2007
Archived News and Updates.
Links
to outside resources are valid as of the date of updates
12/30/2007
New
website feature - This Link lets you quickly search for
tournaments in which their registration dates are open. As of 01.01.2008, five
tournaments are open for you to register... And of course
Happy New Year and my best wishes for all visitors of this
site.
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12/27/2007 The
Table Tennis Collector is the official journal of the
international Table Tennis Collectors' Society edited and published by the ITTF
Museum. Each issue contains many interesting color photographs, articles about
Table Tennis history and collectibles, and auction trends. Stay tuned for more
exciting
news!
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12/27/2007 Best
AZ performers at the Nationals: Jane Magras - Gold
(Veteran Women's RR 70+), Thelma Sommer - Silver
(Veterans Chips Women's 80-84), John Harrington - SF (U1800 Hardbat). Quarterfinalists: Derrick Cone - (U1900), Logan
Gernet (U1700), David Snodgrass (U1200), Trevor
Traylor (U1000), Mark DeWitt/Chung-Fu Chang (U3200 Dbls), and Jay Turberville/Eyen
Haq (U-3200 Dbls).
Congratulations! Results
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12/27/2007
Valley of the Sun Pictures
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12/15/2007
New USATT ratings have been posted to
those played in Valley of the Sun Open. Three players have achieved their
career high rating: Adam Block - 1864 (+51), Rocky Dotzler 1457 (+23), Lynette Smith 903 (+32). The toughtest match - Adam Block vs
Jayant Geete 11,11,-11,-7,-10,11,-12. Rocky Dotzler with his perfect win/loss records (19-1; 0.95%Wins),
has a chance to be included in USATT TOP 10 Players with the Best Win
Percentage. Congratulations!!! Take a look at your new
rating.
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12/11/2007
Valley of the Sun Open results are now available on the PTTC
website.
Top achievers are: Rocky Dotzler (U1450 Singles - gold), Morris
Leichter (U3700 Doubles - gold w/Bernard Savitz), Simon Potaychuk
(Open Singles - silver), and Adam Block (U2000 - silver).
Congratulations!!! In 2007, Southern AZ players have won 30 Singles titles.
Watch our TOP-10 players in
action.
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12/7/2007
New USATT ratings have been posted to
those played in SOAR Open (November 17-18, 2007). Eight players have
achieved their career high rating: Adam Block - 1864 (+51), Morris Leichter 1863 (+229)!!!, Menachem Turchick 1793 (+181)!!,
Cyril Mikula 1549 (+45), James Petrie 1537
(+223)!!!, Quoc Pham 1495 (+100)!, Larry Smith -
1317 (+85), and John Banot 1266 (+27). Two players
have received their first USATT rating: Kenneth Akuoko
- 1685 (#16) and Kevin Nguyen - 900 (#69). Congratulations to all of
you!!!
Take a look at your new
rating
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11/26/2007 Champions page has been updated and now
includes all 33 So.AZ USATT singles event winners including recent 2007 SOAR
Open TTT champions. New inductees are: Kenneth Akuoko,
Quoc Pham, and Larry Smith. Alex Chernobelskiy has earned his 4th USATT Singles title this
year. Congratulations!!!
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11/25/2007; SOAR
Open official Results
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11/25/2007 Results of all SOAR Open 157 matches
have been posted to the STIGA World
Rating.
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11/18/2007
SOAR Open Results. Day Two:
U-1600 Diamond RR (class
A):
1st place - Quoc
Pham (Tucson); 2nd - Dave Wesley (Tucson)
U-1600
Platinum RR (class B):
1st place - Larry Smith (Besbee); 2nd - Jeremiah Sbarra (Green Valley)
Congratulation to Winners
and
Finalists!!!
Photos
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Players
entered - 12, matches played - 60, average matches per player -10, new USATT
members -
2.
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11/17/2007
SOAR Open Results. Day One:
Championship RR (class
A):
1st place - Panno Dok (Phoenix); 2nd - Jerzy Poniedzialek (Goodyear)
Diamond RR (class B):
1st place - Alex
Chernobelskiy (Tucson); 2nd - Menachem Turchick
(Tucson)
Platinum RR (class C):
1st place - Kenneth Akuoko (Tucson); 2nd - Dave Wesley
(Tucson)
Congratulation to Winners and
Finalists!!!
Photos (taken by Barbara Burnison)
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Players
entered - 19, average matches per player -10, new USATT members - 3.
Notable
wins (200+ rating point difference): A. Block (1813) vs P. Dok (2059) - 3:2;
M. Leichter (1634) vs R. Bryant (1874) - 3:1; M. Turchick (1612) vs Greg Redman
(1851) - 3:1; J. Petrie (1314) vs B. Balmer (1723) -
3:0.
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11/16/2007 SOAR Open Entries and
Seedings
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11/10/2007 Today
is the SOAR Open Entry deadline (postmarked Nov. 10 or received by Tuesday, Nov.
13). Entry
received
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11/10/2007 Just
to remind you that both, Armory and Udall Centers closed on Monday, November 12
and Thursday, November 22nd in observance of Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.
Schedule
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11/10/2007 The
Table Tennis Fashion Contest held during the 2007 Volkswagen Womens World Cup.
View
photos
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11/5/2007 The
24th Annual Tucson Senior Olympic Festival will be held January 18-27, 2008.
Table tennis competition: Thursday, January
24th. at 1:00pm - Singles and Friday, January 25th.
at 1:00pm - Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Registration
Information
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11/4/2007 "...In
my opinion the USATT greatly lacked true leadership, one that could unite the
individuals rather than be a part of the daily squabble...Along with an outdated
system for governance, the USATT was unable to perform well as an
organization...
US Olympic Committee (USOC) cut the entire general funding to
the USATT for 2007...
In early 2007 USOC further stressed the need for our
organization to completely dissolve..."
Ashu Jain, Director USATT, Rep.
on USOC Athlete Advisory Council
Read
more
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11/2/2007 "Eat-Sleep-Table
Tennis", "King/Queen Pong", "A Bad Day Playing Table Tennis Beats a Good Day at
Work", "My Game, My Table, Your Loss", "I Live for Table Tennis", "Beer Pong
Champ","No Paddle No Battle" and 350+ custom table
tennis apparel sale
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10/27/2007 Due
to the schedule conflict, tomorrow, Sunday Oct. 28, tt
practice at the Armory Center will be rescheduled from 10am - 1:30 pm to 10am -
11am. Alternative practice will be available on Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Tucson
Chinese Cultural Center from 9 am to noon. See schedule for
details
10/17/2007 SOAR Open safe and secure Online Registration is now available.
Active.com transaction fee will vary from
$3.00 (1 event registration) to $4.12 (2 events). Visa, Mastercard, and American Express
accepted.
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10/17/2007 Due
to the limited number of spots available (only 25 players per event), a hard
copy of the SOAR Open entry form will be sent to those who have ever played in
SATTA tournaments and do not have access to email address, or the email address
is invalid. Please contact us and we will be happy to mail you
a hard copy of the entry form per your
request.
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10/11/2007
New USATT ratings have been posted to
those played in 2007 Arizona Sizzler Open (October 7-8). Two So. AZ players have achieved their career high rating:
Patrick Connolly - 1473 (+66) and Victoria Franks 1406 (+28).
Congratulations!!!
Take a look at your new
rating.
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10/8/2007
Arizona Sizzler Open Results and Photos.
Top achievers are: Roger
Baldner (Over 70 - gold), Alex Chernobelskiy (U-1900 - gold), Victoria Franks
(U-1450 - gold), Adam Block (U-2000 - silver), and Patrick Connolly (Over
60 Singles and U-3200 Doubles w/Alvato Roberts -
silver). Congratulations!!!
In 2007 seventeen Southern Arizona players have
won so far 25 Singles titles.
Leaders are: Alex
Chernobelskiy, Cyril Mikula
and Greg Redman (three titles
each).
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10/4/2007 2007
AZ Sizzler Open Draw (courtesy of
PTTC).
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10/3/2007 The
SOAR Open (Nov. 17-18, 2007) Entry Form is now available for players to
download. Feel free to request a hard copy of the entry form to be
mailed to
you.
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9/26/2007 ...Some
wooden rackets have parchment or vellum glued on the surface; others have emery
paper or sandpaper, or glass paper. There are also rackets on the market covered
with cloth; and there is one make covered with an India-rubber pad, very similar
to those one sees on many cash desks to allow money to be picked up more easily
than it can be off the smooth counter... Ping-Pong. The Game and How to
Play It by Arnold Parker, G.P. Putnams Sons, 1902.
Download (.pdf
file, 1.28MB) and enjoy reading the book that has been printed 105 years
ago.
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9/22/2007 USATT
sanctioned 2007 SOAR Open is coming. SOuthern ARizona TTT will be held November 17-18, 2007
in Tucson at the Armory Park Senior Center. Just like last year's tourney, there
will be the Championship Giant RR Event on Saturday, Nov.17 and few other events
on Sunday that we will be talking about. Everyone interested in discussing
second day events is welcome to participate in SATTA meeting on Sunday,
September 30, at 1:30 pm (Armory Senior Center). Please email us at
sattaonline@gmail.com if you have any suggestions or concerns. Check out last
year's results and photos.
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9/13/2007 Calories
burned for table tennis and other activities. Enter your weight, number of
minutes and click calculate. Calories Burned
Estimator.
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9/13/2007
Timo Boll (Worlds #4) Training
Video. Forehand
Counter (.mpg 3.4 Mb file). Read more about table tennis
styles
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9/1/2007 With the new feature we've introduced on the site, visitors
will have the ability to join USATT or renew their membership online. Before you
renew your membership, check out its expiration date using your membership #
(Search by Member ID) or Last Name and State (Search by Other Criteria). This
feature is available to all US players. You will receive 24-hour confirmation of
your membership request and will be notified of your new status within 10
business days. Just hit the button above or follow this link. Please contact us at
sattaonline@gmail.com if you have any
questions.
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9/1/2007 We
are happy to inform you that last month our website has generated the highest
number of webpage requests - 15.996. Our special thanks to all of you. Read more about web traffic and check out
our monthly statistics from August 2006 to
August 2007.
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8/31/2007
New USATT ratings have been posted to
those played in Best of the West Open (August 18-19). Two So. AZ players have achieved their career high rating:
Rocky Dotzler - 1434 (+46) and Barner Tiefenbrunn 1211 (+28).
Congratulations!!! Take a look at your new
rating
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8/31/2007
Schedule Updates. In observance of
Memorial Day, Udall and Armory Park Senior Centers will be closed Monday,
September 3rd. Armory Park will be closed Thursday, September 6th for cleaning.
The Tucson Chinese Cultural Center facility usage fee will be increased from
$1/day to $5/day as of September 1st, 2007. See full schedule
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8/27/2007 Balls
of Fury is now in Tucson. Thank you Ray and Killerspin for presentation and wonderful souvenirs.
Photos
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8/23/2007 Killerspin, an exclusive table tennis
equipment provider, presents Balls of Fury in theatres
Labor Day weekend. Ray Sola, president and founder of the Tucson based promotion
company is promoting the movie Balls of Fury and has a bunch of Killerspin posters, balls and other stuff to dropp off. He will be our guest at the Sunday's August 26th
practice & Armory Park Senior Center.
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8/20/2007
Best of the West Open results and photos are now available on the
PTTC website. Top achievers are: Rocky Dotzler(U-1450 -
gold),Cyril Mikula (Over 70 - gold), and Lev
Vays (Over 60 - silver).
Congratulations!!! In 2007, Southern AZ players have won 22 Singles titles, more than any previous
year. Leaders are Cyril Mikula and Greg Redman.
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8/19/2007 2007
JOOLA North American Teams Championship - the biggest tournament in the world!
Over 140 tables, $16,000 in prize money, more than 1,000 players from all over
the world! November 23-25, Baltimore, Maryland. Invitation from NATT's President Mr.
Lee. Website (registration and team
finder).
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8/18/2007 Sierra
Vista USATT League ratings have been updated as of August
14,2007. As for now, Sierra Vista TT League (Director:
John Banot) is the only one USATT league in Arizona.
USATT league membership is free to all USATT members. Start a
League.
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8/17/2007 For
the first time ever, tomorrow, Saturday, August 18th, there will table tennis
practice at the Udall Senior Center from 11:30 to 2pm. Everyone is welcome. Please refer to the 8/6/2007
Announcement for more info and note that Center will be closed for cleaning Aug.
19-25, 2007.
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8/17/2007
The draws for the Best of the West Tournament have been posted on the PTTC's
Documents page.
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8/17/2007
The Tri-City Table Tennis Club of Arizona is
based out of the area. However, players come from all over the tri-city area
including Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Dewey, Humboldt, Sedona and
Paulden. Do not miss August 22nd - Prescott Olympic
Senior Games deadline.
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8/14/2007
Link-Exchange: Our Tribute to Bill Gilbert who have been widely
recognized as Arizona Senior Olympics Table Tennis Games
Commissioner for 12 straight
years.
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8/14/2007
On Wednesday, August 15th, table tennis practice at the Armory Park Senior
Center has been cancelled due to scheduling
conflicts.
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8/13/2007 Champions page has been updated and now
includes all 30 So.AZ USATT singles event winners including recent 2007 Tucson
Open
TTT.
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8/12/2007 A
Huge Comedy With Tiny Balls. In the unsanctioned, underground and unhinged world
of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now,
Rogue Pictures outrageous new comedy Balls of
Fury serves up this secret world for the first time on-screen.
Release date - August 29th. Link contributed by John
Fung
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8/10/2007
New USATT ratings have been posted to
those played in Tucson Open (July 28-29). Eleven players have achieved
their career high rating: Jiwu Duan - 1896 (+6), Alex Chernobelskiy 1820 (+6), Chanwook Park 1658 (+12), Menachem
Turchick 1612 (+12), Lev Vays 1447 (+124)!!!, Cyril Mikula 1520 (+285)!!!, Rocky Dotzler - 1388 (+8), Victoria Franks 1378 (+19), John
Banot 1239 (+3), Linda Jones 1018 (+225)!!!, and
Lynette Smith - 871 (+48). Top other achievers are Greg Redman (+222) and
Patrick Connolly (+36). Three players have received their first USATT rating:
Ernest Georgewill - 1709 (#12), Kirk Sims - 997 (#64),
and Michael Mazanec - 871 (#73). Congratulations to
all of you!!!
Take a look at your new rating and photos
Day 1 and Day
2
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8/8/2007
Link-Exchange: Tucson Chinese Association - a
nonprofit corporation that promotes, sponsors, and educates the community
relating to the Chinese culture and heritage via activities and the Tucson
Chinese School throughout the year. We thank you, Susan Chan and
Victor Wong and your team once again for your invaluable support. Tucson
Chinese Cultural Center was and is one of our favorite places to play table tennis.
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8/8/2007 Eight
players have joined USATT or renewed their USATT membership 10 days ago at the
Tucson Open Tournament. Please check out your new status online as USATT
has received and processed all your applications (click: "Search by other
criteria" option).
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8/7/2007
Results of all 136 matches have been
posted to the STIGA World Rating.
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8/6/2007
Announcement. Tucson Table Tennis Club (David Wesley) and SATTA
(Misha Chernobelskiy)
recently negotiated new playing time for drop-in table tennis practice at
the Udall Senior Center multipurpose room on
Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. There will be a total of five blue Stiga tables. Practice is free for persons 50+; Adult Pass -
$1.25; Youth (17 and under) - $1.00. This agreement will be in effect for one
year, starting August 18th. Lets show appreciation to the Udall Center
Supervisor A.J. Rico by using this facility to its maximum at the times shown
above during this
year.
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8/4/2007 See
yourself and others in action. Tucson Open Photos: Day 1 (615 images) Day 2 (599 images)
Zhanna deserves a very special thanks for contributing
photos to our website.
The photos online are low-resolution, contact us if
you need high-resolution
photos.
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8/2/2007 Tucson
Open. All matches, scores, standings, membership applications,
and results being sent yesterday to the USATT Headquarters for membership and
North American Table Tennis for rating processing. Full Results:
Open Singles , U-1900 , U-1750 , U-1600 , U-1450 , U-1300 , U-1150,
Over 60 , Freestyle , Open Doubles , U-3000 Doubles , and Recreational.
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7/31/2007 Having
learned the basics of the game, the next level of learning involves improving
consistency on table tennis basics, learning advanced strokes and game
strategies. Learning these skills will allow the player to reach tournament
level play.Pima College non-credit
Classes