he is right-handed).Filimon's physical strength was evident as aball literally exploded when he loop-killed aforehand. Filimon has been known to coniplete
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"Arnold" table tennis stars surround ... Arnold.
50 one-handed plishups and when Arnold wasasked if he could do the <ame he answered, 7
never /1·ied it, but ,it does ddliionstrate the po M'el
these table teimis plavers have!"Two more International Divitational
matches were played, Karakasevic winning 3-2over Primorac. und the outstanding exhibitionmatch between Primerae and Lupulesku This
exhibition match demonstrated the shot-makingund humor of both of these world-class athletes.
But it did more than that - much more! A table
tennis player with 30 >cars experience was
overheard saying that he saw amazing shots he
had never seen before. Lettliander Lupitieskuwas forehand looping to Pritnorac. when afterabout seven power loopi. Primorac counteredto Lupulesku's backhand catching him offbalance and facing away from the table.
Lupulesku. with his back to the table, hit abackhand overhead kill shot for a winner! The
entire audience stood up and exploded with
applause - even the other International playerswere shaking their heads in disbelie f. Primorac
looked at the umpire and put up lixo fingers to
indicate that he thought the shot was worth
two points whereby the umpire complied.
More enterttining and skillful shots were
in order with these two long-time teammates
and competitors going at it. In one rally. each
player went from striking the bat] lengthwiseto the table (normal manner) to hitting the ballfrom each side (90 degrees to the table) to
actually standing on the wrong side of the table
and putting the ball on the side closest to them- the correct side to hit but with each playerhaving changed ends! Primorac al>o had his fun
with the unipire. During one point, he tried toreturn a ball veering sharply off the side of thetable but the um·oire table was in the way, He
promptly moved the table out of the court
revealing on the floor: a towel for wiping down
the table. empty ball bores. and the umpire'swaterbottle. He was yellow carded for umpireabuse and the unpire table was returned to its
proper location. The umpire later stated that
he felt as if he were in a public restroom andsomeone accidentally opened the stall dcor onhiin!
To view the entire Killerspin Presents theArnold Table Ternis Challenge ESPN TV Event.
please stay tuned to www. killer:q,in.com for
the airing times. The times will also be listedon the two major table tennis chat rooms andon www.usatt.org. DVDs will also be for salein the summer.
Similar to last December s Killerspin
Festival iii Chicago, table tennis play includedcompetition for everyone with Michael Jordan'squote in inind. '.Jus/phn·. Hmy th. 69).\' tlie
game. " On Friday, recreational championshipswere held for players that have never competediii a sanctioned tournament. Twenty-tiveparticipants new to the organized game oitabletennis received tournament t-shirts. new
Killerspin rackets and won medals in severalage groups with many of them becomingmembers of the USATT. On Saturday. over
130 players played in six 1-ated events. iii an
unrated event, and in the ever more popular 41
Point Handicap event. in the Handicap final
1584 rated Sharath Adellgada defeated 1210rated Dave Fullen 41 to 39 to take the $200
first prize money. Part of the appeal of thehandicap event appears to be that nearly everyplayer. when queried. u ill claim they are Linder-rated and therefore are favored to win.
Iii the rated singles events Soren Tannehill,
local Columbus player and son of the great1970's U.S. Men's Team Member John
rannehill, was a one-man highlight reel. Soren,
rated 1774, lost deuce in the fifth to 2069 rated
Ivan Popov of M ichigan in the under 2300 event,won his round robin group in the under 2050
event only to lose deuce in the fifth iii the quartersof the 2050, and then won the under 1800
championship against Mike Nowick i ofChicago. IL b> the unlikely scoi-es of 7. 8 -0
(!), and 8. Nowicki outscored Soren 34 points
to 33 points but lost the match!On Sunday, the fun continued with the
Junior Events, the Parent-Child Doubles
Challenge and -the highly successful College 3-Person Team Tournament. The Under 1 8-year-old Event was won by Michigan's Bence Toth
over Brian Seking. The most exciting junior
event was Under 14, wheretheboys and girls
events were combined to create a big round robingroup. Withalarge numberof matches watchedby parents and many Arnold Festival on-
lookers. the intensity grew until the top-ratedboy Chris Holly met the unrated girl MariePierre Cossid in the battle of the unbeatens.
Ms. Cossid escaped with a hard-fought deuce-iii-the-fifth win to capture the combined Under14 Championship. I think she tated better thanher nail-bitingsupporters! Young Cossidearlierhad teamed with lier father to take second placein the Parent-Child Doubles Event to the
Champions. Simon and Bence Toth.
Tile College Team Tournament consistedof 14 tennis from Ohio, Pennsylvania, NewYork. Illinois. Wisconsin. and Kentucky. For
many of these students :ind primarilyrecreational players, it was their first taste of a
large toirrnament and they had fun competing
in the new five matches per round team formatCone team member plays two singles matches.and two members play one sinules match eachmid team up for one doubles match. for a total
offivepointsperround). Ohio State UniversiGCOSU) 'A' Team easily took first place and the
Killerspin RAD table with OS U B' Team takingsecond. Their team captain was FrancoisCharvet with team members Michael Yao and
Xiaodong,Zholl. OSU 'B' teamwo,1 Killerspin
equipment bags and later tried io claim they letOSU 'A- team wiii because their club won the
table and the 'B' team also won the bags! The
University of Kentucky (UK) 'A' won tlieConsolation Prize over UK 'B
The event director Molly and 1 want to
express huge props and a hearty thank you toFrank Charvet (and his wonderful wife. Sam),
Doug Hurak. and Matt Hurak toi- the tireless
hours they and tlieir 254-OSU volunteers spent
making this festival a success. The eventreceived unbelievable support with each andevery top player being provided friendly
transportation to and from the airport and hotelAlso thanks to Steve Slaback and Charles Hill
for their expertise and assistance. As a hint to
all future directors. it helps to have a doctoral
stzident in logistics. or,ganizational management.
and business, on board (Charvet) locally when
producing such an event. It also helped. whenover the course of the weekend. more than
150,000 spectators visited the Arnold Fitness
Weekend with 14.000 athletes competing in 30separate events ranging from gymnastics to
martial arts to weightlifting. And iemember.if
you missed this yeark fitness expo. he'// beAnt.... --
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Men'% Singles - Final: Mark i lazinski d. Adam
I lugh, 2-1: SF: Hazinski d. Arturo Shill, 2-1 1 I lughd. Barney J. Reed. 2-().
Women's Singles - Final: Biba Golic d. EliZaitinbudinova. 2-0, SF: Eli d. Laura Xiao, 2-0.
Biba d. Vanna Troost. 2-0.
U230(): Chandramouli Shankaren d. Nick Snider,7.-4.5.9.
U205(1: Amer Shaw d. Alex Zuo. 5.11.8.
U1800: Soren Tatinchill d. Mike Nowicki, 7,8.-
0.8.
U 1550: Sandy Sun d. Phillip Smith. 1 1.8.6.U 1300: Ron Howard d. Dave Cook. 3,1 1.-6.7.
U1050: Pierre Marie Cossid d. Casey MacC/laren.-4.7.6.7.
Board Motions & Votes
Email Votes, January, 2006IMotion One: Move to approve USATT League
Service Agreement.
Motion by Sheri Pittman: Second by
Tong LeeMotion Passed: 8-0-0-4
In Favor: Tim B, George B, Dell S, SheriP, Khoa N. Jiing W, Tony L. Whitney P
Against: None; Abstain: None: No Vote:
Robert B. Ashil J, Lily Y, Barney R
Email Votes, February, 2006Motion One: Move to approve the Minutes
of the September 23-24.2005 Board of
Directors Meeting.
[Motion by Tim Boggan: Second by SheriPittman
Motion Passed: 11 -1 -0-0
In Favor: Tim B. Robert B. Dell S. Sheri
P. Khoa N, Barney R. .liing W, Whitney P,
Ashu J. Lily Y. George B
Against: Tong L (Note- 1 disapprove
Unrated Mainak Majuinder d. Adam Yang. 9,9.9.Under 18: Bence Toth d. Brian Selking. 6.7,9.41 Point Handicap: Sharath Adengada d. DareFullen. 41-39.
Parent/Child Doubles: P Simon & Bence Toth:
Pd Pienre & Peter Cossid.
Recreational Linder 14 Girls & Bous
Combined: 1' Marie Pierre Cossid. 2'11 Chris
Ilolly.Recreational Under 14 Boys: P Chris Holly.
2"'t Payton SelkingRecreational Under 18: P' Brett lientie: 2"d
Christian I lenderson.
Recreational 18 to 25: 1 ' Adam Yantz: 2 w GregArnold.
because there were two different versions
of a statement made by the accountant,and I believe that at least one version be
inclii(led, but both were left out."),
Abstain: None: No Vote: None
Motion Two: Moved to nominate Tim Boggan
lind Bob Fox as USATT's delegates to the 2006
ITTF sAnnual Gerieral Meeting tobe held in Bremen.
Motion by Sheri Pittmint Second by
Khoa NguyenMotion Passed: 8-0-1-3
In Favor: Ashu J. Robert 13, Sheri P, Khoa
N. Whitney R Dell S. Georee B. Tong L
Against: None, Abstain: Tini B, No Vote:
Barney R, Jiing W Lily Y
Motion Three: Move to appoint Joseph Wells
to serve as the Community Based Programs
Representative per Chapter Vill. Section 5E.of the Bylaws.
IMotion by Shei-i Pittman: Second by
Khoa NguyenMotion Passed: 8-0-1-3
In Favor: Tim B. Robert B. Dell S. Sheri
R Khoa N, Tony L. Ashil J. George B
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Recreational 26 to 40: 1 ' Jason Barnes: 2"'1 Chih-
Chiang Ying
Recreational 41 to 55: P I lenry Yan: 2'ld DavidWright.Collegiate 3-Person Team: P Ohio StateUniversity A. 2"1 Ohio State University B:Consolation: 14 University of Kentucky AInternational Men's Challenge Matches:Thomas Keinath d. Aleksandar Kai·.Ikasemic. 3-2:
Thomas Keinath d. Thiago Monteiro. 3-2,Andrei Filimon d. Zoran Prnnorac. 3-1:
Andrei Filimon d. Iliia Lupulesku. 3-1.Alexandar Karakasevic d. Zor:in Primorac. 3-24
Exhibition: Zoran Primorae d. Ilija Lupulesku.2-1.
Against: None. Abstain: W'hitney P.; NoVote: Barney It. Jiing W Lily Y
Motion Four: Move to appoint Mike Babllinto serve 0% the Hardbat Committee Chait·.
Rationale: Scott Gordon is stepping down andhas recommended Mike Babitin.
Motion by Sheri Pittman: Second by TimBogganMotion Passed: 9-0-0-3
In Favor: Tini B, Dell i Sheri R Klion N.
Barney R. Jiing W. Tong L, George B.
Whitney P, Against: None: Abstain:None: No Vote: None
Email Votes, March, 2006
Motion One: Moved to approve the Millittesof the November 11-12. 2005 Board of
Directors MeetingMotion by Tim Boggan, Second by SheriPittman
Motion Passed: 7-0-2-4
In Favor: Dell S, Thu B, Tony L, SheM P,
Khoa N. Whitney R Lily YAgainst: None, Abstain: Ashu J. Joseph
W: No Vote: Robert B, .liing W, George 139
Barney R
USADA
Aly Salam SuspendedAly Salam has been suspended from
USATT and all USATT activities for a periodof six nionths. beginning March 4.2006. Thisis the result of having beeii lound guilty ofthefollowing inisconduct during and after his
conducting an ITTF Umpires und RefereesCommittee (URC) election at the 2005 World
Championships in Shanghai:
1. Collectingthe paper ballots fronithe eightURC members during the election. tui-ning
his back to the group. opening the votesfor the two candidates, then destroyingtile ballots without letting anyone else seethem. and thell falsely announcing thatAlbeit Rooiiiiians was the winningcandidate.
After becoming aware that the URC
members had subsequently discussed theirvotes and found out the vote was actually0 4-4 tie, asking Fe 11 Lili(10 Agui lar to l ie iiiMr. Salimis favor in regard to what Mi:Aguiliti- had told the other URC members
in the subsequent discussion oltheir votes.so Mr, Salam could say that lie was correct
in counting a 5-3 win for Mir. Rooi.imansinstead of a 4-4 tie.
68 <L USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE ' May/June 2006
Europe Top TwelveCopenhagen, DEN • Feb. 4-5,2006.Men's Singles - Final: Timo Bon(GER) d. Werner Sclilager (AUT),8.3.8,6, S F: Boil d. Zoran Priniorac
(HRV). -9.4.4.6.4. Schlager d. MichaelMaze (I)EN). 7.-8.11.-8.ill: QF
Boild. \ ladimir Sainsono\(BLR). 7,-
1 1 .9.9.7. Primonic d. Chen Weixing(AUT). -8,10,-7.8.6.12, Schlager d.Petr Korbel (CZE ). 8.11.6.-8.6. Maze d.
Peter Karlsson (GER). -11,9,5.4.-9.6.&lenhs Preliminaries:
Group A: 1 " 1-imo Boil. 2-0 (d.
Sclilager, 6.7,10,11: d. Smirnov,12.12.-7.10.7): 2"d Werner Schlager(AUT). 1 -1 (d. Smirnov. 6.9.12.-7.8):
3rd Alexei Smirnov (RUS), 0-2.
Group B: P Chen Weixing (AUT).2-0 (d. Karisson, -10.9,-9.-8.3.3,IC):
d. Crisan. 4.5,7,6). 2 "1 Peter Kai-Isson
(S\VE). 1 -1 (d. Crisan. 7.4.16.-7.-4.6), y' Adrian Crisan (ROU),0-2.
Group C': 1 ' Peti· Korbel (CZE), 2-0 (d. Saive. 10.-8.9.9,8. d. Primorac.
3.7.1.9). 2"1 Zoran Primorac (11 RV).1-1 (d. Saive.-8.6.-6.-7.5.6.6. 34
Jean-Michel Saive (BEL). 0-2.
Group l): P Mic·liae] Maze(DEN). 2-0 (d. Samsonov. -5.7.-3.-4.11.11,7. d.
Blaszczy'k, 8.10.9,6). 2'id VladimirSanisonov (BLR). 1 -1 (d. Blaszczyk, 9.-
10.6.9.9): P' Li[*11 Blitszc/yk. 0-2.Women's Singles - Final: Tamain:Boros (HRV) d. Lili .lia (AUT). 9.-
4,6.7.8. SF: Boros d. Miliaela Steff
CROU). -8.8.8.-8.-11.9.10: LiLI d. Li
.liao (NED). -6.-8.7.-8.7.8.9. QF:Boros d. Shen Yanfei (ESP). 4.6.9,5.
Steff d. Nicoletta Stefanova (I'TA).8.-5.5.8.10: Li d. Nicole Struse
(GER), 6.-9.9.-7.8.4. Liu d. \'iktoria
Pavlovich (BLR). 8.10.4.6.
R Women's Preliminaries:
2. Group A: 1" Tamara Boros (HRV),c 1-1 (d. Wosik. 5.-9,5,-10.9.9): 211.1 Li
3 Jiao (NIED). 1-1 (d. Boros. 9.5.-8.5.-2 2,-97), 3"' Elke Wosik (GER), 1-1
Cd. Li. -12.-6.-5,5.5,1 1,6)Group B: 1 ' Nicole Struse (GER). 2-0 (d. Stefanova. 5,-4.9,7,6. d. Toth.
8.-7.10.8.-5.10): 2'id NicolettaStefanova (ITA). 1-1 (d. Toth. 7.9.7.-5.1()), P' Krisztina Toth CHUN), 0-1
Group C: 1 ' Miliaela Steff(ROU). 2-0 (d. Wu. -5.5,9.-5,3,5, d. Liu, 6,9,6.6),2"i Lili Jia (ALIT). 1-1 (d. Wu.
9.6.10.8): 3"1 Wo Jiadito (GER). 0-2.
Group D V Viktoria Pa\lin ich(BLR). 2-0 (d. Schapp. 5.5.3.9: d.Shen. 2.6.3,8 ): 2"1 Slien Yanfei ( ESP ),
1-1 (d. Schopp, 6.3.8.-7.-14.-8.6). 34Jie Sch®p (GER). 0-2.
1gm Grand Prix Asian CupKobe, JPN • Mar. 3-5,2006
Men'% Singles - Final: Wang Hao(CHN) d. Chen Qi (CHN). 14.1().13:SF: Wang d. Kaii Yosliida (J PN),6.7.7.5. Chen d. Chiang Peng-Lung(1-PE). 5,11:4.5.-8.4. 3-4: Chi.ingd. Yoshida. 7.5.5.-4.9. QF: \Vang dChuan Chili-Yuan (-[PI.). 8.-
11,7,8.12: Yoshida d. Takahii·o OnioriC.IPN). 9.9.6.5: Chiang d. Yang Zi(SIN). -5,6.6.9,7, Chen d. Li ChingCHKG). 5.7,-103 1.8.
Men'% Preliminaries:
Group A: 14' Wang Hao (CHN). 2-1Cd. Yang 4-3. d. Choi 4-0): 2"d YangZi (SIN). 1 - 1 (d. Choi 4- 1 ): 3"1 Choi
Hyun .lin (KOR), 0-2.Group B: 1 " Chen Qi (CHI). 34) (d.Li 4-3: d. Matsushita 4-2. d. Cai. 4-
I), 24 Li Ching (HKG), 2-1 (d.Matsushita 4-(): d. Cal 4-1): 3'J KojiMatsushita (JPN). 1-2 (d. Cai 4-0).
4' Cai Xiao Li (SIN). 0-3.
Group C: 1" Kaii Yoshida (.IPN). 2-1 (d. Chuan 4-1. d. Abdulla 4-0), 2""Chiian Chih-Yuan(TPE).2-1 (d. Lim
4-1. d. Abilulla 4-0). 3'I Lim.lue Hyun(KOR),2-1 (d. Yoshida 4-2. d.Abdulla4-0): 4ih Waleed Molid Abdulla
Group D: 1" Chiang Peng-Lung(TPE). 2-1 (d. Kamal 4-2. d. Oniori
4-1 ): 2112 Takahit-0 Omori (JPN). 2-1Cd. Ko 4-1. d. Kanial 4-3): 3"I Ko Lai
Chak (HKG). 2-1 (d. Chiang 4-2, d.Kamal 4-0). 4'11 Achanta Sat'athKanial (IND). 0-3.
Women'§ Singles - Final: WangNan (CHN) d. Li Jia Wei (SIN). -
7.9.5.7.-7,1: SF: Wang d. Li Nan(CHN), -6,-13,4.7,-7,5,10; Li Jia Wei
d. Lin Ling (HKG). 11,9.9.9.3-4: LiNan d. Lin.-12.-6, 1 1.6.5.5. QF: Li.lia Wei d. Ai Fukuhara (JPN). -
7.10.7.10-5.4: Lin d. Park Mi YoungCKOR). -9.-9,5,7,4.-8.4. Wang d. AiFi,jinuma (JPN). 9.3.6.3. Li Nan d.Tie Yana (HKG). 5.6.-14.5,-6.-8.8.
Women'% Preliminaries
Group A: 1 4[-i lia\Vei(SIN).3-0(d.
Fujinum.1 4-2. Muangsuk 4-1. d. Park4-0 ). 2'd Ai Fujinuma (.IPN). 1-2 (d.Park 4-0): 3rd Anisara MtiangsukITHA). 1 -2 (d. [·11.jinullia 4-3): 4'11
Park Kyung Ae (KOR), 1-2 (d.Muangsuk 4-3).
Group B: 1" Li Nan (CHNI). 3-0 (d.
Lie 4-1: d. Konishi 4-0: d. 1-ec 4-1 ):
2"' Tie Una (HKG). 2-1 (d. Konishi4-0, d. Lee 4-2 ): 3"1 An Konishi (.IPN),
1-2 (d. Lee 4-1): 411 Lee Yun-1-eng(TPE). 0-3.
Group C: P Wang Nan (CHN). 3-0
Cd. Fukuhari 4-0. d. Lu 4-1. d.
Vongboon 4-0). 2"d Fukuhari (.IPN),2-1 (d. Lu 4-0. d. Votigboon 4-0): 31,1Lu Yun-Feng (TPE), 1-2 (d.
Vongboon 4-2). 4'11 lidapornIongboon (1 HA). 0-3.
Group D: 2' Park Mi Young (KOR),3-0 Cd. Lin 4-1: d. Zhang 4-2: d.(iliatak 4-0): 2"d Lin Ling (HKG). 2-1 (d. Zhang 4-0. d. Ghatak 4-()). 3"1Zhang Xue Ling (SIN). 1 -2 (d. (iliatak4-0): 4", ['oulcinii (ihatak (IND). 0-3.
Qatar ITTF Pro TourDoha, QAT • Feb. 13-17,2006
Men's Singles - Final: Wang Liqin(Cl-IN) d. Ma Lin (CHN). 7.8.4.-9.-
3,9. SF: Wang Liqin d. Wang Hao(CHN).9,11.-11.2.5. Ma
d. Petr Korbel (CZE). 7.- /2t
4,6.9.-10,3. QF: Wang /2Liqind. Chen Qi (CHN). / /6.-11.3,7.5, Wang Hao d. \Adrian Crisan (ROU)97.7.6.6. Korbel d. Chuan Chih-Yiian
(TPE), 7.2,-10.8.-9,-7.9. Ma d, Jens
Lundqvist (SWE). 7,2,4,-9.4,8ths:Wang Liqin d. Kalii·likos Kreang:a(GRE), 10.-6,7,-5.5,6. Chen d. Zoraii
Primorae (HRV), 3.4.8.4. Crisan d.
Leung Chu Yan (HKG). 9.5.3.-7.5.
Wang Hao d. Ko Lai Chak (11#(i).7.5.4.3. Chuan d. Lucian Blaszcz>k
(POL). 4.8.5.13: Korbel d. EvgueniChtchetinine (131_R). 5.8,9,6, Ma d.
Chen Weixing (AUT). -8.5,7.10.5.Lundqvist d. 1-imo Boll (GER),76.9,5.
IMen's Doubles - Final: Wang Hao/Wang Liqin (Cl-IN) d. limo Boil/Christian Suss (GER). -7.8.8.9.6: SF:
Wang/Wang d. Ko Lai Chak/Li Ching(HKG), 4.3.-7,7.10. Boll/Suss d. ChenQi/Ma Lin (CHN). 9.-9.-14.10.6.9.
QF: Ko/Li d. Johan Axelqvist/RobertSvensson (SWE). 7.12,10.5. Wang./
Wang d. Par Gerell.lens Lundqvist(SWE). 7,7.6,6. Boll/Suss d. Fedor
Kiiznilii Alexei Smirnov (RUS). -12.6.11.5.5. CheniMa d. Hao Shuni/
Ma Long (CHN), 6.8,6,10.Uomen's Singles - Final: Zhang
Yining (CHN) d. Li Xiao Xia (CHN).12.12.6.-696: SIC Zhang Yining dNicole Struse (GER).6,-4.8.-9.9.10: Li
Xiao Xia d. Guo Yan (CLIN). -6.12,4.-
11.-8.4.3. QF: Zhang Yining d. WangNan (CHN), 5.7.-8.7.9. Struse d. Tie
Yana (HKG). 7.4.-9.-6.-1 1,9.10: Guo
Yan d. Tamara Boros (111<V), 9,-9,-
2,7.7.4, Li Xiao Xia d. Zhang Rui
CHKG). 9.-9.-7.5,7.4.8ths: ZhangYining d. Krisztina Toth CHUN),6.6.7.6: Wang d. Li .liao (NED). 5.-
5.6.9,9: Struse d..liang H uajun (HKG).9,-10,-6,-7,10.13.11.Tied. Lua Sui Fei
CHI<G). -9.7.-6.3.3.6.(juo Yan d.
Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR), -9.-10,-
13,8,6.8.7. Boros d. Mihaela Steff
(ROU). 7.-6.6.-8.8.10: Zhang Rui d.
Lin Ling (HKG). -9.-10.-8,10.9.11,10.
Li Xiao Xiii d. Glio Ytie (CHN). -10.8.-
83.7,-83.
Women's Doubles - Final: \Ung
Nan. Zhang Yining (CHN) d. lie Yana/Zhang Rui (HKG). 3.-9.6,-1 1.6.-9.10.
SF: Wang/Zliang d. Guo Yue,Li XiaoXia (CHN). 6,7.-8.5.10: Tie/Zhang dRenata Strbikova/lveta Vacenovska
(CZE). 8.1().3,7. QF: W.ing Zhang dOksant Fadeeva/Veronika Pailovich
(RUS/BLR). 1 1.-10.1(),5.-6.6; Guo/Li
d. Hiroko Fu.iii Ava Uniemura (JPN). -9.9.5.-10.3.9: Strbikova/Vacenovska d.
('silla Batorli/Krisi.tina Toth CHUN),
H).9.-5.10.6. Tic·Zhang d. Cao Zlietir(hio Yan (Cl-IN). -10. -9.10.5.9.10.
Kuwait ITTF Pro Tour
Kuwait Citv, KUU • Feb. 21-24.2006
Men's Singles - Final: Ma Lin(CHN) d. Chen Qi (CEIN). 9.6 8.-9.-8,8, SF: Ma d. Li Ching (HKG),
7.7.9.1: Chen Qi d. Chen
Weixing C AUT). 3.-10.7.4.9. QF: ChenWeixing d. Wang Liqin(CHN), 9.-9.10.-7.8.-
6,7. Chen Qi d. I lao Shuai
(CHN). -7.5.10.6.4. Ma d. Werner
Schlager (AUT). -9,8,-11,5.7,7. Li d.Ko Lai Chak (HKG). -9.1.7.-6.7.4.
Hths: Wang d. Christophe Legow(FRA).5.6.7,2. Choi Weixing d, LuejanBlaszczyk (POL). 2.5.-7-9.9.6. ChenQi d. Gillian Chih-Yuan (TPE). -
1 1.1().9.-8,10.9. Hao d. Patrick Chila
(FRA). -7.2.-8.3.8.14: Schlager d.
Vladimir Sanisonov (BLR), 5.-
11.11.6.8. Ma d. Panagiotis Gionis(GRE).7.-8.8.-9.6.1: Ko d. Jiang TianyiC l iKG). 8,5,6.71 Li d. Ti nio Boi l ( ( I ER ).8,8.7.-6.9.
Men's Doubles - Final: Chen Qi/
Ma Lin COIN) d. Ko Lai Chak/Li ChingCHKG). 8.4.1().7: SF: Chen/Ma d.
Wang Hao,/Wang Liqin CONN),
9,3.11.91 Ko, 1.i d. Cheling Yllk, LeungChu Yan (HKG). -8.8.10.7.-7.-9.4.
QF: Chen/Ma d. Chuan Chih-Yuan/
Philippe Saive (TPE/BEL). 2,3.7.8.
Wang'Wang d. Chen Weixing'RobertGardos (AUT). 9,5,8.1 k Koli d. Hao
Shuai Ma Long (CHN). 5.-5.9.11,9.Cheung'Leung d. 1-imo Boll'Christian
Suss (GER). 7.-11.4.-10.9.4.
Women' s Singles - Final: lianeI-Illailln ( 1 IKG) d. Guo Yue (CHN).
9,6,-9,-11,7,3, SF: Jiang d. Guo Yan
(CHN). -7.8.-8,5.-5.1 0.3, Glio 1''llc
d. Savaka Hirano (JPN). 4.7.5.-3.7:
QF: Jiang d. Wenling TanMonfardini (ITA).4.8.5.3. Guo Yan
d. Wang Nan (( HN). 9.-8,-8,7.-|0,895; Hirano d. Mihaela Steff
(ROU). 7.6.-9.8.-8.-4,11: Guo Yue
d. Li Xiao Xia (('1-IN). 8.-5.5.4,-7.8.
Hths: Jiang d. Zhang Yining (CHN).4.6.12.-9.-7.4: Monfardini d.
Tamara Boros (HRV). 11.8,-5.9,-
1.3. \Vang d. Lau Site Fei (HKG).5.9.3.9. Guo Yan d. Reiko Hiura
(JPN). 4.5.-7.10.-9,-7.7. Stuff d.
Tic Yana (HKG). -8.-7,-6.7.10.4.4.
Hiranod. Saki Katiazawa (JPN). 2.-
4.7,8,8. Li d. Cao Zhen (CHN), 4.-
7.6,9.6. Guo Ylle d. Nicole Sti-Ilse
(GER). 8.8.3.6.
Women's Doubles - Final: Wang
Nan/Zhang Yining (Cl-IN) d. Lau SuiFei/Lin Ling (HKG). 8.1.5.5: SF:Wang/Zliang d. Guo Yue/Li Xiao Xia
(CHN). 13.8.4.-9.12: Lau/Lin d.
Cao Zlien/Gito Yan (CHN). 9,-
7.14.-1().12.3. QF: Cao Guo d. Tie
Yana'Zhang Rui (HKG). 9.-7,-8,5,7,3, Law'Lin d. Nicole Struse/
Wit .liaduo (GER). 2.7.8.5. Guo I.i
d. Nicoletta/Wenling Tan
Monfardini (ITA). -9,-6,6.8,5,7.
Wang/Zhang d. Veronika Heine'Liu.lia (AUT). 3.11.4.9.
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113ootern (Dpen on tbe 5ti£13 11,rth Glmerion fourRecreational Sports Facility, University of CaliforniaBERKELE¥, CA • FEB. 3-5,2006 • B¥ ALAN WILLIAMS
2006 STIGA North American Tour was launched in magnificent fashion at the Western Open. The tournament was filled tocapacity
1 with 274 impassioned participants. was assisted by a slew ofvolunteers. and the play was inspired and enthusiastic. The San Francisco
Bay area glows with table tennis coaches. clubs. leagues and organizersand their participation made the Western Open one the most excitingtournaments I have ever worked. Media was also more responsive thanusuaL a clear indication that this region is working up a "full head ofsteam" iii promoting the sport we love.
Lily Yip operated the vendor booth on behalf of tile Tour sponsor.lable Tennis Pioneers, with a full selection of STIGA products. Dr.
Azmy Ibirahim. the Tournament Referee. assembled a distinguished group
ofcertified milpires for the Western Open. including Tom Miller. Kenny
rien. Irina I lelhvig and Mike Boot. Tournament Director Fong Hs,1
completed the player database and made the draws, and despite only
uettine access to the hall at 9 PM on Friday, the Berkeley V()Illiiteers
uorked like pyramid-builders in getting the tournament to the tlooi-.
We were rewarded for tliese efforts with outstanding perfonnancesby our entrants! in the Ying-Lo Junior Competitions, Eric Shalinazari
Captured the Under 10 Boys' title iii head-to-head seven-game combatwith the tournament'h youngest player. Ethan Chua (8). and then camesecond to Brian C hen in the Under 13. Sean C. Lee served notice that lie
is not to be taken lightly, uinning the Under 16 0er David Chow and
linishing second to Misha Kazantsev in the Under 18 category. eventaking a 3-2 game lead against the famous iunior. Guo Xi wrestled theUnder 22 title away from Auria Malek. who desen es some sort of Iron
Man award for his near continuous play. Lily Zhang bested Sylvan Guo
in live gaines for Girls' Under m honors. although Sylvan got her first
place thrills in the U- 1400 anyway. Katie Poon edged out Jessica Vickin the Under IN Women and we got a preview ofthe Women'% Final whenShu Fu met .lackie Lee iii the Under 22 Women's
The Sol Feingold Memorial Senior events were just as competitive.Michael Greene downing Zhao Mao Lin iii Over 60 play. David Sukaigetting the better of Mark Johnson in Over 50k and a fine match in theOver 40 capping our senior play, Titan Le defeating Lily Yip 9 9,10,-8,9!
There was strength und evenly matched· play through the ratingsevents. In tile lJ-2250 category. Nelson Yu fought to a win o,er therelentless Elle Zainabudiliova. 8.-4,6,-2,10.-1.14! No easy way to layclaim to the U-2375 money either. as Allria Malek toughed it out againstthe steady Shashin Shodlian in a very dramatic Final. -944.-9.9.-11.6!While Freddie Gabriel managed to make his U-2500 over Sanison Dubinaa five gamer. Lit 8.8.8.-6.8. it was no walk in the park either. Sumsonplayed well in Berkeleh as you will see shortly.
Open SinglesGroup One: Feth, Zajac, Hugh, Au
In the NATT scheme of things, the Top 12 players are seeded out(11 Open Singles Qualifying rounds and, joined by four qualifiers. play infour Round Robin groups of four each with two players advancing.There is now a policy of advancing additional qualifiers it. forany reason.seeded players withdraw or fail to show at this stage. Ben Johnson,coping with a massive East Coast storm. had only managed to get to LosAngeles. However, his luggage. including his ]-ackets. did not. This inour first group, we see Keviii Au, the Qualifier. joining Stefan Feth andPeter Zailic. the seeds. along with Judy Hugh. the "Lucky Loser" andfifth place qualifier replacing Johnson.
None o f which made any difference to Stefan! Kevin Au manageda deuce game u ith the defending Western Open champ. but it wasotherwise sniootli sailing as Feth went 16-0.4-0 to win the group midadvance to Sunday's quarterfinals. Things were more complicated furour other players. Peter Zajae was upset by both Kevin Au. 4-3. (-6.7.-8.4.-9.4.4) and in straight games by Judy Hugh ( 10.7.11.11 ). Judy thentook control ot her own fate by del'eating Kevin 4-2 (-6,8.8.6,-6,9) andfinishing>econd with a 2-1 record. She became oneofthe fuw tion-seedsto make our SE Round and the first -Lucky Loser" to cio so!
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Western Open ChampionStefan Feth
Group Two: Nguyen, Dubina, Yip, SchmidtKhoa Nguyen and Lily Yip are tied at two games apiece when Klioa
asserts himselfand takes thelifth and sixth games. 8 und 6. A-ishv malltleesa ymne 11-orn Khon as well. bul goes do\vii 5,9.7.-6,4, Sanison also lleats theC and D players. defeating Lily in straight games, 7.12.6,6 and Avishy infive, 9.8.-13.2.2. Lily and Avishy takeone look at each otlier.mid elect nottoplaytheirnow meaningless match, adoubledefault. So Khc,Mand Sainsonboth come lili·ough, and the question remaining is which is seeded first undwhich is seeded :econd. Sanison pulls offa major "is that right'? Did he dothat'.r upset of the San Jose star by scores of 9.-8.- 13.7.-5.8.7. coming backfrom 2-1 and 3-2 game deficits! Dubina gets the better of the quaiterfinaldraw' positions as a result and a lot of congratulations,Group Three: Owens, Gabriel, Lu, Kazantse,
The most surprising outcome of any of our groups in quite ht)inCtime! Not a tremendous surprise..just a great effort by Fri:ddie (labrie]in coming in first place. He defeated Misha 4-2. and Lu Guo Hui 4-1.which takes some doing. Then he made it a clean sweep olthe group byupsetting the top-seeded Eric Owens. -8.8.8.7.-8.-8.9. Eric's tiounles\vere not over, however! Although he beal Lii iii four straight games.4,5.5.4. Eric soon had his hands full of Misha Kazanisev, Misha is
traditionally a slow starter. not Uying to accomplish too much iii tileopening minutes, and dropped game one. 11-2. bill takes the next two.1 5-13 and 11 -7. Eric is real fighter. andll-7 evens the match only to godown again 11-7 and trails three games to two. The crowd is heavilyCalifornian. but Eric has his posse too. 11-4 he looks to have riu!-tedhiinselli but...in theendiCS Misha. 12-10 in the seventh game ofa realba-nburner. But Lu had defeated Misha, and that leaves everyone butFreddie tied with records of 1-2. Thanks to his straight game win overLu, Eric squeaks out of this dangerous grollp as the #2 seed for aquarterfinal berth.
Group Four: Kamkar-Parsi, Gombos, Lee, MalekHomayoun had to scramble to make his group. travel problems
having trapped himin Philadelphia. Having m-rived, houeci. lie handsa loss to Jackie Lee. four games to two. 4.4.1().-H),-6. 8. Second seed
Photo by Kingston Gee ©2006
Ludovic Gombosis not out there vei·> long willi the Qualifier. Auria Malek.but that's because Malek is in a -take no prisoners" mode. and Ludovic hasno chance to get an>thing going! MAE notches a 4-0 surprise. 10.4.7.9.Cionibos has no such trouble with Jackie, and 6,6,7,6 salkages some pride.When Jackie detbats Auria. Malek niust defeat I lomayouti to advance cleanly,Auria takes tile first game 11 -5, only to lose the next three at 1().10.4,Digging deeply. the Califurnian takes two in a low to even the match. 11 -4.11 -8 before Kanikar-Parsi lakes the linal game from Auiia. 11 -6. Gombosplays Kainkar-Parsi, und 3-4, nearly pulls off the upset, But here itsKamkar-Parsi that advances. and Malek. winner o fa thi ee-way tie for second.who joins him from the D seed position!
QuarterfinalsStefan Feth vs. Auria Malek
And this is Malekk reward for all that excellent play on Saturday.to face the defending U'estern Open Ch.Impion iii the quarterfinals.-Auri:G got a it ice game," Stefan said afterward. 'bill sometimes he triestoo hai-d. aluays looking for the big shot. lie should reltix and changespeeds a little more." Stefan advances to the semilinals, 5,7,9,7,Khoa Nguyen vs. Freddie Gabriel
Freddie played great in his Round robin. while Khoa had thatdisappointing loss to Sanison. So how would this pairing turn out? Wearen -1 to knou. because nursine a sore arm. Khoa withdraws and Gabriel
advances by default.
Homa>'oun Kainkar-Parsi vs. Eric Owens
Eric was not dominant ill Saturday·s Round Robin play. but Sundayhe's a different player. Eric's not only got the skill set, but also the
sniarts to quickly analyze his opponent and adjust. Ilere he applies his
best against the worthy Canadian, and 9.7.8,-5.8 advances to the semis.
Sanison Dubina vs. Jud Hugh
\\'liats not to love here? Samson has clearly elevated his gamerecently. anci Judy has been on a steady and inexorable climb for years.
These two play extremely lose games through the first three. Judy Hughwinning the opener 13-11. Samson taking.tone-game lead, 11-9,15-13,
before lie wears Judy down and 11-4.11-4. eliminates the young lady
from New Jersey.
Semifinals
Stefan Feth vs. Freddie Gabriel
No oiie uould have faulted this match as the Championship match.but it is -only" a Semi. Freddie is playing strongly. and it shows here.
Stefan. a formerGerman National Men's Singles semifinalist. is"ietired"
from Mternational play and 1110\-ing to the Bay area. but is still clearly a
2700 level playen Freddie'+ excellent service game does not embarrass
him here. and they are tied after two. Gabriel winning the second ganie.
11-6. Notmatiyinthiscountry cannick Ste an foragame, butagame is
all Freddie gets. as Stefan advances in his title defense. 8.-6.4.5.5.Eric Owens vs. Sainson Dubina
Sanison already has that upset win over Klioa and a full head of
sleam. Eric has theexperienceof Internationaland top-rank conipetition.
Plus it seems the entire female contingent ofthe U SC club has become
his very vocal fan club here. Samson never gives less than his best. but
1(ric has the wind beneath his wings, 8,6.8.7, a straight game u iii and a
ticket to the championship match.
FinalStefan Feth vs. Eric Owens
Empire Tom Miller pri'sides and the aisles are packed to see these
two top-rated players compete for the Title. The winner gets $150(),
the runner-up has a 5700 payday. so the motiation is iii place! But allthe heart in the world ( 11-8) is no substilute for true skill level ( 11 -6).
All the desire 011 the planet ( 11 -6) catinot substitute for worId-class skill
and conditioning. Leading K)-7 in the fourth game. Stefall gets a net. a
ball that springs up. down. hits the table and falls to the side, next to the
net post. Eric. in a tlat-out. give-it-your-all effort. goes to the floor andmakes an ania/ing return, a good return. but Stefan swats it away down
the centerline into the unoccupied backeourt for a straight-game win.
Eric just can't buy a break.There is no disgrace in having lost and every reason to praise Stefan
Feth. K ing of t he \Vestel-11 Open . Ste fa n. as a grow i ng nu mbe r of U SATT
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members are learning. is not just a tremendous 81:iyer. but a tremendousperson as well! Always a gentlem.iii, weli-mannered and cheei-fit[.we arefortunate to have Stelan in our ranks and vely pleased that he has chosen sofrequently to participate in NATT events. Now that lie has decided to makehis home here iii the United States. we are all enriched by his presence.
Hats offalso to the Cal volunteers. Yuntao thou (C'lub President).
Matthew Ma. Kyle Perry. Grace Ma, Michael Blum. 1[ao>u Zheng,
Ryan Ilsu. Deborah Leonie and Lucas Siow who assisted with the
tournament setup. and Kenny Schang, Minh-Chau N gll> en. 1.I·ik Ts (,il.Allison Seibel. Yunt.ID Zhou and lone Chan who assisted with the cleanup
Special thanks to Mark Hikin ofthe Recreational Sport> Facility for his
help throughout the tournament.
Open Singles - Final: Stefan Feth d. Eric Ouens. 8.6.6.7. SF: Feth d.
Freddie Gabrie]. 8.-6.4.5,5.Owens d. Sanison Dubina. 8.6,8.7. OF: Feth
d. Auria Malek. 5.7.9.7. Gabriel d. Khoa Nguyen. def.: Owens d.
Honiayoun Kainkar-Pars i. 9,7.8.-5,8. Dubina d. Judy Hugh. -11 9,13.4.4.
Women: 1 " Sara Fu. 2'id Jacqueline Lee.02500: 1" Freddie Gabriel: Bnc Samson Dubina.
l)2375: 1" Allria Malek: 2"Shashin Shodlian.
U225(): P' Nelson Yu: 24 Emira Zainabudinova.
t-}2125: Pl Wei-Sung Tsao: N Joey Juin-Yuan 1-Iii.
U2004): 19 Johnny liuan Jaime A. Melgareio Munoz.g: 2 ",/tr1850: 1' Gary Fang: 2'"1 Praful Bhaidastia.1-} 1700: 1 ' ,lessica Vick. 2:"1 Gan \Vah Lee.
U 1550: r Do Van Tran: 2"' Mike Labins. Y/1 L€]LIl!1400: P' Syh-an (luo: 2'.'Adam Banghart.
U 1250: 1 '1 G.abricl Reder, 2'1' Victor Ki-el()v. ,·-, *rm'Ul 100: 1" Jennifer \Vang: 2'id Ry·:In Hxu. -U950: 1 " Joiiathaii Orbell: 2""Saitrabh .lain.
Ind Alex Tou.U800/Unrated: P' lloang Nguyeti: a
Open Doubles: P Likic„ ie Gombos.Eric Owens: 2 4' Freddie Gabrie] Trevor Runyon.U4200 Doubles: P' Shing-Li Sung/BI'lice Liu; 2'll' Joey .litin-Yilitn Hu/Nelson Yu.C3200 Doubles: P' Gan' Bai'etto,·'Da, id Hanson: 2"'Uhid Smith 'William Lvons.
Feingold Memorial Senior Events
Over 40: 1" Titan Dai Le. 2"1 Lily Yip.Over 50: 1 ' David Sakai: 2112 Mark Johnion.
Over 60: D' Michael Greene, 2'141 Mao Lin Zhao.
Ying/10 Junior CompetitionsUnder 22 Men: 1' Xi Guo: 2'JAuria Malik.
Under 22 Women: 1" Sara Fu: 2"'1 .lacqueline Lee.
Under 18 Boys: P' Misha Kazantse\: 2"; Sean C. Lee.Under 18 Girls: P Katie Poon. 2"' Jesica Yiek.
Under 16 Boys: 1' Se.iii C. Lee: 2'TE Dinid C'how.
Under 16 Girls: P Stephanie Chow: 2'"1 Melody Wang.Under 13 Boys: 14 Brian Chen. 2"' Erick Shahmizari.
Under 13 Girls: P Lit> Zhang: 2" Sylvan Guo.Under 10 Boys: P' Erick Shalina/.ari. 2"'1 Ethan Chun.
Under 10 Girls: K Lily Zhang.
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Pennsylvania Open TeamsState College, PA • Mar. 18-19, 2006
By Sam Steiner
r-Tlis was a classic three-on-three type team tournament played over two days at the
1 main campus of Penn State University.Penn State offers table tennis as a for-credit
gym elective class that enrolls around 50-60students per semester. Students must pass
written tests, join USATT, and participate in
at least one sanctioned tounianient to pass the
course. Program Director Hank McCoullum
deserves u lot oferedit fur putting the programtogether and also for securing the use of thegym for this tournament
A total of 124 players competed in six
divisions for $2000 in cash and trophies. 11 the'E' Division. Penn State team #13 came oit ot
nowhere to take first place. Who rited these
£,uvs anyway? Class E' was mo -e
straightforward with Penn State 6 scoring a mild
upset over Penn State 5 to wiii.Iii the 'D' Division two undefeated teams
met iii the final. where Penn State 2 eked out a
5-4 win over the Nanticoke Coal Crackers.
Both 'C' and 'B' groups had a lot of
closely-rated teams. meaning several long and
tense match-ups. In 'C,' Ron Arcal-o'sNortheast Ohio team survived several close
matches to capture first over the top-seededBuffalo Blasters. In B.' South Park 3
(Pittsburgh) dominated for first place while three
teams beal each other up for second. When the
dust settled it was Guithersburg capturing
second over Penn State Penhold by a singlematch.
The A' group promised a tight finalbetween the Dan Seemiller-coached South Bend
.luniors. and Dans alma mater South Park L
Also of interest was the occasional play ofChristoph Teille, rated 226(). who plays a
bizarre game of short pips roils, blocks and
counters with an occasional fast loop.Chi-istoph moved to Pennsylvania from
Germany last year and is employed as aLutheran minister in the Allentown area so he
cant atteiid tournaments on a regular basis. But
he competed here Saturday and Sundayafteinoons and managed to dize and confuseChip Coulter and Mike Walk before RandySeemiller came out gunning to hand Christoph
his only loss of the tournament
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Thojitas An
I i the f mil match between South Bend and
Sout i iark. the South Bendjuniors came out
smoking (jiguratively!) and jumped to a
shocking 4-1 lead over the ex-juniorswhen Joe
Cochran downed Randy Seemiller 3-0. But
South Park was downbut not out. Chip Coulterengineered a methodical 3- 1 win over Cochran
leading to a nitith match meeting between MikeWalk and Dan Seemiller Jr. Dan tried hard bill
this time around was outmatched and South
Park took home the gold.
Special thanks to Brenda Brewer, Chip
Coulter. and Fred Kistler fortheirorganizationalefforts, and to Etta kong and the Penn Stateclub for facility management.Division A
1. South Park I (Chip Coulter. RandySeemiller. Mike Walk) 5-0
2. South Ben Juniors (A.J. Brewer, Joe
C ochran. Dan Seemiller Jr.)4-1
3. South Park 2 (.john Ramirez. Dan Walk,
Charnchai Tangpong) 3-2Divisioii B
1. South Park 3 (Bob Panaliiazar. Jerry Schaub.Bchara Janadri) 5-0
2. Gaithersburg MD (J.ulian Waters, JimmyPappadeas. David Jarrin) 3-2 (8-7)3. Penn State Petiliold (Renmo Zhang. YingShan, Ing·-Chao Lin) 3-2 (8-8)
Division C
1. Northeast Ohio (Ron Arcaro. .lim
Zimmerman. Bryan Simeox) 4-1
2. Buffali, Blasters(Ray Nagel. Joe(i'-andalski.
Ray Gutouski, Fai-zin Jalil) 4-13. Penn State I (Will Hlimber. Karl ()sterinatin.
Adam Jones. Cl Brewer) 3-2
Division D
1. Penn State 2 (Ed Shub. Adam MacNeill,
Vi1111ie Stout. Joe Caione) 5-0
2. Nanticoke Coal Crackers (Sam Ruge]. Jack
Livingston, Ken Russel, Ron Pajor) 4-1
3. Penn Suite 3 (David 110. Ming Hui Slin. Wei
Xiong Chen. Cheungyu,in Peiig) 2-3Dhision E
1. Penn State 6 (Dan Ritterman. Scott
Horowitz, Adam Glass) 3-0
2. Penn State 5 (DeJian Fang, David Blumberg.
Ryan Cooper, Brittany Vincent) 2-1
3. Penn State 7 (.joe 110-Pan Chung. Ya-Tiny
Ilsu, Jimmy Yao, Hais,1 Lai) 2-1Division F
1. Penn State 13 (Yen-Rung Clien, Chieh-TingLin. Tzu-Tier Lin. Show-Ju Chii) 4-0
2. Penn State 10 (Nick Kotlm, Rich Rizzo. Li
Jones. Steve Holland) 3-1
3. Penn State 11 (Tom Callahan. Tim Dunn,
Shakira Nelson, Heather Bennett) 2-2
Jasna Wins in Jamaica
Rams Bes, Femule Player Conquen All in KingstonKingston, Jamaica • Feb. 11,2006 • By Michad Meier
iving up to her No. 1 ranking in the tournament, TeAas Wesleyan1-laster's student Jasna Reed defeated everyone in her path to winhe Class A Singles title at the Jamaica Texas Wesleyan University
Spring Open. Feb. 1 I in Kingston. Jamaica. She also cruised to theWomen's Open Singles title as well.
Not only did the tournament field include Rains' varsity memberssenior Courtney Roberts and junior Dinko Kranjae. but also the top 20players iii Jamaica. Three of these competitors (Gavin Hylton. NigelWebb and Darryl Strachan) will repiesent Jamaica next month at theCommonwealth Gaines in Australia.
Jasna beat Strachan 4-0 in the final. 8.11,6,8, though it was Iici
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tenth match of the day.
"Strachan is a great player, but Jasna was strategically amazing,said Texas Wesleyan Coach Keith 1{vans. 1 think Strachan came iii witha solid game plan. but Justin siiiiply knocked it down and le ne, errecovered.'
In the Semifinals Jasna defeated Hylton 4-3 (-7,-9.5,6.10.-12.5).Prior to that. she won over Roberts 4-2 iii the quartertinals (9,7.-3.2,-7.81. and knocked off No I Jamaican Ludlow Hailey. 3.-2 ( 10.9.-2.-5.9)iii the round oisixteen. Before that Jasna cruised to a 3-0 recoid in her
opening round robin.Championships Results - Final: Jastia Reed d. Darryl Strachan.8.11,6,8, SF: Reed d. Gavin Hylton, -7.-9,5.6,10,-12.5. Strachand, Kane
Walson. 9.8.13.8. QF: Reed d. Courtney Roberts. 9.7.-3.2.-7,8. Strachand Nigel Webb, 9,8.8.6· Hyllond..losepli Dibbs. 6.-10.7.-6. 1 2,4.Walsond. Dinko Kranjac. 9.8.-5.-11.1.-7.7.
Butterfly MOTTC February OpenGaithersburg, AID • Feb. 11-12,200614 Wei Iiao
TT'|ie 2006 Bitttertly MI)TTC Winter (-) pen took place at Maryland
- Table Tennis Center. Feb, 11-12. Due to the winter storm thatblew out most of the Mid-Atlantic Region that weekend. lots ofplayers had to withdraw from Sunday's nents but the tournament wasstill held and ran Kuccesstlilly with about 50 entries.
Iii the Open event. there were three groups. Buttertlys Han Xiaowas seeded out. In Group One. Aniaresh Sahu (2257) beat 2165 penholder
blocker Lixin Lang in five gaines. and both advanced to the playoffs. Anupset happened in Group Two. where 2175-rated Rea Gli jasi wasdefeated 3-2 by another local junior. Charlie Sun ( 1819). But Reza fought
hard to upset the top-seeded Vitaliy Deyak from Ukraine to advance tothe playoffs. In Group Three. Rughu Nadmichettu (2226) beat Peter Li(2228) and both advanced. In the Quarters, Raghu continued his good
performance to beat Lixin Lang. Coached by Cheng Yingliua, Peter Lifight back to beat Vitally 3-1. ancl Amaresh beat Reza 3-2. The twosemifinals were between two college students. 1 lan atid Rag]111, and twojunior players. Peter and Amaresh. Han had to do a little homework tofind theway tobeat Raghil (-9.11.1.-11.4.7).Amareslibeat Peter at the
2005 Nationals Cadet Team Trials on his way to making the USA cadetteam for the first time. But this time. his consistent defense was not
enough to overcome Peter's offense, and he lost 4-1. lim beat Peter Li 4-0 in the final.
In the Under 2250 event Vitaliy played well and made many
unbelievable shots to beat Lixin Lang iii thesemifinals and then Raghu in
the final to win the event. The Under 2100 event was dominated by local
juniors. In the final. third-seeded Kian Moklitari beat top-seed KevinMa. 3-0. Iii the Under 1950's. local dentist Sanitiel Huang easily won the
event with his tricky shots and a variety of serves.On Simday. the tournament director had to combine some events
together since the roughly one foot snow acclimillation overnight blocked
niany players from the tournament. Carson Triiong, rated 1107, was theonly person who won two tropli ics on Sunday. winning the Under 1150
event and runner-tip in the Under 1650 event.
Open - Final: Han Xiao d. Peter Li. 11,7.10,5. SF: Xiao d. RughuNadmichettu. -9.11.1.-11.4.7. Li d. Amaresh Saliu. 9.-9.5.3.10: QF:
Nadmichettll d. Lixin Lang. 6.-8,7.-8,7. Li d. Vitaliy Deyak. 6.-8.11.5.
Saliu d. Reia Ghiasi. 12.8.-9.-7.4. Xiao - Bye.
U2250 - Final: Vitaliy Deyak d. Ragliu Nadmichettu. 10.8,10. SF:
Deyak d. Lixin Lang. 8,-8.4.9. Nadmichettii d. Peter Li. 6.14.8.t.12100 - Final: Kian Mokhtari d. Kevin Ma. 3.3.5. SF: Moklitari d.
1 [yo Won Kim, 6.-2.-5,8,5. Ma d. Charlie Sun. 7,5.9.
l'1950: Samuel Huang d. Uncal Rema. 6.8.-8.7.l! 1900: P Mohamed Kami·a: 21"' Eduardo Urbina.
U 1650: Caleb Fan d. Carson Truong. -9.9.7,7.
U 1400: 1 " Daniel Kovov. 2"'' Benjamin H iiangU115():14' Carson Tritong. 2'li Vaivara Zeinskova.
All other Sunday's event were combined with no playoffs dile totlie storm weather.
Arizona February OpenPhoeni\, AL • Feb. 18-19.2006 • 13, \Unne Johnson
lie Arizona Open turned out to be an international affair withplayers from Germany, Russia and Japan entered in the Opeii
Singles. The U.S. was well represented with players from as far
away its Georgia. Connecticut and Montana. We were very pleased to have
Vigo Cluistophersen from Gennany playing iii the tournament. Vigo. whowas on the same teain as Mark Halinski in Gerniany. took the Open Singles
crowri while only dropping one gaine to Di: Mitslt Naka(iii of Japan.
Open Singles: Vigo Christophersen d. Simen Potaychuk. 10.2.3.2. SF:Christophersen d. Mitsu Nak:ida. 2.4.-9.5.7 Polaychuk d. Alex Lai. -7.6,9.10,-8,8
Open Doubles: Simen Potaychilk/Matt Winkler d. Vigo Christophersen/Derrick Cone, -7.9,5.-9,5.
Long Island Junior ChampionshipsLong Island, NY • Feb. 18.2006
By Jerry Mintz
ie Grenville Baker Boys and Girls Club hosted its third tournamentm Feb. 18. the Long Island Open Junior Championships. Theclub now has 48 members who have had had USATT membership
and ratings. 32 of whom are current club meinbers.
As has been described in part articles. the Grenville Baker TableTeimis club runs as a democracy. with Coach Jerry Mintz coming iiitwice a week for two hours. The rest of the week the table tennis is run
by elected student supervisors. In fact, the registration tables were mannedby students. One incident that was overheard: a late at-rival registered.but didnt have enough to cover the fees. The students in the club hadpreviously voted to subsidize students who were not able to afford thefull amount with profits from the tournament. As the student pulled outhis last four dollars. the 13-year-old taking the money said to him, rathersternly. "Is that your lunch money? If that's your lunch money we doiitwant 11!
Ifyou are interested in organizing a similardemocratically run club,contact me at JerryAERO@,aol.com.Open: P John Stoelir: 2"d Rigo Hernandez.
llid Rigo Hernandez.Under 18: P' .john Stoehr:
Under 18 Girls: 1 " Kaylyn Olivera :211' Yahairta Fidhel.
Under 12: 1'.Jorge Guevara; 2Td John Roslund.Under 10: 1" Charlie Picoli: 2"d Kevin Cueitas.
Under 9: 1' Nico Martinovic: 2'w Eddy Garcia.
Under 18 Doubles: 1 ' Piei-o Denegri/Frank Zanizari: 2'd John Stoehr;Rigo Hernandez.
L-R: Under 10 Runner-up Kevin Cuertas, Under 12 Champion
.jorge Guavera, Under 10 Champion Charlie Picoli.
Over 60 Singles: James Morris d. Mike St. Louis. 5,6.5,6. SF: Morris
d. Volf Vaksengisser. 2.7.7.-3.6 St. Louis d. Ferene Soli, 6.2.7,7.
Over 70 Singles: Bill ('antor d. Scott \Villiams. -7.3.- 10.5.6. SF: Cantord. Franz Schauer. -3.5.9.-6.9 Williams d. Peter Au. 10.9.-5.9.
U2100: Mario Lorene d. Michael Shieh, 10.-9,10.13.7. SF: Lorene d.
Keith Chan. 6.8.2.11 Shieh d. Derrick Cone. -9 6.-8.1().-7,8.15.
U 1900: Brian Amiest d. James Morris. -10.10.-9.4.4.-10.6.
l'1750: Misha Chernobelskiy d. Daniel Poon. -8.4.8.-7.-13.9,8.
l' 1600: VollVaksengisser d. Joe Pierotti. 8.6.10.5.
U 1450: Victor Flores d. Chung-Fu Chang, 6,10,4.6.
U 1300: Ler Vays d. Scott Williams. 8.-8.6.8,-7.-9.7.U 1150: Tyler Seate d. Marvin Rosenberg, 9.10,-22.-9,-11.3.9.
1]1004): PArpad Torma 2'd Mike Cottingliam 3'J Wally Barber1-J36001)oubles: Jeriy Whelpley/Gia Lell d. Jolin Hanington/Bill Kenig. -7.5.8.9.
l!2800 Doubles: tric Chati/William Wong d. Xiii Johnson/Petei- Au, 6,-7,7,5
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1130(iktejohn Senior fhampionehipe ino ¢luaker Citr (DpenPottruck Fitness Center, Univ. of Penn. • PHILADELPHIA, PA • MARCH 11-12, 2006 • BY ALAN WILMANis
ill and Louise Meiklejohn have been mole than
generous to the sport of Table Tennis. As a
condition of a gift to the alina mater, they createdthe -East Coast version" of the famous Meikiciohn
Senior tournament held annually iii California. Theywere repaid with excellent performances and a spiritedcompetition here in Pennsylvania. NATT operated thetournament, and held it in conjunction with a Four Star
set of events. the Quaker City Open.Refei·ee Pat Collins and UPENN's Al Pendleton
u ere essential to the tournament success, providing
supervision of the competition and the physical oversightofthe playing hall. Table spacing was generous, and if itwas a little warm, players seemed to find it acceptable.
There was great appreciation for the generous prizemoney as weli.
Atanda Musa gave us a great demonstration of his
skill. little diminished by the passing years! The
Manhattan resident took first place in Over 40 singles
with an impressive 9,-9,7,6.7 win over De Tran. his
doubles partner.
Together, Mitsa and Tran took the Over- 40 Doubles
category in a great final against Li Yuxiang and DanielGreen. 12.8,-8.-10.7. Intact. all thedoubles events were
well played and a joy to watch!
Li Yzixiang won the Over 50. but without the chance
to show us his best game. as his opponent. Jail
Klemendorf twisted an ankle on his way to that final
and was forced to default. Jan's tenacious game had earned him the right.but his throbbing foot would not cooperate. Daniel Green gave o fineperformance in taking Over 60 honors against ever-so-eligible. 70 yearsplus. George Braithwaite. 9.-8.2.8.-6.9. While you won't find theirnames in our winner s list. 1 have to add that I continue to be impressedby players -of a certain age" who not only compete weli in these ageevents, but also have no problem iii vanquishing tile bulk of USATTmembers in match play, 1 admire the play of Dave Sakai. Gary Fraiman,Gary Gudzenko. Lim Ming Chui, Nazruddin Asgarali and Jiri Hl:aramore and more each year.
At the other end of the age spectrum in our field, you had to bei111pressed with the hard-working and successful Yang Jiang. This youngman was involved in several event categories, was unfailingly promptand courteous and showed no sign of fatigue. He not only came secondto Re/a Ghiasi in the Under 18 Boys, he won the Men's Under 22 in finestyle against Alden Fan. the l)-2125 in seven beautiful games againstlima Leskova. and the U-2375 against the smart Nazruddin Asgarali.My hal s off to you. sir!
[t seemed that Daniel Kokotov. Ramon Barrera. Taylor Wilk andJesse Estlow were also continually in play, and a quick look at ourresults shows why. In the U-950, U-1100. U-1250 and U-1400. thewinner of the lower rating event managed to be second place in the nexthigher step. Thats always a good sign fur a player's future progress!
Open SinglesGroup One: Zhang, Teile, Ko, Lilly
The Canadian contingent at this tournament was speaiheaded byWilson Zhang, whocanie accompanied by hiswife. Alice. Wilson'spia)is perhaps the best on the continent at this time, and nothing we saw inthis round robin upset disturbed that belief. Christopher Teile (pronouncethitt "Tyler ') is a soft blocker with very good touch against tile loop. Tohis credit, he did scrape Wilson toi- a game, and the only one to managethat as Zhang came through in fi I-St place. The Qualifier, Ron Lilly. went4-2 agaitist both Teile and Ko, which made the head-to-head confrontationbetween Teile and Ko decisive. Edward Kos combination of flat attack
and loop attack unsettled Teiles coiitrol game. and -4.7,8,9.-9.5. Kodefeated Christopher for the second advancer'.s position.
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Quaker City Open Champion
Wilson Zhang
Group Two: Musa, Munoz, Nadmichettu. Sakai
Musa dropped a game each to Raghu and Dive. but was a perfect 4-0 against Munoz, with scores of 4,12,4,12. You might suspect that tilesun was iii someone s eyes. Raghu needed six games to get past the wily[)ave Sak:Ii, -7,16.9,8,-6.6. Munoz had less trouble. -4.9,9,9,6. That
made Nadmichettu's match with Munoz pivotal iii finding our secondseed. und 6.-9,6.3,5, Guillernio advanced past the youngster to thequarterfinals.
Group Three: Kamkar-Parsi, Tran, Kim, PoradichFollow closely, because this gets complicated! When the dust had
settled three players were tied. with records of 2-I in the group. 1 -1against each other. Valdimir Poradich was left behind. losing toHomayoun, 3,4,4,-10.1 1 : and to De Tran 6,8,-7.9,-9.9. With noway toadvance. he defaulted his match to Kim Bong Geull. Kamkat--Parsidefeated Kim, 16,5,13,-6,-11,7. so you see light away that Kim has"game." De Tran does his part by upsetting Homayoun.-9,6,-9,-8,9,11.9!What it great comeback! Kim completes the paradox by defeating Dei'ran. -9.8,6,7,9. So in game count amongst the tied players. De Tnm is5-7 and finishes third. while Kim's 6-5 places him ahead of Homayoun's7-6 to decide first and second. These always take a while to explain tothe players. who can't believe they finish behind someone they defeatedhead to head.
Group Four: Therien, Dubina, Li, FraimanNo such confusion here. as Xavier Therien passes through
unblemished, 4-0 ahead of young Peter Li, 4-0 against Gary Fraiman,and slaves off an upset tiom Samson. 4-3 (-8.-10:5.10.7,1().7)! Theseare two excellent young men. and always a pleasure to see them in play.both theirgames are tluid. stylish and powerful! Dubina goes 4-0 againstboth Li and Fraiman and secures his spot iii Sundays quarterfitials aswell.
Quarterfinals
Wilson Zhang vs. Guillermo Munoz
This match did nothing to dispel the notion that Wilson may wellbe the best player on the continent! Munoz, who has taken gaines tiomWerner Schlager and has come from Mexico many times to puncture abubble north of the boaider, is no slouch. The veleran was simply
Photo by Toni Ngu,en ©2006
Final
Atanda Musa vs. Wilson Zhang
So the top two seeds do arrive at the Final. Musa has a very·straightforward game, beating you with his power. Wliat Wilsonshows in the first gaine is simply amazing. When the two playersget into deep from the table powerlooping duels, Musa goes toZhang's backhand ... and my eyes go glassy. Wilson is able topowerloop against Atanda's powerful forehand with either wing!The crowd oohs and ahhs. and Zhang notches game one, 11 -3.Musa seems somewhat disgusted with himself between games.He can be furgiveli if he is thinking, "Twenty years ago I couldtake this guy." But this is 2006. And pulling all his skill to the topiii a mighty effort, Musa evens the match. 1 I -9 in the secondgame. Now it is Wilson who wears a less than happy expression.But do I notice a subtle shift of tactics'? No,*. looping hardagainst each other, forehand to forehand, both players droppingdeeper and deeper into the corners of the court. Wilson suddenlysnap! Punches that exchange of shots down the line, leaving Musa
staring from 25 feet away. Not just once! Not just "wow lookwhathedid!."butoverand overandover... 11-4 in the third for
Zhang. This is one player you DO NOT WANT to be in a holeagainst. so Musa comes out in the fourth with redoubled effort,
and exchange after exchange these two trade thunderbolts. But itbecomes apparent that Wilson is always one shot better. Musasends a screaming flat kill against a loop across the table. andZhang. as though he has these for breakfast, sends it crisply backbefore Musa has even recovered his stroke. 11-6 and Wilson
leads 3- 1. The fifth game is more of the same, and Musa trails 7-0 before taking a single point when Zhang misses. A smile lightsAtanda's face and he claps his hands above his head, turning to thespectators. "One for ine!" ICs all over. actually. and Atandaaccepts his fate, 1 1 -3. He'll not be beating this mari, not today.
Wilson Zhang wins, 4-1. and gains $ 1500 and the title 2006 Quaker
City Open Champion.Great play. great times and great memories! Thank you,
Philadelphia! Thank you, UPENN! Thank you Bill and Louise!Thank you players. and we'll see you back here next spring!
Open Singles - Final: Wilson Zhang d. Atanda Musa. 3,-94,6,3; SF:
Zhang d. Sainson Dubina. 5,4.5,3; Musa d. Xavier Therien, 9,-9,-7,9.7.9:
QF: Zhang d. Guillermo Munoz, 3,9,6,7, Musa d. Homayoun Kainkar-
Parsi, 6.10,6.5, Dubina d. Bong Geun Kim. def: Therien d. Edward Ko.def
U2500: 14 De Tran: 2nd Bong Geun Kim.U2375: Ig liang Yang; 2nd Nazruddin Asgarali.1!2250:1' Raghu Nadmichettu. 2"d Nazruddin Asgarali.U2125: 1 "Jiang Yang; 2,1,1 1nna Laskova.U2000: 11 Eric Dang; 2nd Trieu C. Chieu.U 1850: 1 w Chris Salazar. 2"d Herbert Hodges. /TIGA01700: 191 Di Kang: 2,id Damiel Stadden.
U 1550: Ist Samuel Russel. 20<1 Brahma Koodallur. , Nor#,AmericonTab/e Tennis
U 1 400 : 1 41 Daniel Kokotov: 2'd Ramon Barrera.
U 1250: 1' Ramon Barrera; 2d Taylor Wilk.U1100: P' Taylor Wilk, 24 Jesse Estlow.
U950: 17 Jesse Estlow: 2'd Christopher Jin.U800/Unrated: P' Viral Gandhi: 2"'1 Mark Hammond.
124200 Doubles: 1' Shahab Joudaki/Eric Leventhal; 2"d Dennis Spe]!man/Donald Feltenberger.Meiklejohn Senior EventsOver 40: 1 " Atanda Mlisa: 2"d De Tran.
Over 50: P' Yuxiang Li. 2'd Jan Klemendorf.Over 60: 1% Daniel Green: 2"1 George Braithwaite.
Over 40 Doubles: l' Aranda Musa/De Tran: 2nd Yuxiang Li/Daniel Green.Ying/Lo Junior Competitions
nd Alden Fan.Under 22 Men: 1 " Jiang Yang; 2
lInder 18 Boys: P Reza Ghiasi: 2"d Jiang Yang.linder 16 Boys: 1' Wesley Fan: 2,id Toby Kutler.
Under 13 Boys: P' Sam Mujumdar: 2nd Allen Wang.Under 13 Girls: 1 ' limily Yang. 2"d Nicole Jankura.
Under 10 Boys: l 'Allen Wang: 2"d Sam Fazel-Sarjui
Under 10 Girls: 1%Annie Shi; 2"d Sabrina Daoud.
USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE • May/June 2006 2 75
Quaker City Open Finalist
- and Senior ChampionAtanda Musa
unable to find traction against Zliang. Both players work quickly. so 1 1
,you blinked, you missed it! Wilson's combination oftouch and power isvery persuasive, and 3,9.6,7 he advances to the semifinals.Satnson Dubina vs. Bong Geun Kim und Xavier Therien vs. Edward Ko
1 combine these two quarterfinals, because the story. unfortunately
is the same. Neither Korean player appeared, so Kim and Ko are bothout by default. As is NATTpolicy, neither oftliem is paid for reachingthe quarterfinals and defaulting. I am sure that they had their reasons.
but I have no idea what they were. Dubina and Therien advance.Atanda Musa vs. Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi
This makes Homayoun's "situation' even more unfair. in my eyes.
Only narrowly second to Kim iii the RR, he now plays the second seed
in the whole tournament in the quarter finals, while Kim does not even
appear to contest his match! Kamkar-Parsi is. naturally, game. He is.
always game. But Musa seems to have shed the years and refuses to
yield a thing. not the table. not the serve. not the stare-down. nothingl
It's Atanda in four straight against the disappointed Canadian. 6,10.6.5.
Semifinals
Wilson Zhang vs. Samson Dubina
Samson's been training in Ottawa with the Canadians. but willfamiliarity help him in this uphi]1 battle? Despite his best efforts, it doesnot. Sporting his highest ever rating of 2527. Samson can offer no
answers to the "King of Canada," 5,4,5,3. The crowd is beginning to
realize that Wilson is something special.Atan€la Musa vs. Xavier Therien
And great though Musa is, this is no given! Xavier's a solid 2500player, and is unlikely to be satisfied with the $300 semifinalist payotlt
He shows his stuff by jumping Out to a 2-1 edge in games, but Musa's
heart is part of his toolkit. This guy simply hates to lose, and puslieshiniself into a higher gear. Every game isacli ff-hanger, and either player
would be a worthy winner, but only one gets through! By scores of 9.-
9.-7,9.7,9 Atanda Musa makes the Championship match.
Photo by Tom Nguyen ©2006
South Eastern OpenNewport News, VA • Feb. 18-19,2006
14 Hiep Tran
irst, we" d like to thank our sponsors: TableTennis Pioneers, TC Electric und the City01' Newport News. They have supported
us since the beginning of our clubk creation.Second. \ve are honored to introduce Mr.
Nhan Nguyen. He was the head coach for theVietnatii Junior National Team. Hecameto the
U.S. for two weeks, and we were lucky to meethim and invited him to play iii the South EasternOpen.
The 20()6 South Eastern Open was exciting
because of the presence ofwell-known players:John Wetzler. Vitaliy Deyak, Nhan Nguyen,
Jim McQueen and Hiep Tran. The most intenseintitch was between John Wetzler and VitaliyDeyak in the final. This tournament is the first
time Deyak faced Wetzler. Wetzler beat Deyak
earlier in the Undei-2300 event rathereasily. Iii
the Open Singles. Deyak had toadjusthis game
and show his powerful two-wing looping. 1-le
attacked a lot more during the games. and was a
lot more consistent than the first time. Deyakdefeated Wetzler 4-1. What a show for
evet-yotie there thal day!
Open Singles - Final:Vitaliy Deyak d. JohnWetiler. - 12.7.9.8.9:
SF: Vitaliy Deyak d.
Nhan Nguyen. 3.5.9.-7,10: John Wetzler d.
Jim MeQueen. 8.8.8.5.
Under 2300 - Final:
Johii \Vetzler d. Vitaliy
Deyak, 8,8.8, SF: JohnWetzler d. Hiep Tran.
7,7.14. Vitally Deyak d.Nhan Nguyen. 9.10.6.Under 2150 - Final:
Jim McQueend. AshwinPeres-Da-Silva. 9.10.8:
SF: Jim MeQueen d.
Chris Obrian. 7.-5.9.10: ..v-,AW . -7: 1Ashwin Peres-Da-Silva g#mi#OW*'%.11 ..9d. Shannon Martin. 2.-
10,4,13.Under 2000 - Final: Ashwin Peres-Da-Silva
d. Chris Obrian. 8.9,4, SF: Ashwin Peres-Da-
Silva d. Michael Wilkomer. 5.-4,9.-9.8. Chris
Obrian d. Roger Martin, 9.7.-9,3.Over 55 - Final: Jim McQueen d. Michael
Wilkonier, 9,9.9. SF: Jim McQueen d. RichardCouncil. 8,7.2, Michael Wilkonier d. Thomas
Manley. 1.7.4.
1.
5 ly-
12 S® r MAK
Clair/filt"/4 14*1//-2:Mili/fi/JstUnder 2050 Giant RR
Class A: 1 Llini MeQueen, 5-0, 2"' Dati Bart-elt. 4-
1 : 3" Ashwill Pers-Do-Silva. 3-2: 4' Joon Jung. 2-3.1 nd MorriiClass B: 1" Michael Adjei. 4-1: -
Abrahim, 4- 1.
Class C P jerald Williams, 5-0: Bid Keith
Coleman. 4-1.
Class D: 1,1 Edward Soblotne, 3- 1 : 2'Id TommyBerry, 3-1.
Schaumburg Chinese New Year OpenSehaumburg, IL · Feb. 11, 2006 • By John Oh
T|le excitement is in the air as the
competition for the tournament begins
on the morning of Satili-day. Feb. 11. at
Sclia unib iii g Park District, IL. Notable partici pantsgracing theevent include legendary Dan Seemilleryoung prodigy AJ Brewer. top local player SasaDrinic. local Polish hero Lukasz Fita. and
indigenous national coach Mark NordbyAfter the rated events are over, the final
event. Open Singles. begins at 4:00 pm. Soonthe single eliminations are underway. and a small
crowd of wanna-play-like-that spectators beginto fill the ringside seats. No one upsets the toptwo seeds. Dan Seemiller and Sasa Drinic, on
their way to the final. Sasa is a favorite as he is
rated more than 100 points above Dan.
The Open linal commences. Sasa, holding
a small lead to the end. successfully executes
his serve and attack at 9-all und wins game one,
11-9. Iii second game. Dan starts off with a
small lead and holds it to 10-7. Sasa fights back,
deuces it at 1 ()-all. only to lose the extendeddeuce at 15-13. Susa wins the closely contestedthird game 1 1-9 much in the same fashion asthe
first game. Dan comes back and wins the fourth.but Sasa wins the fifth to go up 3-2.
Down 2-5 iii a game lie cannot afford to
lose. Dan calls a time-out. After the time-out.
Dan scores 9 in it row! So the match goes into
the seventh und deciding game. Before we canMink an eye, Dan is up 3-0 - twelve in a row!
Sasa calls a time-out. Sasa evens the score at 8-
8. then misses a weakly executed loop on Dank
serve and belts out a frustrated cry. Sasa wills
his way to dellce. but timid pia> costs him thegame and the match.
Dan roars loudly u ith his fist pumping in airand the crowd goes wild. Fans congratulate him. 1high-five him. and Dan says. ' Still go: it at 51!"
Open Singles: I v Dan Seemiller: 2 ousa
Drink: 3-4: Lukasz Fita & Mark Nordby.l!2150: 1" Hsiao Zheng: 2"d .lanusz Fratieevek:3-4: Leon Li & Aaron Avery.
U 1 900: 1' Dilip Shah: 2'id Brad K:immerer.111700: P Edinond Mercier. 2'"I Kent Slium.
U 1450: 1 v .leff Dietz: 2iid Chris Sharp,
U1250: 1' Ryan Bioune; 2'id ChristopherBrewer.
Sacramento Winter OpenSacramento, CA • Feb. 11, 2006
B, Jaines Therriault
7 /aiiy oftheover 160 players expressed
1V1their appreciation and enjoyment inparticipating in one or more of the 24
tinie-scheduled events, held at Stitter Middle
School iii Sacramento. Ca.
Hardbat specialist Scott Gordon pulled offfourstraight upsets in winning both the Hardbatand Undei 2250. Playing non-stop starting witlia xemilinal win over tournament director and
fellow' Sacramento Club Player James
Therriault. Scott found his groove enroute totaking two eveiits iii dramatic come from behindfashion. He also teamed with parmer Ji Li totake second iii the Under 2800 Doubles Event.
Freddie Gabriel outdueled his doubles
partner Peter Zajac to win tile Open SinglesTitle. He ended Shashin Shodlian's run of two
straight Sacramento Titles by taking Shashinout 3-2 in the semis. Peter got past Avishy
Schmidt 3-1 iii the other semi. Avi teamed with
Misha Kazantsev to knock off Gabi-iel/Zajac iiithe Open Doubles Final.
Juniors with strong showings iticludedSylvan Guo. who took the Under 1450 and
Under 1550 events. Arthur C han placed second
to Ray Borror in the Under 750. and also wollthe Under 450 event.
Thanks to all the players and helpers wlic,lent a hand or added to the positive amiospliereat the tournament.
Open: P Fieddie Gabriel 2;h' Peter Zajac.l)2250: 1'1 Scott Gordon: 2"" Renlie Liu.
122050: Pt Mike DeW'ynter 2"d Bo Ding111900: P'Vincent Banli: 2'id Dhadie Rachmadie.
U 1800: 1" Yuriy Boyko: 2".1 Dan Vii,l.11650: P .lim Langley: 2'id 'larvey Gotliffe.l-'1550: 1" Sylvan Guo: 2": Timothy Nguyen.
U1400: 19 Syk ati Guo: 2'd Ailam Batighart.I.ji 1300: P Brian Chen: 2" Dan Bruno.l'1150: P Bernie Pixley 2'w Viktor Kretc„.121054): 1' Giibriel Redet- 211'LIon Orbell.
0900: P' Dave Ardixon: 21' C..1. Solorio.
0750: 1'1 Ray Borror: 2"d Arthui- Chan.l)600: 1 w Dave Bernstein 2"' Br>.iii Gee.l!45(1: Pl Arthur Chan: 2"1 Greg Parkison.0300: P Vania Chan: 2"C' Aaron Gipson.Hardbat: 1" Scott Gordon: 2'1·' Misha
Kazantsev.
Sacramento Wintel· Open Doubles9 lidOpen: 1 ' Avishy Schmidt/Misha Kazantev: -
Freddie Gabriel Peter lai:icU3900: P Geroge Seiciati/Stelion Fuidul. 2'ldTomas Fuentes/Shin Ikuno.
03400: 1 v Mark Johnson/Victor niti: 2"d Junko
Ikunc),Fumi Christensen.
U3100: Pt Kent Hu/Tom Li: 2"d Dave Flores/
Greg I lealy.
ll2800: 1 ht Tolli Lumbei-t/Ken Sandherg: 2,1'1 ScottGordon/Ji Li.
l.12504): 1" Lee Suander: Ray Borror: la Ken
Sandberg/Skip Polacchi.L'2000: t' Jack Hmoter'Dave Ardison: 24
.lei-ry Swait/Skip Polacchi.
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Galina Open
Champion
Larn Bavly
Galina OpenFina list
Kurt Douty
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Maryland CircuitEldersburg. UD • Feb. 4-5,2006Over 4(): 14 .litlian Watei-s: 2"" Steve Hochman.
Under 18: 14 Ilaiold Brown: 2"1 ZachAckerman.
1-}2000: 14' Julititi Witters: 2."' Dove Jarriii.
[11800: I' Grigori> Yasitiov: 211''Steve Thoren.111700: 1" Phil Valil)usen. 2"' Cliris Puls,
t'1500: 1 " Janies Zlitiii: 2'ld Mark Cohen.
U1300: 1 " Jinnes Zlian. 2111' Harold Brown.
li t ] 00/Novice: 1 ' Toni K:iminerei- Jr.: 2 '11 Ranizi
Sufii.
t3600 Doubles: P' Jillian Waters/Yvonne
Ki-onlage: 2"1 Steve Thot en/Steve Hochman.t'2800 Doubles: I' Ilarold Brown Alike
Brown: 2"i Cim-y McCone/Brandon Buckness.
Galina Championships'Wiltham, MA • Dec. 3,2005
Open: P Larry Bavly: 2'1,1 Kurt Douty.U!2100. 1" Steven 11<,pkins. 211' Chris Doyle.L 1700- 1" Eric Zhen: 2" \Volig ChungU 1300: 1 4 Evaii Coleman. 2"1 Sail Molianitned.
U 1200 Juniors: 1 4 Saif Mohammed: 2'kl
Jennifer \\'eng.
Florida Sunburst Tour
Cleinmater. FL • .hin. 21.2006
Championship: P Yasmely Vadillo: 2'11 BenJohnson.
Elite: 1 '' Chamel Rodriguez: 2"1 Fred I lautsch.
11:isters: 1 Peter Filipe,vict: 211,1 Chii:-lesMEC on i ie 11.
Expert. 1- Thong Ngll>en: 2"' Frank Vailiant.Advanced: 14' John Mason: 2"'' Frank
Iici·t-mann,
Prestice: P Ban-v Butler. 28' Govin Rawn.
Challenger: P Hem-> Tiedeberg: 2"1 WilliamR,jbbins.
*4*%0 t.'2000.l.1 1800
New
HampshireOpen
ChampionRich De#Vitt
LE,11:'Pil/52'di!III
New HampshireClass B ChampionSlawomir Marczak
Maryland CircuitEldersburg. MD • Mai·. 4-5,2006Open: 1 4 JuMan U'aters: 2,41 Dave .1 .11-1-in.Over 40: I w Julian Waters: 2'"' Dave
Kou-al ewski.
linder 18: P Dave .lai-i-iii: 2"1 |larold Brown.
P Jillian Water>. 2",1 Nin Wall.
: 1 " Da,e Kowalewski: 21 Phil
\'an Dusen.
li 1700: P Mai-tv 11.ill. 2"' Paul Armentano.
1-1500: 1" Gaurav Mantri: 2"'' Gary Met'one.l11300: 1 "Mike Guckenberger: 2" Keith Mayo.I 1100/Novice: 1 9 Gaurav Mantri: 2,12 Steve
Finkelste in.
U2800 Doubles: I ' llarold Brown Dine.lai-rin:
2,1 Steve Finkelstein'Steve Hoclinian.
New Hampshire OpenManchester. NH • Feb. 19, 2006
Class A: 1 4 Rich De\Vitt 2" [.im Ming Chili.
Class B: 1 ' Slanomir Marczak: 2'id l't-tinyPliam.
Class C: 1 +1 Sanlin Osmancevic: 2112 Ken( 'allieroil.
Class D: 1 4 Mohamail Al-Sabek: ind IlungVi)due.
111,1 RobertClass E: 1 I Andrew Owens:
MePartlan.
Class F: P: Ta,·lor \\'ilk: 2"" Andz Venikov.
February OpenDavison, M[ • Feb. 25.2006
Open 1" Joseph Cochran: 2"' han Popov: 3'1Al Brewer.
L 2250: r Tei Holi: 211" 1\.an Popo\: 3'LAvantAmim.
l'2100: 1 " Tesi [1011: 21 " h.an Popor.U1950: 1 Andre Kliailo: 2'14 Dave French.
[11850: 1 "Atidie Khailo: 2'id 1),1,e French.
L l 750: 1 -' Joliathan Serliian: 2'12 i iiii Vandervest.
l'1650: 1 ·'Dave Pech: 210 Teymour Sepahbodie.l 1550: 1 4 .IL,seph I le] fand: 2'·' John Rozinal-ek.
1-'1450: i' Christopher Brewer: 2'id Fred[)lilliap.1 1350: 1 " M ilind Joshi: 2'"1 Steve Citit a.
l'1200: 1" Milind.loshi. 2.'d Nikhil Deshmukh.
1- 3600 Doubles: 1 '' Jini Keep;Stanley Cat·ra:2 " Dine Fi-ench,(i.ti-v Iliibliti.
Class G: 1 " .lane Fi-eydina: 2"d William Swift.
Class H: 14 Hoping Liti: 2'd Nina Nue.
Front Range OpenFort Collins Senior Center
Fort Collinx. CC) • Mar. 25.2006
Open Singles - Final. Chris Salazar d. David
I lays.-9.6.9.6.9. SF: Salazar d. Alfred Adiei.-9.9.8.6. Hays d. Will Holowitz. -3.-
8.7.6.8.Open Doubles - Final: Richard
MeAfee/Mike Mui d. Lu Gao Lili Lingli. -
9.10.9.-6,9.-8.5.Over 40: Alfred Adiei d. SamWu. 9.3.8.
l 1 1950: Chi-is Sal:tiar d. M ike M ui. 9,9.8. ll 1 650:
.lohan Alti-edeeii d. Molillel 'Manni·- Salazar, -
10.-1().3.3.9.l-!1250: Mike Ilardin d. Jason
RoybaL 1 1.7.8.ren, Ilampxhire photo* In Mal Anderson ( 2006
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CARY, NC • MARCH 17-19, 2006 • Bv Lnx Yip, USATT VICE PRES1DENI
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USA
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H \12[)8:41 FIN/\L EIGHT, 1.-It Champion Eric Owens, Finalist Lily Yip, Semifinalists Tahl Leibovitz and Ray Mack,
Quarterfinalists Steve Berger, David Rosenzweig, Courtney Roberts and Chris Lehman, Tournament Director Mike Babuin.
he 2006 Cary Cup Championship washeld over three days (March 17-19) inthe Bond Park Community Center
located iii beautiful Cary. NC. surrounded bypine trees und a freshwater lake. The
tournament was played iii two adjoininggymnasiums that were connected by a largelobby where player registration and the CaryTTA Museurn and archives were prominentlyon display. There were 36 Stiea tables and over250 players participating iii over three days worthof events. This tournament was very special.
First there was good prize money: Over$9000 iii HI! spread out over all the events. 52()00for the Open i st Place, S 1000 for 2nd place,5600 for Ji-d and 4th and $250 each for 5th
through Nth. The U,S, Classic Open (hardbat)also had over $2000 and the Women's Openhad approximately S 1,000 total for all lina lists.Second. there was the ilse of the popular giantround robin format for both the Open onSaturday and the Classic on Sunday. Saturday'sround robin allowed all players u minimum of12 matches. Even I, a two-time Olympian and27 -Super Mom," was exhausted after all thesematches. Sunday's Classic Hardbat Open alsoused the giant round robin format. I played 14matches and finished second. losing to Eric Owensin my final match. I really couidtit even move mylegs during the final (this is my good excuse)!
The main event on Saturday found over30 players rated 2000 or higher competing forgigantic trophies and prize money. Many 2200
and up pla>ers including Rich Dewitt (whomade it to the final round). Mike Levene. NigelChriftopher, Didi De Souza, and many, manyothet-s rounded offthe playing field. In the endit was the top two seeds, Eric Owens and BanieyJ. Reed. battling it out. There were many greati allies by both players but in the end Eric cameout on top. It was Eric's weekend apparently --Ist Place in Open Doubles, 1st Place iii theSaturday Open Round robin. and ist place iiithe U.S. Classie- wow!
Tournament Organizer Mike Babuin wasa perfect southern gentleman (wearing shorts.of course). He selected Mr. Ralph Presley tooperate the computer systems and chose severalof the most beautiful southern bells to staffthe
other tournament operations, including makingannouticements and awarding trophies. Thetournament was run Witll overall
professionalism. enthusiasm and good oldsouthern hospitality. which were very muchappreciated.
While introducing the winners at theawards ceremony. Mike emphasized his lovefor hardbatandhis hope for its continued revivalat the club level. He also revealed that the
tournainent balls for the "Classic" were a wealed
stash of47-year-old 38nim, Doiible Circle Balls
- still sealed in the boxes- for this extraordinaryClassic Hardbal Open Event. Finally, greatthanks to all of the major sponsors includingNewgy Industries. the Courtyard by Marriott.Town of Cary. Greater Raleigh Convention and
Visitors But-eau, and North Carolina Amateur
Sports. Without the help of these wonderfulsponsors the tournament would not be
possible. Congratulations to all the winnersand to tournament staff for a very successfultolinlament. We all had a great time.lj.S. Classic (hardbat): 1 41 Eric Owensi 2'"I LilyYip: 3-4: Tahl Leiboritz & Ray Mack.Women: 1 <' 1.ily Yip,2"' Biba Golic: 3-4: BeataWionska & Brenda Mun.
Class A: 1 Eric Owens. 2.l Barney .1. Reed: 3-4: Didi I)e Souza & Nigel Christopher.Class B: 19 John Bauer: 2"d Sean Pir>:ada: 3-4:
Tim Connelly & Giancarlo Anselmo.Class C: 1" Daoyang Chen; 21"d Elias Gomez:3-4: John Salas & Bilal Soylu.
Class D: 1" .John Pahl, 2'"1 Albert Chan: 3-4:
John Nagel & TJ Sawner.Open Doubles: 1 4' Eric Owens/CourtneyRoberts: 2'id De Tran/Talil Leibovitz.
U 4000 Doubles: 1" Tah] Lcibovitz/Steve
Biliheid: 2'ld Hiep Tran,Bernard Eballar.
U3000 Doubles: 1 " Phil Par·villya Zaver u k ha:2, Matthew Schell/Todd Friend.
U2500 Doubles: P Tv Petly/David.laines: 2'idDerek Xu/Natifei Xu.
U 1100 A: 1 41 Rau f Hateez: 2"' Vishwaiialli Stinivas.
1.JI100 B: 1 ': Mark Gressett: 2"d Suresh
Subramanian.
tj 1100 C: 1 't Toni Inscoe: 2'd Bob Schwager.Junior Achievement Award: Marcui Jackson,
Cadet Achievement Award: Ilya Moundous.
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18:Neeouri Wiliter ®im¢BSPRINGFIELD, MO • MARCH 4,2006 • B¥ BILL LEWIS
TGames Open provided some hi-illianthe recent S46()0 Missouri State Winter
matches. A strong gale force wind -- a
Texas-size panhandle storm - drove iii uponus. The Lone Star State's Texas Wesleyanierseys and their patented blue/black colors were
omnipresent. A bleacher-filled crowd was
treated to an aspect of table tennis not seenmuch iii these parts - total team dominance.The following are examples.
Eric Owens, the 2001 United States
National Champion. played Ludovic Gombosiii the Progressive Singles championship - two1-exiWes players duking it out for fit-st place.
For those fortunate enough to view this matchthey were treated to a looping bonanza.
Precisioii attackiiig and counter-attacking byboth Owens and Goinbos kept the crowdentertained and there was much entertainment
[o be had as the match went the distance. with
Eric winning 3-2. The marquee match-up was
held on one of the club's Killerspins RAD
tables. The new RADs blend of white legs.
wrap-around red striping and blue 1 -inch topseemed to reflect American table tennis - a
national spirit, vibrant in appeal and appearance.
Iii getting to the final Owens had stiff
competition in a field of 40. First, Owens gotby Hissan Anis, from Lawrence. Ks., in straight
sets. Then it was on to one of Springfield's
finest, in Dale Boswell. but he handily beat Dale3-1. (Side note, those who watched that match
said that Owens "let' Dale take a game from
him -just to benice.) Owens then eclipsed the
talent of Abdul Khan. another Texas Wesleyan.
in four games. Still stiffer it went as he took onCarlos Chiu. another Tex:'Wes player but he also
got by Carlos 3-1. Then came the final matchwith Gombos.
It was only a tad bit different for Gomboswho initially took on Bob Willits from North
Liberty, In„ but won handily in three straight.
Ludovic theti dispatched Jennifer Must, she of
the sister-brother-father trio from Dundee, Oh.,
iii three straight games. Then it was on to one
of Minnesota's best players in MitchSeidenfeld. but Mitch too was bested three
straight. Subsequently. Ludovie sent Sainson
Dubina to the fifth place bracket polishing himoff. 1.9.2.
There is an obvious reason why Owens is
a national champion - in the past as well as the
present he continues to be a strong challenger
for anyone iii USA table tennis. It's the nature
ofwinners - theyjust win, baby!! (Ludovic is
the defending champion from the May. 2005.
"Stat- of India" Open in Springfield. That
tournament brought notoriety for Ludovic, at
least in the hearts and minds of Springfieldians.where with panache, Ludovic beat the underdog.
Malaysia-s Olympic superstar Choor Sime Oh.
4-2 for a S750 win.) It was a clean sweep for
"Team Texas" as Carlos Chiu garnered third andCourtney Roberts placed fourth. ConsolationCloser's bracket winner) went to Denitis
Muessig, St. Charles. MO. Muessig lostthe key. pivotal. first match to DaleBoswell. but then went on to score four
consecutive match wins. Mliessig bestedthe talented Sum Auyeung. Lees Summit.MO. for his $50 dollar consolation win.
A downloadable copy of the Progressive
Singles, with I st place through 40th is atwww.ozarkstabletennisclub.com.
rhe Open Singles winner had a Joe
different format but the ending was 2301somewhat similar. The finishers in
respective order were: 19 Eric Owens: 2"dCarlos Chiu, 3'd Sainson Dubina: and 4'11 JoeyCochran. Cochran is a very young, but verytalented South Bend. Indiana, prodigy. Tlierewere a total of 27 players in the Open Singles.
Under 2300 followed the same forinai as
Open Singles. This time though they wereminus some ofthehigherseeds. Dinko Kraniac.Texas Wesleyan. finished first. with Joe>Cochran of South Bend, indiana iii second,
Winfred Addy. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in tliird.
while Tim Yardy, Tulsa, Oklahoma, claimed
fourth. There were 28 players in the event.Open Doubles lid the tandem of Eric
Owens and Ludovic Gonibos versus .loeyCochran and Samson Dubina in the title match.
Eric and Ludovic, with a combined ratiiig of
5072. had just enough to overcome the 4708
rating of Cochran and Dubina. Consolation wentto Carlos Chiu & Dinko Kratijac both from Texf
Wes. There were six teams in Opeii Doubles.
There weie 27 tables arranged on 23.000
square feet. There were a total of 384 matchescalled, not including the 19 matches which were
in doubles. A final tally showed that 120 players
showed up and vied for 12 event titles. There
were also sixteen players rated over 2000.
ranging from 2005 up to 2563. This was easily
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i would like to say Thank You to al] of theparticipants and to then- families. We hope that>ou felt duly welcomed to Springfield ancl thatyou had sonic old fashioned 'fun" at our
Missouri State Winter Games Opeiitounianient.
Progressive Singles: Ist Eric Owens: 2"dLudovic Gombos; 3'd Carlos Chiu: 4'h Courtney
Roberts.
Open: P Eric Owens: 2"1 Carlos Chiu: 3rdSainwon Dubina, 4'1, joey Cochran.Open Doubles: 11 Eric Owens/Ludovic
(joint)os: 2"d Joey Cochian/Samson Dubina.U2300: 1 ' Dinko Kranjac: 2"1 Joey Cochran:3'1 Winfred Addy: 4'11 Tim YardyU2100: 1" Tim Yardy; 2 Shang Lee; 3"1
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Ull 00: T .Jolin Miller: 2" ' Thomas Sullivan.
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In Memoriam:
Bob Chaimson (1914-2005)B, Barbara Kaminsky
011 Dec.3,2005. RobertChaimson. father of
Barbara Kaminsky (this
writer) and Donna Sakai. passedaway after suffering complicationsfrom a fall in his honie.
My father was born iiiWashington. D.C. on March 18,1914. He graduated from Centralhigh school in D.C. in 1931.andin 1941 he married Leona
Schneider of Wilkes Marie. Pa. Iii
tlie 301. lie delivered newspapers Bob Chainison with Hall of Fame
and later iii the decade sold daughters Barbara Kaminsky (L)souvenirs and memot-abilia to gift and Donna Sakai
shops at the Washingtonmonument. Lincoln and Jefferson
memorials, and hotel gift shops. In 1945. hejoined the Naval Research Laboratoly,as a mechanical engineer. where he worked designing early solar satellites andtraveled to South America. Cuba, and Mexico to set up tracking stations. Heretired in 1979 and then worked eight yeal-s asa consultant tothelab.
Iii an article he wrote for Tc,ph :s in the June iss Lie of 1961. lie tells ofhisfirst contact with table tennis at the Southeast Boys Club in Washington.
D.C.. where the 1956 Eastern Open was being played. He had taken both ofhis girls mid recalled the fliendly door man. who said. no charge for die girls.Donna was most interested in the hot dogs. Dad was most illipt-essed withthe skilled play and lively enthusiasm and was invited to visit the DITTA
headquarters at 11 th and Pa. Ave.Duringthe followingsix iii <,1 it hi my fat herwasourcoachin tlie basement
playing with the family and neighborhood children on the table he had built
for us. At that point, my futher decided it was time to get better competitionif we were to progress any fitrther. sohetook me to the I lth St. club „hereI received coaching from Jim Verto.
After another hix months. the club nioved to a larger facility on 9111 St..N.W. After this move, my mother and Domia would accompany us on olilvisits and started to play. The first major tournament we attended was the1957 U.S. Open in South Bend, Indiana. We traveled over 14.000 miles by
car totournaments in Pittsburgll. Baltimore. New York. Milwaukee, Detroit.Chicago. Toronto, White Plains, Asbury Park. Columbus, und NewportNews. Through his efforts. both Donna and I became USATT 1 lail of Fame
members. He also accompanied me in 1959 and 1963 to the Worldcliumpionships in Dortmund. Gerniany and Prague. C/ech, and went with
Donna to England where they watched the English Open.Iii July of 1958. he accepted the post of l-!STTA membership chairman
and enjoyed the correspondence involved and was able to increase themembership withiny mother's help. Later in 1958. hewaselected Presidentof the DETTA and during his term. the 1960 U.S, Open was held itt theShorham Hotel in Washington D.C. Everyone who attended thought it wasone of'the best ever. The only kink was the weather. We had a freak Marchsnowstot-in. Besides membership chainnan and DC president. he was alsoVice President ofthe USTTA from 1960 to 1964.
My father was not a great player, having taken up the game late iii life,but he alivays gave it his best and the thing heenjoyed most was meeting andtalking with people from all different walks of life. Our home was alwaysopen to anyone who wanted to come out to Maryland. I can remember longdiscussiotis into the night with EC members about ways to increasemembership and improve the popularity of the game. We also had uniollsplayers over for dimier from time to time including Bob Ashley and DarylFlatin who were playing t.1. during intermission at Globetrotters Lames.Houshang Bozorgzadeh and his Iranian friends were also fiequent visitorswith whom Donna. Yvotine Kronlage und I would hang Out with.
In ] 992. he suffered a stroke which left him paralyzed, but lie still madethe effort to attend Donna s Hall of Fame induction iii Florida iii 1 997.
In addition to his interests in table tennis, he was also a magician Lifemaster iii bridge. held many patents (including one for a periscope designLised at golf tournaments and parades). and in his Intel- years enjoyed sellinghis woodwork al flea markets.
I le ix sunived by his tu o daughters. eight grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
C 80 213 USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE e May/June 2006
In Memoriam: Carl Kronlage ( i 934-20()5)
It.+ Rarligra Kinninsknow.
my ofO U
have probablyheard of the
death of Carl
Kronlage at 71years of age
after his long
fight with lungC.111CCE Cal-1
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uioiilxhz Lti hc .millgot tile cancer
from high levels . -of radon iii the
basemetit of hisCarl & Jionne Kionlage
home 111
Columbia, Md.
where the family lived for eleven years. He put up a good fight frollithe onset of his illness in February of2()()2 until his death on Augubt8.2005. In table tennis, he wasa lighter as well. Hereallydid not liketo lose and ahvays gave his best. even in practice games at the club,
Carl was born in New Orleans. LA. on .litly 11,1934. He was .1
graduate oflesuit Higli School in New Orleans and earned a bachelor'sdegree in physics from Loyola University in Louisiana in 1956. lie
was iii the Air Force for six months before he moved to Mary laml
and joined the National Security Agency where he worked as ati
electrical engineer for 38 years.In 1957, liemet his future wife, Yvonne Lescure. U·ho had come
over firom her home in England at the table tennis club in U/tishington.
D.C„ and in 1961 they were mal'lied. Together. they weiri 11%11-uniental in developing table tennis in the suburbs. Willi Bowie Clid
Melba Martin, they opened the Prince Georges table tennis clubunderneath the Prince Georges plaza 1-lot Shoppes cafeteria. Oneyearlaterin 1963,theclubwasbecomingtoosmall so they nio,ed to1-[yattsville Md. By this time. the DCTTA club had closed to make
way fora parking tue ility and this was the only club in the Washingtonarea. The first year was very good, but gradually they were iii jinaticialtrouble. The Martin's had moved back to North Carolina. so the
Kionlages had :111 the responsibilities. In 1966, they held the Eastern
open to try and raise money for the rent. The tournament for thosetimes was a success (about 130 entries) and kept them going a littlelonger. In 1967. they signed thechib overto Si Ratnerwith six monthsleft on the lease. Meanwhile, Yvonne had her second child and by1969 was eagerto play again. The Hyattsville club had burned downand once again there was no place to play. This time they found :1place iii New Carrollton in an elementary school a few blocks ti·omtheir home. While at this location, they held many tournaments andhad many members.
In 1977, they moved to a house in Columbia, Md. It was dill ingthis time when Carl tell offa ladder while cutting down a tree in thebackyard and injured his Shoullier. lie could no longer play tabletennis to his satisfaction so he started playing golt. Ciul al,vaysloved the outdoors and throughout his life at various times he playedtennis. table tennis and golf. He was better than average iii all thesesports. After hisretireinentin 1994, gollandwoodworking occupiedmost of his time.
He is best known in table tennis circles for his win over Dick
Miles in 1961 at the team championships and for his handmade balthat had a handle six inches longer than standard. While the racketseemed illegal. it was completely legal and Carl was able to gain apsychological advantage oper many of his opponents.
In addition to his wife. Carl is survived by a son. CurtKionlage (who was a very good junior player in his day) and adaughter. Yvette Harris. and six grandchildren and one step-grandson.
Three of his grandchildren. Micliael, Jennifer, and Paul I kirris havebeen tournament playei-s itt MIITTA.
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In Memoriam: Ruben Gomez ( 1922-2006)By % i Wa%§ erman
ben Gomez left us on Jan. 17, 2006: he left a noteworthy legacy.le was one of the vanutiard that fired the shot liearil round the
ountty: the momentous switch from pimpled rubber to spongethat generated Controversy tliat reverberates to this day. lie also was
part of the Old Guard of the 195(Ks that helped land California
prominently on tlie U. S. table ten nis 11}ap. Dm-ing that s pectaculardecadesuch h ininaries as Kenny Choi. Cruin Klein. Sharon Acton. Valieri Bell iii i.
Alan I lescovic. Leonard C ooperman. Mike Ralston. Susie 1 loshi, TinyMoss. Richard Card. Mende] Milstein. Danny Cohen. Bob Ferguson.Charleen Hai ison. Mike Fiedler. and John Hanna witilted onto then ational
st 'ige.
I lirst met Ruben in 1953 when lie and Kenny Kili-oda climbed tile
stairs to my Califurnia Table Tennis Center in Holl>nood. They wereemployees of the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department. They
worked at Griffith Park's massive sci-\ ice yard where they played "ping-pony" during their lunch hours. Neillier was aware of organized tabletennis. After some coaching and a modicum ofencouragement. I convinced
Ruben to enter the twice-weekly handicap events at the Center. Soonalter he joined the USTTA und became a regular at local satictionedtout*11.1 I lients.
Although Ruben didn't learn the game until he was 31. lie charged
fi-om noviec to championship class M short order. 1 le went on to become
a perennial cliallenger in seniorevents. winning his share oftitles iii localcoilipetitions for almost four decade. The highlight of his career came
when lie nabbed Exquire Cover 50) singles and doubles iii a nationaltounlament in the late 19703.
Ruben was compassionate and generous. When Bernie Bukiet moved
permanently to California. Ruben provided room und board iii his homeand 11-ansportation for the three-time U.S. Open Champion. In return.
Ilene, olent Bernie coached his benelactor. Aftenvards Ituben-s playing
Icirm. not surprisingly, resembled Bernies singulat- style of playI dropped out oftabletennisin 1964 unddid not have contact with
Ruben again until abolit 1989. He John 11.inna. Rudy Ilartmaim and I
seretidipitously gravitated from Greater Los Angeles to the Oce:inside
mea - some 100 miles south. We got logether and May'ed regularly iii theclubhouse of Leisille Village. a gated senior community in Oceanside
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where. at John 118811:G invitation, we
basked iii ideal playing conditions. Overthe years, Ruben, Rudy and 1 also
practiced at La Jolla's line Community
Center. We even fi-equently hit a few iii
Rud» garage. Those were tile happydays.
The happy days ended in 2001.Ruben \,as behet with glaucoma.
compelling him to ponder abandoningtout'llament play after 48 years of
1
constant competition. Nevertheless, the following year he opted to attend the
USA Nationals its a spectator. At the eleventh hour he entered the Over80 event. He explained that it was the first year of his eligibility for theage group and he had been looking forward to competing
As we motored to Las Vegas. Ruben asserted. "Even ifl make a foolof myself while playing. I con consider my enuy fee as a donation toUSATT."
As clitince would have it. we were in the same round 1-obin bracket.
He fought gamely when we met but trying to hit the right ball of the hvoglaucoma projected prin ed Sisk·phean.
Fate struck another blow in 2003. Ruben developed an aorticaneury sm thitt three operations failed to correct propelly. He knew evenhis recreational playing days were over. With this iii mind. lie gave hisfavorite but to his favorite triend. Rudy Harnmum. exclaiming. "It still
has some good shots left. put it to good use.'
During thepast several years. whenever I returned from a toliniainent,lie always phoned to ask how I fared und the results ofother events. Hisinterest in the Game never waned.
Although Ruben had an abiding love for the Ganie, he also en.joyeda lilli life. Ilisbirtliplace was IiI Paso. Texas. He served in the U,S. Armyduring Wot·Id War 11.He was a Civil engineer with the C ity of Los Angeles
for 35 years. Survivors ure his longtime companion. Jaequelinc Bruiicau.
a sister und brother. a daughter. three grandchildren. three great-
grandchilil en. and one great-great-grandchild.Ruben and I shared countless ofliours of table tennis that have left
ple.1 s :Int memol ies Reglliescal in pace. ami go.
USATT League of the Month:W.C. Cleveland Junior Table Tennis League
By Ralph Presley
Junior League has been running since 2000
ained after the famous Mr, W.C. Cleveland. who passed
away in September 2002. the.lunior League hosts playersfrom the Greater Atlanta Area. The League started as a
vision of four prominent coaches. From the beginning, RichardMcAfee. W.C. Cleveland, George Cooper and the author Coach
Ralph "RADAR" Presley lind a vision to start junior league play,
Former players who came through the league include suchchampions as Lee McCool. John Mar. Preston Chin. Robert
Andersson. Aldis Presley, and Alex Yadgarov. all rated over 2000.
The League plays on Sunday afternoons in the month of
January and February using the two-man Davis Cup format.
From the inception there were four teams: Coan Park. coached
by George Cooper: Ben Hill. coached by Ralph Presley: Chastain
Park. coached by Richard McAfee: and Whitehead Boys andGirls Club, coached by Mr. Cleve.
The League has added new ClubsThe league was originally called the Central Atlanta Junior
Table Tennis League. After the passing of Mr. Cleveland. the
name was changed in his honor. The League now has a teamfrom Augusta. GA. Coach Xin Peng. the number one active rated
player in Georgia. coaches them. We also have . '2=.two other teams that are located outside the city , Ilf;?f?Mlimits. the Carrollton Georgia Parks and Recreation CLEAGUEI
and the Newnan Georgia Boys and Girls Club.
Both Teams travel over 50 miles to participate.Other Teams are from West Hunter Street Baptist
Church. Shiloh Baptist Church, HapevillePoddle O Paloce
Recreation Center and the Southwest Atlanta /TIGA
Christian Academy.
Playing a League with so many different types of players,
we play four groups. The groups are Open. U-1300, U-1000. and
U-750. We want to develop our young players and not
discourage them. All players who participate receive a trophy,
which are presented at the Season ending Banquet. Play lasts
about two hours and the kids love meeting other kids from
different walks of life. They find out that kids are the sameeverywhere you go. no matter where you go. Maybe, if the world
played more junior leagues. there would not be so much violence.
Much like the Little League World Series it brings all Nations
together iii peaceful competition. We could have Junior Leaguecompetition for the grass roots developing players as wel] asthe elite players. .
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T17he hiside-out serve has found its way into most top players'
repertoire. It curves to the opposite side of the player's arm-- for right-handers it breaks to the left for lefties to the right.
When the new serve rules came into effect, it seemed endangered for
a while, because it is difficult to keep the contact visible. But it is souseful that players have adapted and figured out a way to still use
it. In this picture sequence. Thiago Monteiro of Brazil shows a
clean example of why it is so useful. While it looks somewhat
awkward. it provides an oppoitunity to disguise the spiii by varying
the wrist and arni movement. each adjustment in the wrist
movementk direction generating a different type of spin.This is one of the more complex serves. because it includes a
series of movements of different body elements, some moving iii
the Hame direction, Nome in a different - occasionally opposite -direction. Initially, it is hard to get any spin at all. When former
World Champion Werner Schlager was asked about it. he said thatonly alter a lew tens ofthousands ofpractice serves cim one expect
to start generating an appreciable amount of spin. A loose grip,
while helpful for any serve. is critical iii this case. because the range
ofthe racket movement has to be great enough to allow it to rotate1 800. In order to keep the sei-ve legal, i.e. the ball contact visible.but still be able to achieve the goal of deception, the player mustlean over the contact point and create a relatively large space which
will allow his hand to pass with the racket pointing toward him.
This serve also requires a strong arm. because some ofthe inovements
run against our usual direction. yet must be fast to generate spin. It
takes great strength to generate that speed but still move smoothly.
And yet, despite all these difficulties. the serve can be soeffective that most top players have taken the time and effort to
develop it. lt is more difficult to read than other serves, and due tothe fact that the sidespin component is turned by 900 from thetraditional forehand serves and the ball breaks in the oppositedirection.
The upper row of the picture sequence above shows the
beginning ofthe serve, which is common toboth versions wediscuss
here. Up until picture 6. the receiver has no way of knowing what
spin will be on the ball. After the loss Monteiro'+ racket hand
moves tip and theii behind his body ( 1-4). There his wrist turns
sharply. rotating the racket so the head points toward his back, the
striking surface close to parallel to the table's end line (5-6). The
elbow is raised high to provide down and forward force.When the racket emerges into the receivers view (7-9.13-15),
lie can tell by its position that there uill probably be inside-out
sidespin. but he won't know yet whether it's top. under or no spiii.The middle row shows the completion of the movement for ali
underspin serve. From 7 through 9. the rocket moves diagonally
from left to right and forward under the ball. litijiiediately aftercontact. Monteiro reverses the direction of his wrist movement (9-
12) to imply that it might be topspin. Had contact ocewied not
between 7 and 9, but between 9 and 11, it would be topspin. because
of the wrist snap would have made the acket surface brush upwardagainst the back of the ball. As it is. though, the ball has already leftthe racket.
The lower row shows the completion ofthe nioveinent
fora no-spill sei-ke. A no-spin serve isonlyeit'ective in context
with other, very spinny serves. Misread by the receiver, it
can yield a pop up and .in easy pill-away for the serve!: The
movement ofthe ann is almost identical to the preF ious serve.
but the significant difference lies in the timing of the wrist
snap reversal. Contact occurs between 14 and 15. In order to
generate only forward motion. but no spin, the racket face
must have no up or down movement relative to the ball oncontact. Monteiro achieves an intricate balance by moving
the wrist upward by the same amount as his arm movesdown ( 14-16). essentially matching the racket's downward
motion to that of tile falling ball, and thus not imparting any
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exact tiine ofcontact from all this niotion. While the ball can't be
disguised from view. the actual tiine ofcolitact is tough to ascertainwhen the ball is falling only millimeters from the racket surfaceand could be touched at any time with very differelit results forevery passing millisecond.
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Due to the high-tension top sheet and its power-ful Japanese sponge STERCO does not requirespeed gluing. But, as all table tennis rubber,it will benefit from it.
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