Bixby - 9 players.

1-  first time out player - Paul Dunaway (Paul enjoys playing as much as not playing).

2 - 2nd time out players - Marshall Earnest (his mom dropped him off) (Marshall is unusually good at keeping score), Steve Ford.

6 - old timers - Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Larry Buell, Jack Hannah, Sydney Agimudie, Alex Tupas.

Dawson - 10 players.

Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Glenn Godsey, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, John Sebbowa, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang.

Other news:

Stephen Ackart just got back from the Hutchinson Tournament. His best win was against Don Beckstrom (1837). Yeah for Stephen.

Dawson - 8 players.

Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Glenn Godsey, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Tao Wang, Yee Yang.

Bixby - 12 players.

5 first time out players (The "China Olympics syndrome" ) Joseph Moody, Blake Zoellner, Matt Earnest (the dad), Marshall  Earnest (the son), Steve Ford (who joined the club tonight!). Steve Ford used to play with the club many years ago. He remembers Jim French and Gary Sanchez. 

7 regular players - Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Jim Hughes, Jack Hannah, Ted Hill.

Dawson - 14 players.

4 first time out players - Glenn Godsey, Greg Kichler (a freshman at TU, was 1786 in Florida), Markko Kutt (originally from Estonia), Andreas Kutt (son of Markko).

10 regular players - Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas.

Update on who is going to what tournaments:

Hutchinson on 8-23 - Stephen and his girlfriend, will be going only from Tulsa.

Oklahoma City (Moore, Ok actually) on 10-4 - Bob Kyker and Reed Kyker, Kelly Boyce and Stephen Ackart.

Dawson - 7 players.

Stephen Ackart, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Tuo Yang, Yee Yang.

Other news:

Stephen Ackart is the only player going to the Hutchinson tournament on 8-23.

Bixby - 3 players

Jim French, Kelly Boyce, John Moore.

(the light turnout is the curse of the China Syndrome - the olympics in China - even Larry Buell said he would not show up in advance because of the Olympics - he obviously prefers observation to participation - we had no idea he prefers to watch then to do).

Dawson - 6 players.

Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker, Hamid Ezzat, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang.

Dawson - 7 players.

Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Greg Widdowson.

Bixby - 7 players.

Cody Hughes, Kelly Boyce, Jim Hughes, Garrett Belcher, Alex Tupas, Jack Hannah, John Moore.

Other news:

The Bixby center is getting a new air conditioner. Replacing the one unit with 2 units and re-doing the duct work. Will take 2 weeks to finish.

Dawson - 9 players.

2 new players - Aftzeal Zaeem, Singh Gagan.

7 regular players. - Hamid Ezzat, Di Jin, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Robert Yang, Yee Yang.

Dawson - 6 players.

Yee Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Joe Spaulding, Sydney Agimudie, Seth Sherrif, Di Jin
Other news:

A/C working - per Yee Yang. (all info courtesy of Yee Yang).

Leonard Williams attended the Dawson Neighborhood Assoc. meeting tonight.

He will start playing next week since his hurdle coaching duties are over and the pain he was having in his legs are gone now..

Bixby - 6 players.

Ted Hill, Kelly Boyce, Jack Hannah, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Larry Buell.

3 new players: Hugh Pham, Ken Gwanmesia, Denis Forbi

10 regular players - Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Di Jin, Bob Kyker, John Sebbowa, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Yee Yank.

Others news:

The A/C was working.

No players planning on going to any tournaments.

Dawson - 4 players.

Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat, Yee Yang, Di Jin.

Other news:

2 players maybe going to the Hutchinson tournament on 8-23-08 - Stephen Ackart and John Sebbowa.

The A/C was working.

Bixby - 6 players.

Joe Tarantino (from Las Vegas). Last time out was 6-19-07. Making his yearly visit to his daughter.

Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Jack Hannah, Alex Tupas, John Moore.

Other news:

Oklahoma City is having a tournament in Sept. Will have more info later. Will post the info on the Okla. City website tonight and the Tulsa website tonight also.

 

Dawson - 9 players.

Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Di Jin, Bob Kyker, John Sebbowa, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Nang Yang, Yee Yang.

Other news:

The A/C was working mostly. The temperature upon leaving was 82 degrees.

Hamid Ezzat has new rubber with better control and speed.

Dawson - 6 players.

Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Nang Yang, Yee Yang.

 

Bixby - 6 players.

Sydney Agimidue, Kelly Boyce, Larry Buell, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Jack Hannah.

Dawson - 7-8 players.

Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, John Sebbowa, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Victor from Booker T (did not play however).

Other news:

The AC was working fine. Park maintenance fixed it.

Dawson - 5 players.

Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang, Greg Widdowson., Sydney Agimudie.

Other news:

The A/C was not working. The parks maintenance was called and they said they would fix it Monday.

Bixby - 9 players.

Alex Tupas, Larry Buell, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Brian Flynn, Garrett Belcher, Jack Hannah, Tyler Jefferies (last time out was 11-6-07), Spencer Barnett (last time out was 9-25-07).

Dawson - 12 players.

Stephen Ackart, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang, John Sebbowa, a friend of Chase.

Dawson - 4 players (1 day before 4th of July).

First time out player - Jerry Nabb. Also, Bob Kyker, Yee Yang, Joe Spaulding.

Bixby - 9 players.

1 first time out player - Ito Takayuki - (knows Seth Sherriff).

8 players - Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Larry Buell, Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Jim Hughes, Brian Flynn.

Dawson - 4 players.

Nicky Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding.

Other news: the A/C was working.

Dawson - 6 players.

Sydney Agimudie, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Don Beckstrom from Kansas.

 

Don Beckstrom from Kansas will be at Dawson tomorrow - Thursday - 6-26-08.

 

 

Bixby - 7 players.

Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Jack Hannah, Jim Hughes, Yee Yang.

Dawson - 11 players.

Stephen Ackart, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Anna Pan, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas.

Dawson - 4 players.

Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell.

Other news:

The A/C quit working at 5:30 PM and did not come back on. The fan worked but the condenser did not.

Bixby - 4 players.

Melvin Norton, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Jim French.

Dawson - 7 players.

Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Di Jin, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Robert Yang, Yee Yang.

Sooner Games article by Larry Buell

 

Sooner State Games TT Tournament

6/14/08

Larry Buell

 

 

Headed on down to Moore, OK bright and early on a beautiful Saturday. Arrived at 0815 based on phone info that my Over 50s would start at 0900. Oops. Turns out this was the only problem with the tournament, that many of the starting times were messed up. First, none were posted on the web site by the Sooner Games folks, and then players calling were given widely varying starting times for an event. For example, while O-50s started at 1030, I was told 0900, and poor Darrell/Dan from Muskogee were told noon and missed them (but were allowed free entry into other singles events to compensate).

 

Other than this, tournament went well. The highest rated player there was Harry Chu (1832) so this was a far different complexion tournament than the one in February (5 players over 2000). But it also meant the competition was much tighter, and it seemed based on my casual survey that everyone beat and lost to everyone!

 

The format for most events was Round Robin, followed by a RR finals (with results of the first RR carrying over so no replays). Tulsa had 3 representatives there, Yee Yang, Stephen Ackart and me. This was Yee’s first tournament, and he acquited himself well with a win over Stephen and several other good matches. He said what he learned most from this was the great variety of playing styles outside our club, and that by playing more tournaments he hoped to greatly improve his skills. He has already taken great steps in doing that by staying late and doing drills with Kyle after everyone else has left. I’m saving Stephen for the end (smiley).

 

The highlight of the tournament had to be the brilliant play of Zachary Moore (1794) against the consistent hard hitting/blocking of Harry Chu in the Open Finals. Zachary was playing like a madman, covering great territory due to Harry’s excellent placements and yet coming up with tremendous winners on the run time after time. The final point of the match saw Zachary hit a screaming forehand that was ably returned by Harry, only to then follow up with an even more astonishing backhand crosscourt to win the match. The crowd exploded in admiration for the level of play shown by both these great players.

 

In my first event, the O-50s, I started slowly (as I usually do) and faced a very tough, consistent (and fresh) Larry Kesler (1498, highest 2010) in my first match. He changed his backhand from anti to long pips and was very effective both chopping and hitting with it. With my mental slowness (I felt like my strokes were stroboscopic, slow and having no rhythm to them) I just couldn’t counter his consistent push/hit approach and went down 3-1. Larry said later he played his first 3 matches great, then ran out of steam for the remainder of his day.

 

I then played Harry Chu, whose hard-blocking and smashing penholder forehand down my forehand line were too dominant for me. My highlight in this match though was my serves gave him great problems, counting for most of my 9/8/7 points in the 3-0 loss. Harry said afterwards that I was changing up the friction coefficient in my loop/drives too frequently, and if I stayed more consistent I would do a lot better. I replied I was trying to do this to keep my opponent off balance, but Harry replied that a good player would read this and kill the lesser spinny drives (like he did). So that’s something for me to work on in my practice sessions!

 

I then had a very encouraging match against the short pips out Bob Cockerham (1711, highest 1841). I lost the first two games by misreading the spin (or lack thereof) coming back and me and consistently blocking/driving shots into the net (anticipating more topspin coming back on his shots than was actually there). But I countered this in the next 3 games by opening up my bat slightly and taking a bit of speed off the drives, going more for corner-to-corner placement than 3^rd ball attack. This worked well for me as I won the match 3-2.

 

I made the O-50 finals, and played one match against a very consistent Glen Markwell (1637, highest 1671) who was Ray Pestridge’s doubles partner when they won senior nationals. Glen was a true gentleman who was very polite and good-natured during our match. He used spinny rubber forehand and a very worn down ancient nospin-effect rubber on the backhand. Again, I fell behind 0-2 in games to him before I figured out a winning strategy. Instead of giving him sharp, short underspin serves (which just came back to me with my own spin on them) I began to side-topspin deep all my serves and roll him from corner to corner and smashing where I could. Although he got many back I began to get many more winners and again ended up with a 3-2 win.

 

Harry Chu deservedly won the O-50s going undefeated, and Larry Kesler, Glen and myself were all tied at 1-2 for 2^nd/3^rd/4^th. However, in games won/lost, Larry came in 2^nd and Glen 3^rd. I was very happy with my play (after the Kesler match anyway) and ready to move on.

 

The highlight of my u-1850 RR was my match against the redoubtable Britt Salter (1673, highest 1720). He was in top form against me and used exactly the right strategy, giving me nothing but short dead balls on serves and then hard-driving all my returns to my extreme corners. My serves did not give him much problem, so one of my most effective weapons was essentially neutralized. However, we fought tooth and nail down to the wire into the 5^th game. I was actually up 10-8 in the 5^th game and Britt pop’d up a short one. In my eagerness to end it I rushed the shot and overhit it, the ball going just long. Britt just looked at me and shook his head (after the match in a friendly way he said there’s no way I should have missed that shot sniff sniff) and came back with a pair of terrific cross-court drives to tie me at 10-10. We kept trading points until finally his consistency overcame my attempts at winners and he won the match 13-11.

 

But in my mind the highlight of the tournament was the courageous and indefatigable play of Steve (Ackart). He came to the tournament dog-tired, because he had stayed up all night feting a friend who was being sent to Iraq the next day. I told him he made the right choice, because friendship is much more important than a mere table tennis tournament, especially when doing something for someone going in harm’s way for our country.

 

Steve’s singles play was heroic, but naturally a bit erratic because of his fatigue. I offered to drop out of the doubles with him to let him rest and focus on his singles play, but he emphatically refused to quit. There were 6 teams in the u-3400 doubles RR, split into two groups of 3. We played well in our first match against Bob Cockerham and his partner (so sorry, end of long day and didn’t write down partner’s name or names of next doubles team). Then we came up against a very tough team, the match going to 5 games. We were actually down 0-5 in the 5^th game, but we never gave up and pulled out a win there. Steve seemed to be getting a second wind and his smashes/counters/serve returns were awesome to behold.

 

In the finals we faced two teams. The top seeded team of Dalton Daugherty (1606) and Britt Salter handled us well, with their consistency and Dalton’s left-handed smashes turning the tide in their favor. In the final match of the day for us both (around 6 pm) we faced the incredible Zachary Moore (open winner) and pick-up partner Douglas Marks (1283, highest 1339). For Steve and me this was as much a match of guts and determination as technique and execution. Zachary of course was blowing shot after shot by us, and Douglas had some outstanding forehand counter smashes against what we thought were good low shots for many a winner. But Steve really knuckled down and drew on some deep reserves (he later said he felt like a rock star who partied all night and played all day) to hit his own impressive forehand/backhand winners to keep us in the match. Inspired by his never-say-die attitude, I up’d the level of my play as well to hit some key topspin drives for winners. These, along with effective serving by us both gave us the edge we needed to win a super-tight 5 game match (which garnered us second place in the doubles).

 

My hat is off to Steve for demonstrating what True Grit (and True Friendship) is all about!

 

Our hats are also off to Larry Kesler, Carl Deal, Britt Salter, Dale Goodman (who couldn’t play because of a hyper-extended arm, our prayers for a speedy recovery!) and their friends who kept us moving, well fed (free pizza for lunch, yummy!) and finished by 6:30 that evening.

 

While there were many upsets in the playing rounds, I think everyone went home well-pleased with the tournament and eager to come back for Moore!

Dawson - 8 players.

Stephen Ackart, Di Jin, Bob Kyker, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang.

Other news:

3 players going to the Okla. City tournament this weekend - Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Yee Yang.

 Bixby - 8 players.

1 first time out player - Di Jin

7 players - Larry Buell, Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Jack Hannah, Sydney Agimudie, Jim Hughes.

Other news:

Players going to the Oklahoma City tournament this weekend - 3 per Larry Buell: Larry Buell, Stephen Ackart, Yee Yang.

Dawson - 8 players.

Yee Yang, Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Taylor Carmona, Matts Johansson, Di Jin, Joe Spaulding, Bob Kyker,

Dawson - 10 players.

Kyle Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, William Sanchez, Di Jin, Yee Yang, Larry Buell, Joe Spaulding, Stephen Ackart, Bob Kyker, Robert Yang..

Bixby - 6 players.

Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Jim Hughes, Taylor Carmona and 2 players that showed up at 8:00 PM - Garret Belcher, Chris Fields.

Other news:

Taylor Carmona had his new paddle he got from Cole Ely 2 weeks ago. Paddle has, on the backhand, pips out, no sponge. Dr. Evil brand. He was having difficulty with it. Only time will tell how he plays with it.

Dawson - 5 players.

Bob Kyker, Sydney Agimudie, Taylor Carmona, Joe Spaulding, Di Jin.

Dawson - 10 players.

Hamid Ezzat, Yee Yang, Stephen Ackart, Di Jin, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Taylor Carmona, Sydney Agimudie, Bob Kyker.

Bixby - 10 players.

Brian Flynn, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Collins, Alex Tupas, Cody Hughes, Carson Hughes, Jim Hughes, John Moore, Garret Belcher, Jim French.

Other news:

Eddie Collins just got back from Turkey on a mission. He did not play any table tennis there, however.

Jim French played a good garage player from Springfield for $20 per game and played 9 games. Ask him how that went.

Brian Flynn was last time out at Bixby on 12-7-07.

Dawson - Memorial Day - only 2 players:

Stephen Ackart, Joe Spaulding

Dawson - 10 players.

Larry Buell, Joe Spaulding, Troy Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Seth Sheriff, Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Di Jin, Yee Yang, Bob Kyker.

Bixby - 11 players.

1 first time out player - Blake Stricker - a Bixby senior graduating this week.

10 players - Roman Hadenkg, Yee Yang, Cody Hughes, Jim Hughes, Kelly Boyce, Taylor Carmona, Zack Eldridge, Chris Fields, Garrett Belcher, 1 player - did not get their name.

Other news:

Roman Hadenkg finally got his old game back from the Ukraine, playing like a 1600 player tonight. Just needed some practice which he got tonight.

Yee Yang did a great job of organizing doubles play tonight.

Taylor Carmona still does not like to rally and prefers the "Leonard Williams style" of hitting the ball hard at all costs.

Zack Eldridge has developed a new backhand stroke using his penhold grip. Looks very unusual but very effective when it hits the table occassionally.

Dawson - 11 players.

1 - just joined the club tonight player - Yee Yang.

10 other players - Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Joe Landers, Taylor Carmona, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Seth Sheriff, Alex Tupas, Di Jin.

Bixby - 8 players.

Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Taylor Carmona, John Moore, Garrett Belcher, Roman Hadenkg, Jack Hannah

Other news:

Wilhelm Kruger went back to Germany Friday and will never return to Tulsa.

Hamid Ezzat has no plans for any tournaments until the fall.

Dawson - 24 players:

Taylor Carmona, Stephen Ackart, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Brandon Bissram, Joe Spalding, Di Jin, Kyle Sanchez, Troy Sanchez, William Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Seth Sherrif, Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, Alex Tupas, 3 friends of Greg Widdowson, Bob Kyker.

Dawson - 17 players.

Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Di Jin, Yee Yang, Joe Spalding, Vang Yang, Pao Vang, Kyle Sanchez, Taylor Carmona, Charlie Schad, Danny Klingaman, Wilhelm Kruger (last time out), Seth Sheriff, Troy Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Bob Kyker.

Bixby - 13 players.

1 - 2nd time out player - Roman Hadenkg (last time out was 5/07).

1 - been a long time out player - Roky Tariq (last time out was 8/07).

6 Bixby high school players - Cody Hughes, Garrett Belcher, Bryan Barrow, Sam Anderson, Derek Kebler, Taylor Cox.

5 other players - Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Taylor Carmona, John Moore, Jack Hannah.

16 players.

Stephen Ackart, Yee Yang, Van (friend of Yee), Joe Landers, Taylor Carmona, Di Jin, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Seth Sheriff, Kyle Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Reed Kyker, Zack Eldridge, Bob Kyker.

Dawson - 7 players.

Leonard Williams, Bob Kyker, Stephen Ackart, Yee Yang, Joe Landers, Di Jin, Taylor Carmona.

 Bixby  11 players.

1 first time out player - Taylor Cox (leaving for the military around 7-1-08).

1- 2nd time out player - James S. (he was waiting on his daughter who is in the gymnastics program).

9 players - Taylor Carmona, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Jim French, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Cody Hughes, Jack Hannah.

Dawson - 15 players.

Stephen Ackart, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Taylor Carmona, Larry Buell, Di Jin, Wilhelm Kruger, Hamid Ezzat, Yee Yang, Matts Johansson, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, 2 players - did not get their names - they came with Matts and Chase.

Dawson - no info

Update on the Tulsa players going to the Hutchinson tournament this weekend.

Taylor Carmona, Stephen Ackart, Bob Kyker, Kelly Boyce

Bixby - 8 players.

1 first time out player - Rocky.

Stephen Ackart, Taylor Carmona, Melvin Norton, Yee Yang, Tou Yang, Garrett Belcher, Alex Tupas.

Dawson - 10 players.

Leonard Williams, Larry Buell, Di Jin, Bob Kyker, Kyle Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Stephen Ackart, Jo Spaulding, Gabriel Sanchez.

Dawson - 11 players.

1 first time out player - Joe Spalding (knows Kyle Sanchez).

10 players - Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Leonard Williams, Fong Yang, Yee Yang, Taylor Carmona, Di Jin, Stephen Ackart.

Update on the Hutchinson Tournament next weekend - 4-26-08:

Players going for sure - Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart

Players maybe going - Leonard Williams, Taylor Carmona, Bob Kyker, Larry Buell.

Bixby - 12 players.

1 first time out player - Danny Klingaman (friend of Taylor Carmona)

2 - 2nd time out players - Sam Anderson, Bryan Barrow

9 players. - Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Jim Hughes, Garrett Belcher, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Jack Hannah, Leonard Williams, Taylor Carmona.

 

 

Dawson - 14 players.

Stephen Ackart, Di Jin, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Troy Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Leonard Williams, a player - did not get their name, Yee Yang, Matts Johansson.

Other news:

Only 2 players going to the Hutchinson tournament next weekend - Kelly Boyce and Stephen Ackart.

Dawson - 16 players.

Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Taylor Carmona, Nicky Agimudie, Leonard Williams, Reed Kyker, Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm Kruger, Yee Yang, Stephen Ackart, Mats Johansson, Di Jin, Fong Yang, Alex Tupas..

Bixby - 12 players.

2 first time out players - Bryan Barrow, Sam Anderson

10 players - Taylor Carmona, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Jim Hughes, Melvin Norton, Stephen Ackart, Ted Hill, John Moore, Garrett Belcher, Seth Sherriff.

Other news:

Kelly Boyce and Stephen Ackart will be going to the Hutchinson tournament on 4-26. No other players from Tulsa are known to be going.

Dawson - 10 players.

Tao Wang, Larry Buell, Leonard Williams, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Di Jin, Seth Sherrif, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Bob Kyker.

Dawson - 13 players.

Stephen Ackart, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Leonard Williams, Dan Theuber, Taylor Carmona, Jack Hannah, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Seth Sheriff, Troy Sanchez, Di Jin

Congratulations on 2 Tulsa players making the top 20 list on the USATT web site.

Hamid Ezzat - for most wins - 31 wins out of 46 matches.

Wilhelm Kruger - for best win percentage - 90.62% - 29 wins and 3 losses.

Bixby - 9 players.

1 - first time out player - Che Tse. Lives in Oklahoma City but does not attend the Okla. City club. Plays at a college in Okla. City. Staying in Claremore for 1 month then back to Okla. City.

1 - first time out player - Yee Yang.

7 players - Alex Tupas, John Moore, Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Jim Hughes, Jack Hannah, Eddie Collins.

Other news:

Jim Hughes joined the club tonight!

Jim Hughes got a new paddle from Paddle Palace. A balsa wood, very thick - thickest I have ever seen - Dr. Neubaurer blade with Mark V rubber. It is also the lightest paddle I ever saw. Very good paddle with good control.

 

Dawson - 9 players.

Hamid Ezzat, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Di Jin, Seth Sherrif, Sydney Agimudie, Bob Kyker.

by: Stephen Ackart

 

After the 3 hour car ride I thought I was ready to play. Well the fierce competition told me otherwise. As we arrive we run into John (the tourney director) and sign in and chat for a bit. Once I finally glued my paddle and stretched for a bit, I found my partner, whom I had never met before. Real young kid, maybe 13-15 years old. We went to warm up and that is when I found that he had a solid foundation which will bring many more years of successful tournaments ahead. After about 30 minutes of warm up it was time to play. The first half of the day I was looking real sloppy and didn't pick up a single match. Well, Then came the 2nd half. I won 2 great matches (one to a 1593 player and one to a 1697 player). I felt that the whole room was watching us play since every time there was a point scored, we had cheers. It was a real fun time. I would definitely do it again! Hint Hint John.

 

Match Breakdown:

Well after all of that, I managed to gain 184 points to raise my ranking to 1591.

Article on the Wichita Tournament held 3-22-08 - by Kelly Boyce.
It took exactly 3 hours to get to Wichita from Tulsa - about 200 miles. It is 65 to 75 miles an hour the entire way. You take the Cimmarron Turnpike to I-35 then north to Wichita.
The Wichita table tennis building (their tournaments and weekly play are in the same building) is in the older downtown area of Wichita in an old converted movie theater with good lighting and plenty of space for the 8 tables set up. One very nice feature was each playing area was sectioned off with barriers, all 4 sides with custom made barriers which meant no balls entering your court from the next tables. There was also alot of room at the entrance for sitting and milling about and a separate room where 2 tables were set up for practice. There was a very wide aisle down the middle so you can see people play matches from one end of the building to the other and lots of chairs to sit and enjoy watching matches.
The tournament started promptly at 10:00 AM with John Potochnik providing direction for all. John has run this Davis Cup style tournament so long that he runs it very smoothly.
Teams are 3 person preferred, one team had 2 people due to simply not having exactly 3 people per team and I would not recommend 2 people teams due to the number of matches a team will play.
The teams were placed in 2 round robins (there were 12 teams - 35 players total so there were 6 teams per round robin).
Each team plays 2 single matches first and then a doubles match. After these 3 matches, if a team has won all 3 matches, the team match is done and you play the next team. However, if one team wins 1 team match (singles or doubles) and the other team wins 2 matches, the teams play 2 more single matches until one of the teams wins 3 matches. The first team to win 3 matches (any combination of singles and doubles matches) then play ends immediately and the team plays the next team in the round robin.
The one big benefit of this style of tournament is that it is alot of fun because you are always rooting for your other team players as opposed to mostly rooting for yourself in most tournaments.
After the first round robin is done, the top 3 teams from each round robin play another round robin with the top 3 teams from the other round robin but you don't play any team your team has player before. The bottom 3 teams play each other in a single elimination consolation event.
(Note - the over 2000 singles event was cancelled due to a lack of players).
The tournament ran smoothly with no problems and ended at 8:30 PM.
There was a 3 way tie for first place - each of the top 3 teams had one team loss and so it went down to games.
The final standing were:

Bixby - 10 players.

1 first time out player - he was waiting on his daughter on gymnastics.

2 2nd time out players - Rusty and Collin.

7 players - John Moore (he joined the club tonight ! ), Jim Hughes, Kelly Boyce, Jim French, Melvin Norton, Alex Tupas, Seth Sherrif.

Dawson - 11 players.

Hamid Ezzat, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang, Bee, Kyle Sanchez, William Sanchez, Di Jin, Alex Tupas, Seth Sheriff, Sydney Agimudie, Bob Kyker.

Teams entered in the Wichita tournament that starts tomorrow:( 2 players from Tulsa):

(this list will change slightly due to the latest updates are not included)

 

*Hutchinators - 3678*_

 Hendrickson, Guy     Hutchinson     1846

 Voth, Vance             Hutchinson     1832

 Miller II, Carl C.      Hutchinson      1808

 

*Renewers - 3651*_

 Bartel, Joshua        Wichita     1954

 Rempel, Gregg      Wichita      1697

 Spencer, James     Wichita    1522

 

*Seasoned Slaw - 3632*_

Kelly Boyce    Tulsa       1945

Salter, Britt      OKC      1687

Ely, Cole         Liberal     1514

 

*OKC ICBMers - 3590*_

 Kalami, Hossein     OKC     1927

 Goodman, Dale     OKC     1663

 Hash, David          OKC     1560

 

*PDZ - 3584*_

 Phachantry, P.J.     Wichita     1820

 Moore, Zach     Manhattan     1764

 Beckstrom, Don     Wichita     1746

 

*Dechamps - 3498*_

Chu, Harry              Arkansas     1824

Tan, Kuok Hoe       Wichita       1674

Spaven, Cortney     Wichita        1632

 

Able-Eaners - 3442*_

Taplin, George         Abilene     1816

 Rosbach, Sascha     Abilene     1626

 Third Player TBD

 

*Topeka Hitters - 3267*_

Cockerham, Bob     Topeka     1670

McKinney, Gregg     Topeka     1597

Logan, Pierce           Topeka     1494

 

*Bordner Patrol - 3173*_

Yao, Lei               Wichita     1650

Bordner, Brian      Wichita     1523

 

 

 

*Tri City Pongers - 3070*_

Bonono, Manuel     Abilene     1550

Metzger, Cliff         Salina      1520

Heller, Frank         Wichita     1458

 

*Topeka Tornados - 2501*_

Powell, Tyler             Topeka     1298

Hirt, Travis                Topeka     1203

Demaranville, John     Topeka     1000

 

*No Pressure *_

Stephen Ackart      Tulsa                 1407

Rucker, Charles     Hutchinson        1254

Caleb Parker        Wichita               1200

Dawson - 14 players.

Casey O'Rourke, Leonard Williams, Stephen Ackart, Di Jin, Fong, Robert Vang, Bob Kyker, Yee Vang, Alex Tupas, Troy Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Kyle Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, William Sanchez.

Bixby - 10 players.

1 first time out player - Casey O'Rourke

1 3rd time out player - John Moore (last time out was 7-6-06)

8 players - Garrett Belcher, Eddie Collins, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Casey Forrester, Brandon Charles, Chris Fields

Dawson - 15 players.

Di Jin, Troy Sanchez, Alex Tupas, Seth Sheriff, Leonard Williams, Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Yee Vang, Rogert Vang, Hua Vang, Bob Kyker, Gabriel Sanchez, William Sanchez, Kyle Sanchez, Chase Sanchez.

Update on who is enterend in the Wichita Tournament for next weekend - 3-22-08.

From  John Potochnik:

FYI - Below you will find a seeded list of the twelve teams that have
entered the tournament so far.  For those of you who have entered the
tournament, please consider this to be your confirmation e-mail.  For
those of you who have not entered the tournament, it's not too late. 
I'm still looking for a handful of players to help round out the
existing teams, plus I have room for another three or four full teams,
especially from the Tulsa, Omaha, or Kansas City clubs (who aren't yet
represented).  If you're interested in playing, but don't still have the
tournament flyer, let me know and I'll e-mail you one.  Thanks

- John Potochnik, Tournament Director

 

12 teams so far are:

 

_*Hutchinators - 3678*_
Hendrickson, Guy    Hutchinson    1846
Voth, Vance    Hutchinson    1832
Miller II, Carl C.    Hutchinson    1808

 

_*Renewers - 3651*_
Bartel, Joshua    Wichita    1954
Rempel, Gregg    Wichita    1697
Spencer, James    Wichita    1522

 

_*OKC ICBMers - 3590*_
Kalami, Hossein    OKC    1927
Goodman, Dale    OKC    1663
Hash, David    OKC    1560

 

_*PDZ - 3584*_
Phachantry, P.J.    Wichita    1820
Moore, Zach    Manhattan    1764
Beckstrom, Don    Wichita    1746

 

_*Dechamps - 3498*_
Chu, Harry    Arkansas    1824
Tan, Kuok Hoe    Wichita    1674
Spaven, Cortney    Wichita    1632

*Able-Eaners - 3442*_
Taplin, George    Abilene    1816
Rosbach, Sascha    Abilene    1626
Third Player TBD

 

_*Topeka Hitters - 3267*_
Cockerham, Bob    Topeka    1670
McKinney, Gregg    Topeka    1597
Logan, Pierce    Topeka    1494

 

_*Seasoned Slaw - 3201*_
Salter, Britt    OKC    1687
Ely, Cole    Liberal    1514
Third Player TBD

 

_*Bordner Patrol - 3173*_
Yao, Lei    Wichita    1650
Bordner, Brian    Wichita    1523
XXX, Caleb    Wichita    1200

 

_*Tri City Pongers - 3070*_
Bonono, Manuel    Abilene    1550
Metzger, Cliff    Salina    1520
Heller, Frank    Wichita    1458

_*Topeka Tornados - 2501*_
Powell, Tyler    Topeka    1298
Hirt, Travis    Topeka    1203
Demaranville, John    Topeka    1000

 

_*Half-There - TBD*_
Ruthven, Les    Wichita    1410
Rucker, Charles    Hutchinson    1254
Third Player TBD

 

 

Dawson - 14 players.

Sang Vang, Lang Yang, Sue Vang, Leonard Williams, Larry Buell, Tao Wang, Seth Sherriff, Kyle Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Troy Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Yee Yang, Bee Thao, Bob Kyker.

Note - the air conditioner did not work. Park maintenance has been called.

Bixby - 12 players.

2 first time out players - Casey Forrester, Brandon Charles.

1 - 2nd time out player - Ron Grammer

9 players - Garrett Belcher, Cody Hughes, Melvin Norton, Jack Hannah, Jim Rice, Eddie Collins, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams.

Note - Alex Tupas paid $20 for 6 months membership

Dawson - 11 players.

Eli Vang, Kongmeng Vang, Bee Thao, Kyle Sanchez, Chase Sanchez, Stephen Ackart, Alex Tupas, Sydney Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie, Leonard Williams, Bob Kyker.

Results of the Missouri Winter Games held 3-1-08

Greetings table tennis fanatics ! !  
Here are your results of [ yesterdays ]  March 1, 2008, Missouri Winter Games which were held in beautiful Springfield, Missouri on a warm, sunny day.  Congratulation’s to the winners and to all the participants in this table tennis tournament.  A total of 56 players competed from the states of:  Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.  It is our wish that everyone had an enjoyable day filled with good memories and the opportunity to play competitive table tennis ! !   Here then - your results.  
 
   
Giant Round Robin
              
Class “A”
1st Place:      Alfred Najem
2nd Place:     Parviz Mojaverian
3rd Place      Wilhelm Kruger
4th Place      Vladimir Altman

Dawson - 7 players.

Leonard Williams, Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Yee, Dee, Troy Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez.

Dawson - 10 players.

Don Beckstram (from Wichita ! ), Tao Wang, Dee, Eli, Matts Johansson, Seth Sheriff, Ted Bennet, Troy Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Bob Kyker.

Bixby - 8 players. No names. Kelly not there.

Dawson - 16 players.

Leonard Williams, Tao Wang, Dee, Nicky Agimudie, Tim Yardy, Wilhelm Kruger, Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, Robert, Yee, Bee, Fong, Eli, Kongereng, Bob Kyker.

Okla City tournament article written by Larry Buell:

Moore, OK TT Tourney write-up 
February 23rd opened a bit blustery, but did not turn out too bad. Kinda like my style of play... 
7 players represented the glory of Tulsa TT at the Moore tournament: 
Wilhelm, Nicky, Tim, Kelly, Hamid, Stephen, and me.  
The new club (Carl's House of Pong, or CHOP) was able to house 9 tables. It is in a large industrial store area, with high ceilings to accommodate the most ambitious lobber. It had a very cozy entry area with 2 comfortable sofas, a TV/DVD player (they plan to get dish/cable later), and a very well-appointed bathroom that managed to service the 32 players and their entourage well.
 
The tournament was well run by Larry Kesler, David Hash and Britt Salter. The format was Giant RR in the morning (A-E in each group), doubles next, then the A-E RR playoffs in the PM. All A's advanced to their A afternoon groups (including our Wilhelm, Nicky, Tim, and Kelly). Hamid and I ended up in Bs (Hamid seeded such, I was C but defeated Britt for the advance). Stephen had a great morning, seeded E but defeating two opponents to end up in Cs. Stephen's game is really improving, keep it up Stephen!
 
The doubles were mostly pickup (especially for us Tulsans). Hamid surprised me by asking if I wanted to play with him (usually he avoids doubles because it aggravates his shoulder). We got a bye the first round and ended up in a close 5 game loss to David Hash and Dale Goodman (who play doubles together constantly). I think if Hamid and I had played in Round 1 we would have gotten our kinks worked out and done well (we did come back to win one game after being down 8-2, winning it 11-8, so the potential was there). Nicky paired with a young up and coming player named Stephan Dennis  { originally written as Stefan (sp?)  }, Kelly paired with his son Stephen, and Wilhelm paired with another young pickup player there (ratings limits were 3600). Kelly and Stephen won their first round but lost in the 2nd. Wilhelm and his partner did quite well, but Nicky and Stefan ended up winning the doubles. Way to go Nicky!
 
The afternoon saw some terrific play from the A group, which included Wilhelm, Winfred Addy, Tim, Heather Wang, Nicky  and Kelly. Wilhelm looked smooth and powerful all afternoon, mixing up chops with swift drives and loops and always seeming in position. Winfred played well, but appeared flustered at times, given the impressive nature of the competition. Heather played very smoothly, mixing up her hits, blocks, and positioning the ball well. Nicky appeared to prosper from the quality of play he's had recently in Tulsa, and moved both himself and the ball around extremely well with a balance of offense and defense. Tim had many moments of excellence, including excellent services, but also seemed frustrated at times when he could not consistently rise to his own high expectations of play. Kelly played well, with his excellent hand/eye coordination and consistent looping, but was outgunned at last by the power and ball-positioning of his high-caliber opponents.
 
The results? Tulsa won!! Wilhelm finished undefeated for the day, taking first, and Nicky (unused to being seeded fifth in an OK tournament) came through on his awesome potential by taking second. 
 
In Bs Hamid came up against an underrated player named Hossein Kalami (from Norman), a young man who's smooth, killer forehand combined well with a medium pips backhand he used both offensively and defensively (best use of it I've seen in a while!) to great effect. This same Jose also defeated 2 other 1800+ players that I know of (Carl Miller and Paul Thomas) so his rating should skyrocket from the 1600s he was formerly in. Hamid did play well in the Bs and came in second, including a tough 5 game match against Paul Thomas. My best match in the B's was against this same short pips FH/long pips BH Paul Thomas. I played him much like I do Ray Pestridge, giving him easy, no spin shots to his BH until a return rose to my liking which I drove for frequent winners. I ended up losing in the 5th to him in a well-fought battle that saw his consistency outlast my kills. Seeded last, I ended up next to last after a last match of the day win over John Raunikar, a lefty with great consistency and good driving shots, who had some trouble with my serves at crucial times allowing me to eke out a victory.
 
In the Cs Stephen faced many excellent players. Although he did not defeat any I believe he came away with a desire to return victorious in the not too distant future!
 
After the tourney, Kelly, Stephen and I met up (purely by coincidence!) at the Western Sizzler, located just West of CHOP. We had a fine steak and potatoes dinner, some dreamy creamy ice cream for desert, and headed back to Tulsa well-sated with food, conversation and Table Tennis.
 
FYI, CHOP is open M/W/F (M/W 6-9:30, F 6-9), and I believe (though not on their website) they are also open Saturdays 12-4 (email Carl Deal though to confirm this sunrisecartage@coxinet.net ). First time there is free, after that is $5/night.
 
Thanks to the OKCTT club for a well-run and highly enjoyable event!
 
Larry Buell

Oklahoma City 1 star Tournament  - written by Kelly Boyce.

The tournament was held in Okla. City's new table tennis location, a converted warehouse building located in an industrial park. The building is owned by Carl Dean who rents it out to the club. (Carl is a motorcycle e nthusiast and possible train enthusiast (real trains, not model trains) (you don't see "Carls trains" but you feel them and hear them - a wonderful first time experience).

There were 9 tables sent up, 3 tables in one area and 6 tables in the other area. Plenty of room between the tables and the lighting was very good - all flourescent (the club installed the lights recently - part of the "converted warehouse" work the club did).

The tournament was run by Larry Kesler with help from their very large staff - David Hash, Britt Salter, Dale Goodman, a lady at the front desk named Deb and others.

32 players attended the tourny. 1 player from Kansas (Carl Miller), 3 players from Arkansas, 7 players from Tulsa, none from Texas (Texas had 2 tournaments this same day!). 3 players from McAlester (Paul Thomas and 2 new players - Ed Ellis could not make it), 2 players from Muskogee (Dan McIntosh, and Darrell Lucht) and the rest from Okla City.

Format was a giant round robin with the first round divided into 6 groups (4 groups had 5 players and 2 groups of 6 players).

The top 6 players advancing to the "A" group were Winfred Addy, Heather Wang, Wilhelm Kruger, Nick Agimudie, Tim Yardy, Kelly Boyce.

Only those lucky enough to be there could see some great table tennis action (and non-table tennis action - the stuff between games we can't write about) (watching table tennis on TV or the internet does not compare!). I could go into detail about each great match but space is limited (and there will be Larry Buell's article later). The final results were:

1st - Wilhelm Kruger, 2nd - Nick Agimudie, 3rd - Winfred Addy, 4th - Heather Wang, 5th - Tim Yardy, 6th - Kelly Boyce.

Hamid Ezzat came in 2nd in the class B.

When the complete results of the tournament are sent, they will be sent out to everyone signed up on the Tulsa newletter.

Dawson - 9 players.

Bob Kyker, Ross Olderkamp, Jason Mann, Leonard Williams, Dee, Yee, Seth Sheriff, Stephen Ackart, Robert.

Bixby - 8 players.

Melvin Norton, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Garrett Belcher, Chris Field, Jim Rice (just joined tonight!)

Other news:

6 players going to the Okla. City tourny this weekend - Kelly, Stephen, Hamid, Wilhelm, Nicky, Larry Buell.

Dawson - 21 players !.

Kyle Sanchez and his 2 sons - William Sanchez, Chase Sanchez - said they were going to start playing again.

Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm Kruger, Larry Buell, Nicky Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy, Matts Johansson, Tao Wang, Di Jin, Leonard Williams, Brandon Bissram, Seth Sheriff, Eli Vang, Bee Thao, Meng Vang, Bob Kyker.

Other news:

Players going to the Oklahoma City tourny this weekend ( 6 only per Bob Kyker):

Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm Kruger, Nicky Agimidie, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart and Larry Buell (who will provide a nice article about the tournament afterwards! ).

 

Okla. City tournament (next weekend) update for Tulsa players.

Kelly Boyce and Stephen Ackart will be going to the tournament and have room for 2 players in our 2003 Mercury Sable.

Any other players going, and need rides, email  the club website and it will be added to this blog.

Bixby - 6 players.

Garrett Belcher, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Eddie Collins, Marty Andrews, Jack Hannah

Other news:

Alex Tupas is considering going to a faster blade and rubber (wants shorter rallys).

Dawson - 5 players.

Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Larry Buell, Eddie Collins, Yee Yang.

Bixby - 5 players.

Eddie Collins, Alex Tupas, Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Marty Andrews

(primary day for presidential candidates).

Dawson - 13 players.

1 first time out player - Nanbish Patel (goes to Spartan).

Larry Buell, Leonard Williams, Tim Yardy, Stephen Ackart, Sydney Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm Kruger, Di Jin, Yee Yang, Yur Yang, Bob Kyker.

Other news:

Players going to the Okla. City Tournament on 2-23:

The Weslyean team, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Tim Yardy, Wilhelm Kruger, Nicky Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie. Possibly Bob Kyker, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart.

 

 

Bixby - 8 players.

Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Jack Hannah, Sydney Agimudie, Marty Andrews, Alex Tupas, Jim French (first time back since his knee surgery), Tao Wang.

Dawson - no info (Bob Kyker off).

Sydney said many players were there.

Players going to the Sooner State games this weekend:

6 for sure - Hamid Ezzat, Tim Yardy, Wilhelm Kruger, Bob Kyker, Tao Wang, Stephen Ackart.

Possibly Matts Johansson and Samer Charr.

 

Bixby - 12 players.

1 first time out player - Ryan McCulloch

11 players - Ted Hill, Seth Sheriff, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Eddie Collins, Tao Wang, Alex Tupas, Chris Field , Garret Belcher, Melvin Norton, Marty Andrews

Dawson - 11 players.

2 first time out players - from Stillwater (came with Ray Pestridge) - Dave Stewart, Steve Stewart (and going to this Saturday tournament).

9 players - Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Fong Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm Kruger, Ted Bennett, Di Jin, Stephen Ackart, Tao Wang, Bob Kyker.

Dawson - 11 players.

3 first time out players - all brothers - Yee Yang, Fong Yang, Robert Yang.

8 players. - Hamid Ezzat, Ted Bennet, Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Tim Yardy, Wilhelm Kruger, Bob Kyker.

Bixby - 10 players.

2 first time out players - Tork Klein, Coleen Klein.

8 players - Seth Sheriff, Kelly Boyce, Ted Hill, Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, Garret Belcher, Eddie Collins, Jack Hannah.

Dawson - 9 players.

Hamid Ezzat, Larry Buell, Wilhelm Kruger, Tim Yardy, Leonard Williams, Stephen Ackart, Sydney Agimudie, Bob Kyker.

Dawson - 14 players.

6 first time out players - Larry Zickefoose, Tim Holt, Danita Holt, Tim Holt Jr., Thorsten ("Tork" ) Klein, Colleen Klein.

8 other players - Ted Bennett, Larry Buell, Mark Wallace , Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm Kruger, Tim Yardy, Z, Bob Kyker.

Other news:

Players going to the Sooner State games on 1-26 - Hamid Ezzat, Tim Yardy, Wilhelm Kruger, Stephen Ackart, maybe Matts Johansson, Tao Wang, Bob Kyker. Bob and Tao will play doubles. Ray Pestridge and some new players from Stillwater will be going also.

Bixby - 11 players.

1 first time out player - Wilhelm Kruger

10 players - Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Garrett Belcher, Brandon Eckhart, Chris Field, Melvin Norton, Marty Andrews, Alex Tupas, Michael Dunn, Jack Hannah.

Other news:

Wilhelm will be going back to Germany this summer.

Hamid Ezzat has changed his overall strategy to more control and less offense.

 

Dawson - 10 players.

2 first time out players - Thorsten ("Tork") Klein, Colleen Klein.

8 players - Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, Sydney Agimudie, Ray Pestridge, Matts Johansson, Ted Bennett, Bob Kyker, Stephen Ackart.

Dawson - 5 players.

Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Kelly Boyce, Zack Eldridge, Ted Bennett

Other news:

Zack ordered a new shakehand paddle and a new piece of rubber for his penhold paddle from Paddle Palace. He wants to start playing shakehand style.

Hamid is going to the Okla. City tournament this month. He is the only player going from Tulsa so far.

Dawson - 8 players.

1 just joined tonight player - Charles Johnson (travels alot).

7 players - Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker, Ted Bennett, Stephen Ackart, Zack Eldridge.

Dawson - 7 players.

Leonard Williams, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Huy Nguyen (leaving for Houston tomorrow), Z, Zack Eldridge, Ray Pestridge.

Bixby - 9 players.

2 first time out players - Michael Dunn and Carl Smith

7 players - Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Marty Andrews, Ted Hill, Seth Sheriff, Zack Eldridge ( will be able to play in Tulsa the next 2 weeks due to Northeartern in Tahlequah.being closed).

Dawson - no power tonight at the Center.

PSO says the power at Dawson may be restored by Tuesday - 12-18.

Dawson - 9 players.

Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Huy Nguyen, Leonard Williams, Di Jin, Sydney Agimudie, Z.

Other news:

Huy Nguyen will be leaving Tulsa next month to work in Houston.

Bixby - 7 players.

1 first time out player - Jim Highes.

6 players - Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Marty Andrews, Eddie Collins, Brian Flinn.

Dawson - 8 players.

Bob Kyker, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm, Tim Yardy, Leonard Williams, Di Jin, Ted Bennet.

Dawson - 6 players.

Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Matts Johansson, Di Jin, Hamid Ezzat, Huy Nguyen. 

Bixby - 4 players.

Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton

Other news:

Jim French is having a knee operation and will not be able to play until the end of Jan.

Dawson - 13 players.

1 first time out player - Arron Moselly (knows Matts).

12 other players - Bob Kyker, Larry Buell, Ray Pestridge, Sydney Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Wilhelm Kruger, John Sebbowa, Matts Johansson, Z, Di Jin, Huy Nguyen.

Other news:

Ray Pestridge and Matts Johansson may go to the Springfield, Mo. tournament.

Bob Kyker is not going to the Springfield tourny.

Bixby - 9 players.

2 second time out players - Jerrod Petty, Brandon Moses.

7 players - Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Collins, Marty Andrews, Melvin Norton, Chris Field, Garrett Belcher.

Other news:

Bob Kyker will be the only player from Tulsa going to the Springfield, Missouri tournament on 12-8. This is an unsanctioned event.

Jim French will probably have knee surgery next week to replace the pads in his knees.

Dawson - 6 players.

Z, Huy Nguyen, Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Di Jin.

Bixby - 9 players.

2 first time out players - Brandon Moses, Jerrod Petty.

7 other players - Brian Flinn, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Collins, Alex Tupas, Jack Hannah, Ted Hill, Marty Andrews.

Dawson - 9 players.

Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Leonard Williams, Wilhelm, Nicky Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Zee, Huy Nguyen, Hamid Ezzat..

Other news:

Bob Kyker is going to the Hutchinson Tournament on 12-1-07. No one else is going so far.

Dawson - 5 players.

Huy Nguyen, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Leonard Williams, Sydney Agimudie.

Bixby - 9 players.

2 first time out players - Carol Baustert, Ian Baustert (both from Sand Springs).

4 Bixby HS players - Garret Belcher, Chris Fields, Tylers Jefferies, 1 other player - did not get his name.

5 other players - Jack Hannah, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Collins, Brian Flinn, Marty Andrews (paid for a yearly membership).

Dawson - 13 players.

Ray Pestridge, Matts Johansson, Brandon, Wilhelm, Nicky Agimudie, Di Jin, Alex Tupas, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Leonard Williams, Hamid Ezzat, Ian, Sydney.

Dawson - 10 players - per Eddie Collins

No other info.

Bixby - 10 players.

Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, Brian Flinn, Garrett Belcher, Eddie Collins, Jack Hannah, a Bixby High School player, friend of Alex.

Dawson -

Ray Pestridge, Matts Johansson, Di Jin, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker.

Bixby - 13 players

1 yearly member - Matts Johansson (paid $60 tonight).

12 players - From Bixby High School - Garrett Belcher, Chris Field and 3 other players.

Jim French, Jack Hannah, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Seth Husienga, Brian Flinn, Marty Andrews.

Other news:

Seth Husienga will be leaving for 1 year for depolyment in the Air National Guard this Friday.

Brian Flinn is starting to use his forehand drive as his primary stroke.

 

Dawson - 9 players.

Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, John Sebbowa, Ian Baustert - from Sand Springs and his mom - Carol,.Wilhelm

Bixby - 15 players.

8 players from Bixby High School

7 regular players - Brian Flinn, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Collins, Jack Hannah, Jim French, Marty Andrews, Seth Huisenga.

Other news:

Garret Belcher, from the Bixby HS, wants to buy a new paddle from Paddle Palace.

Note to Garrett, try out Brian Flinn's paddle first. He ordered a very light weight paddle.

Dawson - 10 players 

Players - Greg Widdowson, Bob Kyker, Sydney Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie, Brandon Bissram, Wilhelm Kruger, Di Jin, Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Stephan Zolarek

 

Bixby - 25 players.

13 players from the Bixby high school (including Jeremy Guy, Kendall Peterson, Chris Field, Garrett Belcher, etc - too many names to keep up with)

2 players from McAlester - Paul Thomas and Ed Ellis. Both flew into Jones Airport. Paul Thomas was last in Tulsa on 10-18-05. Ed Ellis was last in Tulsa on 8-23-05.

1- Matt Boudreaux (from Broken Arrow)- (the designated driver for Paul and Ed).
9 regular players - Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Collins, Larry Buell, Brian Flinn, Seth Husienga, Gene Bowlin, Marty Andrews, Jack Hannah.

Other news:

Paul Thomas changed to long pips on his backhand and his rating went up 200 points after the last recent US Open he played in.

The McAlester table t