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CONTENTS USA Table Tennis Magazine SUMMER 2014 Volume 85, Number 3

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FEATURES World Championships................................................................................ 14

TeamUSA.................................................................................................... 16 Bobrow........................................................................................................ 26 World Veterans........................................................................................... 42 Boggan......................................................................................................... 70 Remembering Peter Cua........................................................................... 72 Wally........................................................................................................... 78 FEATURED VIDEOS by Jimmy Butler.................................................. 81

COACHING No Spin Serve Returns by Samson Dubina............................................. 34

Topspinny Backhands by Larry Hodges.................................................. 35 Tips of the Month by Carl Danner........................................................... 36

Tournaments Local and National Tournamnets............................................................. 46 USATT AND OTHER NEWS Editors......................................................................................................... 9 Chairmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Report.................................................................................... 10 USATT Annual Giving Campaign............................................................ 12 USATT National Rankings . .................................................................... 58 USATT Ratings ........................................................................................ 60 USATT Tournament Schedule ................................................................. 66

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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 Doru Gheorghe (interim) 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)

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From the Editors: On to Grand Rapids As we put the finishing touches on the original version of this edition of USA Table Tennis Magazine, we were gearing up for a trip to Grand Rapids for the US Open. But this is now a digital magazine, so you shouldn’t be surprised when pages magically update, or photos change, or links emerge that weren’t there before. To put that another way - Keep coming back... We’ll try to keep bringing you interesting content, photos, articles, insights, and links to even more. As expected, Grand Rapids provided another exciting US Open. Wang Zhen and Thomas Keinath have been a part of the story for the last five US Open tournaments. They are both regulars at the top of the leader board, and both have won the tournament twice. This year, they entered as the top two seeds and their upsets (Wang lost in the Quarters

and Keinath lost in the Semis) were the story. Wang lost Oya from Japan. Oya then lost to teammate Jin Ueda in one Semifinal. The other Semifinal was the upset of top seeded Keinath to Wenzhang Tao of China. Tao went on to defeat Ueda 4-1. Close games with some great points, but Tao seemed to have the upper hand in most of the games from start to finish. We have links to the full results on page 31 of this Issue. Our next Edition will have full articles and results. If you were at the Open and would like to submit an article, please contact us via email at magazine@usatt.org before our submission deadline of July 18. Greetings from Rhode Island, Steve and Marie Hopkins, Editors

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FROM OUR CEO With the US Open on our minds, here is the US Open Welcome Letter from our interim CEO, Doru Gheorghe. This will help greet all of the players, sponsors, coaches, media, and fans that join us in Grand Rapids for the tournament. Dear Players, Coaches, Officials, Staff, , Friends and Fans: It is a pleasure to welcome one and all to a return engagement of the US Open in Grand Rapids, Michigan! Our return to Grand Rapids in 2014 is based upon the very positive experiences we had with previous events here in 2010 and 2012. USATT Hall of Fame members, Dell and Connie Sweeris, have once again assembled a wonderfully energetic Local Organizing Committee (LOC) dedicated to making this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event a memorable one for the athletes, coaches, officials and family members. The LOC have worked for over a year to secure sponsors for the US Open. With their help, we can announce prize money of $65,000. The Sweeris family are not alone in their efforts - we also need to thank the West Michigan Sports Commission, the Amway Hotel Collection, DeVos Place Convention Center, and a host of valued contributing members of the LOC! We want to thank our USATT National Sponsors, JOOLA for being the Official Tables and National Team Apparel sponsors for USATT and thank NITTAKU / PADDLE PALACE for being the Official Ball Sponsor of USATT. We will feature our National Sponsors and LOC sponsors in this program and in the live streaming efforts that are planned. Speaking of live streaming, we are very fortunate to have the expertise of David Del Vecchio to manage the task of video streaming the event for the members. Through the combined efforts of NATT, the LOC and USATT we are pushing our horizon reach beyond expectations for our US Open in 2014. On behalf of your Board of Directors and National Staff we wish everyone a safe and successful experience in Grand Rapids and a special thank YOU for your participation!

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Chinese Men and Women Defend Titles The Chinese men’s and women’s team have defended their World Team Table Tennis Championships title at the biggest ever ITTF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. The Chinese juggernaut rolled on in front of a capacity crowd of 9000 in Yoyogi Gymnasium to win their 19th World Team Table Tennis Championships titles. In the Chinese men’s team who were the top seeds, which consisted of the world’s top three players, headed into the finals as title favourites, against the second seeded German team who fielded a team that was “their best in history” as described by German team member BOLL Timo. Despite the German team’s best efforts, China overwhelmed Germany 3-1 to claim the Swaythling Cup. “This is our strongest generation, but unfortunately for us this Chinese generation is also amazing,” said BOLL. “There’s no shame losing to such strong players.”

China’s MA Long raced to a strong start, taking down BOLL in 3 games 11-6, 11-9, 11-9. World number 4 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV then offered the German team a glimpse of hope, as he defeated Olympic and World Champion ZHANG Jike 13-11, 11-8, 11-6. This marks the only match that China has dropped in this championships, and also ZHANG’s first ever loss any individual or team championships, a streak that lasted 26 matches. This gallant victory from the world number four German was not enough as, XU Xin and MA Long swept aside Patrick FRANZISKA and Dimitirj OVTCHAROV respectively in straight sets, giving the Chinese Men’s team their 7th straight Team Championship win. After the match, XU commented: “MA Long (who won the Victor Barna award for the most valuable player of the tournament) has not lost yet. His game is something to learn from. But since we’re a team, there’s no need to say just because somebody lost it means there’s a problem. The most important thing is for the Chinese team to keep on supporting each other and encouraging each other.” For the women’s team finals, there were no surprises as the Chinese team, which consisted of the world’s top three players, LIU Shiwen, DING Ning and LI Xiaoxia, whitewashed second seeded Japan 3-0. To the dismay of the sold out crowd, the Japanese team of ISHIGAKI Yuka, ISHIKAWA Kasumi and HIRANO Sayaka were unable to replicate their successful performance in the semifinals the day before, where they came back from 0-1 to defeat Hong Kong. Former World Champion DING Ning stated during the press conference: “Our players played our best, we won as a team so I’m very happy about our victory.” Not even a 6.2 earthquake that rocked Tokyo at 5:20am could stop the Chinese women from claiming the Corbillon Cup.

(right) XU Xin jumping over the fence to congratulate MA Long after China secured their 19th title. Photos by Remy Gros, courtesy of ITTF 14

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Reflecting on the earthquake Olympic champion LI Xiaoxia stated: “I had not been sleeping well, and the earthquake did not help. And also it was the biggest earthquake I ever experienced, so I panicked a little, and didn’t dare move from my bed. I was glad when it was over” Despite the Japanese team not winning gold, they were satisfied to make their first final in 31 years in this home country. The star of their team Kasumi ISHIKAWA stated: “As a team of five we overcame difficult situations. For example we came close to los-

ing in the quarterfinals but overcame in the end, which gave us great confidence. We played as a team, with a big crowd giving us energy, and we played at our best.” At the conclusion of the event the local Japanese organizers handed over the International Table Tennis Federation flag to the next organizer in Suzhou, China, which will host the 2015 World Individual Championships on 26 April – 3 May 2015.

Credit: ITTF Daily Newsletter, Monday, May 5, 2014

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Team USA at the World Championships The U.S. Men began the tournament as No. 46 by World Ranking, and they finished tied for No. 49. Team USA maneuvered through the group stage with a 5-0 record, securing a bye in the elimination rounds. Along the way, they had tough 3-2 wins over Ecuador and Kazakhstan. In the first match in the single elimination main draw, Team USA lost to Saudi Arabia (3-2). Tim Wang and Adam Hugh accounted for the two U.S. wins. At the World Championships, the top two teams in each Division move up a Division in the following year. That means that the 46th and 47th teams each moved up to the Second Division. The two teams that finished at the top of the group and will advance to the next division were Mexico and Puerto Rico. The goal of the U.S. Women this year was to defend their position in the Championship Division. They were in the top division, but were one of the bottom eight seeded teams. They began the tournament seeded 18 by World Ranking and finished 21st. In group play, Team USA finished 1-4. This result was exactly as expected, with the team losing to each team ranked higher and beating the one team

ranked lower (Australia). Some of the best stories from our young ladies’ team includes the close losses to Hungary and Belarus. In the match against Hungary, Lily Zhang beat Szandra Pergel 3-0. And in her second match, Lily then beat Hungary’s best player, Georgina Pota in a tight 3-2 match. The deciding match was between Hungary’s Pergel and USA’s Prachi Jha. Pergel won 11-9 in the fifth game to pull out a 3-2 win, and to seal the victory for Hungary. The match against Belarus followed almost the same pattern. Lily Zhang won both of her matches, but her teammates were unable to pull out the other necessary win. In this match, Crystal Wang lost a tight 3-2 match and Prachi Jha lost a tight 3-2 match. In the end, both the Men and the Women held their own - finishing in just about the same position where they started. The men missed advancing to a higher division by two positions. The women dropped a few spots but maintained their status in the Championship Division.

Photo: Team USA (left to right) Adam Hugh, Timy Wang, Kanak Jha, Coach Stefan Feth, Yahao Zhang, and Jim Butler

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Team USA Results: Team USA Women finished tied for 21

Team USA Men finished tied for 49

Women’s Elimination Rounds USA 2 - Serbia 3

Men’s Elimination Rounds USA 2 - Saudi Arabia 3

Women’s Pool Play USA 0 - Chinese Taipei 3 USA 3 - Australia 0 USA 0 - Japan 3 USA 2 - Hungary 3 USA 2 - Belarus 3

Men’s Pool Play USA 3 - Moldova 0 USA 3 - Ecuador 2 USA 3 - Scotland 1 USA 3 - Kazakhstan 2 USA 3 - Luxembourg 1

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Team USA by Sheri Cioroslan

ERICA WU I think we had a really interesting World Championships this year. It was a little unfortunate that the Women’s team lost threereally, really close matches. But, I mean, we are the youngest team on average, and we have the youngest player on our team, Crystal Wang. So I think every match was a learning experience. It was a really great learning experience playingin the championship division. We put up a really good fight too. We played against really good players. And we were able to see everyone play. It was a great experience. Our team goal was to stay in the Championship Division, which we were, unfortunately, not able to do, although two years from now we could still make the top division through our rankings. I think I played OK. I didn’t play any of the crucial matches. But, yeah, I think I played OK. LILY ZHANG This was my sixth consecutive world championships. It’s been just as exciting as all of the rest. I think I am really happy with my performance this year. I played pretty well against a few really high-level players, which I’m really excited about. And even though we didn’t come out with the win or stay in the first division, I’m really proud of our team for fighting their hardest, trying our best and basically giving everything into our matches. I would say this tournament was very successful and exciting. We are all really close with each other, so it was really great seeing the younger ones, like Crystal and Angela, play for the first time. I’m sure it was really exciting for them too. I think I surpassed my personal expectations. I wasn’t really expecting to beat some of the world’s highest level players, especially a chopper, Viktoria Pavlovich from Belarus. Usually I don’t consider myself very good at playing choppers. She was definitely my match of the tournament. 18

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ANGELA GUAN This was my first world championships. When we played the team trials in February, I actually got 6th place. I was the coaches’ pick for this tournament. Overall,I’m just really thankful that I could come because it was such a great experience to represent the United States. At this tournament, I felt like it was such an eye-opening experience because it was my first time seeing so many people, so many countries. It’s like the best of the best, including a lot of choppers. I’m a chopper, a defensive player. I could see how there is so much potential with this style when I was watching the choppers. They are all world class players also, so that was a great encouragement. I could learn so much just from watching them. And, also at his tournament, I was watching and cheering for myteam, of course. But, watching, I just learned so much, so I am very thankful.I want to be more like them, for example, in terms of their patience or their footwork. I want to learn from their experience.

CRYSTAL WANG This is my first world championships. I had a great experience here. I got to play three teams. There were a few unfortunate matches where, if I had won, it would have helped the team advance. I learned a lot from watching all of these good players. I learned from my mistakes and that should help me improve my game. I learned more about what techniques I should use against different kinds of people.

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PRACHI JHA This is my first World Team Championships, so it was pretty exciting for me to come and play here as part of the team, rather than individually. But it also made my losses a lot more painful, I think, because it’s not only affecting me, it’s my entire country. I had a lot of close matches here, but I also gained a lot of experience. I am going to use this experience to help me become a better player in the future. Next year’s world championships are for individual and doubles events. Hopefully I’ll be able to advance from my round robin, maybe beat a few higher-ranked players. I just want to do well. This was a really great experience. My teammates are great. I had a great time despite the fact that we lost a lot of close matches. Jha photo courtesy of ITTF. Venue and Zhang photos by Diego Schaaf.

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Stealing the Show Lily Zhang and Adriana Diaz By: Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor Two young ladies, one from North America, one from Latin America attracted the attention as matters commenced on the fifth day of action, Friday 2nd May, at the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Championships in Toyko. Puerto Rico’s 13 year old Adriana Diaz and from the United States, 17 year old Lily Zhang were the players in question. Both enjoyed success as their teams fought to stay in the respective divisions; for Puerto Rico the task is to stay in the Second Division; for Lily Zhang it is to retain Championship Division status, Mixed Fortunes and Personal Triumph The end result was one of mixed fortunes; for Adriana Diaz it was success for Puerto Rico against Colombia; for Lily Zhang it was defeat for the United States in opposition to Serbia. It was a team defeat but for Lily Zhang it was another personal triumph. In the first stage of proceedings in the Championship Division she had won five of her seven matches. She had beaten both Szandra Pergel and Georgina Pota in the contest against Hungary; in opposition to Australia she ovrercame Miao Miao, whilst when facing Belarus she defeated

both Alexandra Privalova and Viktoria Pavlovich. The two defeats had come against Japan when beaten by the defensive skills of Yuka Ishigaki and in opposition to Chinese Taipei when she had lost to Chen Szu-Yu. Against Serbia, Lily added two further wins. She beat Andrea Todorovic (15-13, 13-11, 11-7) and AnaMaria Erdelji (11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 11-5); alas for the United States those were the only wins for the Stars and Stripes. “It’s been a really good tournament for me, especially since I didn’t play any international tournaments for 10 months now because of the injury«, said Lily Zhang. I think I’m doing really well.” The United States’ tournament ended against Serbia with their place secured in the Championship Division. For Puerto Rico, they defeated Columbia with a close match to stay in the Second Division. “Quite a lot of people at home know me and are following our team, but that doesn’t put pressure on me, it motivates me even more to train and try harder.”, said Adriana Diaz.

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Team Mexico by Ian Marshall Unbeaten performances by Marcos Madrid and Yadira Silva fired Mexican celebrations on the evening of Satrurday 3rd May at the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Championships in Tokyo. Both remained unbeaten as Kazakhstan suffered at the hands of Central America’s largest country both on terms of geographical size and population. In the crucial men’s fixture, Mexico recorded a three matches to two win; whilst in the counterpart female contest it was a three-one victory margin for the Latin Americans. Stylish Stylish, active and positive, Marcos Madrid beat Denis Zholudev (11-7, 11-9, 11-6) and Kirill Gerassimenko (11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 1-8) to prove the backbone of the Mexican success in the men’s clash. Salvador Uribe, 23 years old, was the player to add the one further win for the victors; he beat Denis Zholudev (9-11, 3-11, 118, 11-6, 11-2) in the vital fifth and concluding match of the contest. The wins for Kazakhstan were recorded by Kirill Gerassimenko against Salvador Uribe (11-6, 11-5, 11-9) and by Timur Kelbugano in opposition to Ricardo Villa (9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-2). Likewise Outstanding An outstanding performance by Marcos Madrid; it was exactly the same with respect to Yadira Silva. Also in opposition to Kazakhstan, she accounted for Yelena Pilipenko (15-13, 5-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8) and Nataliya Sladkova (11-3, 8-11, 11-1, 11-6) in a three-one Mexican success. The one further win for the Central Americans came from Monica Serrano; in the vital third match of the fixture, she beat Yulia Gats by the very narrowest of margins in the vital deciding game (4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 14-12). The one success for Kazakhstan was recorded by Nataliya Sladkova; in the second match of the contest she accounted for Merceded Madrid (11-3, 11-5, 11-8). 22

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Brian Afanador Unbeaten Success for Mexico and there was also success for another Latin American country. In Men’s Division Three, alongside Mexico, Puerto Rico secured promotion. They beat Saudi Arabia by three matches to one in the decisive clash. Mainstay of the victory was Brian Afanador, the reigning Latin American Junior Boys’ Singles champion, he beat both Naif Al-Jadai (11-4, 11-6, 11-7) and Abdulaziz Al-Abbad (11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6). The one further win for Puerto Rico came from Daniel Gonzalez; in the second match of the contest he accounted for Abdulaziz Al-Abbad (11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6). Name to Note The one success for Saudi Arabia was recorded by the very impressive left hander, Ali Alkhadrawi, the winner of the Junior Boys’ Singles event earlier in the year in February at the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open. In the third match of the contest he overcame Hector Berrios (11-6, 11-5, 12-14, 5-11, 11-7).

Photo of Marcos Madrid by Diego Schaaf

The Usain Bolt of Table Tennis By Leigh Ferguson Move over Xu Xin; here comes the Usain Bolt of Table Tennis. “I’ll make millions in the next couple of years, and I’ll make sure that in the next ten years we will host the WTTT.” Meet Jamaica’s most charming and unequivocally most patriotic table tennis player: Michael Hyatt. 44-year-old Michael Hyatt has his heart set on his country hosting a WTTC, and with his remarkable display self-determination in his sports career so far, he isn’t one to be convinced otherwise. After a ten-year break from table tennis, having previously represented his country for 20 years, Jamaica’s main man, Michael, is back in his prized green and yellow. “I was good 10 years ago, I was good 20 years ago, and I am great now. Nothing has changed. I’ll be a champion forever. Quote me in that,” says an ever-cool, calm and collected Michael, with confidence resembling that of Usain Bolt, his sprinting countryman counterpart. “There’s nothing like wearing Jamaica colors. Our country only has like 2.5 million people, but we are known throughout the whole world.” Michael says he has come back from retirement to “restore order and pride,” as Jamaica has not been progressing significantly in the rankings the last few years. “For me it’s an honor, it’s amazing and for me it’s the best feeling in the world, I am happy to do this,” says the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Olympic representative. “I played two straight Olympics and skipped last five, and now I am back and I want to make it in Rio in 2016. No one has done that before in any sport – skipping five Olympics and then coming back.” When one thinks of Jamaica, the ultra-famous pose of Bolt springs to mind. However, Michael wants to show the world that the champions of the blue table are also stars in their own right, in the island paradise they call home. “Table tennis is very popular in Jamaica. We have a history on the regional level of winning. People are proud, we are getting hits all over, people are excited, and the prime minister of the country is going to have a prize ceremony when we come back.” It is understandable that the Jamaican men’s team will return home with nation-wide commendation. With Michael’s return to the sport at the Tokyo world championships, Jamaica men’s team has had an outstanding performance in their fifth division. The athletes have had a straight run of 3-0 in the opening rounds, and continued their

winning streak all the way through the knockout round to come out on top as their division’s reigning champions. The team lost only one singles match to Nepal in the semi final, and it’s nearest sign of a defeat was a tough battle against South Africa in the final, but pulled through to win 3-2. Although Jean-Michel Saive and Vladimir Samsanov are widely recognized as ambassadors for table tennis, it is also athletes like Michael that show table tennis is a sport that transcends all barriers, making it accessible to everyone. “Table tennis is amazing because it’s a sport for any age. I am 44 years old and I have beaten people here that are half my age. I’ve beaten people here that have been playing here for less time than my retirement lasted. If you can stay in shape, understand the techniques and work hard, you can still play at high level. It’s not all about athleticism, it’s about skill and preparation and all the other things. I am still very fast for my age so it’s a pleasure to be back and representing Jamaica.” Thanks to enthusiastic athletes like Michael, table tennis is continually globalizing and providing opportunities for success to all people, regardless of their home country’s geographical or economic position. Michael is convinced of his team’s potential, saying they are by far the most athletic team in the competition. “We just need training on technique. We are catching balls that are past us. We just need good coaches so with the help of sponsorship I think we could really be a strong global power, like Brazil is. They’ve finished 17th in the men’s team. I don’t see any reason why in 10 years from now, Jamaica shouldn’t finish top 24. I think we can absolutely do it!” It is impossible to predict the future of Jamaica’s representatives, however with Michael’s champion-esque mentality, they are already halfway to their goal of being number one. “I am always confident, I believe in myself, in my coach, in my team and I believe in my country. I am blessed. Every point, every day is a blessing, so I just play with passion and pride, and results come.” Jamaica may very well one day have chance to host a world championships, as in the unpredictable and dynamic game of table tennis, anything is possible.

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Introducing Adam Bobrow, “The Voice of Table Tennis” by Sheri Ciroslan On March 11, the ITTF announced its search for “The Voice of Table Tennis,” with a promise that the winner would have the opportunity to audition livein Tokyo during the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships. Steve Dainton, the ITTF Marketing Director, stated, “We are looking for somebody to bring table tennis to life. Somebody with passion and knowledge of the sport and is looking for a new career in the game they love.” Just over a month later, on April 17, the ITTF announced the winner: Adam Bobrow. Today Adam shares his thoughts with us. Congratulations on winning the popular ITTF contest “The Voice of Table Tennis.” What were the steps in the competition? Thanks! Well, at some point before the deadline all entrants had to submit an audio track with their commentary for a specific game that was chosen from a recent professional match. After that, if they were chosen to be in the final 3, then it was up to the public to vote, so promoting that was an important step. A big thrill must have been seeing your name posted at ITTF.comas the winner and being invited to the World Championships in Tokyo. In what pleasantly surprising ways were things different there than you might have expected? It definitely was!! Well, different in Japan? It was pretty similar to how I remembered it. I think I saw fewer girls wearing jeans under polka dot skirts. Maybe that style isn’t quite as popular now. I saw more ramen shops where you ordered from machines and even a sushi restaurant where I ordered on a computer and a machine delivered my sushi to my seat. I made a video about it and put it on my FB page. As far as the WTTTC goes, I was really impressed with the DJ they had for the majority of the event. His music was EXCELLENT and really made it feel EXCITING and INTENSE, like a major sporting event rather than a massage parlor or a meditation space. I was very impressed with the atmosphere surrounding the stadium. It was like a carnival for fans and almost a mini-table tennis theme park. I expected it would be spectacular and it was. I was expecting that Japan would make it an exciting event and they sure did. I guess I was very impressed to see how humble many of the top players were when I spoke to them in person. This was hands down the most spectacular table tennis event I have ever been to and I think it really raises the bar for creating events and working to make this more of a spectator sport. 8>) As The Voice of Table Tennis, what will your responsibilities be going forward? The WTTTC was sort of my audition. It was a chance for the ITTF and the people who hire commentators to see if I could perform under pressure. It seemed to go very well. And while I have a lot to learn, they liked what I did enough to book me to commentate at 4 world tour tournaments in 4 different countries in June and more in the future. So, hopefully I will be doing lots more commentating for table tennis and learning more every time I do it. From a responsibility standpoint, I guess it is my responsibility to watch EVEN MORE table tennis, read MORE articles and do my best to stay informed so that I can be up-todate and share useful information. We’ll see. I am pretty open to new and exciting possibilities. 8>) How can we follow your commentary? Well, anyone who follows my personal account on FB should be kept informed of upcoming events I will be commentating (and I often share other table tennis videos that I find really exciting). So that’s probably the best way to know which tournaments I will be commentating. Also,

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many of these pro tournaments should be streaming live on ITTF.com so people can get more than just the highlights.And I can tell you, it’s really a cool experience watching it live.You sort of feel like you’re there. 8>) You obviously love the sport so much. What is it about table tennis that speaks to you? Indeed! It’s very creative. I really love the combination of physical and mental in the sport. I love playing sports and I love thinking (or pretending to). I think the things I love about chess combined with really quick reaction time and the physicality of it makes it very exciting. I love that everyone can play:young and old, seated and standing, arms and no arms (or arm singular), in GREAT shape and people can even be in pretty terrible shape and still be much better than I will ever be. I love the feeling of control. I love the elements of deception, trickery and surprise. And I love the sound of the ball hitting the table, hitting the rubber, and even the sound of it hitting the net -- as long as it stays on my opponent’s side. From extreme concentration, to how clever the sport is and how the combination of hard work and creativity results in some FASCINATING points... THAT speaks to me. It’s also extremely challenging. And I’ve often enjoyed a great challenge. 8>) There was a lot of talk in Tokyo about President Sharara’s decision to “change his focus.” What was the buzz you heard and what are your personal thoughts? I think the best I can do is just sort of echo what I heard, which was that the switch of title/position doesn’t really matter much. He will still be actively involved in the ITTF in many of the same ways he has been during his Presidency. That’s what I heard. Regarding his focus on the Chinese domination, well, it’s definitely real and it’s definitely not making the sport more suspenseful or exciting. I even hear from many of my Chinese friends that in China they find table tennis less exciting to watch because there’s so little question about who will win. So while I think it’s a big issue, it concerns me a little if we put too much effort into trying to make China worse rather than trying to rise to the challenge and make other countries stronger to close the giant gap. Of course it won’t be easy, and probably will take a while, but it seems ideal to have the highest level of play possible rather than trying to ask the #1 to play nice, or simply try and trip them up. If we change rules or equipment, I have trouble imagining that that would stop China from being the hardest working country in the sport. President Sharara has a lot of hands-on experience working on this issue, so I am aware that he must know a lot more about it than I do. I applaud his efforts and hope that with his help we can work to increase popularity, develop much better training and support for the sport around the world to really raise the level and be competitive with the Chinese, not because we dragged them down but because we met them at the top.

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Is This Seat Taken By Adam “Loner” Bobrow So my first day in mainland China and I didn’t know exactly how things worked with the World Tour and my contacts, rides, etc., so took a bus to a hotel that I thought I might be staying at. Apparently when I mentioned that hotel EVERYONE new it and it was a very famous 5-star hotel. I showed up and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!! Everything was gold plated and as fancy as can be. I noticed Seiya Kishikawa (Japanese superstar) out in front and realized I was around familiar people. I was hopeful and approached the front desk. I was VERY happy to learn that they had my

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name and a room booked for me. I was gonna go up to my room, but I saw a lot of top players walking a certain direction so I figured there was something worth going to and followed the trail. I got to this CRAZY, fancy buffet and it turns out that it was all included with my room for all meals, all day. I looked around and didn’t have anyone in particular to sit with. I traveled alone and since I had recently met the Austrian team coach, I asked him if I could join but he told me that the one seat left was actually taken. I was then looking around the room and the next table over had the majority of the Chinese

men’s national team sitting there. It was Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Yan An, Wang Hao and one of their recognizable coaches. I thought “how cool would THAT be... why not?!?!?! Just ask... I mean... YES they’re AMAZING players and superstars, but they’re still just people... besides, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong should remember me from our video at the WTTTC in Tokyo.” So I walked over, said hi to Ma Long and Fan Zhendong with a big smile and they clearly remembered me and were friendly. I said to Ma Long “care if I join you?” and he signaled with his hand “go right ahead.” So I set a plate down and put my jacket over the seat so no one would take it (the seat) and got REALLY giddy. haha. I was thinking “What would I say??? What if I feel like an intruder? What if they don’t really speak any English?” I came back with several plates of food and sat quietly to feel things out. I realized that Ma Long spoke more English than most so I chatted him up a bit. It was clear that the team was talking about the upcoming World Cup in Brazil and that they all like soccer. I asked them about their favorite teams and believe it or not, Yan An speaks even better English than Ma Long. After a bit of conversation, I can’t remember if Ma Long asked me if I am playing the China Open or if I just wanted to show him a video to make him laugh... either way, I showed him the Excessive Ping Pong Celebration and he immediately started laughing. When it got to the end he laughed even more and called over Xu Xin and the rest of the guys at the table and told them they needed to see this. So Ma Long brought my computer over to the other side of the table and as I watched world ranked 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 crowding around my computer and smiling... I thought... ‘I wish others could see this. No one would ever believe me” so I took a photo. After a bit more chatting, they had to go rest and excused themselves... but Ma Long hung around for a few extra minutes to chat with me about how he is learning to pop and wants to really learn some cool dancing. Then Ma Long had to leave too, so he said see you later and I was suddenly sitting alone.

I looked around to see if there was anyone else to sit with. Near by, Xu Xin and Zhang Jike were eating, so I figured... “why not? I’m on a roll and if I learned ANYTHING from what just happened... it’s basically just reminding me of my life mantra ‘GO FOR IT!’” So I walked about to them and said “are you gonna be here for a bit?” Xu Xin nodded “yes” and I said “can I join you?” He looked a little confused... maybe he didn’t understand what I said... so I gestured that I wanted to scoot in and he welcomed me. So as I sat there with Xu Xin and Zhang Jike, I learned that despite my impressions from Tokyo, Zhang Jike actually speaks more English than Xu Xin and is a friendly guy with a sense of humor. We talked about Sichuanese, his coach, his favorite soccer team, the music we like and he even made a joke pretending to be from a different part of China and shortly after LAUGHED! I later taught Xu Xin the USC Ping Pong Posse handshake, which he did with me when he saw me the following day at the buffet and that was only the first TWO HOURS after I arrived at my hotel in Chengdu. Sometimes we ask people how they’re doing and they say “livin’ the dream” and I never say that... but at times it feels like it... the only different is... if this was a dream, I wouldn’t remember it so clearly to share it with you in detail and I wouldn’t be able to take a picture. Good thing it’s a reality. I’ll just have to keep dreaming bigger 8>D

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North America Cup: Kanak Jha and Zhang Mo Win in Burnaby By: Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor The youngest and the most senior emerged as the winners of the respective Men’s and Women’s events at the 2014 ITTFNorth America Cup in Burnaby on Thursday 27th June. Kanak Jha of the United States, only just 14 years and seven days old, the no.6 seed at the start of proceedings, overcame compatriot Adam Hugh, the no.4 seed, at the final hurdle (1210, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4) to secure the Men’s title. Over a decade older, Canada’s Zhang Mo, the no.2 seed, at the ripe old age of 25 years, some seven years the senior than any other competitor in the Women’s event, overcame 12 year old Crystal Wang of the United States, the no.6 seed, to secure the top step of the podium (11-4, 8-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-7). Youngest Winner Success for Kanak Jha, born on Monday on Monday 19th June 2000, becomes the first player to win a Continental title born this century and could he be a threat to China’s Yu Ziyang? Just under one week ago, Yu Ziyang; born on Friday 23rd May 1998, at the age of 16 years and 30 days became the youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour Men’s Singles when he succeeded in Yokohama last Sunday.

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Could Kanak Jha surpass that record? In fact can Kanak Jha beat the record of the youngest ever ITTF World Tour winner; on Sunday 21st September 2003 when Guo Yue won the Women’s Singles title at the Volkswagen Open Japan on Sunday 21st September 2003, she was 15 years and 66 days old. Nearly Never Happened Success in Burnaby against all expectations for Kanak Jha and it was an achievement that nearly never happened! “He wasn’t on the original entry list when the deadline was over”, explained Zoltan Benczik, the ITTF Competition Manager on duty. “The United States entered him only when they were given two extra places after not receiving any entries from Bermuda.” An opportunity was afforded, the opportunity was seized. Totally Unexpected “I never expected to come to the finals and even make it to the World Cup”, said Kanak Jha. “I am very happy and I definitely will play my best there; it will be a great experience.” Undoubtedly it will be an immense educational experience

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for a young man in Burnaby whose mind was most certainly focused on the task in hand, undaunted by the pedigree of his opponents. “In the final I knew that I had what it takes to beat him, but it was mostly a mental game”, said Kanak Jha “It was important to win the first few games to set the tone of the match.” Clearly Kanak Jha had learned quickly; the two met in the group stage in the very first match when Adam Hugh had won by a similar margin to which he was to suffer defeat. He had won in five games (11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4). Third Appearance Meanwhile, for Zhang Mo it will be her third appearance in the Women’s World Cup; previously she played in Guangzhou in 2009 and the following year in Kuala Lumpur. A semi-final success again compatriot Anqi Luo and a final over Crystal Wang had secured her invitation for the prestigious event later this year. “The difference between Anqi and Crystal is definitely their style”, said Zhang Mo. “It was a bit harder against Anqi Luo as we play each other a lot; it was more difficult, the home crowd was great, helping me a lot.” Next in Line Gold for Kanak Jha and Zhang Mo with the silver medals being in the possession of Adam Hugh and Crystal Huang; bronze and the position of second reserve for the ensuing Men’s World Cup and Women’s World Cup competitions both went to the United States. In the Men’s event, Jim Butler, the no.8 seed, beat Canada’s defending champion André Ho, the no.2 seed (13-11, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8); whilst in the counterpart Women’s contest Lily Zhang, the no.1 seed defeated Anqi Luo, the no.3 seed (11-4, 11-6, 11-4). “Yesterday was a very tough loss and I was very disappointed, but today I am happy”, reflected Lily Zhang. “It was a good lesson, to take the experience for the future.” Experience Counted Experience, no player in the whole tournament possessed the experience of 43 year old Jim Butler who appeared more than satisfied with third place. “André Ho is a quality player and I try gain wins against quality players, it builds me up”, said Jim Butler. “I was not focused on the home crowd; I just did what I had to do to beat him.” Fourth place for André Ho, next in line came Timothy Wang of the United States, he gained fifth place with Zhang Yahao, also from the United States followed by Canadians Pierre-Luc Theriault and Marko Medjugorac completing the top eight names. Meanwhile, in Women’s event, the United State trio of Erica Wu, Prachi Jha and Diane Jiang secured fifth to eighth positions; Canada’s Amy Nicholls concluded matters in eight spot to complete the list of elite names.

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Serve Return: No-Spin Serves By Samson Dubina One of the most commonly asked questions in table tennis is… “How can I best return no-spin serves?” No-spin serves appear to be very easy but can be very difficult to return. If you want to loop your opponent’s backspin serve, you will probably be very focused, position your body very low, use lots of spin, and loop the ball onto the table successfully. Do you have this same approach when looping a no-spin serve? Many players do not have the same level of concentration and many players do not use enough spin when returning a no-spin serve. At the professional level, spin is more often used to give control than it is used to “trick” the opponent. By spinning back a no-spin ball, you will have control. There are 2 pitfalls that you must avoid when looping no-spin serves. #1 The first pitfall to avoid is blocking the nospin serve. Many players stand too close to the table when receiving fast serves. When the fast no-spin serve hits deep near the end-line, these players mistakenly block the ball off-the-bounce and into the net. The same mistake can be applied to the short no-spin serve. Without any energy on the serve, if the receiver merely touches the ball, it will pop up or fall off the racket into the net. Remember… Without creating spin, you will have absolutely no control to properly receive a no-spin serve. #2 The other pitfall to avoid is attacking too hard on the no-spin serve. Many players view spinny serves as difficult and no-spin serves as easy. Occasionally, you might be able to smash a weak no-spin serve. However, at the elite level, all of the no-spin serves are very low. Your primary goal in returning serves should be to put the ball on the table and begin the rally. Your secondary goal in returning serves should be to initiate the attack or stop your opponent’s strong attack. By trying to smash the no-spin serve, you will likely make too

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many mistakes. Do not try to smash the serve! Instead of smashing… try to loop or flip or push the serve. When looping a long, no-spin serve, let the ball come to the top of the bounce. Instead of jumping forward to receive, allow the serve to come back to you. Start your racket slightly lower than the top of the bounce and brush the ball forward and slightly up. Try to place your loop to the wide forehand, wide backhand, or elbow (transition point). Because your loop won’t be incredibly strong against this serve, do your absolute best to avoid playing to the power zones of your opponent. When pushing a no-spin serve, it is absolutely essential to contact the ball on the rise. Contacting the ball on the rise will have 3 main benefits – it will help you keep the push lower, it will help you keep the push shorter, and it will decrease the time that your opponent has to react to your push. When pushing a no-spin serve, make sure that you close your angle and push down or push to the side. If you scoop under the ball, it will often go too high. When flipping a no-spin serve, let the ball come to the top of the bounce. By allowing the ball to rise, you will have more time to adjust your positioning, you won’t need to lift as much, and you can have a more direct-line-shot to your target. You should usually flip to your opponent’s backhand or middle. A surprise flip to the backhand or middle will usually be met with a block from your opponent; this block is ideal for you to return with a strong attack. If you feel that your opponent is stepping around the backhand side to hit a forehand, then a surprise flip to the forehand is also very effective. Regardless of which receive you choose to use (loop, push, or flip) it is essential to put spin on the ball giving your control. Try to attack no-spin serves with about 40-70% power while giving good spin, keeping it low, and varying the placement.

Topspinny Backhands By Larry Hodges, TableTennisCoaching.com One of the biggest changes in our sport at the higher levels since I started playing in the late 1970s is the development of what I call the “topspinny backhand.” (I should trademark that term.) When I started, most players had relatively flat backhands, with only a little topspin. The idea was to hit or block aggressively. A few players backed up and backhand looped, but few players played close to the table and tried to topspin heavily with their backhands. Part of this was the equipment - modern sponges are much bouncier and better for this. At first glance, a good, hard, flat backhand is a better shot. After all, it tends to come out faster, and it’s easier to time, as opposed to trying to take a bigger swing and spin the ball off the bounce. There were many big backhand hitters and great blockers back in those days, but only a few really spun their backhands off the bounce over and over. (Tibor Klampar and Anton Stipancic are two that did.) These days nearly everyone at the higher levels topspins off the bounce. There’s a terminology problem - it’s not quite a backhand loop (usually), but it’s more than a regular backhand. Hence my term, “topspinny backhand.” What are the advantages of these topspinny backhands? 1. The topspin pulls the ball down, just as it does for a loop, and so you effectively have a larger target. 2. The topspin jumps off the table, messing up the opponent’s timing. When a player hits a ball flat, it travels at roughly the same speed to the opponent, so it’s easy for the opponent to time it. When a player hits the ball with topspin, it starts out at one speed, then jumps when it hits the table, making it harder to react to and time. 3. The topspin jumps off the opponent’s paddle, further messing up his timing. 4. Against a flatter ball, an opponent can take a step off the table to give himself more time to react, but against a ball with a lot of topspin, he has to take it relatively quick off the bounce when blocking or counter-hitting or he’ll likely hit a weak or erratic shot, meaning he has less time to react. One of the tougher questions for coaches is when to start players with topspinny backhands. Some say around 1800 (roughly advanced intermediate level). Others teach it almost from the start. I’ve seen it successfully learned both ways. But it does help to develop this shot somewhat early or you may get ingrained in your habits. I developed a flatter backhand early in my development, and while I can demonstrate a topspinny backhand, I’d have to spend a lot of practice time if wanted to incorporate it into my game - and there’s no guarantee that I’d be able to do so successfully after 37 years of flat backhands. It’s your choice - go flat or go topspinny!

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Tips of the Month

Growing Taller

by Carl Danner

(Tip of the Month: May) As kids get bigger, their strokes also have to change. Small kids contact the ball up near their heads with the racket head pointing up. As they grow, the contact point moves lower relative to their bodies, as the racket head levels out and contact occurs further away (especially for forehands). Eventually, contact points for those who grow tall may migrate back towards their bodies, near their thighs. Think of the hands of a clock. Looking from behind at a righthander, a small child’s forehand might contact the ball at 1 or 2 o’clock. As he or she grows, the contact point will move down to 3, 4 or even 5 o’clock. This is a natural progression. The problem occurs when a child grows quickly (as boys especially can), but his or her strokes do not. Use this clock analogy to check whether a growing child’s strokes are also growing with him

The Value of Topspin (Tip of the Month: June)

Aerodynamically, topspin forces a table tennis ball to sink. That’s why most good attacking shots have topspin, and usually a great deal. Without topspin, it is difficult to hit the ball hard and have it come down in time to hit the other side of the table. You can see this by observing two good players from the side of the table. Their shots fly out fairly horizontally before diving down towards the table at its ends. The same effect gives you a greater margin of error on less aggressive shots, because they can be aimed higher over the net and still land safely. If your shots are relatively flat, you can add topspin to them by relaxing your wrist and forearm while brushing more up the back of the ball. Don’t be afraid to soften up your shots when first trying this, as you will gain back that pace (and more) when you learn to stroke confidently with good topspin.

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A Cool Shirt ...

By Richard Burnside

I was walking around York, PA and met a fellow who was in his car smoking. I showed him a 3 Star Butterfly Ball and he asked me if I wanted a “hit” of his cigarette. I turned him down and asked him if he thinks he is good at table tennis. We threw the ball around a little and he said he could probably score a few points against me. I told him about our club and he said he may “come and check it out”. I told him about spin and serves and tournaments. He was intrigued, but he liked the shirts I was selling. I showed him a video of players playing at our club and he really liked that a lot! He bought a shirt from me because he liked the colors of the Butterfly shirt. I really am using this example as how we can think OUTSIDE the conventional box we are trapped in to recruit more players. There are people out there who would love to try it out, and it only takes a few minutes in a parking lot with a ball and racket. Our sport is getting better recognition, and it sure is healthier than video games for the kids. It provides cardiovascular and competitive benefits to our kids and parents. Thinking outside the BOX, the Butterfly Shirt Box, and focusing on what the sport could bring to that man’s life alone should propel us to do what we can to advance our sport.....

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California Table Tennis Hall of Fame Inducts 2014 Honorees by Terry Timmins Tawny Banh, Glenn Cowan (Deceased), and Carl Danner were inducted at the 19th CTTHF Hall of Fame Banquet on June 6th. The California Table Tennis Hall of Fame was established on March 30, 1994 by Mary Reilly McIlwain and Shonie Aki. The purpose was to acknowledge and to honor residents of the State of California who have achieved preeminence in the organized sport of table tennis as players and/or ofﬁcials and/or contributors. Tawny Banh earned a spot on the U.S. National Woman’s Team consecutively from 1994-2007, and was a U.S. Olympian in 2000 & 2004. She was also a Gold/Silver/Bronze medalist in the Pan American Games (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007). Tawny was a 3-time U.S.National Women’s Doubles Champion. Additionally, she served on the USATT Board of Directors for 2 years as the Female Athlete Representative. Tawny earned a B.S. Degree in Business Administration (Management) and is currently serving on the Executive Board as well as Head Coach of the Los Angeles Table Tennis Association in El Monte, California, serving the general public with open play, adult/children private and group lessons, with monthly sanctioned tournaments, and exhibitions from World Class players. Glenn Cowan was represented by his nieces Jill and Lyn Cowan. At the age of 12, Glenn won his ﬁrst trophy in 1963 and by January of ’64 he was runner-up in the Eastern Open. In 1966 Glenn moved to California and dominated in the 15 and 17 year 38

old classes. Glenn’s Class A win at the Hollywood Open is “The first time in history that a 15 year old had won this event.” Glenn is named to the US Junior Team in ’66, comes to Toronto;, and defeats the Canadians in the 15s and 17s. Glenn’s ranking for the ’66-67 season is U.S. Junior No. 1 and Boys No. 2. At the ’69 US Open, Glenn won the Juniors Championship and now ranked No. 6 in the U.S. In a July San Francisco tournament, Glenn won all his international matches against the Canadians thus qualifying for the U.S. Team to the Nagoya Worlds. In Nagoya, world champion Chuang Tse¬tung (Zhuang Zedong) presented a silk-screen portrait of the Hanchow Mountains to Glenn and he reciprocated with a red, white, and blue, peace emblem flag of a shirt with the words “Let It Be” written on it. Chuang and Cowan’s friendship caused a media sensation and one among several explanations as to why China suddenly invitesd the U.S. to their mainland and thus, started “Ping-Pong Diplomacy”. Carl Danner grew up playing table tennis with his Dad and learned from the Seemillers, Boggans, Sweeris and many others leading to a No. 6 ranking in under 13 boys in 1972. Carl made the national junior team in ’75. In 1976 Carl moved to California to attend Stanford University. He played in several bay area tournaments at the San Francisco club, advancing to the finals in Open and AA singles. During his college years Carl won the singles and doubles twice when playing in the Western Collegiate Regionals. Carl attended to rearing

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three children during the 1990s, returning to coach advanced players including Eric Boggan, Diana Gee and Ariel Hsing. In the 2000s, Carl began writing tips for the USATT website and publishing hundreds of tips of the week and tips of the month which still appear in USATT Magazine. As an organizer, Carl worked on the 1972 US Open in

to right Carl Danner, Tawny Banh, and accepting for Glenn Cowan (deceased) nieces Lyn and Jill Cowan

New York, was Assistant Editor for Table Tennis Topics, and founded the Finley Table Tennis club with his Dad. He also ran the summer session Miami Table Tennis club with Bernie Burkiet. After college Carl helped run the Golden State Open and served on the Concord Club’s board. In recent years, Carl was invited to be a board member of the United

States Table Tennis Association Foundation, becoming its president, and with other Foundation Board Members managed funds from the LA Olympics to advance the goals of USATT. More recently, Carl has also taken on the chairmanship of USATT’s High Performance Committee.

On behalf of all of those who love and promote the sport of table tennis, congratulations to all of this years inductees. Note: Our thanks to former USTTA president and author of The History of U.S. Table Tennis, Tim Boggan, for the Glenn Cowan content herein.

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U.S. RESULTS

by Lim Ming Chui

The 17th World Veterans Table Tennis Championships took place from May 12th to 17th, 2014 in Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. The WVC is open to players aged 40 years and over or who will reach their 40th birthday during the year the event takes place. The United States was represented quite well in Auckland, New Zealand at the World Veterans Table Tennis Championships which took place from May 12 to 17. Among the many medals the USA won, perhaps the greatest honor went to Chong Keng Tay who won the Mens Singles Age 75-79 event. Our ladies Ting Ning Chung and Chiyako Suzuki won the Womens Doubles 65-69 event and Ting Ning also won silver in Womens Singles 65-69. Miss Xiaoying Liu won bronze in Womens Singles 60-64 (she had lead the champion from Russian 8-7 and 10-8 in the final game). Former multi-Veteran Champion Yuxiang Li won Mens Doubles 60-64 and bronze in Mens Singles 60-64.

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Dan Green and Lim Ming Chui both reached the top 16 in Mens Singles 65-69. Chui advanced further, eventually losing a close 5-game battle in the 8ths. Changping Duan reached top 64 in Mens Singles 65-69. Miss Irina Hellwig reached quarters in Womens Singles 70-74 Consolation. Chi Lam was third in Mens Doubles Over 85 and was also third in Mens Singles Over 85 Consolation. Harriet Quon and Fanning Zheng were second in Womens Doubles 75-79 Consolation. All hope that USATT will provide additional support to our veteran players. The next WVC will be in Spain in 2016. We hope that the US contingent in Spain will be even more successful. “The rain in spain ‘spring’ falls mainly on the plain!”

Toshiko Kataoka ended up winning the match 3:2.

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It is evident that China and Japan are dominating both double and single events. Nevertheless, countries such as Germany, Austria and Sweden have shown their table tennis expertise with representatives in both the semi and final matches from all age and gender groups. Here follows a rundown of the crowd favourites in the single matches. WOMENS Monica Kneip, the defending champion in the over 60’s arena, battled against Larisa Andreeva of Russia, who won the doubles with her partner earlier today. Larisa came out with the win, taking the gold medal with a result of 3:0. Needless to say her victory wasn’t taken with ease, as Monica put up a good fight in all three games. Japan’s Toshiko Kataoka and Keiko Takakiwa in the 50-59 division played each other in the finals. Both players performed with an attacking mind set, Takakiwa with a definitive back hand and Kataoka showcasing her strong forehand. By keeping the play nice and short it was a quick game to watch.

MENS Zheng Li (CHN), who previously played Peter Karlsson in the semis, went up against Bing Tang, who is also from China (MD40-49). Shot of the day goes to Bing Tang for a great set of lobs that landed perfectly on the table, with the final shot landing on the side of the table. Taking it nice and casually Tang claimed gold for the over 40’s division 3:0. Jean Michael Carquin of France played against China’s Min Huang (MD50-59). Min Huang claimed victory in another very competitive game. The final result for this game was 3:2. Overall, all participants played very well and we have been pleasantly surprised with the amount of skill each player brought to the table. Each individual displayed throughout the competition their own personal finesse, which added to the excitement and enjoyment of watching each and every game. Additionally, the family, friends and public that have supported these players has been outstanding, and has therefore added to the unique atmosphere of the championships. We trust all those that have come from overseas have enjoyed their time here at the trust stadium and we hope that their trip home is a safe one. We will be updating additional information onto the site, so this is not the last that you will hear from us.

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RESULTS

Men’s Singles over 80: 1. Kazuo MASUDA (JPN) 2. Kai MERIMAA (FIN)

Women’s Singles over 50: 1. Toshiko KATAOKA (JPN) 2. Keiko TAKAKIWA (JPN)

Men’s Singles over 50: Men’s Singles over 70: 1. HUANG Min (CHN) 1. LE Van Inh (AUS) 2. Jean Michel CARQUIN (FRA) 2. Brian HILL (ENG)

Men’s Singles over 85: 1. SHEN Shih Hsiung (TPE) 2. Lumir RUZHA (CZE)

Women’s Singles over 60: 1. Larisa ANDREEVA (RUS) 2. Monica KNEIP (GER)

Men’s Singles over 60: 1. Stanislaw FRACZYK (AUT) 2. Rein LINDMAE (EST)

Women’s Singles over 40: Women’s Singles over 65: 1. Yumi SAHARA (JPN) 1. Kuniko TAKAHASHI (JPN) 2. Keiko MATSUO (JPN) 2. CHUNG Ting ning (USA)

Men’s Singles over 40: 1. TANG Bing (CHN) 2. LI Zheng (CHN)

Men’s Singles over 65: 1. WANG Yin (CHN) 2. Keitaro SUGIMOTO (JPN)

Men’s Singles over 75: 1. TAY Chong Keng (USA) 2. Dieter LIPPELT (GER)

Charlene Liu Wins Bronze at World Veterans Games May 20, 2014: Auckland, New Zealand Charlene Xiaoying Liu of Germantown, Maryland, won the bronze medal for Women Singles Ages 60-64 at the World Veterans Table Tennis Games. Out of a field of over 120 players from all over the world, she defeated seven players in winning the bronze, including three players from Japan, two from China, and one each from Taiwan and Hong Kong. She defeated the two Chinese players 3-1, and won each of her other matches with a score of 3-0. In the semifinals she faced Larisa Andreeva of Russia. In the fifth and final game Charlene led 10-8 match point, but Andreeva won the last four points to advance to the final. Andreeva went on to win the final 3-0 over Monica Kneip of Germany. Charlene has been a dominant U.S. woman player for many years in the Over 30, Over 40, Over 50, and now in the Over 60 divisions. She has won these titles multiple times at the US Open Championships and at the US Nationals, including winning Over 60 Women’s Singles at the recent US Nationals in December in Las Vegas. At the 2013 US Open, also in Las Vegas, she won Over 60 Women’s Singles, Over 60 Doubles with husband Changping Duan, and she also made the final of Over 50 Women’s Singles. Overall, she has won 23 national titles. She trains at the Maryland Table Tennis Center (MDTTC) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and she is the MDTTC Tuesday & Friday Night League Director and Tournament Director. For more info you may contact Charlene directly at charleneliu@verizon. net. For info on Maryland Table Tennis Center, visit MDTTC.com

Photo courtesy of Maryland Table Tennis Center

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Men’s Doubles over 80: Women’s Singles over 70: 1. Masako FUKUSHIMA (JPN) 1. Geofrey BAX / Gunter KRAUSS (ENG / GER) 2. XU Yali (CHN) 2. Geoffrey Volney NESBITT / Harry DYE Women’s Singles over 75: (AUS / NZL) 1. Akiko IKEDA (JPN) 2. Miyoko FUKUHARA (JPN) Men’s Doubles over 85: 1. LINChien Chun / SHEN Women’s Singles over 80: 1. Marianne BLASBERG (GER) Shih Hsiung (TPE / TPE) 2. Michiko UCHIYAMA (JPN) 2. Alf PERRY / Charles USHER (ENG / ENG) Women’s Singles over 85: Women’s Doubles over 40: 1. Yoriko ASAMI (JPN) 1. Aki KUBO / Yumi 2. Ikuko TANIGAWA (JPN) SAHARA (JPN / JPN) 2. Elena LAMONOS / Ina Men’s Doubles over 40: JOZEPSONE (GER / LAT) 1. LI Zheng / TANG Bing (CHN / CHN) 2. ndrzey TRUSZCZYNSKI / Women’s Doubles over 50: 1. Keiko MIURA / Nobuko Krzysztof PIOTROWSKI NAGAKAWA (JPN / JPN) (GER / POL) 2. Janet JOHNS / Helen SHIELDS (ENG / ENG) Men’s Doubles over 50: 1. JI Aiguo / LIU Yan Women’s Doubles over 60: (CHN / CHN) 1. Teresa DEVANEY / Larisa 2. Alexei RODIN / DING Yi ANDREEVA (IRL / RUS) (RUS / AUT) 2. Monica KNEIP / Gerda KUXSIEBERATH (GER/GER) Men’s Doubles over 60: 1. WANG Xinzhi / YUXIANG Women’s Doubles over 65: Li (CHN / USA) 1. CHUNG Ting ning / 2. Stanislaw FRACZYK / Chiyako SUZUKI (USA/USA) Reinhard SORGER 2. XU Yali / XUE Shanshan (AUT / AUT) (CHN / CHN) Men’s Doubles over 65: Women’s Doubles over 70: 1. Jaroslav KUNZ / JensErik 1. Yoko ARAI / Akiko IKEDA LINDE (GER / DEN) (JPN / JPN) 2. Thomas SAMUELSSON / Lennart BJORK (AUS / SWE) 2. Keiko HIROI / Yoshino MISHIMA (JPN / JPN) Men’s Doubles over 70: Women’s Doubles over 75: 1. Igor KLAF / Van Inh LE 1. Margaret MULCAHY / (AUS / AUS) Pamela TAIT (AUS / AUS) 2. Bernard WRIGHT / 2. Akemi HAYASHI / Katsuko Herbert NEUBAUER TODA (JPN / JPN) (AUS / GER) Men’s Doubles over 75: 1. Helmut KRETZER / Dieter LIPPELT (GER / GER) 2. Toni BORG / Per MAGNUSSON (SWE / SWE)

Women’s Doubles over 80: 1. Akiko TOSA / Michiko UCHIYAMA (JPN / JPN) 2. Reiko MIYAGAWA / Yasu WATANABE (JPN / JPN)

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USA Tournament Results Dana Point Open Giant Round Robin April 13, 2014 Dana Point, California Under 1800 RR - Group 1, 1stArthur Campos, 2nd Cole Riel, 3rd Paul Nguyen, 4th Kenneth Seiple Under 1800 RR - Group 2, 1st Steve Galm, 2nd Steven Anderson, 3rd Michael Chang, 4th Henry Wong Open Singles RR - Group 1, 1st Zaman Molla, 2nd Tung Pham, 3rd Tuan Dai Le MD, 4th Amanda Malek Open Singles RR - Group 2, 1st Luis Reyes, 2nd Behnam Kazemi, 3rd Karolina Lira, 4th Micah Lim LATTA Appreciation Open April 19, 2014 El Monte, California Under 1150 RR, Nabeel Abuhejleh, Kai Lee Under 1750 RR, Peter Bunya, Dayananda K. Lekamlage Under 1350 RR, Jonathan Gebala, Kai Lee Under 1950 RR, Xiankun Yang, Ken Trinh Under 1550 RR, Rachel Hien Tran, Elijah Lim Open RR, Zaman Molla, Tung Pham Under 2350 RR, Matthew Shuai Chang Tuan Dai Le MD Under 2050 RR, Scott Malek, Thong Nguyen Under 2200 RR, Steven Gong, Joey Kuo Under 3400 Doubles, Quoc Bao Nguyen / Rachel Hien Tran Vahid Mosaferi / Derol Caraco NW LA Open May 4, 2014 Canoga Park, California Open Singles RR Zihao (Justin) Huang Zaman Molla Under 2050 RR, Aniruddha Mahishi, Thong Nguyen Under 1850 RR, Luigi Guslandi, Alexander Zelener Under 1600 RR, Kenneth Seiple, Alexandre Lomaka Under 1400 RR, Burt Tokuhara, Vladimir Tarasov Under 1200 RR, Vladimir Tarasov, Jim Esch Under 1000 RR, Ha Luu, Victor Grubsky Under 800 RR, Emily Shiau, Vidul Parsi

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David Landry won his seventh straight championship singles title. Ernesto Kawamoto won his state-record 14th championship doubles title. Kawamoto/Landry won their state-record ninth state doubles title as a team. photo: Landry and Kawamoto at the Alabama State Championships

Newgy Cincinnati Open - Results Cincinnati, Ohio May 9-10 Open Giant RR, Samson David Dubina Tapabrata Dey, Seyed Hesam Hamrahian Danny Dulkin Under 2400 Giant RR, Danny Dulkin Seth Pech Under 2000 Giant RR, Harsh Khandelwal, Kosal Tith Under 1800 Giant RR, Bob L Burkart Francisco Jimenez Under 1600 Giant RR, Chad Ryan, Kevin Swan Under 1200 Giant RR, Yueling Zhang Newell Millard Joseph Bae Open May 10, 2014 Santa Ana, California Under 2000 RR, Kiet Tran, Aniruddha Mahishi Under 1500 RR, Jack Janes , Charles Kim Under 1300 RR, Nabeel Abuhejleh, Michael Vaden Under 1850 RR, Carlos Pedro, Gerry Chua Under 1100 RR, Daniel Treigherman TaeHyun Kim Under 1700 RR, Nabeel Abuhejleh Behnam Kazemi Under 2400 RR, Ethan Chua, Robert Shahnazari Under 1600 RR, (John) Yahya Dabbagh Santhoshkumar Srinivasan Open RR, Zaman Molla, Tung Pham U3700 Doubles RR, Fredrick Tio / Hung Nguyen Sherwin Afshar / Behnam Kazemi

2014 Alabama State Championships Anniston Army Depot May 17, 2014 Championship singles, 1. David Landry ($225) 2. Adam Brown ($100) Semifinalists: Ashutosh Tamhane, Iliyan Arabov ($50 each) Championship doubles: 1. David Landry/Ernesto Kawamoto ($50) 2. Adam Brown/Barnabas Gonzalez ($25) Semifinalists: Chip Patton/Michael Wetzel; Ivan Skripnik/Kui Zhang Class A singles: 1. Andrew Davis 2. Terry Hamilton, Semifinalists: Sean Brown, Harry He Class B singles, 1. Jake Cranford ($50) 2. Caleb Lenox ($25), Semifinalists: Derrick Bishop, Colton Brown Class C singles, 1. Eli Mann 2. Mark Baker, Semifinalists: Mark Baker, Ed Watts Class A doubles, 1. Derrick Bishop/Eli Mann, 2. Glenn Tillery/Caleb Lenox Semifinalists: Colen Ellis/Gary Luther; Mark Baker/Donnie McGinnis Seniors, 1. Kui Zhang ($50) 2. Ivan Skripnik ($25), Semifinalists: Chip Patton; Ashutosh Tamhane Esquires, 1. Colen Ellis 2. Fred B. Mitchell II, Semifinalists: Bill Mobley; Donnie McGinnis Juniors, 1. Derrick Bishop, 2. Eli Mann, Semifinalists: Ben Hartwiger; Grant Hall

2014 SPTTC May Open May 17, 2014 Bellevue, Washington Under 1100 RR, Ramon Recuero Bill Sampson Under 1800 RR, Rodney Flyberg Ting-Chung Cheng Under 850 RR, Ramon Recuero Burt Nam Over 40 U2100 RR, John P. Ochsner Yazel Boudour Under 500 RR, Ashley Chen Brain Hong Under 1950 RR, Naoki Kanatsu Mingrui Wu O - 55 Years RR, Andre Kahr Sabir Shukurov Under 2150 RR, Kenji Koretsune Naoki Kanatsu Open Singles RR Billy Xu Ding Kenji Koretsune Under 1300 RR, Ajay Zachariah Wayne Steffens Under 1700 RR, Abhi S. Sivaprasad Michael Greenbaum Under 2250 RR, Kenji Koretsune John P. Ochsner Under 1550 RR, Michael Greenbaum Ben Burke Under 2050 RR, Vince Mioduszewski John P. Ochsner Under 2800 Doubles, Ting-Chung Cheng / David Ye Larry S. Chinn / Donna Wilder Under 4200 Doubles, Kenji Koretsune / Reda Ali Billy Xu Ding / Ting-Chung Cheng 2014 West MI Holland Spring Open May 17, 2014 Holland, Michigan Under 1000 RR Kathleen VanTubbergen Ying-Bei Wang Under 1800 RR, Steve Betts Stefan Likic, Richard LeBaron Under 1400 RR, Francis Hsu Stefan Likic, Kelsey Fitzgerrel Under 2100 RR, Vivek Singh Steve Betts Under 3800 Doubles RR, William Thompson / Brian Fowler, Jake Arciniega / Robert Bostelaar Richard LeBaron / Steve Betts Vivek Singh / Joe Maher Over 55 RR, Brian Fowler Robert Bostelaar, Richard LeBaron Kathleen VanTubbergen Under 1600 RR, Kraig Smith

Joe Maher, Daniel Petterson Francis Hsu Under 2200 RR, Tapabrata Dey Fred Knapp, Brian Fowler Jake Arciniega Open Singles RR Danny Dulkin Tapabrata Dey, Donald Hinshaw Barry R. Carter Under 2000 RR, Brad Overbeek Brian Fowler, Jake Arciniega Brian Helander Novice RR, Kevin Wolters Bryson Anderson, Robert Simonds Mary Ann Curtis Neil Smyth Memorial Open May 24-25, 2014 San Diego, California Under 1100 RR, Sean Chen Victor Cadena Over 40 U/1650RR, Emmanuel Ong Gerald Colter Juniors U/15 RR, Evan Ren Alex Wu Under 1200 RR, Victor Cadena Alex Wu Under 1800 RR, Daryl Sterling, Jr. Philip Van De Wiele Under 1450 RR, Shelley A. Hardy Hau C. Nguyen Under 1900 RR, Ted Chensheng Li Carlos Pedro Under 3800 Doubles, David Flores / Behnam Kazemi, Truong Manh Tu / Tom Tsao Juniors U18 RR, Ethan Chua PinChung Chen Over 40 RR, Khoa Dinh Nguyen Yutaka ken Takahashi Open Singles RR Xiang Jing Zhang Zaman Molla, Thilina Piyadasa Jiaqi Zheng Womens RR, Brana Vlasic Phuong-Tram Lu Under 2400 RR, Truong Manh Tu Ethan Chua Under 2050 RR, Scott Malek Ketthong Pisa Under 2300 RR, Tuan Dai Le MD, Jie Cui Over 60 RR, Behnam Kazemi Henry Wong, Dennis Seisun Over 70 RR, Ragnar E. Fahlstrom, John A Anderson, Morton Gorel Draw Doubles, Behnam Kazemi / Maxwell Yao Emilian Mihet / Alena Nikolskaya

LATTA Open May 2014 May 31, 2014 El Monte, California Under 1000 RR, Anthony Agpaoa Rohan Kumar Under 1600 RR, Santhoshkumar Srinivasan, Yi Zheng Under 1200 RR, Kai Lee, Tae-Hyun Kim Under 2050 RR, Thong Nguyen Quang Duy Vo Under 1400 RR, Kai Lee, Dik Cheung Under 2200 RR, Joey Kuok Zhongtang (kevi Li Under 3650 Doubles, Quang Duy Vo / Keith Fraser, Guo Hui Lu / Annie Gao Under 1850 RR, Yi Zheng Albert Shia Under 2400 RR, Guo Hui Lu Robert Shahnazari Rose City Open Beaverton, Oregon June 7-8, 2014 Under 4000 Doubles, Brian Chia / Vince Mioduszewski, Valeri Kim / Judy Lau Under 2400 Doubles, Glenn Lucero / Frank Lackie, Tom Hibbitts / Jenny Beck Under 700RR, Mark McGranaghan Franklin Wang, Dean Schultz, Kurt Li Over 40 RR, John P. Ochsner Vince Mioduszewski Open Singles RR Hao Guo Billy Xu Ding U12 RR John Wang, Aaron Gao Dean Schultz Under 1600 RR, Tom Hibbitts, David Edwards Under 900 RR, Aaron Gao Dean Schultz Franklin Wang, Kurt Li Under 2300 RR, Maoxi George Wang Brian Chia Under 1400 RR, Tom Hibbitts, Glenn Lucero Under 2100 RR, Valeri Kim, Ryan Hoarfrost Under 1200 RR, Anton Kimball, Steven Hutsell Under 1800 RR, Michael Groom, Brian Yoder Over 50 RR, Phil Schock, Bob VanSlyke

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Results

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Ararat Open 2014 Glendale, California June 14-15, 2014 Under 800 RR, Kevork Barmaksezian Jeffrey Wolff Under 3200 Doubles, Sergio E. Villegas / Brian Vo, Charles Noone / Doug Jackson Under 1000 RR, Sergio E. Villegas Daniel Treigherman Under 1400 RR, Jong Hak Choi, Joe Dault Under 1200 RR, Khachatur Beshlikyan, Joe Dault Under 1600 RR, (John) Yahya Dabbagh Nabeel Abuhejleh Under 1800 RR, Eugeniu Carmanov Miguel Munoz Juniors U-13, Jonathan Qin Sangkyeong Shin Under 4200 Doubles, Erick Shahnazari / Varujan Jamagocyan, Paul Sierra / Miguel Munoz Lieu (Mary) Duong-Ha / (John) Yahya Dabbagh Edik Haghverdian / Saro Banoian Juniors U-18, Keda Chen, Grace Yang Over 30 RR, Zaman Molla Robert Shahnazari Under 2000 RR, Scott Malek Aniruddha Mahishi Under 2400 RR, Tuan Dai Le MD Grace Yang Open Singles RR, Wenzhang Tao Xiang Jing Zhang Under 2200 RR, Scott Malek Alexander Salcido U-13 3rd/4th Playoff, Daniel Treigherman, Cedric Sevan Samkian Aurora Summer Open - Results Aurora, Illinois June 14, 2014 Open Singles RR, Artur Kurek Yijun Lin, Spenser Minh Lam Engelbert Solis Under 2400 RR, Artur Kurek, Thor J. Truelson, Spenser Minh Lam Akash Pardeshi Under 2200 RR, Janusz Franeczek Akash Pardeshi, Keith Offord Krzysztof Szostak Under 2000 RR, Sonny M. Henderson, Mariusz Merchut, David Sun Veselin Vasilev Under 1900 RR, Simon Liang Kevin Swan, Robert Douglass Kian Beyranvand Under 1800 RR, Kashif Memon

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Alex Csibi at the Millcreek Open

Paul Shelor, Sarah Zhou, Myagmarsuren Erdenebileg Under 1700 RR, Tomasz Szacilowski Don Dyer, Tadeusz Alberski James Madrid Under 1600 RR Sid Naresh Kian Beyranvand Lawer Dixon Jr., Paul Shelor Under 1400 RR William Goodfellow Manikandan Nagarathnam Zexin Jiang Ron Chin Under 1200 RR, Manikandan Nagarathnam, Thomas P. McCormack Mauricio Reyes Higuera, David Marrone Under 1000 RR, Raj Kagathi Zohayr Khoja Zaman TTC Open Westminster, California June 28, 2014 Under 1500 RR, Tony Kovacs Steve Galm Under 1400 RR, Rohan Kumar Daniel Treigherman Under 1200 RR, Rohan Kumar Daniel Treigherman Under 1800 RR, Kenneth Seiple, Anh Quoc Duy Nguyen Under 1600 RR, Tony Kovacs Stanley Gene Frisbee Under 2100 RR, Sherwin Afshar Scott Malek Under 1900 RR, Thanh Tran, Ken Trinh Open Singles RR Lennart Wehking Zaman Molla Under 2400 RR, Shivam Kumar Alexander Salcido

Rockwell Summer Tournament Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 28, 2014 Under 1000 RR, Ritesh Manchanda Leah Duerksen, Ken York Jarol Duerksen Under 1500 RR, Mike R. Baldwin Dylan Garland, Teddy Nguyen Andre Gallet Open Singles RR, Noi Sackpraseuth Ying Xin Fu, John Oros, Kevin Nabity Under 1700 RR, Meng-Yu Wang, Josh Chung, Thai Phan, Brandon McCalley Over 3000 Doubles RR, Arnold Kompaniyets / Victor Brown, Jon Augspurger / Roger Miller, Kevin Nabity / Amalkiran Patkar, Noi Sackpraseuth / Nathan Adamson Under 3000 Doubles RR, Josh Chung / Shane Skvor, Dongwang Liu / Lingquan Zhang Zhancai Huang / Yin Yu, Tom Kisler / Neil Hancock 2014 BTTC Summer Open Bellevue, Oregon June 28-29, 2014 O- 55 years RR, Larry S. Chinn Raymond Lock, Casey Fung Linda Fung Handicap Singles RR, Ting-Chung Cheng, Brian Chia, Sophal Pouv Shavkat Karimov Under 2800 Doubles SE, Haohan Wang / Michael Greenbaum, Ting-Chung Cheng / Xiuling Su, Larry S. Chinn / Donna Wilder, Eric Chin / Philiip

$16,000 Meiklejohn North American Seniors Open

Jim Butler, Meiklejohn Champion

Phung Under 2150 Singles RR, Naoki Kanatsu, Chad Su Under 1450 Singles RR, Shavkat Karimov, Larry S. Chinn, Christopher J. Hegstrom, Bill Sampson Under 1850 Singles RR, Chad Su Sophal Pouv Under 1200 Singles RR, Larry S. Chinn, Christopher J. Hegstrom 30 + Under 1650 RR, Donna Wilder Hyun Ook Ryu Under 2350 Singles RR, Wucheng Tao Brian Chia BTTC Special Singles RR, Naoki Kanatsu Christian Solomon Hoang Ngo, Donna Wilder Under 1350 Singles RR, Larry S. Chinn, Bill Sampson, Shavkat Karimov, Alexandra Dimitrova Open Singles RR Naoki Kanatsu Brian Chia Under 4200 Doubles RR, Christian Solomon / Gregory J. DiMarco Naoki Kanatsu / John P. Ochsner Wucheng Tao / Tommy Chung Shavkat Karimov / Alexandra Dimitrova Under 1700 Singles RR, Ben Burke Michael Greenbaum, Lucy Tu Haohan Wang Under 1550 Singles RR, Ben Burke Shavkat Karimov Larry S. Chinn Alexandra Dimitrova Under 1950 Singles RR, Naoki Kanatsu Michael Greenbaum

2014 Manor Giant Robin Results ::: A Division - $ 400 Jishan Liang, $ 250 Nazruddin Asgarali B Division, $ 300 Frank Yingze Xie, $200 Ramon Barrera C Division , $ 200 Scott Badillo, $ 150 Josiah Hine Thanks to Manor Church and Butterfly North America and to all the volunteers especially Rich Heo , Lester Putt , and Bob Cogley ARKANSAS LEAGUE SINGLES CHAMPIONS 2014 5-31-14 to 6-1-14 DURAN YOUTH CENTER SHERWOOD A TEAM SINGLES, SCOTT BARONE, DON JACKSON, PAUL HADFIELD, JIM MILLER B TEAM SINGLES, SHELBY BARONE, KITT OUDTHONE, CHARLIE BROOKS, JOHN SMITHEY C TEAM SINGLES, JEFF PRATT, TANNER COOK, PAUL WOLF, RANYA KASSEES

Laguna Woods, California, June 5-8, 2014 Under 1100 RR, Harrison Lam, Ming Chuang Over 80 RR, Al L. Miller, Frederick K. Kelsay Women over 60 RR, Hui Xianyu, Shelley A. Hardy, Patty Martinez-Simons Kiyoko Endo Over 90 RR, Si Wasserman, Herbert B. Gilbert, Arnold D. Schwartz, Young Oak Kim Under 2300 Doubles, Patrick Nugent / Harrison Lam Roger Keely / Mansour Hajilov Over 85 RR, Harriet R. Brin, Si Wasserman, Berta Speisman, Arnold D. Schwartz Under 2800 Doubles, Frank Fu / John Fan, James Basiao / Loc Vo Under 1450 RR, Khiem Ha, James Basiao Over 75 Doubles Ragnar E. Fahlstrom / Martin J. Theil III Viktor Troppmann / Tom Clissold Women over 70 RR, Harriet Quon, Harriet R. Brin Under 1200 RR, Kyong (Sara) Park, Fred Pearson Over 75 RR, Leonard Herbert Hauer, Samuel S. Liang Women over 50 RR, Diane Dongye Chen, Gina Dole Under 1300, Buddy Caples, Frederick K. Kelsay Over 70 Chong Keng Tay Y.C. Chau Over 70 Doubles Roger Davisson / Stanley Winter, Samuel S. Liang / Raymond Y.L. Wu, Roger Keely / Robert Keely Women Over 40 RR, Diane Dongye Chen, Gina Dole Hard Bat RR, Jim Butler, Loc Bao Ngo Over 60 Attila Malek, Alexander Salcido Senior Elites RR Jim Butler, Khoa Dinh Nguyen Under 4500 Doubles, Quoc Bao Nguyen / Tung D. Phan John Thach Tran / Douglass Sliwa Younan Random Draw Doubles, Khoa Dinh Nguyen / Ham Nguyen, John Thach Tran / Johnny Pong Over 50 Attila Malek, James Therriault Under 2400 RR, Tuan Dai Le MD, Attila Malek Under 1800, Jonas H. Pham, Tony Lai Yu Under 1600 RR, Frank Fu Bi Yu Gao Under 3600 Doubles, Loc Bao Ngo / Ham Nguyen, Thong Nguyen / Keith Fraser Under 1900 RR, Thanh Hoang, Thanh Tran Under 4200 Doubles, Tung D. Phan / Tung Pham, Vahid Mosaferi / Mohammad Moayery Under 4800 Doubles, Quoc Bao Nguyen / Tung D. Phan John Thach Tran / Tuan Dai Le MD Over 40 Jim Butler, Khoa Dinh Nguyen Under 2050, Quang Duy Vo, Derrick Cone Under 2300, Tuan Dai Le MD, Qi Fan Li

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Sky High May Open By: Richard McAfee On Sunday, May 25, the Sky High Table Tennis Club (Aurora, CO) hosted our third successful USATT Sanctioned Tournament this year. Players from around Colorado, as well as Utah and New Mexico took part. It was apparent that holding a tournament on Memorial Day Weekend resulted in lower total numbers of players but those that came still had a great time. We use the Giant Round Robin Format for our tournaments and all players were guaranteed to play a minimum of 8 matches. The morning round robin groups allowed players to play players at all levels. Each player’s morning results put him/her in one of 5 divisions for the afternoon round robins. Winners and runner-ups of each division received trophies and the Class A finalists also received cash prizes. In addition, everyone enjoyed the free pizza and beverages provided for lunch. We are very pleased that this tournament was marked by the unveiling of our new sponsor, PepPod. PepPod is an exciting new sports drink that is being manufactured by a Colorado Company. Lloyd (Skip) Meador and Weston Trapp represented PepPod at our event and everyone enjoyed trying out their great tasting product. We quickly found out that Skip and Weston play almost every day at the office where they have a professional table set-up for employees. This is an upand-coming company that LOVES table tennis. Check out their website at: www.PepPod.com This tournament also saw the return of Austin and Scott Preiss to our area. Austin has been away attending Lindenwood University on a table tennis and golf scholarship. Scott is always busy traveling the country giving wonderful exhibitions that only he can give. Playing for Lindenwood has allowed Austin to make great strides in his game and he easily won the A Division without being threaten. Austin has been playing regularly at our club since he was very young and it is 50

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great to see what a fine young man and great competitor he has become. Coming in second in the A Division was newcomer, Vinay Chandra. It s seems that Vinay was a good player in India who has been away from the game for a while. He may be rusty but he can really play with a tricky backhand blocking game and a very strong forehand loop, he will be a force to reckon with in our future tournaments. Another tournament highlight was the play of our youngest athlete, 9-year old Jaden Ly. She finished 3rd in the E Division and had some strong wins over much higher rated players. Jaden is well on her way to be one of the future “stars” of Colorado Table tennis. Finally, a special thank you to Josh Harris, Joyce McCready, Kyle Angeles, Bob Leatherwood, and tournament referee, Richard McAfee. Group A 1st Austin Preiss 2nd Vinay Chandra 3rd Basil Ibegbu

Group D 1st Phong Ly 2nd Antonio Vasquez 3rd Tan Loi

Group B 1st Edward Yue 2nd Duke Diep 3rd Gaurav Desai

Group E 1st Carney Foy 2nd Matt Sharkey 3rd Jaden Ly

Group C 1st Jason Lai 2nd Sam Tomoi 3rd Premysl Ducek

A Great “Dey” for Tapabrada Newgy Cincinnati Open (USATT Sanctioned 4-Star Tournament) www.samsondubina.com

The Newgy Cincinnati Open was the first 4-Star USATT sanctioned event held in Cincinnati during the last 8 years. With over 100 entries and 20 professional tables, this (soon to be) annual event has had a great beginning. We plan to continue with the same giant round robin format – groups of 8 with the top 4 players advancing to the next round. May 10th was a great day for Tapabrada Dey. After advancing from the under 2400 giant round robin and making it to the semifinals, he next won 8 consecutive matches to advance to the open finals. In the u2400 semifinals, he was stopped short by the eventual winner, Danny Dulkin. Danny has just returned from some intense training in Romania and has developed a massive forehand counterloop that was just too strong for Tapa. In the Open final, Tapa was stopped by Samson Dubina with a 3-0 loss. The third place prize money was awarded to 13-year-old chopper Hesam Hamrahian who defeated Danny Dulkin. The under 2000 giant round robin was won by Akron’s Harsh Khandelwal who was just too steady for the competition. After holding off 4 match points from Shreyans Bafna, Harsh went on to sweep the semifinals 3-0 against Greg Smith and the finals 3-0 against Kosal Tith. The under 1800 featured 2 Cincinnati players with Bob Burkart coming out on top and Francisco Jimenez leaving with the finalist trophy. Chad Ryan was the star of the u1600 giant round robin. Chad had pulled off a number of upsets throughout the weekend and finished the deal with winning the event over Kevin Swan. The u1200 and u1000 were both won by experienced women – Yueling Zhang and Laura Paglin respectively. I would like to thank our staff and volunteers who made this event run in such a timely manner - Barry Carlin, Tom Leslie, John Monaco, Greg Thompson, Pierce Scott, Perry Wilson, Sam Dubina, Nancy Dubina, Randy Burnett, Joyce Burnett, Rick Wilson, Mike Wilke, Burak Cevik, Joe Scott, Raymond Johnston, Karen Pon, Orlando McEwan, Bobo Shi, Roger Liu, and Seth Pech. I would also like to thank our loyal sponsors: Newgy Robo-Pong, Martin & Associates, Wil-Cut Company, Nittaku, Paddle Palace, APSX Wide-band, and Pongtrac! Please support them! We plan to move to much larger facility next year that can accommodate 30-40 tables. The entry form will be available soon at www.samsondubina.com.

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Open Giant RR 1st Samson Dubina 2nd Tapabrada Dey 3rd Hesam Hamrahian 4th Danny Dulkin 5th-8th Ali Khatami, Alex Averin, Seth Pech, and John Allen U2400 Giant RR 1st Danny Dulkin 2nd Seth Pech 3rd-4th Nick Snider and Tapabrada Dey u2000 Giant RR 1st Harsh Khandelwal 2nd Kosal Tith 3rd-4th Willians Calipo and Greg Smith

U1800 1st Bob Burkart 2nd Francisco Jimenez 3rd-4th Scott Badillo and Xiaofeng Guo U1600 Giant RR 1st Chad Ryan 2nd Kevin Swan 3rd-4th Joe Ciarrochi and Yi Yan Xue U1200 Giant RR 1st Yueling Zhang 2nd Newell Millard 3rd-4th Matt Seeds and Lin Wang U1000 Giant RR 1st Laura Paglin 2nd Aubrey Morris

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Sacramento Spring Open May 10, 2014, Inderkum High School, Sacramento, California

by James Therriault. This turned out to be quite the tournament, as players 156 players turned out and very much enjoyed the morning Giant Round Robin singles format for most all events! This allowed all players from the initial round robin to advance to either Class “A” “B” or “C” in each Event! Adrian Lungu had a nice run in winning both the U-1900 “C”, and U-1550 “B”! Masoud Dehdashti also brought home double hardware from the U-2250 “C”, and the 1900 “B”, as did Sudhanva Bharadwaj from getting 2nd in U-1550 “C” and 1st in U-1200 “A”, as did Ethan Liu in 850 “A” and 500 “A”, as did Aziz Zarehbin in 500 “B”, and 150 “A”! Cong Xiao cashed in by taking 1st the 1900 “A” over Sanjay Bharadwaj in a tough 5 gamer, as did Trieu Nguyen in the 2250 “A” in straight games, with 2nd going to Keiran Mark Pinili. Open Singles featured several impressive 2300-2600 level players and was won by Zihong Huang over Weijan Zhang. The Semi’s featured a couple youngsters putting up a tremendous fight, as Krish Avvari stretched Zhang to 5 games, and Victor Liu took a game from Champion Huang as well! And then, in the afternoon we held 3 player team events for all levels, providing a fun change of pace along with some terrific comaraderie! The top Division, U-6900 saw 3 teenagers, namely Shivi Kumar, Victor Liu, and Jordan Wong join forces to capture the top honors! Drama unfolded in the U-6000 semi’s as Renata Sipos up from Arizona with her husband and fellow teammate Stelian made quite the comeback in her match against Tarun Tandon, which propelled her team, which included local George Seicean into the Finals, where they fell to Trieu Nguyen, Tra Tran, and Khan Le. The U-5100 Final was a dogfight right to the last match. An exhausted but determined Wendy Chen pulled out a 5 game win for her team to force the final match to be played, where Andy Lin finally ended it all in victory for his team! The main mission though of lots of fun and play for everyone was accomplished with all the close matches! Check out the scores/results for 1st and 2nd place winners for each division below! Open, Zihong Huang, Weijan Zhang, -6,3,6,7. 2250 A, Trieu Nguyen, Keiran Pinili, 5,6,10. 2250 B, Saarthak Singhal, Adil Dhanini, 5,7,10. 2250 C, Masoud Dehdashti, Paul Villacarlos, 4,9,-8,7. 1900 A, Cong Xiao, Sanjay Bharadwaj, -5,6,6,-5,6. 1900 B, Wendy Chen, Masoud Dehdashti, 4,9,-12,8. 1900 C, Adrian Lungu, Navid Afrah, 8,7,9. 1550 A, Scott Fong, Pruthvi Innamuri, 9,7,-5,-9,7. 1550 B, Adrian Lungu, Dhruv Sampat, 8,9,8. 1550 C, Nelson Cortez, Sudhanva Bharadwaj, 7,3,9. 1200 A, Sudhanva Bharadwaj, Nathan Lee, -9,8,9,6 1200 B, Thomas Tran, Daniel Wong, 10, 111,-9,7. 1200 C, Ethan Chen, Robert Feist, 6,7,11. 850 A, Max Yeh, Ethan Liu, 9,11,3. 850 B, Jimmy Huang, Atul Raman, 5,9,6. 850 C, Aschwin Sankurati, Gandhar Mannur, 10,6,7. 500 A, Ethan Liu, Bala Balasubramanian, 8,7,8. 500 B, Michelle Lin, Aziz Zarehbin, 7,7,-9,7. 500 C, Vlad Dimitriy, Natalie Chu, 3,7,-8,8. 150 A, Justin Yang, Aziz Zarehbin, 3,-6,-11,8,5. 150 B, Jimmy Goodwin, Rishib Amadhasagaram, 7,-11,-9,5,3. 6900, Victor Liu/Shivi Kumar/Jordan Wong, Jordan Yee/Krish Avvari/ Edmond Tu, 3-0.

6000, Trieu Nguyen/Tra Tran/Khan Le, George Seicean/Stelian Furdui/Renata Sipos, 5100, Alex Yuen/Andy Lin/Peter Young, Zheng Fu/Shawn Fong/Wendy Chen, 3-2. 4200, David Yang/Scott Fong/Ethan Chen, Mickey Boyle/Craig Mitchell/ Robert Feist, 3300, Tina Chen/Kai Zarehbin/Jimmy Huang, Andrew Streng/Robert Goff/Emmanuel Scudder, 3-0. 1500, Bala Balasubramanian/Akash Alamuthu/Anarag Kache, Ethan Liu/Derrick Phan/ Ryan Wu, 3-0. High School, Nick Horn/Kenny Rollins/Eduardo Rodriguez, 600, Aziz Zarehbin/Michelle Lin/Natalie Chu

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Nashville Predators Table Tennis Tournament Jude Lam, Rick Sati and Steven Dickerson Win Nashville Predators Table Tennis Tournament April 21, 2014 Nashville, Tennessee – Seventy-five table tennis players competed in the Nashville Predators table tennis tournament on the main floor of Bridgestone Arena, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Newgy Industries, Inc. of Gallatin, TN and the Nashville Table Tennis Club sponsored this unique event which drew professional and recreational players from all across Tennessee, as well as Georgia, Kentucky and Washington, D.C. The tournament featured three divisions – pro, recreational and junior – to include players of all levels and ages. The top three competitors of each division walked away with Nashville Predators tickets, gift cards, cash and trophies. Pro Division 1st Place: Jude Lam, Knoxville, TN 2nd Place: Donny Flowers, Memphis, TN 3rd Place: Roger Jett, Murray, KY Recreational Division 1st Place: Rick Sati, Smyrna, TN 2nd Place: Radu Rusu, Franklin, TN 3rd Place: Iqbal Indawala, Nashville, TN Junior (18 & Under) Division 1st Place: Steven Dickerson, University School of Nashville 2nd Place: Chance Waller, Smith Co. High School 3rd Place: David Shayne, University School of Nashville Newgy Industries, Inc., headquartered in Gallatin, TN, is the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of table tennis robots. The Robo-Pong™ is a table tennis ball machine designed for home recreational and fitness use, as well as training and practice. For more information, visit www. robopong.com.

for $10,150 in prize money. In the 2013 Grand Final the average rating of the 16 players was 2533, which would be 36th in the US Top Man’s Listing. It will be even stronger for the 2014 Grand Final. So far the Leaderboard includes: -‐ #1 player in North America and (Eugene Wang, #68 in the world) -‐ Four out of the top 10 active male players in the US (#2, 4, 5, and 6) -‐ Three out of the top 10 active female players in the US (#4, 7, and 10) -‐ Top finishers in both Men’s and Women’s at the 2014 US Team Trials -‐ Three 2014 US Men’s Team members The Tour is growing. The number of tournaments in 2014 year increased from 15 to April 2014 Update, byof Bruce Liu tournaments in 2014. The prize money for the 22 – including 14 out 19 four-‐star Grand Final also increased 66% from 2013. 2014 North American Tour April 7 Update Complete Leaderboard: About one-‐fourth of the 2014 Tour has concluded. Players on the East Coast seem to http://www.battf.com/2014_NA_Tour/Ranks.htm have the upper hand in terms of rankings on the Tour Leaderboard. Liang Yonghui, the highest Tour tournament list: ranked West Coast player, only ranks sixth while players from East Coast take the #1, 2, 4, and 5 spots. On the other hand, West Coast players dominate in http://www.battf.com/2014_NA_Tour/ numbers. Here is the bT reakdown ll 34 players who have gained Tour points after 2014 North American our April o7f Uapdate three ournaments in N ew York and three in California: The upcoming ttwo Tour events are: -‐ oCalifornia -‐ Westchester 2014 A1pril Open (April 26-‐27, 2014) Players on the East Coast seem to About ne-‐fourth o9 f the 2014 Tour has concluded. New York 6 in terms of rankings on the Tour Leaderboard. Liang Yonghui, o -‐ http://www.westchestertabletennis.com/events.asp?id=59 have the upper hand New Janked ersey est -‐ Sacramento Wrinter O5pen (May 10, 2014) o nly ranks sixth while players from East Coast the -‐highest W Coast player, -‐ Texas 2 o http://sactabletennis.org/tournaments/ take the #1, 2, 4, and 5 spots. On the other hand, West Coast players dominate in -‐ sponsorship Canada tihe For media numbers. and nformation, please Bruce H. hLave iu at Here 1is breakdown of all c3ontact 4 players who gained Tour points after -‐ tournaments Oregon 1 in New York and three in California: bay_tt@yahoo.com. three -‐ California 19 the eNew nd of Ytork he T players, determined W by the Tour points and The Tour At is m possible b6our, y articipating tournaments, GSigma Systems, -‐ade all spixteen wUill b invited to play in the 2014 North American Tour Grand Final Godhwani requirements, family, JOOLA SA, Newgy. -‐ New Jersey 5e and for $-‐ 10,150 in 2p rize money. In the 2013 Grand Final the average rating of the 16 Texas players w as 2533, -‐ Canada 1 which would be 36th in the US Top Man’s Listing. It will be even stronger for the -‐ Oregon 12 014 Grand Final. So far the Leaderboard includes: -‐ #1 player in North America and (Eugene Wang, #68 in the world) the tsop 10 active male players in bthe US T(#2, 5, and 6) At t-‐he eFour nd of otut he oTf our, ixteen players, determined y the our 4p, oints and -‐ Three out of bte he top 10 to active emale layers in tA he US (#4, T7our , and 10) Final requirements, will invited play ifn the 2p014 North merican Grand -‐ Top f inishers i n b oth M en’s a nd W omen’s a t t he 2 014 U S T eam T rials for $10,150 in prize money. In the 2013 Grand Final the average rating of the 16 -‐ Three 014 w Uhich S Men’s Team embers players was 22533, would be m 36th in the US Top Man’s Listing. It will be even stronger for the 2014 Grand Final. So far the Leaderboard includes: The -‐Tour growing. he nAumber tournaments n 2014 year increased #1 is player in NT orth merica oaf nd (Eugene Wiang, #68 in the world) from 15 to 22 –-‐ including 14 19 1f0 our-‐star tournaments in the 2014. he 4p, rize money Four out of otut he otf op active m ale players in US ( T#2, 5, and 6) for the Grand inal also from f2emale 013. players in the US (#4, 7, and 10) -‐ FThree out increased of the top 616% 0 active -‐ Top finishers in both Men’s and Women’s at the 2014 US Team Trials Complete Leaderboard: -‐ Three 2014 US Men’s Team members http://www.battf.com/2014_NA_Tour/Ranks.htm The Tour is growing. The number of tournaments in 2014 year increased from 15 to Tour ournament 22 – itncluding 14 loist: ut of 19 four-‐star tournaments in 2014. The prize money for the http://www.battf.com/2014_NA_Tour/ Grand Final also increased 66% from 2013. The upcoming two Tour events are: Complete Leaderboard: -‐ Westchester 2014 April Open (April 26-‐27, 2014) http://www.battf.com/2014_NA_Tour/Ranks.htm o http://www.westchestertabletennis.com/events.asp?id=59 -‐ tournament Sacramento Winter Open (May 10, 2014) Tour list: o http://sactabletennis.org/tournaments/ http://www.battf.com/2014_NA_Tour/ For media and sponsorship information, please contact Bruce H. Liu at bay_tt@yahoo.com. The upcoming two Tour events are: -‐ Westchester 2014 April Open (April 26-‐27, 2014) The Tour is possible by all participating tournaments, WGSigma Systems, omade http://www.westchestertabletennis.com/events.asp?id=59 Godhwani family, JOOLA USA, and Newgy. -‐ Sacramento Winter Open (May 10, 2014) o http://sactabletennis.org/tournaments/ For media and sponsorship information, please contact Bruce H. Liu at bay_tt@yahoo.com. Summer Issue/June 2014 • usatt.org/MAGAZINE

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2014 Millcreek Giant Round Robin Erie PA Oct. 12-13 By Sam Steiner Day 1 of this punishing tournament consisted of two giant round robin groups per person, with a qualifier round leading into a playoff round. A.J. Carney from Rochester, now living in Wake Forest NC, made the long drive to Erie to appear as the top rated player entered. A.J. was excited to be offered a position coaching and helping to manage a new dedicated club being built near Raleigh. A.J. struggled on Saturday, with losses to 1st place finisher Keith Pech of Ohio and Alex Csibi from Toronto. Keith went undefeated in the top group winning all his final round matches handily. Notable was Alex Averin’s match with Alex Csibi, where Averin came that close to upsetting the 2230-rated Csibi, losing at 14-12 in the 5th game. Des Preston dominated the 1L group winning 11-2 in the 5th over 2nd place Tom Yost. Day 2 involved a giant round-robin of 2-man teams, with free Ibuprofen available to the players. Considerable drama prevailed in the top group with 2nd seeds Preston & Carney looking to upset top-rated perennial winner South Park, consisting of Chip Coulter, Mike Walk, and Randy Seemiller. Randy started the tie with a 3-0 win over Des, but then A.J. raised his level of play substantially from Saturday, beating Mike 3-0 in spite of some difficulty with Mike’s dreaded windshield wiper serves. Next up was doubles where Randy & Chip downed A.J. & Des in an exciting 5-game match, and South Park seemed to be in the driver’s seat. Next was A.J. over Randy 3-0 tieing the match at 2-2 and setting up the climactic match of the 2046-rated Preston vs. the 2220-rated Walk. Amid chrouses of cheers and groans Des played what he called the “match of his life” and with powerful loops on both sides upset Mike 3-1 to take the title. In division 2 the Binghamton NY power team of De Los Santos and Xu narrowly captured first over the coming-out-of-retirement Ubry & Spetsios, in spite of a 3-2 loss to the Windsor team of Syal & Korneev. In division 3 play the Rochester team of Emord & Wawrzaszek easily cruised to a 3-0 win over all opponents, with Dan sporting a new 1600+ rating and Zack probably playing the best of his career so far. Runners-up were the Erie team of Chad Moore & Dan Waugaman. Our thanks to sponsors Butterfly Online, the Glass House Inn, and the Millcreek Rec & Parks department, as well as all players, spectators, and tournament committee members. 54

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Division 1U: 1. Keith Pech, Strongsville 5/0; 2. Alex Csibi, Toronto 4/1 Division 1L: 1. Des Preston, Rochester 5/0; 2. Tom Yost, Portsmouth 4/1 Division 2U: 1. Roger Liu, Hudson 5/0; 2. Jiadong Xu, Binghamton, 3/2 Division 2L: 1. Oleg Frolov, Toronto 4/0; 2. Blake Cottrell, Akron 3/1 Division 3U: 1. Greg Gennuso, Buffalo 3/2; 2. Marijo Letic, Cleveland 3/2 Divison 3L: 1. Roy Dietz, Canton 4/0; 2. Royce Zuniga, Hurricane WV 2/2 Division 4U: 1. Zack Wawrzaszek, Rochester 4/1; 2. Saher Al-Ghazi, Rochester 3/2 Division 4L: 1. Dan Hageman, Cleveland 4/0; 2. Alric Beach, Aberdeen SD 3/1 Division 5U: 1. Mike Gueth, Syracuse 5/0; 2. Jeff Pepper, Pittsburgh 4/1 Division 5L: 1. Dan Waugaman, Erie 4/0; 2. Jordan Niver-Johnson, Utica 2/2 Division 6U: 1. Kort Kron, Rochester 5/0; 2. Ishaq Khotari, Rochester 4/1 Division 6L: 1. Garrett Matott, Utica 4/1; 2. Annie Liu, Solon 4/1 2-Man Teams Division 1: 1. A.J. Carney / Des Preston 5/0; 2. South Park (Coulter, Walk, Seemiller) 4/1 Division 2: 1. Jiadong Xu / Dio De Los Santos 4/1; 2. Ralph Ubry / Jim Spetsios 4/1 Division 3: 1. Dan Emord / Zack Wawrzaszek 5/0; 2. Chad Moore / Dan Waugaman 4/1

New York State Junior Championships

By Jerry Mintz After a one-year break, The Grenville Baker Boys and Girls Club in Locust Valley, Long Island, New York again hosted the New York State Open Junior Championships. Originally established to give the largely low-income students at the club a chance to play in a USATT sanctioned event, It is one of a very few tournaments that is entirely age events. it has also attracted many local children who later became well known in the sport. For example, in 2005, in one of his first tournaments, as a 10 year old, Michael Landers won the under 11 and under 13. Of course he later went on to become USA junior champion and the youngest to win the USA men’s championship at 15. This year they had one of their biggest turnouts, with good competition in every age division. Some events had as many as four tables. The two largest contingents were 16 from the host Grenville Baker club and 16 from the Chinese Community Center of Flushing. GBBGC has about 50 active players from age 5 to 17. The table tennis club is democratic and self-governing, with long term Coach Jerry Mintz volunteering twice a week. The club elects its own supervisors, age 8-12 right now, who keep the club going 6 days a week. They have never lost a team match. This tournament has one of the few under 8 events in the country. This year it was won by the host club’s 7-year-old Shane Pollard, with 7-year-old Jason Acevedo, also from GBBGC, the other finalist. The under 10 event also came down to two GBBGC players and was won by Marvin Turcios with Michael Rice the runner up. The under 12 event was very hard fought, with eventual runner up Marvin Turcios narrowly escaping to the semifinals with a

three way tie on his table, broken by his winning one more game than the others. The 9 year old eventually lost in the final to CCCF’s Karma Tenzi. The under 14 was an all CCCF affair with Kelsang Tsering edging out Milena Escobar. The girls championship had more competitors than previous years and was won by Amy Sang, with Milena Escobar the runner up. The Junior Doubles championship had 16 players. In a close final, Benjamin, who had teamed up with one of the youngest players, Shine Lin, bet Pemba Sherpa and Wellington Tacuri. The final of the New York State under 8 Junior championship was contested by 14 year old Benjamin Zhang from Manhattan, 1862 and CCCF’s Abby Sang, 1681. After five hard fought games, Benjamin became the NYS Junior Champion. Adults sometimes come to compete for the title of New York State Open Champion. Two years ago 2536 rated Kevin Wang won it, and previously players such as Tahl Liebovits won the right to call himself New York State Open Men’s Champion. This year it was all juniors, with Benjamin again beating Abby, in four games, to claim the open championship. Overall it was a very exciting and unique event. Sydney Christophe coaches the students at CCCF and Jerry Mintz coaches the students at the GBBGC. He can be contacted at jerryaero@AOL.com for information about how to set up a junior table tennis program. photo: GBBGC players from L: Marvin Turcius, Michael Rice, Jason Acevedo, Shane Pollard

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2014 ITTF Athletes’ Commission Selection TOKYO: ZEN-NOH World Team Championships Elections for the ITTF Athletes’ Commission will take place at the forthcoming ZEN-NOH World Team Championships in Tokyo; five members will be elected and will hold office for a period of four year. The commission has a total of 11 members throughout the world that are either elected or selected. All players who attended the World Championships had the opportunity to vote for 5 individuals. The criteria is that the players must have competed at the 2013 World Championships to be eligible. The 5 elected this year were Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, Jean-Michel Saive of Belgium, Zoran Primorac of Croatia, David Powell of Australia, amd Krisztina Toth (the only female nominee) of Hungary. The five elected members then appointed two additional members to the group: Wang Liqin of China, and Ashu Jain of the United States. Three additional individuals will be appointed by the ITTF and one will be selected through Para Table Tennis. Said, Ashu Jain upon his appointment: “It’s a distinguished group of people, and I’m truly honored to be a part of it.” The mission of the Athletes’ Commission is to broaden communication within the table tennis athlete community and also to have greater input and integration with the various key ITTF committees. Both the present and the future Presidents of ITTF were present at the meeting and look forward to a good working relationship. 56

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First VA Adaptive Table Tennis Exhibition June 5, 2014: Vancouver Campus - Portland VA Medical Center The 1st VA Adaptive Table Tennis Exhibition was held at the PVAMC Vancouver Campus fitness center yesterday. Twelve Veterans attended as well as four coaches from the Portland Table Tennis Club who assisted with the event. “It was an absolute honor and privilege to share the sport of table tennis with the Veterans today. I could tell that many had played before and were eager to show their skills,” said Sean O’Neil, Paralympic Games Head Coach. Thank you to Recreational Therapists Kiersten Smith and Gerri Hendricks of PVAMC for making the event possible through the 2014 VA Table Tennis Program. Thank you also to the Portland Table Tennis Club who provided the tables along with coaches Randall Craig, Jim Hermann and Alex Dimitrova.

Participants: Wanza Johnson, Air Force Veteran Manfred White, Navy Veteran David Lister, Army Veteran John Dixon, Army Veteran Dewy Smith, Army Veteran Manuel Trujillo, Navy Veteran Guy Mitts, Army/Navy Veteran Mark Blum, Coast Guard, Veteran Randy Newman, Army Veteran George Hamilton, Air Force Veteran Teena Nelson, Army Veteran Josh Brown, Army/Air Force Veteran Coaches: -Sean O’Neill, Paralympic Table Tennis Coordinator/Coach; -Randall Craig, President of Portland Table Tennis/ Coach; -Jim Hermann, Board Member of Portland Table Tennis/Local Coach;

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Li, Kewei Shi, Mingyu Zhou, Xin Zhang, Xiang Zhang, Kai Liang, Yonghui Provost, Damien Li, Bochao Kim, Jang Ho Yuan, Xiao Jie Zhuang, David Geng, Shupeng Wang, Timothy Hugh, Adam Shi, Diwei Liang, Jishan Zhang, Jake Jha, Kanak Feng, Yijun Wang, Qing Liang Chen, Ruichao Li, Hangyu Han, Zheng Liu, Dan Zhang, Yi Chi Kashyap, Anal Shao, Yu Li, Cheng Guo, Hao Zhao, XinXu(Anthony Butler, Jim Nguyen, Khoa Zhang, Yahao Li, Grant Huang, Jeff Eider, Cory Yang, XinYang Hazinski, Mark Chen, Yu-heng Chen, Zihao Chen, Bo Wen Pham, Tung Zhong, Zongqi (Henry) Huang, Zihong Tan, Peng Xiao, Han Guan, Weida Chodri, Kunal Piyadasa, Thilina Najem, Alfred

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OVER 80 MEN/WOMEN OVER 60 WOMEN OVER 30 MEN UNDER 18 GIRLS NY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeMD 1993 Liu, Charlene GA 2755 Li, Kewei CA 2500 Zhang, Lily NC 1950 Diwakar, Madhu NJ 1929 Alvarez, Ann NJ 2629 Zhuang, David Yong-Xiang MD 2396 Wang, Crystal MD 1648 Greenberg, MortonTX 1928 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin) CA 2576 Kashyap, Anal CA 2360 Jha, Prachi MO 1605 Sokol, Stanley CA 1918 Livshin, Bella NY 2573 Shao, Yu CA 2327 Guan, Angela TN 1598 Kitchel, Dwain NC 1914 Fan, Ling TX 2563 Butler, Jim NJ 2321 Lin, Tina FL 1590 Palumbo, Alfred CA 1902 Cheung, TingNing CA 2547 Nguyen, Khoa CA 2300 Jiang, Diane NJ 1549 Sheng, Tan Tsu CA 1898 Xianyu, Hui NJ 2533 Eider, Cory NJ 2294 Wang, Amy OH 1531 Myers, Neil CA 1856 Suzuki, Chiyako CA 2526 Pham, Tung CA 2280 Deb, Ishana TN 1506 Neely, Bill MD 1844 Cheong, Si CA 2516 Piyadasa, Thilina WA 2225 Ma, Lucy FL 1490 Cincotta, Joseph MD 1793 Sakai, Donna UT 2513 Najem, Alfred NJ 2213 Wang, Mendy (Ke) UT 1462 Mathis, John CA 1778 Sung, Monica NY 2494 Awadallah, Sameh CA 2206 Yang, Grace NV 1456 Ortegon, Carlos CT 1774 Choi, Eun Sun CA 2492 Molla, Zaman TX 2204 Huang, Laura CA 1453 Hartmann, Rudy CA 1736 Martinez-Simons, Patty OH 2490 Dubina, Samson FL 2196 Charoenmit, Chanya CA 1444 Miller, Al TX 1710 Li, June NY 2490 Khan, Matthew PA 2179 Xiao, Claire CA 1441 Olson, Richard VA 1697 Kaminsky, Barbara NY 2473 Gao, YanJun CA 2173 Chu, Isabel OVER 75 MEN/WOMEN OVER 50 MEN OVER 30 WOMEN UNDER 16 BOYS UNDER 12 BOYS NY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeNJ 2629 Zhuang, David Yong-Xiang NY 2512 Ooka, Hiroka CA 2201 Kumar, Nikhil CA 2585 Jha, Kanak IN 2055 Hicks, H. IN 2448 Seemiller, Daniel CA 2424 Tong, Fei-Ming MN 2176 Tran, Michael NJ 2532 Yang, XinYang NC 1950 Diwakar, Madhu NY 2432 Boggan, Eric NJ 2385 Yip, Lily CA 2022 Chen, Pin-Chung MD 2526 Chen, Bo Wen NJ 1929 Alvarez, Ann TX 2416 Schwartzberg, Perry TX 2345 Lee, Sumi MA 2008 Cui, David CA 2522 Chodri, Kunal WA 1904 Grossman, HowardNY 2375 Tran, De CA 2343 Chen, Diane IL 2001 Pardeshi, Akash NJ 2499 Wang, Jack WA 1821 Wolfe, Wes GA 2364 Xin, Peng TX 2332 Li, Yawei Bai, William CA 2439 Avvari, Krishnateja CA 1996 AL 1801 Peters, Ronald NY 2355 Li, Yu Xiang NJ 2293 Peng, Ying Feng, Yihao (John) CA 2364 Cheng, Newman NY 1995 NY 1777 Nazarbechian, Tomas NY 2318 Henry, Michael IL 2261 Kretschmer, Maria NY 2352 CA 1961 Puri, Sahil Wu, Tinglei CA 1747 Fahlstrom, Ragnar MA 2314 Shapiro, Vladimir GA 2235 Zhang, Yi CA 1956 Yung, Timothy TX 2351 Zhai, Hao FL 1732 Shultz, John CA 2306 Baddar, Mohamed A. AZ 2210 Sipos, Renata NJ 1930 Lu, Matthew NJ 2345 Alguetti, Gal CA 1730 Lu, Yueh Yun FL 2305 Fleisher, Dickie MD 2202 Wang, Heather MD 1922 Dabbs, Ryan CA 2340 Liu, Victor CA 1716 Kuluva, Neil CA 2297 Schmidt, Avishy NC 2200 Jia, Zhen Godhwani, Aditya CA 2332 Kumar, Shivansh CA 1879 FL 1710 Holck, Bruce FL 2288 Chu, Bin Hai CA 2196 Yang, Michelle (Min)NJ 2329 MD 1877 Lu, Jason Chen, Timothy GA 1700 Farrar, William PA 2275 Seemiller, Randy CA 2130 Dole, Gina TX 1874 Lai, Evan CA 2329 Shen, Kevin FL 1699 Porter, John PA 2270 Iodkovskiy, VladimirMI 2099 Murakami, Tamaki NJ 2323 Yang, Len Alguetti, Sharon NY 1845 OVER 70 MEN OVER 50 WOMEN UNDER 22 MEN UNDER 16 GIRLS UNDER 12 GIRLS NV 2175 Resek, Errol NJ 2385 Yip, Lily GA 2732 Shi, Mingyu NJ 2294 Wang, Amy MD 2396 Wang, Crystal CA 2106 Ukapatayasakul, Bill IL 2261 Kretschmer, Maria CA 2714 Zhang, Xiang CA 2032 Wu, Youruo CA 2327 Guan, Angela FL 2075 Concepcion, ElmanCA 2130 Dole, Gina NY 2704 Zhang, Kai TX 2027 Hsieh, Tia NJ 2321 Lin, Tina NV 2063 Von Schimmelmann, CA Ron 2010 Nguyen, Thuy CA 2639 Yuan, Xiao Jie CA 1974 Sung, Rachel CA 2300 Jiang, Diane CA 2061 Leung, Che-Him MD 1993 Liu, Charlene CA 2629 Geng, Shupeng VA 1855 Lu, Jie NJ 2294 Wang, Amy NY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeNJ 1929 Alvarez, Ann GA 2607 Shi, Diwei TX 1834 Zhao, Kelly CA 2280 Deb, Ishana IN 2055 Hicks, H. TX 1928 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin) CA 2585 Jha, Kanak Gao, Katie NJ 2213 Wang, Mendy (Ke) TX 1787 IL 1988 Inui, Tadao (Tom) CA 1918 Livshin, Bella GA 2584 Feng, Yijun FL 1783 Barvie-Perez, Sherlyn CA 2206 Yang, Grace NC 1950 Diwakar, Madhu NC 1914 Fan, Ling MD 2583 Wang, Qing Liang TX 2204 KS 1782 Maruthapandian, Lavanya Huang, Laura WA 1904 Grossman, HowardCA 1902 Cheung, TingNing MD 2583 Chen, Ruichao MD 1782 Ke, Tiffany PA 2179 Xiao, Claire WA 1893 Lee, Joseph CA 1898 Xianyu, Hui GA 2582 Li, Hangyu CA 1781 Yang, Rachel TX 2146 Li, Joy NY 1876 Gudzenko, Gary FL 1867 Hu, Yanju CA 2579 Liu, Dan CA 1745 Tan, Angie CA 2126 Huo, Luvena MO 1834 Halbig, Fred CA 1856 Suzuki, Chiyako MS 2570 Li, Cheng MA 1711 Zhang, Angela NJ 2124 Hu, Xiyue CA 1828 Singer, Stuffy NJ 1850 Tang, Suyan CA 2567 Guo, Hao CA 1695 Sung, Joanna CA 2063 Malek, Amanda WA 1821 Wolfe, Wes MD 1844 Cheong, Si NJ 2564 Zhao, XinXu(Anthony) CA 1586 Sung, Jia-Yu CA 2032 Wu, Youruo 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 2529 Li, RuiNi NJ 1792 Zhou, Jayden CA 2585 Jha, Kanak CA 1778 Sung, Monica NY 2573 Shao, Yu CA 2500 Zhang, Lily TN 1773 Khan, Mohammed NJ 2499 Wang, Jack VA 1697 Kaminsky, Barbara TX 2563 Butler, Jim CA 2495 Hsing, Ariel GA 1757 Ng, Daniel NJ 2345 Alguetti, Gal MD 1480 Kronlage, Yvonne CA 2547 Nguyen, Khoa NJ 2472 Zhao, Jing Yi CA 1698 Li, Ted CA 2340 Liu, Victor CA 1464 Hellwig, Irina IN 2448 Seemiller, Daniel TX 2461 Chih, De-Rong Gao, Patrick NJ 2323 Alguetti, Sharon CA 1487 NV 1381 Arpon, Joyce NY 2432 Boggan, Eric MD 2396 Wang, Crystal VT 1356 Tomas, Marijan CA 2307 Gao, Felix TN 1333 Gove, Ruth TX 2416 Schwartzberg, Perry CA 2383 Wu, Erica MD 1353 Chen, Ronald CA 2294 Tio, Nicholas CO 1327 Longee, Jinny TX 2415 Oak, Niraj WA 2382 Zhang, Bijia MD 1170 Sofer, Daniel CA 2287 Gong, Renny FL 1320 Williams, Nahed TX 2414 Subonj, Viktorian GA 2375 Liu, Yitong(Wantong) IL 1144 Jiang, Zexin MD 2284 Nie, Derek CA 1316 Do, Linda MA 2389 Chui, Chi-Sun CA 2360 Jha, Prachi NJ 1137 Zhang, Richard CA 2277 Kumar, Shivam MO 1291 Davis, Rosemary GA 2383 Ko, Carlos CA 2327 Guan, Angela WA 1086 Kakade, Aniket TX 2256 Li, Jonathan FL 1237 Cline, Jan NY 2375 Tran, De NJ 2321 Lin, Tina CA 1081 Xie, Raymond CA 2229 Tong, Howard CA 1229 Quon, Harriet CA 2373 Jafar, Shuja CA 2300 Jiang, Diane Tan, Emily OH 2228 Hamrahian, Seyed CA 1011 CA 1222 Ho, Laura MD 2366 Abass, Larry NJ 2294 Wang, Amy MD 1006 Yang, Alexander CA 2201 Kumar, Nikhil CA 1143 Brin, Harriet GA 2364 Xin, Peng CA 2280 Deb, Ishana NJ 992 Hu, Alexander TX 2193 Xie, Tianming OVER 60 MEN OVER 40 WOMEN UNDER 18 BOYS UNDER 14 GIRLS UNDER 10 GIRLS IN 2448 Seemiller, Daniel CA 2424 Tong, Fei-Ming NY 2704 Zhang, Kai CA 2032 Wu, Youruo MD 2396 Wang, Crystal GA 2364 Xin, Peng NJ 2385 Yip, Lily CA 2629 Geng, Shupeng CA 1974 Sung, Rachel NJ 2294 Wang, Amy NY 2355 Li, Yu Xiang TX 2345 Lee, Sumi GA 2607 Shi, Diwei MD 1782 Ke, Tiffany CA 2280 Deb, Ishana FL 2288 Chu, Bin Hai CA 2343 Chen, Diane CA 2585 Jha, Kanak CA 1745 Tan, Angie CA 2206 Yang, Grace CA 2260 Malek, Attila NJ 2293 Peng, Ying GA 2584 Feng, Yijun CA 1695 Sung, Joanna CA 2032 Wu, Youruo KS 2259 Mojaverian, Parviz IL 2261 Kretschmer, Maria MD 2583 Chen, Ruichao CA 1221 Yin, Emilie TX 2027 Hsieh, Tia TX 2259 Hou, Randy CA 2130 Dole, Gina GA 2582 Li, Hangyu CA 1123 Giri, Swathi CA 1974 Sung, Rachel TX 2258 Chan, Henry MI 2099 Murakami, Tamaki CA 2567 Guo, Hao CA 937 Saito, Ayane MD 1935 Lu, Amy OH 2248 Tannehill, John CA 2057 Leitman, Marina NJ 2532 Yang, XinYang Fang, Katherine NY 1927 Ackerman, Estee TX 846 NV 2175 Resek, Errol CA 2010 Li, Tzu-Ying MD 2526 Chen, Bo Wen CA 810 Srivastava, Saanvi GA 1862 Lin, Emilie NJ 2175 Shtofmakher, Simon CA 2010 Nguyen, Thuy CA 2522 Chodri, Kunal TX 787 Chen, Maggie VA 1855 Lu, Jie MA 2158 Hlava, Jiri MD 1993 Liu, Charlene CA 2512 Wang, Rui NJ 778 Fong, Molly TX 1834 Zhao, Kelly CO 2148 McAfee, Richard NY 1962 Drabkina, Olga NJ 2499 Wang, Jack FL 729 Ruiz, Mylin TX 1787 Gao, Katie MD 2139 Sakai, David NM 1938 Gresham, Toni CA 2489 Tran, Theodore CA 692 He, Charlotte FL 1783 Barvie-Perez, Sherlyn TX 2137 Tran, Minh NJ 1929 Alvarez, Ann CA 2460 Ren, Ruqin CA 669 Arellano, Keyla KS 1782 Maruthapandian, Lavanya

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CT 1468 Capasso, Anthony NV 1286 Caples, Buddy NY 1463 Caplin, Glenn FL 1580 Caplin, Stuart FL 1313 Capo, Enrico CA 1070 Caraco, Derol FL 1120 Cariglio, Joseph FL 1214 Cariglio, Michael LA 1762 Carlisle, Billy WA 789 Carlson, Harold MI 1381 Carmean, Rick NY 2304 Carney, A.J. NY 1913 Carney, Wayne FL 2124 Carra, Robert IN 1585 Carrillo, Jose Arturo 2062 Carrington, Richard TX 550 Carroll, Brandon NJ 1571 Carroll, Gregory MI 1811 Carter, Barry MI 1325 Casey, William TX 800 Cashin, Bill CO 1576 Casi, Trent IL 1333 Cassidy, Ronald IL 831 Casstevens, Rex TX 1589 Castillo, Alann FL 437 Castillo, Daniela MO 2153 Castillo, Maria TX 1015 Castillo, Richard TX 1035 Castillo, Ron OR 2049 Castle, Roger CA 1574 Cavazos, Anthony RI 1627 Cavicchio, Charles CT 1703 Cedro, Chris AZ 980 Cejudo, Jesse VA 1562 Cerrato, Ezio OH 2010 Cevik, Burak MN 1293 Cha, Sonny NY 1109 Chafetz, Harry TX 1504 Chai, Andrew CA 2054 Chai, Jim TX 1758 Chai, Ryan CT 849 Chakraborty, Debraj AR 1223 Chambers, James AR 921 Chambers, William CA 1356 Chan, Addison CA 208 Chan, Avery IN 1720 Chan, Barry NV 2105 Chan, Benjamin(Tian) PA 2383 Chan, Calvin CA 2265 Chan, Chi Wing (Felix) FL 2071 Chan, Chi-Kin TX 2258 Chan, Henry CA 1935 Chan, Jason MA 606 Chan, Jessie CA 1312 Chan, Joaquin CA 1385 Chan, Long-Hin CA 1270 Chan, Ming NV 2137 Chan, Ming CA 1536 Chan, Ryan CA 1695 Chan, Yude MN 1744 Chandra, Vidhan CA 1819 Chandrashekaran, Shre CO 999 Chandy, Antony VA 719 Chang, Anthony AL 1637 Chang, Bliss NM 888 Chang, Chi-Hsin AZ 1413 Chang, Chung-Fu CA 1925 Chang, Dylan CA 74 Chang, Ethan CA 2082 Chang, Fernando NJ 1388 Chang, Kee VA 1459 Chang, Kyong Sik CA 2211 Chang, Matthew CA 1400 Chang, Michael NY 1881 Chang, Ming-Hong BC 1078 Chang, Richard VA 1668 Chang, Soon CA 347 Chang, Sydon TX 1036 Chang, Toshi IN 1871 Chang, Vincent CA 1811 Chang, William WI 564 Chao, Madison NY 606 Chapman, James CA 1119 Chappelle, Tamara MN 1687 Charney, Michael FL 2196 Charoenmit, Chanya NC 2378 Charpentier, Lucas NM 1651 Chartrand, Rick CA 1264 Chau, Eric FL 1568 Che, Paul CA 159 Che, Tiger NY 995 Checa, Luis IL 1361 Chelikani, Advitheey

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Chen, Alan Chen, Alexander Chen, Alvin Chen, Andrew Chen, Andy Chen, Ben Chen, Bin Chen, Bo Wen Chen, Bob Chen, Christopher Chen, Claire Chen, Dean Chen, Dennis Chen, Emma Chen, Ethan Chen, Evan Chen, Huaiyu Chen, Jasmine Chen, Jason Chen, Jesse Chen, Jia Feng (Jason) Chen, Judy Chen, Justin Chen, Katie Chen, Kuei-Mei Chen, Le Chen, Leon Chen, Maggie Chen, Michael Chen, Michael Chen, Patrick Chen, Patrick Chen, Pin-Chung Chen, Po Hsu Chen, Ronald Chen, Ruichao Chen, Ryan Chen, Sean Chen, Sihai Chen, Spencer Chen, Stephanie Chen, Timmy Chen, Timothy Chen, Tina Chen, Vincent Chen, Wendy Chen, William Chen, YingZhao (Anthony) Chen, Zhicong Chen, Zhimin(Jimmy) Cheng, Chen Cheng, Emmy Cheng, Gang Cheng, Horace Cheng, Joshua Cheng, Newman Cheng, Rachel Cheng, Ting-Chung Chennu, Bala Cheong, Henry Cheong, Si Cherednik, Konstantine Cheung, Kevin Cheung, Michael Latyan Cheung, Ming Cheung, TingNing Chhabra, Saurabh Chhatiawala, Harin Chia, Brian Chia, Ken Chidambaram, Ashwat Chillara, Rishi Chilson, Wynn Chin, Kingsley Chin, Ron Chin, Samuel Chin, Wayne Ming Chinn, Larry Chirinos, Veronica Chirkli, Abdul Chirmule, Shardul Cho, Rachel Cho, Stephen Chodri, Aditi Chodri, Kunal Choe, Timothy Choi, Changhyeon Choi, Han Pyo Choi, Jacob Choi, Kevin Choi, Sky Choi, Ungsam Chon, Elijah

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1784 1782 1205 2180 2288 2173 2050 2086 63 2156 1710 1962 1989 1324 1730 1789 2177 1065 2026 1902 2291 1820 836 893 2389 1317 1577 1628 1346 1239 1036 2330 1985 2119 1067 739 1000 1857 1505 1057 1945 1139 1204 2263 2054 2142 2400 1576 2253 1855 1710 1341 2002 1234 1046 521 1330 1502 1363 1698 1944 1028 1385 1650 1831 2087 1751 811 1508 728 1917 930 1385 1579 1034 915 1993 1784 2198 1216 1683 1126 657 951 1670 1548 2464 461 1372 2366 1178 2268 1998 2230 1342 1617 2180 1447 1776

Chou, Bertha Chow, Philip Chramiec, Pete Chu, Anthony Chu, Bin Hai Chu, Isabel Chu, Jonathan Chu, Jonathan Chu, Natalie Chu, Nathaniel Chu, Raymond Chu, Sammy Chu, Stephen Chu, Suming Chu, Tat Wai Chu, Tony N.T. Chu, Tsz Chu, Victor Chu, Zhihan Chua, Bun-Hiong Chua, Ethan Chua, Gerry Chuang, Ming Chuang, Scott Chui, Chi-Sun Chung, Jedidiah Chung, Joon Chung, Josh Ciarrochi, Joe Ciofiac, Nicolae Cisneros, Rogelio Ciz, Richard Claflin, Steven Clang, John Clark, Barbara Clark, Barry Clark, Benjamin Clark, Noah Clark, Robert Clarke, Glenroy Clarke, Michael Clavijo, Deborah Clavijo, Sergio Clyde, Stephen Cobb, Dennis Cobb, Dennis Cochran, Joseph Cohen, Ed Cohen, Randy Coiro, Alec Cole, Dan Cole, Ryan Coley, Vince Collins, Fred Collins, Jeff Collins, Michael Colombo, Kevin Colter, Gerald Combs, David Compton, Robert Cone, Derrick Conklin, Scott Conn, Elijah Connell, Grant Connelly, Tim Cook, Grayden Cook, Joshua Cook, Tanner Cooke, Peter Coona, Varun Cooper, George Copeland, Mark Corbett, Tilden Correa, Frank Cortez, Nelson Cosby, Gregory Cote, Alicia Cottrell, Blake Coulter, Chip Cox, Brian Cox, Robert Craighead, Kevin Craun, Andrew Craw, Stephen Creel, Stephen Crescitelli, Luis Cretu, Razvan Crist, Anthony Cristofaro, Frank Croitoroo, Mark Crozier, Bruce Csibi, Alex Cuellar, Jessica Cui, Jie Cumby, Chad Cumes, Jeffrey Curran, Nathaniel Czarnecki, Scott Da Vee, Mark

MD 1922 IN 1293 NC 1642 AL 1770 GA 1405 NC 1317 MN 2111 NJ 368 FL 953 IN 1830 NY 799 AK 1293 CA 1238 CA 2113 CA 1966 NJ 2254 FL 1298 MI 1033 GA 1694 NJ 1716 TX 1421 CA 1606 AL 1860 UT 1641 UT 1362 AZ 1294 WI 1757 NC 1314 CA 1864 NY 1846 TX 1535 TX 630 WI 1835 PA 2049 NY 1806 AK 1484 FL 1799 NY 1113 IL 1350 CA 2280 MI 1079 OH 1297 NC 1343 VA 1477 HI 607 CA 1766 DC 924 FL 1393 LA 2156 CA 874 UT 1654 FL 1739 FL 2362 FL 730 GA 415 NY 1106 CA 1385 CT 2206 MI 2177 CA 112 CA 1503 NE 1649 TN 1728 FL 1472 CO 1487 OH 1663 NV 1334 WA 1845 WA 2502 FL 1155 CA 2218 NC 1950 IL 1463 CO 1285 FL 1297 OH 894 MI 1167 AZ 1812 CT 890 RI 770 NY 712 MD 1771 MD 1284 MD 2511 NJ 902 WI 1016 TX 1570 CA 1572 NC 910 NC 1229 IL 1800 IL 1911 IL 1114 GA 2071 TX 1014 NJ 1673 TX 1998 MO 1285 SC 1704 NY 810

Dabbs, Ryan Dagher, Charles Dahake, Nikhil Dailey, Tommie Dale, Gardner Dalton, Rufus Damyanov, Veselin Dang, Alyssa Danielson, Lee Dannenfelser, Tom Danziger, James Darnall, Diann Dart, John Darukhanawalla, Malcolm Darukhanawalla, Nash Dattel, Barry Daugherty, Michael Dault, Joe Dave, Ishaan David, Ajay Davies, Barbara Davila, Ruben Davis, Andrew Davis, Byron Davis, Carol Davis, David Davis, Drew Davis, Richard Dawalbhakta, Samiha De Asis, Jed Rave De Coatpont, Bertrand de Coatpont, Lucie De Fabry, Lucas De Jong, Ivar De Los Santos, Diogenes De May, David Deacon, Richard DeArmond, Christian DeAsis, Francis Deb, Ishana Decraene, Parker Decristofaro, John Deepee, Steven Defrank, Tim Degawa, Shigemi Dehdashti, Massoud Deinoff, Pelle DeJesus, Adrian Del Vecchio, Martin Demartini, Cliff Desai, Gaurav Desai, Phil Desai, Vinay Dev, Rishi Devalapalli, Pranav DeVenezia, Richard Dewhirst, Ken DeWitt, Richard Dey, Tapabrata Dhaka, Anmol Diaz, Danny Dickey, Gordon Dickson, Roger Dieker, Eric Diep, Duke Dietz, Roy Difuntorum, Reynaldo DiMarco, Gregory Ding, Billy Dinh, Thuan Dinh, Tri Diwakar, Madhu Dixon, Lawer Djoumaliev, Hristo Doelman, John Doenges, Kevin Doerr, Timothy Dok, Daphne Dolan, Kevin Donadio, Alexander Donald, David Dong, Chun Dong, Kai Dong, Steven Donthi, Sai Dorman, Tom Dorrell, Jimmy D’Ortenzio, Mario Doshi, Pinku Doshi, Smit Douglass, Robert Dousmanis, Christos Downing, Charlie Dowridge, Winston Doyle, Don Doytchev, Doytcho Drake, Kyle Drake, Wenyan Dreyfus, Stephen Driscoll, Olga

IL 1832 OH 1084 MD 1057 WA 1526 GA 2002 MD 2033 VA 1854 OH 2490 CO 1459 IL 886 MO 1481 TX 1062 FL 1624 NC 1011 NY 838 NY 186 NH 1588 CA 964 CA 1506 CA 89 CA 611 1744 TX 1652 IL 1689 IL 1357 NY 484 NY 1082 SD 317 HI 1049 OR 1476 FN 2156 NC 909 NJ 769 CT 1748 NJ 2533 IN 1806 OR 1841 AZ 1409 VA 1637 NJ 1843 AK 1927 AL 1196 FL 430 FL 309 SC 1454 KS 1617 IL 1495 WV 2011 WV 1621 IN 875 NY 1618 MI 1485 HI 1152 TX 2151 IN 1623 SC 1668 MI 1555 IL 1404 CA 1134 CA 1509 CA 1460 CA 1462 NY 1364 NV 1432 WA 1311 AZ 1176 IL 1743 FL 1159 CA 1304 NJ 928 CA 1747 KY 1828 KY 1715 IL 1714 IL 168 AR 519 AR 1587 NY 1698 NC 1914 NJ 1060 TX 846 NJ 1624 IN 735 GA 1700 OH 1658 OR 1120 FL 1820 IL 1741 TX 1110 MA 2052 CO 1378 AL 1797 MD 506 CT 1624 NJ 113 NY 1995 GA 2584 IL 1612 PA 1206 CA 70

Driskill, Ryan NC 1010 Drsek, John MA 1467 Du, Brandon NV 1474 Du, Ethan NY 1503 Du, James NJ 2090 Duan, Changping CA 1599 Duan, Wesley TX 1299 Dubina, Samson OK 846 Ducek, Premysl CO 1346 Dudas, Attila TX 1904 Dudenhoeffer, Todd CA 1533 Duich, Jan OH 882 Dunlap, Caleb CA 2067 Dunn, Andrew TX 2018 Dunn, Arthur AZ 1444 Dunn, Leina MA 1898 Duperron, Robert NC 1878 Durrer, Thomas MO 1268 Dutta, Pradipta NJ 778 Dutta, Sohom CA 1490 Dutta, Srinjoy NJ 513 Duysens, Alexandre NY 289 Dy, Edison NJ 540 Dydynski, Jerry FL 1882 Dyer, Don FL 1448 Eagle, Jack OR 1678 Eagle, Todd WA 1655 Eastman, Ben FL 1744 Ebrahimi, David IL 2152 Edwards, David OK 1214 Edwards, Gillian MA 2121 Ehlert, Kurt MN 1909 Ehrenreich, Martin NJ 1068 Eichner, Howard HI 1661 Eider, Cory CA 433 Eiler, Brandon NY 1565 Eiles, Travis CA 811 Ekbundit, Patrick CA 1840 El Oukaili, Talal MA 650 Elazrag, Eymen TX 917 Elliott, Paul TX 2453 Ellis, Colen CA 1590 Ellsworth, John WA 837 Ellsworth, William CA 1558 Elsesser, Bill CA 235 Ely, Cole NV 1841 Emilianowicz, Eryk GA 1338 Emmons, Stephen A. PA 1916 Emmons, Theron Roy CA 1538 Emmons, Todd IL 1539 Emord, Dan OH 1490 Enders, Wayne NY 1351 Endo, Kiyoko NM 1323 Enebish, Munkhbileg AZ 1770 Engel, PJ CA 460 England, David FL 1327 Engstrom, Jim MD 1560 Erdenebileg, Myagmarsu WI 1584 Esch, Jim CT 1303 Escobar, Wilfredo CA 2363 Esparza, Rudy NC 1505 Espinosa, Gabriel OH 2027 Estill, Alan MA 1208 Estrella, Alfred CA 1214 Evans, Adam VA 1233 Evans, David IL 1797 Evans, J. VA 993 Ewert, Matthew CA 1373 Ezzo, Steve FL 1821 Fabian, Steven TX 1158 Fahlstrom, Ragnar NJ 1524 Fakharpour, Babak CA 2171 Fakharpour, Peyton CA 1866 Falcis, Peter OK 1744 Falcis, Pierre HI 1502 Falco, Angela DE 971 Falco, John CA 1078 Falk, Clifford MA 2208 Fan, Ling MO 1572 Fang, Bryan CA 2307 Fang, Katherine NY 1827 Farkas, Brian TX 1787 Farkas, Joe CA 1487 Farrar, William NJ 1984 Faulstich, Stephen NY 2473 Fechner, Joann CA 1856 Federico, Steve OR 1726 Feerst, David CA 1822 Feher, Sam NC 2240 Fei, Xianger FL 977 Feinstein, Marilyn SommerFL 1158 Feldman, Danny NY 790 Feldman, Ira NY 529 Feltenberger, Donald NY 549 Feng, XinYi CA 1500 Feng, Yihao (John) GA 1401 Feng, Yijun CA 1421 Feng, Ying FL 1112 Ferguson, Erik CA 904 Ferguson, Michael 2083

Ferland, Jacob Ferreira, Antonio Luis Ferrenberg, Allan Fields, Tobias Files, Justin Finney, Emma Fish, David Fitzgerald, Kathleen Fleming, Mark Fleshman, Tom Flexer, Dominique Flores, Brandon Flores, David Flores, Mark Andrew Flores, Salvador Fomin, Dmitri Fong, Chi Fong, Joseph Fong, Molly Fong, Scott Foo, Alysha Foote, Graham Forman, Gary Forster, Michael Foster, Ed Fountain, Eric Frahler, Jeff Francisco, Ramon Paolo Franeczek, Janusz Franks, Cameron Frayberg, Alex Frayne, Elliot Fredricks, Glenn Freedman, Stephen Freeman, Chase Friedlander, Judah Friedman, Gerry Friedman, Oliver Friedman, Thomas Friedmann, Nadav Friend, Chance Frisbee, Stanley Frost, Bryan Frye, Scott Fu, Alice Fu, Billy Fu, Michael Fu, Yao Fu, Zheng Fudala, Christopher Fullen, Dave Fung-a-fat, Jill Funkhouser, Bob Furdui, Stelian Furze, Eric Fusa, Fernando Gabbidon, Ian Gableman, Jim Gabor, Bob Gabriel, Freddie Gabriel, Tom Gacki, Slawomir Gaidarev, Peter Gail, Chris Gajjar, Vraj Galban, Jun Gallagher, Stark Galm, Steve Galman, Cielo Gambini, Chris Gambourg, Leonid Gampa, Gaurav Gandhi, Nimesh Gann, Charles Gantala, Rommel Ganti, Krishna Gao, Annie Gao, Brian Gao, Di Gao, Felix Gao, Junjie Gao, Katie Gao, Patrick Gao, Sean(Zhongyi) Gao, YanJun Gao, Yuzhang Gao, Zhongwei Garabidian, Ronald Garcia, Carlos Garcia, Gustavo Garcia, Leonel Garcia, Miguel Garell, Charles Garell, Paul Garretson, Steve Garrett, John Gasca, Fernando Gascoigne, Ian Gaskins, George Gastelum, Pablo

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Ge, Nicholas Gee, Robert Geer, Ezra Geer, Nathan Geer, Silas Geer, Wesley Geete, Jayant Geeze, Christopher Geeze, Donald Gehrkin, Jonathan Geisinger, Jeffrey Geng, Shupeng Gennuso, Greg Gharpure, Chinmay Gibbons, Mark Gibson, Celeste Gibson, Jim Gibson-Birch, Piers Gilday, Tim Gilkes, Rohan Gillman, Art Gingold, Greg Ginther, Dean Giovannini, Matteo Girdner, David Giri, Swathi Girton, Ken Glass, Ray Gleeson, Andrew Glickman, Donna Glickstein, Brandon Glowik, Stanislaw Gmach, Ben Gmach, David Gmach, Gal Gmach, Maili Godfrey, Michael Godhwani, Aditya Goel, Siddarth Goff, Dale Goff, Don Goff, Robert Gold, Abe Goldfarb, Matthew Goldsmith, Phil Goldstein, Lev Golez, Ramil Goljan, Miroslav Golmohammadi, Iraj Gomez, Elias Gomez, Enrique Gong, Renny Gong, Steven Gong, Yunhua Gonzales, Julian Gonzales, Steve Gonzalez, Alberto Gonzalez, Barnabas Gonzalez, Sergio Good, Kevin Goodchild, Dustin Goodchild, Zack Gooden, Herrick Goodfellow, William Goodwin IV, James Gopin, Michael Gordon, Andrew Gordon, William Goring, Kali Gorodin, Valeriy Goswami, Pulak Gotliffe, Harvey Goto, Akio Goto, Hiroki

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Graber, Jared Gradinaru, David Graff, William Graham, Donovan Graham, Sean Grambo, Alan Grana, Jamie Grant, Giancarlo Graves, Owen Green, Vincent Greenbaum, Michael Greene, Dan Greenfield, Austin Greenidge, Colin Gregg, Gordon Gregor, Becky Gregor, Danko Gregor, Paul Greydinger, Dimitri Gribinski, Nathalie Grider, Jon Gripentog, Robert Gristede, George Groom, Michael Grossman, Howard Grubsky, Victor Gu, Maxwell Gu, Peidi Guan, Angela Guan, Walter Guan, Weida Gubbi, Vidyadhara Guerin, Bill Gunda, Abhinav Gunn, Zannie Guo, Bryan Guo, Hao Guo, Jia Guo, Jian Xin Guo, Jimmy Guo, Min Xin Guo, Wenbo Gupta, Avi Gupta, Krishna Gupta, Sanjana Gupta, Vaibhav Gurevich, Boris Gurklys, Paulius Gutierrez, Gustavo Guttman, Daniel Gyonjyan, Tigran Ha, Khiem Ha, Thomas Hadfield, Paul Hadley, Paul Hageman, Daniel Hagenburg, Todd Hagiu, Alexander Haidvogel, Roger Paul Hajilov, Mansour Halbig, Fred Hall, Gordon Hall, Jamey Hall, William Halsey, Jackson Hamby, Mike Hamilton, Alanis Hamilton, Don Hamilton, Elliott Hamilton, James Hamilton, James Hamilton, Steven Hamilton, Terry Hamilton, Yi-Mei

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Hamrahian, Seyed Han, Katherine Han, Ki Soo Han, Yiguang Han, Zheng Handoko, Liedy Hanks, Andrew Hanlin, William Hanson, Dana Hara, Erico Hardin, Christopher Harihara Iyer, Ramkumar Harley, Douglas Harley, Taliesin Harris, Anwen Harris, Joshua Harris, Michael Harris, Scott Harrison, Deb Hart, Robert Hartmann, Joyce Hartmann, Rudy Hash, David Hashemi, Ross Hashimoto, Margaret Hashimoto, Masaru Hashimoto, Wataru Hashtroudi, Hassan Hashwani, Malik Haugh, David Haumeder, Susan Hay, Alistair Hayes, Tyler Hazinski, Mark He, Bob He, Charlotte He, George He, Jiaming He, Xiaolan Hecht, Matt Hegstrom, Christopher Hejazi, Alireza Helfand, Joseph Heller, Aaron Hemingway, Robert Hendawi, Ahmed Hendler, Alan Hendrickson, Guy Henry, Ray Henry, Sonjay Henry, Stephen Heo, Richard Hernandez, Guillermo Hernandez, Sean Herold, Hugh Hersey, Sebastian Hersey, Steve Hershenow, Barry Hess, Kyle Hetes, Pavol Hetherington, Matthew Hicks, H. Hicks, Jim Higuera, Mauricio Reyes Hill, David Hill, Douglas Hill, Harold Hines, Elliot Hinshaw, Donald Hirata, Jonathan Hiratsuka, Jon Hlava, Jiri Hlushko, Gregory Ho, Brandon Ho, Chee Ho, Hung Ho, Hung Mike Ho, Quan Hoagland, Tim Hoang, Khuong(Kevin) Hoang, Thuan Hoarfrost, Ryan Hobrath, Ben Hobrath, Gary Hochman, Stephen Hodge, Nicholas Hodges, Mike Hoffman, Brian Hoffman, Mark Hoffman, Muneer Hogshead, Edward Hohl, Alex Hoi, Pham Holck, Bruce Hollenbaugh, Paul Holman, Ken Holmes, Paul Holton, Chris Homan, Dave Hong, Derek

FL 1338 RI 2002 CA 411 CA 100 CA 87 PA 1261 IL 1993 GA 1647 NY 1667 IN 648 CA 1476 TX 1045 NV 1681 MD 1079 PA 587 NY 1818 CA 300 CA 1484 TX 2027 MD 2225 CA 2495 MD 2334 OR 2046 MO 1069 AZ 2170 NJ 2124 MD 1522 IL 2003 CA 112 TX 1147 NY 242 IL 2079 CA 2533 KS 1054 CA 596 MI 1401 CA 2097 TX 2204 OH 1464 CA 1170 MD 1375 NJ 1543 IL 380 TX 1810 MD 1199 CA 1610 MD 430 MD 1945 MI 1163 MS 2285 CA 2451 CA 2525 FL 853 NJ 2614 NJ 2384 MD 1248 IL 826 NJ 1454 MN 2003 MA 594 OH 766 SC 1106 CA 1605 HI 623 HI 1682 LA 767 CA 1772 MN 2156 AL 1580 CA 1203 NJ 531 NJ 462 FL 1109 CO 2017 CA 942 TX 2211 FL 1500 MD 933 MN 1911 CA 157 VA 1771 CA 1401 IL 1988 PA 2270 NC 2055 FL 940 FL 1461 WA 984 OH 2036 WA 2164 IL 1964 AR 1848 CA 928 WA 749 GA 1236 MI 1190 NJ 1446 TX 961 CA 2373

Hooker, Allan Hopkins, Steve Horn, Michael Horn, Nick Horn, Rikki Hornick, Dennis Horodenski, Karol Horton, William Hosein, Rafi Hoshino, Yuta Hou, David Houser, John Howard, Jack Howes, Jeff Hric, Ray Hrishin, Andriy Hsiao, Eric Hsiao, Mark Hsieh, Tia Hsin, Jeffrey Hsing, Ariel Hsu, Nathan Hsu, Ryan Hsu, Simon Hu, Qingqing Hu, Xiyue Hu, Yingyao Hua, Peter (Liyang) Hua, Yang Huang, Alec Huang, Ethan Huang, Haibin Huang, Jeff Huang, Jiawei Huang, Jimmy Huang, Junxian Huang, Kerry Huang, Laura Huang, Lisa Huang, Miranda Huang, Nathaniel Huang, Ray Huang, Shan Huang, Shelly Huang, Siliang Huang, Terry Huang, William Huang, Xinsheng Michael Huang, Yihao Huang, Zesheng Huang, Zihao (Justin) Huang, Zihong Hubner, Bill Hugh, Adam Hugh, Judy Hughes, Harry Hughes, John Huh, Bong Hui, John Hui, Kelly Huland, Matt Hull, Paul Hung, Ling Steven Hunter, Lory Hunter, Stewart Hurst, Robert Hutchins-Knowles, Brian Huynh, Benjamin Huynh, Kevin Huynh, Xuanthai Hwang, Clarissa Hwang, Stephanie Hyttinen, Arvo Ibegbu, Basil Ichimura, Emi Ikeizumi, Claudia Ilanga, Mareuvir Imran, Ziyan Inderieden, Dan Infeld, Lou Inger, Mike Innamuri, Pruthvi Inui, Tadao (Tom) Iodkovskiy, Vladimir Ip, Spencer Irish, Janet Irish, Phillip Ishii, Art Itunin, Aleksandr Iturriaga, Bernardo Jablonski, Zbigniew Jackson, Don Jackson, Doug Jackson, Jadon Jackson, Marc Jackson, Ronald Jae, Youngshin Jaed, Abu Jafar, Shuja

CA 1306 Jain, Sahil NJ 499 Jain, Ved CA 146 Jain, Yash CA 1824 Jamagocyan, Varujan NC 2382 Jamaspi, Behram AR 1653 Jambhekar, Kedar VA 1882 James, David FL 1237 Jameson, Mike TX 1703 Jampana, Sreeman NJ 1980 Jang, Tae Geon 1193 Jara, Fabiola NJ 1750 Jariwala, Nikhil NC 1159 Jarman, Hunter TX 613 Jayaratne, Sachiko NV 1131 Jecov, Dmitri FL 2283 Jeerapaet, Kit NY 1551 Jeet, Cheddie NY 2042 Jeong, Tae Jong CA 1547 Jha, Ashish CA 2585 Jha, Kanak CA 2360 Jha, Prachi MO 1787 Jia, Tao NC 2200 Jia, Zhen CA 94 Jiang, Alan UT 1583 Jiang, Amanda NY 341 Jiang, DaHong CA 2300 Jiang, Diane NJ 1156 Jiang, Michael IL 1144 Jiang, Zexin TX 1724 Jimenez, Chae Sun NJ 1293 Jin, Duk OR 1513 Jin, Jeffrey CA 1773 Jin, Jing MA 2190 Jin, Yuhang OH 442 Jindal, Nirmit CA 292 Jindal, Priyan NJ 2032 Joe, Billy PA 1151 Johns, Dana FL 1847 Johnson, Adam CA 1677 Johnson, Mark FL 1241 Johnson, Paul IL 1367 Johnson, Philip SC 1908 Johnson, Richard MO 1645 Johnson, Robert MO 2116 Johnston, Jeff FL 1875 Johnston, L. A. OH 1538 Johnston, Raymond IL 873 Jones, Benjamin TX 1241 Jones, David VA 1266 Jones, Robert FL 2132 Jordan, Garth MN 1504 Joshi, Sandhya OK 1043 Jourdan, Tom TX 1539 Joy, Rony MN 1725 Judd, David NY 1659 Juneau, Robert NC 1516 Juntilla, Michael MD 1080 Juran, Donald CA 153 Kabiraj, Tanay FL 1733 Kadin, Rick NY 2017 Kadzinski, Jean Philippe IL 59 Kagathi, Bhavika IL 663 Kagathi, Raj NY 802 Kahane, Gabriel HI 1691 Kahanu, George CA 1990 Kahng, Alex HI 2044 Kaichi, Allen CA 1874 Kaiser, Tod TX 1891 Kajihara, Caroline WA 1086 Kakade, Aniket WA 1840 Kakade, Manish NY 1627 Kalir, Oded CA 879 Kalustov, Artem VA 1697 Kaminsky, Barbara FL 1885 Kanani, Jean Marie WA 1905 Kanatsu, Naoki AZ 1531 Kanchanapelly, Radhakrush CA 2038 Kandadi, Sohan MD 1171 Kandel, Adam NJ 1900 Kandell, Scott CA 1777 Kang, Danny NJ 1511 Kang, Kyoung Jung LA 1910 Kang, Sung Ho NJ 575 Kannan, Krithik CA 1158 Kanungo, Siddhartha CA 618 Kanyavong, Sichan VA 1813 Kapsalakis, Dean WA 1083 Karimov, Shavkat CA 1233 Karno, Marvin GA 1684 Karp, John NC 1486 Kartawira, Chris NC 1606 Kartawira, Iwan NC 1066 Kartawira, Karin MA 1698 Kasha, Steven CA 2576 Kashyap, Anal IL 1571 Kasperski, Grzegorz AR 874 Kassees, Ranya VA 1378 Kasson, Scott NC 1309 Kauffman, Ronald

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NH Ramappa, Anil FL Ramaswami, Shreyas MI Ramaswamy, Ashwin IL Ramaswamy, Krishna OH Rambod, Max AZ Rambod, Roxana GA Ramesh, Samarth GA Ramirez, Rafael NV Randmer, Glen NV Ranii, Cynthia FL Ranocha, Roman AZ Rao, Rajeev FL Rapp, Peter FL Rastogi, Mikey IL Rather, William WI Ratner, Barry PA Ratti, Stefano IN Rattu, Mohammad CA Raudebaugh, Bart TX Rautis, James WA Ray, Milan GA Ray, Olden FL Ray, Om VA Raymond, Jim MN Rayta, Walt MN Rea, Mark IL Reddy, Mohan MI Redekopp, Dallas WA Redman, Jon CT Reff, Michael CA Reft, Luke CA Rehmani, Armaan CA Rehmani, Asif CA Reid, Ricardo MD Reiling, Steve MD Reilly, Austin CA Reilly, Rick WI Ren, Evan NJ Ren, Joshua CA Ren, Lei WA Rendon, Oscar TX Resek, Errol FL Reyes, Luis NH Reyla, Monellie June NY Reynard, Kenneth VA Reynolds, Daniel NJ Reynolds, Jim NJ Reynolds, John WI Rhee, Samuel WA Rho, Christopher CA Rho, Edward WA Rhodes, Carol MD Rhodes, Dennis CA Richardson, Cedric WA Richardson, Luckey TX Riek, Norman FL Riel, Cole NY Riel, Luke PA Riggs, Ken FL Rios, Fernando AZ Ritter, Ben VA Rivera, Edwin WA Rivera, Melisa AZ Rivero, Carlos MA Robbins, Bradley FL Robbins, Phil WA Robbins, William (Bill) NJ Roberge, John FL Roberson, Samuel MI Roberto, Cardoso IL Roberts, David Roberts, Paul MD Robertshaw, Gregg NY Robertson, Zach CA Robinson, Scott CA Rockwell, Sam TX Rodrigues, Mel IN Rodriguez, Estevan CT Rodriquez, Augusto OR Roeder, Eberhard MA Roemmich, Ryan CA Roeser, Tom CA Rofoogaran, Massood NY Rogers, Dave TX Roglin, Daniel CA Rojas, Irving (Chinoz) FL Rollins, Kenny CA Romonti, Ciprian MI Rosales, Justin MI Rose, Greg NV Rosenbaum, Vladimir NV Rosenfeld, Daniel WI Roskos, Ken FL Ross, Oleg CA Rossman, Herbert Rostankowski, Michael IL Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin) IN Rousseau-Emond, VincentPA NY Routt, Terry TX Rowe, Dwight

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Roy, Hank Roy, William Roychoudhury, Rohon Rozanski, Andy Rozumalski, Ron Ruan, Anthony Ruan, Cynthia Ruan, Ethan Rubin, David Rubio, Ivan Ruiz, Felipe Ruiz, Jeff Ruiz, Juan Ruiz, Mylin Runcie, Trey Running, Thomas Rutan, Chip Ryan, Chad Ryan, Douglas Ryberg, Cole Ryu, Hyunook Ryu, Songeun Ryvkin, Dmitry Saadat, Seyed Sabas, Joseph Sabas, Kristopher Sabau, Emilian Sabo, Robert Saekow, Louis Sahar, Adam Sahgal, Aayush Saito, Ayane Saju, Meha Saju, Neha Sakai, David Sakai, Donna Sakurada, Steve Salas-Lieves, Omar Salay, Mickey Salcido, Alexander Saldin, Miguel Saleem, Shiraz Salib, Peter Salmon, Chip Salmon, Trevor Samirad, Lilas Samkoff, Rhoda Sammy, Alexander Sampath, Anand Sampson, Bill Sandoval, Arthur Sang, Yoo Pou Sanghani, Rohan Sankuratri, Ashwin Santana, Carlos Santos, Emil Santoyo, Nicholas Sanzotta, Dominic Saperstein, Robert Sapp, Shaun Saria, Roberto Sawnery, T.J. Sayatouic, Renee Sbarra, Jeremiah Scaccia, Lee Scarp, A.J. Schaaf, Charles Schaerer, Kaspar Scheipner, George Schichtel, Robert Schiff, Jeff Schiller, Lenni Schlager, Gary Schlernitzauer, William Schmidt, Avishy Schmidt, Mike Schmidt, Tilo Schmucker, Philip Schneider, Benjamin Schock, Phil Scholnick, Nathiel Schour, Steve Schrader, Lisa Schuback, Joshua Schwartzberg, Perry Scott, Andre Scott, Barry Scott, Larry Scrivano, Daniel(Danny) Scrivano, Joe Scudder, Emmanuel Seale, Li-Rong Searles, Duane Sebastiani, Rossana Seeman, Jeff Seemiller, Daniel Seemiller, Daniel Seemiller, Randy Segal, Brian Segesta, Alex

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Segrest, James Segrest, James Charles Seidenfeld, Ian Seiple, Kenneth Sekaran, Senthil Kumar Sekona, Lesi Sekona, Toni Seltzer, Tynan Selvin, Lawrence Selvin, Paul Senapati, Kaustabh Ishan Sengoll, Bernard Senko, Hisae Senter, Albert Senthilkumar, Varun Seo, Gina Serna, Johan Sethi, Shashi Settle, D.J. Shah, Aarsh Shah, Ankit Shah, Ejaz Shah, Gokal Shah, Jigneshkumar Shah, Kathan Shah, Maanav Shah, Mohit Shah, Rajesh Shahnazari, Erick Shahnazari, Robert Shak, Ray Shaker, Ausama Shankar, Alok Shao Jun, Chan Shao, Paul Shao, Yu Shapero, David Shapiro, Vladimir Sharg, Vladimir Shariati, Mehran Sharifi, Hossein Sharma, Rajeev Shash, Denish Shaykevich, Yuriy Shea, Richard Shealy, Garfield Shehab, Kareem Shelkowitz, Phyllis Shelton, Cody Shen, Jimmy Shen, Kevin Sheng, Ben Sheng, Tan Tsu Sheppard, Austin Sheppard, Thomas Sherwood, Gary Sheth, Ved Shi, Bobo Shi, Hao Shi, Mingyu Shi, Xin Ping Shiau, Albert Shiau, Emily Shih, Wen-Shi Shiju, Tharun Shim, Kern Shin, John Shin, Steve Shiono, Koji Shiu, Emmanuel Shivakumar, Kaushik Shiwa, Felipe Shodhan, Shashin Shortz, Will Shrestha, Ujwal Shtein, Daniel Shuhe, Ma Shultz, Anthony Shultz, John Shurslep, Alex Shwartz, Ron Siapol, Elison Sierra, Paul Sikdar, Amit Silberman, Allen Silverman, Jules Simkovic, Jozef Simmons, Joseph Simmons, Phillip Simon, Craig Simon, Ernie Simon, Richard Simone, Angelo Sindona, Mike Singer, Stuffy Singh, Jaideep Singh, Kiran Singh, Vivek Singhal, Saarthak Singla, Aman

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Sinha, Shay Sipos, Renata Sirek, Joshua Siripurapu, Abhinav Sisselman, Mark Situ, Rong Siu, George Sivaprasad, Abhi Skangalis, Anris Skolnick, Gabriel Skolnick, Micaiah Skorodziyevskiy, Kirill Skowronski, Julia Skripnik, Ivan Slaback, Steve Slater, Charlie Slocombe, Andrew Slocum, Terry Slomba, Luke Smedstad, Don Smirnov, Alexandr Smirnov, Daniel Smith, Cameron Smith, Diallo Smith, Greg Smith, Jay Smith, Kirk Smith, Ryan Smithey, John Smothers, Cameron Snarr, Mike Sneath, Rod Snell, Miki Snell, Peter Snider, Nicholas Snigurskaya, Natalia Snow, Liam So, Preston So, Yiu Sobota, Sylwester Sofer, Daniel Sofian, Virgil Sokol, Stanley Soliman, Hasan Solis, Engelbert Solomon, Christian Soltero, Angel Soltwisch, David Soltys, Greg Somarapu, Deepak Sommers, David Sonachalam, Sekar Song, Andrew Song, Daniel Song, David Song, George Song, Jeffrey Song, Joanna Song, Shanpeng Song, Zhenmin Soni, Amrit Sooc, Johnny Soora, Siva Sotero, Reginald Soto, Patrick Sourou, Simplice Spanjol, Isak Sparkes, Niv Speicher, Randy Speier, Sven Spellman, Dennis Sperberg, John Speshock, Derrick Spesick, Tom Spetsios, James Spies, Zach Spitzer, Robert Sranko, Ladislav Sribhashyam, Sashrik Srinivas, Abhay Srivastava, Saanvi Stack, Damien Stadelman, Ralph Stahl, Miguel Standridge, Bryce Stastny, Jaroslav Staylor, John Steffens, Wayne Stein, Berl Steinegger, Rainer Stender, Matthias Stepanov, Matvey Stephens, Tim Stephenson, Dennis Sterling, Daryl Sternfield, Danny Still, Sam Stirbu, Petrica (Petro) Stockhausen, Derrick Stottlar, Gary

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Strain, Fielder Streng, Andrew Strojny, Adam Studenikin, Artem Sturm, Chad Sturtevant, Mike Su, Alex Su, Chad Su, Christian Su, Emily Su, Hugo Su, Mengjin Suarez, Jose Subonj, Anna Subonj, Christina Subonj, Viktorian Subramanian, Vijay Suen, Edmund Suh, Nathanoel Sujo, Carlos Sujo, Luis Sukthankar, Satej Sukul, Bala Sullivan, Rick Sun, Brian Sun, Charley Sun, David Sun, Dewei (Frank) Sun, Kelvin Sun, Lynn Sun, Mingyi Sun, Patrick Sun, Robert Sun, Vivian Sun, Winnie Sun, Xizi Sun, Zheng Yu Sundel, Martin Sundrani, Adam Sundrani, Sabreena Sundrani, Sean Sung, Joanna Sung, Monica Sung, Rachel Sung, Shing-Li Suriya, Vijay Surmann, Olaf Susac, Denis Suwito, Wan Suzuki, Chiyako Suzuki, Michiya Swan, Kevin Sweeney, Aileen Sweeney, Cormac Sweeney, John Sweeney, Liam Sweeris, Dell Swift, Ben Swift, William Sypolka, Marek Szacilowski, Tomasz Szostak, Krzysztof Szot, Tim Szpila, Robert M. Szpringiel, Krzysztof Szymanski, Mark Tabibian, Farkhondeh Takamatsu, Hajime Takeda, Yuji Takemura, Hiromasa Talati, Arjun Talluri, Karthik Tam, Tony Tam, Vincent Tamaki, Mie Tan, Angie Tan, Christopher Tan, Emily Tan, Jackson Tan, Jerry Tan, Steven Tan, Tammie Tan, Xiaofeng Tandon, Anushkar Tandon, Tarun Tang, Allan Tang, Haine Tang, Jason Tang, Joseph Tang, Stanley Tang, Suyan Tangirala, Srivatsav Tangyingyong, Sutanit Tannehill, John Tantravahi, Pranav Tao, Wucheng Tarasov, Vladimir Tatar, Ben Tatti Gopah, Deepak Tauber, Akos

WI 1064 IL 1250 OK 637 OH 1473 RI 1295 FL 1693 NY 1638 CA 617 MN 646 IL 1351 CA 1901 OR 1556 GA 1933 MO 1546 MO 1641 CA 1511 CA 1192 PA 1644 CA 2243 NC 1680 CA 752 IL 516 IL 597 FL 2024 LA 1261 WI 1604 TX 1084 OH 1116 CA 2283 CA 1404 CA 1262 MO 1303 CA 2527 CA 1927 AL 1480 WA 2235 CA 2028 CA 2294 OH 1899 FL 1530 OH 1207 OH 1161 CA 814 UT 2047 CA 1255 IN 1291 VT 1356 NY 2084 TX 1482 FL 2311 CO 1702 PA 1467 HI 1518 CA 2424 CA 2229 CA 1075 CA 1545 TX 2106 CA 2157 MI 2034 OH 954 FL 935 NY 2375 CA 1982 MN 1687 CA 2027 MD 2039 MD 1707 CA 1955 IL 913 CA 1454 CA 2134 MN 2176 TX 2137 NC 1581 CA 2489 FL 1224 CA 854 OK 1161 CA 810 CA 1347 NH 1618 CA 552 CA 1418 NY 1750 CA 1467 AR 1420 AR 232 NY 1229 CT 2045 IL 1696 NJ 1593 NY 367 MN 2126 NY 1867 TX 1307 MN 1710 CT 1620 NY 1155 NY 798

Taxman, Royal Taylor, Dan Taylor, Jason Taylor, Jimmy Taylor, Louis Tedesco, Trent Teitel, Gideon Teli, Vishal Tembe, Akash Tenenbaum, S. Aaron Tenerife, Ange Teodorescu, George Teotia, Seemant Terzic, Marko Terzic, Nikola Thai, Quyen Thakkar, Neel Theil, Martin Therriault, James Thigpen, Rick Thio, Ethan Thobani, Aiman Thobani, Namir Thompson, Delroy Thompson, Levi Thor, Sitha Thorn, Kristen Thornton, Jon Thounaojam, Opendro Si Thrasher, Steven Thu, Aung Tian, He Tian, Maggie Tien, Kenny Tillery, Glenn Timsuwan, Sakda Tio, Fredrick Tio, Nicholas Tith, Kosal Tittel, Timothy Tiu, Adam Tobias, Zack Tockgo, David Todd, William Tokuhara, Burt Tolen, Robert Tomas, Marijan Tomazos, Eleftherios Tomescu, Nicolae (Nick) Tomlinson, Simon Tomoi, Sam Ton, Win Tone, Ben Tong, Fei-Ming Tong, Howard Tong, Kwan Ed Tong, Teddy Torres Zevallos, Roberto Torres, German Toth, Bence Toth, John Tran, Brandon Tran, De Tran, Erica Tran, Hoang Tran, Joe Tran, Joshua Tran, Khai Tran, Kiet Tran, Lawrence Tran, Long Tran, Matthew Tran, Michael Tran, Minh Tran, Sabrina Tran, Theodore Tran, Thinh Tran, Thomas Tran, Tiffany Treigherman, Daniel Treigherman, Philip Treitel, Robert Trestman, Grogoriy Trevare, Julien Trinidad, Marcos Tripathi, Anoop Tripodi, Alex Tripodi, Hannah Tripp, Brian Triumph, Clyde Trofimov, Denis Trofimov, Michael Troyer, Candyce Truelson, Thor Truong, Cuong (Philip) Truong, Quoc Huy Truong, Tuan Trusiewicz, Mike Tryon, Dave Tsai, Jeffrey

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Tsai, Joey Tsang, Boris Tsang, Brian Tsaur, Ethan Tse, Anika Tseng, Jared Tsitoghdzyan, Tigran Tsung, Julian Tsvor, Sergey Tu, Cindy Tu, Edmond Tu, Jinbiao Tu, Joseph Tu, Lucy Tu, Norman Tu, Truong Manh Tummala, Praneeth Tummala, Taran Tun, Tun Tung, Faith Turakhia, Ashwin Turpin, William Tyrell, Ryan Tysl, Robert Ubry, Ralph Ukapatayasakul, Bill Umebayashi, Tetsuro Umel, David Uniyal, Vendag Uniyal, Vivikt Upshaw, Ramar Uritskiy, Nick Usdan, William Utpat, Sharv Vaddadi, Naveen Vaden, Michael Vadlamani, Siddharth Valdoria, Rodel Valeeva, Renata Vallabh, Amit Vallabhapurapu, Mohan Valliant, Frank Van Brussel, Avery Van Camp, Robert Van Dusen, Philip Van Haverbeke, Neal Van Name, Jonathan Van Nynatten, Fred Van Steen, Alex Vanderhoff, Peter Vanegas, Jorge VanSlyke, Bob VanWagner, Corey Vartani, Henry Vasilev, Veselin Vasquez, Antonio Vasu, Viresh Vattuone, Richard Vaturi, Sharon Vaughan, Doug Vays, Lev Veach, Clinton Vega, Alberto Vega, Oscar Veizer, Keith Vekhov, Yegor Velez, George Veljkovic, Sasha Velumani, Senthil Venkat, Ramamoorthy Venkataraman, Shivaku Vera, Eddy Vergara, Mauricio Verma, Vishesh Vermaji, Piyush Verny, Allen Vesel, Richard Vieira, Michael Vievesis, Zigmas Vijay, Kumar Villacarlos, Paul Villanueva, Marc Villorente, Kirkfred Vincioni, Ray Virgo, Ernest Viriamu, Alex Vitzthum, Tom Vn, Dat Tien Vo, Loc Vogt, Dan Vollmar, David Von Allmen, Tom Voronin, Alex Voros, Magdolna Vu, Alex Vu, Howard Vu, Van Wada, Satoko Wade, Shannon Wakabayashi, Kei

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Wald, Aaron Wald, Adam Walk, Bill Walk, Michael Walker, Dennis Walker, John Edd Walker, Mary Wallace, Kevin Wallis, Zachary Walzer-Goldfeld, Jules Walzer-Goldfeld, Stefan Wan, Clemens Wang, Allen Wang, Alton Wang, Amy Wang, Bo Wang, Brandon Wang, Ching Wang, Crystal Wang, David Wang, Eric Wang, Ethan Wang, Evan Wang, Franklin Wang, George Wang, Grace Wang, Haohan Wang, Ian Wang, Jack Wang, James Wang, Jessica Wang, Kan Wang, Kenneth Wang, Li Wang, Lin Wang, Maoxi George Wang, Max Qinmin Wang, Mendy (Ke) Wang, Michael Wang, Neo Wang, Odo Wang, Percy Wang, Q S Wang, Qiang Wang, Qing Liang Wang, Ray Wang, Robert Wang, Rui Wang, Ryan Wang, Sean Wang, Shoujin Wang, Shuai Wang, Timothy Wang, Warren Wang, Wesley Wang, Yidi Wang, Ying Wang, Yun Wang, YuQin Wang, Zezheng Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhen (Eugene) Wang, Zili Wareham, John Wasserman, Si Watanabe, Makiko Waters, Julian Watkin, Roger Watson, Logan Watts, Edward Waugaman, Daniel Wazir, Ammar Webb, David Weber, Ronald Weghorst, Carson Wei, Barbara Wei, Emma Wei, George Wei, Jerry Wei, Tom Wei, Tong Wei, Tyler Wei, Wilson Weiland, Jim Weissman, Alan Wells, Dave Welsh, Robert Wen, Alina Wentz, Michael Weyessa, Nemera White, Jeffrey Whiteman, Bryan Whitmeyer, Michael Whittier, Todd Wickham, Jonathan Wilcox, Yoko Wilder, Donna Wilford, Ryan Wilke, Michael Wilkins, Chad

MN 992 Wilkinson, Stan NY 1952 Williams, Carlos VA 1675 Williams, Charles OH 1055 Williams, Kristopher VA 1381 Willis, Jonathan MD 1767 Willis, Reginald IN 1288 Willitts, Jim FN 2289 Wilson, Aaron GA 1595 Wilson, Blair AB 2116 Wilson, Desmond MO 2056 Wilson, Everton TN 1902 Wilson, Reggie HI 519 Winkler, Debbie AZ 2241 Winkler, Matthew CA 1688 Winton, Jeremy CA 1017 Witkowski, Walter AR 751 Wolf, Paul WA 1821 Wolfe, Wes FL 1280 Wolfe, Zack IL 2075 Wolski, Dariusz IL 2081 Wolski, Michael IL 2347 Wolski, Wojciech CA 794 Wong, Albert MN 840 Wong, Alec CA 1545 Wong, Benjamin CA 1001 Wong, Daniel CA 1240 Wong, David WA 1852 Wong, Francis CA 1345 Wong, Henry CA 130 Wong, Isaac NY 1261 Wong, Jon CA 2184 Wong, Jordan KS 1671 Wong, Kin Ho NY 1045 Wong, Michael CA 2117 Wong, Michael 1648 Wong, Qing TX 709 Wong, Sylvia CA 2149 Wong, Wai IL 857 Woo, Bradley NY 2292 Woo, Phillip MD 1747 Wood, Klaus CA 1520 Woodall, Dustin AL 1336 Wooley, Timothy HI 1541 Woollard, Timothy WV 1318 Workman, Gretchen MN 528 Wrazidlo, Dawson GA 855 Wright, Tyler WI 1891 Wruck, Douglas AK 1556 Wruck, Wade OH 1702 Wu, Alan CA 1042 Wu, Alexander FL 701 Wu, Daniel MD 508 Wu, Emily CA 2383 Wu, Erica CA 1041 Wu, Isaac OH 836 Wu, Meileen NJ 484 Wu, Michael WA 1740 Wu, Mingrui NY 1739 Wu, Nathan FL 1646 Wu, Peter CA 1358 Wu, Peter CA 507 Wu, Ryan CA 943 Wu, Sophie NY 2352 Wu, Tinglei CA 539 Wu, William PA 671 Wu, Xiao Kang CA 2032 Wu, Youruo NJ 2493 Wu, Yue CA 578 Wu, Ziqing (Amy) VA 1378 Wung, Henry VA 1695 Wung, William CA 819 Xian, Alan CA 374 Xian, Jason CA 1898 Xianyu, Hui NC 1483 Xiao, Charles NC 1715 Xiao, Chris PA 2179 Xiao, Claire CA 1752 Xiao, Cong CA 2156 Xiao, Jeff MS 2341 Xiao, Junyu IL 2098 Xiao, Yueming CA 360 Xie, Alex CA 662 Xie, Edmond GA 1654 Xie, Eric MD 1765 Xie, Frank Yingze CA 2130 Xie, Tian TX 2193 Xie, Tianming NY 1447 Xiong, Charles NY 1663 Xiong, Lily MD 992 Xu, Callie AZ 1704 Xu, Fang CA 741 Xu, Geoffrey NC 2090 Xu, Jason NY 1829 Xu, Jiadong WA 1685 Xu, Jinlong CA 1119 Xu, Kevin MD 596 Xu, Zhiheng OR 1683 Xu, Zhongkai (John) OH 1510 Xue, Yi Yan IL 2084 Xue, Yong Jian NJ 971 Yakura, Ken

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LYTTC August Open. Dunellen. NJ. 8/16/2014 - 8/17/2014, gg, Barry Dattel, 732-200-5820

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2014 Summer Slam VI, El Paso, TX, 8/16/2014, gg, Nordby, 915-282-8210

Mid-Florida Table Tennis Tour-2014 Lakeland July Lakeland FL, 7/18/2014 - 7/19/2014, gg, Brad Woodington, 863-370-5163

2014 Decatur Open Tanner, AL, 8/16/2014, gg, Chip Patton, 256-7727359

SportsFest XVIII, Allentown, PA, 7/19/2014, Fred Kistler, 610-7976637

Dana Point Open, Dana Point, CA, 8/17/2014, g, Attila Malek, 714280-6821

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Pacific Coast Open Santa Monica, CA, 8/23/2014 - 8/24/2014, gg, Ichiro Hashimoto, 818-700-0948

HCTT Circuit Tournament, Columbia, MD, 7/19/2014, Fan Yang, 443-538-5034

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2014 Austin Summer Open Table Tennis Tournament, Austin, TX 7/19/2014, gg,Marguerite Cheung, 512-491-7664

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Texas Wesleyan Open (31), Fort Worth, TX, 8/2/2014, gg, Jasna Rather, 817-715-4062

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Westchester 2014 September Open, Pleasantville, NY, 9/27/2014 9/28/2014, gggg, Will Shortz, 914-769-9128

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Concord Cup Youth Open, Pleasant Hill, CA, 10/26/2014 Philip Schafer, 925-689-7463

2014 LA Open Table Tennis Tournament, El Monte, CA, 10/4/2014 10/5/2014, gggg, Craig Krum, 909-227-0822

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IN HIS OWN WORDS

2013 USATT Hall of Fame Player Inductee

TERESE TERRANOVA

Photo by Mal Anderson.

* See tabletennis.teamusa.org (USATT) (Hall of Fame) for expanded versions of each profile

By USTTA Historian Tim Boggan With the coming of 1987, avid USATT National Games and International Paralympian Wheelchair player Terese Terranova had already accumulated in competition maybe a dozen combined Gold and Silver awards, and was primed for more. This year was special—she was one of the 15 U.S. athletes attending the World Wheelchair Championships in Brisbane, Australia. It had been a long, exhausting trip for the Fort Lauderdale-based Terranova via San Francisco, Honolulu, and Cairns, but on arrival in Brisbane her hopes remained high, for she knew she was well-prepared for the matches ahead. Team Coach/Administrative Assistant Marcy Monasterial, in writing up the Women’s play for our national magazine, Table Tennis Topics, begins with the initial Team event: “Play was divided into two round robins, and our group’s opponents were Hong Kong, Germany, and Great Britain. Against Hong Kong we suffered a 3-2 loss. Terese, opening for us, lost to P.Y. Hong (World #2), and, though Jennifer Johnson beat Hong and our pair won the doubles, neither of our women could stop Y.W. Fung (Class 4 Singles winner). However, later, against Germany, we won decisively, 3-0, with Jennifer defeating C. Weniger (Class 3 finalist). We also blitzed Great Britain, 3-0. Then, our U.S. Team got a break: Germany, winner over Great Britain, got the better of Hong Kong, 3-2, to create a three-way tie, and we advanced to the final. The other round robin winner was the Netherlands, the one country of the 15 entered that sent only female players. We beat them 3-1. Jennifer lost to Monique van der Bosch (World #1), but Terese downed Mariel van der Ploeg, then had a big win over Bosch, and our pair took the doubles. Gold in the Team event for the U.S. In the Class 4 Singles, Terese lost her first match to Austria’s H. Fetz (runner-up in last year’s Class 4 European Championship). But then she defeated Switzerland’s R. Zaugg (World #3) and P.Y. Wong (World #2) whom she’d lost to in the Teams. So she advanced to the final against Hong Kong’s Fong. This time, though, she couldn’t avenge her loss in the Teams and was beaten 17 in the third, no thanks to four edge balls called against her [“called” suggests call might not have been correct?]. Silver for Terranova. In the Women’s Doubles, though, Terese and Jennifer overwhelmed every seeded team they faced, including the English team of C.Walton and G. Matthews, the Germans Weniger and Lambasch, and the very tough Hong Kong pair of Fung and Wong. Another Gold for the U.S. pair. In the Women’s Open Singles,Terese reversed her loss to Austria’s Fetz, again finished off Switzerland’s Ploeg in straight games, and downed Germany’s R. Lamsback (Open Singles winner in 1984). That brought Terese to the semi’s where she eliminated Germany’s M. Bartheidel, 2-0. And then to the final where she completed her dominance of those ranked above her by defeating Netherland’s J. Paardekam (who’d prevailed over her now ex-World #1 teammate Bosch). Gold for Terranova— and, most importantly, a special Gold, for this Open Singles win automatically made her the 1987 Women’s Wheelchair World

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Champion!” Want to know more about Terese? Here’s Caron Leff (TTT, Mar., 1987, 23) with a Profile of the new World Champion: “Since Terese Terranova is quite an incredible human being and an extraordinary athlete, why don’t I start from the beginning to show you how she came to be the Champion she is. She was born May 21, 1947 in North Bergen, N.J. She participated in sports through all her years of elementary and high school. North Valley Regional High School is where she became very competitive in basketball, judo, swimming, track and field, and semi-pro basketball. Terese always considered herself a female jock. In 1971, while moving from Northvale, NJ to Fort Lauderdale, Fl, fate appeared in the form of a terrible auto accident. Terese was forced into a concrete wall by another car—severing parts of her back in five separate places. Following the accident, she was paralyzed, but alive. Then after some time of recuperation she began her quest of assembling the pieces of her life and becoming the Champion she is today. Terese is one of those people who thrive and grow on competition. Since her start in competitive sports she has won 64 national titles, including 30 Gold medals in six different sports— her specialty being table tennis, where in Jan., ‘87 she’d become the Women’s Wheelchair World Champion. How’d she accomplish this? Well, she knew in order to have any chance at all of becoming World Champion she must dedicate herself to that end, body and soul. The training for this world title spanned 18 months for four to six hours each day, six to seven days per week, including separate nautilus training for strength and endurance. Terese also was firm in following a special diet recommended by Dr. Hass, a sports nutrition expert, which many world-renowned athletes (such as Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova) had followed while in training. Special thanks go to her trainer, coach, and close friend Marty Prager for his encouragement and strong faith in her ability. Most great athletes need someone behind the scenes to offer them the inspiration they need to achieve success. Know,

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Team.) Though their Laurel Gardens club closed, Terese and Marty could be found coaching—they had to be coaching, this “old man and the gimp” as they laughingly called themselves—at a fitness club. Turns out the father of one of their students was the principal of the Chinese Cultural School in Coral Springs. He invited them to come to the school and encouraged them to see if a table tennis program there was possible. Much work was necessary. At the moment, they had two old tables that were put up once a week, and only a few adults and youngsters who played. But a year and a half later, they “had a constantly growing group of some 35 kids, ages 6 to 17.” An ever-improving situation with the Coral Springs Chinese Cultural Association had enabled Terese and Marty, “what with summer camps and clinics…to expand a two-table, once-a-week play into a six-table, six times a week active program.” And in the newmillennium years that followed, under their guidance a new generation of Junior Olympic medal winners flourished. “We know the kids, the parents, have to sacrifice,” says Terese, “and we want always to be there to give them encouragement. We’re pretty strict with the kids, we demand a lot. But though we try to keep them focused, we know we have to keep it all fun too.” Stay focused; have fun—that’s how Terese herself advanced to where she’s being honored tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to our Hall, Terese Terranova.

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IN MEMORIAM

Remembering Peter Cua By Mike Babuin

Peter Cua – innovator, statesman, Liha ambassador, historian, and father of the post-modern global Liha movement passed away June 10, 2014 in Manila. Peter only in his early 50’s at the time of his passing was a driven leader who discovered something that all of the rest of us had forgot – or more likely, never learned. I had the pleasure of meeting Peter (online at first) in early 2009. But for most people – they might remember Peter from his commanding presence at the Grand Rapids US Open in 2010 where he led a delightful delegation of Filipinos who traveled thousands of miles, half way around the world to share something very special with the rest of us. At the US Open, there was a procession, a guest soloist who sang the Philippine National Anthem, (Dr. Oscar Santelices daughter), and several speechesbroadcast on the PA system. The audience in attendance at the US Open was a bit in awe of the festivities. What was going on was - Peter was ‘beating the lihadrum’ by teaching us about a variant of table tennis commonly practiced in the Philippines called ‘Liha’ which uses sandpaper table tennis rackets, 38 mm balls, and slightly different rules. He was the world’s premiere salesman, cheerleader, promoter, and ambassador for telling the story to everyone and anyone who would listen. In fact, he was so passionate about Liha and the deep connection between it and the cultural ties of the US and Philippines which spawned liha, that following the US Open he embarked on a 30-day cross country greyhound bus tour to various points in America to meet with clubs all across the United States to spread his message. What we learned from Peter was that in the late 1800’s the American military came to the Philippines as part of efforts related to ending the Spanish-American war (in 1898) by overthrowing and removing the Spanish from the Philippines who had colonized the islands since 1521. That event marked the demise of the Spanish colonization period and the advent of the American colonization era. The key point here is that the Americans brought in early boxed sets of Parker Brothers Ping Pong sets into the islands and while troops completed warfare and entered into a stabilization and peacekeeping role, they interacted with the native Filipinos played sports, games, and shared cultures. Many of the sports introduced into the Philippines were American sports – baseball, football, and yes – table tennis. The local teachers called Thomasites spread education and American cultural elements into the country and from that point onward primordial table tennis was a very popular sport. The rules adopted then in 1898 (while not necessarily the Parker Brother rules) still reign today in the Philippines. The sport retains itself because of its simplicity, cheap equipment, and ease of setting up a make shift table almost anywhere. The thing Peter loved to tell us the most is that the early style of play with a sandpaper racket that we often see in books and early films from the 1920’s and 30’s featuring 72

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chops, attacks, skilled drop shots, have been preserved not just in form by todays ‘Lihadors’ but also the equipment has been preserved – anyone can learn to chop the ball with an inverted smooth rubber, sponge racket, but how many people can control chops and attacks using a sandpaper racket and play at an elite level? It is a completely different game and sport. Peter pointed this out to me and it is quite true, accurate, and relevant. This style of play using only a cheap $1 sandpaper racket, has been lost in the USA and everywhere else in the world for decades – but in the Philippines it still exists, or should I say, it strives and flourishes! What we have forgotten and what the world had forgot, has been retained and preserved all these years thanks to the people of the Philippines. This is something we should never forget because it is our legacy, our roots, and part of our culture in table tennis that we share as two countries. Ironically, not only did America forget this story linking our cultures in an every so unusual way over the generations but so too, did the people of the Philippines. Fortunately, Peter Cua rediscovered this through research and brought global attention to it over the last several years. Moreso than this…our culture is permanently inter-twined with that of the Philippines. As a country we aided the Philippines during their rule by the Spanish, then in World War II when the Japanese invaded the Philippines we came back and won the islands back for the people of the Philippines, and eventually helped them govern themselves. Peter Cua taught me this. As a visitor to the country you can see American influences everywhere – in the infrastructure of the roads and utilities, in the television, the language, in fact throughout their entire culture. Peter showed and taught me all of this and more. When I was there visiting in 2012, I witnessed the mixing of the cultures at Corregidor Island where General McArthur’s troops fought off the Japanese troops in World War II. Today there are memorials to our troops as well as to the fallen Filipinos who gave their lives for freedom. There even is a memorial on Corregidor for the fallen Japanese as well. What Peter really taught me the most is that by seeing the people in the Philippines, witnessing their daily struggles, sharing their culture, friendship, enthusiasm, zeal, and love of life can you only then,begin to understand how our two countries are permanently bound together in friendship and in deep cultural ties. This is also true for Lihasandpaper table tennis between our two countries whereas thanks to Peter, we now know where it came from, and more importantly we now realize that the people of the Philippines preserved it for all of us, for all of these decades. As such we now know that the United States owes a great debt of gratitude to the Philippines – and an equally great debt of thanks to a dear friend and a very special man - Sir Peter Cua.

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IN MEMORIAM

Remembering My Friend

Mort Zakarin by Tim Boggan Jeff, thanks for your e-mail. I’m very sorry this morning to hear of Mort’s passing--and I’m thinking now not only of him but of Evelyn, you, and Chuck. From the time I knew Mort--we began our service to the Association by being very involved with the Long Island TTA- he was a doer, one who took independent action-as family-oriented player/official (ALL the Zakarins were successful tournament-circuit aficionados) and as local, regional, and national table tennis organizer and promoter. He was a big help to me in the 1970’s, particularly in getting me started with my Topics Long Island printer. I was a total neophyte, had no experience with newspapers or magazines, but his help gave me courage to just jump in and start. He came with me to see the owner of the printing company whom he knew--”Push the pencil, Ira” he’d say as we--or rather they-talked Topics business. What a big change that was for me. (For 14 years I’d be an Editor of the magazine.) And with that new job came a USTTA Vice-Presidency, and my Editor’s decision (almost too long delayed) to ask the unheard of--my way paid to the 1971 Nagoya World’s to cover the matches--which thanks to USTTA President Graham Steenhoven’s influence with the E.C. and his tie-breaking vote, was another big life-changer for me. For that led to the wondrous trip to China and the beginning of my 40 years of ITTF involvement. And that in turn led to still another life changer: the first of my USTTA Presidencies. And all this time, our kids, Scott and Eric, went to tournaments with Jeff and Chuck (which I later wrote about in my books), and Sally and I enjoyed many social exchanges with Mort and Evelyn, often accompanied by our mutual friends Errol and Jairie Resek.

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It’s said that Life Begins at 40. In my case, it certainly did. I’d just gotten tenure at my University, and then, with Mort’s repeated help, came this life-changing/life-forming table tennis explosion. Mort, thank you. Your death brings back so much of my life.

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A Review By Larry Hodges TableTennisCoaching.com On Friday, I got to see the 7:30PM showing of Ping Pong Summer at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland. (The 400-seat theater was pretty full – at least 300 people.) There were a number of other table tennis players there. It was an excellent movie and a lot of fun, 91 minutes long. Here’s a quick intro, from their home page: “The year is 1985. Rad Miracle (Marcello Conte) is a shy 13-year-old white kid who’s obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family’s annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast nextdoor neighbor (Susan Sarandon). Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you’re treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you’re as funky fresh as it gets.” So it’s basically a coming-of-age ping pong story. Spoiler alert – don’t read further if you don’t want to learn some of the plot points! The movie begins with Rad in the back seat of the car as they drive to Ocean City. He’s got a ping pong paddle, and there’s a quick glimpse of what appears to be a book on table tennis that he’s reading. Purists may or may not appreciate that the racket, and all rackets throughout the movie, are sandpaper. Even in 1985 sponge was the dominant surface by far in “serious” table tennis, but these weren’t championship players. Rad is more of a basement player who gets caught up playing other basement players, though of course it’s not actually in a basement. They even started games by “pinging” for serve, where one player would literally toss the ball to the other side, and they’d rally four shots (P-I-N-G), and then whoever won the point got to serve first. All the players had perfect shakehand grips, and at the end decent strokes – someone was coaching them! When Rad arrives, he’s quickly befriended by Teddy, a local black kid. As both later admit, neither have any friends. So they hang out together. Rad also meets Stacy, who becomes his first crush. Teddy brings him to the local recreation center, where there are 76

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all sorts of games, circa 1985, so lots of pinball. And there’s a ping-pong table. So Rad and Teddy play – but surprisingly for a kid who’s apparently obsessed with ping pong, Rad is horrible, just popping the balls back high in the air. Teddy’s no better. When Rad first arrived at the rec center, he’s made fun of by the bully Lyle and his fawning sidekick Dale, and this of course is a continuing thing, both on and off the table. It also turns out that Stacy is Lyle’s girlfriend, or sort of. When Lyle finally agrees to play Rad, he destroys him in front of everyone, skunking him 11-0, smashing winner after winner, with Dale mocking him throughout as he loudly calls out each score. Lyle is sort of like Biff from the Back to the Future movie (which also came out in 1985), but who smiles while he bullies. Dale is like Biff’s sidekicks, but a bit more verbal and more openly living his life through Lyle. There are other similarities to Back to the Future – Rad’s mom is played by Lea Thompson, who played Lorraine, mother of Marty McFly! (In that movie Marty travels back to 1955 and met his teenaged mom, who falls in love with him, and after that it gets complicated, involving Marty, Marty’s teenaged dad, and Biff.) There’s also a cameo of the DeLorean! But while the characters in the movie reminded me of Back to the Future, the plot is a bit more Karate Kid. (And Lyle has a bit of Johnny in him as well, the bad kid from Karate Kid.) When the bullies shove Rad to the ground and pour a gallon of milk on him, who shows up? Yes, it’s fisherwoman Susan Sarandon, channeling her inner Mr. Miyagi as she chases them off while brandishing a huge fish. Soon Rad breaks into her basement – hmmm – and discovers all her ping pong trophies. He asks her to help, and so begins the Karate Kid/Rocky/Batman Begins training sequences – but with a twist. Randi says, “You should be able to beat that punk after one lesson.” So she dusts off the table in her basement, and the one training session begins. She supplies him with a mini sandpaper paddle, puts up the far side of the table, and has him rally by himself, all the time with the mantra “Ball, make contact, ball, make contact, ball, make contact.” She gives other psychological advice, much of it seemingly right out

of Dora Kurimay’s “Get Your Game Face On Like the Pros!” table tennis sports psychology book. There’s a big challenge rematch coming up, and with kids from all over watching (as well as Rad’s parents and his Goth sister), the showdown begins. Lyle and Dale are wearing vintage 1980s Stiga yellow and blue outfits – identical to ones I had when I was sponsored by them! But after falling way behind in this game to 21, things don’t look good for poor Rad. Until Randi arrives, gives him a pep talk, and everything changes. Among other things, she tells him it’s time to stop being a loser and kiss the girl. He takes this literally (angering Lyle), and then the match continues. Rad has a new serving motion that incorporates a hip-hop shoulder swirl, he suddenly has a knack for serving on the edge, and he’s suddenly gotten very good at that “ball, make contact” thing. So it’s a battle of Lyle’s forehand hitting against Rad’s keep-it-inplay style. It all goes to deuce, and then . . . well, I guess you’ll have to go see the movie. Yeah, there’s a dramatic finish. Since this was the premiere in Maryland, where the movie takes place, the director and several of the cast were on hand. Director Michael Tully gave a talk at the start. (He wore a Baltimore Orioles baseball cap – it turns out he was throwing out the first pitch of

the game on Saturday.) After the movie, there was a Q&A. Then four of the movie’s stars came up front: Joseph McCaughtry, who played the bully Lyle; Andy Riddle, who played the sidekick Dale; Myles Massey, who played Rad’s friend Teddy; and Maddie Howard, who played a friend of Stacey’s. I got to meet and talk to Michael and Joseph, the director and bully. (Joseph wore a Ping Pong Summer shirt that said on the back, “The bully.”) I also learned they had a cast & crew tournament, which was won by the sidekick Myles Massey, who apparently has a good backhand. (Stand-up comedian, actor, and 1600 player Judah Friedlander, who has a small role as a mocking storekeeper, would have won easily of he’d played. During the movie I sat next to his brother, Joshua. I’ve coached both Friedlander brothers and have known them since they were kids.) All in all, I had a great time. Next we need a sequel, where Rad gets into serious pong, meets up with some Chinese-trained kid who serves and rips everything and yells “Oosha!” every point – and Susan is forced to give him some serious training! (And sorry, he’d have to use sponge to compete.) Or perhaps we’ll just leave Ping Pong Summer alone, as a magical time where a kid learns how to stand up for himself and be a winner.

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...at the German Open

An article about me was released as I prepared to fly back to New York. I had a very tough but fun tournament. I played very well against Russia in the first match and then got killed in the second by Chinese Taipei! LOL - but who’s is the spotlight!?? Me of course! March 28, 2014: Reprinted (and translated) from www.tichtennis.de A meeting with Former Bad Boy Wally Green in Magdeburg. Wally Green is a charismatic participant on the World Tour. The former “Bad Boy” tells how he was influenced by his time in Germany and described the state of the sport of table tennis in the United States. Green, who is also a musician has recently published the first hip-hop song about ping pong. The only American is deeply disappointed in his early rounds at the German Open in Magdeburg - because he had fought for every point in a close loss in the first match and the then matched up against the player from Taipei where he hardly had a chance. After a few minutes the anger is gone, and Wally Green settled into a serious conversation about table tennis in the U.S. and his vision for the sport. “Very few know that table tennis is a demanding, competitive sport” “In the U.S., table tennis is for most people a kind of recreational sport that is played by many - but few people know it as a demanding and competitive sport. Of course we also have a national team, of course we are preparing for the world championships - but in my view it is a major disadvantage that we do not have a league system like in China, Germany and many other countries. This means that the best players do not meet regularly to measure their strengths and to test

their proficiency. Another problem is the development of young players. For 15 hours of training a week you have to pay us a lot of money, so those that can actually afford it are only the children of wealthy parents.“ But still, the U.S. has already written table tennis history ... “Yes, I know that was long ago, in the 70s there was ping-pong diplomacy during a tense time between the U.S. and China. And even after it has been shown that table tennis can connect people - perhaps more than any other sport. Incidentally, table tennis has changed my own life, which only a few know. “ Then Wally Green goes back in time to 2001 and said that he was a member of a street gang in Brooklyn, with robbery, shootings, drugs, so a real “Bad Boy”. At that time, there was one who was kind to him, who wanted to get him out of the scene. “Travel to Germany, said my friend, I know someone in Hannover. That’s what I

did without much conviction. Actually, I wanted to show that I’m a bad guy, but then everyone was so nice to me there, too - I just found no reason to omit anyone of my frustration. One of my hosts was Sabine Butscher, who introduced me to table tennis for the first time. I will never forget. I stayed for two months and met players including Andrzej Grubba, Lucjan Blaszczyk, Petr Korbel and Steffen Fetzner. “Yes, during this time in Germany, everything had changed for me - My character, my attitude towards life and I had something to do. I’m committed to table tennis so that is why a couple of weeks ago I released the world’s first hip-hop song written about table tennis. The title is “A game nobody knows”. Well, you know me here as a table tennis player -. however I’m still a rapper, and together with my wife - a Japanese pop singer - I recorded this song , which can be heard on “Youtube”. Bye-bye, and greetings to all of my Wally table tennis friends! “.

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