2009
(January-June) Archived News and Updates.
Links to
outside resources are valid as of the date of updates
6/30/2009 Hardbat
Classic: "...$100,000 Winner Jack Baker, originally from London, had won
a local bar tournament. He was an excellent player but would have been crushed
by Trevor Runyan, a current US Hardbat Champion
who barely made it out of the All Star tournament to face Jack in the
semifinals where he lost due to the point spread, which I think was
17..."- by Joe Duck Blog&Video Winners photo
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6/28/2009 Hardbat Classic Results: One
hour ago Jack Baker NR from the Bar Bracket defeated Wayne Obertone NR from the
Basement Bracket in Final $100,000 match. Jack had defeated Trevor Runyan 2507
(Allstar Bracket) in semifinal.
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6/27/2009 The ITTF Executive Committee
hold a meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. IOC
President Jacques ROGGE himself opened the almost eight hours session and
expressed his satisfaction of table tennis in the Olympics. Read more
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6/25/2009 Tennis beauty Anna
Kournikova will trade her racquet for a paddle this weekend and
join a handful of actors for an all-star table tennis tournament at the Sands
Expo Center in Las Vegas. Read more Website
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6/25/2009 State Games of America, July
30 - Aug. 2, Colorado Springs. Website
Table Tennis page
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6/25/2009 Summer National Senior
Games, August 1 - 16, San Francisco
Website Players
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6/24/2009 Grand Canyon Summer
Games: Results
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6/24/2009 Registration is underway for
the SATTA Tour August 8th tournament. Please sign up early as space is limited
and this tournament is expected to sell out. The following spots are available
as of today: Open Singles - 4; U1700 - 2; and U1200 - 5.U1450 is
full Entries Received
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6/24/2009 New ITTF Authorized
Racket Coverings List #30
July 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009 Document
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6/20/2009 SATTA TOUR updates:
Tournament Results
Open Singles: 1st - Simen
Potaychuk, 2nd - Bernardo Escoto, 3rd - Panno
Dok
U1700: 1st place - Wenxin
Zheng, 2nd - Ken Akuoko, 3rd - Michael
Gopin
U1450: 1st place - Kamran
Salek, 2nd - Julien Picard, 3rd - Lev
Vays
U1200: 1st place - David
Le, 2nd - Linda Jones, 3rd - Bob
Trent
Congratulation to Winners and Finalists!!!
Special thanks to Willing
Cheng (G & L Import) for sponsoring tournament
snack bar
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6/19/2009 SATTA TOUR updates:
Next SATTA Tour tournament is scheduled for
Saturday, August 8.
An Entry Form for this USATT sanctioned tourney is
now available online and the deadline is August 3rd. Feel free to submit your
8/08 Entry Form to the
registration desk tomorrow and reserve your spot for this highly demanded
event.
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6/18/2009 SATTA Tour updates: 
Scorecards and Order of Play:
Open
Singles: Group 1, Group 2
U1700: Group 1, Group 2
U1450: Group 1, Group 2
U1200: Group 1, Group 2
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6/18/2009 The City of Prescott Parks
and Recreation Department are pleased to present the 2009
Prescott Senior Olympic Summer Games, to be held throughout the Tri-Cities
area July 10 through July 26, 2009. Table tennis event will be held on July 10
(early registration deadline - June 26). Registration booklet
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6/18/2009 Friendship Cup updates:
To all team captains, You will find a complete schedule for our Southern
Arizona Friendship Cup tournament at the following location. If you have any comments, suggestions
or modifications, please let me know via email, phone call or at the upcoming
meeting at Tucson Armory on June 20th. Thank you,Larry Smith, Interim
Director
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6/17/2009 SATTA Tour updates:
SATTA is pleased to have G & L
Import as SATTA Tour food and snack sponsor.
Willing Cheng will be
offering drinking water, bananas and other snacks based on availability to fuel
bodies and to sustaining and improving player performance.
Thank you Willing for your generous support!!!
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6/14/2009 An excellent website that
allows you to view your all-in-one-page USATT tournament history, your rating
chart, rating distribution of all states USATT Members members, and much
more...- everything you would like to know about USATT players, tournaments,
and ratings. Link
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6/13/2009 "What it takes to be
a champion" by Sean O'Neil Article
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6/12/2009 SATTA Tour updates:
One spot in U1700 has become available for the first player who submit an entry
form and reserved his/her place by calling 520-461-8656 or by email at
sattaonline@gmail.com
Entries received
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6/9/2009 SATTA Calendar Updates.
The following tt events are scheduled in Armory
for Saturdays from June 20 to August 1, 2009:
June 20 - SATTA TOUR, a USATT sanctioned Tournament;
June 27 - Open Play/ Dining area from 1:00 to
4:00pm;
July 4 - Open Play/ Ballroom from 9:00 to noon;
July 11 - So. AZ USATT table tennis League/Ballroom from
9am to 1:30pm;
July 18 - Open Play/ Ballroom from 9:00 to 1:30pm;
July 25 - Open Play/ Ballroom from 9:00 to 1:30pm;
August 1 - Open Play/ Ballroom from 9:00 to
1:30pm;
Please note that June 15th Monday's practice at Armory
has been cancelled due to scheduling conflict. Check out our online Calendar as
some last minute changes may occur.
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6/8/2009 Race to the SATTA Tour
Championships has been updated. Its new features: Temporary
Ranking for all players played and Player
Statistics - all in one easy-to-read table. Total number of players
- 53; Tucson Players - 28 (53%); Age distribution - from 9 to 77 y.o.; Average
player rating - 1378; Players played their third SATTA Tour tournament - 18 and
more.
Race to the Championships
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6/7/2009 "USA Table Tennis pays
$100,000 for an Olympic gold medal, but no American athlete in that sport has
ever won one. Basketball, curling, biathlon, tennis and softball do not pay anything..."
by Greg Bishop, New
York Times, June 4th 2009 Read More (.pdf) Link
It looks like Hardbat
Classic winner in 3 weeks will get the same $100,000 respect.
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6/6/2009 The So. AZ
USATT League results. Twenty four players have played today at
Armory. Division winners are: Division 1 - Sreeram
Parameswaran; Division 2 -Yigie Zhang (2-player tie with
Veronica Lam); Division 3 - Willing Cheng; and Division 4 - Kirk
Sims. Willing Cheng and Kirk Sims went undefeated. Players with rating
increase of more than 100 pts. are: Carol Rhodes (+389), Veronica Lam (+265),
Jeremiah Sbarra (+254), Willing Cheng (+128) and Kirk Sims (+126).
Congratulations!!!
New Ratings and all Winners Today's Results
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6/5/2009 The So. AZ
USATT League is scheduled for this Saturday, June 6th. We play at the
dining area and adjacent Green, Blue and Quiet rooms with max. of 8 tables
available. We will set up as many as we need to accommodate 5-6 players per 2
tables. There will be a lot of play to everyone during extended hours of play (from
9am to 2:30pm). Seeding begins at 9:30 and last player will be accepted by 10am.
Play as always
free. League
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6/4/2009 Registration for June 20th
SATTA Tour is now closed. Our special thanks to all 32 registered players. Mark
Nordby has cancelled his participation due to knee problem but
he will be at the tournament coaching his players. We wish Mark a fast
recovery. Menachem Turchick will
replace Mark in the draw.
Draws
will be posted on Thursday, June 18th. Entries Received
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6/3/2009 Challenging the Champions:
The Volkswagen 2009
China vs. World Team
Challenge Match will take place in Shanghai on 8th and 9th June with the
participation of the best players in the world and an overall prize money of
220.000 US dollars. Article Video
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6/1/2009 SATTA TOUR Updates: Race to the Championships has been updated and posted to the
website. Only top 8 players in each of 4 categories will be invited to this
1-star USATT Tournament with proposed $760 in cash awards. Race
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5/31/2009 Last night Table Tennis Star Biba was
selected as Spike TV's Sexiest Athlete of 2009. See
Biba's pictures with
Halley Berry, Jason Statham, Brad Pitt and Clint Eastwood . The explosive show
paying tribute to the things guys love most premieres on Spike TV Sunday, June
21 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
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5/29/2009 Mark Your Calendar: Tucson
Chinese Cultural Center would like to invite you to July
4th Celebration from 4 to 7 pm. Program includes: free fried chicken,
drinks, salad, fruit, eegees, etc...jumping castles, games, sports, etc...Free
admission Flyer Website
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5/28/2009 SATTA TOUR Updates: U1700
is the only event that is open for registration (4 spots available). Open
Singles, U1450 and U1200 events are full.
Entry Form Entries Received
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5/25/2009 The Mount Lemmon SkyCenter,
operated by the UA in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, offers nightly
stargazing programs. Adam Block, who has been recognized as one of the
top astro-photographers in the world and So. AZ table tennis players, shares
his expertise with Yu Moy, Sreeram Parameswaran, Yijie Zhang and other sprogram
participants. "Star light, star bright gaze from the mountaintop
tonight" By Doug Kreutz, ARIZONA DAILY STAR Published: 05.24.2009 Photo Slideshow Article
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5/25/2009 Hoping to do for Ping-Pong
what she did for Baseball with her turn in the '80s classic Bull Durham, Susan
Sarandon is investing in a brand new NYC
Ping-Pong club/bar called SPIN. The club which is opening its doors in June
is described by the Academy Award winning actress as a place where avid
enthusiasts (such as pals Edward Norton and George Clooney) will find "a
lot of tables, Olympic tables, Olympic lighting and it's a
bar." SPIN New York
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5/24/2009 Arizona with 27,779 people
per one USATT member hits Top 5 Best States to Play Table Tennis. Ranking is
defined as ratio of Total Population to number of USATT Table Tennis Players
per State. Leaders are Maryland - 17,123; New Jersey - 22,206 and Oregon -
24,611. Full Ranking
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5/24/2009 Schedule Update:
Armory and Udall Centers will be closed Monday May 26th for Memorial Day. Online
Schedule
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5/23/2009 There are few changes in the ITTF
Handbook accepted at recent ITTF's General Meeeting in Japan
earlier this month. Paragraph 3.7.5.1: If a player is defaulted after the
completion of a match for any reason, he shall be deemed to have lost the
match, which shall subsequently be recorded as a loss in an unplayed match...
Read More ITTF Regulations
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3/22/2009 New ratings have been
posted for AZ Closed players. Top So. AZ achievers are: Roger
Baldner - 1429 (+ 119), Misha Chernobelskiy - 1664 (+
20), andKyle Franks - 1493 (+ 14). Roger and Misha are newly
crowned AZ State Singles Champions in Over 70 and U1750 categories respectively. Simon
Potaychuk won his second straight Open Doubles title w/Andrew
Manginelli and Adam Block is Runner
up for U2000 event. Carter Fung (Tucson)
has established his first USATT tournament rating (727). Congratulations to all
of you!!!
New
Ratings and Ranking Full Results Photos AZ Ratings
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5/14/2009 Friendship Cup updates:
All team captains,
We will have another meeting immediately after the
SATTA TOUR tournament on June 20 at 1:00-1:30pm (Armory,
Green Room). Discussion items:
1.
Schedule
2.
RR sheets for team scoring. (I will bring some examples)
3.
Open discussion for any questions.
Larry
Smith, Interim Director. Webpage
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5/12/2009 Mark Nordby, USATT
National Level Coach from IL is the highest rated player (2124) so far to
play SATTA Tour Open Singles June 20. There are 3 spots still available in Open
Singles, two - in U1200 event and 5 in U1700. Entry Deadline - June
15. Entries Received Entry Form
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5/12/2009 El Paso Table Tennis Club and its
president, Michael Gopin, would like to present 2009
Spring Round Robin on Saturday, May 30. 2009.
Event - Double Round Robin: first RR determines
which class you are play in and second RR final standings. Entry fee is
$20 Entry Form Website Directions
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5/9/2009 HardBat Classic™ is the
biggest, baddest throwdown in the history of table tennis. In their inaugural
tournament event telecast on ESPN, there will be a $100,000first
place prize and 1,000 players. Entry fee - $100, June 26-28th,
Las Vegas, Title sponsor - Bud Light. Playing System - USATT Handicap. Matches:
any odd number 21-point games, Official Racket - Hardbat Classic's short pips
with no sponge to be provided.
Register Now Rules
(official) Rules (larger font)
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5/6/2009 The medalists paraded in the
Yokohama Arena to bring the World Championships to a
close on Tuesday, May 5th 2009. One color prevailed, it was the color of red,
the color of the Chinese national team tracksuit; of the 20 medals available,
they had secured a staggering 17 and had won all those which were colored
silver and gold... Website
High Quality Video (qualification matches through
finals), Sandiway's Blog.
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5/2/2009 Today's League division
winners are: Division 1 - Sreeram Parameswaran; (2-player tie with
Adam Block), Division 2 - Kamran Salek and Division 3-David Le. Congratulations!!!
Next League play-June 6.
New Ratings and all Winners Today's Results
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5/2/2009 SATTA TOUR updates:
The following SATTA Tour 6/20 events are still
open: Open Singles - 5 left, U1700 - 7 left, U1200 - 6 left. U1450 is full as
of today. Entry Form
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5/1/2009 SATTA Updates:
1. Race to the SATTA TOUR Championships: Current
standings, eligibility example, and projected cash awards. Race
2. Check out our left column of this page
frequently. Updates are posted daily and reflect new players accepted to the SATTA
Tour June 20 tournament. Follow red arrow on your left for more details.
3. So. AZ USATT League will be
played this Saturday at Armory from 9am to 1pm. Will play Singles and U3000
doubles as well. Everyone is welcome
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4/31/2009 New ratings have been
posted for SATTA Tour players.
Top 5 So. AZ achievers are: Linda
Jones + 100, Veronica Lam + 45,
Larry Smith + 40, Wenxin
Zheng + 30, and Sreeram Parameswaran
+ 20. Eight players have received their career
high ratings: Sreeram (1939), Veronica (1629), Wenxin (1628), Willing
Cheng (1412), Larry (1364), Linda (1102), David
Le(1093), and Carol Rhodes (801).
Two players have established their first USATT tournament rating: Gautam
Hari - 2046, and John Peng - 1612.
Congratulations to all of you!!! New Ratings and Rankings AZ Ratings
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4/28/2009 SATTA Calendar Updates.
The following tt events are scheduled in Armory
for Saturdays from May 1 to June 20, 2009:
May 2 - So. AZ USATT table tennis League Ballroom
from 9am to 1pm;
June 6 - So. AZ USATT table tennis League Dining
Area from 10am to 2:30pm (TBD);
June 20 - SATTA TOUR, a USATT sanctioned Tournament
All other Saturdays - open practice in Dining area
according to online Calendar
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4/28/2009 World Table Tennis
Championships, April 28 - May 5, Yokogama, Japan.Website, Watch live and
prerecorded matches.
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4/27/2009 So. AZ Frienship Cup: All
team captains, attached is the Minutes from our meeting held on 4/25/09 at Armory Center.
Please read it then send any corrections, additions or comments you may have.
Thanks to all in attendance and those who sent me comments and/or questions to
address.
Larry Smith, Interim Director Minutes
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4/25/2009 SATTA TOUR. Full Results
Open Singles:
1st place - Gautam
Hari, 2nd - Sreeram Parameswaran, 3rd - Simen
Potaychuk
U1700: 1st place - Michael
Gopin, 2nd - Ken Akuoko, 3rd - Wenxin
Zheng
U1450: 1st place - Larry
Smith, 2nd - Kamran Salek, 3rd - Lev
Vays
U1200: 1st place - David
Le, 2nd - John Fung, 3rd - Bob
Trent
Congratulation to Winners and Finalists!!! Special
thanks to the tournament committee
(Dave Wesley, Barbara
Burnison), and players for their invaluable contribution to the tournament
success.
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4/23/2009 SATTA TOUR updates:
Next SATTA Tour tournament is scheduled for
Saturday, June 20.
An Entry Form for this USATT sanctioned tourney is
now available online and the deadline is June 15th. Feel free to submit your
6/20 Entry Form to
Barbara at her registration desk and reserve your spot for this highly demanded
event.
If you would like to play AZ
Closed in Phoenix on May 16-17, Gia Leu, the tournament
director, will be at your service and gladly accept your entry form this
Saturday at Armory.
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4/23/2009 (12:00
AM) SATTA TOUR updates. Draws.
Scorecards and Order of Play:
Open
Singles: Group 1, Group 2
U1700: Group 1, Group 2
U1450: Group 1, Group 2
U1200: Group 1, Group 2
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4/18/2009 Over 250 of the best college
table tennis players representing more than 30 different colleges and
universities battling for national titles in singles, doubles and team
events. College Table Tennis National Championships April
3-5, 2009, Rochester, Minnesota. Website Results
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4/14/2009 So. AZ Friendship Cup.
Nineteen senior players sign-up to the first ever So. AZ friendly team matches.
Suggested deadline for applications is approaching. Check out who is in your
team online at Cup's Webpage and bring your questions to our
general meeting on April 25th at 1:30
at Armory. Sign-Up Form
Call Larry Smith, Cup's Director, at 520-255-1993 for
more details.
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4/14/2009 The Table Tennis
Collector - Spring 2009. Each issue contains many interesting
color photographs, articles about Table Tennis history and collectibles, and
auction trends. Read More
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4/12/2009 SATTA Mailbox:
"Hi Everyone, The Willamette Table Tennis Club in Salem, Oregon is pleased
to announce our third Stellan and Angie Bengtsson Training Camp coming
this summer. This is a special training opportunity with one of the great
coaches of the world in a small group settings..." - Ben
Bednarz, Ph.D., Club's president. Read More
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4/11/2009 Registration for the April
25th SATTA Tour USATT sanctioned tournament is now closed. Our special thanks
to all 32 registered players. Entries Received
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4/11/2009 Twenty seven players have
played and celebrated our League's First Anniversary today at Armory. Division
winners are: Division 1 - Gautam Hari; Division 2 - Pavol
Uhrovsky (3-player tie with Wenxin Zheng and John Peng); Division 3 -Trung
Le; Division 4 - David Le, and Division 5- Jeffrey
Morrison. Adam Block andMichael
Morrison went undefeated in our first U3000 Doubles Competition. Trung
Lewon division for the fourth time that is more than any other league
player. Congratulations!!!
New Ratings and all Winners Today's Results
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4/9/2009 So. AZ DHS TT League this
Saturday at Armory: play in a tournament-like competition, a great time to get
warmed up for the 4/25 SATTA Tour and fill two remaining spots in U1200
category, get your first USATT league rating and have fun. Free and open to the
public. Doors open at 8:30, seeding and play begins promptly at 9:30. Don't be
late.
NEW: grab a partner and let's all play
U3000 doubles if time allows!!! League
page
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4/9/2009
Latest ESPN commercial featuring
table tennis. Watch
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4/2/2009 Friendship Cup: Address
to Team Captains and All Seniors from the Cup's Director. April 25 general
meeting proposed at 1:30 pm. Read more
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3/31/2009 SATTA Tour updates: Last
5 players will be accepted to the SATTA Tour 4/25 Tournament. Spots available:
Open Singles - 3 and U1200 - 2. Registration is closed for U1700 and U1450 events.
An official registration deadline-April 20 (postmarked)
Entries Received Entry Form
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3/31/2009 Shanghai-based designer and
ping pong player Hunn Wai's takes Ping Pong back to its Victorian roots as an
after dinner game played in dining rooms. Made with Corian, the table
top-cum-playing surface features a Rococo design routed from the material and
filled with gold lacquer. Link
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3/29/2009 Grand Canyon State Winter
Games Results
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3/28/2009 SATTA Tour updates: Last
11 players will be accepted to the SATTA Tour 4/25 Tournament. Spots available:
Open Singles - 4, U1700 - 2, and U1200 - 5. Registration is closed for U1450
event. An official registration deadline-April 20 (postmarked)
Entries Received Entry Form
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3/28/2009 A new website to
promote the activities of Para table tennis in the continent of America has been
opened. The 10th Annual Endeavor Games will
feature 11 sport competitions for athletes of all ages and classifications to
compete in. Table Tennis
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3/26/2009 Calendar updates.
Playing time at Armory on Saturdays has been adjusted per staff request. Our
hours are from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. Online
Calendar
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3/26/2009 USATT Memo.
Tournament Processing Fee (Formerly Rating Fee). The Board of Directors
recently considered a possible increase in membership fees within USATT
membership categories. Membership fees have essentially not increased since
2004. The Board rejected the concept of increasing membership fees in 2009.
However, due to increased operating costs within USATT, a modest increase in
tournament processing fees was approved. The increase will be effective on
April 1st and it will amount to an increase in $2. The rating fees for 0, 1, 2,
3 & 4 star events will go from $5 to $7. Full Text
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3/25/2009 German Open. High
Quality Video
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3/23/2009 Green Valley Senior Games: Results Pictures Website
Thanks to Jim Petrie (Tournament
Director) and Ken Holman for
contributing this info.
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3/20/2009 New ratings have been
posted for SATTA Tour players. Top So. AZ achievers are: Kamran
Salek - 1407 (+ 25), Larry Smith - 1324 (+
16), Willing Cheng- 1410 (+ 13), and Ken
Holman - 1440 (+ 11). Kamran, Willing and Ken have received
their career high ratings. Four players have established their first USATT
tournament rating: Michael Morrison - 1404, Michael
Jones - 1366, David Le - 1079, and Nelson Sai - 1034.
Congratulations to all of you!!! New Ratings and Rankings AZ Ratings
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3/19/2009 4/25 SATTA
Tour updates: registration is closed for U1450 event. Spots
available: Open Singles - 7, U1700 - 6, and U1200 - 7.
Entries Received Entry Form
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3/18/2009 ITTF Authorized
Racket Coverings, List 29B.
October 15, 2008 – June
30, 2009 Download
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3/17/2009 SATTA TOUR,
April 25. Entry Deadline April 20th (received)
Spots available: Open Singles - 8, U1700 - 6,
U1450 - 2, U1200 - 7. Entries Received
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3/16/2009 SATTA
TOUR: Pictures
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3/16/2009 Excessive
ping-pong celebration. Watch
video
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3/15/2009 SATTA TOUR
Championship Race: Standings
Scores: Open Singles, U1700, U1450, U1200.
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3/15/2009 Green Valley Senior Games around
the corner, on Friday, March 20.Jim Petrie will
gladly accept your registration if you call him at 520-648-1354 with your name
and age group. The cost of event is $18 and check should be made payable to
Green Valley Senior Games. GV
Table Tennis Club
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3/14/2009 SATTA TOUR. Full Results
Open Singles: 1st place - Gabriel
Calderon (Mexico), 2nd - Simen Potaychuk (Tucson)
U1700: 1st place - Michael
Gopin (El-Paso, TX), 2nd - Luong Nguyen (Yuma)
U1450: 1st place - Kamran
Salek (Tucson), 2nd - Michael Morrison (Tucson)
U1200: 1st place - David
Le (Tucson), 2nd - Nelson Sai (Tucson)
Congratulation to Winners and Finalists!!! Special
thanks to the tournament committee
(Dave Wesley, Barbara
Burnison), and players for their invaluable contribution to the tournament
success.
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3/13/2009 SATTA TOUR. Saturday, April
25. Entry Form
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3/13/2009 SATTA-USATT. Updates
on any cleaners, boosters, VOC glues, e-nez and link to legal racket coverings.
Read more
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3/12/2009 SATTA Calendar Updates.
The following tt events are scheduled in Armory
for Saturdays from March 14 to April 25:
March 14 - SATTA
TOUR, a USATT sanctioned Tournament;
March 21, 28, April 18 - open practice in Dining
area from 9am to 4pm;
April 4 - open practice in Ballroom from 9am to
1pm;
April 11 - So. AZ
USATT table tennis League from 9am to 1pm;
April 25 - SATTA
TOUR, a USATT sanctioned Tournament (entry form coming soon)
Full Calendar
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3/12/2009 (12:00
AM) SATTA TOUR updates. Draws.
 Scorecards and Order of Play:
Open Singles Group 1, Open Singles Group 2
U1700 Group 1, U1700 Group 2
U1450 Group 1, U1450 Group 2
U1200 Group 1, U1200 Group 2
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3/11/2009 SATTA TOUR updates. The
last day to withdraw from the tournament is today, March 11, 2009. Your email
request to withdraw will be granted with a full refund and first player on the
waiting list will be accepted.
Draws will be posted on the Web on Thursday 3/12
and no refunds will be offered after the draw is made.
Armory Center's doors will be open on Saturday
3/14 at 8:15am and players have more than 1 hour to warm-up on 8 STIGA tables.
All 4 events start promptly at 9:30 am. Players who arrive after 9:45 am will
be defaulted.
We would like to welcome everyone to our first
SATTA Tour tourney and wish all the players best of luck!!!
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3/7/2009 SATTA TOUR updates. Gautam
Hari (1925) has been added to the SATTA Tour player roster in
Open Singles (waiting list). Players Entered
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3/6/2009 Mike Gopin, the
President of the El Paso Table Tennis Club (TX), would like to invite you to Dan
Seemiller’s table tennis clinic on April
2-5 hosted by his club. Just 260 miles away from Tucson, 4 six-hour sessions,
24 hours of intensive training clinic is limited to 22 players. To hold a spot
call Mike at 915-630-1111 and meet him on March 14 at the SATTA Tour
tournament. Website
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3/5/2009 Calendar Updates. 3/7
Saturday practice is scheduled at Armory from 12:00 to 4:00 PM in Dining
room. Calendar
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3/5/2009 SATTA TOUR updates. All
events are now closed and our special thanks to all 32 registered players.
Eight players will play their first USATT tournament and four of them have
already established their first So. AZ SATT League ratings. Their fair
estimated rating will be used for seeding purposes and allow them to advance
from initial RR to the single elimination: Michael Jones (1260), Michael
Morrison (1102), David Le (991), and Nelson Sai (897). Players Entered
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3/4/2009 SATTA TOUR updates. One
last player will be accepted to the Open Singles event. Events U1700, U1450, and
U1200 are full and two players are on the waiting list. Draws
will be posted on the website on March 12th. Players Entered Entry Form
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3/3/2009 USATT and SATTA would like to
recognize accomplishments of So. AZ players and/or coaches and/or contributors
to the sport of table tennis in three categories:
1. 2008 So. AZ Player of the Year, (nominated
by SATTA).
2. 2008 Ironman Award, (nominated by
SATTA).
Note that two tables
above are sortable .xls files. Open these files for more details.
3. One or two person/s who deserve/s a
recognition based on evaluation of their
nomination form/s. Barbara
Burnison will be collecting your online submissions being
sent to her email
burnison@hotmail.com by Sunday, March 8. Nomination Form
Please feel free to email us at
sattaonline@gmail.org for any corrections, questions or comments you might
have.
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3/3/2009 SATTA
TOUR updates. Four last players will be accepted to the
March 14th tournament to the following events: Open
Singles-2 players and U1200-2 players. U1700 and U1450 events are full.
Please email me at sattaonline@gmail.com if you have already dropped off your
entry form or going to mail it out to confirm your event availability. Entry
deadline - March 9 (postmarked). Players Entered Entry Form
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3/2/2009 SATTA
TOUR updates. The following events are open:
Open Singles - 3 left, U-1700 - 2 left, and U-1200
- 2 left. U-1450 is now closed. Entry deadline - March 9
(postmarked). Players Entered Entry Form
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3/1/2009 SATTA
TOUR updates. The following events are open:
Open Singles - 4 left, U-1700 - 4 left, U-1450 - 1
left, and U-1200 - 4 left. Entry deadline - March 9
(postmarked). Players Entered Entry Form
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3/1/2009 "ITTF Bans Speed Glue,
Boosters and Tuners - and Much More!" - a very nice article from Greg Letts. Thanks Greg for all
your hard work being a tt moderator at tabletennis.about.com Response from the ITTF
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2/28/2009 World class coaches Stellan
Bengtsson and Zoran Kalinic in the
largest Indo-American community center in North America in Milpitas, CA.
Spring Break Camp (April 13-17; Summer Camp (June 15 - Aug. 23); Website
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2/26/2009 New ratings have been
posted for AZ Open players. Top So. AZ achievers - Simen
Potaychuk 2057 (+ 13), Rocky Dotzler 1731 (+
8), and Vicky Franks 1391 (+
7). Rocky Dotzler went undefeated in his last 4 USATT tournaments with the
perfect 23-0 records and improving his rating to his career high 1731 (+ 343).
Congratulations!!!
New Ratings and Standings
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2/24/2008 Congratulations to Rocky
Dotzler (U1750 Winner), Simen Potaychuk(Open Singles Finalist and Open
Doubles Winner/ with Andrew Manginelli),
and Lev Vays (U1450 Finalist). AZ Open full Results
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2/21/09 Get To Know: Sandiway
Fong – UA professor, licensed scuba diver, marathoner,
long-distance cyclist and one of the highest-ranked AZ table tennis players (2146).
He spent January 2009 at the Shenzhen Century South China Table Tennis Club and
shared his experience in his blog featuring
video and photo contents
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2/14/09 Regular Practice Schedule
revised: No practice at Udall and Armory on Monday (President day), next Saturday
2/21 we play in Ballroom at Armory Calendar
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2/13/09 SATTA TOUR Entries Received. Listing will be updated
daily until all event are closed. Please click on this link in the left-hand
column to find out if spots are available before mailing out your entry form.
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2/13/09 Tucson Senior Olympic
Festival's Results and Photos are now
available on the USATT website.
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2/13/09 Regular Practice Schedule
revised: Udall Park's new times; next League play - April 4th; Tomorrow's
practice at Armory is now scheduled from 1pm to 3:30pm due to the swap meeting. Calendar
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2/12/2009 Entry form for the SATTA
Tour tournament, first in series of USATT sanctioned,
year-round events is now available. Check out the left column for entry form,
event description and trophy picture. Events: Open Singles, U1700, U1450, and
U1200 are limited to 8 players each. Entry deadline is March 11 (received). Top
So. AZ player, Simen Potaychuk (2045) has received the only one "wild
card" from the tournament committee and confirmed his participation in
Open Singles event. No phone or email entries please. First 7 (Open Singles)
and 8 (all other events) paid entries received will be accepted. Tourney will
be held on Saturday, March 14th from 9:30am to 1:30pm. at Armory Park Senior
Center.
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2/10/2009 Top 10 Southern AZ players.
Just released 2008 Top 10 Lists features 9 categories. Top
finishers in each category are:
Win Percentage - Rocky
Dotzler (100)
Rating Change - Michael
Noguera (436)
Matches Win - Alex
Chernobelskiy (33)
USATT Rating - Simen
Potaychuk (2045)
USATT Matches Played - Roger
Baldner (51)
USATT Tournaments Played - Roger
Baldner and Lev Vays (8)
Matches per Tourney ratio - Linda
Jones and Kenneth Akuoko (11)
USATT Titles Won - Roger
Baldner, Willing Cheng, and Alex
Chernobelskiy (3)
Ironman Award (total #
of USATT tournament and league matches played)-Lev Vays(75)
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2/7/2009 Congratulation to all players
participated today in our tenth So. AZ DHS League meeting. Division winners
are: Division 1 - Sreeram Parameswaran (3-player tie);
Division 2 - John Peng; Division 3 - Lev
Vays; and Division 4 - Dahn Vo. All players have won a division for the
first time. New Roster updates
and today's Resultsare now available.
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2/1/09 Tucson Senior Olympic Festival. Results and Winners
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1/28/09 Tucson Senior Olympic
Festival. List of registered Players.
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1/17/09 He may have saved the world
economy, but Mr Brown (UK Prime Minister) shows he could do with brushing up on
his ping pong skills. DailyMail, 01.16.2009
Article Video
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1/16/09 Nick Jonas: The Obama Girls
Beat Me at Ping-Pong! People, 01.16.2009Article
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1/17/09 USATT Advisory Committees
– Openings. The
deadline for receipt of applications/letters of interest is by the close of
business on January 30, 2009.
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1/15/09 TT Video Community -
a great and well organised site for table tennis videos, totally
free! Link
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1/7/09 The World Masters Games (October
10-18, 2009) are one of the great international sports events, providing people
of all abilities not only with reasons to play organised sport in later life
but also with opportunities to travel the globe, experience different cultures
and make new friends. Sydney 2009 Games organisers expect 25,000 people from
upwards of 100 countries will compete across 28 sports at more than 70 venues
throughout the city. Website Table Tennis event overview
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1/6/09 Win a book with your
what-got-me-started story. Not hard to do; just answer the question: What or
who inspired you to play ping pong professionally?"
Read more "The
Dallas Morning News, Jan. 5, 2009.
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