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CONTENTS USA Table Tennis Magazine WINTER 2014 Volume 85, Number 1

PUBLISHER: USA Table Tennis 4065 Sinton Road, Suite 120 Colorado Springs, CO 80907

FEATURES 2013 US Nationals....................................................................................... 14

Timothy Wang......................................................................................... 18 Ariel Hsing’s College Guide....................................................................... 20 Junior Events........................................................................................... 22 Cory Eider by Sheri Soderberg Cioroslan........................................... 26 Classic Events......................................................................................... 30 St. Joes Turns 50......................................................................................... 42 Bobrow........................................................................................................ 56 Ladies First................................................................................................. 68 Obituaries (Aki, Hanna, Borges, Prouty)................................................ 76

COACHING Tips of the Month by Carl Danner........................................................... 34

Maximizing Your Game by Samson Dubina........................................... 35 The Junk Yard by Rich Burnside............................................................. 36 Blocking Tips by Larry Hodges................................................................ 37

Tournaments North American Teams Championships.................................................. 38 German Open............................................................................................. 46 Local and National Tournamnets............................................................. 48

USATT AND OTHER NEWS Editors......................................................................................................... 8 CEO Report................................................................................................ 10 USATT Annual Giving Campaign............................................................ 12 USATT National Rankings . .................................................................... 62 USATT Ratings ........................................................................................ 64 USATT Tournament Schedule ................................................................. 69

ON THE COVER: 2013 National Champion Tim Wang Photo by Bruce Liu. Design by Steve Hopkins.

Photo this page of National Champion Ariel Hsing.

Photo by Diego Schaaf.

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USA Table Tennis Magazine is a digital publication of USA Table Tennis. Distribution of the publication is at the direction of USA Table Tennis. The publication is designed and produced by Steve Hopkins, and edited by Steve and Marie Hopkins. If you would like to purchase a paper copy, please contact Andrew Horn, Circulation Direcotr, for additional information.

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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Steve Hopkins and Marie Hopkins Conimicut Point Press 6 Kennedy Drive Conimicut Village Warwick, RI 02889 CIRCULATION DIRECTOR* Andrew Horn 719-866-4583 Andrew.Horn@usatt.org *Print Copy Purchases, Rating and Rankings Questions

PRINTER USA Table Tennis Magazine is published bimonthly. It is the official magazine of USA Table Tennis (USATT), a Class “A” member of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Michael Cavanaugh HEADQUARTERS STAFF Doru Gheorghe, Chief Operating Officer Deborah Gray, Finance Director Joyce Grooms, Membership Director Andrew Horn, Administrative Assistant and Ratings EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Jim McQueen (Chair), Ross Brown, Ty Hoff, Steve Hopkins, Tom Poston, Andrew Horn (Staff Liaison)

CONTRIBUTORS FOR THIS ISSUE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Brad Balmer, Adam Bobrow, Tim Boggan, Terry Casey, Mike Cavanaugh, Costel Constantin, Carl Danner, Jason Denman, Samson Dubina, Larry Hodges, Ty Hoff, Steve Hopkins, Dean Johnson, Yvonne Kronlage, Kagin Lee, Caron Leff, Bill McGimpsey, Dan Seemiller PHOTOGRAPHERS Malcolm Anderson, Jason Denman, Steve Hopkins, Diego Schaaf, USATT Magazine Logo designed by Julian Waters (www.waterslettering.com).

Many headings within the magazine use Julian Waters’ Adobe Waters Titling fonts.

A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTORS. THIS PUBLICATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SUPPORT IT.

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USATT Magazine is Transitioning to a Digital Format

Despite the ominous predictions of the digital age that have echoed for at least the last decade, print media isn’t dead. But that doesn’t mean that print is the best way for us to serve our members and help grow the sport.

Ours is a sport with amazing potential.

We have two million Americans playing recreationally, we have international players coming and going from our clubs and tournaments, and we have a constituency of readers who are relying more and more on technology - entering tournaments online, checking ratings online, and exchanging information and ideas through the usatt.org website and on social media. It’s time for USATT Magazine to expand its reach and broaden its horizons to cast a wider net and bring the tools to support and promote our sport as it continues to grow in the United States.

With all of this in mind, at the January meeting the USATT Board approved a new direction for USA Table Tennis Magazine. Beginning with the next Issue our publication is transitioning to a wholly digital format.

Our goals of bringing table tennis players, supporters, and fans the best content

available in our sport will not change. We will continue to do all that we can to support players, clubs, and tournaments. We expect to be able bring all of the benefits that have been provided in the paper version and also to expand our message to reach more US recreational players, and more international table tennis enthusiasts.

New magazines will be made available through the usatt.org website and through usatt.org/magazine. When new magazines are available, a “hot off the presses” email will be sent out to members who have provided an email address to the organization.

Check www.usatt.org/magazine for more information about our transition to a digital format or to provide us with your email address so that you are sure to receive notices when your magazine is ready. The magazine website is also where you can find archived articles, teasers about future issues, and information about how to submit updates, archives, and information about advertising or submitting articles.

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CEO’S REPORT

by Michael D. Cavanaugh, CEO, USA Table Tennis

The budget approval process, just completed for 2014 during the Board of Directors Teleconference on Jan 14, does not get any easier each year as we have so many deserving programs that merit funding and too often we are at a point where revenue does not match proposed expenses. While a breakeven budget was passed, the Board and Staff are fully cognizant that we must raise revenue from new sources going forward to properly fund many deserving programs. Expect a more detailed report to be shared with the membership sometime in the first quarter of 2014.

2014 began with the Board returning to full strength following the general election of Jim McQueen to a one year At Large term that will expire on Dec. 31, 2014. This was the third general election conducted electronically with the U.S. Olympic Committee serving as our independent auditor. This means that later in 2014, USATT will conduct another election cycle as terms come to close for three current Board of Director positions.

Sean O’Neill recently assumed the role as Communications Director of USATT and one of Sean’s areas is to continue to drive traffic to the USATT website and to use our website as an enhanced primary means of communication. We encourage everyone to go to the website often aa we are committed to provide new content on a regular basis. To that end we are crafting a Committee webpage and we are encouraging Committee and Advisory Committees, through their respective Chairs, to report on at least a monthly basis, any and all activities within their respective groups.

We have launched the first phase of our SafeSport Plan that can be accessed on the website. Again, this is a U.S. Olympic Committee mandated program established to protect the participation of all members but focused primarily on our youth. In the first phase all certified coaches are required to complete a background check and a free on-line educational tutorial on SafeSport as provided by the U.S. Olympic Committee. The program is in its early phase of roll out and we expect more to be added to the program overtime.

We are much closer to the roll out of our technology solution service provider, RailStation, to begin implementation of the first phase of the overall program to streamline back office operations to better serve the membership, our clubs and sanctioned events. Membership services automation will be on the front end of this program in its initial stages.

For those of you who missed the Annual Assembly, that was held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the Nationals Championships, through the efforts of David Del Vecchio, we managed to capture the presentation and they are available for your review on the website.

As always, if those in the national office can be of any service to you, we can be reached at 719 866 4583!

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2013 NATIONALS Additional coverage and links to video are located at www.usatt.org

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For Wang and Hsing, Las Vegas Feels Like Home

by Steve Hopkins

Both Champions sealed their third National Title in 2013. The two teamed up to successfully defend their 2012 Mixed Doubles Title, and Hsing completed the Triple Crown by also winning Women’s Doubles (with Judy Hugh).

LAS VEGAS, Nevada Timothy Wang and Ariel Hsing Take Top Honors Seven hundred and twenty-three players in seventy eight events organized in categories by age, rating, singles, doubles, disabled, hardbat, and sandpaper competed over five days at the Las Vegas Convention Center, December 17–21.

The tournament hotel was the Las Vegas Hotel, now a regular stop on the U.S. table tennis circuit.

The best-of-the-best dueled in the big five events of Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. Timothy Wang took the top prize on the Men’s side, defending his 2012 title and taking top singles honors for the third time in four years. Wang then teamed with Ariel Hsing to take the mixed doubles title. Ariel Hsing won Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles to complete a triple crown. The singles title was also her third in the last four years. Two of our top, young players showing great results yet again in Las Vegas.

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Photos: Women’s Champion Ariel Hsing and Men’s Champion Timothy Wang. Photos by Diego Schaaf.

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Ariel Hsing - Part Three

Ariel is now a Freshman at Princeton University. The very consistent schedule of academics and athletics under the watchful eyes of her parents in California has clearly paid off - both in academics and athletics. But that schedule has been turned upside down with an across-the-country move, and the transition to college life. Its this change that left the most questions for the ladies’ draw at the Nationals; Would Ariel still be Ariel at the table?

Ariel entered four events: Open Singles, U21 Singles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. In all of the events, she totalled one loss: she was upset by eventual winner Crystal Wang in the semifinal of the U21 event (losing 3-1 including a 16-14 loss in the final game). Each of the other events resulted in a National Title. After 2013, Hsing now has seven National Titles - three in singles and four in doubles.

Women’s Semifinals and Final

The most impressive story line of the Final may not be the top seed advancing, and eventually winning the event. Afterall, this wasn’t Ariel Hsing’s first time to the Final - In fact, perhaps the most impressive stat no one is talking about is that this was Ariel Hsing’s sixth consecutive trip to the Finals in this event. The most impressive story here may well be the rise of Prachi Jha - the eighth seed by rating who upset both the second and third seeds in her run to the finals.

Across all events, Prachi Jha played 21 singles matches. Of those, she won 17, including winning the Junior Girls event. By rating, she lost only one match to anyone rated below her (and that player was 2249, only 6 points shy of her 2255 starting rating) contrast that with seven wins over players rated above her. Aside from the trophies, Prachi was also awarded with a rating gain of 127 points.

In Ariel Hsing’s Semifinal match, she faced fourth seed Diane Chen.

Chen, a smart and seasoned player in her 40s, kept Hsing out of rhythm.

Hsing generally drove the pace of the points attacking whenever she could, while Chen masterfully changed pace and spin and placed the ball all over the table. Hsing jumped out to an early lead in the first game and protected the lead changing points to the end. But the match shifted

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In fact, perhaps the most impressive stat no one is talking about is that this was Ariel Hsing’s sixth consecutive trip to the Finals... thereafter with Chen frustrating Hsing for the next two games (winning at 8 and 5) and most of the fourth game. The fourth game was decisive each players with a chance to win as the deuces pushed the score to 14 all.

But at 14-all, Ariel found a winner down the line (into the backhand of the left-handed Chen). And then she went for a big serve return up 15-14 and managed a winner wide to Chen’s forehand. After winning game four and evening the score at 2-2, Hsing took control and closed out the match at 8 and 7. Hsing over Chen (5,-8,-5,14,8,7).

The other semifinal was a repeat of the final of the Junior Girl’s event.

In the earlier match, Prachi Jha had defeatued Erica Wu 3-1. She had matched Wu shot for shot with delicate service returns and blistering backhand exchanges to secure the upset. Wu entered the Women’s Singles event as the second seed and had not lost a game on her path to the semifinal, but the result of the second match mirrored the first - Jha over Wu (7,7,2,11).

In the first game of the finals Hsing and Jha traded points to 4-4, but then Jha went on a 5-1 run to jump ahead 10-5. That game may have been sealed at that point, but the momentum may have changed with the next four hard-fought points - with Ariel Hsing fighting back to lose 11-8. In those closing moments (and in the losing effort), Hsing found her stroke and her pace. She changed direction on a blistering backhand exchange to hit a winner down the line, she spun a cross-court backhand and then hit a forehand winner cross-court, and she played a serve return deep down Jha’s middle and then quickly changed direction to Jha’s backhand. Jha sealed the first game victory when Hsing missed a forehand crosscourt.

But in all four of those final closing-moment points, Hsing played for win-

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ners by directing or controlling the pace and then changing direction for the winner or passing shot.

As the first game came to a close, Hsing found a strategy that worked and she stuck with it successfully for the remainder of the match. After some early jitters and sloppy shots by both Hsing and Jha, Hsing jumped ahead to win the second game at 6. The next two games were more of the same, with Hsing dominating the pace and crisply placing her winners.

The fifth game was one of streaks. From tied 4-4, Hsing played four great points to seemingly put the match away. But down 4-8, Jha came back with her own streak to tie the game at 8-8. And just as one might think the pressure was back on Hsing and the momentum was in Jha’s favor, Hsing composed herself and closed the match out with three quick points.

For Hsing, this was her third National Singles Title in four years. It was another in a long line of great performances. And, perhaps it shows that she can balance college and table tennis and that she is going to stay at the top and not going to fade back into the pack. For Jha, perhaps her performance was an announcement to the other top players: When she’s playing well, she’s one of the best. Table tennis fans in the U.S. are looking forward to seeing both of them in imporant matches for years to come.

Men’s Semifinals and Final

The Men’s event contained a number of really interesting story lines including each of the final four players. The Champion, Tim Wang, was the second seed fand one of the favorites rom the beginning. He defended his 2012 title and logged his third Singles Title in four years. He was undefeated in the tournament in singles and added the Mixed Doubles title to his growing list of National Championships (he now has 7 titles, 3 in singles, 4 in doubles).

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Cory Eider, the eleventh seed by rating, advancing into the semifinals was a bit of a surprise. Defeating the fourth, seventh, and first seeds all in a row to get to the Final caught most of the venue off guard. Eider is not an unknown player - he’s someone who has hovered just outside the Top 50 in the U.S. in the past. This tournament, he showed he can play with anyone - and with the December he had, by rating he has broken into the Top 25.

Six time US Champion, David Zhuang, entered the tournament after nearly a 2 year layoff. His “warm-up” event was the North American Teams Championships about a month before the Nationals. He may have lost a step over the years, but he can still compete at the highest levels.

Not only did he advance pretty easily to the semifinals, but his results at the Teams during his warm-up event were stellar as well (not losing to any player under 2600 and narrowly losing to 2794 Mingyu Shi). In the end, his tournament ended with a loss to Eider - but it looks like his time away from tournaments hasn’t slowed him down. Besides, how many opportunities does a Hall of Famer have to add to the record books?

Zhuang has six singles National Championships from this tournament -he has already won the US National Championships more than any male player (six). But a few other records are still a few wins away - Dick Miles, for example, won 10 National Titles through wins at the US Open, and Dan Seemiller has 24 total National Titles (combining singles and doubles) while Zhuang thus far has accumulated 21.

The fourth semifinalist may be one of the best story lines for USA Table Tennis. Thirteen year old Kanak Jha wowed the crowd with great results in a number of events, but his gutsy performance in the Open included four 7-game matches in a row. He won the first three, including wins over former US team members Mark Hazinski, and Adam Hugh. Each match seemed longer and more dramatic than the last - ending with an Photos: (left) David Zhuang and Kanak Jha and (right) Cory Eider and Timothy Wang. Photos by Diego Schaaf.

epic 4-3 loss to eventual champion Tim Wang in the Semis.

The Wang/Jha semifinal had fireworks from the start - Kanak Jha aggressively stepped around the very first serve from Wang to set the pace.

He won that point, and launched an energetic match with fist pumps and “cho’s” from both sides of the table. They traded points until a well timed flip from Jha that landed at a deep angle for a clean winner gave him a 10-8 lead. Jha closed the game out 11-9 and they then proceeded into the second game with the same pattern of trading points. Both were careful and crisp with their short game with serves and drop returns, and and once the point was opened, both played topspin on both wings.

Neither player was so aggressive that they lost control or took unwarranted chances. This created many long points with both players mixing in offense and defense.

At the end of the second game, Tim Wang put a streak together to close out the game (jumping from 8-8 to win at 11-8). That streak continued into game three with Wang seemingly in complete control (winning game three 11-5). But, that was just the beginning - the next three games were all close with Jha taking the first two (for a 3-2 lead) and Wang taking game 6 to set up a decisive final game. But the seventh game did not follow the pattern of trading points. Starting from 2-2, Wang jumped out to a 5-2 lead and never looked back. He won the next eight points to lead 10-2 before Jha scored again - and he closed the game out at 11-5. Wang over Jha (-9,8,5,-9,-8,8,5).

The Eider/Zhuang match-up pitted the precision of experienced penholder David Zhuang against the energy and aggression of Cory Eider.

Zhuang jumped out to an early lead in the first game. But Eider kept plugging away: it went from 7-3, to 8-5, to 8-7. Then Eider took a chance on three backhand swings intended to end three consecutive points. The first was a clean winner down the line, the second missed long, and the third was returned with a tricky drop-shot where a diving Eider retrieved the return and was rewarded with an edge. The come-back was complete as the score was tied 9-9. Zhuang then missed at the end of a long rally, and Eider went all-out in the next point stepping around and hitting a crosscourt winner. Eider took game one 11-9.

In the second game they traded points to 9-9 where Zhuang closed out

the game with two quick points to tie the match at one game each. Eider then came out for the third game and was the aggressor, hitting big shot after big shot and jumping out to a 9-4 lead. Zhuang mounted a comeback, but Eider won the game 11-8. Eider then ran away with the final two games, pushing the pace and jumping to early leads. Eider over Zhuang (9,-9,8,8,3).

The last match of the tournament was between the defending champion, Tim Wang, and the streaking Eider - who had just beaten the No. 4, No.7, and No.1 seeds in consecutive matches. Both players are quick, both have creative shots, and both had maneuvered through the competition to this final match. Eider took the position of the aggressor, moving his feet to take bigger swings with his forehand while Wang took a more centered position and was often willing to take a little pace off of his loops to ensure he was keeping the ball safely in play.

The first game was in Wang’s control from early on. He took a couple point lead and held off Eider for an 11-7 win. Wang began the second game playing even more tentative and careful - content to block the ball at heavy angles and perhaps outlast his opponent. Eider continued to be the aggressor and in most points pushed the pace. When Wang maneuvered Eider out of position, Eider used his feet to stay in the points - sometimes lobbing or playing slow controlled shots. Eider pulled out the game 11-8 with a few big shots, and spent the time between games jogging in place and keeping up his seemingly neverending energy.

But the remaining games unfolded differently. Wang was more precise with his short game, winning some easy shots. Wang picked some moments to be more aggressive. And, Wang inserted a very spinny slow backhand loop that helped to push Eider away from the table and out of position for his attacks. Game three went to Wang close, Game four went to Wang 11-5, and in the final game after withstanding a strong flurry from Eider that had them even at 4-4, it was all Wang closing out the match at 11-7. Wang over Eider (7,-8,9,5,7). Timothy Wang defends his title - his third National Championship in four years.

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2013 National Champion

Timothy Wang

by Steve Hopkins

Three! Timothy Wang ended 2013 just the same way that he ended 2012 -- with a win in the Finals of the National Championships. For Wang, it was his third National Title in four years. His success at the Nationals over these last four years has been pretty amazing - losing only one match (to 2011 National Champion Peter Li) in the Men’s Singles National Title event over a four year period.

It is interesting that over that same period, he has twice lost in other singles events at the Nationals (losing in the U21 event to Steven Chan in 2010, and losing to Yahao Zhang in the U21 event in 2012). Perhaps he has shown the ability to raise his level of play when the stakes are the highest. Each time Wang has reached the Finals at the Nationals, he has won. That ability to turn it up a notch can also explain many of his other successes from qualifying for the Olympics, to accumulating four National Championships in doubles. We have seen the best of Timothy Wang when the competition is the fiercest and when a victory means the most.

His success at the Nationals over these last four years has been pretty amazing - losing only one match in the Men’s Singles National Title event...

Three titles brings Wang into pretty elite company. Only five players have won more than three Men’s Singles Titles at the US National Championships. Those players are: David Zhuang (6), Cheng Yinghua (5), Sean O’Neill (5), Dan Seemiller (5), and Ilija Lupulesku (4). *And this is a good opportunity to give a nod to American Champions from past eras as well as the US Nationals is a relatively young event. From the early 70s and prior, the US Open was the signature event in the US, so a few more elite champions to mention who won three or more US Open times include: Dick Miles (10), Dal Joon Lee (6), Lou Pagliaro (4), and Erwin Klein (4). *Cheng Yinghua also won the US Open twice (once representing China in 1985 and once as an American in 1993).

Is it possible that at the age of 22, Wang is already creeping his way into the proverbial “Best Ever” discussion for American players? He’s near the top in rating, he’s in the “Top 10” in career National Titles, and he’s played in the Olympics. The truth is, at only 22 years old, he still has a lot to accomplish in the sport. He still has a lot to prove in the sport - not just to those of us watching his success, but he has more to prove to himself as well.

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“I didn’t stop working after winning the last time because I don’t want to be satisfied with my past accomplishments. I’m always looking ahead to the next challenge and the next tournament.” singles and mixed doubles. He was a North American Championships Men’s Singles semifinalist, he was a part of the North American Championships Men’s Teams Champion, and he finished first at the US Men’s Team Trials.

But the success isn’t keeping him from wanting to improve, he still has a drive to be better. Wang described it this way; “I didn’t stop working after winning the last time because I don’t want to be satisfied with my past accomplishments.

I’m always looking ahead to the next challenge and the next tournament.” He went on to say that if he thinks too much about his victories, he runs the risk of losing his edge, inflating his ego, and ultimately not performing at his highest level.

As the Nationals approached this year, Wang pushed his training to include two training sessions every day on the table. His on-the-table sessions were 1.5 hours each, and he also worked out one hour in the gym each day.

His goal for 2014 is to break into the top 200 players in the world. And, not to set his goals too low - he also said he wants to break into the Top 100 players in 2015. His long term goals for the US Nationals include continuing to win titles. Even at 22, he has a sense for those who have made history here. We can expect to continue to see Wang’s best efforts in the biggest moments. He also has his eye on the next Olympics. He wants to represent the US again in 2016 in Brazil and he wants to perform better than he did in 2012.

Wang continues to train hard at the ICC club in Milpitas, California. He recognizes that the support of ICC and Stiga have been instrumental to his success. When there wasn’t much support in his career, ICC and Stiga stepped in to provide support that helped bring new life to his career.

He would also like to thank his former club HTTA for supporting him before he went to California to make further progress. Lastly he would like to thank his family for always being there and pushing him to continue forward every step of the way. His father had a vision for him that is becoming a reality, and the dream continues for Wang in hopes of becoming one of the best tables tennis player the U.S. has ever produced.

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Ariel Hsing’s College Guide for Junior Table Tennis Players

by Ariel Hsing I have been feeling like a princess living in a fantasyland since last September, because I have been at the best school in the world—Princeton University. Here is my advice on attending your perfect school, and I’ll also show you a glimpse of the college life.

Touring the Schools: You need to know the schools, and the schools need to know you. Try to convince your parents to take a family vacation to visit different colleges. You can even use your younger siblings as leverage, since sooner or later they will need to apply for colleges too. The best family vacation my family ever had was visiting colleges on the east coast. We joined a campus tour in the morning and learned all kinds of interesting stories about the schools. Did you know that Princeton used to have a bar inside the library? Some moms would cry, “How hard have you made my poor baby study? The library is charging us $200 this month!” After the tours, we would try to eat lunch at the school cafeteria, (my favorite part of the visit.) Just being among the students, and seeing how they talk, dress, and how sleepy they look, you can get a pretty good sense whether or not you belong there. We then liked to wander around campus. My mom like checking out the neighborhood. My dad liked checking out the local cuisine. Then we moved on to another school the next day.

Also, don’t forget to register with the school before your visit!

This way they know you are sincere and interested, and that just might give you an advantage during admissions.

Touring the Princeton campus feels like walking into the Harry Potter books. The buildings and cafeterias resemble Hogwarts, and it’s really like going to school in a palace. And now you know what my new home is like.

Financial Concerns: Almost every table tennis junior player is smart and hard working, and they all deserve to go the school of their choice.

It would be so sad to see someone have to choose a different school because of financial hardship. It’s comforting to know that there are schools like Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, and many others that admit students based on their abilities first, and then help them resolve financial difficulties by offering a combination of financial aid and student loans. Princeton even takes this up a notch by having a No-Loan policy,which means that the school will cover everything, from tuition to living expenses, for the lower income family students, and the students don’t have to pay anything back. For some of my friends, attending Princeton is even cheaper than going to a local community college.

Applying for Colleges: Find out the requirements of your dream school ASAP. Almost all schools require the SAT or ACT test, and many require two SAT Subject tests; (MIT requires three and it’s optional for UC colleges.) Find out the SAT test dates and give yourself enough time to take it two or three times. I almost missed my only chance to take the test because of an unexpected surgery, and I definitely wouldn’t try my luck if I had to do it again.

There are many kids that have great grade point averages and high SAT scores. What distinguishes you from others is your essay and extracurricular activities. The admission officers will also use your essay to see if you will fit in on campus. Have at least two friends review your essays. Any grammar or spelling errors are just not acceptable. I had one friend from high school write about his love of making knives and guns. I just looked at him and told him to rewrite the whole thing. You shouldn’t lie, but you can choose a different story to tell to help your admittance chance. You can buy or borrow the book “On Writing the College Application ESSAY” by Harry Bauld. Check out the “College Confidential” website from time to time. I don’t particularly like the movie Admission, but you can watch it to get a general idea of how the college admission process works—minus the cheating (and meanwhile check out the beautiful Princeton campus.)

You can apply to one college for early-action admission and that can be your dream school. But if you have more than one dream school then you should pick the one with a higher early admittance rate. You might be shocked that the rate can be dramatically different between schools of similar caliber.

Choosing Roommates: We all like to have our own room. But will that give us the best college experience? I don’t think so. I applied for the dorm unit

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that can fit four students, and I had to lie to get it! The survey from housing asked how neat I am. Both my parents (and probably Erica Wu and Prachi Jha if you asked them) insisted that I was a 2 out of 10, but I put in a 4 anyway. Here is a tip, don’t say you need to have roommates that are quiet and clean. The housing officers might think you are difficult to live with and put you in a single room against your will.

My roommates and I share two bedrooms and a huge common room. It’s so huge we figure we can host a big party in it, but we haven’t had the time to test out that theory.

Aren’t you curious about my roommates? (In other words, aren’t you curious to see who can stand to live with me?)

Even though I didn’t know how much (or if any) I would play during college, I had included table tennis training as one of my school searching criteria. Boy, wasn’t that a brilliant decision! Coach Lily Yip’s club (LYTTC) is now my second home at Princeton. It’s about 20-30 miles away from the campus, and I always look forward to getting a ride to go there every weekend. Sometimes I even stay there overnight just to enjoy Coach Lily’s home cooking. College is a brand new experience, and playing table tennis makes me feel at home—what a great combination!

Princeton Table Tennis Team “Hallmates and Roomies Zach, Luisa, Me, Hope, and Nathan. *Trust must be busy helping people at this time.”

Trust: Trust and I share the same bedroom and she is the kindest person I have ever met. When we we’re all out busy partying, Trust is studying or doing volunteer work to help others. She’s so down-to-earth and smart, and I am so unbelievably lucky to have her as my roommate.

Hope: Hope is a math genius and as beautiful as can be. There are nonstop boys after her, and she practically has to beat them off with a stick. Of course, she is way too nice to actually do that.

Luisa: Every family (or dorm room) needs a writer, and Luisa is ours. She was the National Student Poet in High School and a Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Medal Winner. If you don’t know what kind of award that is, just imagine that it’s very, very, very big!

Table Tennis in College: My best memories of table tennis are hanging out with my teammates during international competitions. Now everyday is like that. Princeton Table Tennis Club is amazing.My club mates not only practice together, but we can eat together (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night snacks), talk together (no more curfews from parents and coaches), and even have fun (like when we played laser tag) together, or study (hasn’t happened yet) together. Many colleges have table tennis clubs. You should give them a call before you make your final college selection. Who knows, you might like the club so much and decide to go to that school.

Final Word: Most importantly, remember that you can be happy at any school. You’re going to go to your future college for a reason: it’s all part of the bigger plan that is your life. So no matter which school you do end up going to, remember to enjoy every moment there!

Finally I’d like to thank my sponsors Killerspin, New York Athletic Club, and Lily Yip Table Tennis Club for continuing to sponsor me even though I am in college now. I would also like to remind all of you, Princeton Table Tennis is waiting for you.;)

Lily Yip Table Tennis Club

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The process of picking U.S. Junior and Cadet Teams includes (PHASE ONE) a qualifying single elimination round, (PHASE TWO) each player is in one of two round robins, (PHASE THREE) a cross over match pitting players against the other round robin, and (PHASE FOUR) the final match to determine final places. Eight players are named to each teams (Junior Boys, Cadet Boys, Junior Girls, Cadet Girls).

This year, Lily Zhang qualified for the Junior Girls team based upon her World Ranking. That seven open slots for the Junior Girls’ team available for selectionn.

JUNIOR AND CADET BOYS Thirteen year old, Kanak Jha entered the tournament as the top seed in both the Junior and Cadet Boys events. Kunal Chodri and Krishnateja were the second and third seeds in the Junior Boys event, an event that was deep enough by way of talent that only 150 ratings points separated the first from the tenth seed. There weren’t a lot of surprises in the event. Out of the Top 8 Seeds, 7 finished with a spot on the Boys Team or B Team. The only player outside of the Top 8 to push his way in was Billy Ding. Aashay Patel also maneuvered in a better position by jumping from 8th seed to the 4th position (and from an expected “B” finish to the last slot on the “A” Team).

Like the Junior event, the Cadet event ended with three of the top four seeds qualifying as expected in the “A” Team, and all eight of those who qualified for the team coming from the top nine seeds overall. So who was the ninth seed who pushed his way into the top eight ? - That was Gal Alguetti. In fact, three Alguettis qualified in the 6th, 7th, and 8th Team slots -- likely a record for the most family members on a Junior or Cadet team.

JUNIOR AND CADET GIRLS Prachi Jha was the story in the Junior Girls event. She entered as the fifth seed, but upset three players seeded above her on her way to finishing first. First and third seeds Erica Wu and Angela Guan finished behind her in the second and third positions in the event.

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Lily Zhang, who qualified for the Junior Girls team based upon her world ranking rounds out the team. There were no major upsets. However, both Laura Huang and Diane Jiang (the 8th and 9th seeds respectively) pushed their way into the Top Seven and onto the team.

In the Cadet Girls event, all eight qualifiers were seeded in the top nine. That ninth seed that finished in the top eight was Luvena Huo. The other surprises all revolved around how the top eight finished - where fifth seed Grace Yang surprised the field by finishing first and Joy Li (the 7th seed) moved up three slots to finish fourth - taking the last slot on the “A” Team.

JUNIOR BOYS TEAM 1. Kanak Jha CA 2. Krishnateja Avvari CA 3. Kunal Chodri CA 4. Aashay Patel CA

CADET BOYS TEAM 1. Kanak Jha CA 2. Kunal Chodri CA 3. Newman Cheng CA 4. Victor Liu CA

JUNIOR BOYS TEAM B 5. Allen W. Wang NJ 6. Billy Ding Xu, WA 7/ Theodore Tran CA 8/ Jonathan Ou FL

CADET BOYS TEAM B 5. Krishnateja Avvari CA 6. Sharon Alguetti NJ 7/ Adar Alguetti NJ 8. Gal Alguetti NJ

JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM 1. Lily Zhang CA 2. Prachi Jha CA 3. Erica Wu CA 4. Angela Guan CA

CADET GIRLS TEAM 1. Grace Yang CA 2. Crystal Wang MD 3. Amy W. Wang NJ 4. Joy Li TX

JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM B 5. Amy Wang NJ 6. Diane Jiang CA 7. Laura Huang TX 8 .Tina Lin NJ

CADET GIRLS TEAM B 5. Laura Huang TX 6. Ishana Deb CA 7/ Luvena Huo CA 8. Xiyue Hu NJ

Photo (left to right) Kanak Jha, Prachi Jha, and both Jha’s with coach Stefan Feth

21 & UNDER WOMEN The top two seeds in the Womens 21 Event had a solid advantage by rating. That should have meant that Ariel Hsing (the top seed with a 2511 rating) and Tina Lin (the second seed with a rating of 2315) should have had pretty smooth sailing to the Finals. Third and fourth seeds Angela Guan and Crystal Wang seemed to have missed that memo. The top four ladies reached the Semifinals as expected - but both sides of the draw saw an upset with Crystal Wang beating Ariel Hsing 3-1 (-5, 8, 8, 14) and Angela Guan dispatching Tina Lin 3-0 (4,4,9).

Guan and Wang then faced off in an epic final with Wang jumping out to an early lead and then holding on for a narrow 3-2 win (4,6,11,-5,5).

21 & UNDER MEN A year ago, Tim Wang had a nearly perfect US Nationals with titles in Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. In fact, he won every match he played except for the Finals of the 21 & Under Junior Champion Prachi Jha. Photo by Diego Schaaf where he lost to Yahao Zhang. This year, Yahao entered the event as the top seed with the expectation of defending his 2012 title. Fifth seed Bryant Lin had different ideas - and he pulled off the upset of Yahao 3-0 in the quarterfinals. Lin then dispatched third seed Avvari Krishnateja (also 3-0) on his way to the Final. The other side of the draw saw an upset to 4th seed Jonathan Ou early (he fell to Sagar Arun in the sixteenths). But the other seeds advance pretty much as expected and second seed Kanak Jha moved to the finals after beating sixth seed Aashay Patel 3-1.

The Jha- Lin final resulted in a 3-0 victory for Kanak Jha. One more great result for the 13 year old Jha who won the Cadets, the Juniors, the U21, and who made it all the way to the semifinals in Men’s Singles.

JHA, JHA, and the WCTTA Two of the biggest stories of the Nationals were the performances of Kanak and Prachi Jha. Both had unexpected runs deep into their respective Men’s/Women’s event: Prachi advanced all the way to the Women’s Singles Final and pushed the defending champion to a seventh game, and Kanak advanced to the Men’s Singles Semifinals. Both also had other successes - Prachi in winning the Junior Girls event and Kanak sweeping Cadet Boys, Junior Boys, and the 21&Under.

Clearly this is a success for both players individually - each showing they are moving to the next level and ready to compete against the best in this Country. But this is also a real success story for the World Champions Table Tennis Academy where both players train. The WCTTA is an ITTF “Hot Spot” Training Center in San Jose, California. Their coaching team includes two former World Champions, Li Zhen Shi and Zhang Li as well as the current US Men’s Team Coach Stefan Feth and former US Team Member Nan Li. The success of these two players is a testament, not just to the hard work of the players - but also to the quality of the instruction and opportunities provided at the WCTTA. The successes of WCTTA at the Nationals weren’t just limited to the Jha family either. WCTTA won the Junior Boys Team event (Kanak Jha, Kunal Chodri & Aarsh Shah), Kunal Chodri finished with a second in Cadet Boys (and also made the Junior Boys Team after finishing third) and Marina Leitman finished second in Over 40 Women. Aarsh Shah, Isabel Chu, Anthony Chu, Aditi Chodri and others finished high in their respective events as well.

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Cory Eider’s Run at the Nationals

By Sheri Soderberg Cioroslan As luck would have it, Cory Eider caught sight of the iconic David Zhuang on his flight into Las Vegas for the 2013 U.S. Nationals. “I waved to him as I was making my way to my seat and he smiled back at me,” Cory recalled. “Then at the airport, we ran across each other while we were waiting for our luggage. He was really friendly and encouraging.”

First round in the Men’s Singles, Cory faced Jonathan Ou. Cory had lost to him in September of 2013, making his record 0-2 against Jonathan. The losses taught Cory what he had to do and he prevailed 4-2.

Excited, Cory called Mitch Seidenfeld, who happened to be in California visiting with his wife, Tina’s, family. Cory considered fellow Minnesotan Mitch his “go-to” guy. Cory had grown up in Duluth, Minnesota. There Angelo Simone and Sonny Helbacka had gotten Cory into the sport at the Valley Youth Center. Over the years, Cory was able to maintain a rating around 2150, even as he took some detours away from the game (a college tennis scholarship in Arizona, working as a tennis coach in Florida, and starting his business career in New Jersey).

When Cory moved back to Minneapolis in 2010, he decided to get seriously back into the sport under Mitch’s direction. Cory realized he had to pick up a lot of new elements to move his game past a fairly simple style. First thing he set out to master was comfortably looping from both wings. By the time Cory decided to re-locate to New Jersey in May of 2012, his game had jumped about 200 points.

When he showed up at Lily Yip’s club in New Jersey, she told him he’d better change his shoes and get ready to play. She had a bunch of strong players already lined up for him. Both Lily and her son, Adam Hugh, helped the already-improved Cory reach new levels yet again. “My strokes were too long. I was playing too passively. They helped me out with my footwork. They helped me with the technique on my backhand. They were extremely helpful with everything.”

Soon Cory’s rating had jumped to “about 2460.” He remembers that rough number because he says he hovered around there for about a year. Cory didn’t find his new level that surprising because he’d stayed very competitive athletically through tennis. But other people didn’t know that and they thought it “was kind of weird.”

Cory vividly recalled that Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012 dramatically changed his life. “I was about to head home. The weather was affecting driving. Lily insisted that I stay at their house.

So I ended up there for about a week and a half.” Cory had already spent a lot of time hanging out with Adam. He also had come to know Barry Dattel, patriarch of the clan. Next, romance blossomed with Judy Hugh.

Spending more time with the family inevitably led to endless matches with Barry. Cory added, “There’s nobody I’ve played more than Barry. He’s helped my game a lot. No matter how many games we play, he’ll always challenge me again. We’ve really hit it off as practice partners and friends.”

It all worked to Cory’s advantage in Las Vegas. His second match was against Yahao Zhang. Cory’s goal was to neutralize Yahao’s power. But he was surprised that Yahao was playing more softly against him than he expected. Down 2-3 games, Cory decided to “run like crazy” and just “let it rip.” Up 10-1 in the seventh, Cory felt that happy feeling that he wouldn’t miss any more balls. That took him to the next round. But first Cory called Mitch again. Great job, Mitch would tell him after each win.

Next round he faced his friend Grant Li. Even before the match, the two looked at each other and made a pact. “Whoever wins will face David Zhuang. Beating David is the ticket to get into the final.”

Cory felt that they both seemed a bit nervous during the match.

Neither one seemed to play well. After Cory won, Grant encouraged Cory to go for the big win. This time, when Cory called Mitch, Mitch already knew the results. He’d been watching the live stream.

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lose. Give it all you’ve got.”

Cory turned to Lily for support. Friday night at 9pm, the two started to hit. As Cory explained it, “I knew what to do against David, but I needed to feel what it would be like to play against his pips. It’s one thing to know, it’s another to feel it.” Not only did she prepare him at the table, but she also gave Cory advice. One thing they worked on was preparing Cory for David’s long and fast serves. “At first I was a mess. I was rushing. I was popping up balls. By the time our match started, I was ready though. I wasn’t sure how much he knew about my game and I was expecting that he might be taking me lightly.”

Up 2-1 games and leading 10-8, Cory said to himself, “He doesn’t expect to lose to you after he won the third game. I’d better do something surprising. I’m not ready to serve it long and fast deep into his forehand, but that would be really great if I can do it. So I tried it and it worked. It was an ace! That put me in the driver’s seat to finish the match.”

In the end, Cory credited Lily. Not only had she prepared him to play David, but she had also coached him throughout the match.

“Because of Lily, there’s nothing that David did that I wasn’t prepared for,” is how Cory summed up their match.

On to the final against Tim Wang! Lily was spent. “She said that she was still so nervous from my match against David. She didn’t think she could go through it again,” Cory commented. So Adam handled the coaching honor. Cory and Tim had never played before.

“To get far enough in a draw to play against Tim in a tournament, you have to be good. Because I’d never played him before, even if I knew what to do, I’d never felt his game before. He served differently than he had in the games we’d scouted him on. I had a lot of trouble reading his spins. Plus, he was good against my serves, so it was a little anti-climatic. He’s a good player and he found lots of ways to exploit my weaknesses.” Tim defeated Cory 4-1.

Seeing his friend feeling a little down after the match, Adam exclaimed, “Hey, don’t feel bad. I’ve been playing my whole life and the best I ever made was the semi’s. This is actually a huge accomplishment!”

Cory dined with Lily, Barry, Adam and Judy that night. “We didn’t even get around to discussing the men’s final.” The family was still so astonished at his win over David Zhuang. “How did you do it,” they kept pressing him. Cory flipped the compliment, “I just did everything you told me to do!”

Meanwhile, Mitch Seidenfeld also reveled in Cory’s fantastic results. “The entire Minnesota table tennis community was extremely proud as we watched Cory battle his way into the finals of the Men’s Singles at the U.S. Nationals. After the tournament, he returned to Minnesota and donated a stack of rubber to the kids at the Valley Youth Center in Duluth. His string of victories, especially the semifinal win over David Zhuang, has to be considered the greatest accomplishment in the history of Minnesota table tennis. Lily Yip and Adam Hugh have done a great job helping Cory rise to the upper echelon of U.S. table tennis.”

Mitch continued, “It was exciting to watch Cory play each match through live streaming, then speak with him a few minutes later.

He had a great attitude throughout the tournament. He got most of his tactics and match strategy through his coaches in Vegas, but we discussed each match before and after he played. He has much more competitive sports experience than most U.S. table tennis players.

Cory played tough and forced everyone to play at a level, under pressure, that only Tim Wang was able to rise above. I just tried to fill in the blanks for him since he’s only been competing seriously in table tennis for a few years. He was playing so well and thinking so clearly that I didn’t want to say anything to mess up the way he was systematically moving from match to match. I can’t claim much credit, but it was really fun to share the experience with him.”

Indeed, all of this friendly and encouraging support seems to be working just fine for Cory!

Photo by Diego Schaaf

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2013 NATIONALS HARDBAT EVENTS Classic events in Las Vegas this year included seven hardbat events -- the featured Singles and Doubles events and also two age events (40+ and 60+), and three rating events (U-2000, U-1800, and U-1500). In addition to hardbat, there were also two sandpaper events to round out the classic events: Under 1700 and the USATT/FASTT National Championship singles.

In the Under 1500 Hardbat event there were four round robins with the winner of each advancing to single elimination. The top seed in the event, Unan Maloof advanced as expected from his round robin, but the top seed failed to advance in any of the other three round robins. Joining Maloof in the single elimination was Neal Bergman who faced Maloof, and Bob Funkhouser and Paul Villacarlos who faced each other in the other semifinal. Despite the upsets in the round robins, the semifinals and finals actually went as would be expected by rating/seed. Maloof (the top seed) defeated Bergman (9th seed), Villacarlos (8th seed) defeated Funkhouser (12th seed), and in

the final, Maloof defeated Villacarlos to take the U1500 Hardbat title.

In the Under 1800 Hardbat event, the top three seeds all fell early. Two of the top three seeds didn’t advance from their roundrobins, and second seed Mike Babuin fell in the Quaterfinals. The big surprise was fifteenth seeded Paul Kotz who upset top seed John Harrington in the round robin and then rolled all the way to the title. Kotz defeated Bill Guerin Jr. in the final in a hard fought match, winning 2-1 (19, -7, 17).

The upsets continued in the U2000 Hardbat with the final match pitting 7th seed Fernando Chang against 5th seed Ralph Stadelman.

And, to keep the theme of upsets in tact, the lower seeded Chang won the title with two close games (18, 19).

The Hardbat Doubles event results were a little closer to what was expected. The top four finishing teams in Hardbat Doubles, finished in first through fourth places. However,, the team of Timothy Kelly and Raymond Mack rose to the top. They began as the third

seed, but managed a tight win over Ty Hoff and Adoni Maropis in the round robin (-18, 17, 17), and then carried that momentum to an even narrower victory in the final over Loc Bao Ngo and Jeff Johnston (-11, 20, 17).

Top seed and defending champion Adoni Maropis fell to Timothy Kelly in the round robin and didn’t advance. Instead Kelly, the 13th seed, was awarded with the bye set aside for the top seed’s round robin and he advanced directly to the semifinals. Second seed, Kenneth Pinili was upset by Bin Hai Chu in the quarters, but the other matches each went to the favorite. Joining Timothy Kelly was Jeff Johnston, Loc Bao Ngo, and Bin Hai Chu (the 3rd, 4th, and 5th seeds respectively).

Johnston defeated Kelly 3-0 to advance to the final. On the other side of the draw Bin Hai Chu defeated Loc Bao Ngo 3-0. In the final, Bin Hai Chu continued his momentum and defeated Jeff Johnston 3-0 (18, 11, 8).

FASTT NATIONAL SANDPAPER CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Ty Hoff The second annual FASTT National Sandpaper Championships occurred during the 2013 US National Championships in Las Vegas. Twenty one players competed for $1,000 in prize money with $500 for 1st place.

Top seed Freddie Gabriel inexplicably did not show up for his round robin which gave Arizona’s Jay Turberville a direct path to the semifinals with his close 21-18, 21-19 win over Nevada’s June Meimban. Perhaps Freddie noticed that three years of organized sandpaper play in the United States has produced some very good and talented players?

2013 US Open Sandpaper Champion Adoni Maropis also advanced straight to the semifinals with his 21-9, 22-20 win over Arizona’s Jayant Geete. Ping Pong Diplomacy’s Errol Resek could not make it for the round robin.

Ohio’s Kenneth Pinili advanced from his group although he had to survive a tough 21-18, 13-21, 21-17 match with California’s Mike Karim. Mike had a good lead in the third game but Kenneth started smashing winners off of Mike’s solid defensive chopping.

Missouri’s Jeff Johnston had to win three matches to advance from his round robin.

California’s Che-Him Leung finished second in the group.

2012 US Open Sandpaper Champion Ty Hoff cruised to victory in his group. USATT Board Chair Mike Babuin finished second in the group.

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Florida’s Bin Hai Chu won comfortably over California’s Loc Bao Ngo 21-9, 21-14 to advance to the main draw.

Kenneth Pinili came out strong in his quarterfinal match with Ty Hoff 21-15. Ty found his rhythm in the second game winning 2110. The third and fourth games were tightly contested however Kenneth came out on top 21-17, 21-18.

Jeff Johnston came back from being down 2-1 in games to beat Bin Hai Chu in a very seesaw match. Jeff was close to elimination in the fourth game as he pulled out a close 2826 game. Jeff then cruised to victory with a 21-11 fifth game.

Jay Turberville had to hurry back home to get some work done in his day job therefore missing his semifinal match with Kenneth Pinili. Jay however drove back home with an extra $100 in his pocket.

Adoni Maropis and Jeff Johnston had many great points with Adoni’s defense. In the end Adoni prevailed in straight games 21-9, 21-7, 21-18 to advance to the finals.

Adoni Maropis played a great five game match in last year’s finals against Trevor Runyan so the stage was comfortable for him.

Kenneth, originally from the Philippines had a wealth of sandpaper experience. Kenneth won two close games at the beginning of the match but Adoni was not finished. Adoni won the third and fourth games with fairly com-

Finalists - Kenneth Pinili and Adoni Maropis fortable scores and appeared to be in control.

Kenneth was battling leg cramps by this time and it was unsure if he would be able to finish the match. After resuming the match after an extended injury time out, Kenneth jumped out to a huge 15-1 lead. Adoni fought back but could not make up the large deficit.

Match to the new FASTT National Champion Kenneth Pinili 23-21, 21-17, 12-21, 14-21, 21-11.

US NATIONALS RESULTS

EVENT FIRST PLACE

1 Men’s Singles Wang, Timothy, TX 2 Women’s Singles Hsing, Ariel, CA 3 Men’s Doubles Tran, Theodore & Huang, Jeff Lin CA 4 Women’s Doubles Hugh, Judy & Hsing, Ariel, CA 5 Mixed Doubles Wang, Timothy & Hsing, Ariel TX 10 Minicadet Boy’s Singles Alguetti, Gal, NJ 11 Minicadet Girl’s Singles Wang, Amy W., NJ 12 Junior Boys’ Teams WCTTA - 1, CA 13 Junior Girls’ Teams Maryland TTC, MD 14 Boys’ 10 and Under Singles Kumar, Nikhil, CA 15 Girls’ 10 and Under Singles Sung, Rachel, CA 16 21 & Under Men’s Singles Jha, Kanak, CA 17 21 & Under Women’s Singles Wang, Crystal, MD 18 Over 30 Singles Dubina, Samson, OH 19 Men’s 40+ Singles Oak, Niraj TX 20 Hardbat 40+ Singles Johnston, Jeff, MO 21 Women’s 40+ RR Li, Tzu-Ying, CA 22 Men’s 50+ Singles Li, Yu Xiang, NY 23 Women’s 50+ RR Yip, Lily NJ 24 Men’s 60+ Singles Malek, Attila, CA 25 Hardbat Singles 60+ Mack, Raymond C., NY 26 Women’s 60+ RR Liu, Charlene Xiaoying, MD 27 Men’s 65+ RR Sakai, David, MD 28 Women’s 65+ RR Sakai, Donna, MD 29 Men’s 70+ RR Resek, Errol A, NV 31 Men’s 75+ RR Braithwaite, George H., NY 33 Men’s 80+ RR Hartmann, Rudy Albert, CA 35 85+ RR Sheng, Tan Tsu, NJ 36 40+ Doubles Subonj, Viktorian & Oak, Niraj TX 37 50+ Doubles Ngo, Loc Bao & Malek, Attila CA 38 Men’s 60+ Doubles Chu, Bin Hai & Gingold, Greg FL 39 Women’s 60+ Doubles Suzuki, Chiyako & Cheung, TingNing 40 Men’s 65+ Doubles Sakai, David & Sweeris, Dell Arthur 41 Women’s 65+ Doubles Suzuki, Chiyako & Sung, Monica 42 Men’s 70+ Doubles Hicks, H. Richard & Marcum, Jerry 44 Men’s 75+ Doubles Hicks, H. Richard & Marcum, Jerry 48 Mixed Doubles 60+ Sakai, David & Sakai, Donna 49 Hard Bat RR Chu, Bin Hai, FL 50 Hard Bat Doubles Kelly, Timothy J. & Mack, Raymond 51 U-1700 Sandpaper RR Norman, Dean, OH 52 USATT/FASTT Nat’l Champ Pinili, Kenneth, OH 53 U-2400 SE Chan, Calvin Tinhang, PA 54 U-2300 RR Gao, Felix, CA 55 U-2200 RR Therriault, James, CA 56 U-2100 RR Siu, George, CA 57 U-2000 RR Lou, Yieng, CA 58 U-2000 Hard Bat RR Chang, Fernando, CA 59 U-1900 RR Puri, Sahil, CA 60 U-1800 RR Ackerman, Estee, NY 61 U-1800 Hard Bat RR Kotz, Paul E., MN 62 U-1700 RR Nagvekar, Sanam, CA 63 U-1600 RR Yang, Rachel, CA 64 U-1500 RR Singhal, Saarthak, CA 65 U-1500 Hard Bat RR Maloof, Unan, CA 66 U-1400 RR Fu, Adrian, CA 67 U-1300 RR Singhal, Saarthak, CA 68 U-1200 RR Innamuri, Pruthvi, CA 69 U-1100 RR Fu, Adrian, CA 70 U-1000 RR Fu, Ava, CA 72 U-1600 Senior RR 40+ Lindo, Howard George, CA 73 U-4200 Doubles David, Paul & Rockwell, Sam 74 U-3700 Doubles Naqvi, Syed Amjad & Malek, Scott 75 U-3200 Doubles Ochsner, John P. & Ochsner Jr., Johnny 76 U-2700 Doubles Yuan, Joe & Sribhashyam, Sashrik 80 Cadet Boys Tiebreak Liu, Victor, CA *Events Concluding in Round Robin or Placement Matches 30 Women’s 70+ RR Kaminsky, Barbara, VA 3-0 32 Women’s 75+ RR Kronlage, Yvonne M. MD 2-0 71 Unrated RR Kandadi, Sohan, CA 2-0 77 Wheelchair Open RR Caplin, Stuart Ronald, FL 4-0 6 Cadet Boys’ Singles J ha, Kanak , CA 7 Cadet Girls’ Singles Yang, Grace, CA 8 Junior Boys’ Singles Jha, Kanak, CA 9 Junior Girls’ Singles Jha, Prachi, CA

SECOND PLACE Eider, Cory, NJ Jha, Prachi, CA Hugh, Adam & Li, Grant, NJ Chen, Diane Dongye & Vuong, Lan, CA Hugh, Judy & Hugh, Adam, NJ Liu, Victor, CA Hsieh, Tia TX ICC - 1, CA LYTTC - 1, NJ Puri, Sahil, CA Hsieh, Tia , TX Lin, Bryant, CA Guan, Angela, CA Shao, Yu, NY Shao, Yu, NY Hoff, Ty, FL Leitman, Marina, CA Schwartzberg, Perry C., TX Nguyen, Thuy, CA Mojaverian, Parviz, KS Ma, Steve M., WA Livshin, Bella, CA Hicks, H. Richard, IN Suzuki, Chiyako, CA Palgon, Robert, CA Hicks, H. Richard, IN Wasserman, Si, CA Wasserman, Si, CA Chu, Bin Hai & Li, Yu Xiang, NY Chu, Bin Hai & Shapiro, Vladimir, MA Hicks, H. Richard & McCoullum, Henry, IN Sakai, Donna & Sweeris, Connie Mae, MI Resek, Errol A & Von Schimmelmann, Ron, NV Sakai, Donna & Kronlage, Yvonne M., MD Wang, Odo & Lu, Yueh Yun, CA Theil III, Martin J. & Fahlstrom, Ragnar E., CA Sweeris, Connie Mae & Sweeris, Dell Arthur, MI Johnston, Jeff, MO Ngo, Loc Bao & Johnston, Jeff CA Johnson, Dean, VA Maropis, Adoni, CA Schwartzberg, Perry C., TX Yang, Peter Jie, WI Shen, Kevin, CA Xie, Tianming, TX Xie, Tianming, TX Stadelman, Ralph L., NV Lai, Evan , TX Kuo, Patrick, CA Guerin Jr., Bill, AZ Balakrishnan, Rishi , CA Wu, Nathan, NY Gopalan, Rishikumar, CA Villacarlos, Paul, CA Fong, Shawn, CA Fu, Ava, CA Yuan, Joe, CA Fu, Ava, CA Talluri, Karthik, CA Naqvi, Syed Amjad, CA Gao, Brian & Cui, David, MA Yu, Nelson & Athalye, Rohan, CA Wu, Nathan & Yang, Len, NY Tan, Angie & Fu, Ava, CA Alguetti, Gal, NJ

Kendall, Gail, NY Quon, Harriet, CA Ly, Jaden, CO Cejudo, Jesse, AZ Chodri, Kunal, CA Wang, Crystal, MD Avvari, Krishnateja, CA Wu, Erica S., CA

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Tips of the Month

by Carl Danner

Choose Your Errors

(Tip of the Month: January) When I play golf, there is one error that I hate above all others. It is catching the ball perfectly to hit a beautiful, long shot right into a hazard. That result bothers me so much that I deliberately club down a little to avoid it. In fact, I’d probably do better by taking the longer club and getting better distance on average from the less-than-perfect swings I make most of the time.

But I have my reasons for this approach, beyond just avoiding frustration. A good golf shot requires a free-flowing swing taken without fear of the results. If I know that good contact will get me into trouble, I may tend to hold back a little and fail to hit any truly good shots -- and limit my ability to improve further, since high-level golfers do swing freely. In this way I choose my errors, at least to a degree, by accepting more weak shorter shots in return for avoiding poor long shots.

Table tennis works much the same way. All of us are going to miss shots, lose winnable matches, and occasionally feel really frustrated out on the table. Everyone reading this is going to make errors. However, just as in golf you have some choices about which kinds of errors you will make, and the resulting implications for your enjoyment of the sport and progression as a player.

For example, the modern game is played with aggression, even for defensive players. If you play passively, you are likely to lose -- especially as you progress to higher levels where opponents won’t just hand you matches with mistakes. To me, this suggests a preference for taking those shots at deuce without regard for the consequences, because a match lost by pushing is worse than one lost by good attacking chances missed. Footwork is another issue, where one error might involve just standing there versus its opposite of sometimes moving too much. Service returns can be lost through pushing too passively, versus attacking and perhaps missing in other ways.

By all means don’t go crazy, because wild swings never are much good. But if you can err on the side of erring offensively, you will do yourself a dual favor of having fewer regrets along with the courage to take the winning shots when it really counts.

Passive Blocking is Passe (Tip of the Month: February)

Blocking is a necessary skill, and can be fun.

There’s great enjoyment in running your opponent around the court while making almost no effort with your strokes.

However, modern equipment and strokes have made blocking less effective than in the old days.

Players can more easily rip topspin loops against blocks, including reaching over the table to do so. Simple blocks that don’t vary are of limited effectiveness, and virtually useless at higher levels no matter how quick your hands are.

To cope, resolve to change your block a little whenever you get a chance; I call it “adding value.”

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You can throw in some sidespin, occasionally chop block, and especially come over the ball somewhat to create topspin. A topspin block is a great tactic because it forces your opponent back on his heels to a degree, and therefore cuts down the angle he can use on the next ball.

If you get used to executing a topspin block, you’ve also started on the path to relooping (by just lengthening the topspin block into a little stroke).

Block simple and straight when you have to. But when there’s time or you see the opportunity, add some value to your block and watch your percentages rise.

Maximizing Your Game Under Poor Circumstances

By Samson Dubina

True or False Question: One must play against better players in order to improve?

Answer:

FALSE

It is possible to improve your table tennis game even if you don’t have ideal training partners, ideal coaching, and an ideal facility. In this article, I’m going to suggest eight ways that you can maximize your game under poor training circumstances.

Use the training partners that you have to the best of their ability.

Even if the club members in your area are 500-1000 points lower than you, you can still use them to improve. One player at our club is 600 points under me but has an excellent lob. Each time that I go to the club, I ask him to lob to me for twenty minutes prior to our match. This really helps improve my loop, smash, and overall racket speed. Another player who is 700 points under me has a very good anti-block. I loop to his backhand while he mixes up inverted blocks with anti-blocks. This is beneficial for adjusting to off-speed balls. Instead of complaining about the level of training partners that your currently have, I suggest that you use what skills they have to maximize your game.

Serving practice is a skill that doesn’t require an opponent. If you have a table at your home, I suggest doing thirty minutes of serving per day. In tournaments, you will see a big difference by merely winning two or three more points each game. At the club, be willing to use your serves that you have practiced. Remember, club players are not your enemies; they are your training partners to help you improve.

At least once a month, you should record your practice/match play. Take the time to watch each stroke in detail. Compare your strokes to the pros and see the difference. Take time to make necessary changes. If a coach is available in your area, review the clip with him and ask for his advice. Visualizing your strengths and weaknesses is the fastest way to improve.

Physical conditioning and nutrition is an area that nearly everyone can improve. If your table tennis club only meets three times/week, make a habit of working out an additional three times per week focusing on lower body strength, core muscles, flexibility, and cardio. Don’t starve yourself, but instead make smart meal plans; this applies to training days, resting days, and tournament days.

Purchase a table tennis robot. Although a robot cannot replace a human, it does add some benefits in that it is always ready to

practice, never misses, can simulate human speed, and gives you a great one-hour workout. Try to select drills that are similar to a game, usually drills that start with a serve and have variation in the rally. Remember, you are practicing to improve your game, not just your strokes. So imagine that there is an opponent across the table and you are actually trying to beat him with shot selection, ball placement, spin variation, and depth variation.

Watching better players is one of the keys to forming the right strokes in your mind and visualizing your game at the next level.

If you don’t have any top players in your area, watch table tennis pros for free on youtube. When watching these players, be specific on what you are looking for. Spend the first ten minutes giving attention to their footwork. Watch their positioning while returning serve, stepping-in for the short ball, moving side-to-side, etc… Next concentrate on their serve return techniques. Each ten minutes, focus your attention on something different. Focus on learning and envision yourself being able to imitate their strokes.

Play more tournaments because it will improve your ability to play against many different opponents, it help you get used to handling pressure, it will give you a chance to discuss your game with others, it will improve your stamina, and it will also give you the opportunity to see better players. I personally play more than twenty tournaments per year. Playing tournaments is the best way to transition your practice to results. The more competitions you play, the less pressure you will begin to feel. If you don’t have any tournaments in your area, consider hosting one per month with the help of your club.

Also, if you don’t have any tournaments in your area, consider taking a few days and traveling to a distant tournament. Arrive a couple days early to practice with the locals, get some lessons, and get used to the tournament facility. It is great to combine both tournaments and practice during the same week.

Even if you live in a state where table tennis is not booming, you can still maximize your game using the eight methods listed above. I live in Ohio, which is about five hour drive from any players near my level. I have personally applied all of the above techniques and this is how I continue to progress my game.

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The “JUNK� Yard Change-Up

By Rich Burnside What makes the change-up such an effective pitch in baseball? Trevor Hoffman made a career out of this very pitch. A good change-up is deceptive in nature. The batter expects a faster pitch and a different ball trajectory. This adds unpredictability to the pitch. The batter consequently must now anticipate both the change-up and fastball, thus making the fastball better as well. In our sport changing speeds can have a powerful effect when used properly to keep our opponents off balance. Here are a few specific ways we can accomplish this in our shot selection.

1) Timing of impact. This is when we catch the ball after the bounce. We can catch it quickly or later. Pushes can be very difficult to handle if they are caught very shortly after the bounce.

This reduces the reaction time of our opponent. We can also wait on the ball especially if it is long. Changing this aspect of our shots can really bother a player who is used to drills at a consistent speed. In a match how many times have you seen a player fluff a ball up only to be missed because it was not expected. Catching the ball later takes some practice and patience.

Concentrate when you actually strike the ball in relation to its flight (especially height).

2) Varying Spin. How solidly we contact the ball changes the pace as well, generally spin is inversely proportional to speed. Grazing the ball more will slow it down a bit and the differing spin will be difficult to deal with as well. Our racket angle is especially important here. The throw angle will change depending on how open we have our bat. Adopting a side-spin approach will also slow down our shot to a certain extent. No-spin or slow-spin loops are like carrying the ball over the net and can be very deceptive. Experiment with how solid you contact the ball. Try wrist flicks and very slight grazes of the ball.

3) Junk. Twiddling with different rubber types, mostly slower ones can produce a drastic confusion effect for your friends. One of our club coaches Mark Fryberger was experimenting with shakehands; flipping the racket on each shot with multi-ball. It was awkward at first but he gradually learned to flip and adjust before every ball. Exercises like this can be very effective for changing the whole way the table tennis world sees junk rubber. The junk rubber player these days must think outside the box.

4) Service Speed. This seems so obvious but sometimes it is overlooked. If you are a player who loves fast counters why would you serve a short ball. Serving fast and long can be good for solid counter-ralliers, but if you do it every time eventually you will get burned. Changing up your service speed is very effective in keeping your opponent off-balance. Remember to serve with your junk once a match to see how she reacts to it. Sometimes the simplest serves are game changers.

Changing speeds can even up the scales when playing someone who is seemingly trying to overpower you. Experiment when drilling with these four principles and it will add depth to your game. Focus on when you are contacting the ball and how hard you are hitting it. Try a few changeups to spice your game up. Trevor Hoffman will make the Hall of Fame because of it, maybe it can add a few hundred rating points to your game!

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Blocking Tips

By Larry Hodges, TableTennisCoaching.com One of the biggest differences between players at any level and players a little below them are their blocking skills.

When watching two attackers of about the same level play, often the quickest way to judge who is the stronger player is by whoever handles the other’s attack better, i.e. who blocks better. Or watch the best players in the world, especially the Chinese, and when they aren’t counterlooping, watch how proficient and consistent they are blocking. Spectators often see the flashy attack shots, but often the biggest difference between these top players and those a level weaker are their blocking games. Here are twelve tips on improving your blocking game. (These are primarily for inverted and short pips players.)

1. Be quick and decisive when blocking. Blocking is not for the weak of heart, and is not a passive shot. Even soft blocks should be aggressively soft, i.e. a change of pace, not just a weak block.

2. Block aggressively against loops that land short and against slow loops. If you block these passively, you’ll face the consequences. Loops that land short are easy to attack (with aggressive block, smashes, or counterloops), while if you return a spinny loop passively the spin takes on your racket more, making you less consistent.

3. Keep your blocks deep unless you are dead blocking. Deep blocks force the opponent off the table, cut off their angles, and give yourself more time to react to their next shot. Shorter blocks are usually easy putaways for opponents who are in position.

4. Block to all three spots - wide corners and opponent’s middle, where they have to decide whether to use forehand or backhand. Avoid blocking anywhere else. Why would you?

5. Often change directions at the last second. This is especially easy and effective on the backhand, in particular by aiming wide to the backhand, then blocking aggressively to the wide forehand at the last second.

6. Against faster loops use the opponent’s own speed to redirect the ball back aggressively. Think of it as a video or pinball game.

7. Blocking at the higher levels requires just as much footwork as attacking. Be light on your feet, and step to the ball; don’t reach except as a last result.

8. Master the forehand down-the-line block. Many players are handicapped by only being able to block forehands crosscourt. This turns them into punching bags for opponents who know where your next shot is each time.

9. Learn to change the pace with dead blocks, and perhaps chop and sidespin blocks. But if you are going to use these shots, practice them both in drills and practice matches.

10. Consider learning to topspin your blocks, essentially mini-loops. Many players don’t realize that many or most top players block with topspin off the bounce, almost mini-loops.

11. Study opponents to see how soon you can pick up where they are placing their attacks. If you do this, your subconscious will pick up on it, it’ll become second nature, and you’ll begin to react sooner. You don’t need fast reflexes to have fast reactions; fast reactions come from proper training over a period of time.

12. When you force a weak ball with your blocks, change from a blocking mentality to attack mode. Far too many players force an opponent into making a weak return - and then continue blocking. Your blocking has done its job; now’s the time to attack!!!

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2013 JOOLA North American Teams

by Rich Heo and Tom Nguyen A new year, a new venue, and renewed spirits brought 213 teams and 858 players to the nation’s capital to compete at the 2013 North American Teams Championships, powered by JOOLA. This event was hosted at the beautiful Gaylord National Resort, located in National Harbor, MD. Participants were happy to find the hotel and playing venue were all under one roof. The area also offered players, family, and friends many close by options for food, shopping and fun in the National Harbor and Washington DC. There were 12 divisions that got the chance for 3 days of non stop playing. A surprise for players this year, was the additional flooring that was added for the top 2 divisions. For spectators, it was a great view to see the top matches as they walked right into the venue.

The top 3 seeded teams had no trouble advancing 4-0 across the board in their group phase to the Quarterfinals. Seven of the top eight seeded teams advanced from their groups. The only upset was #9 ranked Lily Yip TTC 1, comprised of Adam Hugh, Cory Eider, and Sameh Awadallah, overtaking the #8 Maryland Table Tennis Center, represented by Qing Liang Wang, Bo Wen Chen, and Nathan Hsu, 5-3. The matches were all spectacular drawing in a large crowd.

Chen took the first game for MDTTC 3-1 over Awadallah.

Hugh ties it with a win over Hsu 3-0.

Wang takes the lead for MDTTC again over Eider 3-0.

Hugh takes match 4 with a 3-0 win over Chen.

Wang pulls another win 3-2 for MDTTC. Eider takes the sixth over Hsu 3-1 to tie the team contest at 3-3.

Hugh takes the seventh 3-0 over Wang.

photo by Tom Nguyen

The final match had Eider vs Chen, a very tight matchup going to the 5th. Both players could be heard from all over pumping themselves up with each point won. A hard fought win over Chen, Eider was able to take the 8th match 9,-8,8,-8,9.

The Quarterfinals had the higher seeded teams winning at 5-0.

Tianjin University of Science & Technology led by Shuai Hao ranked #13 in the world at the time have come up as the strong favorite to win the tournament, having not dropped a single match.

Likewise coming in at #2 is the Fujian Provincial Team, they too have not dropped a single match up to the Semi finals. Atlanta TTA 1 fell to Shuai Hao’s Tianjin 3-1 to advance to the finals. The Shandong Province Men’s Team vs Fujian Provincial Team was the match to watch for the Semi’s as it went to the deciding 5th to see who would face Tianjin in the Finals for a $10,000 prize.

Shandong’s Wen Guo takes the first 3-0 over Fujian’s Lei Yang.

Fujian’s Xi Chen faces Shandong’s Chuang Wei Fan and after a smart timeout at 9-8 in the third finishes cleanly with a 3-1 win -10, 4, 8, 1.

Shandong’s Bochao Li defeats Fujian’s Chuxi Chen 3-0 comfortably.

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With the team contest at 2-1 Shandong Wen Guo faced Fujian’s Xi Chen.

While predominantly the two teams comprised of inverted players that attack on both wings Xi Chen’s variation on the backhand with short pips was by far the most entertaining in the Semi finals. He showed his ability to change up the ball time and time again with both the pips and inverted.

Typically Xi Chen would hit with the pips and then spin heavy with the inverted, but he wasn’t afraid to chop the ball close and even far away from the table before coming back into the point with a heavy forehand topspin.

Xi Chen took the 4th match 3-1 to tie the team contest at 2-2.

For the final match Shandong’s Chuang Wei Fan faced Lei Yang of Fujian. Both lefties play an inverted two wing looping style with Fan playing a little more aggressive than Yang. While Yang was able to win the match 3-1 his games were all won in deuce -6, 11,11,10. Yang was clearly more mentally prepared for the match compared to Fan. While Fan may have been the better technical player Yang was able to control the more important points to win the match.

Shandong going into the match seemed to be the favorite to face Tianjin in the finals, but Fujian was able to step up on the more critical matches and pull out the win.

Onto the finals with Tianjin University of Science & Technology vs Fujian Provincial Team. This team contest also went the full distance of five matches; Shuai Hao leading his team fairly comfortably to the finals while Xi Chen led his team through a hard fought semi final. The stands were full of spectators oohing and ahing on each rally. Even the lucky nets or edges were met by awws from the crowd. It was certainly exciting to watch each match.

Tianjin’s Ran Xu faced Fujian’s Xi Chen. It was clear that with Xi Chen’s variation with the short pips on the backhand Xu had a hard time adjusting. Chen won 3-0 with a comfortable 8, 8, 2 score.

Shuai Hao answered with a quick 3-0 win of his own 5, 6, 4 against Fujian’s Chuxi Chen. Hao’s ability to control the service and service return prevented Chen from making the first topspin. When Chen was able to get to the rally we saw that he has the ability to compete in the topspin game, but this match was predominantly controlled by Hao’s short game.

Next up the lefty Lei Yang from Fujian faces Xiao-Meng Sun another lefty on the Tianjin team. This match up was up and down with both players dominating their service. However Yang was the more consistent player showing confidence in the forehand exchanges as well as serve return. Sun was making a few too many errors on the return and this allowed Yang to go on many four and five point streaks ending with a 3-1 win at 6, -8, 8, 5.

Shuai Hao faced Xi Chen from Fujian and again controlled the service and service return. However Xi Chen was still able to take a game, the only one Hao let go all tournament 3, 6, -9, 4.

With the team contest tied at 2-2 the deciding match would be between

Tianjin’s Ran Xu and Fujian’s Chuxi Chen. Both players faced tough opponents and had something to prove with $10,000 on the line. Ran Xu’s style is predominantly a control game with very good forehand shots while Chuxi Chen prefers to overpower with the forehand topspin.

Both players started out a bit nervous but Chen’s service and forehand topspin were able to take the first two games. Xu was clearly having trouble returning Chen’s serve, but managed to take the third game.

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St. Joseph Valley Open Turns 50

by Brad Balmer “Nervously, I asked, “Hey Jason, why are you taking the back panel off your computer?” He responds, “We need more RAM, if we are to process the number of players coming.” Slightly shocked (and not knowing exactly what ram was) I reply, “So, with 3 days to go before the re-boot of the St. Joe Valley you decide to re-build the life blood of this event?”

Oh, and by the way, have you ever done this before? Jason says, “well not really, but I’m sure I can get this to work!”

This conversation took place at Jason’s home in March of 1993, on Country Knolls Dr, which we had designated as control central for our attempt to re-ignite the SJVO. This tournament originally ran from 19361963. The resulting event was enthusiastically covered by Larry Hodges in the 1993 USA TT Magazine: “A quick note about the running of the tournament itself before we get to the main events. I’ve been to many large tournaments, and seen many an experienced director fall apart and run a sloppy tournament.

When I first arrived at the tournament site, I discovered that there really wasn’t an experienced tournament director at the desk, at least not experienced in running big tournaments. I was worried… It was fantastic to see that, on their first try, they ran it nearly flawlessly.”

Jason relates that, “Upon walking into the Joyce ACC, I was in awe of what Phil and his crew had done to turn it into one of the finest TT Arenas I had ever seen. A sea of blue tables and barriers fresh out of their boxes and assembled. At that moment I knew that all the planning and organizational things that Brad had handled to this point had paid off and if my program did what it was supposed to do - the players were in for a treat.”

Jason was right, his old, upgraded, HP 286 rang true. With the venue of the famous Notre Dame Athletic and Convocation Center (ACC), the fully time-scheduled St. Joe Valley Open was back. The South Bend TTC provided all 227 players with a tournament packet that included complete draw sheets, including times, table numbers and a complete set of instructions. Tradition also dictated we provide a tournament program, and an artistic poster, created by long time club member and artist, Paul George.

This tournament had its origin as a South Bend Tribune sponsored event in 1936 at the old S.B. YMCA located at the corner of Main and Wayne Streets. Weldon B. Hester, the Y’s Boy’s Director, created the S.B. Club and this event. The next year help would be provided by legendary South Bend coach, and USTTA Hall of Fame member John Varga. There was no tardiness for a match, nor complaints, or controversy. Varga directed and often was heard shouting orders. The players responded,” yes sir and how high!” Needless to say the tournament always ran on time.

In Weldon’s own words,“we sent players to Toledo and Chicago tournaments. I was determined to start a South Bend tourney, and called it the St. Joseph Valley Open. I arranged for an excellent set of trophies. Then I drove up to the Illinois State Open, in Chicago, to show them off, and arouse interest in our SJVO. I had made no arrangements, and just walked in the door, said I had the trophies and set them up on a table. Somehow they didn’t throw me out. That was my first Table Tennis tournament. (it wasn’t so hot!) I met Jimmy McClure, National Men’s Champion, from Indianapolis there. Our trophies were much larger than those of the Illinois Open and Jimmy was interested. He helped bring in many of those first year top players. We ended up with players from 7 states. Toledo sent their top players and after that attended all our affairs.”

The SJVO continued from that first year until 1963. Winners included table tennis legends and U.S. Hall of Fame members Lhea Thall, William Holzrichter, Bernie Bukiet, Harry Hirshkowitz, Norbert Van de Walle, Mildred Shahian, Peggy Ishkoff and South Bend’s own, Betty Henry and Sherri Krizman. Early January dictated the SJVO was always the first major event of the season, with the weather sometimes making attendance an adventure.

Tournament write-up in the 1953 Topics, “A total of 115 entries in all events, from Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, assembled here for the annual St. Joseph Valley Open on Jan 3-4. Old man winter again chose this time to make one of his vicious attacks, which are a trademark of the SJVO, strongly suggesting that the name of this tournament be changed to the annual, “Ice Bowl Open.”

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Club tournaments, such as this one, thrived due to conducting an event that was organized, competitive and timely. South Bend dialed in this formula from the very beginning. Varga was the driving force behind this success, however he needed a lot of help from club volunteers. These local tournament staff members were dedicated to this sport they called “Ping Pong.” Many were local players and attentive parents of the many South Bend junior members, who simply loved this game and the club. Many of the juniors also participated in hosting this very popular and legendary event. Enthusiasm, dedication, competency, and consistency are some of the needed ingredients to produce a successful tournament. You could also add a bit of intimidation, Varga style, in the mix to keep things running smoothly.

1994’s edition of the SJVO was coming up fast and tournament preparation was initiated long before the May start date. We had finally wised up to Northern Indiana blizzard potential in January. A crew that included Phil Schmucker, Jerry Goeller and Jim Lynch, had a year earlier, ventured to Escalade Sports manufacturing plant in Evansville Indiana for table assembly instruction. They spear headed the annual construction project, of the 50 Stiga, blue topped pro tables. Jerry’s Makita screw gun was glued to his right hand for virtually 3 days straight. The hundreds of parts were taken out of the box, with the knowledge that all must be returned back to their original place, after disassembly. Many helpers were wore out before the tourney even began. Jason’s paperwork was shooting rapid fire out of his printer continually for three days. I swear I witnessed smoke drifting from that well-worn machine. All events had round robin and single elimination draw sheets. A player who entered three events could expect at least 20 sheets that he/she would need to keep track of progress. Masters were posted on the wall and consistently updated. The packet paperwork assembly process acquired a legendary status at the club. Thirty two events included at least 100 stacks of individual sheets that were arranged on two large tables and a pool table, in a configuration as to allow a person to grab an envelope, with contestants event numbers labeled on the front. Then in a circle you would stroll, plucking the needed sheets for each player’s event, and stuffing them in. This year’s process became the beginning of “THE STORY.” The entire packet stuffing process normally took several volunteers and at least three hours to complete. Phil decided this was the perfect time to enlighten us on his cross country adventure with four college buddies in his 62’ Chevy (6-banger). The

SBTTC has always been about innovation and out of the box thinking to fund our club and juniors program. Poster artwork in 1993 which later became part of our T-Shirt designs, playing arena which illustrates the scope of the SJVO with television arena as well as a view of Paul’s figures. We were a computerized tournament in 1993 that was fully time scheduled with each player getting a player packet and in 1994 filmed a commercial to go along with the televised matches. Even more important is the teamwork that was displayed throughout the years. From an organizational standpoint through the massive group of volunteers that setup / tore down tables, assembled the barriers, checked in our players, posted the results and all the little things that make a tournament what it is. We were fortunate enough to have a group of diversely talented folks who had the drive to make SBTTC what it is.

- Jason Denman

1) 1993 Poster by Paul George 2) 1994 Club Commercial 3) and 4) 1940’s St. Joseph’s Valley Open 5) Junior Team Photo including Dan Seemiller, Mark Hazinski, Joe Cochranm & others 6) 1995 Playing Arena with TV arena

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“If this sport is to grow it will be spearheaded by club managers/coordinators, tournament organizers, sponsors, and fund raisers.With all due respect, TT has had top players for 80 years and yet we still have only 7k registered players. This won’t change until motivated, committed club organizers are found, to move the sport forward. Events such as the SJVO, are the tools we use to promote the sport and also help fund our programs. To have one club run a top notch event for 50 years is a great accomplishment. “Sustained Energy” is the key ingredient for a club to thrive and expand.

How to create and stoke that “Energy Fire” is the hard part. We use the SJVO as our annual energy boost to continue our efforts.

- Brad Balmer original destination was Mexico City, but due to an uncountable number of mechanical calamities they ended up in California and did take a short jaunt into Tijuana. Phil entertained us with the adventure for the entire three hours and barely scratched the surface. Though we never really heard many details of that short jaunt. Like clockwork, each proceeding year someone always asked the same question. “Hey Phil, ever had a cross country adventure?” Off we went.

The tournament itself went well, with Sweden’s Kayode Kadiri taking home the Gold and the club once again getting the front cover of the Topics.

Larry Hodges reports, “the SJVO tournament crew once again showed that it doesn’t take decades of experience to run a great tournament, just hard work, efficiency, and determination, 263 entries and 50 tables highlighted what is fast becoming one of the most popular tournaments.

He continues, “Also in this tournament I witnessed what may well be the shot of the century, and I don’t even know who the player was who made the shot! This player smashed a ball so that it hit the net post against the knob that tightens the Stiga net. The ball bounced all the way across the table, and hit the top of the other net post! It bounced back about 3/4 of the way across the table, rolled along the top of the net a foot or so, then dropped over the other side. It hit the net clamp on the far side, and rolled it onto the table for a winner! “That guys tricky,” said USATT Vice President Jimmy McClure upon hearing of the shot.

To top things off that year, we hired the local independent T.V. station to film and broadcast the semis and finals of the tournament. Local announcer Bob Nagle, (who meandered in 5 minutes before air time), and table tennis legend David Sakai did the announcing. They were tied into ESPN, so the entire broadcast was nationally shown at least 4 times, along with many of the commercials that we solicited from local sponsors. We also hired Grassroots Production, to create two South Bend club commercials.

With the help and guidance of Hollywood actor Chad Everett, (cousin to club members David and Sherri Krizman) club coach Victor Tolkachev wrote most of the script and played the butler. As Victor always said, “UNBELIEVABLE.” We did have a lot of energy that year. We had a blast...

The next year we combined the North American Championships with the St. Joe Valley Open. Club artist Paul George, spent no less than 150 hours constructing 16 foot images of Uncle Sam vs. a Canadian Mounty, along with player figures and huge tournament letters. All were strung high above Notre Dame’s ACC playing arena. You’d be hard pressed to find a guy more dedicated to table tennis and the South Bend Club. Paul is still an active board member, club artist and player for over 60 years. Mike and Kay Edgerton, once again, did the recording of matches using Mike’s patented color coding system. These markers were gold to Mike and no one was allowed to even breathe on them. A ruler to the back of the hand was not out of the question. Match slip clip boards were acquired from

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South Bend’s Bill Hornyak, which were originally used at his nationally famous Duneland tournaments from the 1970’s, (After 40 years of use they are still going strong.) Conflict became the lowlight of this edition of the 1995 SJVO. I received a 3:00 am call Saturday, from a high ranking U.S. player complaining about the rating system to be used in the North American portion of the event. The next day with the American team on one side and the Canadians on the other,our tourney referee and former 4 time World Champion, Jimmy McClure anchored himself, between the opposing foes. Then, all heck broke loose, with aggressive words flying around the arena in no less than four languages. A lot of head scratching was going on and frustration was rising. Finally our friends from the North took the high road and said,“Do what you want, we don’t care.” So the Americans got their way. Motivation is a funny thing. Yep, U.S. went down in defeat. Jimmy was just glad no leather was thrown, although with his “World Class” reflexes, no one would have stood a chance.

Larry Hodges writes,’With 279 entries, the SJVO (in only its 3rd year) (note: actually the 31st counting it’s hiatus) is now the fourth largest tournament in the U.S., with only the “Big Three” (U.S. Nationals, Open, Open Teams) getting more participants.”

At this point the club experienced a big change, that would influence the SJVO from here on out. Popular South Bend coach Victor Tolkachev was forced to return to his native Latvia. Fortunately a replacement was quickly found. Welcome--- Dan Seemiller! The tournament went through a transition in 96’ and 97’ with it being held at the South Bend club facility on Sample Street. Dan soon had the South Bend TTC moving forward and 1998 saw the SJVO return to our familiar Notre Dame home. Control central remained in Jason’s basement with one memorable moment. Little South Bend JR. team member, Nicole Balmer took on Danny in a pinball machine competition. I remember Dan’s face resembling the table tennis match face I had witnessed so often. He was focused on victory. I am not sure how it happened but Nicole’s triumph is still brought up at holiday family gatherings. A new sponsor was acquired and our relationship with Newmar RV and particularly, Virgil Miller was started. For the next five years attendance held steady at 240 and prize money rose to a high of 20K. The average matches played per entrant was close to 10, which is high for this type of event. Open champions included Chen Yinghua, David Zhuang (twice), Fan Yi Yong and Alexander Karakasevic. The event ran on time with very little controversy. With the exception of the participant, who accidentally dropped his car keys into a self-flushing commode. The tournament motel got an extra night from him until a new set of keys were located and sent.

Larry writes in 2000’ “What makes a 4-star tournament good? Good playing conditions - floors, lighting and spacious courts; timeliness; lots of events; and a friendly staff. The St. Joseph Valley Open had all of this - plus $20,000 in prize money, probably the most ever for a 4-star tournament.”

2003 saw yet another tournament move to Indiana University at South Bend. The real story for the next 10 years was the play of South Bend’s own Mark Hazinski. He dominated this time frame by winning the Open 7 times along with 6 doubles championships and dozens of other event wins.

Mark’s exemplary sportsmanship follows in the footsteps of the clubs philosophy and mimics club mentor Virgil Miller and coach Dan Seemiller.

An award in Virgil’s name is given out each year to the individual who donates time, effort and attitude, to the highest degree in support of club efforts. His legacy will live on as long as there is a South Bend TTC and St Joseph Valley Open. This tournament is the result of numerous volunteers.

A new group has emerged and along with long-timers, including Jason Denman, Phil Schmucker, Dan Rush, Kagin Lee, Val Seemiller, Barry and Stella Chan, Paul George, Bob Tolen, Jim Willets, Arnold Smith, Matt & Pam Hazinski, and tournament director Dan Seemiller, we will provide the best event possible.

On March 8-9, of 2014, we will conduct the 50th SJVO. Prize money is back up, 38 tables, and a great venue will once again be available to you.

Please mark your calendar to attend! We need entrants to continue and solidify our efforts. If you haven’t been to our tournament recently, come on back. Please check out the Club’s web-site to see an expanded version of this article along with the stats and information we have accumulated over the clubs 78 year history. www.sbttc.org. Hope to see you in March.... oh, just in case, you might want to bring along an extra set of keys. You never know what can happen at a Table Tennis Tournament.

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INTERNATIONAL

GERMAN OPEN

GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour, German Open, Super Series, 13-17 November 2013, Berlin, GER

by Dr. Costel Constantin Though it is the political center of Germany, Berlin is also the cultural hub of the county--and arguably of the European Union. Berlin needs to be experienced not visited! It is also the only city in the world that offers eccentric entertaining such as Base Flying off of its tallest building, the Park Inn Hotel in Alecanderplatz. This city was also the host of German Open 2013. A record field of 384 players, of which an astonishing 44 of them have previously won an ITTF World Tour event. All of them are fighting for the top 16 men’s and 16 women’s singles positions to participate for the 1-million-dollar GAC Group World Tour Grand Finals that will be held in 9-12 January 2014 in the city of Dubai of United Arab Emirates.

Women’s singles semifinals In the first semifinal, Fukuhara Ai (JPN) beat Han Ying (GER) in six games (13-11, 11-5, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 4-11). Fukuhara Ai (26 yrs. old) of Japan is ranked 9 and she was an Olympic singles silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Han Ying of Germany is ranked at 17 and she was a two-time team European Champion. Fukuhara had to use a lot of smashes taken very soon off the bounce so Han could not get a lot of time to reach Fukuhara’s attacks. Fukuhara also declared after the match that she had a lot of practice playing against similar style players, which gave her experience that paid off during this match.

In second singles semifinal, Lee Ho Ching (HKG) lost against Wen Jia (CHN) in five games (10-12, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 7-11). Lee Ho Ching (21 yrs. old) who is ranked at 25 and was the semifinalist in Korean and Japan Open in 2013. Lee is already destined to become Hong Kong’s number one player in the near future, as indicated by her victory over the present HKG number one Jiang Huajun. Very soon she will restore HKG’s role as the main competitor against China. From China there is Wen Jia (24 yrs. old) who is world ranked 37. She won the China Open in 2012 and was a quarter finalist in Russia Open 2013. Although the match was won by Wen Jia (4-2), Lee was able to give Wen hard time especially in the 2nd and 4th game. In these games, Lee was able to apply her very strong middle-tolong-distance backhand attacks against Wen. Wen also missed about 70% of Lee’s half-long serves.

Women’s singles final Wen Jia (CHN) won against Fukuhara Ai (JPN) in four straight games (11-5, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6). This was a very fast game in which Fukuhara missed a lot of counter topspin shots due to a lack of timing, while Wen did a great job in solidly attacking the ball all over the table.

Men’s singles semifinals In the first semifinal Fan Zhendong (CHN) defeated Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) in six games (3-11, 11-2, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8). The 16-year-old, Fan Zhendong, is the youngest member of the Chinese national team who already made news by winning the Poland Open in 2013. The prodigy of Fan was well known amongst his colleagues in the national team, because he was part of the very few newbies who was not required to carry someone else’s equipment bag as part of team initiation. The 37-year-old Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus is one of the most accomplished european table tennis player of all times winning nine European Champion League titles and he is also famous for being a top-10 player longer than anyone else in the official ranking history. This match could not be more antithetical in nature. While Fan was relying on his youth, power, and speed, Vladimir Samsonov was relying in his experience and game control. The first four games were played more on a serve-and-serve-return pattern in which each player won two games a piece. The heat really started in the fifth game when Fan generated relentless forehand attacks at Vladi that were impossible to stop. One of the most crucial point to this match was played in the sixth game at 8-8 in which Fan generated a fearless two-wing attack into Vladi’s backhand.

The second semifinal Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) won against Timo Boll (GER) in six games (11-13, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9). As we can see this was an all-german match, even more, it was a match between two close friends… Dima (25 yrs. old) is world ranked at 5. He was the bronze

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Photo of Fan Zhendong courtesy of ITTF medallist at the summer 2012 Olympics and also was freshly crowned the new 2013 european champion. Timo Boll is a 33-year-old sportsman who barely needs any introduction… He is world ranked at number 6 and he was fourteen times the european champion. The first game of the match resulted in a serve-and-receive-return game which was won by Timo. The first spectacular rally to watch it happened in the second game at 4-6 in which Dima won (also winning the game). In the third game, Timo used his third ball attacks easily to win with a 7-point gap. The fourth game was a very close one all the way towards the end, but at 7-7 Dima secured two consecutive points to 9-7. This 2-point gap was maintained all the way to the end to finish with 11-9. In the fifth game, Dima calibrated his powerful backhand attacks from the middle of the table which created a big gap in score (10-5) ultimately winning with 11-5. In the sixth game, it is worth watching 9-7 point to see what table tennis is all about! Crazy topspin-to-topspin counterattacks spiced with even crazier side spins… At 10-9 Dima wins with a half-long serve that Timo missed.

Men’s singles final Fan Zhendong (CHN) won against Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) in five games (13-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-1, 11-9). The final came down to China vs Germany! In the first game, we saw a lot of short rallies mostly and it was clear that Fan’s footwork paid off at the end of the match when he won with 13-11. It is worth noticing that in these top level games, the first player to attack with topspin is the one (most likely!) to score the point. The start of the second game was a slow one for Dima, because Fan created a three-point lead (5-2) by using his fast backhand attacks. Dima could not make up for the three-point gap until the end of the game. It was in the third game that Dima was able to establish a much needed twopoint lead (6-8) which helped him win this game. The fourth game was a pretty much a one-men show, because Fan started really strong with a lead of 6-0 and it continued all the way to 11-1. The last chance for Dima to win this tournament was for the fifth game and indeed he managed to create a four-point lead (4-8), but Fan was able to close the gap to 6-8.

This was the moment when Dima had to step up the gas so he can keep the two-point lead, but it did not happen. Fan equalized to 9-9 and won the last two points to victory.

Concluding remarks Each year the German Open is viewed as a mini-world championship, because there are a lot of good players that show up. At the beginning of the tournament, people turned their attention to the grand slam champion Zhang Jike (CHN) who was making his return to international table tennis.

The 25-year-old has not played internationally since he pulled out in the quarterfinals of the China Open (2013) due to injury. Unfortunately his performance at German Open was not stellar. He was defeated in the 1/4 finals by Fan Zhendong in six games (2:4). On the European side, English player Liam Pitchford was the revelation, because he beat three world top ranked players: Oh Sange Eun, Gao Ning, and Kenta Matsudaira. He lost 3:2 in the 1/4 finals against Timo Boll (GER). After this event, he will likely become the top ranked player in England.

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By John Dichiaro The Second annual two star Southwest Ohio Open was held on November 2nd in Montgomery Ohio, and was hosted jointly by the Dayton and Cincinnati Table Tennis Clubs. The venue was the gymnasium of a modern, recently built Montessori School, with great lighting and polished maple wood floors. Prizes consisted of $100 bills for the winner of each group with the exception of the top group where the winner received $200. 2nd place finishers received $50 to $100 while 3rd place finishers received tournament shirts.

The giant round- robin format was divided into morning and afternoon sessions based on rating. Entries with ratings below 1600 were split into three groups of 9, 8, and 8 players and played in the morning session.

Although the rating spread from top to bottom was fairly high at nearly 600 points, the variety of playing styles made the matches very enjoyable. Nick Snider, top- ranked at 2244, prevailed without losing a match. His aggressive close to the table, looping and smashing with consistency, and his very good service and receives propelled him to first and $200.

A crowd pleasing match with James Hamilton in the preliminary RR went deuce in the fifth. Hamilton covering the court with his long range two sided- bat defense and pick bullet-loops was exciting and exhausting to watch. At 10 all in the fifth, with his serve coming up, Hamilton called time for a breather and some counseling from his brother Don. Nick remained composed and in winning the next two points stayed aggressive and not cautious.

Thanks to Butterflyonline for their support. And for some like myself it was a social occasion as well as an athletic one. I was fortunate to get reunited with two old friends and warriors from 30+ years ago, John Pletakapich of Cincinnati OH and Jay Nelson of Huntington WV. It was great to see you again.

Results: A: Nick Snider, 2nd Tom Yost, 3rd James Hamilton, 4th Aleks Itunin D: 1st Bob Burkart; 2nd Yi Yan Xue; 3rd Hisham Baalbaki; 4th Michael Wilke E: 1st Pete Ventura; 2nd Leroy Davis; 3rd John DeCristofaro; 4th Sam Lawton F: 1st Bill Hanlin; 2nd Jon Lamp; 3rd Kyle Newton; 4th Nick McCoy

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Pensacola Winter Open Winners

14th Annual Winter Open Pensacola Table Tennis Club Pensacola, Florida January 11, 2014 Open Division: 1st John Beaumont, 2nd Martin Del Vecchio, 3rd Willy Leparulo, 4th Sung Ho Kang Division A: 1st Ping Huang, 2nd Ivan Skripnik Division B: 1st Adam Maamoun, 2nd Danny Feldman Division C: 1st Joshua Lilly, 2nd Kenzhemir Mombekov Division D: 1st Kevin Huynh, 2nd Chaozong Zhong Division E: 1st Vern Palmisano, 2nd Keith Veizer Doubles: 1st John Beaumont & Glenn Martinez, 2nd Willy Leparulo & Dmitry Ryvkin Hard Bat: 1st L.A. Johnston , 2nd Andrew Davis Adult Novice: 1st Samuel Chin , 2nd Julie Council Rhode Island Winter Open RI Table Tennis Club Manville, Rhode Island January 25-26, 2014 Open: Richard Dewitt def. Chase Bockoven,

(-4, 6, -4, 5, 5), Semifinalists Larry Bavly and Steve Hopkins U-2100: Larry Bavly def Steve Hopkins U-1900: Laszlo Nagy def. Tangirala Srivatsav U-1700: Robert Treitel def. Charles Cavicchio U-1500: Dan Vogt def. Rodman F. Backus U-1300: Peter Gaidarev def. Howard Lasnik U-1000: Peter Gaidarev def. Bruno Ziolek Unrated: Dan Shricker over Dana Saint Roanoke Open Sun Tennis Center January 24-26, 2014 Giant Round Robin: 1st Steven Dong; 2nd Mike Inger; 3rd Dean Kapsalakis; 4th Quan Ho Group A: 1st Steven Dong; 2nd Roy Ke; 3rd A.J. Carney; 4th Lucas Charpentier Group B: 1st Van Vu ; 2nd Elias Gomez; 3rd Stephen A. Emmons; 4th Charlie Berman Group C: 1st Dean Kapsalakis; 2nd Seyed Saadat; 3rd Talal Malek El Oukaili; 4th Jonathan Van Name Group D: 1st Hal Barnes; 2nd Lewis Andrew Bragg; 3rd Robert Evan Hart; 4th Femi Ogundipe Group E: 1st Scott Kasson; 2nd Jia Guo; 3rd Bob Szuba; 4th Allison Szuba

Chinese New Year Open Schaumburg,IL, February 1, 2014 On Saturday February 1st, 2014 Schaumburg Table Tennis Club celebrates Chinese New Year with a USATT sanctioned table tennis tournament; the tournament featured 8 groups giant round robin.

Despite the extremely cold weather and winter storm warning, some players came from out of state spent hours of driving, nothing can stop these table tennis enthusiasts from coming to the tournament, and completing in the sport they love. There are many upset and some great performance in the round robin groups: twelve year old Michael Wolski seeded last in the Class A group, but finished in third place. Krzysztof Puchalski; Mathew Morris seeded last in Class B and D respectively, both finished in second place. Class F Jeff Schiff and Class C Slawomir Lorenc seeded on the bottom, and finished in second and third in their group.

It was a great starts for our first tournament of the year of 2014, and we cannot do it without the sponsorship of Schaumburg Park District- providing great facility, JoolaUSA with great quality 3 star table tennis balls, and all the players’ participated in the Chinese New Year open, thanks you all and look forward to see you again in our next tournament in March 22, 2014.

Class A: 1st . Wojciech Wolski, 2nd. Artur Kurek, 3rd. Michael Wolski.

Class B: 1st. Bodan Plugowski , 2nd. Arcot Naresh, 3rd. Krzysztof Puchalski.

Class C: 1st. David Perrine, 2nd. Jun Galban, 3rd. Slawomir Lorenc.

Class D: 1st. Wataru Hashimoto, 2nd. Mathew Morris, 3rd. Grzegorz Kasperski.

Class E: 1st. Sid Naresh, 2nd. Pavlo Kravchenko, 3rd. Dennis Palys.

Class F. 1st. James Nam, 2nd. Jeff Schiff, 3rd. Quinn Baker.

Class G. 1st. Samuel Kim, 2nd. Philip Johnson, 3rd. Vladimir Rosonbaum.

Class H. 1st. ZeXin Jiang, 2nd. Andrzej Anklewicz, 3rd. Manikandan Nagarathnam.

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The January Westchester Open

By Bill McGimpsey The 4-star January Westchester Open was held during an extremely cold period in New York this winter. A storm came in on Saturday, adding about an inch of fresh snow to the frozen landscape. I expected a small turnout.

Still, 118 players braved the weather to compete.

Kai Zhang (USATT-rated 2670), 16, of the Westchester TTC, was the top seed. Ranked #5 in the country at the time of the tournament, he was the one with a bull’s-eye on his chest. The number two seed was Jishan Liang (2644), ranked #7, so we all were anticipating great competition.

Both Kai and Jishan were to experience difficulty in the single-elimination portion of the event. In Kai’s case he received a bye into the second round, where he met XinYang Yang (2510). Yang is recently from China and told me he is 15 years old, although he looks mature enough to pass for 17. He’s a very nice young man, but unfortunately speaks very little English.

Kai began the match by using a strong power attack, which could have made a clear statement, except that Yang responded with a fierce counterattack.

Yang continued to hold a lead that allowed him to take the first game. In the second game it was more of the same as Yang soared ahead again. With Yang up 8-4, things did not look good for Kai. It was at this point that Kai changed his strategy. Going into the match, knowing that he was rated 160 points above Yang, he’d played conservatively. But that wasn’t working. So instead of repeatedly pushing the ball back, he started to attack, closing the match to 8-8.

Then Kai misplayed a shot, and Yang hit a big forehand drive, for Yang to take a 10-8 lead. Kai fought back with some very brave offensive play to make it 10-9. Yang strategically called a timeout. Kai won the next point anyway. Yang would have three more game points, but Kai hung tough and finally won 16-14. He would go on win the next two games with less difficulty.

I asked Kai afterward what he was thinking when he was down 8-4 in the second game. He told me he knew he was in trouble, so he changed his strategy, and it worked. He introduced a serve with a right-hand sidespin, which Yang had trouble with. He also became more aggressive and worked on staying mentally focused.

What might have happened, I asked Kai, if he had lost that second game?

I was quite surprised by his answer: “If I lose that game, I lose the match.”

“Why couldn’t you have come back from two down?”

Kai said, “Because his confidence level would have been very high, and mine would have slipped.”

On the other side of the draw, Jishan ran into a red-hot XinXu Zhao (2535). Every game was close, except for the second, which was a blowout for Zhao. To the surprise of all, Zhao was to prevail at 9 in the fifth. I asked Zhao afterwards, “How did you pull off the upset?” “Lucky” he replied, with a big laugh.

Hardly the case. He played very well. Also, Jishan told me that due to circumstances in his life he has not played much lately. He recently moved from Seattle to New York and had not got started at a new club yet. With that being the case, his game should pop right back when he starts playing again.

In the final of the open event, Zhao continued to play well, but Kai showed why he is rated so much higher. It never looked like Kai would lose this match.

In the final of the U-2500, Yu Shao (2490) beat a tenacious 12-year-old Jack Wang (2317) in four games.

One of the most exciting matches of the tournament was in the semifinal of the U-2200, in which the WTTC’s Matthew Needle (2044) met the always colorful Philippe Dassonval (2192). It included loud applause and spirited exchanges between the players and their supporters. Philippe was to prevail and go on to win the event. Meanwhile, Matthew would win the 14 & Under. I chided Philippe afterwards about his exchange with Matthew’s uncle during the game. Philippe said, “Hey, I just flew in this morning from China to New York, and I came directly from the airport to play. I am now so out of it, I have no clue what I am saying or doing.” Everyone laughed.

For detailed results, winners’ photos, and video from the tournament, see www.westchestertabletennis.com.

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RESULTS Open Final: Kai Zhang def. XinXu Zhao (-13, 5, 7, 9) Semifinal: Kai Zhang def. XinYang Yang (-8, 14, 4, 6) XinXu Zhao def. Jishan Liang (-11, 1, -8, 8, 9) Under 2500 Final: Yu Shao def. Jack Wang; Semifinal: Yu Shao def. Yu Xiang Li; Jack Wang def. Tinglei Wu Under 2350: Wilson Wei def. Tinglei Wu Under 2200: Philippe Dassonval def. Edmund Suen Under 2050: Wesley Maness def. Andrew Lu Under 1900: Samuel Modina def. Normen Yu Under 1750: Trevor Salmon def. Rohan Acharya Under 1600: Rafi Hosein def. Daniel Rosenfeld Under 1450: Vaughan Banfield def. Dmitriy Zhitomirskiy

Under 1300: Anthony Capasso def. Gordon Ho Under 1150: Eli Block def. Igor Kirman Under 1000: Alistair Hay def. Christopher Tan Under 850: Arthur Dunn def. Christopher Tan 14 & Under: Matthew Needle def. Amel Medunjanin 50 & Over: David Maisel Unrated: Harold Hill

Harlingen Winter Open

By Kenneth Beauchamp, Certified Referee On Friday November 15th I drove the 700 miles round trip from my home to Harlingen, Texas and back..... it’s called loving this sport. If you don’t know where Harlingen is located, look on a Texas map to the most southern tip and you will find it. Harlingen is the center of a hotbed of table tennis in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.

Lots of retires live there and play table tennis at the Harlingen Community Center. They have players from all over the United States playing in their club. Players came from the surrounding cities to play, from Brownsville, Lyford, Weslaco, McAllen and other communities in the Valley. In past years the Harlingen tournaments have drawn players from Rockport, Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and from the State of Louisana and outside the U.S. from Monterrey, Mexico.

The first thing you notice is how nice everyone is and goes out of their way to make sure you have a good time. The tournament is well run and all events were on time. They have a very nice facility with Butterfly Centrefold 25 Sky tables. There were 10 tables set-up, but they could easily have set- up 14 tables. The courts were full sized with good lighting. The atmosphere is laid back and friendly, a nice change from other venues. It was nice to see old friends and meet new ones.

The tournament was very competitive in each round with 3 tie breakers in 3 different divisions.

The surprise player of the tournament was Bartek Macieja (also a 2700 level chess player) from Brownsville who at first glance didn’t look as good as he was. Bartek had very good ball control and placement and he used it to beat all his opposition in the “A” division. There was a 3 way tie for second in “A”s and Richard Stanley from Rockport, Texas came out on top of the tie breaker to finish 2nd and Anil Singh finishing 3rd from Brownsville.

The doubles was a single E with winner take all format. My partner, Miguelito Molinas and I lost in the first round to the second place team deuce in the 4th game. It was fun as we were the almost lowest seeded team in the event and gave the second seeded team a scare. As it is most of the time with double”s, all had a good time.

RESULTS DIVISION “A”: 1st BARTEK MACIEJA 2nd RICHARD STANLEY 3rd ANIL SINGH DIVISION “B”: 1st LIAM BARCLAY 2nd VAN SAVELL 3nd OSCAR BARRENECHEA DIVISION “C”: 1st BOB MION 2nd DOUG WADE DIVISION “D”: 1st Dr. CHING WANG 2nd SAMUEL BLANCO DIVISION “E”: 1st ERIC WARTENBACH; 2nd DR. MIGUEL A. MOLINAS DOUBLES TEAM SINGLE ELIMINATION 1st Pl. $60.00 BARTEK MACIEJA > Brownsville 1st Pl. $60.00 Zachary McNutt @17 > Harlingen

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South Shore Sports/Butterfly Open October 26-27, 2013

by Dan Seemiller The 10th annual South Shore Sports/Butterfly Open was a success in many ways. There were 213 players who competed on 36 Butterfly tables. The Highland Parks & Recreation Fieldhouse was an absolutely perfect place to play now that their million dollar renovation has been completed. Excellent lighting, rubber flooring, round robins in most events and the location of Highland, Indiana, which is only 30 miles from Chicago, made for a first class tournament.

There was one problem with the new building. The Fieldhouse had no windows prior to the renovation. We all know that big windows create massive amounts of glare on the tables. The fix-up placed four huge windows about 25 feet in the air that were going to be a problem. At first we tried to turn the tables a different way…..no escaping the glare. Coming to the rescue was Joe Brzycki who figured out we could use Butterfly table boxes to block the light. But who could go up the ladder with the boxes and tape them so they would be secure? A dangerous job, as I held the ladder and Joe saved the tournament after reaching/dangling 30 feet above the floor. Thanks Joe! The highlight of the tournament and what has made this tournament so successful for the South Bend TTC is the Nate Wasserman Junior and Cadet events. There were 29 boys in the 15 &Under singles!

Si Wasserman, from Oceanside, California, is sponsoring this tournament every year in memory of his brother, Nate. For several years Nate ran Si’s table tennis club in LA when Si was not available because of his work schedule. Si has told me that his club would never have survived without his brother’s support.

On to the tournament and the Wasserman events...

In the girls 13&U, 15 U, and 18&U events it was a clean sweep by upcoming star Crystal Wang from Maryland. Finishing 2nd in all 3 events was Anushka Oak from Houston, Texas. Crystal took home $1,700 and Anushka, $800.

Other girls who did well were Sonjay Henry, Angela Zhang, Emilie Lin and Brittany Baer.

In the Nate Wasserman boys events …

The 15 &Under was on Saturday. The 13 &Under and 18 & Under were played on Sunday. Jonathan Ou, the #1 seed at 2474, was beaten in his group

by Gal Alguetti in 5 games. Gal is a great blocker and he moved Jonathan around. In the semifinals it was Jack Wang in the match of the tournament outlasting Gal Alguetti 18-16 in game 5. Jack was looping everything…. sometimes 7-8 balls in a row. All play on the 36 tables stopped to watch the dramatic ending. Adar Alguetti, in the other semifinal lost to Brian Gao, 1412 in game 5. Brian also defeated #2 seed Sharon Alguetti. Both brothers lost 5th game deuce matches, almost simultaneously, on tables 1 and 2. In the final it was Jack Wang who won the title and $500 with runner-up Brian Gao receiving $200.

Would the Alguetti brothers be able to bounce back? Yes they could. In the 13 & Under Sharon and Gal made the final. Sharon defeated Jack Wang and Gal took out the much improved Ali Khatami. Ali defeated the #2 seed, DerekNie (2297) in the quarter finals. Gal won the title when Sharon defaulted to him.

In the big money….. $1,000 for 1st…… #1 seed, Jonathon Ou won the title defeating Nathan Hsu in the semifinal and Sharon Alguetti in the final. Sharon upset #2 seed Micaiah Skolnick in the semifinals.

The winnings from this tournament in the Nate Wasserman events is to help these young players to continue their training. The scorecard: Crystal Wang - $1,700, Jonathon Ou - $1000, Anushka Oak - $800, Sharon Alguetti - $600, Jack Wang - $500, Gal Alguetti - $200, Brian Gao - $200, Nathan Hsu - $100, Micaiah Skolnick - $100, Sonjay Henry - $100, Angela Zhang - $100. Congratulations to the 2013 Nate Wasserman boys and girls grant winners.

The South Bend Table Tennis board of directors sends a BIG thank you to our sponsors: Butterfly, South Shore Sports and Si Wasserman.

See you at the 50th St. Joseph Valley Open in South Bend on March 8-9, 2014

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Photos by Jason Denman: (top) Zhao XinXu (right top row) Anushka Oak, Crystal Wang, Angela Zhang, Sonjay Henry -and- Brian Gao, Jack Wang, Gal Alguetti, Adar Alguetti (right bottom row) Sharon Alguetti, Jonathan Ou, Nathan Hsu, Micaiah Skolnick - and - the Highland Parks & Recreation Fieldhouse RESULTS Open Singles: Zhao XinXu, 2nd Fernando Yamazato Open – Doubles: Zhao XinXu/Jack Wang, 2nd Dan Seemiller Sr./Dan SeemillerJr Hardbat Open RR: YuvraajDookram, 2nd Dan Seemiller Jr. 40 & Over RR: Spencer Lam, 2nd LadislavSranko 50 & Over RR: LadislavSranko, 2nd Dell Sweeris U - 2450 RR: WojciechWolski, 2nd Austin Preiss U - 2300 RR: Adar Alguetti, 2nd Gal Alguetti U - 2200 RR: SeyedHamrahian, 2nd Brian Gao U - 2100 RR: Brian Brzycki, 2nd AkashPardeshi U - 2000 RR: Tom Nelson, 2nd Andre Khailo U - 1950 RR: Tom Nelson, 2nd Fernando Itzkovich U - 1875 RR: Fred Knapp, 2nd Ronald Joseph U - 1750 RR: Koichi Okumura, 2nd Lucas Defabry U - 1625 RR: Patrick Ezeadikwa, 2nd Ganesan Mani U - 1500 RR: XinyeJi, 2nd Dixon Lawer U - 1350 RR: Aaron Heller, 2nd Jasy Mendoza U - 1200 RR: Ken Kicinski, 2nd Johnnie Beck U - 1000 RR: Sam Kim, 2nd Larry Brown U - 800 RR: Zach Spies, 2nd Stefan Likic U - 2700 Doubles: Aaron Heller/Neil Mendoza, 2nd Paul

Everts/Jake Everts U - 3400 Doubles: Ed Hogshead/Igor Botkin, 2nd Zach Moy/Andrew Moy Nate Wasserman Junior Championships 18 & Under Boys: Jonathan Ou, 2nd Sharon Alguetti 18 & Under Girls: Crystal Wang, 2nd Anushka Oak 15 & Under Boys: Jack Wang, 2nd Brian Gao 15 & Under Girls: Crystal Wang, 2nd Anushka Oak 13 & Under Boys: Gal Alguetti, 2nd Sharon Alguetti 13 & Under Girls Crystal Wang, 2nd Anushka Oak

Thank you to our loyal players! We appreciate your decision to spend time with us.

2014 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge February 28 - March 2; Columbus, OH www.arnoldsportsfestival.com Info at www.rockfordttc.com Register at www.omnipong.com The Arnold Sports Festival is the largest multi-sport event in the nation and the greatest sports-fitness experience of your life! The Festival welcomes more than 18,000 athletes annually who compete in more than 45 sports & events, including 12 Olympic sports. More than 175,000 fitness enthusiasts attend the Arnold Sports Festival each year to experience thrilling moments of sports competition and fitness entertainment Here’s what we offer for table tennis (in addition to fun, excitement, and friendship): • • • •

28 events including: rated; juniors; seniors; family; hardbat; 41-point handicap; recreational; Ohio State Championships; & Sr. Olympics Prize money in 8 events with $1,425 in the Butterfly Open Singles Event; Huge custom trophies!

Free access for registered players to many of the 45 other sports during the 3-day festival SPECTATORS with HIGH ENERGY!! Yes, even the Under-1000 Final last year had 100 spectators cheering!

Thank you to our loyal players! We appreciate your decision to spend time with us.

2014 America’s Team Championship 2014 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge May 24-25; Rockford, IL (Chicago Area) February 28 - March 2; Columbus, OH Info at www.rockfordttc.com

www.arnoldsportsfestival.com Register at www.omnipong.com Info at www.rockfordttc.com Register at www.omnipong.com • 6 Annual Premiere 4-Star Team Tournament: $8,000 in prizes for top 3 divisions the combinedexperience hotel & venue • Convenient Location: 1-hour West of Chicago O’Hare Airport withand hourly The Arnold Sports Festival is the largest multi-sport event in the nation the shuttle greatesttosports-fitness of • Quality Playing Conditions: Excellent lighting, rubberized flooring (no concrete for any divisions!) your life! The Festival welcomes more than 18,000 athletes annually who compete in more than 45 sports & events, • Well-Designed Event:More Timethan scheduled rounds; free high-quality t-shirts; friendship including 12 Olympic sports.

175,000 fitness enthusiasts attend thefree Arnold Sportsparty Festival each year to • Competition Format: Standard U.S. team format; each team has 3 to 5 members with 3 members playing experience thrilling moments of sports competition and fitness entertainment singles matches each round until 1 team wins 5 singles matches (best 5 singles matches out of 9 matches) Entry per team $10 per person rating & processing fees Here’s• what we Fee: offer $585 for table tennisplus (in addition to fun, excitement, and friendship): th

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28 events including: rated; juniors; seniors; family; hardbat; 41-point handicap; recreational; Ohio State Championships; & Sr. Olympics Prize money in 8 events with $1,425 in the Butterfly Open Singles Event; Huge custom trophies!

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1st Annual Savona Garden State School Championships

By Dean Johnson The 1st Annual Savona Garden State School Championships was held at the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey on January 5.

The event attracted 60 players ages 7 to 16 from Elementary, Middle and High Schools in the area. 30% of those entered were introduced to tournament table tennis for the first time. “This is the first tournament of its kind in New Jersey and we’re excited that it brought out so many first-time players,” said Lily Yip. “We plan to run tournaments like this on a regular basis and we’re hoping that it catches on in other states as well. The future of our sport is in the hands of our young players and we need to encourage them to participate and to make training available to them in order for the sport to grow,” she added.

A total of six events were held: Elementary School events were for children in grades 1 to 5; Middle School events were for students in grades 6, 7 and 8; Open School Singles were for any student enrolled in grades 1 to 12; High School Team events were for students in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12; The Team events were made up of 2 or 3 players enrolled in the same school. Event fees were held to a minimum ($10) to encourage maximum participation.

Winner of the High School Singles event was: Tina Lin; runner-up was Mendy Wang.

Winner of the High School Teams was West Windsor - Plainsboro South High School –

Kaelan Yao, Billy Joe and Mendy Wang; Runnerup was High Technology High School – Zachary Weingarten and Annie Shi. Winner of the Middle School Singles event was: Joseph Baptista, runner-up was Alan Chen.

Winner of the Middle School Teams event was Green Brook Middle High School – Michael Jiang and Andrew Song; runner-up was Woodrow Wilson Middle School; William Lu and Ray Huang.

Winner of the Elementary School Singles event was: Jayden Zhou; runner-up was Shiangtian Li. Winner of the Elementary School Teams event

was: Hartshorn Elementary School – Shiangtian Li and Jayden Zhou; runner-up was Oak Knoll Elementary School – Brandon Chen and Ethan Chen.

The Lily Yip Table Tennis Center is a state-ofthe-art, 15,000 square ft., full time, dedicated table tennis facility with 24 tables on two floors.

It has been operating for just 3 years and has already been designated by the International Table Tennis Federation as one of only 22 “Hot Spot” training facilities in the world and is the only one on the east coast of the U.S.

2013 World Junior Championships in Morrocco

By Lily Yip The U.S. Junior Girl’s team comprised of Ariel Hsing, Erica Wu, Prachi Jha and Tina Lin met up with coach Lily Yip in Paris on their way to Rabat, Morocco for the World Junior Championships which was staged from the December 1 to 8, 2013. Happy to see each other again, everyone was in high spirits as they flew together to Morocco. Having landed in a different continent, Morocco turned out to be better than expected. After two days of practice, the team was well prepared for the three days of team competition and five days of individual competition ahead.

Faced with the best players from around the globe the US team was able to finish in the top 8 after battling for a hard fought victory against Puerto Rico in the round robin to book their spot in the quarterfinal.

In a tight battle with a very strong team from Romania, the US girls fought down to the wire but lost in the final match with Erica Wu giving top European Junior player Bernadette Szocs a scare with her push to 5 games along the way. The team also lost a close 3-2 to Germany and 3-1 to Chinese Taipei. USA Girls showed a strong team spirit and came close to achieving much greater results, a promising sign for the future of the team.

In the singles event all three players in the round robin stages advanced with Erica rising from 2nd position in her group to win against her group’s top seed from France. Ariel’s high world ranking awarded her a direct entry into the main draw where her teammates joined her. Tina Lin and Prachi Jha were the first to exit in the round of 64. Tina was eliminated by Romanian junior Irina Ciobanu in five games who proved to be too strong on attack for her younger, less experienced opponent.

Prachi went out to a top level player from Hong Kong in 6 games, showing she was not intimidated by her highly skilled opponent but not quite able to convert enough points in crucial moments to claim the win.

Erica managed to go one round further by defeating Dana Chernova from Russia by the scores of 12-10,11-6,11-7,5-11,10-12,11-9 and lost to Sakura Mori from Japan is four straight games. Ariel played quite well and defeated Bruna Alexandre from Brazil 11-5,11-2,11-5,11-8 in the first round. In the second round defeated Marie Migot from France 11-

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6,11-7,11-5,11-9, but lost in the third round to Manyu Wang from China 11-3,7-11,11-8,12-10,7-11,11-4. All in all a very good showing by taking two games from one of China’s elite players.

In the doubles event Tina and Ariel defeated a strong Japanese team and made it to the quarter finals losing to a strong Chinese Team.

USA Girls had a very fine showing at the 2013 World Junior Championships reaching the quarter finals of the Team and the Doubles events. Our level is improving and so our results because of the hard work of all the girls, USA Table Tennis Girls Teams has a very bright future.

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Building a High School Team

By Paul Kotz

I will never forget my wife saying to me that we should try playing ping pong together. In the Twin Cities, there was a location in Burnsville that served as my reintroduction to Table Tennis. My wife remarked that she had fun, but these guys are serious. It had been about 15 years or so since I held a racket. Life somehow had got in the way.

But, as I met a few new individuals, including Paralympic champion Mitch Seidenfeld and a myriad cast of characters, I grew to love the sport, and realized that I truly never had a forehand.

Fond memories of the old Disney’s Table Tennis Center (formerly on Lake Street, in Minneapolis) came back. I used to play and eventually help out with the high school league, and my longtime friend Ray Wallin and I would head down via the bus to play at Disney’s, sometimes into the wee hours of the night.

As a 14 year old, taking the bus home was always an experience. I remember a time in the evening being alone waiting for the bus, while my buddy left in the afternoon session, and having a guy ask me “What do you do with that paddle?” I explained that “I play ping pong or some people call it table tennis.”

“Sure you do” replied the guy as we boarded. I moved to the other side of the bus.

In writing up a weekly summary for the high school league, I learned the nuances of the game, and found that the interest in this sport was immense, yet it was still a culture that never fully took off as a true sport among the general population.

After working with this organization as a volunteer, Charlie gave me a Stellan Bengsston paddle. Stellan (the Swedish phenom) won the world championships at age 18. I loved that paddle, yet now it seems as heavy as a brick to me. Times have changed. There are so many

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additional options for paddle choice and rubber.

In my high school days, the memorable Chuck Turchick worked with our team to build up skills and help us as freshmen and sophomores learn about the game and hone our technique. We had this one senior, named John Fries who was our best player. He was as tall as Paul Bunyan and as thin as a rail, but could rally like no one I had seen in our age group. We all wondered… Maybe I could do this too?!

Flashback to your youth is always filled with mixed emotions, but with some coaching and encouragement from Table Tennis Minnesota players, in 2007, I decided to start a team at the school where I worked as a high school teacher. Inspired by Greg Miller, a former volunteer coach of the year, we started with one table, put out a few fliers to the students, and held an interest meeting, with 4or 5 kids showing up. I started keeping stats on the kids and posted the results outside my room. We eventually used the wonderful USATT League Rating System, and kids became curious to see if they could rise in the ranks.

Meanwhile, State Team Tournaments were becoming a hot item in Minnesota. Usually there would be 12 to 16 teams which would compete in this all-day event each year, run by Hall of Fame inductee Mitch Seidenfeld, dedicated coordinators Joe Sabas, Ross Reynolds, and Seemant Teotia and Sandy Joshi. Since this time, it has grown immensely, with both coed and girls groups, which have competed for the past 4 years simultaneously.

It is at the point where 16-20 teams come fully prepared to bring a State Championship back to their school each year.

At Holy Angels, our program grew over time. I eventually was able to get our AD to approve and support our program. In many schools, Table Tennis is still considered an activity and not high school

from the Ground Up sanctioned. We had booster club events, where parents donated tables or equipment to make the program better. In a private school, we rely on donations and begging at times.

We now have 12 tables, and try to maintain that enthusiasm for this incredible sport. We decided to charge $50 per kid for a season that runs from late October to Mid February. This truly helped us with table maintenance, purchasing tables and balls, and recently I was even able to pay for an assistant to help us in this endeavor.

As of last year, in 2013, we had 75+ kids in three times/week in our small gym, run as both a club and varsity team. The kids helped us with table set up and putting away tables at the end of the time which we run for about an hour and a half each session. Utilizing sign-up sheets, relying on statistics posting of win/loss record and rating levels, we could categorize players into their respective skill levels and keep the motivation alive for beginner, intermediate and advanced level players. We even have some young people who do not want to play, but want to be the managers. Everyone has something to offer. It also takes a village to run these operations, so I learned quickly to take any help that is offered! It is very gratifying to see young people enjoy this sport as much as I did as a kid, and as I do today!

There also seems to be a trend emerging where our sport is being recognized at the high school level.

Inspiring fun of the game, as well as teaching technique and sportsmanship has had an indelible impact on me throughout the years.

Dr. Paul Kotz played in the U.S. Nationals this past December and won the Under 1800 Hardbat tourney. He is an avid sponge player, and hopes to continue coaching young people in the future. In 2011 and 2013, the Academy of Holy Angels won two state titles. After 15 years

as a high school teacher, he took a job as Assistant Professor in an Education Leadership program in the Twin Cities.

For anyone interested in how to get a program going from the ground up, please feel free to contact the author at: atpkotz@smumn.edu

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Now I have a theory... if you do as many push ups as you possibly can... eventually, your arms will lock up...

EVEN if you want to do another push up and feel that you have the energy... sometimes your arms just won’t let you do any more. I’ve had this happen. But I have a funny feeling that if someone put a gun to my head in that moment... my body would allow me to do another push up. I would like to thank adrenaline for what you’re about to read.

The Fight

By Adam “Adrenaline” Bobrow I often have eventful days... but this day at the Hanoi Open 2013 in Vietnam was one of the most EPIC sports days I’ve had in my LIFE!!!!! My team had a match at 8AM and I woke up bruised and sore all over. During warm ups... I could barely lift my arm to get the ball over the net on my forehands and my legs were a lost cause. I could barely lift my knee up to a 90 degree angle and I groaned in pain every time I sat down. That’s always promising when I have a big match coming up.

Not to mention my voice was pretty much gone (people kept asking what was wrong) from yelling and playing hard the day before and I don’t think it helped that the stadium was dry and filled with cigarette smoke. My team was 1-1 and I was the 3rd spot so my match was pretty clutch.

I had watched my opponent warm up and thought he is CLEARLY very strong... much stronger than me... and has no trouble with lobs. He DID however have 3 thumbs... and used two of them on his paddle (just an interesting detail). The crowd in Vietnam saw that I was about to play and surrounded my court. I would guess about 75 people or so were around and cheering. I went from having virtually no voice and no flexibility to fighting and SCREAMING for every point that I won, jump kicking in celebration getting my foot well above my head to playing better than I had the whole tournament! I was VERY confrontational when the opposing team’s coach told me not to complain after asking my opponent to serve legally and play by the rules. Shortly after I won a point and ran right up to the coach and yelled “YOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!” about a foot from his face and the crowd LOVED it! Very mature, Adam! Whatever! He started it!!!!

I was pumped from beginning to end and at 10-9 in game three I had match point... served the ball off my finger.... and luckily... it went over the net and was very confusing and I won the match for our team! Where all of this energy came from...???? Adrenaline. My team went on the win the next match sending us to the finals.

Later during the finals, my teammates won the first two matches and I was in the 3rd spot to take it home.

There must’ve been about 300 people or so watching in the stadium seats and after being up 2-0 in games but down 0-6 in points... then coming back to 8-10... I fought SO hard and won 13-11 in the third game to seal the deal for my team! We took the gold medal and won 10,000,000 VND! This all happened in the same day that I did an exhibition with Tim Wang and had a point that got more cheering than I’ve ever had for one point in any of my matches (video and more photos will come soon... and more stories). Now.... I am going to sleep HARD! My body needs it and I earned it 8>)

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OVER 80 MEN OVER 60 WOMEN OVER 30 MEN UNDER 18 GIRLS NC 1953 Diwakar, Madhu MD 1993 Liu, Charlene GA 2711 Li, Kewei CA 2520 Zhang, Lily SC 1705 Danner, Fred TX 1949 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin) NJ 2629 Zhuang, David CA 2382 Jha, Prachi MD 1648 Greenberg, MortonNJ 1929 Alvarez, Ann CA 2577 Kashyap, Anal CA 2380 Wu, Erica MO 1605 Sokol, Stanley CA 1918 Livshin, Bella NJ 2565 Eider, Cory CA 2317 Guan, Angela TN 1598 Kitchel, Dwain NC 1916 Fan, Ling CA 2547 Nguyen, Khoa MD 2304 Wang, Crystal FL 1590 Palumbo, Alfred CA 1902 Cheung, TingNing TX 2542 Butler, Jim CA 2251 Yang, Grace NJ 1549 Sheng, Tan Tsu CA 1898 Xianyu, Hui NY 2523 Ebuen, Jon NJ 2237 Lin, Tina OH 1531 Myers, Neil CA 1856 Suzuki, Chiyako OH 2516 Dubina, Samson FL 2232 Charoenmit, Chanya TN 1506 Neely, Bill MD 1799 Sakai, Donna UT 2513 Najem, Alfred WA 2225 Ma, Lucy FL 1490 Cincotta, Joseph CA 1778 Sung, Monica NY 2504 Gao, YanJun NJ 2224 Wang, Amy HI 1486 Lum, Bill CT 1774 Choi, Eun Sun WI 2501 Barsoum, Emad TX 2210 Huang, Laura NY 1479 Sprague, Ray Arthur CA 1736 Martinez-Simons, Patty NY 2490 Shao, Yu MA 2200 Liu, Shuhan UT 1462 Mathis, John VA 1697 Kaminsky, Barbara TN 2489 Awadallah, Sameh NJ 2196 Wang, Mendy (Ke) CA 1453 Hartmann, Rudy CA 1695 Chan, Yude MD 2473 Baring, Harold PA 2179 Xiao, Claire CA 1444 Miller, Al CA 1683 Tsung, Julian CA 2470 Molla, Zaman CA 2178 Chu, Isabel OVER 75 OVER 50 MEN OVER 30 WOMEN UNDER 16 BOYS UNDER 12 BOYS CA 2071 Tay, Chong NJ 2629 Zhuang, David Yong-Xiang CA 2660 Gao, Jun CA 2626 Jha, Kanak OH 2174 Bu, Alexander NY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeIN 2447 Seemiller, Daniel NY 2512 Ooka, Hiroka GA 2582 Li, Hangyu MN 2131 Tran, Michael IN 2055 Hicks, H. NY 2432 Boggan, Eric CA 2392 Tong, Fei-Ming CA 2535 Chodri, Kunal CA 2092 Kumar, Nikhil WA 1989 Grossman, HowardNY 2421 Li, Yu Xiang NJ 2385 Yip, Lily MD 2522 Chen, Bo Wen CA 2083 Chen, Pin-Chung NC 1953 Diwakar, Madhu TX 2416 Schwartzberg, Perry TX 2345 Lee, Sumi NJ 2468 Wang, Allen IL 2069 Pardeshi, Akash WA 1821 Wolfe, Wes NY 2375 Tran, De TX 2332 Li, Yawei CA 2451 Avvari, Krishnateja CA 2067 Gong, Steven AL 1801 Peters, Ronald GA 2364 Xin, Peng CA 2330 Chen, Diane NC 2399 Mo, Qiyuan (Caleb) IL 2046 Wolski, Michael NY 1777 Nazarbechian, Tomas NJ 2348 Osmanov, Roman NJ 2293 Peng, Ying CA 2381 Cheng, Newman PA 2046 Parthsarthy, Prasiddha CA 1756 Guillory, Ralph MA 2326 Shapiro, Vladimir IL 2261 Kretschmer, Maria FL 2376 Ou, Jonathan IN 2026 Luo, Henry CA 1747 Fahlstrom, Ragnar NY 2318 Henry, Michael GA 2235 Zhang, Yi NJ 2362 Alguetti, Gal CA 2024 Bai, William FL 1733 Holck, Bruce VA 2310 Doverman, RichardMD 2202 Wang, Heather CA 2356 Shah, Aarsh MA 2008 Cui, David CA 1730 Lu, Yueh Yun CA 2306 Baddar, Mohamed A. NC 2200 Jia, Zhen NY 2350 Wu, Tinglei NJ 1994 Chen, Alan CA 1716 Kuluva, Neil FL 2305 Fleisher, Dickie CA 2130 Dole, Gina CA 2343 Liu, Victor CA 1956 Yung, Timothy SC 1705 Danner, Fred MI 2301 Xu, Xuan Steve MI 2099 Murakami, Tamaki TX 2337 Zhai, Hao NJ 1943 Lu, Matthew GA 1700 Karp, John NV 2300 Baldonado, Johnard CA 2057 Leitman, Marina CA 2329 Kumar, Shivansh IL 1942 Sun, David OVER 70 MEN OVER 50 WOMEN UNDER 22 MEN UNDER 16 GIRLS UNDER 12 GIRLS MD NV 2175 Resek, Errol NJ 2385 Yip, Lily CA 2687 Zhang, Xiang CA 2317 Guan, Angela 2304 Wang, Crystal FL 2075 Concepcion, ElmanIL 2261 Kretschmer, Maria NJ 2670 Zhang, Kai MD 2304 Wang, Crystal NJ 2224 Wang, Amy CA 2071 Tay, Chong CA 2130 Dole, Gina CA 2639 Yuan, Xiao Jie CA 2251 Yang, Grace CA 1933 Wu, Youruo NV 2063 Von Schimmelmann, CA Ron 2010 Nguyen, Thuy PA 2638 Li, Bochao NJ 2237 Lin, Tina CA 1930 Sung, Rachel CA 2061 Leung, Che-Him MD 1993 Liu, Charlene CA 2626 Jha, Kanak WA 2225 Ma, Lucy TX 1928 Hsieh, Tia NY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeTX 1949 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin) GA 2607 Shi, Diwei NJ 2224 Wang, Amy CA 1815 Yang, Rachel IN 2055 Hicks, H. NJ 1929 Alvarez, Ann MS 2598 Li, Cheng TX 2210 Huang, Laura TX 1811 Gao, Katie CA 2013 Ukapatayasakul, Bill CA 1918 Livshin, Bella CA 2589 Liu, Dan NJ 2196 Wang, Mendy (Ke) VA 1790 Lu, Jie CA 2007 Chau, Y.C. NC 1916 Fan, Ling MD 2587 Zhang, Jake PA 2179 Xiao, Claire FL 1789 Barvie-Perez, Sherlyn WA 1989 Grossman, HowardCA 1902 Cheung, TingNing MS 2584 Zhang, Yi Chi TX 2157 Li, Joy KS 1782 Maruthapandian, Lavanya NC 1953 Diwakar, Madhu CA 1898 Xianyu, Hui GA 2582 Li, Hangyu CA 2134 Jiang, Diane MA 1714 Zhang, Angela IL 1942 Inui, Tadao (Tom) FL 1867 Hu, Yanju GA 2576 Feng, Yijun CA 2126 Huo, Luvena TX 1702 Zhao, Kelly MD 1910 Lonergan, Terry CA 1856 Suzuki, Chiyako MD 2565 Wang, Qing Liang NJ 2125 Hu, Xiyue CA 1670 Tan, Angie WA 1893 Lee, Joseph MD 1799 Sakai, Donna CA 2559 Guo, Hao CA 2116 Deb, Ishana CA 1596 Sung, Joanna NY 1876 Gudzenko, Gary OH 1794 Li, Fang CA 2546 Wang, Rui MD 2023 Lu, Amy MD 1590 Ke, Tiffany OVER 70 WOMEN OVER 40 MEN UNDER 22 WOMEN UNDER 14 BOYS UNDER 10 BOYS NJ 1929 Alvarez, Ann NJ 2629 Zhuang, David Yong-Xiang CA 2579 Yi, Fangxian CA 2626 Jha, Kanak NY 1857 Yang, Len CA 1778 Sung, Monica CA 2547 Nguyen, Khoa CA 2520 Zhang, Lily NJ 2362 Alguetti, Gal GA 1609 Ng, Daniel VA 1697 Kaminsky, Barbara TX 2542 Butler, Jim VA 2515 Shi, Chenxi CA 2343 Liu, Victor CA 1587 Li, Ted MD 1480 Kronlage, Yvonne NY 2490 Shao, Yu CA 2495 Hsing, Ariel NJ 2326 Alguetti, Sharon CA 1487 Gao, Patrick CA 1464 Hellwig, Irina IN 2447 Seemiller, Daniel CA 2492 Li, RuiNi CA 2324 Gao, Felix WA 1456 Du, Ethan NV 1381 Arpon, Joyce NY 2432 Boggan, Eric NJ 2472 Zhao, Jing Yi NJ 2317 Wang, Jack IL 1438 Naresh, Sid TN 1333 Gove, Ruth NY 2421 Li, Yu Xiang WA 2400 Zhang, Bijia CA 2304 Tio, Nicholas MD 1354 Chen, Ronald CO 1327 Longee, Jinny TX 2416 Schwartzberg, Perry CA 2382 Jha, Prachi MD 2294 Nie, Derek NJ 1292 Zhou, Jayden FL 1320 Williams, Nahed TX 2415 Oak, Niraj CA 2380 Wu, Erica CA 2294 Gong, Renny VA 1271 Zhang, Bowen CA 1316 Do, Linda TX 2414 Subonj, Viktorian GA 2375 Liu, Yitong(Wantong) TX 2262 Li, Jonathan WI 1270 Bedi, Kabir MO 1291 Davis, Rosemary MA 2389 Chui, Chi-Sun CA 2317 Guan, Angela OH 2238 Hamrahian, Seyed CA 1246 He, William FL 1237 Cline, Jan GA 2383 Ko, Carlos MD 2304 Wang, Crystal CA 2229 Tong, Howard CA 1220 Mannem, Keshav VA 1232 Samirad, Lilas CA 2376 Jafar, Shuja CA 2251 Yang, Grace CA 2200 Chang, Matthew TX 1155 Mu, Kevin CA 1229 Quon, Harriet NY 2375 Tran, De NJ 2237 Lin, Tina CA 2188 Kumar, Shivam MI 1152 Hammond, Jacob CA 1222 Ho, Laura FL 2368 Ciz, Richard FL 2232 Charoenmit, Chanya CA 2184 Wong, Jordan WA 1140 Kakade, Aniket OVER 60 MEN OVER 40 WOMEN UNDER 18 BOYS UNDER 14 GIRLS UNDER 10 GIRLS GA 2364 Xin, Peng CA 2660 Gao, Jun NJ 2670 Zhang, Kai MD 2304 Wang, Crystal CA 1933 Wu, Youruo CA 2279 Malek, Attila CA 2392 Tong, Fei-Ming CA 2626 Jha, Kanak CA 2251 Yang, Grace CA 1930 Sung, Rachel KS 2259 Mojaverian, Parviz NJ 2385 Yip, Lily GA 2607 Shi, Diwei NJ 2224 Wang, Amy CA 1670 Tan, Angie TX 2259 Hou, Randy TX 2345 Lee, Sumi GA 2582 Li, Hangyu CA 2126 Huo, Luvena CA 1596 Sung, Joanna TX 2258 Chan, Henry CA 2330 Chen, Diane GA 2576 Feng, Yijun CA 2116 Deb, Ishana MD 1590 Ke, Tiffany FL 2248 Chu, Bin Hai NJ 2293 Peng, Ying CA 2559 Guo, Hao MD 2023 Lu, Amy MD 1574 Lin, Lisa OH 2246 Tannehill, John IL 2261 Kretschmer, Maria CA 2546 Wang, Rui CA 1933 Wu, Youruo CA 1229 Yin, Emilie NV 2175 Resek, Errol CA 2130 Dole, Gina CA 2535 Chodri, Kunal CA 1930 Sung, Rachel CA 1115 Chen, Tina NJ 2175 Shtofmakher, Simon MI 2099 Murakami, Tamaki MD 2522 Chen, Bo Wen TX 1928 Hsieh, Tia CA 922 Giri, Swathi CA 2163 Kim, Jin Up CA 2057 Leitman, Marina NY 2520 Wang, Can Kevin NY 1927 Ackerman, Estee NJ 829 Fong, Molly MA 2158 Hlava, Jiri CA 2010 Li, Tzu-Ying NJ 2468 Wang, Allen GA 1876 Lin, Emilie NJ 802 Chen, Katie CO 2148 McAfee, Richard CA 2010 Nguyen, Thuy CA 2465 Lin, Bryant CA 1817 Patel, Anjalee TX 780 Chen, Maggie WI 2146 Sranko, Ladislav MD 1993 Liu, Charlene CA 2460 Ren, Ruqin CA 1815 Yang, Rachel TX 779 Lan, Ellen MD 2137 Sakai, David TX 1949 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin) CA 2451 Avvari, Krishnateja TX 1811 Gao, Katie CA 753 Srivastava, Saanvi TX 2137 Tran, Minh NM 1938 Gresham, Toni CA 2425 Tran, Theodore VA 1790 Lu, Jie TX 683 Fang, Katherine

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Bayr, Zita Beauchamp, Timothy Beaumont, John Bednarz, Ben Beebe, T. J. Beer, Richard Behera, Sudhir Bekker, Frans Bekurti, Elidon Belinkis, Nathaniel Benedicto, Voltaire Benincasa, Giacomo Benson, Thomas Berdichevsky, Felix Berg, Mark Berger, Jennifer Bergman, Jim Bergman, Neal Bergmann, Grant Bergunker, Nick Berman, Charlie Bernard, Brad Bernstein, David Bernstein, Devin Bernstein, Jordan Bernstein, Zachary Berrios, Hector Berry, Davon Berry, Sam Betts, Steve Bey, Mika Beyatli, Tufan Bhachawat, Yash Bhandari, Anup Bhar, Sounak Bharadwaj, Sudhanva Bhardwaj, Nishant Bhartia, Saurabh Bhatia, Jaspreet Bhatia, Pravir Bhatia, Viren Bhimani, Rashid Bhobe, Rahul Bhutkar, Aishwarya Bi, Alan Bi, Leon Billy, Johnny Birenbaum, Andrew Bishop, Donald Blanchard, Albert Blass, Juli Block, Adam Block, Eli Blyth, William Bobrow, Adam Bocachica, Carlos Bocanegra, Jose Bockoven, Chase Bockoven, Connor Bockoven, Ralph Bogavac, Svetislav Bogdan, Jan Boggan, Eric Bogie, Marvin Boldon, Kyle Bookey, Justin Borek, Michael Borges, Jose Bosco, Peter Botez, Cristian Botkin, Igor Boulard, Claude Bourgeois, Tim Boustiha, Cyprien Bowlander, Bob Boyarskiy, Vladislav Boyer, Randy Bradley, Carl Bradley, Jon Bragg, Lewis Braianov, Todor Brain, Simon Braithwaite, George Brandt, John Bravo, Jonathan Brea, Courtney Brenner, Bard Brenner, Jasper Brigitt, Andrew Brigitt, Eugene Brigitt, Victoria Brin, Harriet Brissett, Luz Brito, Ricardo Brockington, Marc Brockman, Andrew Brooks, Ken Brookshire, Bruce Brown, Colton Brown, Dan Brown, Dennis Brown, Grant Brown, Larry Brown, Matthew Brown, Sean Bruckel, Jane Bryan, Andre Bryan, Wilson Bryant, Robert Brzycki, Brian Bu, Alexander

VA 1921 Bu, Jiawei WI CA 1839 Budhavarapu,

Sasanka(Shanks) MN TX 1868 Budiman, Danya NC IL 1972 Buente, Kevin NM TX 1160 Bui, Brian NC CA 1622 Bunya, Peter IL OR 1067 Bunyi, Harold CA KY 1587 Burkart, Bob NY OH 1347 Burke, Kerry NJ KY 1786 Burnett, Randy IL OR 594 Burns, Paige NJ NC 1856 Burris, Joshua NY CA 1710 Burris, Theo CA GA 1476 Bushkanets, Ilya MD OH 1549 Bussey, David PA TX 2542 Butler, Jim GA AZ 971 Butters, Daniel CA AZ 797 Butters, Matt FN WV 1617 Butts, Mike CA MA 1365 Bychkov, Vladimir MD OH 1375 Byler, Erwin TX OH 1303 Byler, John CA MD 2219 Byles, Ernest S. CA TX 2171 Byles, Roberto CA TX 2028 Byles, Roger MA TX 1752 Cadavid, Gloria GA CA 1077 Cadena, Victor OR TX 1384 Cadwell, Steve MD CA 270 Cajigas, Alberto TX KY 1702 Calipo, Willians NJ FN 2014 Calvente, Henry MA NY 1839 Camas, Steve TX IL 1775 Campbell, Antonio VA CA 1115 Campbell, Dan TX MA 1119 Campeau, Robert CA CA 1492 Campos, Arthur FN FL 1568 Cao, Thang MD CT 1019 Capasso, Anthony GA NV 1355 Caples, Buddy CA NY 1450 Caplin, Glenn NJ FL 1645 Caplin, Stuart NY FL 2105 Cardona, Mark MD OH 1508 Carlin, Barry CA LA 1791 Carlisle, Billy CA WA 797 Carlson, Harold MD MI 1377 Carmean, Rick CA FL 2122 Carra, Robert NY BC 2041 Carr-Harris, Natasha NJ IN 1644 Carrillo, Jose Arturo IN NJ 1604 Carroll, Gregory CA CT 349 Case, Cray CA MI 1311 Casey, William CA CO 1589 Casi, Trent FN IL 1333 Cassidy, Ronald FN IL 842 Casstevens, Rex NY TX 1589 Castillo, Alann CA MO 2148 Castillo, Maria WA TX 1015 Castillo, Richard NY OR 2051 Castle, Roger CA FL 759 Castro, Eduardo CA TX 656 Castro, Lorenzo CA PA 858 Catpinar, Fatih CA CT 1727 Cedro, Chris CA AZ 932 Cejudo, Jesse NJ VA 1531 Cerrato, Ezio WA OH 1994 Cevik, Burak TX NY 1191 Chafetz, Harry MD TX 1518 Chai, Andrew MD TX 1713 Chai, Ryan NY FL 1824 Chaille, Thomas IL CA 88 Chan, Avery CA IN 1739 Chan, Barry NY NV 2105 Chan, Benjamin(Tian) MI PA 2383 Chan, Calvin MA FL 2150 Chan, Chi-Kin TX CA 1681 Chan, Danny TX TX 2258 Chan, Henry CA CA 1952 Chan, Jason CA MA 563 Chan, Jessie IN 1321 Chan, Kitty OR IL 820 Chan, Matthew MD NV 2137 Chan, Ming CA CA 1136 Chan, Ming CA ON 1056 Chan, Wallace IL MA 1793 Chan, William FL ON 318 Chan, Yin Fei NY CA 1695 Chan, Yude FL NC 1949 Chandra, Bharath(Brad) TX MN 1706 Chandra, Vidhan CA 1820 Chandrashekaran, Shreyas MD NM 888 Chang, Chi-Hsin NJ AZ 1407 Chang, Chung-Fu CA IN 1916 Chang, Darren CA CA 1920 Chang, Dylan CA CA 105 Chang, Ethan NJ CA 2073 Chang, Fernando CT IN 1865 Chang, Hung-Chih Michael CA CA 1212 Chang, Jonathan NJ NJ 1379 Chang, Kee IL VA 1459 Chang, Kyong Sik CA CA 2200 Chang, Matthew NJ CA 1501 Chang, Michael CA NY 1906 Chang, Ming-Hong IL CA 1477 Chang, Mitchell CA MD 1971 Chang, Mu-Tien TX VA 1668 Chang, Soon PA CA 216 Chang, Sydon PA TX 1036 Chang, Toshi PA IN 1905 Chang, Vincent TX CA 1705 Chang, William WA

1920 562 1786 1687 2454 1651 1659 1752 158 907 1437 1268 1994 998 1987 2522 1571 2039 977 2642 2330 1665 600 689 1013 2335 636 608 2121 2345 1778 802 400 1209 1766 780 1632 1736 1413 1265 2083 2221 869 1354 1680 971 1423 1246 1615 1602 2329 1115 1414 1629 2781 2201 1797 2043 1617 1743 2124 1035 1708 1684 2381 1177 1484 1032 1648 1893 1660 965 1391 1469 1568 2019 1705 1948 1279 1902 809 2096 1391 2001 1204 1253 1389 1933 1739 1057 1914 1696 2194 2035 2535 554 1774 1570 813 737 715 1345 1061 1656 1894 1056 1590 1782 2149 1782 1146

Chao, Lo Chao, Madison Chapados, Pascale Charney, Michael Charpentier, Lucas Chartrand, Rick Chau, Wing Chuen Chawla, Tarun Che, Tiger Checa, Luis Chee, Ethan Chelikani, Advitheey Chen, Alan Chen, Alvin Chen, Andy Chen, Bo Wen Chen, Bou-Yu Chen, Brent Chen, Christopher Chen, Chuxi Chen, Diane Chen, Eileen Chen, Emma Chen, Ethan Chen, Evan Chen, Huaiyu Chen, Jason Chen, Jesse Chen, Jia Feng (Jason) Chen, Jie Chen, Justin Chen, Katie Chen, Kevin Chen, Kuei-Mei Chen, Le Chen, Maggie Chen, Michael Chen, Ming Chen, Patrick Chen, Patrick Chen, Pin-Chung Chen, Qiming Chen, Quen Chen, Ronald Chen, Ryan Chen, Sean Chen, Spencer Chen, Stephanie Chen, Steven Chen, Timmy Chen, Timothy Chen, Tina Chen, Wendy Chen, William Chen, Xi Chen, Yifen Cheng, Chen Cheng, Emmy Cheng, Gang Cheng, Honfai Cheng, Horace Cheng, Jeffrey Cheng, Joshua Cheng, Kevin Cheng, Newman Cheng, Poley Cheng, Ting-Chung Cheong, Henry Cheong, Si Cherednik, Konstantine Cheung, Chung Tak Cheung, Daryl Cheung, Dik Cheung, Gary Cheung, Geoff Cheung, Kevin Cheung, Marguerite Cheung, Michael Latyan Cheung, Robert Cheung, TingNing Chhatiawala, Harin Chia, Brian Chia, Ken Chiang, Peter Chillara, Rishi Chin, Ron Chin, Samuel Chin, Wayne Ming Chirinos, Veronica Chirkli, Abdul Chiu, David Chng, Tat Loon Chodha, Kim Chodri, Aditi Chodri, Kunal Choi, Changhyeon Choi, Eun Sun Choi, Han Pyo Choi, Jacob Choi, Kevin Choi, Ruby Choi, Seunglim Choi, Ungsam Cholowicz, Andrew Chon, Elijah Choudhuri, Ahsan Chow, Eliana Chow, Jeremiah Chow, Josiah Chow, Philip Chramiec, Pete

CA FL

CA CA NJ NY FL CA CA CA NJ NJ TX TX IN CA MA IA NJ IA OH IL CA CA FL IL NY MA CA AZ IL MD IN MI MI NY CA FL NJ FL CA TX AZ MA GA NC VA TX GA NY OH IL GA FL CA NC NY NY CA OK HI CT CA FN OH PA NY CA NY FN OR MA IL FN MN IL OR MD IN TX TX MD MD NJ NJ AZ WI MI AK CT CA CA NY NJ MI NY NY CA AL UT UT AZ WI OH CA TX TX WI AK FL

2223 2248 714 2024 2178 2086 2045 2058 75 2126 1698 2042 1789 2191 2082 1864 2292 2389 1407 1471 1628 1312 1215 836 1059 2368 1975 2197 2106 1121 678 1411 1919 2261 2018 2140 2306 1576 1026 2334 1303 1502 1751 1944 649 1406 1830 1978 2087 1755 1522 1104 664 1930 1648 930 1361 1976 2159 2033 1422 1579 1241 1029 1682 1720 2226 1014 1409 2358 1736 1941 2008 1342 2067 2220 1705 1308 1780 939 1370 1548 1094 511 350 594 396 1438 1667 1293 666 2061 2024 2192 2254 966 2440 1719 1559 1851 1641 1362 1344 1757 1231 1864 1547 626 1853 1650 1651

Chu, Anthony Chu, Bin Hai Chu, Carol Chu, David Chu, Isabel Chu, Jonathan Chu, Jonathan Chu, Khai Chu, Natalie Chu, Nathaniel Chu, Sammy Chu, Stephen Chu, Tony N.T. Chu, Tsz Chu, Zhihan Chua, Bun-Hiong Chua, Ethan Chui, Chi-Sun Chung, Jedidiah Chung, Joon Chung, Josh Ciarrochi, Joe Ciofiac, Nicolae Cirillo, Kathy Cisneros, Rogelio Ciz, Richard Claflin, Steven Clang, John Clara, Luis Clark, Barbara Clark, Jeff Clark, Robert Clarke, Michael Clyde, Stephen Cobb, Dennis Cobb, Dennis Cohen, Arthur Cohen, Ed Cohen, Maurice Cohen, Randy Cole, Ryan Colter, Gerald Compton, Robert Cone, Derrick Conigliaro, Douglas Conn, Elijah Connelly, Tim Constantin, Costel Cook, Grayden Cook, Joshua Cooke, Daniel Coombe, Ian Coons, Brian Cooper, George Copeland, Daniel Copeland, Mark Corbett, Tilden Corlette, Stefan Corona, Omar Corpuz, Paul Correa, David Correa, Frank Cortesi, Tony Cortez, Nelson Cotto, Michael Cottrell, Blake Coulter, Chip Cramer, Gregory Crescitelli, Luis Croitoroo, Mark Cruz, John Benedict Crystal, Jay Cui, David Cumby, Chad Curioso, Vincent Curran, Nathaniel Currey, Robert Da, Leezan Dabbs, Ryan Dagher, Charles Dallman, Erich Damon, Damon Dancis, Barry Dancis, Elaine Dang, Alyssa Dang, Sarah Dani, Samihan Dargiewicz, Sawyer Darling, Samuel Darnall, Diann Darsh, Kumar Darukhanawalla, Malcolm Darukhanawalla, Nash Dassonval, Philippe Dattel, Barry Dault, Joe David, Paul Davila, Mario Davila, Ruben Davis, Andrew Davis, Byron Davis, Carol Davis, David Davis, Drew Davis, LeRoy Dawalbhakta, Samiha De Coatpont, Bertrand de Coatpont, Lucie De Fabry, Lucas De May, David Deacon, Richard

IL CA OH CA DC LA FL TX OR CA IN FL FL MD IA CA CT MI IL CA PA TN VA FL NV IL OR NY WA CA TX DC CA IL CA WA MD MI AZ AZ MD MD

CT MO TX WI TX CA FN PA CT IL IL IL NJ NY TX WI IL IL CA WA CA VA MD VA OH NY IL FL

NV TX NC NY FN CA CA IN IL IL MI VA CA

OR FN NC NJ NJ OR OR AZ VA CA AK OR AL NY IL IN TX NC MI IL NY OH FL NY FL NV NJ WA AZ IL TX FN

1380 2116 1257 1727 967 2057 1916 1901 829 929 1086 1704 2322 1765 1735 1302 2167 2163 528 1496 1249 1708 1432 1477 1353 783 971 1692 2407 1728 1420 1574 2218 1416 1316 1535 1283 1241 1866 2030 1706 2505 1549 1222 2228 736 1071 1570 1572 1954 2120 1132 1746 1999 1114 1393 1962 1998 1446 1910 1517 665 1456 1585 2106 2033 1977 2516 1852 886 1327 2042 1796 1062 1011 813 1765 102 130 1125 1391 923 935 1886 1361 2150 1504 2049 909 492 2565 1509 1804 1440 1604 1565 1704 1248 1199 1551 1495 805 2202 1289 1593 1404 1776 942 1932 1364 2090 1432 1815 1323 1181 1751 883 813

MI DeAsis, Francis MI Deb, Ishana IN Decristofaro, John CA Dehdashti, Massoud CA Deinoff, Pelle NE Del Vecchio, Martin KY Delgado, Mathew KY Dellandrea, Matt IL Deluta, Marlon IL Demartini, Cliff FN Denger, Wayne NC Desai, Phil OR Desai, Vinay NJ Dewan, Rohit NJ Dewey, Justin TX Dewhirst, Ken VA DeWitt, Richard NJ Dey, Tapabrata

Dhatwani, Zain FN Diaz, Danny FN Dicker, Shimshon FL Dickson, Roger IL DiCostanzo, Mark TX Dieker, Eric CO Difuntorum, Reynaldo AL Dilley, Mackenzie FN Dimitrova, Alexandra CT Dinesh, Harry PA Ding, Billy NJ Ding, Feng GA Ding, Sam IL Ding, Yi NY Dinh, Tri OH Dixon, Lawer NY Do, Linda NJ Doan, Antoine CA Doctolero, Jordan NY Doerr, Timothy OK Dok, Daphne FL Dok, Panno TX Dong, Chun CA Dong, Steven CA Dong, Xiwu NJ Donkor, Sam TX Dookram, Yuvraaj AZ Dorfman, I Joshua MA Dorman, Tom NY Dorrell, Jimmy NJ D’Ortenzio, Mario NJ Doughty, Kristian CA Douglas, Lennox NJ Douglas, Scott TX Douglass, Robert NJ Dousmanis, Christos OR Downing, Charlie MI Doytchev, Doytcho NM Drabkina, Olga WA Drake, Kyle IL Draper, Evan CT Driskill, Ryan FN Drissen, John MA Du, Charlie WA Du, Ethan ON Du, Yufeng(Kevin) CA Duan, Changli MA Duan, Changping TX Duan, Wesley CA Dubina, Samson WA Dublin, Percival WA Dudas, Attila CA Duffy, William CA Dufresne, Frederik CA Duhaylungsod, Mark NV Duich, Jan GA Dunn, Andrew CA Dunn, Arthur IL Durham, Jaymo OH Dutta, Sohom CA Dutta, Srinjoy NY Duvanenko, Victor NM Dyer, Don FL Dyer, Jonathan MD Earnsmuth, Brandon WI Eballar, Bernard CA Echeverria, Henriett FL Edwards, Bruce MA Edwards, David IL Edwards, Gillian RI Ehlert, Kurt NY Ehrenreich, Martin TX Eider, Cory MA Eiles, Mark DE Eiles, Travis OR Ekbundit, Patrick CA El Oukaili, Talal MA Elia, Christopher CA Elliott, Paul FN Ellis, Chris AK Ellis, Colen NY Ellman, Fred TX Emilianowicz, Eryk CA Emmons, Todd MD Enebish, Munkhbileg NJ Englebreth, Bill FN Engstrom, Jim Erdenebileg, MyagmarsurenWA NY Erdogan, Engin OR Escape, Glenn S. TX Espenship, Scott FL Estill, Alan TX Estrada, Carlos OR Estrella, Alfred TX Eugene, Lyonnel NY Evans, Adam NY Evans, David OH Evans, J. CA Evans, Mark CA Evans, Rebecca

823 1800 1783 1316 1747 2059 1853 1701 1654 192 2648 1916 1551 800 1880 683 1413 1669 2063 1992 1779 1849 1744 1110 1326 1779 1430 1722 1989 124 2576 1534 2388 1136 1455 2069 1615 485 914 2305 1890 1533 2103 1136 2006 1477 1884 1709 1983 829 1674 228 1626 542 1697 1755 1163 1556 2151 1339 1467 2153 1651 1657 1828 650 917 1571 795 837 1515 153 1419 1841 1094 1563 1576 1504 1648 1376 1323 1083 1565 1568 2363 732 748 1784 1399 875 981 1212 1024 280 1078 2229 2324 2447 1444 1907 1811 1487 2047 1993 1778 846 2504 1681 1727 988 1380 2030 2201 542 552 1179 1500 1196

Everts, Jake Everts, Paul Ezeadikwa, Patrick Ezzo, Steve Fahlstrom, Ragnar Fairbanks, Christian Fakharpour, Babak Fakharpour, Peyton Falcis, Peter Falcis, Pierre Fan, Chuang Wei Fan, Ling Fan, Yun Fang, Bryan Fang, Hong Fang, Katherine Fanous, Medhat Farkas, Brian Faulkner, Matt Febles, Jean Carlos Febles, Karelys Federico, Steve Feerst, David Feher, Sam Feinstein, Marilyn Sommer Feldman, Danny Feliciano, Christian Feltenberger, Donald Feng, Jackie Feng, XinYi Feng, Yijun Feng, Ying Fernandez, David Fernandez, Oscar Fields, Tobias Files, Justin Finney, Emma Fischer, Victor Fitzgerald, Kathleen Fleisher, Dickie Fleshman, Tom Flexer, Dominique Flores, David Flores, Jake Flores, Mark Andrew Flores, Salvador Fomin, Dmitri Fomina, Alexandra Fong, Frankie Fong, Molly Fong, Shawn Foo, Alysha Ford, Joshua Forman, Gary Fountain, Eric Fowler, Brian Foy, Carney Frahler, Jeff Franeczek, Janusz Frankowski, Michael Fraticelli, Carlos Frayberg, Alex Fredrickson, John French, Dave Friedman, Oliver Friedman, Thomas Friedmann, Nadav Frisbee, Stanley Frost, Andrea Frost, Bryan Fu, Adrian Fu, Alice Fu, Ava Fu, Billy Fu, Michael Fu, Zheng Fudala, Christopher Fullen, Dave Fung, Kai Fung-a-fat, Jill Funkhouser, Bob Fusa, Fernando Gabbidon, Ian Gableman, Jim Gabriel, Freddie Gade, Liselotte Gaidarev, Peter Galban, Jun Gallagher, Kevin Gallett, Sandy Gandara, Omar Gangi, Nicholas Ganti, Krishna Gao, Aaron Gao, Annie Gao, Brian Gao, Felix Gao, Hua Yang Gao, Jimmy Gao, Junjie Gao, Katie Gao, Patrick Gao, Paul Gao, Sean(Zhongyi) Gao, Tian Gao, Xuetian Gao, YanJun Gao, Zhongwei Garces, Pedro Garcia, Gustavo Garcia, Juan Garcia, Ludovic Gardner, Brandon Garell, Charles Garell, Paul Garnier, Sue Garretson, Steve Gasca, Fernando

FL

IL NJ TX TX TX TX TX TX AZ TX NM LA NY NY CA MD TX PA NJ CA GA FL TX NY NY TN CA CA NY FL TN VA FL FL FL FL TX CA NC MD NY MD OR MD NC NC FN FN VA FN VA CA CA FN MI FN TX FN TX TX MI FL IL CA CA CA TX NY NY NJ CA NM NY MO CA TX TX CA OK FL MO TX NY IN NC WA MD OH CT AZ NY NY NY AZ FL FL IL WI NY NC OH NV NY CA OR FL CA CA CA AZ AZ CA NC UT CA OR

1058 1844 1373 657 993 885 1028 754 855 687 1832 1331 1845 995 1666 2103 635 1540 1171 1502 1442 1154 1146 2029 1404 508 1826 1814 922 1437 2149 1536 1177 1280 1402 1475 1995 1185 602 1873 1782 1943 500 1763 1648 1509 1022 1910 2248 2321 1197 1939 604 2294 2067 2115 1822 2032 2032 2379 1297 875 1372 1228 1329 4 49 1624 1630 1568 325 1806 605 1463 2225 905 1425 1517 1338 1838 636 1374 1386 516 2025 1191 1633 1109 1648 1353 1257 1559 194 309 1322 913 950 1905 1187 1471 1139 1858 1340 1687 1889 672 1718 1706 2317 1978 1795 1431 1565 435 944 1181 2559 1603

Gascoigne, Ian Gauthier, Sophie Gaysin, Arsen Ge, Nicholas Geer, Elijah Geer, Ezra Geer, Michael Geer, Nathan Geer, Silas Geer, Wesley Geete, Jayant Geeze, Christopher Geeze, Donald Gehrkin, Jonathan Gennuso, Greg Ger, Feliks Gharpure, Chinmay Gholston, Zackery Ghosh, Jyoti Gibson, Steven Gifford, David Gillman, Art Giltman, Phillip Gingold, Greg Ginther, Dean Giovannini, Matteo Giraldo, Nestor Girdner, David Giri, Swathi Girton, Ken Glace, Adrian Glass, Ray Glasscock, Michael Gleeson, Andrew Gmach, Ben Gmach, David Gmach, Gal Gmach, Maili Godfrey, Michael Godhwani, Aditya Godin, Yuri Goedde, Michael Gold, Abe Goldberg, Stuart Goldsmith, Phil Goldstein, Irving Goldstein, Lev Gomez, Elias Gomez, Jose Maria Gomez, Manuel Gong, Daniel Gong, Jie Gong, Joshua Gong, Renny Gong, Steven Gonzales, Miguel Gonzales, Steve Gonzalez Perez, Erick Gonzalez, Eduardo Gonzalez, Gustavo Gonzalez, Jorge Gonzalez, Joshua Goode, Michael Gooden, Herrick Goodfellow, William Goodwin, Bella Goodwin, Kayla Gopalan, Rishikumar Gopin, Michael Gordon, Andrew Gordon, Cooper Gordon, William Gorel, Morton Goring, Kali Gorsira, Andrew Gorzko, Jakub Gotliffe, Harvey Gove, Taevin Gradinarv, David Graff, William Graham, Sean Grana, Jamie Gray, Adam Green, Braeden Green, Daniel Green, Rick Green, Vincent Greenbaum, Michael Greenberg, Morton Greene, Dan Greenfield, Austin Greenspan, Reid Gregor, Becky Gregor, Danko Gregor, Paul Gregory, William Grey, Neil Greydinger, Dimitri Gribinski, Nathalie Grider, Jon Griesel, Thomas Griffin, Thomas Grimley, John Gripentog, Robert Gristede, George Grodsky, Gilbert Groom, Michael Gu, Maxwell Guan, Angela Guan, Walter Gubbi, Vidyadhara Guerin, Bill Guerin, Bill Gunda, Abhinav Gunn, Zannie Guo, Bryan Guo, Hao Guo, Jian Xin

OR 557 MI 1478 NJ 1926 CA 529 FN 2702 TN 1651 FN 2005 NY 660 NY 1800 IL 2151 NY 1619 IL 1953 NY 1040 NJ 1086 TX 715 IN 737 OH 2155 OH 2238 CA 2581 TN 2118 FN 1229 OH 1012 VA 1535 NC 1690 TX 2051 FN 2847 IL 1476 TN 1652 CA 1492 MD 939 OH 968 IL 1745 CO 1900 AL 1677 OH 1819 VA 1686 CA 1453 CA 1316 CA 1972 CA 2281 IL 1669 GA 1563 IL 1335 MA 1959 MD 1670 NY 999 ON 2347 TX 2489 TX 2381 LA 1477 NY 1165 PA 1259 NY 2072 CA 1246 NY 1538 FN 1179 TX 2177 CA 2009 MI 1480 WI 1306 OH 1822 MD 1114 CA 2309 TX 1320 WA 1274 NY 2318 MO 1834 CA 811 CA 1810 PA 1603 FL 1994 FN 2075 Emmanuel FN 593 FL 738 FL 1488 IL 1185 FN 2255 NY 366 OR 1232 IN 2055 OR 1014 NM 1136 IN 1975 GA 1123 IL 624 NY 1392 NH 1103 FN 1833 TX 962 FN 1456 NY 971 NY 1862 CA 2284 GA 959 MA 2158 CA 969 NY 1120 OR 2009 AL 1737 ON 1439 NV 1562 CA 1710 CA 1886 OR 2042 MD 1970 FL 1627 NJ 1916 IL 1491 MD 1650 IL 1793 NC 2328 FL 1733 MD 1563 TX 1533 CA 1693 PA 1406 CA 2094

Guo, Kathy Guo, Liren Guo, Qi Guo, Tianrui Guo, Wen Guo, Xiaofeng Guo, Xiaoyun Gupta, Satya Gurevich, Boris Gurklys, Paulius Gutierrez Campos, Carlos Gutierrez, Antonio Gutierrez, Gustavo Guttman, Daniel Halff, Daniel Hall, Bob Hamilton, Don Hamrahian, Seyed Han, Zheng Handoko, Liedy Hanke, Sarah Hanlin, William Hanson, Dana Hanson, Michael Hao, Jun Jie Hao, Shuai Hara, Erico Hardin, Christopher Hardy, Shelley Harley, Douglas Harris, Anwen Harris, Bruce Harris, Joshua Harris, Michael Harris, Scott Hart, Robert Hartmann, Rudy Hashimoto, Margaret Hashimoto, Masaru Hashimoto, Takeshi Hashimoto, Wataru Hashtroudi, Hassan Hashwani, Malik Haugh, David Hawkins, Joseph Hay, Alistair Hazin, Jeremy Hazinski, Mark Hazinski, Shu Fu (Sara) He, Bob He, George He, Huamei He, Jinghua He, William He, Yao Hedley, Steve Heinonen, Petri Hejazi, Alireza Helfand, Joseph Heller, Aaron Helton, Steve Hemani, Alnoor Hendawi, Ahmed Hendler, Alan R. Hendrickson, Kahea Henry, Michael Henry, Sonjay Henry, Stephen Heo, Baek Ho Heo, Richard Hepburn, Jimmy Hernandez Figueroa, Hernandez, Valeria Hersey, Sebastian Hersey, Steve Hess, Kyle Hetherington, Matthew Hewitt-Roach, Travis Hibbitts, Tom Hicks, H. Hicks, Jim Hicks, Randy Hicks, Rick Hicks, Samuel Higuera, Mauricio Reyes Hill, David Hill, Douglas Hill, Dwayne Hindman, Charles Hinds, Zari Hirani, Alif Hirata, Jonathan Hirota, Shinru Hirschler, Zac Hlava, Jiri Ho, Chee Ho, Gordon Ho, Hung Ho, Hung Mike Ho, Wing Hoang, Khuong(Kevin) Hoang, Michael Hoang, Thanh Hoarfrost, Ryan Hochman, Stephen Hodges, Mike Hodgson, Robert Hoffman, Mark Hogg, Nick Hogshead, Edward Hohl, Alex Holck, Bruce Holland, Stephen Holmes, Paul Holton, Chris Homsher, Michael Hong, Yusheng (Sam)

CA CA CA PA IL IL GA NY CA TX NV NY CA NY TX MD CA MD OR NY GA AZ NJ MD IL CA TX CA NJ NY NY CA IL MI CA OR CA CA TX CA CA MD AL NJ TX CA MI GA VA MD CA NJ NJ IL IL OR MN MA NJ PA SC NJ IA CA LA NJ SC CA NY AK CA AL CA NJ NJ CA FL NY NY CA CA TX MD VA CA PA NC

413 93 100 1268 1993 1890 1230 1522 1459 1033 1681 1777 146 2127 1928 2211 2495 2299 2046 1838 2096 2170 2125 1490 2003 135 1147 1736 372 765 129 1914 2079 1506 2533 984 292 2068 2210 398 1170 1434 1889 1358 1810 1881 294 1923 1901 1942 2446 2579 2379 856 949 2206 2003 545 1198 1665 1030 1616 0 2126 767 1911 1662 1772 1567 1781 752 1547 1166 505 489 2329 2057 1325 1425 888 486 2234 946 1760 1309 2270 2130 530

Horn, Michael Horn, Nick Horn, Rikki Hornick, Dennis Horodenski, Karol Horodyskyi, Anatoliy Horton, William Hosein, Rafi Hou, David Houser, John Howard, Jack Hrishin, Andriy Hsiao, Eric Hsiao, Paul Hsieh, Tia Hsin, Jeffrey Hsing, Ariel Hsu, Nathan Hsu, Ryan Htet, San Hu, Brian IN Hu, Qingqing WA Hu, Xiyue OH Hu, Yingyao WA Hua, Peter (Liyang) IN Hua, Yang IL Huang, Alec CA Huang, Chia-Sheng (Jason) WA Huang, Chuipong MD Huang, Eric NY Huang, Ethan CA Huang, Hai Jun NY Huang, Haibin CA Huang, Jack CA Huang, Jeff CA Huang, Jeffry NC Huang, Jimmy FL Huang, Kerry TX Huang, Laura NJ Huang, Michael NJ Huang, Miranda CA Huang, Nathaniel FL Huang, Ping FL Huang, Ray

Huang, Shelly NV Huang, Vincent FL Huang, Weiling NY Huang, Weizhe NC Huang, Xiao Huang, Xinsheng Michael NY FN Huang, Zihao (Justin) CA Hugh, Adam CA Hugh, Judy CA Hughes, John NC Hughes, Phyllis UT Hui, Jingwen NY Hui, John CA Hui, Kelly CA Hui, Ryan NJ Hui, Tim IL Hull, Paul CA Hunsberger, Stephen TX Hunt, Mark CA Huo, Luvena OR Hurst, Robert CA Hussain, Asif NY Hussey, Charles Hutchins-Knowles, Brian CA CA Hutchinson, Henry NJ Hutzel, Andrew CA Huynh, Binh CA Huynh, Kevin CT Huynh, Xuanthai IL Hwang, Clarissa TX Hwang, Stephanie NY Hyatt, Michael FL Ibanez, Ernesto FN Ibrahim, Emad OH Ibrahim, Joshua OH Ichaso, Bill MD Ichimura, Emi NY Ikeizumi, Claudia WI Imran, Ziyan NC Inger, Mike FL Innamuri, Pruthvi NY Iodkovskiy, Vladimir IL Ip, Spencer IL Irak, Joseph

Rating Difference

1071 832 2038 2161 1516 1950 1868 749 2001 1191 2376 542 1288 132 1824 2390 1290 1703 2003 1742 1385 911 871 1834 1131 2248 1601 1535 2011 2123 1540 2626 2382 2200 1583 347 2134 566 853 953 61 1729 136 1494 1595 1596 219 964 2021 1100 1722 1217 1143 1015 1402 1899 1766 1762 1532 1085 1986 1912 2097 1739 2132 59 663

Irak, Nicholas Ishii, Art Itunin, Aleksandr Iturriaga, Bernardo Ivaldi, Italo Jablonski, Zbigniew Jackson, Jace Jackson, Jadon Jackson, Morris Jacobson, Gary Jafar, Shuja Jaffe, Henry Jain, Sahil Jain, Yash Jamagocyan, Varujan Jamaspi, Behram Jameson, Mike Jampana, Sreeman Jang, Tae Geon Jariwala, Nikhil Javaherian, Nasrin Javeed, Masi Javeed, Zaydi Jean, Camille Jecov, Dmitri Jeerapaet, Kit Jeet, Cheddie Jeffrey, R Tim Jeong, Tae Jong Jeovanie, Delgado Jha, Ashish Jha, Kanak Jha, Prachi Jia, Zhen Jiang, Amanda Jiang, DaHong Jiang, Diane Jiang, Matthew Jiang, Michael Jiang, Zexin Jiang, ZhiBo Jimenez, Chae Sun Jin, Jeffrey Jin, Jeffrey Jin, Jing Jin, Richard Jindal, Priyan Jinon, Noel Joe, Billy Joe, Lisa Johnson, Mark Johnson, Mark Johnson, Philip Jones, David Jones, Geoff Jordan, Bernardo Jorres, Jabdiel Joseph, Ronald Joy, Rony Juran, Donald Kaddoura, Fadi Kade, Farid Kadija, Damir Kadin, Rick Kadzinski, Jean Philippe Kagathi, Bhavika Kagathi, Raj

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Kahanu, George Kahng, Alex Kajihara, Caroline Kam, Peter Kamara, Mohamed Kaminsky, Barbara Kaminsky, Gabriel Kanani, Jean Marie Kanatsu, Naoki Kandadi, Sohan Kandel, Adam Kandell, Scott Kang, Benjamin Kang, Kyoung Jung Kang, Sangmoo Kang, Scott Kang, Shi De Kang, Sung Ho Kanyavong, Sichan Kao, Wei-Min Kaplan, Zachary Kapsalakis, Dean Kapur, Ashwin Karno, Marvin Karp, John Kartawira, Chris Kartawira, Iwan Kartawira, Karin Kasha, Steven Kashimawo, Olushola Kashlinsky, Maxim Kashyap, Anal Kasmani, Faraz Kasson, Scott Katz, Adam Kawada, Kento Kaye, Gordon Kazemi, Behnam Ke, Roy Ke, Tiffany Keep, Bill Keklak, Jonathan Kelly, Timothy Kendall, Gail Kendle, Bradlee Kenudson, Cris Kessler, Daniel Keszthelyi, Zsolt Khailo, Andre Khairzad, Kamran Khan, Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Arif Khan, Dennis Khan, Hussain Ali Khan, Mahmood Khan, Matthew Khan, Muhammed Khandelwal, Siddharth Khatami, Ali Khoja, Faiz Khoshkhoosani, Seyede Kicinski, Ken Kilpatrick, Steve Kim, Bryce Kim, Jacob Kim, Jang Ho Kim, Jihyun Kim, Jona Kim, Kyongsook Kim, Samuel Kim, Sean Kim, Seon Ho Kim, Valeri Kim, Young Oak Kimball, Anton Kimmel, Steven Kimura, Hiroko Kimura, Hiroko Kindig, William Kini, Vivek Kir, Jan Kirman, Igor Kirman, Shaye Kisic, Maria Kisler, Tom Kissinger, Terry Klase, William Klunthong, Aroon Knapp, Fred Knight, Tyrese Knowles, Juan Ko, Enoch Ko, Mincheol Ko, Samson Ko, Sean Koh, C. Brandon

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Lee, Johnson Lee, Joseph Lee, Joshua Lee, Kai Lee, Katherine Lee, Kenneth Lee, Kenneth Lee, Lester Lee, Matthew Lee, Nathan Lee, Sumin Lee, Sungsup Lee, Thanh Lee, Wendy Lee, Yoon Seok Lee, Young-Woon Lee-Freithofnig, Ludovic Lehman, Christopher Lehman, Robert Leibovitz, Tahl Leitman, Marina Lemal, Bernard Lemke, Robert Leparulo, Willy Lepold, Jakub Leshinsky, Michael Leslie, Tom Lesniak, Wladyslaw Letic, Marijo Leu, Gia Leung, Che-Him Leung, Gar Bo Levene, Michael Lew, Hwa Lewis, Andrew Lewis, Andrew Lewis, Carl Lewis, Paul Lewis, Rohan Leyva, Marysol Li, Alison Li, Alvin Li, An Qi Li, Benjamin Li, Bochao Li, Cheng Li, Chia-Yeh Li, Chuqiao Li, Eric Li, Fang Li, Fangxing (Fran) Li, George Li, Grant Li, Guangyue Li, Hangyu Li, Henry Li, Ivy Li, Jiayu Li, Jonathan Li, Joy Li, Katia Li, Kevin Li, Kevin Li, Kevin Li, Kewei Li, Kurt Li, Leon Li, Michael Li, Ming Li, Mingbo Li, Qi Fan Li, Richard (Yin) Li, Roy Li, RuiNi Li, Shengyu Li, Shiangtian Li, Ted Li, Tony Li, Tzu-Ying Li, Xidan Li, Xingchu Li, Yu Xiang Li, Yuhua Li, Zhongtang (kevin) Liang, Jason Liang, Jishan Liang, Simon Liang, Tian Liang, Yonghui Liao, Fafa Liao, Jeffrey Libin, Zev Lieu, Viet Li-Falcetta, Marco Likerman, Alex Likic, Stefan Lillie, John Lilly, Joshua Lim, Alelandro Lim, Jean Lim, June Lim, Kenneth Lim, Sunil Lin, Allen Lin, Bryant Lin, Emilie Lin, Hao Lin, Hsueh-yen Lin, Hui Lin, Jessica Lin, Katie Lin, Lisa Lin, Michelle Lin, Patrick Lin, Ryan Lin, Tina Lin, Xiangrui Lindo, Howard Lindsay, Margo

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Ling, Bo Ling, Jason Ling, Simon Ling, Zihan Christopher Lipsits, Alexander Lipton, Marshall Liu, Alice Liu, Austin Liu, Brian Liu, Charlene Liu, Christopher Liu, Dan Liu, Daniel Liu, Ethan Liu, Ethan Liu, Frank Liu, Hongxu Liu, Jiabao Liu, John Liu, Justin Liu, Kai Liu, Kaibai Liu, Kairong Liu, Leslie Liu, Nicole Liu, Ping-Chien Liu, Qian Liu, Quande De Liu, Roger Liu, Ryan Liu, Shuren Liu, Shuyi Liu, Su Liu, Victor Liu, Xuan Liu, Yang Liu, Yitong(Wantong) Liu, Yongjun Liu, Zhaoyuan Liu, Zhihong Livshin, Bella Lkhagvajav, Baasanjav Lo, Graham Loadholt, Wendell Lock, Raymond Lockwood, Charles Loe, Kock Logabalan, Vignesh Loi, Tan Lok, Chui-Chu Lomaka, Alexandre Longpre, Luc Lopez, Juan Lopez, Raul Lorand, Victor Lorca, Juan Lorenc, Slawomir Lou, Yieng Louth, Carolyn Louvier, Andrew Lovell, Akeel Lovell, Charles Low, Joe Lu, Andrew Lu, Guo Hui Lu, Hsu-Chang Lu, Jason Lu, Jerry Lu, Jie Lu, Matthew Lu, William Lu, Xiaotian Lu, Yueh Yun Lubin, John Lucero, Glenn Lukens, Greg Lull, William Lungu, Adrian Luo, Angel Luo, Cameron Luo, Dongmin (Don) Luo, Henry Luo, Robert Luong, Jon Lurty, Scott Luther, Gary Luu, Kristy Ly, Du Ly, Jaden Ly, Phong Ly, Quyen Lynum, James Ma, Darwin Ma, Janet MA, JiaXin Ma, Kaijun Ma, Lucy Ma, Steve Ma, William Maadhavan, Sarranyan Maamoun, Adam Mace, Omar Mace, Roy Mack, Raymond Madabusi, Preethi Mader, Olivier Madigan, Thomas Darrel Madrid, James Magloire, Rotchild Mahajan, Mudit Mahajan, Pulkit Maharaj, Dayanand Maharaj, Dylita Maharaj, Shiva Maheshwari, Ayush Mai, Hoang My Trang Maisel, David Majied, Saleem Majors, Bruce

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Majors, Dale Mak, Joshua Mak, Kam Malcy, Vivian Maldonado, Oscar Maldre, Katrin Malek, Amanda Malek, Attila Malek, Scott Malladi, Bhargav Malladi, Bhavya Maloof, Unan Man, Tiffany Maness, Wesley Manginelli, Andrew Mani, Ganesan Mannem, Keshav Mannem, Rohan Mannur, Gandhar Mao, Toon Mao, Winghing Maple, Steve Mar, John Marchese, Ryan Marcum, Jerry Marik, Victor Markfeld, Yaron Markin, Sergey Marks, Douglas Maroon, Jim Marrone, David Martin, Dennis Martin, Gary Martin, Irvin Martin, Michael Martin, Michael Martin, Richard Martinescu, Theo Martinez, Glenn Martinez, Gustavo Martinez, Mario Martynow, Jacek Maruthapandian, Lavanya Masminster, Joseph Mason, John Massey, Randy Masterson, Sean Mathew, George Matthews, Bjorn Mayevskiy, Sofiya Mayevskiy, Yevgeniy Mayfield, Matthew Mayzlin, Alex Mbow, Umar McCalley, Brandon McCartney, Marlon McClanahan, Johnny McCormack, Thomas McCormick, Michael McCormick, Theodore McCoullum, Henry McCoy, Nick McCoy, Tyson McEwan, Orlando McFadden, John McFadden, Steve McGimpsey, William McGinnis, Daniel McGranaghan, Ian McGranaghan, Mark McKee, Mizell McKinnon, Richard McLeod, Michael McNally, Timothy McNeil, Warren McNicholas, Bradley McNutt, Zachary McPherson, Emani McPherson, Ronald McQueen, Jim Mdahaduzzman, Munna Medcalf, Randall Medina, Roderick Medina, Samuel Medunjanin, Adis Medunjanin, Adnan Medunjanin, Amel Meeks, Ronald Mehta, Subal Mei, Christopher Mei, Jianglin Meimban, June Mekhaiel, Albert Melad, Reagan Melekhov, Alex Melnik, Alexander Memon, Kashif Mendez, Daniel Mendoza, Jasy Meng, Michelle Meng, Todd Menon, Rohit Menon, Suraj Mercado-Sanchez, Meredith, Aidan Meredith, Steven Messmer, Matt Mi Sung, Lim Miao, Qing Michael-Ogbe, Ovie Michalak, Stanislaw Migliaccio, Thomas Mihai, Sebastian Mihailescu, Mihai Mihet, Emilian Miklowcic, Jerred Miller, Chris Miller, John

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Miller, Tony Miller, William Milton, Bob Min, Andrew Min, Jerry Mino-Kenudson, Mari Mioduszewski, Vince Mion, Robert Miranda, Rudy Mistry, Jayesh Mitchell, Adam Mitroi, Stefan Miyake, Yasuhiko Miyashiro, Angie Miyashiro, Stewart Mizrahi, Gabi Mizrahi, Marco Mo, Emily Mo, Jason Mo, Qiyuan (Caleb) Moayery, Mohammad Mody, Ishaan Mody, Mehernosh Mohammadi, Maziar Mohan, Arnav Mojaverian, Parviz Mojtahed, Masoud Mok, Michael Mokhov, Andrey Mokuolu, Adedayo Moler, Donald Molina, Ivana Molla, Zaman Mombekov, Kenshemir Monopoli, Jerry Montealegre, Miller Montoya, Morris Moon, In Hak Moore, Patrick Morales, Guillermo Moran, Alberto Moran, Dennis Moran, Ines More, Ranjit Morita, Felipe Morris, Aubrey Morris, Mathew Mossberg, Jim Movsessian, Claude Moy, Nori Moy, Zachary Moyant, Kyle Mozingo, James Mozur, Mike Mu, Edward Mu, Emily Mu, Fuchen Mu, Kevin Mubbappa, Ashvin Mucino, Jorge Mueller, Rick Mugren, Abdulaziz Mugren, Ibrahim Muhich, John Muni, Niraj Muni, Payal Murnahan, Tony Murthy, Akhil Murthy, Sanjana Musgrove, Tim Nabb, Jerry Nabity, Kevin Nadmichettu, Raghu Nagano, Ami Nagarathnam, Manikandan Nagvekar, Sanam Nagy, Laszlo Naik, Mahesh Nakamura, Takeo Nam, James Nam, Thomas Naqvi, Syed Naranjo, Angel Naresh, Arcot Naresh, Nandan Naresh, Sangita Naresh, Sid Nasser, Moustapha Nasser, Samir Nathan, Ulysses Nathanson, Uri Nazarbechian, Tomas Nedrow, Randy Needham, Winston Needle, Matthew Neely, Bill Negron, Samuel Neimark, Dashiel Neis, Adriano Nelson, Thomas Nestor, Branton Neuendorf, Tim Neumann-Takane, Layan Newby, Jean Newman, Julian Newton, Kyle Ng, Daniel Ng, Hon Ng, Kevin Ng, Samantha Ngo, Dung Ngo, Harrison Ngo, Nelson Nguyen, Andrew Nguyen, Cat Nguyen, Chi Nguyen, Ha Trung Nguyen, Hung Nguyen, Hung

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Nguyen, Jeff Nguyen, Justin Nguyen, Khoa Nguyen, Kim Nguyen, Ky Nguyen, Nam Nguyen, Ngoc Yen Nhi Nguyen, Nha Nguyen, Paul Nguyen, Quoc Bao Nguyen, Stacy Nguyen, Tai Nguyen, Tay Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen, Thomas Nguyen, Thong Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen, Tommy Nguyen, Wendy Ni, Chenping Ni, Helen Nicholas, George Nicolas, Frederick Nie, Derek Niederreiter, Jens Niewiarowski, Lukasz Nikolskaya, Alena Ning, GuoHua Nisanov, Pinkhas Nisbet, Ben Niyati, Karl Noble, Steve Noh, Young Min Noone, Charles Nordby, Mark Nordell, Leif Norman, Delbert Norman, Dennis Notestein, Daniel Nuhic, Isak Nunez, Paul Nungaray, Nathan Oak, Anushka Oak, Niraj Obernuefemann, Sam OBrian, Chris O’Bryan, Eugene Ochs, Philip Ochsner, John Offord, Keith Ogawa, Tad Ogilvie, Joe Ogitchida, Mukwa Ogundipe, Femi Ogunshola, Abolaji Oh, Ken Oh, Soon Seok Ohanesian, Sako Ohira, Kenta Okumura, Koichi Olingou, Serge Oliver, David Olmos, Oly Olsen, John Olson, Richard O’Neil, Kevin Ooka, Hiroka Opocensky, Chris Or, Barry Orgel, Anna Orvdia, Yariv Ostrowski, Ted Ou, Jasper Ou, Jonathan Oveissi, Ali Owsiak, Boguslaw Padernilla, Godfred Page, Robert Paglin, Laura Pahl, John Palgon, Robert Palm, Richard Palmisano, Vern Palmore, David Palys, Dennis Pan, Johnny Pan, Sherwin Pan, Zack Pandana, Herman Pandya, Rohan Pang, Chong Pang, James Pang, Xianghui Panjwani, Armaan Papadimitriou, Ioanna Papayanopoulos, Paranjape, Anoushka Pardeshi, Akash Parfenov, Sasha Park, Gene Park, Joseph Park, Joseph Park, Joshua Park, Kyong (Sara) Park, Paul Park, Susan Parker, B.J. Parsi, Vidul Parthasarathy, Maithreyi Parthsarthy, Prasiddha Partida, Edgar Patel, Aashay Patel, Anjalee Patel, Farhan Pattison, Eric Pavelski, Aaron Pavlicek, Clayton Paz, Andres Pearson, Fred

NJ 1771 Pei, Andrew ID NJ 1823 Pei, Patrick MO NY 1424 Pelshe, Andy NY NY 2053 Pena, Juan Miguel IL NY 1661 Pena, Miguel IL OR 1699 Peng, JohnYeng IN NJ 2293 Peng, Ying FL MI 1863 Peradotto, Dave CA VA 1530 Peralta, Carlos CA FL 1277 Perera, Nelma TX MO 2324 Pereyra, Patricio CA FN 1212 Perez, Gabriel NV FN 1482 Perez, Kermit CA NY 2186 Perez, Reynaldo MD NC 1509 Perez, Richard CO IL 1801 Perrine, David TX MI 438 Perry, Joel WI CT 1366 Perzan, Kaz FL WA 781 Petersen, Dan OR MO 2086 Peterson, Andrew VA CT 1972 Petroj, Vanesa VA VA 1747 Petrone, Vincent WA NJ 416 Petrushkevich, Sergey AL TN 1910 Petty, Tyrone NJ AZ 856 Pfeister, Michael IA IN 2082 Pham, C. T. IL CA 1718 Pham, Khang FN CO 2158 Pham, Nhu Phong FN GA 1773 Pham, Tuan FN MA 1840 Pham, Tuan Hong FN CA 245 Phan, Derrick FN MA 1398 Phan, Hoa FN CA 1700 Phan, Sang FN CA 2264 Phan, Tung FL FN 2006 Phuong, Truong Pham MinhNH NY 2140 Picciotto, Daniel NH NM 2056 Pickett, Ronald FL FN 2417 Pietri Lugo, Richard NJ IN 1313 Pinapati, Richard CA MA 1513 Ping, Jinde CA CA 2069 Pinili, Keiran Mark TX CA 2099 Pinili, Kenneth MI MD 1216 Pires, Marcelo CA FL 1914 Pisarczyk, Tomasz NM OH 641 Pitrof, Jeff NY IL 1254 Pjesky, Shawn WI MD 2210 Plaisted, Thomas AZ SC 1988 Plankenhorn, Heiko FL CT 688 Plassman, Carl FL IL 2020 Plugowski, Bogdan OR IL 1841 Plunkett, Michael FL OH 1352 Pobathi, Ashwini FN CA 1935 Pohl, Antony CA IL 1817 Polecki, Henry FN PA 1740 Polishuk, Leonid NJ NJ 862 Pollard, Tom CA CA 1365 Portillo, Christopher NY AZ 1956 Potaychuk, Simen OH TX 1331 Potts, Ken TX GA 1574 Pourmehr, Darien FL GA 1223 Pourmehr, Fred(Faramarz) FN GA 1182 Pourmehr, Kathy OR WA 1628 Pouv, Sophal NH MO 2224 Preiss, Austin MI FL 1436 Preston, Dave IL TX 1388 Prewitt, Gary OH TX 1391 Prewitt, Tim AZ GA 1653 Prieto, Alberto NV NJ 595 Primus, Caesar NV TX 1029 Prindle, Cynthia FN TX 75 Pritchard, Hannah CA TX 1166 Pritchard, Scott IL VA 1780 Pritchett, Wesley CA NY 2647 Provost, Damien TX IL 1902 Puchalski, Krzysztof FL CA 2014 Puchulutegui, Jorge VA MD 1450 Puls, Chris IL CA 1917 Puri, Sahil OH UT 1234 Qi, Alexander MI AZ 482 Qi, Richard TX MN 2447 Qi, Wei VA AZ 559 Qin, Jonathan MD GA 1770 Qin, Tina CT NJ 1773 Qiu, Claire CA MD 2111 Qu, Anthony CA CA 1229 Quon, Harriet TX FN 1689 Qurles, Jean MD IL 1580 Rabjohn, Dusty MD FL 1537 Rackard, Dennis MD MD 1909 Radom, Mark WI CA 1175 Raghavan, Anika NJ WI 1513 Raghavendran, CA Muralikrishnan TX TX 1890 Rahdar, Behdad AZ NC 1501 Rajaram, Sattanathan NY IL 1859 Ramakrishnan, Narasimhan NJ NJ 1236 Ramalingam, Bala NJ CA 1222 Raman, Sruti WA CA 1745 Ramanath, Munagala CA CA 1619 Ramaswami, Shreyas CA CA 829 Ramaswamy, Ashwin FN CA 572 Ramaswany, Pudur NJ FL 1917 Rameau, Randolph TX CA 913 Ramesh, Samarth CA PA 2037 Ramirez, John CA CT 1492 Randmer, Glen TX CA 279 Ranii, Cynthia PA MA 1774 Ranocha, Roman AZ CA 1776 Rao, Rajeev MD FL 1574 Rapp, Peter GA WI 1233 Rasmussen, Elroy TX CA 1028 Rastogi, Mikey VA MD 2237 Ratti, Stefano AZ TX 1888 Rautis, James MA CA 1284 Raymond, Jim FL NY 627 Raytsen, Maya IL OR 892 Rea, Mark NY MT 1764 Redekopp, Dallas MD NM 1032 Redman, Jon CA MD 1572 Reed, Reginald CA

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Singhal, Saarthak Sinha, Dinkar Sinha, Shay Sitek, Edward Siu, George Sivabada, Sivaraja Sivaraman, Niranjan Skangalis, Anris Skelton, Parke Skolnick, Gabriel Skolnick, Micaiah Skowronek, Ron Skripnik, Ivan Slapnik, Bob Slezak, John Slocombe, Andrew Slomba, Luke Smart, Jeff Smart, Yvonne Smedstad, Don Smith, Benjamin ON 1677 Smith, Bryna NY 895 Smith, Diallo TX 2048 Smith, Greg TX 2243 Smith, Jay NJ 699 Smith, Kyle VA 2146 Smith, Lake IL 1816 Snarr, Mike FN 2616 Sneath, Rod VA 447 Snell, Miki NY 581 Snell, Peter FL 1804 Snider, Nicholas IL 461 Snigurskaya, Natalia IL 728 Snyder, Andrew IL 695 Soedjono, Eng CA 1586 Sofian, Virgil CA 1596 Sokal, Jozef CA 1778 Sokol, Stanley CA 1930 Solis, Engelbert NJ 914 Solomon, Christian CA 2206 Soltero, Angel IA 1503 Soltwisch, David CA 1856 Somarapu, Deepak IN 1240 Sonachalam, Sekar NY 1143 Song, Andrew MI 0 Song, Bryan MI 2117 Song, David FL 1494 Song, George NH 1303 Song, Joanna IL 1532 Soni, Amrit NJ 1468 Sooc, Johnny IL 1967 Sorensen, Larry IL 499 Sotero, Reginald IL 1083 Soto, Patrick CA 512 Southard, Houston MA 2075 Soylu, Bilal NY 910 Sparkes, Niv MA 1273 Speicher, Randy CA 1489 Speshock, Derrick FL 200 Spesick, Tom CA 1117 Spitz, Noah CA 2073 Spitzer, Robert CA 35 Sranko, Ladislav NY 1481 Sribhashyam, Sashrik CA 1670 Srinivas, Abhay NY 1703 Srinivas, Anusha Srinivasan, Santhoshkumar CA 1072 TX 1917 Srivastava, Saanvi MA 520 Standridge, Bryce MA 723 Stanley, Richard UT 1225 Stasinowsky, Kym MA 1832 Stastny, Jaroslav MD 2037 Staylor, John CA 229 Steffens, Wayne CA 1894 Steinegger, Rainer CA 2076 Stender, Matthias NV 1517 Stepanov, Matvey PA 1762 Stephens, Tim AZ 1728 Stephenson, Dennis FL 1140 Sterling, Daryl MD 2336 Sternfield, Danny TX 1050 Stewart, Sidney WA 1135 Stirbu, Petrica (Petro) CA 1535 Stollenmeier, Werner WA 2008 Stout, David NJ 1742 Stout, James NJ 723 Stover, Lincoln WI 1064 Stoykov, Yanko FL 1693 Strachan, Glen NY 1692 Streng, Andrew OR 1455 Stribling, Randy GA 1887 Studenikin, Artem MO 1601 Sturtevant, Mike CA 1511 Su, Chad CA 1192 Su, Christian NY 1975 Su, Hugo PA 1635 Su, Mengjin CA 2252 Suarez, Jose IL 516 Subonj, Anna IL 597 Subonj, Christina CA 641 Subonj, Viktorian FL 2033 Subramanian, Vijay WI 1594 Suen, Brandon OH 1121 Suen, Edmund CA 2248 Suen, Edward Singh Suenaga, Mayumi CA 1404 Suh, Eric NJ 1403 Suh, Nathanoel OK 1450 Suino, Cameron WA 2235 Sujo, Carlos CA 1995 Sujo, Luis CA 2304 Sukher, Leonid OH 1957 Sukthankar, Satej FL 1530 Sukul, Bala NY 1344 Sullivan, Clifford MA 1826 Suman, Navneet OH 1178 Sun, Brian UT 2047 Sun, Charley CA 1152 Sun, David IN 1350 Sun, Dewei (Frank)

Sun, Gao Sun, Heeju Sun, Kelvin Sun, Kun Sun, Robert Sun, Wade Sun, Weiliang Jordan Sun, Xiaomeng Sun, XinYang Sun, Yunju Sundel, Martin Sundrani, Adam Sundrani, Sabreena Sundrani, Sean Sung, Jia-Yu Sung, Joanna Sung, Monica Sung, Rachel Suraneni, Kumar Surmann, Olaf Susac, Denis Suzuki, Chiyako Swan, Kevin Swart, Daniel Swartz, Ken Sweeris, Dell Swift, Ben Swift, William Szacilowski, Tomasz Sze, Jean Szostak, Krzysztof Szot, Tim Szymanski, Mark Tabibian, Farkhondeh Tai Du, Guo Takamatsu, Hajime Takeda, Yuji Talada, Vijay Talati, Arjun Talluri, Karthik Tam, Tony Tam, Vincent Tan(Foster), Ping Tan, Angie Tan, Carl Tan, Emily Tan, Jackson Tan, Jerry Tan, Steven Tan, Tammie Tan, Xiaofeng Tanaka, Kenichiro Tandon, Anushkar Tandon, Tarun Tang, Alan Tang, Allan Tang, Haine Tang, Jason Tang, Stanley Tangyingyong, Sutanit Tanner, Ralph Tanner, Sean Tantravahi, Pranav Tao, Wucheng Tao, Xin Tatum, Tai Taxman, Royal Tedesco, Trent Teitel, Gideon Teodorescu, George Teotia, Seemant Terzic, Nikola Thai, Quyen Thakkar, Neel Thang, Bui Theil, Martin Therriault, James Thobani, Aiman Thobani, Namir Thomas, Naveen Thompson, Delroy Thor, Sitha Thornton, Jon Thounaojam, Opendro Thrasher, Steven Thurston, Travis Tiger, Donald Timsuwan, Sakda Tio, Fredrick Tio, Nicholas Tith, Kosal Tittel, Timothy Tjahaya, Augie Tkachenko, Dmitry Tobias, Zack Todd, William Tokuhara, Burt Tolen, Robert

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Tom, Gene Tomescu, Nicolae (Nick) Tomoi, Sam Ton, Win Tong, Fei-Ming Tong, Howard Tong, Kwan Ed Tong, Teddy Torres Santiago, Alex Torres Zevallos, Roberto Torres, German Torres, Pedro Tran, Chi Tran, De Tran, Domino Tran, Erica Tran, Hiep Tran, Hoai Nam Tran, Hoang Tran, Joshua Tran, Kiet Tran, Lawrence Tran, Long Tran, Matthew Tran, Michael Tran, Minh Tran, Nam-Tuan Tran, Sabrina Tran, Theodore Tran, Thomas Tran, Thu Tran, Tiffany Tran, Tuan Tranter, John Treigherman, Daniel Treigherman, Philip Treisman, Edward Treisman, Glenn Treisman, Isaac Treisman, Jonathan Treisman, Warren Triumph, Clyde Trofimov, Denis Trofimov, Dmitriy Trofimov, Michael Truelson, Thor Truong, Quoc Huy Trusiewicz, Mike Trykall, David Tsai, Jeffrey Tsai, Joey Tsai, Kevin Tsaur, Ethan Tse, Anika Tsitoghdzyan, Tigran Tsung, Julian Tsvor, Sergey Tu, Cindy Tu, Edmond Tu, Joseph Tu, Lucy Tu, Norman Tu, Truong Manh Tucker, Harrison Tummala, Praneeth Tung, Evan Tung, Faith Turberville, Jay Turpin, William Tyrell, Ryan Tysl, Robert ud-Doula, Asif Ughoc, Edgardo Ukapatayasakul, Bill Ulich, Thomas Umeda, Ayaka Umel, David Unanue, Richard Uniyal, Akhil Uniyal, Vendag Uniyal, Vivikt Upshaw, Ramar Utpat, Sharv Vaddadi, Naveen Vaden, Michael Vadlamani, Siddharth Valdoria, Rodel Valeeva, Renata Valenzuela, Robert Vallabhapurapu, Mohan Van Brussel, Avery Van Camp, Robert Van De Wiele, Philip Van Dusen, Philip Van Emburgh, Jenson Van Name, Jonathan Van Nynatten, Fred

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TABLE TENNIS

Wei, Tong Wei, Tyler Wei, Wesley Wei, Wilson Wei, Yang Song Weiland, Brian Weiland, James Weiland, Jim Weiner, Mark Weinstein, Saul Weiss, Ralph Weissman, Alan Welsh, Robert Wen, Alina Wen, George Werner, Trent Wetzler, John Weyessa, Nemera Whisler, Casey White, Byron Whitmeyer, Michael Wiggins, John Wiggins, Mark Wiggins, Mike Wilcox, Yoko Wilder, Donna Wilke, Michael Wilkins, Chad Williams, Carlos Williams, Charles Williams, Jerald Williams, Loren Williams, Vibert Willis, Reginald Willitts, Jim Wilson, Angie Wilson, Anna Wilson, Blair Wilson, Bob Wilson, Bud Wilson, Everton Wilson, Jack Wilson, Kaia Winkler, Matthew Witkowski, Walter Wolf, William Wolski, Michael Wolski, Wojciech Woltjer, Markus Wong, Albert Wong, Andy Wong, Benjamin Wong, Daniel Wong, David Wong, David Wong, Hing Sing Wong, Jessie Wong, Jon Wong, Jordan Wong, Kin Ho Wong, Michael Wong, Michael Wong, Qin Zhi (Darryl) Wong, Reynold Wong, Timothy Wong, Wai Woo, Phillip Wood, Klaus Wright, Grayson Wruck, Douglas Wu, Aleck Wu, Alexander Wu, Bryan Wu, Erica Wu, Fuming Wu, Isaac Wu, Liang Chun Wu, Long Wu, Meileen Wu, Nathan Wu, Patrick Wu, Qingchen Wu, Ryan Wu, Tinglei Wu, Ying Wu, Youruo Wu, Yue Wung, Henry Wung, William Xian, Alan Xian, Jason Xianyu, Hui Xiao, Charles Xiao, Chris Xiao, Claire Xiao, Geoffrey Xiao, Han Xiao, Jeff Xiao, Jinpeng Xiao, Kelvin Xiao, Kun Xiao, Yueming Xie, Alex Xie, Edmond Xie, Eric Xie, Frank Yingze Xie, Qiyi Xie, Raymond Xie, Tian Xie, Tianming Xie, Zhiqiao Xing, Aaron Xiong, Charles Xiong, Lily Xu, Bei Xu, Geoffrey Xu, Hui Xu, Leihan

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Xu, Nuo Xu, Ran Xu, Roger Xu, Zhongkai (John) Xu, Zuo Xue, Lianjie Xue, Yi Yan Yalung, Rick Yamada, Koji Yamate, Michael Yamazato, Fernando Yan, Daniel Yan, Jane Yan, Kyle Yan, Telon Yang, Adela Yang, Alexander Yang, Ben Yang, Chang Yang, Daniel Yang, David Yang, Derek Yang, Ely Yang, Emily Yang, Emily Yang, Fan Yang, George Yang, Grace Yang, Haohua Yang, James Eddie Yang, Jason Yang, Jason Yang, Junyao Yang, Justin Yang, Kevin Yang, Kevin Yang, Lei Yang, Len Yang, Michael Yang, Peter Jie Yang, Rachel Yang, Raymond Yang, Shuo Yang, Xiankun Yang, XinYang Yanga, Dennis Yao, Adam Yao, Anthony Yao, Jerry Yao, Kaelan Yao, Maxwell Yarmak, Igor Yasinov, Grigoriy Yau, Ronald Yee, Jeffrey Yee, Jordan Yee, Tim Yeh, Max Yeh, Stephen Yelavich, Mark Yen, James Yen, William Yeo, Tuan-Aik Yeotis, Dean Yeung, Justina Yi, Jason Yim, Justin Yim, Sung Yin, Emilie Yin, Si Yin, Xinhua Ying, Yun Yip, Lily Yip, Raymond Yoder, Brian Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yoon, Joseph Yorgason, Ronald Yost, Thomas You, James You, Jia You, Ran Young, Jessica Young, Kevin Young, Vanessa Moo Young, Zichari Youssef, Samuel Yu, David Yu, Di Yu, Frank Yu, Geng Yu, Hong Yu, James Yu, Jordan Yu, Kevin Yu, Kyle Yu, Nelson Yu, Normen Yu, Sean Yu, Tony Yu, William Yuan, Joe Yuen, Kevin Yuen, Roger Chang Yung, Timothy Zachos, Robert Zandpour, Frank Zangwill, Michael Zarehbin, Aziz Zarehbin, Kai Zarycki, Stanislaw Zavala, Irving Zayas, Raymond Zelener, Alexander Zeller, Carlos Zeng, Megan Zeng, Ruoheng Zhai, Hao

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Zhan, Kanghong Zhan, Richard Zhang, Albert Zhang, Alex Zhang, Angela Zhang, Benjamin Zhang, Bowen Zhang, Chao Zhang, Chunxi Zhang, Grace Zhang, Gregory Zhang, Henrik Zhang, Jake Zhang, Jason Zhang, JinGe Zhang, Jun Da (James) Zhang, Kai Zhang, Michael Zhang, Nan Zhang, Teddy Zhang, Xiang Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, Yahao Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yi Chi Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yukong Zhang, Yuqi Zhang, Ziyang Zhangliang, Bojun Zhao, Allison Zhao, Brian Zhao, Ethan Zhao, Feng Zhao, James Zhao, Jasmine Zhao, Jing Yi Zhao, Junduo Zhao, Katie Zhao, Kelly Zhao, Kevin Zhao, Michael Zhao, Moshi Zhao, XinXu(Anthony) Zhao, Yang Zhao, Ying Zhaoe, Amy Zheng, Ivan Zheng, Leo Zheng, Liansheng (Eric) Zheng, Long Zheng, Luke Zheng, Pengyao Zheng, Steve Zheng, Xiaoyu Zheng, Yao Zheng, Yi Zheng, Yifei Zhitomirskiy, Dmitriy Zhong, Chaozong Zhong, Davie Zhong, Eric Zhong, Warren Zhong, Zongqi (Henry) Zhou, Jayden Zhou, Kevin Zhou, Rachel Zhou, Sarah Zhou, Xin Zhou, Yi Zhu, Franklin Zhu, Michael Zhu, Sabrina Zhu, Sui Ning Zhuang, David Yong-Xiang Zhuang, Jian Zhui, Zachary Zhumagaliyev, Arman Zhuo, Evan Ziolek, Bruno Ziyalan, Christopher Zmijewski, Ariel Zohayr, Khoja Zoltanski, Jaroslaw Zombori, Peter Zonoozi, Jamshid Zorick, Daniel Zou, Benson Zou, Joseph Zou, Ying Zubatov, Alexander Zucker, Ben Zuluaga, Christian Steven Zuniga, Royce Zywicki, Kevin Zyworonek, Arkadiusz

Paddle Palace Presents

USATT Tournament schedule *For the most up to date list of tournaments please visit http://www.usatt.org/events/tournaments.shtml 2014 Rochester New York Open, Rochester, NY, 3/7/2014 3/9/2014, gg, Raymond Mack, 585-315-2276 50th St. Joseph Valley Open, South Bend, IN, 3/8/2014 - 3/9/2014 ggg, Dan Seemiller, 574-261-4545

2014 Austin Spring Classic Round Robin Tournament, Austin TX, 4/12/2014, gg, Marguerite Cheung, 512-491-7664 MCC Spring Open Carmel, IN, 4/12/2014, gg, Matt Leber, 317573-5248

NJTTC 2014 March Open, Westfield, NJ, 3/8/2014 - 3/9/2014 gg, Larry Bavly, 617-383-5129

2014 Millcreek Giant RR, Erie, PA, 4/12/2014 - 4/13/2014, gg Samuel Steiner, 814-833-8704

Butterfly Cary Cup Cary, NC, 3/14/2014 - 3/16/2014, gggg, Mike Babuin, 919-462-3931

Robo-Pong April 2014 BTTC Open, Broward, FL , 4/12/2014 4/13/2014, ggg, Carlos Zeller, 954-849-5436

Butterfly East Gate Open Series, Roanoke, VA, 3/15/2014 Flip Carico, 540-266-8273

gggg, Tawny Banh, 626-927-8670

20th FIT Open, New York, NY, 3/15/2014 - 3/16/2014, gg, Barry Dattel, 732-200-5820

Manor Spring Giant RR, Lancaster, PA, 4/19/2014, gg, Robert Cogley, 717-898-8668

Orlando’s Annual Winter Open (38 Points), Orlando, FL 3/15/2014, gggg, Hung Tran, Jr., 407-733-1376

Space Coast Spring Open, Cocoa Beach, FL, 4/19/2014, g, Dwight Newton, 321-265-1556

8th Annual Bill Mason Memorial Tournament, Beaverton, OR 3/15/2014, g, Bruce Bayley, 503-246-9514

2014 HI April Open (22), Palisades Park, NJ, 4/19/2014 - 4/20/2014 Byung Jun An, 718-928-8551

GHTTC March 2014 Open, Hartford, CT, 3/16/2014, gg, Wilbert Lawrence, 860-819-0356

ggg, Ken Weinstein, 267-335-2743

Newgy Akron Open, Akron, OH, 3/21/2014 - 3/22/2014, ggg, Samson Dubina

Roanoke Open at Sun Tennis Center (45), Roanoke, VA 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014, gg, D.J. Settle, 800-611-7712

Golden Western Open, Santa Monica, CA, 3/22/2014 - 3/23/2014 gg, Ichiro Hashimoto, 818-700-0948

NJ State Championship, Westfield, NJ, 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014, gg Larry Bavly, 617-383-5129

Texas Wesleyan Open (31), Fort Worth TX, 3/22/2014, gg, Jasna Rather, 817-715-4062

Westchester 2014 April Open Pleasantville, NY, 4/26/2014 4/27/2014, gggg, Will Shortz, 914-769-9128

Westchester 2014 March Open, Pleasantville, NY 3/22/2014 3/23/2014, gggg, Will Shortz, 914-769-9128

Texas Wesleyan Open (31), Fort Worth, TX, 4/26/2014, gg, Jasna Rather, 817-715-4062

Roanoke Open at Sun Tennis Center (45), Roanoke, VA 3/29/2014 - 3/30/2014, gg, D.J. Settle, 800-611-7712

Arizona Closed, Phoenix, AZ 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014, g, Jay Turberville, 480-529-2829

Alabama State Teams, Anniston, AL, 3/29/2014, gg, Mike Harris, 256-689-8603

Florida Orange Blossom Table Tennis Series Spring Classic 2014, Lakeland, FL, 5/2/2014 - 5/3/2014, gg, Brad Woodington, 863-370-5163

2014 Big Island Open, Waimea, HI, 4/4/2014 - 4/6/2014, g, Len Winkler, 808-889-1099

St. Louis Open (53 points), St. Louis, MO, 5/3/2014 - 5/4/2014 gg, Daniel Seemiller, 574-654-7476

TMS 2014 College Table Tennis Championships Monroeville PA, 4/4/2014 - 4/6/2014, ggggg

HCTT Circuit Tournament, Columbia, MD, 5/3/2014 Fan Yang, 443-538-5034

ICC California State Open, Milpitas, CA, 4/4/2014 - 4/6/2014 ggg, Rajul Sheth, 510-299-1253

NW LA Open, Canoga Park, CA, 5/4/2014, g, Allen Verny, 818330-5756 Newgy Cincinnati Open, Cincinnati OH, 5/9/2014 - 5/10/2014, gggg, Samson Dubina, Joseph Bae Open, Santa Ana, CA, 5/10/2014, gg, Ardeshir Afshar, 949-463-8000

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Staying on Course:

A Year in the Life of an ITTF Course Conductor!

By: Richard McAfee, USATT Hall of Fame Inductee, and ITTF Course Conductor Looking back at 2013, it was another busy year for me as I once again spent more than two months on the road conducting ITTF Courses both in the USA and Internationally. I gave my first ITTF International Coaching Course way back in 1998. However the real work began in 2004 when the ITTF unveiled the first worldwide standardized Level 1 Coaching Course. In the following years, the ITTF added a more advanced Level 2 Course and just recently introduced Level 3.

Last year was an exciting one for me as I began conducting my first ITTF Level 2 Courses. To prepare for this I went through several weeks of training in 2012 having to take and pass both the ITTF Level 2 and Level 3 Courses and then take additional Course Conductor Courses to learn how to teach the new material properly. Becoming an ITTF Course Conductor is not easy as each candidate must past a theory exam, practical exam, and a written exam.

Now armed with my new skills, I started my Course Schedule in June by returning to one of my favorite clubs in the USATT, the Austin Table Tennis Club to conduct an ITTF-PTT Level 1 Course.

Austin, Texas, ITTF-PTT Level 1 Course – June 10-14, 2013 The Austin TTC has everything a professional club should have, a full-time club with great conditions, dedicated and highly trained coaches, and an energetic general manager, Marguerite Cheung. The ATTC had previously hosted a very successful ITTF-PTT Level 1 in. 2012. Once again, Marguerite left no stone unturned in making sure that all 14 participating coaches from four states and two foreign countries experienced true Texas hospitality. The ITTF-PTT Level 1 Course provides coaches a wide variety of basic information and skills focused on working with juniors and on group instruction skills.

After the course all coaches needed to complete 30 hours of practice coaching and receive positive grades from their supervisors before receiving ITTF Certification.

Atlanta, Georgia, ITTF Level 2 Course – August 11-16, 2013 My next stop to conduct an ITTF Course would be in Atlanta, GA, a town I lived in from 1995-2004. Atlanta had also held a successful ITTF-PTT Level 1 in 2012. Once again, Jon Gustavson and Jie Chang served as the local organizers for the course and this time our venue was a new full-time club, the Atlanta Table Tennis Academy. This was my first time conducting the much higher ITTF Level 2 Course and fortunately for me, the eleven participating coaches (3 states) were great students and all went well. The Level 2 Course is a six day course with two (3-hour) sessions held each day. In addition, there is a lot of nightly homework and study required. This is a very technical course where coaches learn how to teach every advance stroke technique and all of the variations. Also included are high level footwork and body adjustments along with advance sports education, sports physiology, and sport psychology round out the course materials. To pass the course, coaches must pass both an oral exam and a practical exam.

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Coaches passing with high scores become eligible to attempt a future ITTF Level 3 Course. All Coaches must also complete an additional 50 hours of coaching practice (supervised) after the course and receive a positive evaluation before becoming an ITTF Level 2 Coach.

Dunellen, New Jersey, ITTF Level 2 Course – September 2-7, 2013 September saw me traveling to one of the ITTF Hot Spot Training Centers in the USA, The Lily Yip Training Center. Lily Yip and Barry Dattel hosted a Level 1 Course back in 2011 and I knew from experience what a great training atmosphere they would provide for all the participants. This was a small course in numbers (10 participants) but also an extremely high level group of coaches. Included in the group where Lily Yip, Barry Dattel, and Roger Chang Yuen all coaches at the LYTTC who regularly train and coach many of our US Team Members. Also, ITTF Course Conductors, Larry Hodges and Sydney Christophe, took part. Rounding out the field were former US Coaching Chairman, Jeff Smart, USATT National Coach, Mieczyslaw Suchy, long time New York Coach, Doon Wong, Nelson Gore, and Simplice Sourou. This was an exciting high level group to work with as their vast experiences lead to very detailed and interesting discussions during the classes. Personally, I was very inspired to watch the work of Lily Yip during the week. Lily, who’s coaching knowledge and experience rivals any coach anywhere, is a coach who leads by example. Lily not only attended the six hours of class each day with a great (I want to learn) attitude, but also ran her regular training sessions each evening, stayed up late every night studying the day’s lessons, and somehow found time to cook lunches for the whole group each day. Great coaches never think they know everything and are great students of the game. Lily’s attitude and work ethic was an inspiration to all of us involved in the course.

Austin, Texas – ITTF Level 2 Course – September 9-14, 2013 As soon as I finished the course in New Jersey, I caught a flight back to Austin to conduct an ITTF Level 2 Course. Once again, ATTC Director, Marguerite Cheng, had everything well-organized and seventeen coaches from five states and two foreign countries were ready and waiting for the course to start. What followed was a very intensive week of instruction and study for the participants.

The ITTF Level 2 is a unique course within the USA as it is the first course to be given in the USATT where coaches are actually graded and can pass or fail. This creates some pressure on the coaches but also gives the coaches who pass a real sense of accomplishment with their achievement. Once again, the ATTC was a great host and now as hosted three ITTF Courses the most for any club in the USA. Ajmer, India Level 1 October 21-25, 2013 In 2012, I conducted the first three ITTF-PTT Level 1 Courses to be held in India, and in 2013, I returned to conduct two more Courses.

The host club for both courses was the PSPB Table Tennis Academy in Ajmer, India. Twenty-four coaches from all over the country took part in the course. The ITTF Coaches Education Program in India is the result of a unique collaboration between the Table Tennis Federation of India, the ITTF, and Tenvic. Tenvic, which is an Indian Sports Marketing Company, is handling all the organization of the courses.

I have had the pleasure of giving ITTF Courses in many countries and no-where has the ITTF Program been better received than in India. I would guess that next to China, India may have the most professional table tennis coaches of any country in the World. Top-notch training facilities and academies can be found all over the country and most schools not only have table tennis programs but also full-time coaches.

The PSPB is a full-time live in table tennis academy with attached hotel and restaurant. Dhanraj Choudhary, the Secretary-General of the TTFI stopped by during the course to say some inspirational words to the coaches and expressed great support for the future of the ITTF Program in India. The local coordinator for the course was wellknown, ITTF Blue Bade Umpire, Atul Dubey. Atul did a great job of taking care of all the participants needs.

Ajmer, India Level 2 October 28-November 2, 2013 After a restful weekend, it was back to work as 20 more coaches arrived into the PSPB Table Tennis Academy in Ajmer, India for the first ITTF Level 2 to be held in the country. Competition to attend this first Level 2 Course was high as the limit is 20 participants and more than 35 coaches applied. This was a very high level group of coaches and the week was filled with hard work each day and long hours of study each evening. The end result, was a big success for the coaches as all passed! In addition, a large percentage passed with high enough test scores to be eligible to attend a future ITTF Level 3 Course.

In only a little over one year, India has held 4 ITTF Level 1 Courses and now its first ITTF Level 2. Plans are already under way for me to return to India in 2014 to continue to take the ITTF Program to all regions of the country.

Singapore Level 1 November 20-28, 2013 After a couple of weeks back home in Aurora, Colorado, I again traveled to give an International Course, this time in Singapore. This was my second ITTF Course in Singapore and once again conducted in the STTA’s excellent National Training Center and organized locally

by Kenneth Khoo, the Sports Development Manager of the Singapore Table Tennis. This year 25 coaches from around the country took part.

Singapore is among the most successful nations in the sport of table tennis and to maintain their high level they are taking the improvement of their local coaches very seriously and are planning more ITTF Level 1 and Level 2 Courses in the near future.

Bangladesh Level 2 December 1-8, 2013 My last course of the year was both the most interesting and challenging one. This course was marred by on-going political tensions that created a week-long blockade of travel and some outbreaks of violence within the country. Despite these problems, the Bangladesh Table

Tennis Federation, along with the Bangladesh Olympic Committee, successfully organized this ITTF Level 2 Coaching Course in Dhaka.

Fifteen very determined coaches attended the course but unfortunately three were not able to make it into the city due to the political unrest.

The course was held at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor stadium which offered both an excellent classroom and training venue. It had been six years since most of the coaches took the ITTF Level 1 Course so the coaches were eager to “catch-up” on the new techniques of the sport. While I conducted the course in English it was also translated as necessary into Bengali.

This was a very hard working group of coaches who were determined to succeed. Every day they spent six hours in a mix of classroom and practical work. In addition their nights were filled with studying of the ITTF Advance Coaching Manual. It was a pleasure to watch the day by day improvement of the coach’s knowledge and skills. The result of their hard work was seen in the high percentage of coaches who passed with flying colors. In addition to conducting the Level 2 Course, I also conducted a two-day training camp for the Bangladesh National Junior Team.

Unfortunately the political situation did not allow me to see much of this beautiful country. Travel was very difficult as protesters were blocking the roads in and out of Dhaka. I even had to have an armed escort to take me back to the airport to catch my return flight. Despite the political unrest, this is a country that I would love to visit again in the future.

2013 – A milestone year!

Every year the ITTF conducts more than 100 ITTF Courses of various types all over the World. I am only one of a great many course conductors and many are more active than I am. However for me personally, 2013 was a milestone year. At the conclusion of the year, I had given or organized 35 ITTF Courses over four Continents since 1998. In total I have now spent more than 1 year (371 days) actually conducting ITTF Courses. More than 800 coaches have attended these courses and in addition, more than 300 athletes have attended various training camps given in conjunction with the courses.

I have been involved in the sport more than 50 years now and to date, serving as an ITTF Course Conductor has been the most rewarding experience that I have had in the sport. I want to thank all the staff at the ITTF Development Office, especially Glenn Tepper, for the training and support they have given me over the years. I am looking forward to 2014 when I will begin to conduct the new ITTF Level 3 Course.

As an ITTF Course Conductor, there is always so much to learn and to improve on. This opportunity to keep learning and improving is what makes teaching and coaching so interesting and enjoyable.

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by Terry Casey, Yvonne Kronlage, and Caron Leff

THE WAY IT USED TO BE In October last year, Yvonne Kronlage and Barbara Kaminsky visited an old friend; and they wanted to share their visit along with some golden memories of a different time in our table tennis community. They were visiting Blackwater Falls, West Virginia and found out that Jim Verta now lived at Capon Bridge, a small town on their way to Blackwater Falls.

Yvonne is hopeful that many of you will remember Jim Verta; although today’s table tennis youngsters will never have the privilege of experiencing his inspirational coaching…There was a time when young players directly benefited from his established DC club; shared his passion for table tennis as the sport developed a following in the early 1950s in the USA; and took USA talent to the world stage…because Jim Verta cared.

At the vintage age of 97, Jim no longer shares his passion for table tennis on the courts of any club; however, he follows table tennis news. How wonderful that our table tennis community has residents who still remember table tennis elders and take time to make current memories to keep the history of our sport healthy.

Yvonne said that she I had not seen Jim Verta since her husband Carl’s funeral eight years ago, another gentleman who also loved the sport of table tennis. Verta had run the DC Table Tennis Club since 1954. While there he encouraged all players, especially young people.

Yvonne stated, “Barbara and Donna Chaimson were two of these young people. Barbara Kaminsky and Donna Sakai went on to win numerous tournaments and national events. Barbara was on two world teams.

Jim just lost his wife of 70 years married, so now lives with his daughter in the mountains of West Virginia. He was the director for the 1960 National Championship, which was held at the Sheraton Park Hotel on Connecticut Avenue. No other large tournaments have been held in DC since; but now the Team Championships is scheduled be held there this year. If you have never been to DC, you should go, as it’s a beautiful city.

I started playing at Jim’s club in 1956. It was a great place to play. That’s when the Chaimsons and I met. I was more friendly with Leona Chaimson, their mother, but as the months went by, Barbara & Donna and I became great friends. Donna and I played in the US Open, which it is 72

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now called, when Donna was 10 years old and I was 20 years old.

We were a very unusual team.

Jim was the foundation of the DC Club and coached us all. Some of the youngsters he helped were Clark Goldstein, Billy Keim (who was on the first junior team to go to Russia), Tommy Summerville, the children of Helen & Herb Horton, Tibor Hazi, Si Ratner and his son Mark, Carl Kronlage, Kay and Tom Young, Andrew Jawoski, Dick Stakes and many more. It is good to remember the past players of long ago. I met my husband there. Barbara met Bob Kaminsky there. What a great group we were then and all because of one person who truly cared – Jim Verta. It was great visiting him; and he looks just the same, but like ALL of us…a little older.“

Thanks Jim from ALL of your friends who remember!

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Shonie Aki (1937-2013)

In Memoriam

Photos by Mal Anderson.

By USTTA Historian Tim Boggan

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Although Shonie Aki continued to love table tennis and played it until the day he died (Dec. 2, 2013) some 16 years after entering the U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame, he had accomplished by age 60 much on which his fame rests.

His entrance into the Hall was not primarily because he was a player—his best ranking, with his unorthodox but very effective wrist-snap stroke, was U.S. #14. But his second-tier play allowed him to win, among other tournaments, the Los Angeles and repeatedly the Arizona Open. And along his early-60’s U.S. Open way, he won the Men’s Consolation and reached the semi’s of both the Men’s Doubles (with Ragnar “Ray” Fahlstrom) and the Mixed Doubles (with Vallerie Bellini who credited her 1964 U.S. Women’s Championship in part to Shonie’s continued encouragement).

Shonie also enjoyed, at his own expense, taking advantage of the fact that in 1959 there were no restrictions prohibiting him from playing in the Dortmund, Germany World Championships. Or that later, with a fellow group of San Franciscans, he had the opportunity to support our U.S. Team at the 1973 Sarajevo World’s, then go on, with former internationalist Allan (earlier Adolph) Herscovic leading the way, to play and sight-see in Europe, the trip highlighted by naturally nervous Shonie’s VERY one-sided though friendly match with one of the world’s top players, Yugoslavia’s Dragutin Surbek.

In 1962, Aki then in his mid-20’s, received the prestigious Barna Award, given in Shonie’s case, less for his respected play and more for ‘Help given by the player to Local, State, Sectional, and National Associations.” After serving under Califormia TTA Presidents Ben Wollman and Austin Finkenbinder, Shonie himself became CTTA President. Then a few years later Vice-President of the USTTA—1964-1966…to be followed two decades later (!) by more VP service.

Shonie’s TT activity was prodigious. Ever since 1959 when he was stationed in the Army at Fort Ord and performing in the Band, he’d been coming into L.A. to hone his game; now in 1963 he became the Founder/Owner of the Los Angeles TTC. Later, at home in the Bay Area, he’d become the Founder/Owner of both the San Francisco Club and still later, for many years, the Founder/Owner of the Berkeley Club.

Wanted interruptions among his t.t. productivity occurred after he’d graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Public Health, became a School District Food Service Director, married (twice—Ria and Louise), had children (Alan and Eric), and indulgently couldn’t resist becoming both a table tennis stand-in for actor Mel Ferrer in the movie adapta-

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tion of Katherine Anne Porter’s Ship of Fools, and Richard Bergmann’s performance partner in a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Table Tennis work, work, work was always Shonie’s preoccupation. From the 1960’s when he was Operations Director for both the U.S. Nationals and the U.S. Open, through seemingly countless years of Staff work at our majors, ever advancing, never retreating, from duty, he became again a quarter-century later (!) Operations Director for both our Open and Closed.

With Shonie it was always a foregone conclusion he’d be inducted into not only the California but USA Hall of Fame. He will continue to live in our collective memory as a model for those who aspire and fully commit to a cause.

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John Hanna (1919-2013)

In Memoriam

By USTTA Historian Tim Boggan Back in 1936 in California, 17-year-old enthusiast John Hanna talked the Long Beach Commission into sponsoring a table tennis club and was of course surprised and delighted when they provided the use of a high school gym and six new tables. Thus was launched the Long Beach TTC with Hanna as its first president. Under his strong and continuing leadership, the Club thrived for decades, becoming, if not the longest, one of the longest, continuously operating clubs in the country, hosting, with Hanna as Tournament Chair, such major events as the Long Beach and Golden State Opens.

In 1947, Hanna led the way in the formation of the California TTA. As its first president he spearheaded affiliation with the USTTA—quite an historic accomplishment because it gave legitimacy to the Association’s claim that it was a nation-wide body. After affiliation, Hanna and his E.C. implemented at their tournaments USTTA rules and improved playing conditions. They began a monthly newsletter, and fostered a publicity campaign that brought the occasional Hollywood movie star (Joan Leslie was one) to present tournament winners with their trophies.

With California table tennis on the rise, young Charlie Feldman, a player of note and a building contractor, in 1949 opened the California Table Tennis Center as a commercial enterprise. With favorable playing conditions and a wholesome atmosphere, this thriving Center initiated California’s Golden Decade of the 1950’s. Remembered today are the champions who played there, many enshrined in the California Hall of Fame, including Sharon Acton, Valleri Bellini, Leonard

Freddie Borges (1921-2013)

By USTTA Historian Tim Boggan At their April, 1942 Meeting at the Detroit Nationals, the USTTA Executive Committee members were debating whether to allow Negroes to play in sanctioned tournaments. Such discrimination drew Dick Miles’s astonishment and his friend and fellow New Yorker Freddie Borges’ outrage, expressed in his public outcry of “Who’s the Fascist bastard that thought that up?”

By the 1945 Nationals, again held in Detroit, there was one black man playing and most certainly it was not mere chance that Michigan TTA President Steenhoven’s opening match was against this man, Lynel Overton. Nothing like setting an inoffensive good example, yes? This Open was Miles’s first win and he beat Defending Champion Johnny Somael in the final. Borges had laid claim to finding Somael at a New York playground and had urged him to start playing at Herwald Lawrence’s Broadway Courts.

From there in years to come he would be a world quarterfinalist. Johnny, Polish, not Jewish like Miles and Borges, was the crowd’s favorite and they were almost abusive to Miles. When later Steenhoven handed Dick his winner’s trophy, he said, “Here. I hope you behave like a Champion.” Miles’s take on this was, “These guys in the Midwest were the real ‘Americans.’ We were the New Yorkers, the wise guys, the jews.” Acidity, humor, pride—50 years later, his voice held all in equilibrium.

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This U.S. Open was the one in which Reisman in his The Money Player says that he thought Steenhoven was his bookie and that, after he wanted to place a bet ($500 he says entertainingly), Steenhoven, aghast at this 15-year-old delinquent, kicked him out of the tournament. Borges—protector of youthful, pained innocence, as well as New Yorkers and Jews—adds to the story by saying it was he who rescued Marty, got him reinstated, when (in tears?) he’d come to him for help.

Freddie was never a Hall of Famer— his best ranking was U.S. #12 in a war year, his best win when he took the New England Intercollegiate’s from 1944 U.S. Open runner-up Les Lowry (after, unbelievably, Les had led Somael in the final 20-13 in the fifth). We first see Borges could play a little when at the 1941 Nationals he was beaten, deuce in the fourth, in the semi’s of the Consolation’s by the winner Ben Dattel (Barry’s father). Later, at the ’46 Nationals, he and Reisman reached the semi’s of the Men’s Doubles, and at the 1947 Eastern’s Freddie and Miles lost a valiant 23-21-in-the-fourth final to three-time U.S. Men’s Doubles Champions Eddie Pinner and Cy Sussman.

Freddie, who’d eventually in the new millennium, be playing in back-to-back U.S. Open Over 75 finals, led a somewhat nomadic life—as a math teacher he could on occasion be found in New York,

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California, Florida, or Ohio where, having acquired a teaching gig at Otterbein or somewhere, he’d turn up at the Columbus Club more to play chess (another passionate interest) with John Spencer than t.t. with John Tannehill.

He’ll be remembered to table tennis aficionados primarily as a good friend of Miles and Reisman’s, and as the VERY eccentric “Hugo Batzlinger” whom Dick, after sharing a 1953 Far East tour of military bases with him, immortalized in a long article in Sports Illustrated.

Cooperman, Mike Ralston, Bobby Fields, Si Wasserman, Richard Card, Danny Cohen, Charleen Hanson, Susie Hoshi, Kenny Choi, and Erwin Klein.

Over the years Hanna involved himself in more than local creative club and tournament work. For five years he was the Pacific Coast Regional Tournament Director with jurisdiction covering five states. And though he played sparingly, he was on the tournament scene often enough to win about 150 trophies and awards—and of course became a California Hall of Famer himself.

Hanna’s early decision to affiliate with the USTTA set the stage for the Inglewood, CA venue for the 1959 U.S. Open, the first one ever to be held west of Kansas City.

The bottom line is that without John Hanna there’d likely have been no such proliferation of t.t. activity in California that occurred; that without that activity there’d have been no Charlie Feldman; that without Feldman there’d have been no California Center and no Golden Decade to provide historic impetus and continuity for the outstanding California play that’s emerged today.

Bravo John Hanna. I’m sure we all agree that you greatly deserve this show of homage for your six decades of service to our Sport.

Zsa Zsa Gabor and John Hanna on “You Asked For It”, April 19, 1959, Channel 7, ABC Television Center, Hollywood, California

Carlton Prouty (1913-2014)

In Memoriam

By Dean Johnson Carlton Prouty, outstanding singles and doubles player in the 1930s and husband of 5-time Women Singles Champion, Sally Green Prouty, died on January 17th. He was 98.

During the mid-1930s Carlton was Nationally ranked in both singles and doubles. Reporting on the 1934 Chicago Intercities, the APPA (American Ping Pong Association) magazine called Prouty “the hardest hitter in the APPA” and to the doubles team of Prouty and Billy Condy “as one of the best known doubles teams in the Country.” In 1933 the team was ranked #4 Nationally.

A brilliant student, Carlton entered Northwestern University at age 16. As a student there, he helped himself financially by playing table tennis exhibitions – at $10.00 per exhibition.

In April 1941 Carlton was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served until 1946.

His table tennis doubles partner, Billy Condy came out of the service at about the same time. Billy’s father knew the Fred Green family and was instrumental in matching Carlton with Fred Green’s daughter Sally.

On July 9, 1947, Carlton and Sally were married – the beginning of one of the most enduring marriages in the world of the table tennis – 67 years. They have 2 sons, Carlton and Warren.

In the late 1970s, Carlton and Sally became typical “snowbirds”.

Three months in Florida became six months in Florida. The long drive, the dislike of cold weather and the lure of warm, ice-free winters made them decide to leave Chicago and move to Ft. Myers Florida.

Once they made the move, their lives became filled with swimming, golf and making new friends. For the past 15 years or more Carlton and Sally have been entertaining residents at senior centers around Ft. Myers. While Sally played the piano and sang, Carlton danced with the ladies in the audience – they called him “Mr. Wonderful” and to all of us who knew him, he truly was – Mr. Wonderful.

Photo by Dean Johnson: Carlton and Sally at their condo in Ft. Myers in 2008.

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