This blog page from 2-14-12 to 8-25-2020
Tuesday - 8-25-20 |
Bixby
- 11 player. Ray Pestridge, John Moore, David Leonard,
Alex Tupas, Corey Flaugher, Dylan Garland, Michael
Johns, Jaesung Kim, Shane Spicer, Robert Yang, Kelly
Boyce.
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Sunday - 8-23-20 |
(from
an email from Jared dated 8-22-20) Dear Table Tennis
Friends, We need your help to keep Joplin Table
Tennis Club running in the future. If youve had the
opportunity to play at one of our Tournaments or at our
Club, you know what a great facility our location,
Memorial Hall, is for table tennis. However,
Memorial Hall, needs repair and the City of Joplin is
trying to determine if they should fix it or even this
type of facility is needed in our community. Joplin
Table Tennis Club needs such a facility for our Club and
for hosting Tournaments. You can help us show the
City there is strong support for Joplin Table Tennis
Club by completing their survey.
Just go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JoplinMemorialHall
and answer 22 questions. Done!
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Jared Wicklund |
Liberty Utilities (Missouri)
| Fuel
Contracts Manager
P: 417-625-6190 | C: 417-438-1105 | E: Jared.Wicklund@libertyutilities.com
602 S Joplin Ave, Joplin, MO 64801
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Tuesday - 8-18-20 |
Bixby
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, David Leonard,
Robert Yang, Jaesung Kim, Dylan Garland, Alex Tupas,
Michael Johns, Jason and Noah Taylor, Shane Spicer,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: Jaesung Kim will be moving
in Oct to Washington state. He started with the club on
9-19-17 and has been out to the club 232 times!
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Tuesday - 8-11-20 |
Bixby
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, John Moore, Diego
Fernandez, Tom Jourdan, David Leonard, Robert Yang,
Corey Flaugher, Jason and Noah Taylor, Jaesung Kim, Sam
Agbasi, Andrew Martin (played 1 year with the Okla City
club), Kelly Boyce.
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Thursday - 8-6-20 |
Bixby
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, John Moore, David Leonard,
Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Sam Agbasi, Corey
Flaugher, Jaesung Kim, Jason and Noah Taylor, Michael
Johns, Kelly Boyce.
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Tuesday - 8-4-20 |
Bixby
- 15 players. John Moore, Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang,
David Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Diego Fernandez,
Bruno Fernandez, Michael Johns, Sam Agbasi, Mats
Johansson, Jaesung Kim, Shane Spicer, Jason Taylor,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: Bruno is going to Tulsa Tech
and he won't be playing for awhile due to homework.
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Thursday - 7-30-20 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Sam Agbasi,
Mats Johansson, Bruno Fernandez (fresh from Miami),
Diego Fernandez, Jaesung Kim, Michael Johns, Robert
Yang, Kelly Boyce.
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Tuesday - 7-28-20 |
Bixby
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, David Leonard,
Diego Fernandez, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, John Moore,
Mats Johansson, Dylan Garland, Sam Agbasi, Jaesung Kim,
Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
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Thursday - 7-23-20 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Corey
Flaugher, Alex Tupas, Jaesung Kim, Sam Agbasi Michael
Johns, Diego Fernandez, Robert Yang, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: David is using a new smooth rubber that he
likes alot and plays well with it. It is Nittaku Fastarc
G-1.
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Tuesday - 7-21-20 |
Bixby
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Corey Flaugher, Jaesung
Kim, David Leonard, Sam Agbasi, Micheal Johns, Robert
Yang, Diego Fernandez, Dylan Garland, Alex Tupas, Shane
Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
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Thursday - 7-16-20 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Corey
Flaugher, Sam Agbasi, Diego Fernandez, Jaesung Kim,
Robert Yang, John Moore, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Tom
Jourdan hurt his neck.
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Tuesday - 7-14-20 |
Bixby
- 19 players. Mats Johansson, Michael Johns, Alex Tupas,
Jaesung Kim, Sam Agbasi, John Moore, Ray Pestridge, Okba
Harfouch, Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Dylan Garland,
Robert Yang, Diego Fernandez, Shane Spicer. 5 players
from Jenks Highs School - Dru Still, Carter Vash, Sam
Phillips, Zac Jiang, Austin Green (info courtesy of
Shane)
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Thursday - 7-9-20 |
Bixby
schedule for Thursdays:- we can play on July 16 and July
23. After that, we can only play on the 1st Thursday of
each month.
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Thursday - 7-9-20 |
Bixby
- 12 players. David Leonard, Corey Flaugher, John Moore,
Michael Johns, Sam Agbasi, Diego Fernandez, Jaesung Kim,
Kelly Boyce. 4 players from Jenks high school - Drew
Still, Austin Green, Ethan Chen, Carter Vash.
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Tuesday - 7-7-20 |
Bixby
- 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, David Leonard,
Michael Johns, Alex Tupas, John Moore, Diego Fernandez,
Mohammed Luqman, Sam Agbasi, Corey Flaugher, Shane
Spicer, Kelly Boyce. 4 players from Jenks High School -
Drew Still, Carter Vash, Zac Jiang, Landon Reynolds.
Other news: Sam Agbasi bought a new penhold paddle from
Alex. Sam said he really likes the paddle.
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Tuesday - 6-30-20 |
Bixby
- 22 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Tom Jourdan,
David Leonard, John Moore, Michael Johns, Mohammed
Luqman, Corey Flaugher, Bruno Fernandez (paid $15),
Diego Fernandez, Samuel Agbasi, Victor Agbasi, Jaesung
Kim, Shane Spicer. 7 players from Jenks High School -
Noah Pursell, Drew Still, Carter Vash, Austin Green,
Carson Piles, Ethan Cheng, Zac Jiang. Kelly Boyce,
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Tuesday - 6-22-20 |
Bixby
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, John Moore,
Corey Flaugher, Robert Yang, Carl Lewis, Mats Johansson,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Tom Jourdan, Michael
Johns, Sam Agbasi, Shane Spicer. (info courtesy of
Shane).
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Tuesday - 6-16-20 |
Bixby
- someone left their sunglasses behind. Shane Spicer has
the glasses.
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Tuesday - 6-16-20 |
Bixby
- 15 players. 1 first time out player - Andrew Martin
(he used to play with the oklahoma city club recently).
Carl Lewis, David Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan,
Robert Yang, John Moore, Okba Harfoush, Enrique Perez,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Mats Johansson, Sam
Agbasi, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
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Tuesday - 6-9-20 |
Bixby
- 14 players. David Leonard, Bruno Fernandez, Diego
Fernandez, Okba Harfoush, Michael Johns, Corey Flaugher,
John Moore, Tom Jourdan, Brad Balmer, Noelle Cullison,
Carl Lewis, Jaesung Kim, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
Other new: John Cai (did not come out due to Covid 19
warnings) got a robot! No one has contracted Covid 19
(this note for Alex Tupas, Shweta Govind, Ray Pestridge
(or rather Ray's wife), John Cai).
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Tuesday - 6-2-20 |
Bixby
- 8 players. First time out player - Carl Lewis (in town
for 4 weeks to check out Tulsa), Samuel Agbasi (last
time out was 9-3-12), Robert Yang, Tom Jourdan, Diego
Fernandez, Jaesung Kim, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
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Tuesday - 6-2-20 |
Ray
Pestridge had a great idea for those Covid 19 very aware
people (ie Shweta, etc). He said if someone wants to
play with only their own ball, they can bring their own
ball and no one is allowed to touch their ball. You
would kick the ball to the owner of the ball during a
match. (Ray said his wife may not give him permission
to play unless certain conditions are in place).
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Monday -6-1-20 |
Bixby
will be open tomorrow - Tuesday.
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Wed - 4-15-20 |
So we
can all remember the good ol days (of the way we were).
Crazy Shots by USATT Sharon Alguetti
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2020/April/08/Crazy-Shots-by-USATT-Sharon-Alguetti
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Wed - 3-18-20 |
Bixby
- the Bixby center is closed for at least the next 3
weeks.
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Tuesday - 3-17-20 |
Bixby
- 11 players. Diego Fernandez (paid $100 !), Tom
Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Martin Ndengang, Michael Johns,
Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang, Austin Green, Ethan Harder,
Reese Harder, Kelly Boyce.
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Monday - 3-16-20 |
Knox
church is closed until further notice. The club will
play at Bixby Tuesday and Thursday of this week.
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Friday - 3-13-20 |
Update
on Tulsa players planning on going to the Springfield,
MO tournament on April 4: Okba Harfouch only so far.
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Thursday - 3-12-20 |
Knox
church - 15 players. 2 first time out players - Caleb
Maddox, Nathan Luo. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Robert
Yang, Yee Yang, Okba Harfouch, David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Martin Ndengang, Michael Johns,
Diego Fernandez, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Diego has changed his work hours and is going to
join the club for 1 year next week!
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Tuesday - 3-10-20 |
(From
an email from Bill Lewis dated 3-10-20) The Missouri
Show-Me State Games this year will be held: April 4 and
April 5. To that end there are presently 22 players
signed to play. (In the premier event - Giant Round
Robin - there are but eight slots left).
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Tuesday - 3-10-20 |
Bixby
- 12 players. John Moore, Alex Tupas, Bruno Fernandez,
Martin Ndengang, Jaesung Kim, John Cai, Michael Johns,
Mats Johansson, Shane Spicer, Patrick Mmuokebe, Luis
Garcete, Kelly Boyce.
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Monday - 3-9-20 |
Knox
church - 18 players. Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, Diego Fernandez, Martin Ndengang, Jaesung Kim,
Robert Yang, Dylan Garland, Mats Johansson, Shweta
Govind, Drew Cowan, Dennis Pauls, Michael Johns, Gabriel
Santos, Juan Pagan, Rett Williams, Jake Bohrer.
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Thursday - 3-5-20 |
Bixby
- no info
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Tuesday - 3-3-20 |
Bixby
- 14 players. Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Jaesung Kim,
Bruno Fernandez, Dane Boswell, Ethan Chen, Austin Green,
Dru Still, Carson Piles, Ray Pestridge, John Cai,
Michael Johns, John Moore, Shane Spicer. Other news:
Ray brought the robot from Knox Church to be used/stored
at Bixby (info courtesy of Shane Spicer).
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Monday - 3-2-20 |
Knox
church - 15 players. Laukid Reed (new), Mike Hamby, Ray
Pestridge, Okba Harfouch, Robert Yang, Jaesung Kim, Tom
Jourdan, Dennis Pauls, Drew Cowan, Hamid Ezzat, Austin
Green, Rett Williams, Diego Fernandez, Michael Johns,
Dylan Garland. Other news: Mike Hamby to talk to Dru
and Ethan and Gabriel and Rett about joining. (Info
courtesy of mike hamby)
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Thursday - 2-27-20 |
Knox
church - 17 players. Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Hamid
Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch (paid $100 !), Gabriel
Santos, Michael Johns (paid $100!), Jaesung Kim, Alex
Tupas, Juan Pagan, Rett Williams (Mike talked to Rett
about joining), Austin Green, Ethan Chen, Dru Still,
Dane Boswell. 2 first time out players from Tahlequah -
Ahmet and Amy Ozturk. (Info courtesy of mike hamby)
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Tuesday - 2-25-20 |
Bixby
- 20 players. Michael Johns, Dane Boswell, Jaesung Kim,
David Leonard, John Moore, Okba Harfouch, Ray Pestridge,
John Cai, Ted Hill, Ming Li, Ethan Chen, Dru Still, Noah
Pursell, Carson Piles (new from Jenks), Luis Garcete,
Shane Spicer. 4 co-workers.
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Monday - 2-24-20 |
Knox
church - 15 players. Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Hamid
Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Dylan Garland, David Leonard,
Michael Johns, Okba Harfouch, Dennis Pauls, Robert Yang,
Rett Williams, Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Diego Fernandez,
Juan Pagan.
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Thursday - 2-20-20 |
(From
an email from Bill Lewis dated 2-19-20 from the Ozark
Table Tennis Club): Greetings fellow table tennis
enthusiasts!! The Missouri Show-Me State Games this
year is April 4 and April 5. Each event winner is
ceremoniously crowned ~ Champion. This year there are
11 events to choose from - six on Saturday - five on
Sunday. Sign up early to reserve the slots of your
choosing. Moneyed payouts: $2675
Last year's
breakaway winner: Rachid El Boubou from the country of
Lebanon and he possessed an ITTF world ranking at number
522.
We hope to see your name in attendance.
Below were the 2019 winners by event:
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1.)
Giant Round Robin
Class A 1st: Rachid El
Boubou, Broken Arrow OK 2nd: Parviz Mojaverian,
Overland Park KS 3rd: Liedy Handoko, Cordova TN
4th: Logan Watson, Moore OK Class B 1st: Ilya
Rozenblat, Overland Park KS 2nd: Tsung-han Weng,
Lawrence KS 3rd: Drew Angell, Lees Summit MO
4th: David Chu, Lawrence , KS Class C 1st:
Martin Johnson, Rogers AR 2nd: Hoang Vu,
Fayetteville AR 3rd: Dale Boswell, Springfield MO
4th: Tom Jourdan, Vinta OK Class D 1st: Kevin
Tucker, Grimes IA 2nd: Chris Griesedieck, Springfield
MO 3rd: Imran Mohammed, Jefferson City MO 4th:
Olaf Hoerschelmann, Alexander AR
2.)
Open Singles 1st: Rachid El Boubou, Broken Arrow OK
2nd: Liedy Handoko, Cordova TN 3rd: Logan Watson,
Moore OK 4th: Parviz Mojaverian, Overland Park KS
3.) Under 2200 1st: Liedy Handoko,
Cordova TN 2nd: Parviz Mojaverian, Overland Park KS
3rd: Logan Watson, Moore OK
4.)
Under 2000 1st: Ethan Ellsaesser, Springfield MO
2nd: Ilya Rozenblat, Overland Park KS 3rd: Martin
Johnson, Rogers AR
5.) Under 1800
1st: Ethan Ellsaesser, Springfield MO 2nd: Tom
Jourdan, Vinita OK 3rd: Imran Mohammed, Jefferson
City MO
6.) Under 1600 1st:
Thanathip Pirom 2nd: Gwen
Liu 3rd: Olaf Hoerschelmann
7.)
Under 1400 1st: Kevin Tucker, Grimes IA 2nd: David
Houchens, Springfield MO 3rd: Imran Mohammed,
Jefferson City MO
8.) Under 3200 Doubles 1st:
Martin Johnson / Scott Johnson Rogers AR / Rogers AR
2nd: Dale Boswell / Wenyan Drake Springfield MO /
Springfield MO 3rd: Jiyun Hu / Hoang Vu
Fayetteville AR / Fayetteville AR
9.)
Open Doubles
1st: Logan Watson / Martin Johnson Moore
OK / Rogers AR
2nd: Rachid El Boubou / Kiran Kapoor Broken
Arrow OK / Valley Park MO 3rd: Liedy Handoko / Raj
Coona Cordova TN / Memphis TN
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Thursday - 2-20-20 |
Knox
church - 14 players (only able to set up 3 tables). Mike
Hamby, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Hamid Ezzat, Alex
Tupas, Michael Johns, Okba Harfouch, John Moore, Ray
Pestridge, Austin Green, Mats Johansson, Paul DeSpain,
Dane Boswell (last time out was 2009), John Cai.
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Wed - 2-19-20 |
Individual results from the Okla city tournament on Feb
8 are now posted on the USATT web site - usatt.simplycompete.com.
43 players were in the tournament. Including Robert
Yang's exciting win over Maria Tran (her rating of
1856!). David Leonard's incredible 3 come-from-behind
wins! Tom Jourdan's win over Mike Patel (1794) !
And so much more!
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Tuesday - 2-18-20 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Alex Tupas, Mats Johansson, David Leonard,
Ted Hill, Michael Johns, Ray Pestridge, John Moore, Dru
Still, Ethan Chen, Shane Spicer (info courtesy of
Shane).
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Monday - 2-17-20 |
Knox
church - no info
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Monday - 2-17-20 |
A
person in Broken Arrow is selling their Cornilleau 700M
crossover outdoor ping pong table for $1000. The
current retail price is $2150.
https://bestoutdoorpingpongtables.com/cornilleau-700m-crossover/
Anyone interested, contact Stephen Ackart (this table
was posted on the clubs Facebook page).
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Thursday - 2-13-20 |
Knox
church - 19 players. David Leonard, Robert Yang, Hamid
Ezzat, Okba Harfouch, Gabriel Santos, Mats Johansson,
Jaesung Kim, Drew Cowan, Jake Bohrer, Rett Williams, Dru
Still, Tyler Russell, Ethan Chen, Omar Alawar, Ray
Pestridge, Josh Jones, Thomas Belk, Andrew Belk, Tom
Belk (info
courtesy of Ray)
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Tuesday - 2-11-20 |
Bixby
- 14 players. John Moore, Wesley LI, Michael Johns, Ray
Pestridge, Jaesung Kim, Dru Still, Ethan Chen, Enrique
Perez, Patrick Mmuokebe, Shane Spicer. 4 ex-co-workers -
Nick Davis, Tilan Ukwatt, Asad Molakar, Sidney Gaston. (
Info courtesy of Shane).
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Monday - 2-10-20 |
Knox
church - 16 players. Dennis Pauls (paid $100 !), Ray
Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Juan
Pagan, Michael Johns, Diego Fernandez, John Davis, Hamid
Ezzat, Jaesung Kim, Omar Alawar, Robert Yang, Gabriel
Santos, Dru Still, Rett Williams. (info courtesy of Mike
Hamby).
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Saturday - 2-8-20 |
Results from the Okla City tournament from Saturday - https://omnipong.com/T-tourney.asp?t=103&r=1549
U-2000 - Okba Harfouch won first and Robert Yang came in
2nd ! U-1750 - David Leonard won first and Tom
Jourdan came in 2nd ! Shweta Govind came in 4th in
U-800. In the open, 1st - Mike Lauro (rating -
2082), 2nd - Jeff Waters (1979), 3rd - Maria Tran
(1856), 4th - Windfred Addy.
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Friday - 2-7-20 |
13
Tulsa/Broken Arrow players going to Okla City tomorrow.
Okba Harfouch, Robert Yang, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan,
Jaesung Kim, Cory Flaugher, Chris Lane, Nicole Cullison,
Noelle Cullison, Shweta Govind, Jacob Keener, Ray
Pestridge and Brad Balmer (info from
brokenarrowpingpong.com).
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Thursday - 2-6-20 |
Austin
Green left his prescription glasses at Knox Church last
Thursday. If anyone has them or knows where they are,
contact Kelly or Alex.
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Thursday - 2-6-20 |
Bixby
- Big snow storm yesterday. No info on players.
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Tuesday - 2-4-20 |
Bixby
- 13 players. Patrick Mmuokebe (new), John Moore, David
Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Jaesung Kim, Wesley LI, Michael
Johns, Cory Flaugher, Luis Garcete, Ray Pestridge, Dru
Still, Ethan Chen, Shane Spicer (info courtesy of Shane
Spicer).
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Monday - 2-3-20 |
Knox
church - 18 players. Katie McGovern (new), Mike Hamby,
Ray Pestridge, Michael Johns, Dennis Pauls, Alex Tupas,
Shweta Govind, Cory Flaugher, Tom Jourdan, Jaesung Kim,
Robert Yang, Okba Harfouch, Johnny McClanahan, Hamid
Ezzat, Arico, Omar Alawar, Diego Fernandez, John David
(info courtesy of Mike Hamby).
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Thursday - 1-30-20 |
Knox
church - 20 players. David Leonard, Hamid Ezzat, Tom
Jourdan, Corey Flaugher, Michael Johns, Trey Rigsby
(Muskogee player), Dru Still, Zac Jiang, Noah Pursell,
Ethan Chen, John Cai, Robert Yang, Mike Hamby, Austin
Green, Gabriel Santos, Juan Pagan, Drew Cowan, Jaesung
Kim, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce.
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Tuesday - 1-28-20 |
Bixby
- 17 players. David Leonard, John Moore, Ted Hill,
Shweta Govind, Jaesung Kim, Michael Johns, Robert Yang,
Shane Spicer, John Cai, Wesley LI, Luis Garcete, Juan
Pagan, Kelly Boyce. 4 players that used to work together
- Nick Davis, Tilan Ukwatt, Asad Molakar, Sidney Gaston
(they played doubles together on the end table).
Other news: Robert Yang is 75% sure he will go to the
State Games of Okla on Feb 8.
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Monday - 1-27-20 |
Alex
Tupas has some new paddles/bats with rubber on them for
sale! Also, Drew Cowan has proposed adding Saturdays
to Knox church. Anyone interested, see Drew.
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Monday - 1-27-20 |
Knox
church - 23 players. 6 new players - Joel Thompson, Jon
Davis, Tyler Russel, Jake Bohrer, Josh Jones, Tanner
Ward. Ray Pestridge, Omar Alawar, Okba Harfouch, Mike
Hamby, Robert Yang, Cory Flaugher, Alex Tupas, Johnny
McClanahan, Dennis Pauls, Michael Johns, Jaesung Kim,
Juan Pagan, Hamid Ezzat, Drew Cowan, Nicole Cullison,
Chris Lane, Gabriel Santos. (Info courtesy of Mike
Hamby)
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Thursday - 1-23-20 |
Knox
church - 20 players. First time out player - Gabriel
Santos (see below for more info), David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Robert Yang, Shweta
Govind, John Cai, Jaesung Kim, Trey Rigsby (played in
Muskogee club), Corey Flaugher, Rett Williams (Booker
t), Juan Pagan, Drew Cowan, Johnny McClanahan, From
Jenks high school - Ethan Chen, Dru Still, Zac Jiang,
Austin Green. Kelly Boyce. Other news - Gabriel
Santos is coach trained player (and looks like it) from
Brazil. He is working on his PHD and will be in Tulsa
about 4 years. He does not have a USATT rating.
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Tuesday - 1-21-20 |
Bixby
- 15 players. David Leonard, John Moore, Michael Johns,
Jaesung Kim, Shweta Govind, Dru Still, Ethan Chen, Zac
Jiang, Sam Phillips, Juan Pagan, John Cai, Wesley Li,
Luis Garcete, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
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Monday - 1-20-20 |
Knox
church - 16 players. Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Michael
Johns, Mike Hamby, Rob, Drew Cowan, Corey Flaugher, Okba
Harfouch, Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang, Johnny McClanahan,
Dwayne, John Cai, Omar, Lawar. 2 new players from
Martinsville - Dennis and Paul. (info courtesy of Mike
Hamby).
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Friday - 1-17-20 |
Update
on Ray Pestridge (who hasn't played in 2 weeks). He
has Sinubronchitis.
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Thursday - 1-16-20 |
Knox
church - 15 players. Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Tom
Jourdan, Trey Rigsby (new - heard about us from Google),
Seth Jacob (played 1 match and left), Rett Williams
(Booker T student), Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang, Juan
Pagan, Corey Flaugher, Drew Cowan, Lauchlan Reid (from
Booker T. student), Mauricio Oviedo, Ali Leal (new
- not rated but around 1800 - if he finds a job in
Tulsa, he will move here), Kelly Boyce.
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Wed - 1-15-20 |
Tulsa
players going to the Okla City tournament on Feb 8 -
Shweta Govind, David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Corey
Flaugher, Jaesung Kim, Tom Jourdan.
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Tuesday - 1-14-20 |
Bixby
- 21 players. Alex Tupas, David Leonard, John Moore, Ted
Hill (paid $40), Shweta Govind, Juan Pagan, Jaesung Kim
(paid $100), Ming Li, Luis Garcett, Wesley Li, John Cai,
Shane Spicer. 4 Jenks high school players - Ethan Chen,
Dru Still, Carter Vash, Sam Phillips. 4 players that
used to work together - Nick Davis, Tilan Ukwatt, Asad
Molakar, Sidney Gaston. Kelly Boyce.
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Monday - 1-13-20 |
Knox
church - 25 players. Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Tom
Jourdan, Dylan Garland, Michael Johns, Mats Johansson,
John Cai, Jaesung Kim, Shweta Govind, Richard Hart,
Corey Flaugher, Robert Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Juan Pagan,
Enrique Perez. 2 players from Brad's club-Nicole
Cullison and Chris Lane. 2 players from Booker T.
Washington-Rett Williams, Nate Burden. 3 players from
Jenks high school-Lauchian Reid, Dru Still, Ethan Chen.
3 players that work for Verizon - Satish, Sandeep, Ajay.
Info courtesy of Mike Hamby.
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Thursday - 1-9-20 |
Knox
church - 18 players. 3 new players - Nate Burden, Rett
Williams (from Booker T. Washington high school),
Brandon Charles (just moved to Tulsa from Houston).
Corey Flaugher, Hamid Ezzat, David Leonard, Robert Yang,
Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Seth Jacob, Jaesung Kim, Andy
Gonzalez, Drew Cowan, Juan Pagan, Mats Johansson, Ethan
Chen, Dru Still (both from Jenks High School), Kelly
Boyce.
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Wed - 1-8-20 |
Top 10
shots of 2019 - https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2020/January/04/Top-10-Best-Table-Tennis-Shots-of-2019?utm_source=Insider+-+January%2C+8%2C+2020&utm_campaign=Insider+11%2F18%2F2017&utm_medium=email
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Tuesday - 1-7-20 |
Bixby
- 15 players. 3 new players - Juan Pagan (paid $100 - he
has played twice at Knox Church), Brandon Charles (just
moved to Tulsa from Houston), Andres ("Andrew") Troncoso
(just happened to be in the building and saw us), John
Moore, David Leonard, Jaesung Kim, Mike Johns, Ming Li,
Alex Tupas, Ethan Chen, Dru Still (both from Jenks High
School), Shane Spicer, John Cai, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce.
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Monday - 1-6-20 |
Knox
church - 23 players. Dylan Garland, Tom Jourdan, Alex
Tupas, Robert Yang, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie,
Ruben Agimudie (Nicks son), Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson,
Jaesung Kim, Cory Flaugher, Mike Hamby, Noah Pursell,
Sam Phillips and 4 other Jenks high school players, from
Brad's club - Chris Lane, Nicole Cullison, Noelle
Cullison, Brad Balmer (info courtesy of Mike Hamby).
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Thursday - 1-2-20 |
Bixby
- 14 players. David Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Shweta
Govind (paid $20), Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Mike Hamby,
Mike Johns (he will be taking lessons from Ray), John
Cai, Kelly Boyce, 5 players from Jenks High School -
Noah Pursell (he has played at the Knox church twice and
brought the other 4 Jenks players), Zac Jiang, Dru
Still, Carter Vash, Ethan Chen.
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Monday - 12-30-19 |
Knox
church - 15 players. Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Ray
Pestridge, David Leonard, Dylan Garland, Alex Tupas,
Enrique Perez, Johnny McClanahan, Robert Yang, Jaesung
Kim, Okba Harfouch, 3 players from Spirit Aerospace -
George Atkins, Randy Petty, Paul Touma (they work the
night shift and can only play once a year!), Kelly
Boyce. Other news: Jaesung bought a table for his one
bedroom apartment. It is a Stiga table, 15 mm thick top
and bought it from Amazon and was delivered on 12-28-19.
|
Thursday 12-26-19 |
Knox
church - 12 players. Tom Jourdan, Drew Cowan, Mike
Hamby, Jaesung Kim, David Leonard, Robert Yang, Okba
Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Michael Johns, Dwayne
Beavers, George Atkins, Randy Petty (info courtesy of
Mike Hamby).
|
Thursday - 12-19-19 |
Knox
church - 13 players. Dwayne Beavers (Union High School
teacher - paid $30 in a check), Bob Sisk (also a Union
high school teacher), Robert Yang, Okba Harfouch, Corey
Flaugher, David Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Jaesung Kim,
Drew Cowan, Seth Jacob, Juan Prodigy, Mike Hamby (info
courtesy of Mike Hamby).
|
Tuesday - 12-17-19 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 12-16-19 |
Knox
church - no play tonight. Boy Scouts having a dinner.
Also,
a rubber review site has been added to the club's home
page:
https://revspin.net/rubber/
|
Friday - 12-13-19 |
Tulsa
players going to the Winter State Games of Oklahoma
Saturday, February 8, 2020: Okba Harfouch, John
Moore, David Leonard, Shweta Govind, Corey Flaugher, Tom
Jourdan, Jaesung Kim.
|
Thursday - 12-12-19 |
Knox
church - 12 players. Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Mike
Hamby, Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan,
Shweta Govind, Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang, Drew Cowan,
John Cai, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 12-10-19 |
Bixby
- 12 players. David Leonard, John Moore, Ming LI (paid
$40 !), Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Jim Turner (from the
old days of yore), Jaesung Kim, John Cai, Wesley Li,
Shane Spicer, Luis Garcete (2nd time out), Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 12-9-19 |
Knox
church - 12 players. Brad Balmer, Shweta Govind, Michael
Johns, Drew Cowan, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Robert Yang,
Robb Lee, Stefan Denis, Cory Flaugher, Mike Hamby,
Jaesung Kim. (info courtesy of Mike Hamby).
|
Thursday - 12-5-19 |
Bixby
- Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Ming Li (new), Shane
Spicer, Jaesung Kim (info courtesy of Shane).
|
Tuesday - 12-3-19 |
Bixby
- 14 players. Asad Milinare (new), Tilam Ukaka (new),
Luis Garcete (new), Johnny McClanahan, Alex Tupas, David
Leonard, John Moore, Shane Spicer, John Cai, Wesley LI,
Ray Pestridge. (info courtesy of Ray).
|
Monday - 12-2-19 |
Knox
church - no info
|
Thursday - 11-28-19 |
Knox
church - Thanksgiving
|
Tuesday - 11-26-19 |
Bixby
- 7 players. David Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Bruno
Fernandez (paid $15), Alex Tupas, Johnny McClanahan,
Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Johnny is going
to the US Open in Ft Worth next month! He is playing in
one event - U-1400. David was hitting on all 12
cylinders tonight! (a car metaphor David will
appreciate).
|
Monday - 11-25-19 |
Knox
Church - 12 players. Drew Cowan, Hamid Ezzat, Jaesung
Kim, Tom Jourdan, Corey Flaugher, Alex Tupas, Bruno
Fernandez, Robb Lee, Johnny McClanahan, Robert Yang,
Mike Hamby, Michael Johns. (info courtesy of Mike
Hamby).
|
Thursday - 11-22-19 |
Knox
church - 17 players. Michael Johns (new), Bob Sisk
(new), Seth Jacob (2nd time), Dwayne Beavers (2nd time),
Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Corey Flaugher,
Stephen Ackart, David Leonard, Drew Cowan, Alex Tupas,
John Cai, Shweta Govind, Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 11-19-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Corey
Flaugher (playing very well - he did not lose a match!),
John Moore, John Cai, Jaesung Kim (left early due to
illness), Bruno Fernandez, Wesley Li, Shane Spicer,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: Corey has not been out for 5
weeks due to a hip muscle problem.
|
Tuesday - 11-19-19 |
Winter
State Games of Oklahoma will be on Saturday, February 8,
2020 at the Okla city club.
|
Monday - 11-18-19 |
Knox
church - 9 players. Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas,
Tom Jourdan, Dylan Garland, Jaesung Kim, Robb Lee, Ray
Pestridge, Seth Jacob (new player).
|
Thursday - 11-14-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Noah Pursell (2nd time out), Al
Smith (Noah's grandfather), Ray Pestridge, Stephen
Ackart, David Leonard, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Mike
Hamby, Alex Tupas, Shweta Govind, Jaesung Kim, Drew
Cowan, Richard Hart, Kelly Boyce.
|
Thursday - 11-14-19 |
Knox
Church - Stephen Ackart will be out tonight. For those
that don't know Stephen, he is a Tri-State champion.
Winner of the Hutchinson, Kansas open. Winner of the
Joplin, Missouri open. Winner of the Sooner State Games,
Oklahoma.
|
Tuesday - 11-12-19 |
Bixby
- 8 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan,
Alex Tupas, John Moore, Shane Spicer, Jaesung Kim, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 11-12-19 |
To
whoever closed up last Tuesday - The Bixby center
director sent our club the following email: "Can you
please make sure that the tables are against the wall
and nothing is blocking the closets? I have to be able
to get to the wall outlet and well as get the chair
caddies out without having to rearrange the ping pong
tables".
|
Monday - 11-11-19 |
Knox
church - 7 players. Big cold front came in tonight.
|
Friday - 11-8-19 |
Bob
Kyker update - the following is from an email Bob sent
in (as to why Bob has not been out for awhile): It
isn't a nerve condition like the neuropathy I have.
It is poly myalgia rheumatica (PMR), which lets my auto
immune system attack the joints. It is similar to
fibro myalgia, which is non curable, but PMR is
treatable. My wrists and ankles are the most affected
areas now, which makes walking very difficult without
crutches. So, I never leave the house for now, except
to go to the doctor. Since my immune system is
comprised, I have to be very careful to not be anywhere
that could let me catch something.
However, it is
a long process, which could take a year or two to get
back to where I was before (still with neuropathy).
The meds are already working well and I am anxious
already to get back to table tennis way ahead of the
original prognosis. I'll be back!
|
Thursday - 11-7-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. David Leonard, World Champion Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Ray Pestridge, Jaesung Kim, Alex Tupas, Shweta
Govind (paid $20), John Cai, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Hamid is considering changing his backhand
rubber from long pips to short pips. Jaesung Kim is
experimenting with a new serve. Shweta Govind still
likes her smooth rubber paddle.
|
Tuesday - 11-5-19 |
Bixby
- 8 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Alex Tupas,
John Moore, John Cai, Shane Spicer, Jaesung Kim, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Monday - 11-4-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Stephan Denis, Mike Hamby, Noah
Taylor, Jason Taylor, Alex Tupas, Douglass Rambo (new),
Shweta Govind, Mats Johansson, Drew Cowan, Tom Jourdan,
World Champion Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jaesung Kim, Dwayne
Beavers, Ray Pestridge.
|
Friday - 11-1-19 |
Sad
news to report. Bob Kyker has developed a nerve
condition (ie "para..." or "peri... ?). Bob cannot
walk or use his right hand and the doctor said it could
take a year for him to get over this. Bob will be
missed until he gets back. (Bob has been with the club
since 1976 ! )
|
Thursday - 10-31-19 |
Knox
church - no info
|
Tuesday - 10-29-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Alex Tupas, David Leonard, John Moore,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Jaesung Kim, Shweta
Govind, Bryan Zhu, Shane Spicer (info courtesy of
Shane).
|
Monday - 10-28-19 |
Knox
church - 10 players. Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Alex
Tupas, Ray Pestridge, Hamid Ezzat, Diego Fernandez,
Bruno Fernandez, Drew Cowan, Dylan Garland, Jaesung Kim
(per Ray email)
|
Thursday - 10-24-19 |
Knox
church - no info
|
Tuesday - 10-22-19 |
Bixby
- 4 players. John Moore, Bryan Zhu, Jaesung, Shane
Spicer (info courtesy of Shane)
|
Monday - 10-21-19 |
Knox
church - no info
|
Thursday - 10-17-19 |
Knox
church - no info
|
Tuesday - 10-15-19 |
Hamid
Ezzat just won Gold in a tournament he played at this
weekend at Westchester, New York and got his picture on
the ittf.com website!
Hamid is officially a World Champion!! Tulsa's first
international/worlds Gold medalist! Click below to see
the pic. He won gold in Class 3 (there were doctors at
the tournament to determine which class a player could
play in. Class 1 were the players with the worst case
of Parkinsons. Class 3 were the players with the least
Parkinsons). There were players from 20 different
countries.
https://www.ittf.com/2019/10/13/champions-crowned-westchester-tournament-born/
|
Tuesday - 10-15-19 |
Bixby
- 7 players. Okba Harfouch, Mats Johansson, David
Leonard, John Moore, Bryan Zhu (got a new paddle), Cody
Osborne (visiting from LA), Shane Spicer. (info courtesy
of Shane).
|
Monday - 10-14-19 |
Knox
church - 12 players. Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Shweta
Govind, Diego Fernandez, Alex Tupas, Corey Flaugher,
Dylan Garland, Drew Cowan, Robb Lee, Stephan Denis, Ray
Pestridge, David (from Washington state).
|
Thursday - 10-10-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, David
Leonard, Bob Kyker, Tom Jourdan, Mats Johansson, Bruno
Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Dylan Garland, Okba
Harfouch, Richard Song (plays at "The Tulsan" with
Okba), Jaesung Kim, Drew Cowan, Kelly Boyce.
|
Wed - 10-9-19 |
New
place to play ping pong! XTreme Kart Racing and
Virtual Reality Arena 708 West Kenosha, Broken Arrow.
918-286-6655. On the northwest corner of Kenosha
(71st street) and Elm. Open until at least 10:00 PM
most days.
https://xtremetulsa.com
|
Tuesday - 10-8-19 |
Bixby
- 15 players. Ray Pestridge, John Moore, Tom Jourdan,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez (he works nights except
for this week), Shweta Govind, Jaesung Kim, Alex Tupas,
David Leonard, Bryan Zhu, John Cai, Wesley Li, Mats
Johansson, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 10-7-19 |
Knox
church - 9 players. Mike Hamby, Diego Fernandez, Dylan
Garland, Okba Harfouch, Stephan Denis, Dave Smith, Mats
Johansson, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker. Other news: Ray
Pestridge played tonight in the Oklahoma City league and
came in 1st in group B.
|
Thursday - 10-3-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker,
David Leonard, Dylan Garland, Mats Johansson, Corey
Flaugher, John Cai, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 10-1-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, David Leonard,
John Moore, Shane Spicer, John Cai, Bryan Zhu, Jaesung
Kim, Jaeyoon Kim, Kelly Boyce
|
Monday - 9-30-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Stephan
Denis, Alex Tupas, Nickey Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Tom
Jourdan, Mats Johansson, Drew Cowan, Robert Yang, Robb
Lee, Jaesung Kim and his brother Jaeyoon Kim (visiting
for one week), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 9-26-19 |
Knox
church - 15 players. Bob Kyker, Tom Jourdan, Ray
Pestridge, Corey Flaugher (playing very well), Hamid
Ezzat, Drew Cowan, John Cai, Shweta Govind, Dylan
Garland, Robert Yang, Rob Lee, Siraj Muhammad (first
time out to Knox), Stefan Denis, Jaesung Kim, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 9-24-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan,
David Leonard, John Moore, Shane Spicer, John Cai,
Jaesung Kim, Bryan Zhu (new player), Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 9-23-19 |
Knox
church - 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, David
Leonard, Robert Yang, Trey Wolf (new, plays baseball for
oru), Robb Lee, Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 9-19-19 |
Tulsa
players going to the Joplin tournament on Oct 19 - Corey
Flaugher, Shweta Govind, Dylan Garland, Tom Jourdan.
|
Thursday - 9-19-19 |
Knox
church - 15 players. 1 first time out player - Noah
Pursell (a Jenks high school student), Shweta Govind
(paid $10), Bob Kyker, Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Tom
Jourdan, Hamid Ezzat (playing very well), John Cai, Drew
Cowan, Alex Tupas, Dylan Garland, Robb Lee, Robert Yang,
Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 9-17-19 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Cullin Tupas,
Jaesung Kim, Shane Spicer, John Cai, Wesley Li, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: Shane is buying a new paddle from
Alex. He has the paddle but has not paid for it yet.
Jaesung has decided to improve his game by not back
spinning the ball anymore. David will only be playing
close to the table against certain players (ie Alex).
|
Monday - 9-16-19 |
Knox
Church - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Alex
Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Robert Yang, Cory Flaugher, Yee
Yang, Jaesung Kim, Hamid Ezzat, Nicky Agimudie, Sydney
Agimudie, Reuben Agimudie, Dylan Garland, Bob Kyker,
Drew Cowan.
|
Thursday - 9-12-19 |
Knox
church - 11 players. Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch, David
Leonard, Tom Jourdan, John Cai, Robert Yang, Drew Cowan,
Yee Yang, Dylan Garland, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 9-10-19 |
Bixby-
8 players. Siraj Muhammad (first time out), Ray
Pestridge, Alex Tupas, John Cai, David Leonard, Shane
Spicer (paid $40), Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 9-9-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Nicky
Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Reuben Agimudie, Dylan
Garland, Tom Jourdan, Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Robert
Yang, Yee Yang, Fong Yang, Robb Lee, a friend of
Jaesung.
|
Thursday - 9-5-19 |
Bixby
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Mike Hamby,
Tom Jourdan, Corey Flaugher, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker,
Alex Tupas, John Moore, Dustin Jackson (1st time out),
Jaesung Kim, John Cai, Kelly Boyce.
|
Thursday - 9-5-19 |
Sanctioned TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT - Joplin, MO
October 18 19th $1,300 - Prize Money Easy
Sign-up: Call 417-625-4750
|
Thursday - 9-5-19 |
Fourth
annual Dale Goodman Memorial on Saturday, October 12 at
the Oklahoma City. It is not Sanctioned, but will be
lots of fun!
|
Tuesday - 9-3-19 |
Bixby
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Alex Tupas,
John Moore, Shweta Govind, Tom Jourdan, Shane Spicer,
Bob Kyker, Jason and Noah Taylor, Kelly Boyce. Other
news - Bob Kyker had a bout with gout (in his foot) but
took his medicine and is OK now.
|
Monday - 9-2-19 |
Knox
church - Labor day. No play.
|
Thursday - 8-29-19 |
Knox
church - 15 players. Dylan Garland (paid $100), Robb Lee
(paid $20), Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Corey Flaugher,
Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Yee Yang, Tom
Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan, Robert Yang, Jaesung
Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Wed - 8-28-19 |
Note -
there will be no play at Knox Church next week. Monday
is Labor day and Thursday is the first Thursday of the
month and the church is having their monthly dinner
then. We will play at Bixby on Sept 5.
|
Tuesday - 8-27-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Eli
Betinjani, John Moore, Alex Tupas, John Cai, Wesley Li,
Jaesung Kim, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
there is a new place to play ping pong at the "The
Tulsan Bar" (they have only one table) at 412 East 2nd
near downtown Tulsa by the Grey Hound bus station and by
the Box Yard business area. They have a facebook page.
They have a league - costs $25 to join. They are open
4:00 PM to midnight. (This info is now on the main/home
page of the club's website).
|
Monday - 8-26-19 |
Knox
church - 13 players. Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Mike
Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Dylan Garland, Hamid Ezzat, Arman
("Oscar") Majidi, Jaesung Kim, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Robb Lee, Corey Flaugher, Drew Cowan. (info courtesy of
Alex).
|
Thursday - 8-22-19 |
Knox
church - 18 players. Sean Curtis, Okba Harfouch, Yee
Yang, Robert Yang, Robb Lee, Drew Cowan, Tom Jourdan,
Dylan Garland, Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Abdulla,
Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, John Cai, Jaesung Kim, Hamid
Ezzat, Enrique Perez, Arman Majidi.
|
Tuesday - 8-20-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. David Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Sean Curtis,
John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang
(paid $10), Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Alex fixed 2 nets. Welded a handle on one of them since
the plastic knob broke.
|
Monday - 8-19-19 |
Beginning 9-5-19 - the club will begin meeting at Bixby
on the first Thursday only of each month. The rest of
the Thursdays we will meet at Knox Church.
|
Monday - 8-19-19 |
Knox
church - 15 regulars + 7 scouts and 2 scout adults. Nick
Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Reuben Agimudie (Nick's son),
Robb Lee, Robert Yang, Drew Cowan, Tom Jourdan, Okba
Harfouch, Shweta Govind, Alex Tupas, Dylan Garland, Mats
Johansson, Jaesung Kim, Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, plus
the scouts (waiting on Ray to inform me on their names).
|
Thursday - 8-15-19 |
Knox
church - 17 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Shweta
Govind (paid $10), Mohammad Luqman, Hamid Ezzat, Mats
Johansson, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Corey Flaugher,
David Leonard, John Cai, Drew Cowan, Robert Yang,
Jaesung Kim, Arman Majidi, Isaac Smith, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 8-13-19 |
Bixby
- 13 players. Dylan Garland (first time out - a self
taught player (ie no coach ever) - 21 years old, Denis
Bukin (from Ukraine) - first time out. Rating-1482.
Works 1 week in Tulsa then 1 week in Florida - plays
with the Tampa, Florida club), Don Lambert (first time
out), Alex Tupas, David Leonard, John Moore, Mohammad
Luqman, Wesley LI, John Cai, Shane Spicer, Jaesung Kim,
Eli Betinjani, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 8-12-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Alex Tupas, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Brad Balmer, Robb Lee,
Okba Harfouch, Mohammed Luqman, Hamid Ezzat, Dylan
Garland, Jaesung Kim, Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker
|
Thursday - 8-8-19 |
Knox
church - 19 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Alex
Tupas, Yee Yang, Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Robert Yang,
Bob Kyker, Jaesung Kim, Drew Cowan, Okba Harfouch, John
Cai, Shweta Govind, Robb Lee, Arman Majidi (first time
out is Okba's dentist), Mats Johansson, Johnny
McClanahan, Isaac Smith (first time out), Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 8-6-19 |
Bixby
- 12 players. David Leonard, Brad Balmer, Noelle, Corey
Flaugher, John Moore, Shweta Govind, Vignesh, John Cai,
Wesley LI, Kelly Boyce, Faisal Ansari, Tom Jourdan.
Other news: John Moore has change rubber again, back to
short pips on the backhand. Shweta really likes her
paddle now.
|
Monday - 8-5-19 |
Knox
church - 15 players. Dylan Garland (new, moved here from
Iowa - rating is 2033 !), Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby,
John Moore, Mauricio Oviedo, Robert Yang, Hamid Ezzat,,
Mohammed Luqman, Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang,
Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Chang Kue, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 8-1-19 |
Knox
Church - 13 players - Tom Jourdan, Ray Pestridge, David
Leonard, Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Chuck
Urasaki, Robb Lee, Drew Cowan, Mohammed Luqman, Jaesung
Kim, Chang Kue, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 7-30-19 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 7-29-19 |
Knox
church - 13 players. Mohammed Luqman, Hamid Ezzat, Robb
Lee, Mauricio Oviedo, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Yee Yang,
Shweta Govind, Mike Hamby, Jaesung Kim, Drew Cowan,
Chang Kue (new), Bob Kyker. Other news: from an email
from Bob Kyker - We also had members of boy scout troop
no. 222 that meets at John Knox church with scoutmaster
Doug Craig: Matthew, Andrew, Caleb, and Aidan - all
working on their merit badges by learning a new sport.
Drew Cowan did an excellent job of providing coaching
and using our robot for stroke development. They will
be playing with us for about four months to earn their
merit badges, probably on Mondays. We can set up a
table for them to use and our players can help them.
|
Monday 7/29/19 |
Knox
Church - per Drew Cowan - there will be 8 boy scouts
tonight at 7 pm. They will need paddles. Need
volunteers to help coach them tonight. Please set up 6
tables tonight. Kelly
|
Thursday - 7-25-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Bob
Kyker, Tom Jourdan, Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Mike
Hamby, Chuck Urasaki (paid $10), Shweta Govind (paid
$10), John Cai, Drew Cowan, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 7-23-19 |
Bixby
- 11 players. Faisal (rhymes with vassal or hassle)
Ansari (a cricket player), David Leonard, Alex Tupas,
John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Eli Betinjani, Shane
Spicer, Kelly Boyce, Ted Price (just visiting for a
week. Ted used to play at Bartlesville during their
glory years when Cliff Smith and Jim Taylor where
running things. Ted is retired now and plays with the
Katy, Texas (outside Houston) club. The club there has
30 tables!).
|
Monday - 7-22-19 |
Knox
church - 12 players. Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Cory
Flaugher, Alex Tupas, David Peters (new), Hamid Ezzat
(paid $100 - (last time out was 3-28-19), Yee Yang,
Robert Yang, Mauricio Oviedo, Rob McKinney, Drew Cowan,
Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 7-18-19 |
Knox
church - 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Drew Cowan, Mike
Hamby, Cory Flaugher, Robb Lee, Brad Balmer (paid $25),
David Leonard, Robert Yang, John Cai, Tom Jourdan,
Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 7-16-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Shane
Spicer, John Cai, Wesley Li, Brad Balmer, Nicole or
Noelle, Jaesung Kim, Ted Price.
|
Monday - 7-15-19 |
Knox
Church - 15 players. Collin Trisler (new), Omer Taveel
(new), Adeel Darr (new), Robb Lee (new, just moved here
from Calif), Garrett Schaede, Ray Pestridge, Tom
Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Jaesung Kim,
Drew Cowan, Mike Hamby, Shweta Govind, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 7-11-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, John
Bryan, Corey Flaugher, Tom Jourdan, Chuck Urasaki,
Enrique Perez, Martin Ndengang, Alex Tupas, Shweta
Govind, Bob Kyker, Drew Cowan, Johnny McClanahan, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: All of the church elders came by
and checked out our club. Shweta brought her new
rubber sheets she got from paddle palace and Alex put
the sheets on. She played very well with the new paddle.
Enrique had his new paddle also. He got the rubber from
Mega-spin and he did not remember where he got the blade
from. He assembled them himself and did a great job
(first time he every did this).
|
Tuesday - 7-9-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Alex Tupas, John Moore, John Cai, Tom
Jourdan, Jaesung Kim, Wesley Li, Eli Betinjani, Shane
Spicer, Kelly Boyce. Other news: "MacGyver" (this is
what his wife calls him) fixed the 3 broken Stiga nets
by welding handles on them (the 6 knobs broke off all
of them).
|
Monday - 7-8-19 |
Knox
church - 9 players. Brad Balmer, Jaesung Kim, Mike
Hamby, Drew Cowan, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Robert Yang,
Cory Flaugher, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 7-4-19 |
Ray
Pestridge won 2nd place in Singles at the National
Senior Games that ran last week at Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
For a
photo of Ray - click here - http://tulsatabletennis.com/photoalbum1.asp?CategoryID=28
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Thursday - 7-4-19 |
No
play. 4th of July.
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Tuesday - 7-2-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Brad Balmer, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Eli
Betinjani, Jaesung Kim, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley LI
(paid $40), Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
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Monday - 7-1-19 |
Knox
church - 11 players. Tom Jourdan, David Leonard, Jaesung
Kim, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang (paid $25), Yee Yang, Drew
Cowan, Mike Hamby, Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez,
Kelly Boyce.
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Thursday - 6-27-19 |
Knox
church - 14 players. 1 first time out player - Loretta
Harrison (heard about us from Google, she plays at
work), Rob McKinney (last time out was 11-17-16), Tom
Jourdan, Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Alex Tupas, John
Cai, Shweta Govind, Bruno Fernandez, Martin Ndengang,
Drew Cowan, Yee Yang, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce,
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Tuesday - 6-25-19 |
Bixby
- 11 players. David Leonard, Martin Ndengang, Tom
Jourdan, Bruno Fernandez, Eli Betinjani, Nabil Betinjani
(Eli's dad), John Cai, Wesley LI, Jaesung Kim, Diego
Fernandez, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Tom Jourdan found
out tonight he is just a man (ie he is not a table
tennis robot because robots don't break down). David
Leonard said to never start using Tenergy rubber
(because if you do, you will become hopelessly
addicted).
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Monday - 6-24-19 |
Knox
church - 8 players. Tom Jourdan (paid $60), Alex Tupas
(paid $20), Mike Hamby, Shweta Govind (ordered a new
paddle from Paddle Palace!), Bruno Fernandez, Robert
Yang, Johnny McClanahan, Jaesung Kim.
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Thursday - 6-20-19 |
Individual rating results are now posted on the USATT
web site for the Oklahoma City and Springfield
tournaments held 6-15-19. 29 players were in the Okla
City tourny and 34 players were in the Springfield
tourny. Tom Jourdan had the best losses - went 5
games with some 1766, 1893, 1811, 2004 players!
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Thursday - 6-20-19 |
Knox
church - 16 players. Yee Yang (paid $100), Tom Jourdan
(paid $40), Robert Yang, Alex Tupas (paid $39), Shweta
Govind (paid $10), Mats Johansson, Martin Ndengang, Okba
Harfouch, Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Johnny
McClanahan, John Cai, Jaesung Kim, Rachid Boubou, Kelly
Boyce, Chuck Urasaki (from the old days - only Bob Kyker
and Kelly will remember Chuck. Last time out - Jan
2014). Players that closed up - Tom, Diego, Mats,
Kelly.
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Tuesday - 6-18-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. David Leonard (paid $50), John Cai (paid
$40), Ray Pestridge, Martin Ndengang, Jaesung Kim, Shane
Spicer, Wesley LI, Diego Fernandez, Kelly Boyce, Eli
Betinjani (last time out was 1-23-18 and the time before
that was 1-31-17).
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Tuesday - 6-18-19 |
For a
2017 article on how the new plastic balls have changed
the game (ie no more defensive players or loopers or top
spin players (but short pips out players will be coming
back): The Evolution of the Table Tennis Ball and How
Plastic Balls Will Change the Scene 20 July 2017 |
Posted in: Table Tennis Tips About the author -
Radivoj Hudetz
Radivoj Hudetz is a 70-year veteran of table tennis and
the Chairman of the ETTHoF board.
He's
the coach of Bayern, the German junior team, the
Yugoslavian national women team, and the Yugoslavian
champion women team HASTK Mladost Zagreb. He's an
author of several books on table tennis techniques,
tactics and history. He's also the chief editor of table
tennis periodicals Tischtennis aktuell and SPIN, and
an author of several films and DVDs on table tennis.
He's also the former president of Yugoslav Table Tennis
Association and the former General secretary of Croatian
TT Association. He was the tournament director of
World Championships 2007.
Currently he's a honorary member of ETTU and a member of
ITTF President Advisory Council. He's been honored
with ITTF award of merit, with the Croatian Table Tennis
Associations Trophy and with the Sport Award of
Croatian Republic.
From its very beginning, table
tennis has evolved through many different phases,
helping it to become the sport it is today. While
alterations such as rule changes and equipment
development have mostly offered improvements, some have
also been obstacles on the road to the sports
development. Not so long ago, another big step was
taken.
The
recent 2014-2015 table tennis season brought a radical
new change to the sport: plastic balls began to replace
celluloid balls at the most important events under the
tutorage of ITTF including the World Championships,
World Tour Tournaments, and other major competitions.
The shift progressed in a manner to phase out the old
celluloid balls, keeping them in parallel use with
plastic balls for a certain period before completely
disappearing.
Surprisingly, the introduction of plastic balls did not
require any change of rules, as the rules do not specify
which material the ball must be made of; only the
weight, diameter, and rebound are specified.
Table
Tennis Balls: Then to Now This change in material can
be understood in better context if we look at its
evolution over time. The first celluloid ball was
introduced in England in 1900, at a time when table
tennis had traditionally been more of a parlor game than
a sport, using balls made from cork or other materials.
So in
1900, the 38mm celluloid ball became the new standard,
and remained this way until the year 2000 when it was
replaced by a larger, 40mm ball.
Even
before that date, however, a plastic ball produced by
the company Barna Dunlop was used for a short time in
the 1980s, even making an appearance at some big,
international events. But most players ended up
rejecting these plastic balls as unplayable, because
they were as hard as stone, and until now, no further
attempts were made to improve upon this type of ball.
Meanwhile, celluloid was rapidly becoming an obsolete
material, replaced by plastic for all of its purposes
except for the production of table tennis balls! Strict
safety regulations for celluloid production in Europe
make its production expensive, and demand for the
material has dramatically decreased to the point that
there is no more celluloid production in Europe.
At
this point, only two factories in the world produce
celluloid, both located in China. These factories
produce the material solely for table tennis balls, and
Europe has shut down all of its celluloid ball factories
completely, as the production has become too costly.
On top
of this, celluloid is an extremely flammable material,
making it difficult and rather expensive to transport
and store the balls. The development of plastic
materials and their widespread use in everyday life has
made it quite natural to exchange such an obsolete
material as celluloid with contemporary plastics.
From
Celluloid to Plastic Some years ago, China began to
investigate how to produce plastic balls, an initiative
which came from the ITTF Equipment Committee. In
cooperation with ITTF, one of the Chinese ball factories
began to produce its first samples of plastic balls.
This proved to be a major innovation, as these new balls
were produced in one piece, unlike celluloid balls which
have a seam down the middle where their two hemispheres
connect.
Chinas plastic ball production required totally new
technology and machinery. A problem arose immediately:
because these plastic balls have no seam, the existing
testing procedures and equipment werent able to
precisely measure whether the ball suited the ITTF
approval demands. It wasnt necessary to change the
sports rules because of the change in material, but it
did become necessary to develop new measuring devices.
As a result, the new plastic balls were not immediately
ITTF approved.
In the
meantime, two other Chinese factories started to produce
plastic balls in the traditional way with a seam, while
one was producing them without. So today, we have two
Chinese factories producing plastic balls with a seam,
one Chinese factory producing plastic balls without a
seam, and one Japanese and one German factory producing
plastic balls with a seam.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Plastic Balls From
the moment that plastic balls were introduced, all ITTF
events from 2014-2015 and onward were required to use
the new material. It was only logical that continental
events and most national events immediately followed, as
celluloid remained in use only in lower categories and
hobby matches.
Plastic balls produce a different sound than celluloid
balls, but the most important difference between the two
is the harder surface of plastic which makes it
impossible to give the ball as much spin as with
celluloid balls.
Also,
the durability and quality of plastic balls was
initially quite poor. It was expected that seamless
balls would produce a homogenous high quality out of
production, solving one of the problems of celluloid,
but this wasnt the case the balls still needed to be
divided after production into four categories, from the
best quality balls for competitions down to lowest
quality balls for practicing. Unexpected differences in
production quality were a disappointing result from the
new plastic ball production.
Recently, factories have changed the original plastic
used for the production of the balls with a new type of
plastic that should solve these existing problems, as
well as making the balls less expensive. The fact is
that plastic balls have already significantly changed
the game, evolving it to be played with less spin and
more speed.
The
Impact of Plastic Balls on Table Tennis Table tennis
balls - The introduction of plastic balls to table
tennis has definitely changed the game in massive ways.
In a rally, a plastic ball bounces higher than a
celluloid ball, flies faster, and is more difficult for
the player to produce spin than with a celluloid ball.
Plastic balls as they are today are an advantage for
players playing a fast attack game without much spin.
These players are hitting the ball as soon as possible
after the bounce, before the ball reaches the highest
point of its trajectory. The new European champion from
Budapest 2017 Lebesson (France) is one player who
profited from these characteristics of plastic balls. He
won a gold medal with his fast attack style, the plastic
ball enabling him to dominate using hard and fast
strokes without much spin.
Another example of a player who has used this new
material to their advantage is the new Japanese star
Harimoto Tomokazu, who in the 2017 World Championships
marched into the quarterfinals at only 14 years of age!
He profited massively from the plastic ball using his
fast strokes devoid of spin, hitting the ball
immediately after the bounce on the table. It is
possible that this type of gameplay will bring pimpled
rubbers back into the scene.
But
not everyone benefits from the new plastic balls and the
changes they bring to gameplay. Defensive players
playing backspin defense are even in more trouble than
they've already been, and topspin players playing attack
from half-distance have difficulties with the new ball
as well. The ball comes at them faster, they have less
time to react, and they cannot produce as much spin as
before.
Overall, the changes brought to the game have been
significant, and have caused players to alter their
strategies and techniques to keep up. Table tennis has
become faster, and rallies shorter. And with shorter
stroke movements comes the need for adequate physical
preparation to avoid injuries.
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Tuesday - 6-18-19 |
2
"new" pics have been added to the "Photos" page of the
web site from the 2017 June Birmingham, Al Senior Games
that Ray Pestridge and Glendale Markwell won. (sorry for
this late pic addition). Click here - http://tulsatabletennis.com/photoalbum1.asp?CategoryID=27
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Monday - 6-17-19 |
Knox
church - 13 players. Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Bruno Fernandez, Yee
Yang, Corey Flaugher (paid $40), Bob Kyker, Ray
Pestridge, Jaesung Kim, Mats Johansson, Kelly Boyce.
|
Thursday- 6-13-19 |
Bixby
- 18 players. Maria Tran (got a 1 hour lesson from
Rachid), Tiffany Salter (from Okla City - just watched),
Rachid Boubou, Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Glendale
Markwell, Robert Yang, Corey Flaugher, Mike Hamby, John
Moore (paid $40), Shweta Govind, Okba Harfouch, Martin
Ndengang, Yee Yang, Shane Spicer, Bruno Fernandez,
Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 6-11-19 |
Bob
Kyker and Ray Pestridge are going to the National Senior
Games in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 6-20-19. The
Nationals are held every 2 years. At least 3 players
from the Oklahoma City club are going also - Linda,
Kathleen, Joe.
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Tuesday - 6-11-19 |
Update
on the 9 Tulsa players going to 2 different tournaments
this weekend. There was talk in the club about the
USATT approving 2 sanctioned tournaments on the same day
and both were somewhat close geographically (ie Oklahoma
City and Springfield, Missouri). The talk was that the
person at the USATT that approves dates for sanctioned
tournaments should not have allowed these 2 tournaments
on the same day. That being said, the following
players going are: The Oklahoma City tournament -
Robert Yang (for sure), Diego Fernandez, Bruno
Fernandez, Jaesung Kim, Ray Pestridge (doubles only with
Yee Yang), Yee Yang (Yee has to work that day -
Saturday- and doesn't know if he can make any single
events but he will at least play doubles with Ray).
Springfield, Missouri tournament - Okba Harfouch, Rachid
Boubou, Tom Jourdan. Other news: Rachid Boubou will
be moving to North Carolina next month.
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Tuesday - 6-11-19 |
Bixby
- 18 players. John Moore (paid $40), Yee Yang, Ray
Pestridge (paid $100), David Leonard (paid $50), Enrique
Perez, Rachid Boubou, Tom Jourdan, Martin Ndengang, Okba
Harfouch, Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Bruno Fernandez, Diego
Fernandez (paid $20 for both), Jaesung Kim, John Cai,
Wesley LI, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Bixby now has 6 tables.
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Saturday - 6-8-19 |
The
Oklahoma City tournament is next week. Tulsa players
need to sign up asap if going.
|
Thursday - 6-6-19 |
Knox
church update - We will not play here next week. The
church is having bible camp. The club will play next
week on Tuesday and Thursday at Bixby. The knox church
will be open for table tennis next on 6-17-19 - Monday.
|
Thursday - 6-6-19 |
Knox
Church - 12 players. 1st night to play! Shweta Govind
(first time out - she plays at Brad's club), Bruno
Fernandez, Drew Cowan, Bob Kyker, Yee Yang, David
Leonard, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Robert Yang, Mats
Johansson (paid $100 !), Jason Kim, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: the knox church is a step up from Dawson.
Much larger playing area. Lighting is good. There will
be 4 people with keys to the storage doors - Alex,
Kelly, Drew and Bob.
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Tuesday - 6-4-19 |
John
Knox church - We are now moved in ! Thanks to Johnny
McClanahan's big truck and Drew Cowan, Bob Kyker and
Kelly Boyce for moving the 5 tables, barriers,
cardboard, robot and nets from Dawson to the church.
We can begin play on Thursday! Note - the church has
a day camp for kids until around 6:00 PM and the kids
stay in the room we will be playing in. We can't use
the room (or be in the room) until the last child is
picked up by their parents. Drew Cowan will be the
only contact person with the church, so any questions
about the church building or their activities, see Drew
only. For table tennis info, see Drew, Bob, Kelly or
any member of the club. (interesting fact - most
people do not care that most Stiga tables are 32" wide
when folded up - until you realize, too late, that the
room we are storing our tables in at the church is only
28" wide! (oops, we missed this detail tonight but
Johnny was nice enough to allow us to go to Bixby and
switch out one of the stiga tables ).
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Tuesday - 6-4-19 |
Bixby
- 7 players.
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Tuesday - 6-3-19 |
Dawson
moving update. The confirmed plan (as of 11:30 today)
is for Bob, Kelly, Johnny McClanahan and Drew to meet at
Dawson today - Tuesday - at 5:30 PM to pickup the tables
and take them to Knox Church.
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Monday - 6-3-19 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Last day to play at Dawson
(after 17 years) ! Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Stephan Denis, Alex Tupas, Diego Fernandez,
Bruno Fernandez, Enrique Perez, Robert Yang, Cory
Flaugher, Drew Cowan, Johnny McClanahan, Jaesung Kim,
Bob Kyker. For a pic of most of these players- click on
the "photos" link in the top right or click here: http://tulsatabletennis.com/photoalbum1.asp?CategoryID=26
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Thursday - 5-30-19 |
Dawson
move update - Drew Cowan has secured a place to move the
Dawson equipment to. We will now be playing at John
Knox church on 31st between Harvard and Lewis. - 2929
East 31st street, Tulsa. Johnny McClanahan will use
his big truck (with a Tommy gate) to pickup the tables
on Tuesday - 6-4-19 at 6:30 PM at Dawson and take them
to the church. Storage space is very limited but we
think there is room for the tables, barriers, cardboard
there. Drew will measure the tables tonight and check to
make sure the storage area is large enough. Where we
will be playing, we may not need the cardboard.
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Thursday - 5-30-19 |
Dawson
- 12 players: Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Drew Cowan,
David Leonard, Cory Flaugher, Tom Jourdan, Bruno
Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Okba Harfouch, Jaesung Kim,
Robert Yang, Bob Kyker.
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Wednesday - 5-29-19 |
Oklahoma City is having their summer games tournament on
June 15.
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Wednesday - 5-29-19 |
Dawson
move update - We will move the 5 tables at Dawson
somewhere next Wednesday - June 5. At this time, we
don't have any place to move them to or a method to
transport them. Please contact Bob Kyker or Kelly if
anyone has any ideas (Kelly has made several contacts
with YMCA's, City of Tulsa rec centers, Tulsa County
centers but has not found a place yet to move to).
Bixby has agreed to let us play on Thursday nights
beginning June 6.
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Tuesday - 5-28-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Sayed Haris and Sayed Hassan (first time
out), David Leonard, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Bruno
Fernandez, Martin Ndengang, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
Other news- We now know where Jaesung has been since
2-28-19- he had a friend from South Korea come in and he
has been going all over the USA vacationing. Also, he
got a dog!
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Monday - 5-27-19 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Yee Yang,
Robert Yang, Mike Hamby, Bruno Fernandez, Jaesung Kim,
Diego Fernandez, Drew Cowan, Bob Kyker, Okba Harfouch,
Rachid Boubou,
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Sunday - 5-26-19 |
30'
wide x 55' long - Size of the room needed for the new
place we hopefully find soon: To use Dawson as an
example, this is how large the space we are using now
for the 4 tables. 30' is the distance of the smaller
part of Dawson (on the south end of the room) that runs
east to west. 55' is the distance, wall to wall, from
north to south.
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Saturday - 5-25-19 |
Update
on moving the club from Dawson: Kelly talked to Hicks
Park (on 31st and Mingo area) and Hicks won't work. The
center director there said we should talk to Lacy Park
at Pine and Peoria which I will do Tuesday.
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Saturday - 5-25-19 |
New
place to play update from Bob Kyker: I went by and
talked to the lady in charge at Reed Park, near 41st and
union, where we played many years ago. The gym is
under construction and they have no places to store our
tables. She said storage is a problem at most centers.
Anyway, it would have to be after summer, no openings
until then.
Drew Cowan has talked to John Knox
Presbyterian church on 31st, between Harvard and Lewis.
They will have to talk to the elders to see if it is
possible. They just added or remodeled a room bigger
than dawson with LED lights and new AC unit. He might
have more info by Monday night.
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Friday - 5-24-19 |
Springfield, Missouri (ie Bill Lewis -Ozark club) is
having a big tournament on June 15. $2975 in prize
monies.
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Friday - 5-24-19 |
Dawson
- the club has to move our tables out by June 8.
Kelly went by Whiteside park (41st between Yale and
Harvard) and went by Hicks park on Mingo between 31st
and 41st and asked them if they had room for our club.
Both people said they have to talk to the center
director but at this time, they didn't have any open
areas available but will let me know if something comes
up.
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Thursday - 5-23-19 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Glendale Markwell, Cory
Flaugher, David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Yee
Yang, Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Jaesung Kim,
Bob Kyker.
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Tuesday - 5-21-19 |
Bixby
- 8 players.
|
Monday - 5-20-19 |
Dawson
- no info yet
|
Thursday - 5-16-19 |
Dawson
- 6 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Cory Flaugher,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Bob Kyker.
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Tuesday - 5-14-19 |
Bixby
- 4 players.
|
Monday - 5-13-19 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Mike
Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Martin Ndengang,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Alex Tupas, Drew
Cowan, Enrique Perez, Jaesung Kim, Richy R., Evan Hughes
(new), Bob Kyker.
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Thursday - 5-9-19 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Glendale Markwell, Johnny
McClanahan (pd $100 cash), Cory Flaugher, Yee Yang, Tom
Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan, Martin Ndengang,
Enrique Perez, Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Robert
Yang, Bob Kyker.
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Sunday 5/12/19 |
Bob
Kiker has confirmed that the city of Tulsa will no
longer allow Tulsa Table Tennis to play at Dawson. Last
play day will be approximately 1 month from now. We are
currently looking for a new location. Please contact us
if you know of a facility.
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Tuesday - 5-7-19 |
Bixby
- 2 players. John Moore, Martin Ndengang.
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Monday - 5-6-19 |
Dawson
11 players. Okba Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby (pd
$100 check), David Leonard, Cory Flaugher, Yee Yang,
Diego Fernandez, Drew Cowan, Alex Tupas, Martin Ndengang
(pd $100 cash), Bob Kyker (pd $100 check)
|
Friday - 5-3-19 |
Kelly
Boyce will not be playing the next 2 weeks including the
next 2 Tuesdays. (someone will need to set up the
Bixby playing area on the next 2 Tuesdays.
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Friday - 5-3-19 |
Memberships are due for most players. Bob Kyker will be
collecting dues (and he won't be asking nicely).
Also, update on 3 Tulsa players going to the Joplin
tournament on May 10 and 11 - Okba and Rachid and Corey
Flaugher. Tom does not know if he will go.
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Thursday - 5-3-19 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Bruce Oliver (just visiting for 1 week
from Florida/Jamaica), David Leonard, Drew Cowan (paid
$100 to renew his membership !), Okba Harfouch, Mike
Hamby, Sean Curtis, Corey Flaugher, Enrique Perez,
Garrett Schaede, Diego Fernandez, Yee Yang, Josh Perez,
Jason Mann, Tom Jourdan, Stefan Denis, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Sean Curtis is practicing to become a
defensive player. He watches You Tube videos of South
Korean player Jo Se Huk.
|
Tuesday - 4-30-19 |
Tulsa
players going to the Joplin tournament on May 10 and 11
(a 2 day tournament - begins 6:00 PM Friday). Okba
Harfouch, Rachid Boubou
|
Tuesday - 4-30-19 |
Bixby
- 6 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Shane Spicer,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 4-29-19 |
Dawson
- 9 players. David Leonard (this info courtesy of
David), Tom Jourdan, Rachid Boubou, Alex Tupas, Mike
Hamby, Johnny McClanahan, Diego Fernandez, Ray
Pestridge, Sean Curtis.
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Thursday - 4-25-19 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Enrique Perez (paid $100 !), Bob Kyker,
Ray Pestridge, Drew Cowan, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan,
Garrett Schaede, Diego Fernandez, Stefan Denis, Jason
Mann, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Update on Tom
Jourdan's health (ie table tennis health). Since taking
off for 2 months, Tom's game has suffered. However,
after a slow start tonight, Tom came roaring back as
good-as-new and was playing very well.
|
Tuesday - 4-23-19 |
Bixby
- 7 players. Alex Tupas, David Leonard, John Moore, Ted
Hill, Shane Spicer, Diego Fernandez, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 4-22-19 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Stephan Denis, Robert Yang, Yee Yang,
Mauricio Oviedo, Sean Curtis, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan,
Mike Hamby, Diego Fernandez, Garrett Donert (new),
Richie Ramysaran, Okba Harfouch, Rachid Boubou, Bob
Kyker.
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Thursday - 4-18-19 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Tom Jourdan, David Leonard, Glendale
Markwell, Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Ray
Pestridge, Drew Cowan, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 4-16-19 |
Bixby
- 6 players. Okba Harfouch, Rachid (just practiced with
Okba), John Moore, Shane Spicer, Sean Curtis, Kelly
Boyce.
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Monday - 4-15-19 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Yee Yang, Sean Curtis, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Okba Harfouch, Cory Flaugher, Ray Pestridge,
David Leonard, Mauricio Oviedo, Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas,
Diego Fernandez, Drew Cowan, Robert Yang, Richie
Ramysaran (new), Bob Kyker.
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Friday - 4-12-13 |
(From
an email from Brad Balmer): Hello, just an update
that the deadline for the 1st Broken Arrow Table Tennis
Open is this Thursday 4/11. Please call me if you
have any questions. This is a great opportunity to
support the local table tennis scene. We are
volunteers and do not receive payment for our efforts.
Yes, the facility is not perfect, but the environment is
equal on both sides of the table. I have probably 14
juniors that will play in this event and having local,
seasoned players exhibit their skills, and top-notch
sportsmanship, goes a long way in shaping the future
crop of local enthusiasts. If you are on the fence,
in regards to entering, please consider giving back to
our sport by joining us. Local participation is
needed to grow and improve the local ping pong arena.
Thank you, Brad Balmer 918 240-7465
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Thursday - 4-11-19 |
Dawson
- no info yet
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Tuesday - 4-9-19 |
Bixby
- no info yet
|
Monday - 4-8-19 |
Dawson
- 6 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Mike Hamby,
David Leonard, Yee Yang, Bob Kyker
|
Thursday - 4-4-19 |
Joplin
tournament notice. May 10 11th JOPLIN, MO Just
over 1 month till the Tournament $855 - Prize Money
Easy Sign-up: Call 417-625-4750
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Wed - 4-3-19 |
Update
on Tulsa players going to the Broken Arrow ping pong
tournament on April 13: Going for sure: Stephan
Denis, Enrique Perez, Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch (dbls
with alex), Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Sean
Curtis (new, from oru), John Moore, Kelly Boyce.
Maybe going: Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Garrett
Schaede, Mats Johansson. Not going: Cory Flaugher,
Bill Wyman, David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Maruicio Oviedo,
Bob Kyker. Unknown: Tom Jourdan
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Tuesday - 4-2-19 |
Bixby
- 7 players: John Moore, Diego Fernandez, Bruno
Fernandez, John Cai, Wesley Li, Shane Spicer, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Monday - 4-1-19 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Stephan Denis, Enrique Perez, Alex Tupas,
Okba Harfouch, Bruno Fernandez, Sean Curtis (new, from
oru), Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Garrett Schaede, Mats
Johansson, Cory Flaugher, Bill Wyman, David Leonard,
Mike Hamby, Mauricio Oviedo, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 3-28-19 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Blake Storm (new), Mats Johansson, Bob
Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Drew
Cowan, Mauricio Oviedo, Kelly Boyce, Robert Yang,
Garrett Schaede (he got new rubber tonight - Tibhar
Evolution - per Robert Yang's recommendation. Bob Kyker
glued it on tonight).
|
Wed - 3-27-19 |
Update
on Tulsa players going to the April 13 Broken Arrow Ping
Pong club tournament - one so far.
|
Tuesday - 3-26-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Alex Tupas, John Moore, Diego Fernandez,
David Leonard, Shane Spicer, John Cai, Wesley LI, Bruno
Fernandez, Kelly Boyce. Other news: 4 players arrived
after 7:00 PM tonight!
|
Monday - 3-25-19 |
Dawson
- 12 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang,
Drew Cowan, Stephan Denis, Okba Harfouch, Cory Flaugher,
Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Mauricio Oviedo,
Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 3-21-19 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Corey Flaugher,
Hamid Ezzat, David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas,
Brad Balmer, Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Mats
Johansson, Kelly Boyce. Other news: David Leonard has
decided to start using performance enhancing drugs
before he plays. Corey's new faster equipment has
made a huge difference in his game. Mike Hamby may
decide to finally upgrade his equipment.
|
Tuesday - 3-19-19 |
Bixby
- 4 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan,
Maurico Oviedo.
|
Monday - 3-18-19 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, David Leonard,
Cory Flaugher, Stephan Denis, Garrett Schaede, Mike
Hamby, Johnny McClanahan, Diego Fernandez, Bruno
Fernandez, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker. Other news:
Diego and Bruno bought a robot - a Paddle Palace A32W.
|
Thursday 3-14-19 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Corey Flaugher, Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby,
Josh Perez, Garrett Schaede, Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat, Tom
Jourdan, Diego Fernandez, Bill Wyman, Paul Despain,
Robert Yang, Drew Cowan, Bruno Fernandez, Jason Mann
(from the Broken Arrow ping pong club - 1st time out),
Kelly Boyce. Other news: Diego and Bruno bought a
robot - a Paddle Palace A32W.
|
Tuesday - 3-12-19 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, John Moore, Alex Tupas,
Diego Fernandez (paid $10), Bruno Fernandez, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 3-11-19 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Cory Flaugher, Alex Tupas,
Mats Johansson, Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Bruno
Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Bill Wyman, Drew Cowan, Yee
Yang, Johnny McClanahan, Robert Yang, Bob Kyker
|
Thursday - 3-7-19 |
Dawson
- 19 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, David Leonard,
Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Yee Yang, Garvin, Luke and
Taylor Ramkaran, Jeremy (new, didn't get his last name),
Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Bill Wyman, Okba
Harfouch, Mats Johansson, Drew Cowan, Paul Despain and
his son Levi (new), Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 3-5-19 |
Bixby
- 7 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Shane Spicer,
John Moore, Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 3-5-19 |
Stephen Ackart won the 2015 Joplin tournament against
Bill Lewis. For a link to the you tube video of the
match:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbzmft2F4Q
|
Monday - 3-4-19 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Mike Hamby,
Okba Harfouch, Richard Hart, Cory Flaugher, Drew Cowan,
Hamid Ezzat, Stephan Denis, Mats Johansson, Enrique
Perez, Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Brad Balmer,
Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-28-19 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, David Leonard,
Corey Flaugher, Mats Johansson, Okba Harfouch, Drew
Cowan, Mike Hamby, Jaesung Kim, Jaron Stewart, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 2-26-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. John Moore, David Leonard, Diego Fernandez,
Bruno Fernandez, John Cai, Wesley Li, Shane Spicer,
Jaesung Kim (paid $100!), Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 2-25-19 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Drew Cowan, Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch,
Mike Hamby, Cory Flaugher, Robert Yang, Bruno Fernandez,
Diego Fernandez, Enrique Perez, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
3 new players Garvin, Luke and Taylor Ramkaran.
|
Sat - 2-23-19 |
Brad
Balmer from the Broken Arrow Ping Pong Club will be
having a tournament on April 13. No other info is
available at this time - per Brad.
|
Thursday - 2-21-19 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Stephan Denis, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge,
Bob Kyker, Corey Flaugher, Henry Ngo/Ango, Garrett
Schaede, Paul Despain, Jaesung Kim, Bruno Fernandez,
Diego Fernandez, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 2-19-19 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, Diego Fernandez, Bruno
Fernandez, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Shane Spicer, Jaesung
Kim, Kelly Boyce
|
Monday - 2-18-19 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Cory Flaugher,
Garrett Schaede, Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Bill
Wyman, Stephan Denis, Jason and Noah Taylor, Okba
Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Jaesung Kim, Drew Cowan, Bob
Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-14-19 |
Dawson
- no players showed up. The club was open but no one
showed up.
|
Tuesday - 2-12-19 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Derick Whitmore (new), Ray Pestridge, Phil
Tolbert (new), John Moore, Bruno Fernandez, Diego
Fernandez, Shane Spicer, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: The "tall" table (and most unpopular table)
has a broken leg. Be careful in moving it until we get
it fixed.
|
Monday - 2-11-19 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Mike Hamby, Stephan Denis, Garrett
Schaede, Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Cory Flaugher, Ray
Pestridge, Drew Cowan, Hamid Ezzat, Bruno Fernandez,
Diego Fernandez, Okba Harfouch, Robert Yang, Jaesung
Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-7-19 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Robert Yang, Garrett Schaede, Okba
Harfouch, David Leonard, Hamid Ezzat, Cory Flaugher,
Stephan Denis, Paul Despain, Drew Cowan, Diego
Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Mike Hamby, Jaesung Kim, Bob
Kyker. Other news: Per Bob Kyker - "Okba brought the
new paddle palace a32w pro robot with 2 ball pickers and
a ball basket/stand for multi-ball or serve practice.
Nearly everyone tried out the new robot and it was a
great success. We stored it in the corner behind
the tables out of sight. It will be part of extra
training that the club players are needing and wanting
to improve.
|
Tuesday - 2-5-19 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Enrique Perez (new), John Moore, Ray
Pestridge, Bruno Fernandez, Hamid Ezzat, Rachid Boubou
(just gave a lesson to Hamid), David Reynolds (new),
Jared Wheeler, Diego Fernandez, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Ray Pestridge has passed his test and is now an
official USATT "Club Umpire".
|
Tuesday - 2-5-19 |
(From
an email from Bill Lewis today): Non-sanctioned
tourney - no USATT fees. Last call for: Feb 16 Table
Tennis Tournament in Springfield.
Greetings Table
Tennis Fanatics ! !
This non-sanctioned tourney
has no USATT fees. Plus - if you haven't played in a
FUN tournament in awhile then this tourney's for you!
Date ........... February 16, 2019
Site............. O'Reilly-Tefft Gymnasium. 1408 E.
Pythian St. Springfield, Mo. 65802
Events........ 4 Rated Events ..... 1 Doubles Event
..... 1 Giant Round Robin. Payouts...... $1,000.00
Download contains Entry Form and also on Home page.
Email to reserve the slots of your choosing.
'Thanks so much' - and - we hope to hear from you.
- Bill -
Bill Lewis 3818 South Farm
Road 103 Brookline, Mo. 65619
President: Ozarks Table Tennis Club USATT C.R. C.U.
T.D. and Safe Sport Certified Club site:
http://www.OzarksTableTennisClub.org/ (C)
417.493.6259
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Monday - 2-4-19 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Bruno
Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Garrett Schaede, Brad
Balmer, Cory Flaugher, Drew Cowan, Robert Yang, Jaesung
Kim, Okba Harfouch, Enrique Perez (new), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 1-31-19 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, David Leonard,
Henry Ngo, Hamid Ezzat, Paul Despain, Drew Cowan, Mike
Hamby, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 1-29-19 |
Bixby
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, John Moore,
John Cai, Bruno Fernandez, Jared Wheeler, John Guernsey
(new), Nick Reeds (new), Hamid Ezzat, Rachid El Boubou
(just gave a lesson to Hamid), Wesley Li, Okba Harfouch,
Diego Fernandez, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 1-28-19 |
Dawson
- no info
|
Thursday - 1-24-19 |
Dawson
- 15 players. 3 first time out players - Phil Tolbert
(just watched), Jaron Stewart (Jaesung's guitar
teacher), Kent Schaede (Garrett's dad), Ray Pestridge,
Robert Yang, Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Paul
Despain, Garrett Schaede, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Bob
Kyker, Okba Harfouch, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 1-22-19 |
Update
on the 9 Tulsa players going to the Okla City tournament
on Jan 26. Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Corey Flaugher,
David Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Ray Pestridge (doubles only
with Corey), Rachid El Boubou, Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang.
(This is in addition to the 9 Broken Arrow ping pong
players going).
|
Tuesday - 1-22-19 |
Bixby
- 12 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas,
Jaesung Kim, Bruno Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, John
Moore, John Cai, Jared Wheeler, Peter Malley, Shane
Spicer, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Jared Wheeler is
wanting to step up his game with a better paddle. Also,
after playing left handed since he started, is switching
to right handed. He said he gets more spin left handed
but more power right handed.
|
Tuesday - 1-22-19 |
To
view several You Tube videos of Tulsa's own Rachid el
Boubou in action, go to You Tube and type in "rachid el
boubou".
|
Monday - 1-21-19 |
(from
an email from Bill Lewis dated 1-21-19) Greetings
Table Tennis Fanatics ! ! There will be a
non-sanctioned table tennis tournament in Springfield,
Missouri on Saturday, February 16, 2019. This is a
"first-come, first-serve basis" and the main event is a
GRR with 24 slots. (Enter early if you'd like to
reserve one of these key positions.) Tourney pays
out: $1000. There will also be a large Open Doubles
event near the end of the day and will hold 16 teams and
pays out $200. There are also 4 other events
from which to choose. Thanks so much ! ! And -
we hope to hear from you. Bill Lewis (Note - from
the tulsa table tennis club - if you don't know what
"GRR" is, then we can hook you up with a nice tiddly
winks tournament for you to play in instead).
|
Monday - 1-21-19 |
Dawson
- 14 players- Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Mike Hamby,
Cory Flaugher, Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan, Brad Balmer,
Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Jaesung Kim, Hamid Ezzat,
Johnny McClanahan, Bruno Fernandez, Bob Kyker. Other
news: Okba is ordering the new robot!
|
Friday - 1-18-19 |
9
players from the Broken Arrow Ping Pong Club are going
to the Okla City tournament on Jan 26. Brad Balmer,
Rithun Kulengath, Nicole Cullison, Noelle Cullison,
Shweta Govind, Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Howard
Grinsteinner and his daughter (and club junior) Jacee.
(7 players from the Tulsa club are going also).
|
Thursday - 1-17-19 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Paul Despain (paid $20), Bob Kyker, Ray
Pestridge, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Corey Flaugher,
David Leonard, Drew Cowan, Okba Harfouch, Stefan Denis,
Gary Schaeder, Robert Yang, Kelly Boyce.
|
Thursday - 1-17-19 |
From
an email from Lloyd Blankenship from the Joplin Table
Tennis club: We have scheduled our spring and fall
tournaments. They are on May 10th and 11th and Oct. 18th
and 19th. Our spring tournament is non sanctioned and
our fall tournament will be a 2 star sanctioned
tournament. If you would spread the word hopefully we
will see some of you there, thanks.
|
Wed - 1-16-19 |
Update
on the Tulsa players going to the Okla City tournament
on Jan 26. Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Corey Flaugher,
David Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Ray Pestridge (doubles only
with Corey). Rachid will play in the Open!
|
Tuesday - 1-15-19 |
Bixby
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Okba
Harfouch, Jim French, John Moore, John Cai, Bruno
Fernandez (paid $10), Jared Wheeler, Shane Spicer,
Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 1-14-19 |
Dawson
- 17 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Cory Flaugher,
Tom Jourdan, Bill Wyman, Drew Cowan, Alex Tupas, Jason
and Noah Taylor, Johnny McClanahan, Bruno Fernandez,
Okba Harfouch, Jaesung Kim, Rachid El Boubou, Hamid
Ezzat, Samer Charr (did not play), Bob Kyker.
|
Saturday - 1-12-19 |
7
players from the Broken Arrow Ping Pong Club are going
to the Okla City tournament on Jan 26. Brad Balmer,
Rithun Kulengath, Nicole Cullison, Noelle Cullison,
Shweta Govind, Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez.
|
Thursday - 1-10-19 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Robert Yang,
David Leonard, Jaesung Kim, Mike Hamby, Paul Despain,
Corey Flaugher, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Garrett
Schaede, Bill Wyman, Kelly Boyce. Other news: update
on who is going to the Okla City tournament on Jan 26 -
Okba, Corey, David, Tom.
|
Tuesday - 1-8-19 |
Bixby
- 14 players. David Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas,
Okba Harfouch, John Moore, John Cai, Shane Spicer, Jared
Wheeler, Diego Fernandez, Bruno Fernandez, Obie Bryant,
Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce, Rachid El Boubou (just coached
Jaesung for 1 hour (a paid lesson - reasonable rate
also).
|
Monday - 1-7-19 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Tom Jourdan,
Alex Tupas, Cory Flaugher, Mike Hamby, Drew Cowan,
Johnny McClanahan, Jaesung Kim, Stephan Denis, Bruno
Fernandez, Diego Fernandez, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 1-3-19 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan, Mike Hamby, Alex
Tupas, Paul Despain (new), Garrett Schaede, Tom Jourdan,
Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Rachid El
Boubou (rating 2427) moved to Tulsa 3 weeks ago. He
will be available for paid training services. Okba has
ordered some training equipment due in soon (including a
robot).
|
Thursday - 12-27-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Robert Yang,
Mike Hamby, Bill Wyman, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, David
Leonard, Josh Ford (just visiting from San Antonio),
Johnny McClanahan, George Atkins, Randy Petty, Jaesung
Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Josh Ford (who is now a
lawyer) was recently elected as President of the San
Antonio club!
|
Thursday - 12-20-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players and 1 watcher. Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ray
Pestridge, Corey Flaugher, Drew Cowan, Stefan Denis,
Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Matt Rodgers, Tim Rodgers (the
watcher - is Matt's dad), Mats Johansson, Kyle Spence,
Diego Fernandez, Jaesung Kim, Johnny McClanahan, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: There are 2 tournaments next month
in this area - Little Rock and Okla City.
|
Tuesday - 12-18-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Alex Tupas,
John Moore, John Cai, Wesley LI, Kelly Boyce
|
Monday - 12-17-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Robert Yang,
David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Garrett Schaede, Drew Cowan,
Mike Hamby, Stephan Denis, Cory Flaugher, Mats
Johansson, Diego Fernandez, Okba Harfouch, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 12-13-18 |
Dawson
- no info. Rainy night.
|
Tuesday - 12-11-18 |
Bixby
- 9 players. 2 first time out players - Diego Fernandez,
Bruno Fernandez. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, John
Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 12-10-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, David Leonard,
Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Cory Flaugher, Greg McCann,
Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Jaesung Kim, Bruno Fernandez
(new), Diego Fernandez(new), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 12-6-18 |
Dawson
- no info
|
Wed - 12-5-18 |
The
Winter State Games of Oklahoma Table Tennis tournament
will be on Saturday, January 26, 2019 held at the Okla
City club.
|
Tuesday - 12-4-18 |
Little
Rock is having a 2 star sanctioned tournament on Jan 12.
For more info, go to their website - https://lrttc.org/.
The tournament is limited to the first 32 players and
has 8 tables.
|
Tuesday - 12-4-18 |
1st Tri-County Table Tennis Tournament
Results 12/01/2018 (Broken Arrow ping pong club)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th Open
Okba Harfouch Alex
Tupas
Tom Jourdan
Rithun Kulangath O-Dbls
Tupas/Jourdan
Kulangath/Acosta Flaugher/Cowan
Harfouch/Kim O-Women Nicole Cullison
Shweta Govind O-50
Alex Tupas
Edgar Acosta
Brad Balmer
Drew Cowen Novice
Bruno Fernandez Matthew Stitt
3-Star
Tom Jourdan
Rithun Kulangath Matthew Rogers 2-Star
Matthew Rogers
Nicole Cullison
Jaesung Kim
John Strelow 1-Star
Obie Bryant
Scott Bradley
Eric Gassen
Ming Huang P/C Dbls
Jourdan/Jourdan Taylor/Taylor
18U Girls Noelle Culliison
Jacee Grinsteinner 18U Boys
Sam Smithee
Noah Taylor
Ouli Jourdan
Sam Carr 13U Girls
Noelle Culliison
Jacee Grinsteinner 13U Boys Ouli
Jourdan
Sam Smithee 10U Girls
***
*** 10U Boys Steele
Cullison
Nick Lupari Jr Open
Noah Taylor
Ouli Jourdan
Jacee Grinsteinner Sam Smithee
Jr Dbls
Grinsteinner/Cullison Carr/Taylor
|
Tuesday - 12-4-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Shane
Spicer, Alex Tupas, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: John Moore has switched his forehand rubber from
pips to smooth rubber (and was playing well with it).
David Leonard is experimenting using Okba's carbon fast
paddle with slow rubber.
|
Monday - 12-3-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Drew Cowan, Tom Jourdan,
Ouli Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Garrett Schaede
(paid $100 cash!), Omar Amadiha (new), Scott Bradley,
Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 11-29-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players: Jaesung Kim, David Leonard, Henry Ango
(new), Hamid Ezzat, Drew Cowan, Okba Harfouch, Obie
Bryant, Jeff Motley, Mike Hamby, Johnny McClanahan, Bob
Kyker.
|
Wed - 11-21-18 |
From
an email from Brad Balmer: Hello, with the Tri-County
Table Tennis Tournament coming up, if you have a
place to hang one of the tournament flyers/poster
please pick one up at the club this Friday 11/23 or Sat.
11/24 10-2p. Any place with frequent public traffic
will be great. Hope all of you enter some events at
the Tri-County Tournament. This will go along way in
growing the sport in this area and put us on-track
for more events in the future. Growth through
participation. This will be a fun event, so enter
early to assure a spot in the event you want to play
in. 42 trophies were ordered today. You can't win
one if you don't enter. Hope to see you all this
Friday League Night. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Go
Bears!! Call me with questions, Brad 918 240-7465
http://www.brokenarrowpingpong.com/
|
Tuesday - 11-27-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, John Moore,
John Cai, Wesley Li, Alex Tupas, JT ? (new player).
|
Monday - 11-26-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Jaesung Kim, Tom Jourdan, Cory Flaugher,
Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan, Bill Wyman,
Garrett Schaede, Robert Yang, Brad Balmer, Jason and
Noah Taylor, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 11-22-18 |
Dawson
- Thanksgiving day. No play today.
|
Tuesday - 11-20-18 |
Bixby
- 4 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Shane Spicer,
Kelly Boyce Other news: Kelly will not be out next
week (to either location).
|
Monday - 11-19-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Harfouch, David
Leonard, Stephan Denis, Jason and Noah Taylor, Cory
Flaugher, Tom Jourdan, Garrett Schaede, Drew Cowan,
Jaesung Kim, Brad Balmer, Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker.
|
Friday - 11-16-18 |
Brad
Balmer's tourny info is now posted. See his web site for
info. Below is info from his website.
https://brokenarrowpingpong.com/ 1st Tri-County
Table Tennis Tournament. This will be the flyer used
to attract the areas best and local youth players to
join the fun. Let me know if you have the perfect
place to post one. I will get it to you. This is a
non-sanctioned event that will be fun to enter. Make
your plans today. Entry blank will be uploaded soon
for print. Hope to see many of you attend. This is
a great way to support the local Table Tennis scene.
Growth through participation.
|
Thursday - 11-15-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, David Leonard,
Tom Jourdan, Jaesung Kim, Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas,
Hamid Ezzat, Drew Cowan, Mike Hamby, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Brad Balmer is having a tournament on Dec 1.
He will post info any day now on his website.
|
Thursday - 11-15-18 |
Link
below to the Joplin tournament (held Nov 2-3) article on
the usatt's web site (with lots of pics on the tourny):
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2018/November/10/Joplin-Table-Tennis-Clubs-first-2-Star-Sanctioned-Tournament?utm_source=Insider+-+November%2C+14%2C+2018&utm_campaign=Insider+11%2F18%2F2017&utm_medium=email
|
Tuesday - 11-13-18 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, John Moore,
John Cai, Peter Malley, Shane Spicer, Vignesh, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 11-13-18 |
USATT
national rating updates for the Joplin tournament held
Nov 3 are now posted! Read and enjoy.
|
Tuesday - 11-13-18 |
This
is a late update on the Joplin tournament held Nov 2-3.
Okba Harfouch won U-1900 ! Jaesung Kim won the Group
C in the round robin! For the full list of results:
2018 Fall Table Tennis Championship
2 Star USATT
Sanctioned
$1200 in cash prizes!
Winners:
Open Singles:
1st Winfred Addy
2nd
Russ Hamilton
3rd Scott Malek
4th Akshay
Menon
Under 2200:
1st Akshay Menon
2nd Scott
Malek
Under 1900:
1st Okba Al Harfough
2nd
Martin Johnson
Under 1600:
1st Kaden Seward
2nd Lloyd
Blankenship
Under 1300:
1st Jordan Clark
2nd Olaf
Hoerschelmann
Under 1000:
1st Daniel Reverberi
2nd
Schyler Utley
Giant Round Robin:
Group A 1st Scott Malek
Group B 1st Sage Crane
Group C 1st Jaesung
Kim
Group D 1st Will Cahill
|
Monday - 11-12-18 |
Dawson
- (2" of snow this morning). 7 players. Tom Jourdan,
Drew Cowan, Alex Tupas, Garrett Schaede, Mike Hamby,
Jaesung, Brad Balmer.
|
Thursday - 11-8-18 |
Dawson
- 7 players (cold and rainy tonight). Ray Pestridge, Tom
Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Drew Cowan, Jaesung
Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 11-6-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, John Moore,
John Cai, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce, Peter Malley. Other
news: Okba is 75% certain he will be going to the Kansas
City 2 star tournament this Saturday.
|
Monday - 11-5-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Okba
Harfouch, Cory Flaugher, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Robert
Yang, Stephan Denis, Garrett Schaede, Drew Cowan, Hamid
Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan, Jaesung Kim, Bob
Kyker.
|
Thursday - 11-1-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players and 1 watcher. Tim Yardy (yes, that Tim
from 2009 - more below), Hamid Ezzat, David Leonard,
Drew Cowan, Okba Harfouch, Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Mike
Hamby, Yee Yang (first time to play in 3 months), Ray
Pestridge, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce, Mimi Sandberg (just
watched, friend of Tim Yardy). Other news: Tim Yardy
(current rating 2129) played with the club from Oct 2005
to May 2009. He has not played since then. His last
tournament was March 2009.
|
Tuesday - 10-30-18 |
Bixby
- 6 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, John Moore, John
Cai, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Kelly's
tennis elbow has flared up again (last night, Kelly
played Alex and Alex made Kelly play alot harder than he
should have. Alex should have known better). Will find
out Thursday if Kelly can play or take another 2 months
off.
|
Monday - 10-29-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Bill Wyman,
Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Mike Hamby, Drew Cowan,
Jaesung Kim, Hamid Ezzat, Charley Chen, Garrett Schaede,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-25-18 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch,
Hamid Ezzat, Bill Wyman, Drew Cowan, Robert Yang,
Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 10-23-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan,
Ouli Jourdan, John Cai, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 10-22-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, David Leonard,
Mike Hamby, Garrett Schaede (3rd time out), Drew Cowan,
Bill Wyman, Jason and Noah Taylor, Alex Tupas, Kyle
Sanchez, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-19-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Okba Harfouch (paid $100!), David Leonard,
Garrett Schaede, Bill Wyman, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas,
Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Mats Johansson, Robert Yang,
Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 10-16-18 |
Bixby
- 4 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: David found his mojo and is using
a fast blade now.
|
Monday - 10-15-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Jaesung Kim, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Mats
Johansson, Garrett Schaede (new), Bill Wyman, Drew
Cowan, Okba Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Bob
Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-11-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Drew Cowan, Okba Harfouch, Bob Kyker, Mike
Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, David Leonard, Kyle
Sanchez, Ouli Jourdan, Mats Johansson, Kelly Boyce
|
Tuesday - 10-9-18 |
Bixby
- 6 players. Corey Flaugher, John Cai, John Moore, David
Leonard, Shane Spicer, Kelly Boyce. Other news: David
lost his mojo tonight. Hopefully, he finds it Thursday.
|
Monday - 10-8-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Drew Cowan, Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch,
Cory Flaugher, Scott Bradley, Mike Hamby, Kyle Spence
(new, from San Francisco, CA), Hamid Ezzat, Jason and
Noah Taylor, Bill Wyman, Mats Johansson, Robert Yang,
Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-4-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Mats Johansson (paid $100!), Okba
Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, David Leonard, Bob Kyker, Han Hu
(2nd time out - a Petroleum Engineer from China), Bill
Wyman, Drew Cowan, Mike Hamby, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 10-2-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. Vignesh (paid $40 membership!), David
Leonard, Alex Tupas, Martin Ndengang, Shane Spicer, John
Moore, Kelly Boyce. Update on the Joplin tournament -
Tulsa players going are Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Tom
Jourdan.
|
Monday - 10-1-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Okba Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Cory Flaugher,
Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Mats Johansson, Drew Cowan, Bill
Wyman, Jason and Noah Taylor, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 9-27-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Liu Guoliang and Han Hu (new), Ray
Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch, David Leonard,
Jaesung Kim, Kyle Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan (played
awesome tonight and asked Ray to pick up a new racket
from Hallmark TT (when Ray goes to England for three
weeks), Bob Kyker.
|
Wed - 9-26-18 |
Update
from Bob Kyker on the Kansas Senior Olympics last
Saturday in Topeka, KS:
Ray
Pestridge won gold in 80-84 singles. Gold in 80-84
dbls with Glendale Markwell Glendale won silver in
80-84 singles
Bob
Kyker won gold in 75-79 singles. Gold in 75-79
doubles with George Taplin (from Abilene, KS). George
won bronze in 75-79 singles. (this is first time Bob
has beaten the silver medalist, 1772 rating)
|
Tuesday - 9-25-18 |
Bixby
- 8 players. Scott Bradley (first time out), Shane
Spicer, David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Martin Ndengang (has
a job that he works late at now), John Moore, John Cai,
Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 9-24-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Alex Tupas, Scott Bradley (new), others.
|
Thursday - 9-20-18 |
Dawson
- 4 players. Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Okba
Harfouch, Ray Pestridge.
|
Tuesday - 9-18-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Alex
Tupas, Vignesh.
|
Monday - 9-17-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Jaesung Kim, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Okba
Harfouch, Johnny McClanahan, Drew Cowan, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 9-13-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Glendale Markwell (Ray's dbl partner for
sr. olympics next Sat in Topeka), Ray Pestridge, David
Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Brodie Peery (new), Cory
Flaugher, Nestor Prato, Jaesung Kim, Johnny McClanahan,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker (also going
to Topeka next sat)
|
Tuesday - 9-11-18 |
Bixby
- No players tonight.
|
Monday - 9-10-18 |
Dawson
- 16 players. David Leonard, Cory Flaugher, Jason and
Noah Taylor, Johnnny McClanahan, Jaesung Kim, Robert
Yang, Drew Cowan, Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Nestor
Prato, Okba Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Auqis Khan and
Mohammad Luqman (new), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 9-6-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Yee Yang,
David Leonard, Jaesung Kim, Charles Chen (first time
out), Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Nestor Prato, Bill
Wyman, Khamla Thao, Drew Cowan, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Tom Jourdan has a "private zoo" on his property!
It is an unofficial zoo and it is not open to the public
. Okba ordered a new blade and rubber (to replace the
one stolen from his car). The blade is coming from
Butterfly and the rubber is coming from Paddle Palace.
Nestor will be in Tulsa for 2 more weeks.
|
Tuesday - 9-4-18 |
Bixby
- 6 players. David Leonard, Shane Spicer - paid $40,
Vignesh, John Cai, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce. Other
new: Kelly will not be out to Bixby the next 2 Tuesdays
(or Dawson). Shane Spicer got a new paddle from
Paddle Palace. Anatomical fast blade with spinner rubber
on both sides.
|
Monday - 9-3-18 |
Dawson
- (Labor Day) 7 players. Yee Yang, Tao Yang, Ying Xiong,
Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Nestor Prato, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 8-30-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Mauricio Oviedo, Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker,
David Leonard, Nestor Prato, Bill Wyman, Stephen Ackart,
Drew Cowan, Okba Harfouch, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: A pit bull dog was harassing one of our
players and Stephen Ackart went up to the dog and
starting petting it. (We were taking bets, (safely
inside our building), as to who would win if a fight
broke out and no one would bet on the dog).
|
Tuesday - 8-28-18 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Alex
Tupas, Mauricio Oviedo, Vignesh, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 8-28-18 |
Next
tournament close to Tulsa is Kansas Fall Open in
Overland Park, Kansas on Sept 22. $2000 cash prizes.
2 Star Sanctioned tournament.
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Events/2018/September/22/Kansas-Table-Tennis-Fall-Open-Tournament
("Big Money Alex" will probably go to this one).
|
Monday - 8-27-18 |
Dawson
- 6 players. Okba Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Mauricio
Oviedo, Drew Cowan, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 8-23-18 |
Dawson
- 18 players. 5 first time out players - Charles Lee,
Mauricio Oviedo, Sean Fuentes, Arun Merugu, Jay Sari.
Ray Pestridge, Nestor Prato, David Correa, David
Leonard, Robert Yang, Jason and Noah Taylor, Okba
Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Bill Wyman, Matts Johansson,
Kyle Sanchez, Kelly Boyce.
|
Wed - 8-22-18 |
Club
management learned last night that there was a secret
table tennis meeting at Dawson over the weekend.
Secret meetings are against the bylaws of the club's
charter. (This explains the small turnout for
Monday's meeting). If this happens again, "there will
be consequences" (this is a famous line from a famous
cable show few will know about). (The consequences will
be a stronger worded message next time).
|
Tuesday - 8-21-18 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, Vignesh, Alex Tupas, Shane
Spicer, John Cai, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce, First time out
player - Mauricio Oviedo (rating 1544). His last
tournament was in 2007. He used to play with the
Oklahoma City club. He is moving to Tulsa soon from
Columbia. Other news: David has decide to use his
faster paddle only now. He said it is less work then
using his slower paddle.
|
Tuesday - 8-21-18 |
Best
of Pongfinity - https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2018/August/13/Best-of-Pongfinity?utm_source=Insider+-+August%2C+15%2C+2018&utm_campaign=Insider+11%2F18%2F2017&utm_medium=email
|
Monday - 8-20-18 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Nestor Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Bill Wyman, Bob
Kyker.
|
Thursday - 8-16-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Hamid Ezzat, Parviz Mojaverian, Robert
Yang, Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Mats Johansson, Bill
Wyman, David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Johnny McClanahan,
Drew Cowan, Jason and Noah Taylor, Bob Kyker. Other
news: Stephen Ackart will start playing again on
8-31-18. Stephen has a great funny story about the one
time he played Parviz Mojaverian. Please ask Stephen
about it. He is happy to tell it.
|
Tuesday - 8-14-18 |
Bixby
- 12 players. John Moore, David Leonard, Martin
Ndengang, Johnny McClanahan, John Cai, Wesley LI, Shane
Spicer (he used to play 20 years ago), Vignesh, Kelly
Boyce, 3 new players - A family (husband, wife and son)
- they knew Wesley. Other news: Martin has changed
his game. Instead of playing close to the table, he is
playing back (and the rallys are longer now which is
giving some of us fits). David has changed paddles
(again). Using his old paddle (again).
|
Monday - 8-13-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Robert Yang, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Alex
Tupas, David Leonard, Cory Flaugher, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid
Ezzat, Bill Wyman, Johnny McClanahan, Drew Cowan, Bob
Kyker.
|
Friday - 8-10-18 |
Parviz
Mojaverian (rating 2213) will be at the club on
Thursday. He is from the Overland Park, Kansas club. He
is in Tulsa on personal business (ie fishing). He and
Hamid are from the same hometown ! He should be at the
club around 5:00 PM. Hamid is picking him up at the
airport.
|
Thursday - 8-9-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat, Nestor Prato,
Fernando Prato, Mike Hamby, John Moore, Bill Wyman (paid
$100 !), Robert Yang (paid $20), Martin Ndengang, Kelly
Boyce, Noah Shockley and Tyler Shockley (both are
brothers and Bob Kyker's wife's grandsons).
|
Wed - 8-8-18 |
A
personal note from Bob Kyker: "Many thanks for the QT
gas card from the many players at the greatest table
tennis club in the U.S. This is a group effort to keep
the club cool in the hot summer months".
|
Tuesday - 8-7-18 |
Bixby
- 4 players. John Cai, David Leonard, Martin Ndengang,
one player - did not get their name.
|
Monday - 8-6-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Drew Cowan, David Leonard,
Robert Yang, Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Cory Flaugher,
Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Brad Balmer, Hamid Ezzat, Bill
Wyman, Ed Corona (new).
|
Thursday - 8-2-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Okba Harfouch, Bill Wyman, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, Drew Cowan, Cory
Flaugher, Hamid Ezzat, Nestor Prato, El Sweify Nader,
Maria Magued (did not play), Majeed Magued (new, from
Egypt)
|
Tuesday - 7-31-18 |
Bixby
- 10 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai (paid
$40), Alex Tupas, Martin Ndengang, Greg McCann, Johnny
McClanahan, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce, Ed Corona (first
time out). Ed is from Venezuela and was on the national
table tennis team! He was coached for 9 years. His first
coach in Venezuela was Nestor Prato! He has been living
in Bixby the last 2 years. Ed said he will be at Dawson
Thursday. Other news: Keith Spence died last
month. Alex Tupas attended the funeral. Keith was a
decorated war hero! However, he never talked about it
openly. Keith started with the club in the 1970's and
played a lot at Reed Park in West Tulsa. Keith was
friends with Steve Sumner (who was at the funeral).Steve
started the Tulsa Table Tennis club in the early 1970's
(and his legacy is still with the club). Nick
Agimudie is moving to New York soon.
|
Monday - 7-30-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Bill Wyman, Ray Pestidge, Robert Yang,
Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Cory Flaugher,
Nestor Prato, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Brad Balmer, Drew
Cowan, Johnny McClanahan, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
Other news: Bob's update on the City of Tulsa replacing
the tiles and floor: All the work by the city appears
to be now completed. All the new tiles are the same
thickness as the original ones. Looks good. They
repaired the holes in floor at the front door with new
tiles, also. The floor is still "soft" in some
places, but would require replacing all the floor
plywood, which would be very expensive. Many thanks
to the city for their promptness and good workmanship.
|
Thursday - 7-26-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Nestor Prato,
David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Drew Cowan, Kyle Sanchez,
Johnny McClanahan, Martin Ndengang, Jaesung Kim, Bob
Kyker, Bill Wyman. Other news: Bob's update on the
tiles: Looks like the city repair crew hasn't done
any more since Monday. Tiles still missing and not
replaced. Probably waiting for parts to come in,
maybe.
|
Tuesday - 7-24-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, David
Leonard, Martin Ndengang, Alex Tupas, Jordan (first time
out).
|
Monday - 7-23-18 |
Dawson
- 20 players. Ray Pestridge, Nestor Prato, Robert Yang,
Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Cory Flaugher, Alex Tupas,
Sydney Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie, Mike Hamby, Kyle
Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan, Brad Balmer, Drew Cowan,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Jeff Zhang, Jaesung Kim, Bob
Kyker, Bill Wyman. Other news: Bob's update on the
tiles and AC problem: Sunday at 6 pm: the water leaks
appeared to be fixed, the floors all dry, the bottom
insulation in the ac return duct now dry. (all the
lost and found clothes in the sw window gone, except two
pair of shoes). The outside condensation line
dripping fast, signifying that it is cleaned out.
Monday
at 3.30 pm: looks like they started the tile repairs;
about 83 tiles total removed in front of the ac return
duct, near the table storage area, and where I had
placed a 2ft x 2ft sheet of sheet metal (now exposing a
near collapsed hole). None removed in the storage
closet.
I
removed the sheet metal I had placed in front of our
entry door. This exposed a hole through the floor
which will have to be fixed before adding new tiles.
Hopefully, they will also fix the other one under the
other sheet metal.
This
looks great, no problem during club play. Anxious to
see the final result.
|
Friday - 7-20-18 |
Dawson
- here is an email from the City of Tulsa maintenance
dept rec'd today on the water leaking at Dawson: "We
are repairing a water leak on the water heater in the
attic and clearing the condensate drain line. There are
also approximately 50 floor tiles that need replaced".
|
Thursday - 7-19-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato, David
Leonard, Bob Kyker, Okba Harfouch, Martin Ndengang,
Johnny McClanahan, Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: Robert stopped using his fast
blade. Johnny went to Lefty's Bar on Sunday and had a
great time. He is planning on going again this Sunday.
They have one table there.
|
Wed - 7-18-18 |
Joplin
Table Tennis Club tournament notice. Nov 2nd & 3rd
$1,200 Prize Money 2 Star Tournament - sanctioned -
singles only. 16 players per event limit
https://joplinttc.wixsite.com/jttc
|
Tuesday - 7-17-18 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, Wesley Li, John Cai, John
Moore (paid $40 !), Greg McCann, Martin Ndengang, Corey
Flaugher (paid $60 !), Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 7-16-18 |
Dawson
- 17 players. Robert Yang, Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato,
Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan, Brad Balmer,
Mike Hamby, Vishu Botta and his friend Sitaram Musabet,
Jaesung Kim, Jeff Zhang, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 7-12-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Jaesung Kim,
Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Bill Wyman, Okba Harfouch, Greg
McCann, Martin Ndengang, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 7-10-18 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 7-9-18 |
Dawson
- 19 players: Robert Yang (paid $20 on membership), Ray
Pestridge, Bill Wyman, Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang, Mike
Hamby, Nestor Prato, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Brad
Balmer, Vishu Botta, Vic Gopi (new), Martin Ndengang,
Johnny McClanahan, Greg McCann, Drew Cowan, Jeff Zhang,
Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 7-5-18 |
Dawson - 13 players. Martin Ndengang, Tom Joudan, Ray
Pestridge, Bill Wyman, Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato,
David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Mats Johansson, Okba
Harfouch, Jeff Zhang, Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker
|
Tuesday - 7-3-18 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 7-2-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. David Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby,
Drew Cowan, Jeff Zhang, Martin Ndengang, Nestor Prato,
Fernando Prato, Johnny McClanahan, Mats Johansson, Bill
W., Okba Harfouch, Brad Balmer, Vishu Botta, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 6-28-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato, Tom Jourdan,
Hamid Ezzat, Corey Flaugher, Mats Johansson, Okba
Harfouch, Bob Kyker, Mike Hamby, Drew Cowan, Johnny
McClanahan, Martin Ndengang, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 6-26-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. Martin Ndengang, David Leonard, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce. Other news: John Cai thinks
he has tennis elbow. Just started tonight. David got
a new paddle from Paddle Palace that is very fast
compared to his last paddle. He is not sure if it is too
fast or not. Martin is out of school and looking
for job. Until he finds one, he will be able to play 2-3
times a week!
|
Monday - 6-25-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Greg McCann, Jason and Noah Taylor, Nestor
Prato, Cory Flaugher, Brad Balmer, David Leonard, Johnny
McClanahan (pd $100 check), Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch,
Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Martin Ndengang, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 6-21-18 |
Dawson
- 5 players. David Leonard, Nestor Prato, Mike Hamby,
Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker. Thanks to Jaesung and Mike
who helped me secure all our equipment at Dawson in
preparation of the children's carnival this Saturday.
The tables were covered and tied with two tarps and all
our equipment stored in the southwest corner of the
building.
|
Wed - 6-20-18 |
Delisa
called today. She is cleaning the Dawson building today
(she is a professional cleaner!). She asked that
tomorrow, Thursday, we leave the building as she has it.
|
Tuesday - 6-19-18 |
Bixby
- 3 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce.
Update on the Tulsa players going to the Okla City
tournament this weekend - Yee Yang and Tom Jourdan.
Other news: Alex has a table tennis secret. We can't
reveal it here but it has to do with the tournaments
Alex goes to and the reason for this secret is external
to Alex (ie it has nothing to do with Alex).
|
Monday - 6-18-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. No names. Bob was not there.
|
Thursday - 6-14-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge,
Bob Kyker, Yee Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Matthew
Kontje (2nd time out), David Leonard, Drew Cowan, Matts
Johansson, Okba Harfouch, Kelly Boyce, Corey Cook (last
time out until Dec, Navy business in South Carolina).
|
Thursday - 6-14-18 |
Here
is the tournament Mats, Hamid and Ray are going to:
Worlds Veterans Championship held June 18-24:
http://wvc2018.com/
Hamid said there are 490 players in his age group (age
groups are in 5 year increments) ! Mats is not sure
if he will play or just watch (due to his China
incident).
|
Tuesday - 6-12-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. Tom Jourdan, David Leonard, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce
|
Tuesday - 6-12-18 |
Results for the Missouri Show-Me State Games Open held
June 2 are now posted on the USATT's web site. Tom
Jourdan, John Moore and Alex Tupas attended this
tournament. Read and enjoy.
|
Monday - 6-11-18 |
Dawson
- 17 players. Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, David Leonard,
Mike Hamby, Corey Flaugher, Corey Cook (on leave from
the Navy), Johnny McClanahan, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan,
Matt Rogers, Okba Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson,
Jay Rushing (new, knows okba), Drew Cowan, Yee Yang, Bob
Kyker.
|
Thursday - 6-7-18 |
Update
on the Okla City tournament coming up on June 23.
Tulsa players planning on going - Yee Yang, Tom Jourdan.
|
Thursday - 6-7-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Matthew Kontje (first time out), Robert
Yang, Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge, John Moore, David
Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: Ray Pestridge is going to a
tournament in Nebraska this weekend. An unsanctioned
tournament by Rod Cowles. Ray is also going to the
Veterans tournament in Las Vegas this month. Hamid and
Mats are going also. Bob Kyker could not make it out
tonight because his legs have not recovered from his
playing on Monday. Yee Yang bought a robot from
Martin in Arkansas. It is a Newgy 2040. Kelly played
3.5 hours tonight and lost every match. Something that
hasn't happened since 1974. Kelly heard about an old
Chinese guy that uses the Ten-su table tennis exercise
method for older players. He will try that.
|
Wed - 6-6-18 |
Some
results for the Springfield, Missouri tournament held
June 2. 3 Tulsa players attended. Tom Jourdan, Alex
Tupas, John Moore. Alex came in 2nd in the Under 2050
2nd in the Under 1900. 3rd in the Round Robin group
A. 3rd in the Open Doubles. Alex was seeded 4th in
the tournament. Tom was seeded 6th and John Moore was
seeded 9th. There were 31 players in the tournament.
|
Tuesday - 6-5-18 |
Bixby
- no players tonight.
|
Monday - 6-4-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Drew Cowan, Cory Flaugher, Tom Jourdan,
Yee Yang (paid $100), Ray Pestridge, David Leonard,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Okba Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Matt
Young, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 5-31-18 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Drew Cowan, Okba Harfouch, Ray Pestridge,
Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Matt
Young (new), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 5-31-18 |
Results from the Kansas City tournament are now posted
on the USATT's web site that Yee, Robert and Tom went
to. Read and enjoy (ie Tom beat a 1923 player ! ).
Tournament had 75 players!
|
Tuesday - 5-29-18 |
Bixby
- 6 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Corey
Flaugher, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce. Other news: John
Moore and Yee Yang are going to the Springfield,
Missouri tournament this weekend. Not sure who else is
going.
|
Monday - 5-28-18 |
Dawson
- 3 players (Memorial Day). Yee Yang, David Leonard, Tom
Jourdan.
|
Thursday - 5-25-18 |
Dawson
- 7 players. Alex Tupas, Ray Pestridge, David Leonard,
Hamid Ezzat, Jaesung Kim, Okba Harfouch, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Mats Johansson is being evaluated in China
to see if he has any heart damage. If not, he will leave
China in a few days. Alex Tupas is using new medium
long pips on his backhand.
|
Tuesday - 5-22-18 |
The
following info is from Mats Johansson's facebook page.
Mats had a heart attack in China. He is in China now
awaiting surgery. If any facebook people have any
info to add to above, email me and I will post it.
Hamid talked to Mats on Wed - 5-23-18 and he has the
latest info.
|
Tuesday - 5-22-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley
Li, Kelly Boyce. Other news: John Moore got a new
carbon blade and a new sheet of rubber. David Leonard
still only has 1 blade (ie no backup blade). He said by
only having one blade, he is less likely to break it.
|
Monday - 5-21-18 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Harfourch, Tom Jourdan,
Yee Yang, Mike Hamby, Jaesung Kim, Greg McCann, Drew
Cowan. (info courtesy of Ray) In Kansas City, Yee won
the Under 1900 !! Don't know how Robert did. Tom
Jourdan went and was rumored to have beaten 2 high rated
players!
|
Friday - 5-18-18 |
Dawson
- a volunteer has been found to turn on the AC on
Sunday.
|
Thursday - 5-17-18 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Jaesung Kim, Robert Yang,
Yee Yang, Drew Cowan, David Leonard, John Moore, Tom
Jourdan, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Robert and Yee are
going to the Kansas Tournament this weekend!! All
players that played tonight were there by 5:00 PM. No
one came in after 5:00 PM.
|
Tuesday - 5-15-18 |
Bixby
- 4 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Kelly
Boyce.
Other
news: John Moore is going to the Springfield tournament.
|
Monday - 5-14-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Tracy Jay (new,
works with yee), Jaesung Kim, Ray Pestridge, Tom
Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Jerry Nabb (been here before, from
Santa Fe), Tom Luker (didn't play, photographer for
Jerry), Johnny McClanahan, Greg McCann, Drew Cowan, Kyle
Sanchez, Mauricio, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 5-10-18 |
Dawson
- Bob Kyker still needs a volunteer to turn on the AC
(to 65 degrees) on either Weds or Sundays during the
summer months. Right now, Bob is the only one turning on
the AC.
|
Thursday - 5-10-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge (paid $100), Bob Kyker (paid
$100), Tom "no rally" Jourdan (paid $100), David Leonard
(paid $100), Greg McCann, John Moore, Hamid Ezzat, Yee
Yang, Robert Yang, Mauricio, Mike Hamby (paid $100),
Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 5-8-18 |
Bixby
- 4 players. John Moore, David Leonard, John Cai, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: David broke his new paddle. He
just used it for the first time tonight. He said the
blade broke by itself. That he did nothing to break it.
|
Monday - 5-7-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Drew Cowan, Tom Jourdan, David Leonard,
Cory, Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Alex Tupas,
Mats Johansson, Brad Balmer, Mauricio (new, didn't get
last name), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 5-3-18 |
Dawson
- No info
|
Wed - 5-2-18 |
Dawson
- Bob Kyker request - Looking for a volunteer club
member to turn on the ac this summer with me when it
gets in the mid 80's, I usually turn it on the day
before we play, i.e., Sundays and Wednesdays. If
someone will be near Dawson on those days and will turn
on the ac before 3:00 PM, please text me at
robertkyker@yahoo.com. I usually set it at 65
degrees. Also, we appreciate Ray Pestridge setting a
good example for our younger players (even though he
drives from Stillwater) by emptying the trash and
cleaning the floor.
|
Tuesday - 5-1-18 |
Bixby
- 6 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley
Li, Matt Rodgers, a friend of Matt's.
|
Monday - 4-30-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Jaesung Kim, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray
Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Richie Ramsaran,
Cory, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 4-26-18 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge, David Leonard,
Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Jaesung Kim,
Moosong Kim (new, from Tahlequah), Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 4-24-18 |
Brad
Balmer is having a tournament the first of June!!
More details later. Oklahoma City is having their
tournament on Jun 23.
|
Tuesday - 4-24-18 |
Bixby
- no info yet
|
Monday - 4-23-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Cory, Drew Cowan (pd $100 check!), Hamid
Ezzat, Brad Balmer, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Alex Tupas,
Ray Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Dave Oberding (new), Joziah
Valdez (new), Zach Hoover (new), Matthew Parrot (new),
Bob Kyker (not new). Other news: the membership
police (ie Hamid and Bob) will out in force to collect
membership dues that are due May 1. Anyone that doesn't
pay will have to deal with Bob's wrath (or what we in
the club call "the wrath of Bob" ).
|
Thursday - 4-19-18 |
Dawson
- 7 players. Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Hamid Ezzat, Greg
McCann, Mike Hamby, Yee Yang, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Yee Yang is wanting to go to the May 19, Overland
Park, Missouri tournament (near Kansas City). Hamid
and Mats are going to the Las Vegas Worlds Veteran
tournament in June. Ray is going also. Springfield,
Missouri is having a tournament on June, 2.
|
Tuesday - 4-17-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. Matt Rodgers (plays at Brad's club), David
Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Vic, Kelly
Boyce.
|
Monday - 4-16-18 |
2018
Joplin Spring Table Tennis Championship held 4-14-18
$750
in cash prizes!
Winners
-------------------------------------------
Open
Singles:
1st
Russ Hamilton
2nd
Alex Tupas
3rd
Robert Yang
----------------------------------------------
Under
3400 Doubles:
1st
Tom Jourdan/Alex Tupas
2nd
Yee Yang/David Correa
---------------------------------------------
Under
1900:
1st
Alex Tupas
2nd
David Correa
------------------------------------------------
Under
1600:
1st
Robert Yang
2nd
Sam Ding
-----------------------------------------
Under
1300:
1st
James Rodriguez
2nd
Andrew Minard
----------------------------------------------------
Under
1000:
1st
James Rodriguez
2nd
Troy Dilworth
----------------------------------------------
Novice
Junior:
1st
Will Cahill
2nd
Emily Chappel
---------------------------------------------
Novice
Senior:
1st
Dennis Patrick
2nd
Dwight Brennforder
|
Monday - 4-16-18 |
Dawson
- 7 players. Alex Tupas, Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Robert
Yang, Yee Yang, Cory, Ray Pestridge (info courtesy of
Ray).
|
Thursday - 4-12-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, David Leonard,
Okba Harfouch, Mike Hamby, John Moore, Hamid Ezzat,
Robert Yang, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 4-11-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. Vic, David Leonard, John Cai, Wesley Li,
Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 4-9-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Edgar Acosta, Ray
Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Sydney Agimudie,
Nickey Agimudie, Rubin Agimudie, Mike Hamby, Chris Kwon
(new, visiting from Calif.), Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 4-5-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Robert Yang, Edgar Acosta, Jaesung Kim,
Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Okba Harfouch, Mike Hamby,
Hamid Ezzat, Cory, Bradley Hill (new), Jay Hayhurst
(new, from okc), Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 4-3-18 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Chase Smith (first time out. From Atlanta,
Ga and Phoenix, AZ). In Tulsa for work. Will be here 2-3
weeks. Yee Yang, David Leonard, Robert Yang, Alex Tupas,
John Moore, John Cai, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: One of our sagest players said any table tennis
player that stops playing table tennis will suffer
depression. My experience agrees with that. There is
nothing sadder than an ex-table tennis player. "Fight
depression - play table tennis". David Leonard got a
new table tennis robot - a dually - and it has helped
his game. He beat Kelly and Yee tonight.
|
Monday - 4-2-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Jaesong Kim, Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge, Alex
Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Cory, Mike Hamby, Brad Balmer, Kyle
Sanchez, Robert Yang, Jason Taylor, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 3-29-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge, Edgar Acosta,
Okba Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Jaesong Kim, Robert Yang,
Fong Yang, Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 3-27-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley
Li, Kelly Boyce
|
Monday - 3-26-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Edgar Acosta, Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan,
Mats Johansson, Brad Balmer, Jaesong Kim, Johnny
McClanahan, Bob Kyker
|
Thursday - 3-22-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Edgar Acosta, David Leonard, Jim Stewart (last time here
was 2013 and he was in the 2013 Muse tournament and
should have won it!), Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Jaesong
Kim, Bob Kyker
|
Tuesday - 3-20-18 |
Bixby
- 7 players. John Moore, David Leonard, John Cai, Ted
Hill, Jaesung Kim, Harris (1st time out player), Kelly
Boyce Other news: After not playing for 2 1/2 months,
Kelly forgot about the pain in table tennis. Not the
pain in losing to someone you rarely lose too (ie losing
11-0), but the pain you wake up with. "Hope springs
eternal" is a life saver of sayings.
|
Monday - 3-19-18 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge,
Edgar Acosta, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch,
David Leonard, Jason and Noah Taylor, Cory, Mats
Johansson, Nicky Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Jaesong Kim,
Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 3-15-18 |
Thursday - 13 players. Yee Yang, Edgar Acosta, Ray
Pestridge, Okba Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Cory, Alex Tupas,
David Leonard, Tou Yang, Mats Johansson, Mike Hamby,
Robert Yang, Bob Kyker.
|
Wed - 3-14-18 |
Kelly
has been cleared by Dr. Bob to play again (for those who
don't know who Dr. Bob is, he specializes in tennis
elbow problems and if you still don't know who he is,
you need to take up a new sport. Dr Bob has the best
story in the world about tennis elbow). Kelly will start
playing next Tuesday.
|
Tuesday - 3-13-18 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 3-12-18 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Cole Ely!! (from Kansas) Yee Yang, Edgar
Acosta, Robert Yang, David Leonard, Cory, Alex Tupas,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle
Sanchez, Brad Balmer, Stephan Denis, Jaesong Kim, Bob
Kyker Other news: Thanks to Yee for setting up and
sweeping floor! (info courtesy of Bob).
|
Thursday - 3-8-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Yee Yang, David Leonard, Leonard Williams,
Jaesong Kim, Hamid Ezzat, Okba Harfouch, Mike Hamby,
Mats Johansson, Robert Yang, Bob Kyker. Other news:
Robert Yang was playing very powerful tonight, went back
to his control blade with faster rubber.
|
Tuesday - 3-6-17 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 3-5-18 |
Dawson
- 19 players: Jaesong Kim, Robert Yang, Johnny
McClanahan, Alex Tupas, Ray Pestridge, Leonard Williams,
Edgar Acosta, David Leonard, Cory, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Jason and Noah Taylor, Stephan Denis, Richard
Hart, Bob Kyker, and three new players from Missouri:
Kay, Alvin, and Kiza.
|
Thursday - 3-1-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Leonard Williams, David Leonard, Ray
Pestridge, Yee Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Robert Yang, Alex
Tupas, Jaesung Kim, Cory, Mats Johansson, Mike Hamby,
Tou Yang, Edgar Acosta, Okba Harfouch. (info courtesy of
David).
|
Wed - 2-28-18 |
Joplin
is having a non-sanctioned tournament April 13-14. $750
prize monies.
|
Tuesday - 2-27-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Cory ?,
David Leonard. (info courtesy of David).
|
Monday - 2-26-18 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Leonard Williams, Mike Hamby, Jaesong Kim, Cory, Edgar
Acosta, Jason and Noah Taylor, Ray Awe, Mats Johansson,
John Strelow (new), Kyle Sanchez, Brad Balmer, Bob
Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-22-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Mats Johansson, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Jaesong Kim, Leonard Williams, Edgar Acosta, Hamid
Ezzat, Ray Awe, Okba Harfouch, Tom Jourdan (info
courtesy of Hamid )
|
Tuesday - 2-20-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players - John Moore, John Cai, Alex Tupas, Wesley
Li, David Leonard (info courtesy of David)
|
Monday - 2-19-18 |
Dawson - 13 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Richard
Hart, Ray Pestridge, Ray Awe, Brad Balmer, Alex Tupas,
Edgar Acosta, Cory, Stephan Denis, Mike Hamby, Bill
Wyman, Leonard Williams (info courtesy of David) |
Thursday - 2-15-18 |
Dawson
- 17 players. Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Glendale Markwell
and grandson Amos, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Ray Awe, Okba
Harfouch, Leonard Williams, David Leonard, Edgar Acosta,
Hamid Ezzat, Bill Wyman, Cory, Robert Yang, Jaesong Kim,
Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 2-13-18 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 2-12-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Leonard Williams,
Alex Tupas, Mike Hamby, Tom and Ouli Jourdan, Jason and
Noah Taylor, Robert Yang, Edgar Acosta (new), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-8-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Awe (pd $40 on membership), Yee Yang,
Ray Pestridge, Leonard Williams, Jaesong Kim, Mike
Hamby, Cory, Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Mats Johansson,
David Leonard, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 2-6-18 |
Bixby
- no info
|
Monday - 2-5-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Cory, Leonard
Williams, David Leonard, Yee Yang, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Mats Johansson, Richard Hart, Kyle Sanchez, Mike
Hamby, Brad Balmer, Jaesong Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-1-18 |
Dawson
- 11 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang,
Robert Yang, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Jaesung Kim, Mats
Johansson, Ray Awe, Tom Jourdan, Hamid Ezzat (info
courtesy of David).
|
Thursday - 2-1-18 |
Results of individual matches from the Oklahoma City
tournament held 1-27-18 are now posted on the USATT web
site!
38
players were entered. 11 Tulsa players attended. Read
and enjoy.
|
Tuesday - 1-30-18 |
Bixby - 6 players. Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Ray Awe, David Leonard (info courtesy of
David).
|
Monday - 1-29-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Mike
Hamby, Fong Yang, Cory, Alex Tupas, Phil Curtis and his
son Conner Curtis(new), Richard Hart and his friend
Noell Michael (new), Mats Johansson, Jaesong Kim, Kyle
Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 1-25-18 |
6
Tulsa players going to the State Games of Okla this
Saturday in Okla City: Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang, Robert
Yang, Tom Jourdan, John Moore, Ray Pestridge.
|
Thursday - 1-25-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, John
Moore, Okba Harfouch, Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Richard
Hart, Hamid Ezzat, Ray Awe (paid $60 cash on
membership), Tao Wang, Danny Gill, Kyle Sanchez, Jaesong
Kim, Bob Kyker. Other news: First night to try out
the new balls from colestt.com -
Yinhe Plastic S40+ White Seamless 3*. These are the
newest balls from Colestt.com.
First impression - the players liked them.
|
Tuesday - 1-23-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. David Leonard, John Cai, Martin Ndengang,
Eli Betinjani, Ray (Awe?) (says he played at Dawson
years ago and will start playing again. Ray ordered
a new paddle ! ) (info courtesy of David).
|
Monday - 1-22-18 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Yee Yang, Jaesung Kim, Mike Hamby, Seth
Hammock, Alex Tupas, John Moore, Tom Jourdan, Ray
Pestridge, Robert Yang, Kyle Sanchez, Martin Ndengang,
Brad Balmer.
|
Thursday - 1-18-18 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Martin Ndengang, Mats Johansson, Leonard
Williams, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Mike
Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Tom
Jourdan, Kyle Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan, Jaeson Kim,
Bob Kyker.
|
Wed - 1-17-18 |
Kelly
just ordered 12 balls from Colestt.com.
The balls are: Yinhe Plastic S40+ White Seamless 3*.
A new version of the seamless Yinhe with different print
and a red box. Said to be more durable. These are
less than half what Nittaku balls cost us. Try them
out then let me know if the hard hitters like them.
|
Tuesday - 1-16-18 |
Bixby
- 9 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, John Moore, John
Cai, Wesley Li, Mats Johansson, Corey Bryant, Martin
Ndengang, and one new player Matt. (info courtesy of
David)
|
Monday - 1-15-18 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Okba
Harfouch, Leonard Williams, Cory, Mike Hamby, Johnny
McClanahan, Richard Hart, Mats Johansson, Martin
Ndengang, Mosong Kim (new, from tahlequah), Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 1-11-18 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Okba Harfouch, David Leonard, Martin
Ndengang, Danny Gill, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Alex
Tupas, Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker, Leonard Williams.
|
Tuesday - 1-9-18 |
Bixby
- 8 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Martin Ndengang, Peter Bao, two new players
Eric and William. Other news: Kelly Boyce will not be
playing the next several months due to tennis elbow.
2 Tulsa players going to the State Games of Okla
tournament on Jan 27 - John Moore, Robert Yang.
|
Monday - 1-8-18 |
Dawson
- 19 players. Leonard Williams, Ray Pestridge, Robert
Yang, Yee Yang, Jaesong Kim, Mike Hamby, Ly Nguyen, Tom
Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Jason and Noah Taylor, Alex
Tupas, Cory Walker, Richard Hart (paid $100 bill cash),
Mats Johansson, Martin Ndengang, Cory Bryant, Kyle
Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 1-4-18 |
Dawson
- 14 players. 3 first time out players - Mat Rogers,
Greg Tater, Mauricio Oviedo. Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge,
Robert Yang, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams,
David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Corey, Jaesung Kim, Johnny
McClanahan.
|
Tuesday - 1-2-18 |
Bixby
- 5 players. Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, John Moore, Greg
McCann, Kelly Boyce. Update on the Tulsa players
going to the Jan 27 Okla City tournament - Robert Yang.
Possibly Yee Yang.
|
Thursday - 12-28-17 |
Dawson
- 14 players. No names.
|
Tuesday - 12-26-17 |
Bixby
- no play. Center closed.
|
Thursday - 12-21-17 |
Dawson
- 15 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Cory Cook, Greg
McCann (pd $100 check), Seth Hammock (new), Mike Hamby,
Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Johnny McClanahan, Robert
Yang, Chris and Greg Tater (new), Kyle Spence (new),
Jaesong Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 12-19-17 |
Bixby
- 3 players. Greg Taylor (first time out - plays at
Leftys on Sundays), Peter Bao, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Bixby will be closed next Tuesday - 12-26-17.
|
Monday - 12-18-17 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Ray
Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Leonard Williams, Cory Cook,
Cory Walker, Greg McCann, Johnny McClanahan, Jason
Taylor, Clinton Fields, Sean Fuentes, Bob Kyker
|
Friday - 12-15-17 |
(From
the Okla City web site): Table Tennis Club looks to
expand membership in new space By Whitney Bryen For
The Oklahoman Published: December 14, 2017 WARR
ACRES Table tennis tables are generally the only
stable part of the game as players maneuver side to side
swinging their paddles and chasing a quick-moving white
ball. But this month, 10 tables belonging to the
Oklahoma City Table Tennis Club moved across town.
The
club, which has been in Oklahoma City since at least the
1950s, lost its home inside Plaza Mayor at the
Crossroads (formerly Crossroads Mall) when the building
shut its doors Oct. 31. Members gathered at one
another's homes in November to keep their skills sharp
while club President Britt Salter searched for a new
space and prepped it for play.
Members christened the new clubhouse on Dec. 1 when the
club reopened at 5845 NW 50 in Warr Acres. This is
the club's fourth move in the past 10 years, Salter
said.
The
new location is more than double the size of the Plaza
Mayor space, providing opportunities to expand
membership, classes and tournaments.
The
former grocery store is much wider than the long and
narrow room at Plaza Mayor that forced the tables close
together, limiting the number of players that could
compete at once. Now, 10 tables are spread across the
large open room with barriers surrounding each court and
buffers between them where spectators can be closer to
the action.
We
used to have to limit the doubles teams because there
wasn't enough room to have them at every table, Salter
said. They would have been too crowded, but now we
have more than enough space to fit doubles teams at
every table if we need to.
Partitions provide access to individual tables without
forcing people to walk through the middle of other games
as they move around the room alleviating another
limitation of the former space.
The
biggest downside of the club's new location is rent,
Salter said. Despite a discount from the landlord who
is friends with one of the members, the space is still
more expensive than Plaza Mayor. But Salter hopes new
members, youth programs, additional tournaments and
corporate sponsors will support the nonprofit club and
avoid raising membership fees.
Salter
aims to launch youth clinics next year that would bring
in additional funds and boost interest in the sport.
We
want more people to play, Salter said. That's why
we offer free lessons on Saturdays and why we aren't
raising our membership fees, because we want to
encourage interest in the game.
More
than 20 players still were breaking in the space on Dec.
5 with games or lessons occupying all but one of the
tables.
Seif
Azadi praised the size and layout of the new building,
which he described as a second home for most members.
However, he said he would like to see new flooring put
in since members had to rip out the existing tile that
was too slippery to play on, exposing the unattractive
concrete subfloor.
David
Correa and Si Lam played a heated game at a table near
the back of the room. They are two of the club's top
players, Salter said, and had just returned from a
tournament over the weekend so they were both feeling
worn out an exhaustion not visible to the naked eye.
The pair grunted and stomped their way through the game
before sitting down to rest and dote on the new space.
It's
great that we can handle more people, Correa said. I'd
like to see some new players come in now that we have
the room.
The
club is open to members and the public from 6 to 9 p.m.
Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays and from noon to 4 p.m.
Saturdays.
|
Thursday - 12-14-17 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge,
Stephen Ackart, Leonard Williams, David Leonard, Mike
Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Bob Kyker. Other news: Stephen
was playing with his new body (110 lbs lighter than
before. If you want to know how he lost all this weight,
ask him and he will show you a photo of what was removed
from him - Yuck).
|
Tuesday - 12-12-17 |
Bixby
- 8 players. Richard Selman (last time out was 2005),
David Leonard, John Moore, Peter Bao, Matee, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 12-11-17 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, Cory
Walker, Leonard Williams, Mike Hamby, Richard Hart, Kyle
Sanchez, Jaesung Kim, Okba Harfouch, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 12-7-17 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, Bill
Wyman, Okba Harfouch, David Leonard, Leonard Williams,
Jaesung Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 12-5-17 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Carson Thoma, David Leonard, Matt Dyer,
Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, John Moore, John Cai, Peter
Bao, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 12-4-17 |
Dawson
- no info
|
Thursday - 11-30-17 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Bill, Greg McCann, Ray Pestridge, Leonard
Williams, Robert Yang, David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Mats
Johansson, Jason Taylor, Jaesung Kim, Okba Harfouch.
|
Tuesday - 11-28-17 |
Bixby
- 3 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai.
|
Monday - 11-27-17 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge,
Jaesung Kim (paid $100), Alex Tupas, Cory Walker, Mike
Hamby, Bill Wyman, Okba Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez, Leonard
Williams, Jason and Noah Taylor, Stephan Denis, Richard
Hart, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 11-23-17 |
Thanksgiving day. No play.
|
Tuesday - 11-21-17 |
From
an email from John Potochnik: I was hoping to see a
Tulsa team at my tournament on Saturday, Dec 2. So
far it looks like I have 8 or 9 teams confirmed:
Wichita, Wichita State University (3), Abilene/Topeka,
Kansas City, Hutchinson and Liberal. Also, I have
several more considering sending a team: Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma University, Kansas University and the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln. (Im the Director of
the Central Plains Division of the NCTTA, which is why
we have all the collegiate interest). I can only
take a maximum of 15 teams. Id love to have a team
from Tulsa to help round out the field.
John Potochnik
President, Wichita Table
Tennis Association
johnpot@cox.net
316-640-1313 (cell)
|
Tuesday - 11-21-17 |
Bixby
- Kelly will not be out tonight.
|
Monday - 11-20-17 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Stephan Denis, Okba Harfouch, Cory Walker,
Yee Yang, David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Mike
Nguyen, Kyle Sanchez, Robert Yang, Jaesung Kim, Johnny
McClanahan, Danny Gill, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 11-16-17 |
Dawson
- 12 players: Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Stephen Ackart,
David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Leonard Williams, Cory
Walker, Richie Ramsaran, Johnny McClanhan, Okba
Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Bob Kyker.
|
Wed - 11-15-17 |
New
ping pong place to play in Tulsa. (From an email the
club received yesterday). My name is Trey Hightower,
I found your name and email on the Tulsa table Tennis
website. I am reaching out to you because there is a
venue where table tennis is played every Sunday around
6:30 or 7:00 until close at Leftys on Greenwood (bar and
grill) in downtown Tulsa. 10 N Greenwood Ave A,
Tulsa, OK 74120. Phone: (918) 794-0017. We have a
group of about 5 to 7 faithful guys that show up every
Sunday to play and I would love if you and a few of your
group would come over to show us what the talent in
Tulsa looks like. The environment in which we play is
by no means a championship set up, the table is right in
the middle of the bar surrounded by TVs and barstools
and people sitting in booths. But it is understood
that Sunday nights are reserved for table tennis and
everybody is very accommodating.
Please
give me a shout if you think you can come out and bring
some guys and I will keep in touch on any details
leading up to the date.
Thanks, Trey - 918-232-2945
|
Tuesday - 11-14-17 |
From
the Okla City web site: Work Schedule and Progress on
50Mac Our next work day will be Thurdsay, Nov 16. We
need to work on the following things: Get all the
tile debris moved from the floor piles to a roll-off
dumpster. Carl is bringing his skip loader (Bobcat)
to make the task much easier. But well need as
much help as we can get to get it done. We plan to
start around 4:30 pm and go till we get the stuff out of
the building. Get all remaining little bits of tile
picked up and get the floors swept during and after the
debris removal. Lighting we need to change some
ballasts and light bulbs.
Progress so far: Packed up old club on Friday, Nov 3.
Thank to David Hash, Carl Deal, Terry Holley, Linda
Piatt, Logan Watson, Dalton Daugherty, Seif Azadi, Keon
Azadi, Maria Tran, Tiffany Salter, Jeff Waters, Kathleen
Fitzgerald, John Noori for their help! (I am pretty sure
Im forgetting someone(s), but my brain hurts
) Moved
everything on Saturday, Nov 4. Thanks to David
Hash, Logan Watson, Dalton Daugherty, David Correa, and
Keon Azadi for their muscle. Id like to thank Linda
Piatt, Kathleen Fitzgerald, and Seif Azadi for their
muscle AND organizing help! With the help of the fine
folks from OEM Products Inc., we got the nasty old
linoleum tiles removed on Saturday, November 9.
Thanks to David Correa for getting us hooked up!
Thanks to OEM for bringing out their super cool machines
and putting on a tile removal exhibition! I cant
believe how quickly they got it done or how nice it
turned out! Check out the machines! LINK TO OEM
PRODUCTS. We had a floor and light party on Sunday,
November 10. We had to move the remaining tile
debris to our corner pile then sweep the rest of the
floor. We also changed out ~30 light bulbs and
identified a few fixtures with bad ballasts. Thanks
to Joe Cooper, Hank Park, David Correa, Damion and
Melody Swearingen, Logan Watson, Kathleen Fitzgerald,
and whoever else I might have forgotten.
New
Place 50Mac
We
will be reopening (probably early December) at a new
place near 50th and North MacArthur (5845 NW 50th, Warr
Acres, 73122). The place used to be a grocery store
and should work out well once we get everything sorted.
It has plenty of room for 10 tables with each
court being plenty big enough for doubles!
|
Tuesday - 11-14-17 |
Bixby
- 8 players. Alex Tupas, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley
Li, Matee, Stephen Littlechild, Sam Pokharel, David
Leonard.
|
Monday - 11-13-17 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Jaesung Kim, Yee Yang, Cory
Walker, Kyle Sanchez, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams,
Richard Hart, Mike Hamby, Mats Johansson, Danny Gill,
Okba Harfouch, Robert Yang, Bob Kyker. Other news:
Brad Balmer's opening night for his new Broken Arrow
club was Friday. Read his website for info and pics.
|
Thursday - 11-9-17 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Mike
Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Richie Ramsaran, Mats
Johansson, Bob Kyker.
|
Wed - 11-9-17 |
From
Brad Balmer on his new club: Players must be signed
up by 6:30 pm Fridays. You can call me in advance 918
240-7465 to sign up. Play begins at 6:45 pm. Round
Robin format. Initial ratings will be assigned using
USATT rating, if you have one. RR will be 5 players
sometimes 6. Players will be matched with similar skill
levels. Ratings, club ranking, match and game records
will be updated on the web-site weekly. Spread the word.
|
Tuesday - 11-8-17 |
Bixby
- 7 players - David Leonard, Alex Tupas, John Moore,
John Cai, Wesley Li, Matee, Stephen Littlechild (fresh
from England). (Info courtesy of David).
|
Monday - 11-6-17 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Richard Hart (new, tennis player and boy's
soccer coach at Holland Hall), Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge,
Robert Yang, Alex Tupas, Cory Walker, Mike Hamby, David
Leonard, Johnny McClanahan, Jason and Noah Taylor,
Jaesong Kim, Bob Kyker. Other news: the new orange
balls from ColesTT.com are
in! (the ones Ray likes (and because Ray likes them, we
will all have to like them). Kelly will drop off the
balls at Dawson tomorrow - Tuesday.
|
Monday - 11-6-17 |
(from
the Okla City web site by Britt Salter): The Plaza
Mayor/Crossroads Era is Over
Plaza Mayor management
decided to close down the mall. October 31 was our last
day playing there. On Friday, Nov 3 we packed up the
club to prepare for the move. Thank to David Hash,
Carl Deal, Terry Holley, Linda Piatt, Logan Watson,
Dalton Daugherty, Seif Azadi, Keon Azadi, Maria Tran,
Tiffany Salter, Jeff Waters, Kathleen Fitzgerald, John
Noori for their help! (I am pretty sure Im forgetting
someone(s), but my brain hurts
)
On
Saturday, Nov 4, we moved all our stuff to what will be
our new home. Thanks to David Hash, Logan Watson,
Dalton Daugherty, David Correa, and Keon Azadi for
their muscle. Id like to thank Linda Piatt,
Kathleen Fitzgerald, and Seif Azadi for their muscle AND
organizing help!
Our
new home will be at 5845 NW 50th which is just east of
MacArthur on the north side of 50th. The new place
is not ready for play yet we expect to start playing
in December. We need to remove old bumpy linoleum
floor tiles, smooth out the floor, likely paint the
floor, and get the lighting sorted out.
We
will need help with our renovation project! I was
not impressed with the turnout for our packing party and
was very disappointed with the lack of support for our
move. I expected much better. We need a lot
more folks to step up and help. The same few people
cant continue to do everything at least not if the
club is to continue. Our club is a non-profit
organization. Nobody gets paid anything for what
they do at the club not the President, Vice-President,
any other Board Member, or anyone else.
Our
working schedule at 50Mac (Nickname for new place) it To
Be Determined (TBD), but it is very like well be
working next Saturday. Details on work schedule
will be posted here and (hopefully) on our Facebook
page. The more help we get, the quicker well be
done and the sooner well be playing again!
|
Monday - 11-6-17 |
(From
Brad Balmer - his new club is up and running!).
League night on every Friday night at 6p starting
11/10/17. This is the Northside Christian Church,
Family life Center Gymnasium located at 1221 N. Elm,
Broken arrow, OK. For all the details. Check out our
Web-site at: http://brokenarrowpingpong.com/
This will be a competitive league for all levels of
skill. Spread the word and bring a friend. First time
is free. Starting on 11/18 Saturday's I will have
junior training from 9-12n. Hope to see you! E or
call me with questions. Info on web-site
|
Friday - 11-3-17 |
Kelly will not be out at Bixby for a least 2 weeks (has
tennis elbow). |
Thursday - 11-2-17 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Richie Ramsaran (first time out), Ray
Pestridge, David Leonard, Yee Yang, Kyle Sanchez, Mike
Hamby, Robert Yang, Jasung Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: The club has decided to buy new balls from Colestt.com.
ABS Huichuan orange poly/plastic balls. Most of the
reason we are buying them is because Ray Pestridge will
not play with white balls now. The orange balls are easy
to see. We have been trying them for 2 weeks now and
they play very well and are not breaking.
|
Tuesday - 10-31-17 |
Update
on the Joplin, Missouri tournament being held Nov 4.
For a list of the players entered - click here - https://joplinttc.wixsite.com/jttc/tournaments
The U-1400 and U-1800 are filled up. Only one opening
left in the U-1200. 4 openings left in the U-1600.
Only 2 players from Okla in the tournament, one from
Vinita and one from Okla City (I didn't recognize their
names).
|
Tuesday - 10-31-17 |
Bixby
- Halloween. Center is open but probably no players will
show up.
|
Monday - 10-30-17 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge, David Leonard,
Jaesung Kim, Ly Nguyen, Cory Walker, Mike Hamby, Mike
Nguyen (new - in town for a week - from Dallas), Greg
McCann, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Friday - 10-27-17 |
Update
on Tulsa players going to the Joplin tournament next
weekend - Nov 4: Possibly Jason and Noah Taylor.
|
Thursday - 10-26-17 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Yee Yang, David
Leonard, Ly Nguyen, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Mats
Johansson, Leonard Williams, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Robert Yang messed up his knee and won't be
playing for the next 6 weeks. He hurt his knee playing
soccer and really hurt it while bow hunting. Yee Yang
can't decide if he wants to play a style that he enjoys
playing (ie an all-around side-spin style ) or a style
that wins him more matches. Alex Tupas will not be
going to the Joplin tournament next weekend.
|
Tuesday - 10-24-17 |
Bixby
- 6 players. Jason and Noah Taylor, David Leonard, Yee
Yang, John Moore, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Jason is
wanting to go to the Joplin tournament on Nov 4.
|
Monday - 10-23-17 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Yee Yang, Ray Pestridge, Cory Walker, Alex
Tupas, Peter Buscemi, Charles Xiong, Jaesung Kim,
Stephan Denis, Leonard Williams, Mike Hamby, Kyle
Sanchez, Danny Gill, Greg McCann, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-19-17 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, David Leonard,
Hamid Ezzat, Leonard Williams, Kyle Sanchez, Jaesong
Kim, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 10-17-17 |
Bixby
- Kelly will not be out tonight.
|
Monday - 10-16-17 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ly Nguyen, Ray Pestridge, Mats Johansson,
Greg McCann, Leonard Williams, Robert Yang, David
Leonard, Hamid Ezzat, Jason and Noah Taylor, Danny Gill
(new), Jaesung Kim, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-12-17 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, David Leonard,
Alex Tupas, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby,
Kyle Spence, Robert Yang, Kyle Sanchez, Leonard
Williams, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 10-10-17 |
Bixby
- 7 players. David Leonard, John Moore, Alex Tupas, John
Cai, Wesley Li, Sam Pokharel (first time out - knows
Wesley), Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 10-10-17 |
(from
the Oklahoma City club web page): Oklahoma Senior
Games was held on Saturday, Oct 7! We had a good
turnout, and everyone seemed to have a good time and got
plenty of Table Tennis! Our Road Warrior award for
this tournament goes to Rusty Carter, who came up from
Austin, TX! The results are summarized below. Note
that, due to the many different age groups coverer, i.e.
50-54, 55-59
etc. The results below do not show all the
gold medals awarded
Womens Singles 1st Place Esther
Lamptey 2nd Place Linda Piatt 3rd
Place Kathleen Fitzgerald 4th Place
Debbie Pestridge
Women
Doubles 1st Place Esther Lamptey and
Linda Piatt 2nd Place Debbie Pestridge
and Kathleen Fitzgerald
Mens
Singles Group A 1st Place Ray
Pestridge 2nd Place Mike Patel 3rd
Place Rusty Carter 4th Place
David Correa 5th Place Cole Ely
Group
B 1st Place John Gillette 2nd Place
Dennis Rhodes 3rd Place Joe Tran
4th Place Mark Yelavich
Mens
Doubles 1st Place Mike Patel and David Correa
2nd Place Cole Ely and Britt Salter 3rd Place
Rusty Carter and Ray Pestridge 4th Place David
Hash and Dennis Rhodes 5th Place John Gillette and
Joe Tran
Mixed
Doubles 1st Place Linda Piatt and Mike Patel
2nd Place Kathleen Fitzgerald and John Gillette
3rd Place Debbie Pestridge and Ray Pestridge 4th
Place Tiffany Salter and Joe Tran
|
Monday - 10-9-17 |
Dawson
- 7 players Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Corey
Walker, Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-5-17 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, John Moore (paid
$40 membership!), Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Ryan
Sharpe, Stephan Denis, Leonard Williams, Hamid Ezzat,
Kyle Sanchez, Drew Cowan, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce.
Other new: Ryan bought a new paddle from colestt.com.
|
Tuesday - 10-3-17 |
Bixby
- 6 players. John Moore, Stephen Ackart, David Leonard,
Ly Nguyen, Ryan Sharpe, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 10-3-17 |
(From
the Okla City web site). Plaza Mayor, OKCTT home for
7 years is Closing!!! Sad news! Plaza Mayor
management has decided to close down the Crossroads
mall. October 31 will be our last day playing in our
current home
The OKCTT Board would like to encourage
everyone to keep their eyes open for a new home. It
is always tough we need a pretty large space and we
can afford very little. Maybe being a 501(c)(3)
Nonprofit can help? Anyways, if anyone knows of a
4000 7000 square foot building with 12 foot (or higher
) ceilings, flat floors, A/C, heat, and at least one
bathroom, please let us know! We are also greatly
interested in any brilliant ideas regarding financing
the purchase of an existing building, or perhaps
building a steel building (wed need to find a suitable
lot).
|
Monday - 10-2-17 |
Dawson
- 17 players. Kyle Sanchez, Leonard Williams, Johnny
McClanahan, Jason and Noah Taylor, Ly Nguyen, Corey
Walker, Alex Tupas, Mike Hamby, Robert Yang, Yee Yang,
Ray Pestridge, Gustabu and Louis Garcetem (both first
time out), Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Jaesung Kim. Other
news: thanks to Okba for turning on the ac and for Mike
Hamby grinding down the edges of new floor tiles (no
tripping now).
|
Thursday - 9-28-17 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ryan Sharpe (first time out), Tao Wang
(last time out was 8-13-12), David Leonard, Bob Kyker,
Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Ly Nguyen, Okba Harfouch,
Mike Hamby, Leonard Williams, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle
Sanchez, Jaesung Kim, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Leonard Willams was once the 7th best hurdler in the USA
(when he lived in Kansas) (we all knew, over the past
many years, that Leonard was in better shape then the
rest of us but we didn't know why).
|
Tuesday - 9-26-17 |
Bixby
- 6 players. David Leonard, Ly Nguyen, Alex Tupas,
Wesley Li, John Moore, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 9-25-17 |
16
players. Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Leonard Williams,
Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Stephan Denis, Ly Nguyen, Cory Walker, Johnny
McClanahan, Noah and Jason Taylor, Jaesung Kim, Matts
Johansson, Ray Pestridge.
|
Thursday - 9-21-17 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Yee Yang, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Mike
Hamby, David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Ly Nguyen, Leonard
Williams, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 9-19-17 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Jaesung Kim (first time out - knows
Wesley), Wesley Li, David Leonard, Matee, Brad Balmer
(paid $20), Alex Tupas, John Moore, John Strelow, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: Brad has most likely found a place
to start his ping pong club. Will know for sure this
week.
|
Monday - 9-18-17 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Leonard Williams (last time out was
9-30-13), Ray Pestridge, Johnny McClanahan, Noah and
Jason Taylor, Robert Yang, Kyle Sanchez, Yee Yang, Okba
Harfouch, Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Mats Johansson, Bob
Kyker. Other news: Okba turned on the AC on Sunday.
|
Thursday - 9-14-17 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, David Leonard,
Okba Harfouch (paid $100 to renew his membership!), Ly
Nguyen, Robert Yang, Mats Johansson (showed up at 8:00
pm!), Kelly Boyce. Other news: A group (6) of 7-8
year old boys on bikes showed up. Kelly was overly
patient with them but Ray showed us how to disperse them
quickly.
|
Tuesday - 9-12-17 |
Bixby
- 9 players. David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, John
Strelow, Matee, Alex Tupas, Wesley LI, Brad Balmer,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: John Moore left early due to
arthritis in his playing hand. He is trying drugs (but
doesn't work well enough). He is trying to change his
playing style to see if that works.
|
Tuesday - 9-12-17 |
(From
an email today from Britt Salter:) Hi Everyone! I
just wanted to let everyone know that the OKCTT Club
will be hosting the 2nd annual Dale Goodman tournament
on October 21. It is not USATT Sanctioned, and is
intended to be more fun than serious. We will have
a random draw doubles event in the morning, some kind of
lunch, then a handicapped giant RR in the afternoon. It
should be fun! We have cool purple Scooby-Doo
tournament shirts too! Please spread the word...
|
Monday - 9-11-17 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Mike
Hamby, Corey Walker and his friend Jennifer (did not
play), Ly Nguyen, Okba Harfouch, Jason and Noah Taylor,
Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 9-7-17 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Mike
Hamby, David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Ly Nguyen, Alex
Tupas, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Okba got all his
paddles stolen! (for details, talk to Okba). Robert
finally got used to his very fast paddle (and putting
the hurt on us slower players).
|
Tuesday - 9-5-17 |
Bixby
- 10 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Rueben Hill,
Caleb Hill, Brad Balmer, John Moore, John Cai, Ty
Nguyen, Robert Yang, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 9-4-17 |
Dawson
- no play. Labor Day.
|
Thursday - 8-31-17 |
Joplin
is having a sanctioned tournament
Nov 4. Only 16 players max per event so send in your
entry early. To enter - https://joplinttc.wixsite.com/jttc
|
Thursday - 8-31-17 |
Dawson
- no info yet
|
Tuesday - 8-29-17 |
Bixby
- 9 players. 2 first time out players - Reuben Hill,
Craig Shiever (used to play at Owen park - northwest of
downtown Tulsa !). Brad Balmer, David Leonard, Yee Yang,
John Moore, Ted Hill, Drew Cowan, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 8-29-17 |
(From
an email from Bill Lewis on the Springfield tournament
held 8-27-17): Greetings table tennis fanatics!!
Nineteen players participated in the $400 "Missouri
Mini" table tennis tournament which was held August 27.
Eighty-three matches were completed through three events
using 10 identical Cornilleau 740 tables. The person
driving the farthest was Drew Angell who hailed from
Overland Park, Ks. while Ranjith Periyathipalayammani
arrived from Bentonville, Ar, and a distance of 120
miles. The days first event was Under 1800. It
witnessed eight players play two round robins in a
contentious $60 purse. When the winnowing was complete,
four individuals managed to progress from their
respective round robins: Drew Angell came in first
place from Group 1 while Chris Kolb came in second;
in Group 2 Bill Lewis came in first and Dustin Spalding
came in second. The finals were set with Angell vs.
Lewis. Drew drew first blood then continued to draw
even more as a steady barrage of precise hits doomed
Lewis's efforts at: 11 - 5, 11 - 9, 11 - 5. Drew
took home $40 while Lewis garnered $20. In the 3rd
place finals, Spalding could not overcome either Kolb's
speed or agility and he too was likewise eliminated in
three games: 11 - 5, 11 - 7 and 11 to 6. Bragging
rights belonged to Kolb. The day's second event
was Open Doubles where a total of 4 teams played in one
round robin. The tandem tag team of Dennis Yanga
and Janus Lazarus proved too much for anyone to
adequately handle as they conquered each competitor in
three decisive matches taking home the 1st place prize
of $80. Second place finishers were Dale Boswell
and Wenyan Drake who won two matches while losing but
one and they received $40. Rounding out 3rd were
Bill Lewis and Dustin Spalding while 4th place went to
Ethan Ellsaesser and Nitesh Negi. The Giant
Round Robin was the day's premier event with $220 in the
offing. This event held a maximum 20 players of whom
19 were authorized and slotted. Each initial round
robin had four players play in five groups. When
these 27 matches were completed each player was
reassigned to a respective final round robin. In
the end and surfacing in 1st place from Group A was none
other than Springfield's very own Chris Kolb who netted
$50. Angell came in 2nd place and took home $30.
From Group 2 Kaden Seward from Joplin had a stellar
record of four wins against zero losses and received $40
while Sage Crane, also from Joplin, won a two way tie
against Lewis and received 2nd place and $20. In
Group C Omar Roman blitzed everyone in his 5-person
group in four demonstrable performances and got $30
while Janus Lazarus plucked $20 for his efforts and 2nd
place. In Group D Dustin Spalding from Springfield
kept his competition at bay by winning four consecutive
matches and was awarded $20. Steve Kuert, also from
Springfield, played well enough to secure 2nd place by
winning three matches and $10. I'd like to say
"Thanks so much" {^_^} for your combined efforts at
making this $400 dollar "Mini" tournament a success.
- Bill Lewis -
|
Monday - 8-28-17 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Corey Cook, Corey Walker, Yee Yang, Ray
Pestridge, Martin Ndengang, Ly Nguyen, Robert Yang, Mike
Hamby.
|
Thursday - 8-24-17 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan,
Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Alex
Tupas, David Leonard, Ly Nguyen, Kelly Boyce.
|
Wed - 8-23-17 |
Bob
Kyker will not be out the next 2 weeks (eye surgery).
Okba will turn on the AC for Thursday and Monday.
Robert has volunteered for after that if we can get him
a key (Kelly will get him a key). Hamid will bring
some more balls on Monday - 8-28 (since Bob is out).
|
Tuesday - 8-22-17 |
Springfield, Missouri (ie Bill Lewis) is having a
mini tournament on 8-27-17 - Sunday. Click here for
info - http://www.ozarkstabletennisclub.org/
(from Bill Lewis email): Greetings fellow table
tennis fanatics. There will be a "Mini" table tennis
tournament held in Springfield on Sunday, August 27.
$400 is cash spread across three events.
Under
1800.....................Total: $60
Doubles...........................Total: $120
Giant
Round Robin.........Total: $220
Play
starts 10 am -- and -- concludes approximately 6 pm.
First
come first serve. Tourney seats maximum 30 players.
Thanks
so much.
Your
input appreciated: comments, format, likes, money,
questions, etc, etc. :)
- Bill
-
|
Tuesday - 8-22-17 |
Bixby
- 7 players. Matee (paid $40 - renewed his membership!),
David Leonard, Martin Ndengang, Wesley Li, John Moore,
John Cai, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Martin found his
old paddle (it is very fast) and was playing like his
old self (from 4 years ago). In 2012 Martin was rated
1710.
|
Monday - 8-21-17 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Jason and Noah Taylor, Cory Cook (joined
the navy, leaves sept 5th), Mike Hamby, Yee Yang, Robert
Yang, Alex Tupas, Martin Ndengang, Okba Harfouch, Bob
Kyker.
|
Thursday - 8-17-17 |
Dawson - 7 players. Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang, David
Leonard, Cory Cook, Martin Ndengang, Cory Walker, Bob
Kyker. |
Wed - 8-16-17 |
(From
the Okla City web site): OKCTT In The News!!! The
Daily Oklahoman did a very nice article on the OKC TT
Club.
http://newsok.com/article/5559306
The
Oklahoma City Table Tennis Club offers free lessons
By
Whitney Bryen For The Oklahoman-Published: August 10,
2017 5:00 AM CDT-Updated: August 10, 2017 1:44 PM CDT
Mike
Patel, of Oklahoma City, stretches to hit the ball as he
plays table tennis with the Oklahoma City Table Tennis
Club.
On the
second level of the building that once housed Crossroads
Mall, sounds of the Oklahoma City Table Tennis Club sail
through the hallways.
The
harmony of thumping paddles, plastic balls clicking
against the tables and grunts from competitors can be
heard four times a week, echoing across the wide open
space at Plaza Mayor at the Crossroads.
In a
room lined with nine tables, club members and visitors
gather for open play from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday
and Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Leagues brought 12 regulars and two first-timers
together July 31 to compete in three brackets divided by
skill level.
The
club's youngest member, Maria Tran, 11, faced a
40-something insurance agent, an accountant in his
mid-30s and a middle-age bearing company owner in the
advanced league.
"We're
kind of like a big, slightly dysfunctional family, club
President Britt Salter said. "We are a really eclectic
group, but this sport brings us together.
The
club has been around since at least the 1950s, but early
members did not record exactly when the club was
launched, said Salter, who has been president nearly 10
years.
About
50 members currently hold lifetime, annual, monthly or
weekly paid memberships, which provide unlimited access
to open play, leagues and lessons.
In
July, about 20 regulars paid daily drop-in fees of $4,
$5 or $7 depending on their ages. A spike in players is
expected as college students return for fall classes.
One or
two new players generally show up every week, Salter
said, but they don't always stick around.
Recreational players often come to the club expecting
the same results they see at home in their garages, said
Salter, who sought out the group after dominating
workplace tournaments. Recreational skills don't
necessarily translate when technical players are
involved, he said.
"Life
at the club is very different than the breakroom at
work, Salter said.
Members encourage beginners and recreational players to
attend group lessons offered every Saturday as an
introduction to the club.
Norman
resident Kathleen Fitzgerald, 74, said Saturdays are the
best time to ease into the group and mingle with
members.
Fitzgerald joined the club four years ago after moving
from Florida, where she played in a club but couldn't
afford the lessons. She said the Oklahoma club's free
lessons "turned me into a totally different player.
Fitzgerald said she loves the uplifting atmosphere of
the club and getting to know the diverse members,
including players from Vietnam, Pakistan, India and
other countries.
"I get
to travel the world without leaving the country, she
said.
The
club occasionally hosts tournaments, and some members,
such as Fitzgerald and her doubles partner John
Gillette, use the club as training for national and
international competitions.
Gillette, 71, said the popularity of table tennis is
growing worldwide, and he can see why.
"It's
more than a hobby,β Gillette said. "It's a disease.
Once it grabs you, you'll never escape.
|
Tuesday - 8-15-17 |
Bixby - 8 players. David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Martin
Ndengang, Peter Buscemi, Robert Yang, Matee, John Moore,
Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 8-14-17 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Alex Tupas, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jordan, Ly Nguyen, Cory w., Johnny
McClanhan, Okba Harfouch, Sam Walton, Stephen Denis,
Cory Cook, Bob Kyker
|
Thursday - 8-10-17 |
Dawson
- 7 players. David Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Cole Ely,
Alex Tupas, Martin Ndengang, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 8-8-17 |
Bixby - 9 players. 2 first time out players (did not get
their names), Wesley Li, John Moore, John Cai, David
Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Martin Ndengang, Matee. |
Monday - 8-7-17 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Mike Hamby, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Cory Cook, Ly Nguyen, Okba
Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Jason and Noah Taylor, Cory
Walker, Bob Kyker.
|
Friday - 8-4-17 |
Cole Ely from Liberal, Kansas will be at Dawson on
Thursday - 8-10-17. |
Thursday - 8-3-17 |
Dawson
- 7 players. Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Bob
Kyker, Corey Cook, Mike Hamby, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: David Leonard finally did it! He beat Alex and
Kelly tonight! (His Battle 2 rubber made all the
difference). He also took the first game from Hamid (but
then Hamid does what only Hamid can do with his backhand
short pips and won the next 3 games).
|
Tuesday - 8-1-17 |
Bixby - 7 players. One first time out player (did not
get his name). David Leonard, Matee, John Moore, John
Cai, Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce. Other news: David
Leonard likes his forehand "Battle 2" rubber from Coles. |
Monday - 7-31-17 |
Dawson - 11 players. Hamid Ezzat, Cory Cook (with his
grandparents and cousins came to watch), Okba Harfouch,
Dena Shaban, Corey Walker, Johnny McClanahan, Mike
Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Bob Kyker.
Other news: Bob Kyker turned on the AC last night -
Sunday - at 4:00 PM. |
Thursday - 7-27-17 |
Dawson
- 13 players. David Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang,
Bob Kyker, Mike Hamby, Ly Nguyen, John Cai, Corey Cook,
Alex Tupas, Okba Harfouch, Mats Johansson, Miguel Riera,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: Okba turned on the AC on
Wed night! Bob Kyker will replace the broken tiles on
the floor!
|
Tuesday - 7-25-17 |
Bixby - 7 players. 1 first time out player - Ryan
Bingham (just moved to Tulsa). David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, Ly Nguyen (paid $100 !), Wesley Li, John Cai,
Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 7-24-17 |
Dawson - 13 players. Tom and Ouli Jourdan (paid $100),
Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Mike Hamby, Okba
Harfouch, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Cory Walker,
Corey Cook, Ly Nguyen, Bob Kyker. Other news: Okba
turned on the AC on Sun night! |
Thursday - 7-20-17 |
Dawson - 13 players. Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Alex
Tupas, Okba Harfouch, David Leonard, Robert Yang, Corey
Cook, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Ly Nguyen, Jason and
Noah Taylor, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Jason and Noah
are going to a tournament this weekend (7-22-17) in
Austin, TX. Corey Cook has joined the Navy and leaves
in September for 6 years! Bob Kyker turned on the AC
on Wed night. Bob Kyker will be replacing the broken
floor tiles. Ly Nguyen's game is slowing coming back
to him. He said he used to be able to loop! |
Tuesday - 7-18-17 |
Bixby - 10 players. First time out player - Ly Nguyen.
Miguel Riera, Antonio Riera, David Leonard, John Moore,
Okba Harfouch, Jason and Noah Taylor, Matee, Kelly
Boyce. |
Monday - 7-17-17 |
Dawson - 10 players: Tom Jourdan, Corey Cook, Ray
Pestridge, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Miguel Riera, Corey
Walker, Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 7-13-17 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Tou
Yang, David Leonard, Miguel Riera, Antonio Riera, Okba
Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Corey Cook, Jason
and Noah Taylor, Mike Hamby, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Bob Kyker turned on the AC on Wed night. Next
tournaments - July 22 in Austin, Tx. In August in
Tyler, Tx., San Antonio, Tx. El Paso, Tx. Nov 4 in
Joplin, Missouri. Nothing in Arkansas, Kansas.
|
Tuesday - 7-11-17 |
Bixby - 9 players. Abul Hasan, Nayyara Hasan, David
Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Alex Tupas, John Moore, John
Cai, Matee C., Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 7-10-17 |
Dawson - 12 players. Johnny McClanahan, Corey Cook,
Miguel Riera, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Ray Pestridge,
Stephan Denis, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby,
Okba Harfouch, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 7-6-17 |
Dawson - 8 players. Corey Cook, Tom Jourdan, David
Leonard, Hamid Ezzat, Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, Mike
Hamby, Bob Kyker. |
Monday - 7-3-17 |
Dawson - 14 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Chang Yang,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Corey Cook, Alex Tupas, Tom
Jourdan, Stephen Denis, Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, David
Leonard, Okba Harfouch, Bob Kyker. Other news:
Someone left a Go Pro camera at the club. |
Thursday - 6-29-17 |
Dawson - no info |
Wed - 6-28-17 |
Update
on the State Games of Okla held 6-24-17: Tulsa had 7
players attend - Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Nestor Prato, Stephan Denis, Samuel Ekehchiadi, Tom
Jourdan. Okba came in 2nd in the U2000 and 3rd in
Open Singles. Yee Yang came in 1st in U1600.
Robert Yang came in 1st in U1400. Samuel came in 1st
in PP Single. You can see all the event winners on
the Okla City web site - https://okctt.wordpress.com/
29 rated players attended. The tournament results are
already posted on the USATT' web site so you can view
all matches of the tournament. http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Ratings.aspx
Other
news: There was an incident that occurred during the
tournament and Tom Jourdan was right in the middle of
it. (No other info about this incident will be posted
here).
|
Tuesday - 6-27-17 |
Bixby - 7 players. Abul Hasan, Nayyara Hasan, Robert
Yang, David Leonard, Matee, Wesley LI, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 6-26-17 |
Dawson - 12 players. Mats Johansson, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Nestor Prato, Okba Harfouch, Mike Hamby, Corey
Cook, Yee Yang, Hamid Ezzat, David Leonard, Samuel, Bob
Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-22-17 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Samuel Ekehchiad, Robert Yang, Okba
Harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Jason and Noah Taylor, Hamid
Ezzat, Corey Cook, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 6-20-17 |
Bixby - 4 players. Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Matee, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: update on the 3 Tulsa players
going to the State Games of Okla this weekend: Yee
Yang, Tom Jourdan, Nestor Prato. |
Monday - 6-19-17 |
Dawson - 12 players. Samuel Ekehchiadi, Okba Harfouch,
Corey Cook, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Tom
Jourdan, Ray Pestridge, Nestor Prato, Shawn Cheney,
Stephan Denis, Bob Kyker. Other news: Looking for a
volunteer to turn on the AC (set at 66F) at Dawson,
either Sun pm or Wed pm (Bob will turn it on the other
day. Otherwise, it will be too hot to play on Mondays or
Thursdays). Please contact Bob whoever can volunteer. |
Monday - 6-19-17 |
From
an email today from Ray Pestridge: I got Gold in the
80-84 singles and we (Ray and Glendale Markwell) got
silver in the 80-84 Doubles. There were 24 in our
Singles event A total of 370 Table tennis players in
the Senior National Games in Birmingham AL (2 photos
will be added later to the club's photo pages).
|
Monday - 6-19-17 |
Update
on Tulsa players going to the State Games of Okla this
weekend - Yee Yang (Okba Harfouch's tournament days
are over since he works Saturday's now).
|
Thursday - 6-15-17 |
Dawson - 8 players. Bob Kyker, David Leonard, Kyle
Sanchez, Corey Cook, Okba Harfouch, John Moore, Nestor
Prato, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 6-13-17 |
Bixby - 7 players. 2 first time out players - Harry
Simmons, Trish Whittlesey. David Leonard, John Cai, Tom
Jourdan, Corey Flaugher, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 6-12-17 |
Dawson - 17 players. Okba Harfouch, Johnny McClanahan,
David Leonard, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas,
Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Corey Cook, Shawn Cheney, 2
other players (didn't know their names). |
Thursday - 6-8-17 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Nestor Prato,
Fernando Prato, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Robert Yang,
Mike Hamby, Shawn Cheney, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Ray Pestridge (and Debbie) are going to the Alabama
National Seniors tournament next week !! Fernando and
Tom said they would pay their membership next week. Kyle
and Okba still owe also.
|
Thursday - 6-8-17 |
For a
list of players playing in the Springfield, Missouri
tournament this weekend, click here:
http://www.ozarkstabletennisclub.org/
|
Wed - 6-7-17 |
Update on Brad Balmer's Broken Arrow ping pong club:
Tables are in but he is still trying to find a place to
play. To get the latest updates, contact info and how
to join, check out his website:
www.brokenarrowpingpong.com |
Tuesday - 6-6-17 |
Bixby
- 6 players. Tim Schley, Amanda Dawson, Alex Tupas,
David Leonard, Matee, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Tim
and Amanda work at their family owned Tulsa business (5
employees). Their website is: highgravitybrew.com
Other news: 4 players are past due on their memberships
- Tom Jourdan, Okba Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez, Fernando
Prato (note to the membership police - please follow up
with these players). . One Tulsa player has never
heard of the rock band Journey (and he is not a
millennial or Generation Y or Generation Z). (Alex saw
them in concert a few days ago at the BOK center). Out
of proper disrespect to the player - his name will be
mentioned here, but due to privacy laws we will not
mention his last name - Tom. . The Bixby Green
Corn festival carnival rides will be parked in the Bixby
Center next Tuesday. For parking, do not park in the
Dollar store just south of the center. Park in the small
police parking area directly west of the Dollar store,
or on the grass on the south end of the Bixby center, or
park in the gravel parking lot northeast of the Bixby
center (enter here by going around the block south and
east of the Bixby center).
|
Monday - 6-5-17 |
Dawson - 20 players. Okba Harfouch, Corey Cook, Robert
Yang, Yee Yang, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato,
Ray Pestridge, Miguel and Antonio Riera (brothers),
Sydney and Nickey Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Shawn Cheney, Ron Tucker (new),
Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-1-17 |
Dawson - 12 players. Hamid Ezzat, Robert Yang, Yee Yang,
Nestor Prato, Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, David Leonard,
Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Luke Nel, Shawn Cheney
(new), Bob Kyker |
Tuesday - 5-30-17 |
Dawson - 10 players. Abul Hasan, Nayyara Hasan, John
Moore, John Cai, John Strelow, Johnny McClanahan, Matee
C., Corey Flaugher, Michele Pan, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Corey bought some new rubber from Colestt.com
(indirectly). |
Monday - 5-29-17 |
Memorial Day - several players. Only Alex knows who
showed up. |
Thursday - 5-25-17 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Harfouch, David
Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Fernando Prato,
Nestor Prato, Bob Kyker, Glendale Markwell, Mike Hamby,
Robert Yang, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 5-23-17 |
Bixby - 9 players. Abul Hasan, Nayyara Hasan, David
Leonard, Corey Flaugher, Alex Tupas, Matee C., Yee Yang,
John Cai, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Yee Yang is
considering re-strategizing his game/rubber/blade. |
Monday - 5-22-17 |
Dawson - 16 players. Greg McCann (been a few years since
he played here), Alex Tupas (paid $60 cash), Corey Cook
(his dad and brother came to watch), Tom Jourdan, Hamid
Ezzat, Okba Harfouch, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray
Pestridge (paid $100 check), Jason and Noah Taylor, Mike
Hamby, Stephan Denis (paid $100 electronic check),
Johnny McClanahan (paid $100 check), Kyle Sanchez, Bob
Kyker. Other news: Bob Kyker had to withdraw from the
Senior Nationals in Birmingham in June due to medical
reasons. Ray is probably the only one from Tulsa club
going. Go Ray! |
Thursday - 5-18-17 |
Dawson - 8 players. Luke Nell (paid $100 with a
Benjamin), Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Bob Kyker, Okba Al
Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Kyle Sanchez, Corey Cook, Kelly
Boyce. |
Wed - 5-17-17 |
There are 2 new table tennis clubs in Broken Arrow (one
open now and the other soon to be open). Brad Balmer
will run one of them. He has a website at:
brokenarrowpingpong.com. This site was his old site
from Indiana (or Wyoming) he is converting over. (The
other club I will post later when I get the calling
card). |
Tuesday - 5-16-17 |
Bixby - 14 players. David Leonard, Corey Flaugher (paid
$40), Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, John Cai, John Moore,
John Strelow, Michelle Pan, Abul Hasan, Nayyara Hasan,
Brad Balmer, Peter Bao, Noelle Cullison, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 5-15-17 |
Dawson - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang(paid
$100 cash), Yee Yang, Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Dena
Shaban, Corey Cook and his grandfather David from
Colorado (did not play), Tom Jourdan, David Leonard,
Stephan Denis, Jason and Noah Taylor, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle
Sanchez, Bob Kyker. |
Monday - 5-15-17 |
2017 Joplin Spring Table Tennis Championship held
5-13-17 Open Singles: 1st Winfred Addy 2nd Alex
Tupas 3rd Okba Al Harfough Under 2000: 1st Okba
Al Harfough 2nd Alex Tupas Under 1600: 1st
Lloyd Blankenship 2nd Sage Crane Under 1300:
1st Saptarshi Syam 2nd Jeremy Williams Novice:
1st James Rodriguez 2nd Alex Piech Open Doubles:
1st Okba Al Harfough/Ray Pestridge 2nd Lloyd
Blankenship/Sage Crane Joplin SHIELD Challenge:
1st Place Joplin Police Department Shelby Howard
Aaron Gooch Bryan Leeper Jason Barchak 2nd
Place Joplin Fire Department Scott Cranford Adam
Stewart
|
Thursday - 5-11-17 |
Dawson - 10 players. Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Ray
Pestridge, David Leonard, Glendale Markwell, Bob Kyker,
Corey Cook, Okba Al Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Kelly Boyce. |
Thursday - 5-11-17 |
(From
an email today from Bill Lewis about the June 10
Springfield, Missouri tournament): Greetings table
tennis fanatics. To borrow a phrase from the earlier
ancestors . . . Long Time No See. It's a pleasure
writing and I hope you've had an eventful fall, winter
and spring. That said, before 'hot--n--hotter' summer
rolls around, Springfield is hosting the "Grand Old Opry
Show"? GRAND OLD OPRY SHOW??
NO!! We'll leave those goings-on to Nashville.
Instead, Springfield is hosting the annual Missouri
Show-Me State Games Open table tennis tourney. For
your viewing convenience I've attached an entry form for
the June 10, 2017 Missouri Show-Me State Games Open.
(print out, fill-in and send :) There are a
total of 9 events which include both a high and low set
of doubles. The tournaments premier event for this
year and this tourney is the Giant Round Robin. This
format allows each contestant a minimum of 8 matches
(details in entry form). Additionally there are five
classed events as well as an Open Novice and the two
doubles. As is Missouri's custom - each 1st Place
event winner is ceremoniously crowned Missouri Champion
for the calendar year 2017. Two events were excluded
from this year's tourney: Hardbat Open and Under 1000 -
this - due to more time for and more entrants into the
Giant Round Robin. Last year's winners in the premier
Open Round Robin were: 1st Place: Felipe Morita
from St. Charles, Mo 2nd Place: Sina Asadallahi
from Houston, Tx 3rd Place: Patricio Pereyra
from St. Charles, Mo
We
hope to see--n--hear from you and yours. Thanks
so much. - Bill -
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill
Lewis 3818 South Farm Road 103 Brookline, Mo.
65619 President: Ozarks Table Tennis Club USATT
Tournament Director, Certified Referee, Club Umpire
Club site: http://www.OzarksTableTennisClub.org/
Phone: (H) 417.890.8092
(C) 417.493.6259
|
Thursday - 5-11-17 |
(From an email Britt Salter sent today): We've made
some changes for the summer games (June 24) that I hope
everyone likes. We've eliminated doubles and added
more rated events U1000, U1200, U1400, U1600, U1800,
U2000, and Open (With at least $300 added for Open prize
money) Please spread the word with the Tulsa folks -
and try to come play too! Britt |
Tuesday - 5-9-17 |
Bixby - 11 players. 2 first time out players - Abul
Hasan, Nayyara Hasan (was looking for a ping pong table
online and came across the club's website). David
Leonard, Carson Leonard, Matee, John Moore, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Alex Tupas, Corey Flaugher, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 5-8-17 |
Dawson
- no info For a list of the players entered in the
Joplin tournament (36 players and all events are full
except the U-1300)
http://joplinttc.wixsite.com/jttc/tournaments
|
Thursday - 5-4-17 |
Dawson
- 15 players. David Correa and Claire, Yee Yang (paid
$100), David Leonard (paid $100), Mike Hamby (paid
$100), Mats Johansson (paid $100), Ray Pestridge, Robert
Yang, Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Corey
Cook, Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: David Correa still "got game" (unfortunately for
some of us). 8-10 players from Okla City will be
going to the Joplin tournament next weekend. Dena
Shaban designed the website for her and Okba's new
business that starts up in 1 week.
|
Tuesday - 5-2-17 |
Bixby
- 14 players. David Leonard, Carson Leonard, Yee Yang,
Anish Shrastha, Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Alex Tupas,
Raj, Corey Flaugher, Matee, John Cai, Wesley Li, John
Walsh, Kelly Boyce. Other news: The results for the
Kansas City tourney are posted already. Okba went to
1949 !
|
Monday - 5-1-17 |
Results for the Kansas City tournament this last
weekend- Okba won 1st in U2000, 3rd in U1800, and 3rd in
U3800 dbls. Have not heard how Tom Jourdan or Carson
Thoma did. |
Monday - 5-1-17 |
Dawson - 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Robert and Yee Yang,
Mike Hamby, Okba Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Alex Tupas,
Hamid Ezzat (paid $100 annual fee), Bob Kyker (paid $100
annual fee), Stephan Denis, Corey Cook. |
Friday - 4-28-17 |
Membership dues are due May 1. $100 Pay Hamid
or Bob on Monday, or, Kelly on Thursday.
|
Thursday - 4-27-17 |
Dawson - 11 players. Robert Yang, Ray Pestridge, Bob
Kyker, David Leonard, Okba Al Harfouch, Dena Shaban,
Johnny McClanahan, Corey Cook, Alex Tupas, Mark/Tim Bao,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: 3 Tulsa players going to the
Kansas City tournament this weekend. Okba, Tom Jourdan,
Carson Thoma. |
Tuesday - 4-25-17 |
Bixby - 13 players. Okba Al Harfouch, David Leonard,
Alex Tupas (playing extremely well), John Moore, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Corey Flaugher, Matee, Carson
Thoma, Bret Thoma, Raj, Bilal Ahmed, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: There is a secret playing location in Tulsa
known only to a few players (ie Okba, Alex, Yee and
Robert Yang, maybe others). They can play anytime but
looks like Sunday is the popular time. (Info about this
place is very limited due to no one talking about this
place). This place has 2 tables and is at a business on
21st street. You enter thru a non-descript side door.
This enables these players to get extra playing time
that the rest of us don't get. More info on this place
will follow once it is found (ie is beer drinking
allowed, cigars allowed, girlfriends allowed, certain
types of humor (ie political, etc), etc). Carson
Thoma and Tom Jourdan will be going to the Kansas City
tournament this weekend! |
Monday - 4-24-17 |
Dawson - 13 players: Hamid Ezzat, Corey Cook, Mike
Hamby, Stephan Denis, Tom Jourdan, Yee Yang, Robert
Yang, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch and Dena Shaban,
Kyle Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 4-20-17 |
Dawson - 15 players. Corey Cook (paid $100 - (a
Benjamin) !), Luke Nel, Raj, Okba Al Harfouch, Ray
Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Fernando Prato, Yee Yang, Andrew
Habiger (new player), Johnny McClanahan, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Carson and Brett Thoma, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Carson has mailed his entry form to the Kansas
City tournament for April 29 and 30. Okba may go to
the Kansas City tournament. |
Tuesday - 4-18-17 |
Bixby - 13 players. Mark/Tim Bao, David Leonard, Raj,
Corey Flaugher, John Moore, Stephen Littlechild, John
Cai, William Jbar, Anish Shrestha, Johnny McClanahan,
Okba Al Harfouch, Michelle Pan, Kelly Boyce. Other
news: a "cussing" warning was given to one of our
players by the staff of the Bixby Center. (No other info
will be written here about it). Corey Flaugher is
going to buy a new paddle from probably Paddle Palace
soon to replace his lost paddle. If anyone has a paddle
to sell him, let him know asap. David Leonard has
stopped using his newer faster paddle and prefers his
older and slower paddle. Okba is thinking about going
to the next 3 tournaments - Joplin, Springfield and
Kansas City. |
Monday - 4-17-17 |
Dawson - 14 players. Robert Yang, Yee Yang, David
Leonard, Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Johnny McClanahan,
Corey Cook, Tom Jourdan, Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson,
Stepan Denis, Okba Al Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 4-13-17 |
Dawson - 11 players. Braiden Parks, Corey Cook, Yee
Yang, Robert Yang, Hamid Ezzat, David Leonard, Ray
Pestridge, Glendale Markwell, Bob Kyker, Tou Yang, Kelly
Boyce. |
Tuesday - 4-11-17 |
Bixby
- 13 players. Alex Tupas, Michelle Pan, John Moore,
Bilal Ahmed, Corey Cook, Stephen Littlechild (here for
10 days - paid $20), Matee C., Raj, Corey Flaugher, Bret
Thoma, Carson Thoma, Anish Shrestha, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Corey Flaugher lost his paddle (with short
pips out on the backhand). He will buy a new one with
spinny rubber on the backhand. At 6:30 tonight, there
were only 2 players (thought that was all that were
going to show up).
|
Monday - 4-10-17 |
Dawson - no info |
Thursday - 4-6-17 |
Dawson - 14 players. Tom and Ouli Jourdan, Ray
Pestridge, Carson and Brett Thoma, Okba Al Harfouch,
Dena Shaban, Luke Nel, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Yee
Yang, Mike Hamby, Raj, Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 4-4-17 |
Bixby - 6 players. 1 first time out player - Steven Li.
David Leonard, Matee, John Moore, Raj, Kelly Boyce.
(thunderstorm and hail kept the ping pong players away). |
Monday - 4-3-17 |
Dawson - 13 players. Jason and Noah Taylor, Hamid Ezzat,
Kyle Sanchez, Okba Al Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Ray
Pestridge, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Mike Hamby, Tom and
Ouli Jordan, Stephen Denis |
Thursday - 3-30-17 |
Dawson - 15 players. Tou Yang, Robert Yang, Yee Yang,
Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, David Leonard, Raj, Okba Al
Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez,
Alex Tupas, Carson Thoma, Brett Thoma, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Hamid is using long pips on his backhand.
Tonight was his first night to try it. |
Tuesday - 3-28-17 |
Bixby - 10 players. 3 first time out players - Anish
Shrestha, Nabin Maharjan (both know Raj), Michelle (with
her 2 well behaved children). Naroham Regmi ("Raj"),
David Leonard, John Moore, Brad Balmer, Matee C., Ted
Hill, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Brad Balmer will be
starting a new table tennis club in Broken Arrow! Maybe
at Neinhaus Park or Central Park. He will buy the tables
and then charge a membership to pay for them. Brad is
now moved into Broken Arrow from Wyoming. Raj bought
a new paddle from Butterfly.com (paid $400). He beat
John Moore and David Leonard with it tonight! John
Moore has arthritis in his playing hand and is trying to
figure out how to play with it. |
Monday - 3-27-17 |
Dawson - 14 players. New player, Narottam Regmi (Day),
Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, William Jbar, Fernando
Prato, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Okba Al Harfouch, Nicky
and Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Alex
Tupas, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 3-23-17 |
Dawson - 12 players. Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Ray
Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch, Fernando Prato, Hamid
Ezzat, David Leonard, Carson Thoma, Luke Nel, Corey
Cook, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 3-21-17 |
Bixby - 12 players. 3 first time out players - Naroham
Regmi ("Raj"), Bilal Ahmed, Britt Robbin (from the
Pensacola, Florida club. In town for work for a few days
only). David Leonard, John Moore, John Cai, Matee C.,
Robert Yang, Corey Flaugher, Carson Thoma, Brett Thoma,
Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 3-20-17 |
Dawson - 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch,
Dena Shaban, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Corey Cook, a
friend of Corey's, Jason and Noah Taylor, Johnny
McClanahan, Mike Hamby, Kyle Sanchez, William Jbar,
Fernando Prato, Matts Johansson, Nick Hahn. |
Thursday - 3-16-17 |
Dawson - 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Fernando
Prato, Jason and Noah Taylor, Carson Thoma, Yee Yang,
Robert Yang, Okba Al Harfouch, Dena Shaban, William
Jbar, Johnny McClanahan, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Carson is going to the Wesleyan tournament in Ft. Worth
Saturday. |
Tuesday - 3-14-17 |
Bixby - 13 players. Nick Hahn (first time out), Okba Al
Harfouch, Dena Shaban, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, David
Leonard, Matee, Carson Thoma, Wesley Li, Johnny
McClanahan, John Moore, Phil Sallee, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 3-13-17 |
Dawson - 16 players: Yee Yang, Tom Jourdan, David
Leonard, Okba Al Harfouch, Corey Cook, William Jbar,
Robert Yang, Jason and Noah Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Johnny
McClanahan, Mike Hamby, Stefan Denis, 2 new players:
Emmanuel Quaye, Bilal Ahmed, and Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 3-9-17 |
Dawson - 17 players. Dena Shaban, Jazz Jbar, William
Jbar, Okba Al Harfouch, Tou Yang, Robert Yang, David
Leonard, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker, Tom Jourdan, Corey Cook,
Matts Johansson, Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat, Carson
Thoma, Johnny McClanahan, Kelly Boyce. Other news: By
5:30 tonight there were 13 players. Carson Thoma
bought his new paddle from TableTennisStore.us. Corey
Cook bought his new paddle from tabletennis11.com.
Carson will be having his 5th lesson from Nicky Agimudie
tomorrow. |
Tuesday - 3-7-17 |
Bixby - 6 players. David Leonard, William Jbar, Carson
Thoma, Wesley Li, John Cai, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Carson has had 4 lessons with Nick Agimudie and is
planning on another and Carson is going to the March 18
tournament in Ft. Worth and Carson just got a new paddle
with spinny rubber on each side. William Jbar will be
buying a new paddle soon. |
Monday - 3-6-17 |
Dawson - 17 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Yee Yang, Robert
Yang, Fernando Prato, Mike Hamby, Corey Cook, Tom
Jourdan, William Jbar, Johnny McClanahan, Stephan Denis,
Jason and Noah Taylor, Luke Nel, John Moore, Bob Kyker,
two new players: Brandon Parks and Charles Jackel |
Thursday - 3-2-17 |
Dawson - 15 players. Bob Kyker, Yee Yang, Robert Yang,
Tou Yang, Mike Hamby, David Leonard, Okba Al Harfouch,
Hamid Ezzat, Bret Thoma, Carson Thoma, Mats Johansson,
Kyle Sanchez, Levi Mullins, William Jbar, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 2-28-17 |
Bixby - 11 players. Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Okba Al
Harfouch, Matts Johansson, Carson Thoma, Bret Thoma,
Matee, John Moore, John Cai, Corey Cook, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Carson is experimenting with spinny rubber
on his backhand. |
Monday - 2-27-17 |
Dawson - 16 players. 2 new players-Levi Mullins and
Luke Nel, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, Alex Tupas,
Fernando Prato, Mike Hamby, Okba Al Harfourch, Cory
Cook, Johnny McClanahan, Robert Yang, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Tou Yang, Yee Yang, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 2-23-17 |
Dawson - 12 players. Corey Cook (from Vinita - knows
Tom), William Jbar, Bob Kyker, Fernando Prato, Yee Yang,
Johnny McClanahan, Bret Thoma, Carson Thoma, Hamid
Ezzat, Matts Johansson, Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 2-21-17 |
Bixby - 10 players. William Jbar, David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, John Moore, John Cai, Johnny McClanahan, Carson
Thoma, Bret Thoma, Matee, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Carson is using anti-spin on his backhand but word on
the street says he should switch to spinny rubber. Those
with an opinion, please advise Carson. |
Monday - 2-20-17 |
Dawson - 19 players. David Leonard, Yee Yang, Robert
Yang, Samuel Ekehchiadi, Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch,
Fernando Prato, Mike Hamby, Jason and Noah Taylor, Cory
Cook, Tom Jourdan, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Johnny
McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez, William Jbar, Carson Thoma,
Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 2-16-17 |
Dawson - 13 players. Suzuki (from the Okla City club -
rating 2138), Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker,
Robert Yang, Fernando Prato, Corey Bryant, Bret Thoma,
Carson Thoma, Mats Johansson, Kyle Sanchez, Kelly Boyce,
John Moore. |
Tuesday - 2-14-17 |
Results from the Oklahoma City tournament from this
weekend: The 2017 Winter State Game was held on Feb
11, 2017 at the OKCTT Club. A more complete write
up coming on the Tournament Page. (info from the Okla
city web site) (Event- Gold -Silver -Bronze)
Ping Pong Singles Joe Tran (OKCTT) Dennis Rhodes
(OKCTT) Terry Holley (OKCTT)
Ping Pong Women Linda Piatt (OKCTT) Alanis
Hamilton (Bentonville, AR) Annie Vo (OKCTT)
Ping Pong Junior Kaden Seward (Joplin, MO) Jason
Piech (Rogers, AR) Maria Tran (OKCTT)
TT
U1000 Jason Piech (Rogers, AR) Alex Piech (Rogers,
AR) (Remaining players unratedβ¦)
TT
U1300 Kaden Seward (Joplin, MO) Jason Piech
(Rogers AR) Cory Bryant (Tulsa TTC)
TT
U1600 Mike Patel (OKCTT) Kaden Seward (Joplin, MO)
John Moore (Tulsa TTC)
TT
U1900 Logan Watson (OKCTT) David Correa (OKCTT)
Okba Al Harfouch (Tulsa TTC)
TT
Open Winfred Addy (OKCTT) Russ Hamilton
(Bentonville, AR) Michael Lauro (Little Rock, AR)
U2700 Doubles Sage Crane Neosho, MO) & Kaden Seward
(Joplin, MO) Mike Patel (OKCTT) & Linda Piatt (OKCTT)
Tiffany Salter (OKCTT) & Maria Tran (OKCTT)
U3800 Doubles Michhael Lauro (LRTTC) & David Correa
(OKCTT) Logan Watson (OKCTT) & Cory Bryant (Tulsa)
Ray Pestridge (Stillwater) & Okba Al Harfouch (Tulsa
TTC)
|
Tuesday - 2-14-17 |
Bixby - Kelly will not be out tonight. |
Monday - 2-13-17 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Kyle Sanchez,
Yee Yang, Robert Yang, William Jbar, Okba Al Harfouch,
Fernando Prato, Cory Bryant, Cory Cook, David Leonard,
Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-9-17 |
Dawson
- 16 players and 5 spectators. Alex Tupas, Ray
Pestridge, Bob Kyker, David Leonard, Fernando Prato, Yee
Yang, Robert Yang, Tou Yang, Corey Flaugher, Hamid
Ezzat, Carson Thoma, Kyle Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan,
Kelly Boyce, Brad Balmer, Nicole Collson (Brad's
daughter). Other news, Brad Balmer is moving next
week to Broken Arrow from Sheridan, Wyoming. Here are a
couple of links about Brad:
https://www.facebook.com/Sheridan-Ping-Pong-Club-1024887664200334/
http://thesheridanpress.com/the%e2%80%88ping%e2%80%88pong%e2%80%88professor-indiana-native-brings-history-ping-pong-club-sheridan/
Also,
Robert Yang got a new paddle from Paddle Palace.
Carson Thoma is taking his 2nd lesson from Nicky
Agimudie tomorrow.
|
Wed - 2-8-17 |
Update on the 6 Tulsa players going to the Oklahoma City
tournament this weekend - 2-11-17: Tom Jourdan, Okba Al
Harfouch, Ray Pestridge (doubles only with Okba), John
Moore, Corey Flaugher, Carson Thoma. |
Tuesday - 2-7-17 |
Bixby - 8 players. David Leonard, Corey Flaugher, Alex
Tupas, Johnny McClanahan, Matee Chinsethagid, Carson
Thoma, Ted Hill (paid $40), Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Carson took a table tennis lesson from Nick Agimudie
recently! |
Monday - 2-6-17 |
Dawson
- 22 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Cory Flaugher,
Alex Tupas, John Moore, William Jbar, Jason and Noah
Taylor, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Okba Al Harfouch, Cory
Cook and his dad John Cook (new players from Vinita -
knows Tom Jourdan), Bee Thao?, Charlie (Traolly) Xiang,
Tou Yang, Kyle Sanchez, Carson Thoma, Bret Thoma,
Johnny McClanahan, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-2-17 |
Dawson - 12 players. Yee Yang, David Leonard, Ray
Pestridge, Bob Kyker, John Moore, Hamid Ezzat, Okba Al
Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Carson Thoma, Mat Johansson,
Robert Yang, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 1-31-17 |
Bixby - 8 players. Eli Betinjani, Wesley Li, Carson
Thoma, Bret Thoma, Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Johnny
McClanahan, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Carson is going
to the Okla City tournament on Feb 11 ! (into the belly
of the beast). Johnny may not go to the tournament. |
Tuesday - 1-31-17 |
Update on Tulsa players going to the Oklahoma City
tourney on 2-11-17: John Moore, Johnny McClanahan,
Okba Al Harfouch, Ray Pestridge (double only with Okba),
Tom Jourdan. |
Monday - 1-30-17 |
Dawson - 17 players. Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Robert
Yang, Alex Tupas, Fernando Prato, Mike Hamby, John
Moore, Okba Al Harfouch, William Jbar, Jason Taylor,
Noah Taylor, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Johnny
McClanahan, Cory Bryant, Robert Luton (from
bartlesville), Bob Kyker. |
Friday - 1-27-17 |
For
those few Tulsa table tennis players wondering, "what
ever happened to Tim Yardy"? (last seen in 2007 when
he decided not to become a pro table tennis player (he
was quite the player once upon a time) and settle here
in Tulsa). The answer is (from his website): The
Maison Group was founded by Englishman Tim Yardy in
2007. What started with small renovation projects
on his own homes, has evolved to large scale home
building and magnificent restorations of multi-million
dollar residential properties.
The
Maison Group is passionate about restoring historical
homes to their former glory and beyond. The Maison Group
does both speculative residential projects and
design/build for others. Tim's passion for design/build
and particularly restoration come from growing up in
London and coming from a family of designers and
developers.
The
Masion Group would describe everything that they do as
timeless elegance
http://www.themaisongroup.biz/
|
Thursday - 1-26-17 |
Dawson - 17 players. 3 first time out players: Seth
Jacob, Mickey Hoppis, Jordan Lytle. Tom Jourdan, Ray
Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Okba Al Harfouch, Fernando Prato,
David Leonard, Carson Thoma, Bret Thoma, Hamid Ezzat,
Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Traolly Xiong, John Moore, Kelly
Boyce. |
Tuesday - 1-24-17 |
Bixby - 9 players. Carson Thoma (joined the club - paid
$40. Got his paddle from Killer Spin - a very good
paddle. He will be 16 next week and can start driving to
the club!),Jim French, Casey Jones (knows Eli), Eli
Betinjani, John Moore, Corey Flaugher, David Leonard,
Matee Chinsethagid, Kelly Boyce |
Monday - 1-23-17 |
12 players: Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Okba
Al Harfoush, Tom Jourdan, Fernando Prato, Johnny
McClanahan, Alex Tupas, William Jabr, Mike Altea (came
with Alex), Jason Taylor, Noah Taylor. |
Thursday - 1-19-17 |
Dawson - 14 players. Por Thor, Charlie Traolly (beat Yee
Yang!), Yee Yang (has a new paddle), Carson Thoma (the
son), Bret Thoma (the dad), Samuel Ekehchiadi, Bob Kyker
(first time back after 9 1/2 weeks! and very out of
shape), Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato, Stephen Ackart,
Mason Faulkner, Mike Hamby, Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly
Boyce. |
Thursday - 1-19-17 |
The State Games of Okla has a new web site and the table
tennis picture is represented by a Tulsa player! Click
to view: http://www.stategamesofoklahoma.org/
(he is wearing a red shirt with black shorts). |
Wed - 1-18-17 |
The
Oklahoma City club has a new fee schedule (from their
website).
We
will have three fee levels plus one Annual Fee option.
New fees below:
Adults: $7/day, $45/month, or $500/year
Adult
Students (Undergrad College only): $5/day, or $35/month
Youth
Students (High School and younger): $4/day, or $30/month
|
Tuesday - 1-17-17 |
Bixby - 12 players. 2 first time out players - Bret
Thoma (the dad), Carson Thoma (the son). Carson
is around 16 years old and a tennis player and soccer
player. Good natural ability and plays aggressively
(which is a good thing in table tennis) and covers the
court well (like the other soccer players in our club).
David Leonard, Jim French, Corey Flaugher, Alex Tupas,
John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Johnny McClanahan, Ted
Hill, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 1-16-17 |
12 players, 2 spectators. Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge,
Okba Al Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Yee Yang, Fernando Prato,
Johnny McClanahan, Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Robert
Yang, Kyle Sanchez, Robert Luton, Okba's friend came to
watch him. Didn't get her name, Skip ? (Stopped in to
check out the competition. Did not play) |
Thursday - 1-12-17 |
Dawson - 13 players. Tom Jourdan, Corey Bryant, Monica
(came in with Corey - just watched), David Leonard,
Johnny McClanahan, Fernando Prato, Mats Johansson, Alex
Tupas, Mike Hamby, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Charles
Traolly, Tou Yang (nephew of Yee and Robert), Robert
Luton (from Bartlesville). |
Tuesday - 1-10-17 |
Bixby
- 8 players. Alex Tupas, Corey Bryant, John Moore, David
Leonard, Wesley Li, John Cai, Robert Yang, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: players going to the Oklahoma City
tournament on Feb 11: John Moore (sent his entry form
in).
|
Monday - 1-9-17 |
Dawson - 11 players. Mike Hamby , Okba Al Harfouch, Kyle
Sanchez, Tom Jourdan, Yee Yang, Fernando Prato, Jason
Taylor , Noah Taylor (Jason Taylor's son), Johnny
McClanahan, Alex Tupas,Imbark (Okba's friend). |
Thursday - 1-5-17 |
Dawson - no info |
Tuesday - 1-3-17 |
ITTF DHS top 10 Best shots of 2016 - http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2016/December/27/DHS-ITTF-Top-10-Best-Shots-of-2016?utm_source=Insider+-+December+28%2C+2016&utm_campaign=Insider+8%2F30%2F2015&utm_medium=email |
Tuesday - 1-3-17 |
Bixby - no play tonight. Center closed. |
Monday - 1-2-17 |
Dawson - 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, David
Leonard, Fernando Prato, Johnny McClanahan, John Moore,
Robert Yang, Randy Petty, Matias Wright( 1st time out
lives in the neighborhood). (info courtesy of Johnny). |
Thursday - 12-29-16 |
Dawson - 7 players. 2 second time out players - Randy
Petty and George Atkins (last time out was 4/2012), Ray
Pestridge, Robert Yang, Mike Hamby, Johnny McClanahan,
Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 12-27-16 |
Bixby - center closed next 2 weeks. |
Monday - 12-26-16 |
Dawson - 3 players. Mike Hamby, Johnny McClanahan,
Kyle Sanchez
|
Friday - 12-23-16 |
23
Things I've Learned About Running Table Tennis
Tournaments - by Will Shortz - Owner, Westchester Table
Tennis Center The Westchester Table Tennis Center
hosts a USATT-sanctioned 4-star tournament every month.
We average close to 130 competitors per tournament, on
19 tables, drawing players from across the country and
around the world. We've held 60 Open tournaments
since 2011. After initial losses, these now make
money for the club. With the help of Roman Tinyszin,
our expert and tireless referee, and Robert Roberts and
Rawle Alleyne, who run everything on site, here are some
things I've learned:
1.
Players want a chance to win. We offer 18 events per
tournament, with skill events for every 150 rating
points from Under-850 up to Under-2500, plus Open. No
matter what skill level a player is, he or she has a
chance to win a prize.
2.
Players like a chance to win money. We award cash in
every event. In the lower-rated events it's just the
return of the entry fee. But I noticed when we
started doing this, the number of entries in the
lower-rated events increased significantly. We also
award cash through 8th place in the Open event, as an
incentive to top players.
3.
Players want to play as many matches as possible
regardless of winning. Besides starting with a round
robin for each event, as most tournaments do, we let the
top two players (not just one) from each group advance
to the playoffs. So even if a player loses a match,
he or she may still be able to move on.
4.
Most players want to spend only one day at a tournament.
We schedule our lower-rated events on one day of the
weekend and the higher-rated events on the other (with a
little overlap in the middle). In this way, for most
players, one day at the tournament is all they need.
5.
Early morning and late afternoon events are not popular.
We schedule our earliest event at a civilized hour,
10:00 am, and our last one starts at 3:30. Most
players are done by 5:00, and everything's usually over
by around 8:00.
6.
Late fees are not popular. At our first tournament in
2011 our registration form listed a late fee of $10.
When the tournament came around and we were about to
charge a player $10 for signing up at the door, Roman
turned to me and asked, "Do you really want to charge
this person an extra $10?" I decided I didn't. And
we've never charged a late fee since. Nowadays,
knowing that we don't charge late fees, almost all
players sign up and pay at the door. They appreciate
the convenience.
7.
Low-rated events have an audience. At our early
tournaments our lowest-rated event was U1000. I
didn't think players rated much lower than that would
want to compete. I was wrong. When we added an U850
event, that proved to be well-attended.
8. 12
& Under event is more popular than 14 & Under. As far
as kids are concerned, not many kids over 12 want to
compete in a table tennis tournament -- and those who do
are usually good enough to compete in the regular rated
events. So the 14 & Under event that we used to run
is now 12 & Under.
9.
It's discouraging to players when the same people win
all the time. The first time we held an Over 40
event, we had a big signup. Over time, though, as the
same players repeatedly won, the number dwindled.
Lower-rated players felt they couldn't win. When we
changed the event to "Over 40 + Under 2000" or "Over 40
+ Under 1800" (that is, with both an age and a rating
restriction), the attendance soared again.
10.
Women's events aren't successful, even with significant
cash prizes. There doesn't seem to be enough
interest.
11.
Hardbat events, ditto. On the East Coast at least,
hardbat is not popular.
12.
Novelty events add spice. Every month our tournament
has a novelty event -- such as Mini-Table (played on a
3-1/2' x 5' table), Mini-Paddle (played with small
paddles, provided), Other-Handed (players had to play
with the opposite hand from their usual), 44+ Ball, etc.
Some of these have had modest success. By far the
most popular novelty event, though, has been Handicap,
in which the higher-rated player is handicapped by 1
point per game for every 75-point rating advantage over
the lower-rated player, up to a maximum of 7 points per
game. We've had players rated over 2600, under 1000,
and everything in-between win this event. It never
gets old.
13.
Stay on schedule. Players appreciate a tournament
that starts and runs on time. And they don't want to
wait too long between matches. We limit players to
three events per day, and bar players from entering two
events starting at the same time, in order to avoid
jamming the schedule. Also, it's important not to
overbook a tournament for the same reason.
14.
Don't let Doubles mess up the schedule. By definition
a Doubles match involves four players rather than two.
If the players are also playing in other events, it can
be difficult to get everyone together for Doubles -- and
when they do get together they're not playing their
other events. If a tournament has Doubles, it should
be scheduled at or near the end, so as not to hold up
other matches.
15.
Have food on-site. For the Westchester tournaments,
we buy sandwiches and cookies from Subway, fruit cups
from a local deli, and snacks and drinks from the
supermarket. We resell everything at a slight markup.
The point is not to make money from the food. We just
don't want players to have to leave the club.
16.
Report your results to the USATT as quickly as possible.
Players are anxious to see their new ratings. Do your
best to help them.
17.
Winners like to be recognized. We post winners'
photos on our website for all the events. Also, we
vary the photos as much as possible to make them fun to
view. The results and photos remain up permanently.
18.
First-time players want a chance to win. At many
other tournaments, first-time players compete separately
in a Rookie category. My feeling is that this
discourages new players from entering. Instead we use
a new player's League Night rating, if he or she has
one, or we estimate the rating by watching the person
play. We always estimate high, but at least the
person is eligible to win a prize.
19. It
is possible to make money from spectators. For the
Westchester tournaments, on the days when the top
players compete, we charge spectators $10. There are
exceptions -- players (obviously), family members of
players, coaches (one per player), and kids accompanying
paying adults. Lately we've been making about $150
per tournament from spectator fees. It's not a lot,
but it helps.
20.
Spectators want to understand what they're watching.
If you want spectators to come, you have to make it
interesting for them. One way the Westchester TTC
does this is through electronic scoreboards, connected
wirelessly to iPads, for major matches. Besides
keeping score, these provide photos of the players, say
where they're from, give their ratings, and name the
event. Even if you don't have scoreboards, having
scorekeepers with flip-cards helps.
21.
Prizes matter, especially at the high end. At
Westchester we treat the Open event as a loss leader.
We offer over $3,000 in prize money for it, which is
more than twice what we get from it in entry fees.
But money does attract high-rated players -- typically
10 to 15 players rated 2500+ per tournament.
22.
Keep a tournament database. We maintain an email list
of everyone who has competed in a Westchester tournament
over the past few years, and we write them each month
about what is special about the upcoming tournament.
We try to make the email interesting and informative so
it gets read.
23.
Use YouTube. We film and later post our top matches
for viewing on YouTube, where over time they average
2,000-3,000 views per video.
In
sum, if you give your tournament players a good
experience, they will enjoy your event and want to
return. Most tournament-goers are regulars.
I
welcome your comments on any of the above, as well as
additional suggestions based on your own experience.
What things have worked for your club? You can email me
at wshortz@aol.com.
Website: www.westchestertabletennis.com
|
Thursday - 12-23-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. Oliver Fon, Ray Pestridge, Mike
Hamby, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Okba Al Harfouch, Kyle
Sanchez, Johnny McClanahan, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce. |
Wed - 12-22-16 |
Feb 11 is the Winter State Games of Okla tournament at
the Oklahoma City club (be there or be square). |
Tuesday - 12-20-16 |
Bixby - 7 players. Okba Al Harfouch, John Moore, Johnny
McClanahan, Corey Flaugher, David Leonard, Ted Hill,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: Johnny got a new paddle from
Paddle Palace with Hurricane rubber. A heavier bat (but
more suitable to his game since he plays close to the
table). It is a fast-slow blade (only a table tennis
player will know what that means). |
Monday - 12-19-16 |
Dawson - 7 players. David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Fernando
Prato, Johnny McClanahan, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Fong
Yang. |
Thursday - 12-15-16 |
Dawson - 11 players. Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Fernando
Prato, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch, Mike Hamby,
Steven Hyslop, David Leonard, Mats Johansson, Oliver
Fon, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 12-13-16 |
Bixby - 2 players. John Moore, Kelly Boyce. (There
were 12 players last Tuesday. Go figure!?). |
Monday - 12-12-16 |
Dawson - 6 players. Oliver Fon (new player - from
Cameroon). Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, David Leonard,
Alex Tupas, Fernando Prato. |
Thursday - 12-8-16 |
Dawson - 4 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, David
Leonard, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 12-6-16 |
Bixby - 12 players. One first time out player - Luke.
John Moore, John Cai, Johnny McClanahan (paid $100),
Steven Hyslop, Wesley Li, Esel Lazarus, Jason Taylor,
Noah Taylor, Ted Hill, Corey Flaugher, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: Steven Hyslop has decided to change to
bowling. |
Monday - 12-5-16 |
Dawson - 9 players. David Leonard, Kyle Sanchez, Tom
Jourdan, Johnny McClanahan, Mike Hamby, Steven Hyslop,
Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, Esel Lazarus. |
Sunday - 12-4-16 |
"pong finity trick shots" - type this into youtube.com's
search field to see some amazing shots (this was
submitted by Bob Kyker). Note - this info will be noted
on link 19 below. (This was not called "table tennis
trick shots" for obvious reasons). |
Thursday - 12-1-16 |
Dawson
- 6 players. Kim Chan (just visiting from Atlanta),
Steven Hyslop, Okba Al Harfouch, Mike Hamby, Johnny
McClanahan, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Bob Kyker could
not make it because of his sciatic nerve - he can only
walk for 100 ft before he has to sit down. Ray Pestridge
had a cold.
|
Tuesday - 11-29-16 |
Bixby - 9 players. Alex Tupas, John Moore, John Cai,
Wesley Li, David Leonard, Steven Hyslop, Glen
Grusendorf, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 11-28-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Steven
Hyslop, Johnny McClanahan, David Leonard, Mike Hamby,
Esel Lazarus, Okba Al Harfouch, Jason Taylor, Noah
Taylor. |
Thursday - 11-24-16 |
Dawson - Thanksgiving - no play |
Tuesday - 11-22-16 |
Bixby - 7 players. Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, David
Leonard, Steven Hyslop, Edwin Jin, Esel Lazarus (joined
the club - paid $40), Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 11-21-16 |
Dawson - no info |
Thursday - 11-17-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Eric Kuykendall (first time out -
knows Rob McKinney), Rob McKinney, Fernando Prato, Ray
Pestridge, Stephen Ackart, Samuel Ekehchiadi, Steven
Hyslop, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Glen Grusendorf,
Mike Hamby, Johnny McClanahan, Kelly Boyce, Shola
Ademoye (last time out was 3-20-14 and the time before
that was 6-27-13). Other news: Stephen and Kelly will
not be going to Wichita. |
Tuesday - 11-15-16 |
Bixby - 10 players. Steven Hyslop, David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, Glen Grusendorf, Corey Flaugher, John Cai, John
Moore, Wesley Li, Brian Flinn, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 11-14-16 |
Dawson - 13 players. Larry Hill (just observed, played
last 4 yrs ago, will be back with new racket soon),
Samuel Ekehchiadi, Ray Pestridge, David Leonard, Steven
Hyslop, Fernando Prato, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Mike
Hamby, Mats Johansson, Jason Taylor, Johnny McClanahan,
Bob Kyker. |
Monday - 11-14-16 |
Tulsa players going to the Wichita tournament on Dec 3:
Okba Al Harfouch, Stephen Ackart and Kelly Boyce - Team
name - unknown. Combined ratings - 5168 (tournament has
a 5200 max rating). Okba will go up Friday night and
Stephen and Kelly will drive up Saturday morning. |
Thursday - 11-11-16 |
Dawson - 9 players. Bob Kyker, Mike Hamby, Samuel
Ekehchiadi, Steven Hyslop, Glen Grusendorf, Okba Al
Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce.
Other news: 1 possible team going to the Wichita tourney
on Dec 3 - Okba Al Harfouch (1756), Stephen Ackart
(1619), Kelly Boyce (1793) - total rating points - 5168.
Tournament has a 5200 max rating for the top 3 players.
(waiting on Stephen to confirm). Cost is $180 per team
plus tournament passes. |
Wed - 11-9-16 |
Wichita Davis Cup team tournament - Dec 3. (Wichita is 3
hours from Tulsa). No Tulsa players going yet.
(Kelly has copies of the entry form since the online
form is not working) |
Tuesday - 11-8-16 |
2016
Fall Table Tennis Championship at Joplin held 11-5-16
Winners
Open
Singles:
1st
Winfred Addy
2nd
Russ Hamilton
Under
2000:
1st
Ray Pestridge
2nd
Jamey Hall
Under
1500:
1st
Mike Patel
2nd
Brian Flinn
Unrated:
1st
Evan Cherryholmes
2nd
Kaden Seward
Open
Doubles:
1st
Winfred Addy/Jamey Hall
2nd
Russ Hamilton/Alanis Hamilton
|
Tuesday - 11-8-16 |
Bixby - 7 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Alex Tupas, David
Leonard, Steven Hyslop, John Moore, Glenn Grusendorf,
Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 11-7-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. Jerry Nabb (From Santa Fe - Just
visiting his daughter), Stephen
Ackart, Steven
Hyslop, David Leonard, Mats, Hamid, Okba, Alex,
Fernando, Mike Hamby |
Friday - 11-4-16 |
The
Arkansas Open has been cancelled due to participation -
fees will be returned promptly. Kitt Oudthone - AITTA
Tournament Director
|
Thursday - 11-3-16 |
Dawson - 8 players. Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Mats
Johansson, Ray Pestridge, Steven Hyslop, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan and another player. |
Tuesday - 11-1-16 |
Bixby - no info. |
Monday - 10-31-16 |
Dawson - 7 players. Kyle Sanchez, Okba Al Harfouch, Alex
Tupas, Ray Pestridge, Hamid Ezzat, Steven Hyslop, David
Leonard |
Thursday - 10-27-16 |
Dawson - 5 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Steven Hyslop,
Glen Grusendorf, Azel Lazarus, Hamid Ezzat-Ahmadi |
Tuesday - 10-25-16 |
Bixby - no info |
Monday - 10-24-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Ray
Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Steven Hyslop, David Leonard,
Okba Al Harfouch, Jason Taylor, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle
Sanchez, Louis Garcete, Brian Flinn, Mats Johansson, Bob
Kyker. |
Friday - 10-21-16 |
Kelly
will not make it the next 2 Tuesday's at Bixby.
Hopefully, someone (ie Bob, Alex, John, etc) will go to
Bixby and help set up.
|
Thursday - 10-20-16 |
Dawson - no info yet (Bob was gone). |
Wed - 10-19-16 |
This
is from an emailed article from the USATT. Humidity:
The Ultimate Pitfall of the Plastic Ball It's been
over 2 years now since the plastic ball was formally
introduced into competition and, like most players, I
have come to accept the new ball and continue on with
playing. Most of my quarrels with the ball have been
diminished but there is one which comes back to sting me
over and over again. Humidity is probably my biggest
pet hate when it comes to table tennis, that feeling of
hopelessness in humid conditions when the ball
constantly fails to make any kind of quality contact
with the rubber at all. As a 5th ball attacker,
moisture is my biggest enemy when trying to make a good
quality heavy spin opening. While it was difficult
before, I never recall it being as difficult as it has
been since we changed ball and there is a perfect
scientific reason for that. One of the reasons that
the plastic ball produces less spin is because of the
surface of the ball. It is commonly known that
celluloid has an almost unseen layer of grip on the
outside, you may remember that new celluloid balls have
a certain grittiness (if that's a word) to their
surface. Plastic on the other hand has a smooth
surface. The difference is easily seen with the ball
in normal playing conditions, the amount of spin
achieved with celluloid is much greater than with
plastic. Add humid conditions into the mix. With
the celluloid ball that microscopic level of grip seems
to make quite a significant difference. I have found it
much more difficult to play in damp or muggy conditions
since the ball changed. It's more difficult to play
slow spin and also to make soft blocks without the ball
completely sliding off your bat. Also previously the
level of humidity was visible in difficult conditions
and usually left a ball mark. Now even with the
slightest film of moisture on your rubber it becomes far
more difficult to play. I don't feel there have been
significant advancements in rubber production to combat
the effect and I'm left wondering if in future
development of the ball, ITTF will look past the fact
that they want less spin and at least make the ball more
playable in wet conditions by adding some grip to the
surface of it. Posted by Matt Hetherington
|
Tuesday - 10-18-16 |
Bixby - 5 players. David Leonard, Brian Flinn, Matee C.,
Glen Gruesendorf, Kelly Boyce Note - Kelly will not
be out the next 2 Tuesdays.
|
Monday - 10-17-16 |
Dawson - 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, David
Leonard, Samuel Ekehchiadi, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor,
Brian Flinn, Steven Hyslop, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 10-13-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. 1 first time out player - Faiz
Khaja. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Okba Al Harfouch,
Steven Hyslop, David Leonard, Tom Jourdan, Samuel
Ekehchiadi, Azel Lazarus, Kelly Boyce. Other news:
Okba will be going to the Little Rock tourney on Nov 5
(he is the only known player from Tulsa going). |
Tuesday - 10-11-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. Alex Tupas, Cullin Tupas, Brian
Flinn, Edwin Jin, Stephen Littlechild, Azel Lazarus,
Matee C., John Moore, John Cai, Corey Flaugher, Kelly
Boyce. |
Monday - 10-10-16 |
Dawson - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart,
Steven Hyslop, Stephen Littlechild, Brian Flinn,
Fernando Prato, Alex Tupas, William Jabr, Tom Jourdan,
Mike Hamby, his son Austin Hamby, David Leonard, Jason
Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 10-6-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Steven Hyslop, Alex
Tupas, Azel Lazarus, Okba Al Harfouch, Stephen Ackart,
Glen Grusendorf, Mike Hamby, Stephen Littlechild, Gabe
Sanchez, Will Sanchez, William Jabr, Brian Flinn, Bob
Kyker |
Tuesday - 10-4-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. Alex Tupas, Azel Lazarus (knows
Alex), Cullin Tupas, David Leonard, Corey Flaugher,
Wesley Li, John Cai, Glen Grusendorf (paid $100 check),
Edwin Jin (paid $40 cash), Matee Chinsethagid (paid $40
cash), Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 10-3-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Steven
Hyslop, Fernando Prato, David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Tom
Jourdan, William Jabr, Stephen Littlechild, Hamid Ezzat,
Azel Lazarus (friend of alex), Brian Flinn, Bob Kyker,
Kyle Sanchez. |
Thursday - 9-29-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Stephen
Littlechild (paid $10), Tom Jourdan, Okba Al Harfouch,
Hamid Ezzat, Steven Hyslop, Brian Flinn, Edwin Jin, Glen
Grusendorf, Kyle Sanchez, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 9-27-16 |
Bixby - 14 players. Azel Lazarus (first time out - knows
Alex), Peter Thavornrat, David Leonard, John Moore, John
Cai, Alex Tupas, Cullin Tupas, Steven Hyslop, Brian
Flinn, Edwin Jin, Matee Chinsethagid, Glen Grusendorf,
Wesley Li, Kelly Boyce. Other news: David Leonard
can't decide whether to use his fast blade or medium
speed blade. He said most players he does better with
his fast paddle but other players the medium speed is
better. Brian and Glen went to Okla City this last
Saturday. Brian now has blisters and can't move well
(note to newbies - keep those laces tied tight). |
Monday - 9-26-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Steven Hyslop, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Alex Tupas, William Jabr,
Fernando Prato, David Leonard, Samuel Ekehchiadi, Kyle
Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 9-22-16 |
Tulsa players going to the Joplin tournament on Nov 5:
Alex Tupas and Tom Jourdan (playing doubles together),
Ray Pestridge and Brian Flinn (playing doubles
together), Okba Al Harfouch and William Jabr (playing
doubles together). Note - the tournament will only take
16 people per event. |
Thursday - 9-22-16 |
Dawson - 16 players. 2 new players - Peter Thavornrat
(came out with Glen), Samuel Ekehchiadi, Bob Kyker, Ray
Pestridge, Steven Hyslop, Okba Al Harfouch, David
Leonard, Glen Grusendorf, Stephen Ackart, Kyle Sanchez,
Fernando Prato, Edwin Jin, Brian Flinn, Will Sanchez
(Kyle's son), Jason Taylor, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 9-20-16 |
Bixby - 9 players. Alex Tupas, Cullin Tupas, Brian
Flinn, Matee, Glen Grusendorf, Edwin Jin, Wesley Li,
John Cai, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 9-20-16 |
Results from the Topeka, Kansas Senior Games held
9-17-16 - Bob Kyker won silver in singles, gold in dbls
with George Taplin and Ray Pestridge won gold in
singles, gold in dbls (with Glendale Markwell) and gold
in mixed dbls (with his wife Debbie Pestridge) |
Monday - 9-19-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato,
Louis Garcete, Alex Tupas, Steven Hyslop (turned his
ankle, not good), Kyle Sanchez, Tom Jourdan, Ouli
Jourdan, David Leonard, Brian Flinn, William Jabr, Bob
Kyker. Other news: thanks to Okba for turning on the
ac the day before; it was cool! |
Thursday - 9-15-16 |
Dawson - 13 players. Kyle Sanchez, Okba Al Harfouch, Ray
Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Bill Whyman, Steven Hyslop, Troy
Sanchez, Glen Grusendorf, Edwin Jin, Brian Flinn, Hamid
Ezzat, William Jabar, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Ray
and Bob are going to Topeka, Kansas this week for the
Kansas Senior Games. Ray will play doubles with Glendale
Markwell and Bob will play doubles with George Taplin. |
Tuesday - 9-13-16 |
Bixby - 10 players. Steven Hyslop, John Cai, Wesley Li,
Jason Taylor, David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Edwin Jin,
Matee, Don Tiger (first time out since 9-28-15), Kelly
Boyce. |
Monday - 9-12-16 |
Dawson - 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Steven
Hyslop, Tom Jourdan, David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Louis
Garcete, Brian Flinn, Cory Bryant, Fernando Prato, Jason
Taylor, William Jabar, Kyle Sanchez, Troy Sanchez, Hamid
Ezzat, Bob Kyker |
Thursday - 9-8-16 |
Dawson - 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Glendale Markwell,
Bill Wyman, Nestor Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Troy Sanchez,
Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Glen Grusendorf, Steven Hyslop,
Louis Garcete, Edwin Jin, Bob Kyker. Other news:
Whoever closed up last time (when we were closed on
Labor day) left the thermostat on 75 and the net box was
locked but not connected to the cable. ...Someone
renting the place could easily walk out with the net
box. (Last week, someone - a newbie - left the lights
on when they left and the thermostat set at 65). So,
for the newbies that aren't familiar with the proper
procedure to close, I made a "closing procedure" poster
and put it on the south window next to the tables.
Any players violating Bob's rules will have sanctions
placed against them (ie can only play with celluloid
balls, cannot call lets, must pickup the balls off the
floor on your opponents side, etc).
|
Tuesday - 9-6-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. Alex Tupas, John Cai, Matee, Steven
Hyslop, David Leonard, Ted Hill, Jason Taylor, Brian
Flinn, Ava, Dora, Rod McDonnel. |
Monday - 9-5-16 |
Dawson - closed. Labor Day. |
Thursday - 9-1-16 |
Dawson - 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch,
Stephen Ackart, Tom Jourdan, Steve Hyslop, Mike Hamby,
Bill Wyman, new player David Bensch, Hamid Ezzat, Troy
Sanchez, Gabe Sanchez, Glen Grusendorf, Mats Johansson,
Kyle Sanchez, William Jabar, Bob Kyker. |
Wed - 8-31-16 |
Kelly will not be out at Bixby next Tuesday - 9-6-16.
(hopefully Bob or Alex or John or ? will fill in). |
Tuesday - 8-30-16 |
Bixby
- 12 players. Steven Hyslop (left early due to blisters
on his feet), John Moore, Matee (rhymes with "Katy")
Chinsethagid (got a new Stiga paddle from Amazon.com),
Brian Flinn, Edwin Jin (penholder), Wesley Li, David
Leonard, Corey Flaugher, Glen Grusendorf, Tim Bao (high
toss server), Eli Betinjani, Kelly Boyce. Other news;
Corey doesn't like the short pips on his backhand. Will
change to spinny rubber. Glen has a new aggressive
strategy (ie no more Mr. Nice Guy). Brian Flinn is
working hard on improving his backhand.
|
Monday - 8-29-16 |
Dawson - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch,
Steve Hyslop, David Leonard, Alex Tupas, Mike Hamby,
Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato, Cory Bryant, Bill Wyman,
Tom Jourdan, Khaled Sheda and his son Abdeullah (did not
play), Jason Taylor, Brian Flinn, Bob Kyker |
Thursday - 8-25-16 |
Dawson - 15 players. 2 new players - Kevin Akers and
David Ogden (both know Mats). Ray Pestridge, Nestor
Prato, Mats Johanssson, Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch,
Glen Grusendorf, Bill Wyman, Edwin Jin, Brian Flinn,
Hamid Ezzat, Stephen Ackart, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 8-23-16 |
Bixby - 16 players. 1 first time out player - Kent
Bacon. Steven Hyslop, Edwin Jin (penhold player), John
Moore, Matee Chinsethagid (hasn't played in 40 years),
David Leonard, Sam Samour, Eli Bentinjani, Corey
Flaugher, Eric Drake (going to graduate school for his
masters - works at OSU - he quit his engineering job in
Broken Arrow), Brian Flinn (looking to improve his
backhand), Tim Bao (high toss serve), Ava Chiu, Dora
Chiu, Rod McDonnel, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 8-22-16 |
Dawson - 20 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Troy
Sanchez, Gabe Sanchez, Okba Al Harfouch, David Leonard,
Josh Curry, Steven Hyslop, William Jabar, Tom Jourdan,
Bill Wyman, Brian Flinn, Stephan Denis, Michael Barns,
Cory Bryant, Jason Taylor, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez,
Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 8-18-16 |
Dawson - 18 players. Mats Johansson, Glen Grusendorf,
Zac Grusendorf, Okba Al Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Kyle
Sanchez, Steven Hyslop, William Jabar, Ray Pestridge,
Bill Wyman, Troy Sanchez, Michael Barns, Cory Bryant,
Rob McKinney, Edwin Jin, Steve Littlechild, Mike Hamby,
Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 8-16-16 |
Bixby
- 21 players. 4 first time out players - Magee
Chinsethagid, Tim Bao (uses a very high toss up serve),
Sahel Koutti, Parmida Gebreil (both women know Brian
Flinn). Stephen Littlechild, Steven Hyslop (will be
getting a new paddle on Thursday from Mats- very long
pips on the backhand), Eli Betanjani, Okba Al Harfouch,
William Jabar, Brian Flinn (paid $100 with a Benjamin),
Glenn Grusendorf, Zac Grusendorf, John Moore, John
Kerfoot, John Cai, David Leonard (has a very well
balanced and solid feeling paddle now), Wesley Li, Ava
Chiu, Dora Chiu, Rod McDonnel, Kelly Boyce.
|
Monday - 8-15-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Mike
Hamby, David Leonard, Okba Al Harfouch, Troy Sanchez,
Josh Curry, Steven Hyslop, Bill Wyman, William Jabar,
Brian Flinn, Kyle Sanchez, Steve Littlechild (visiting
from England, paid $10), Bob Kyker. |
Friday - 8-12-16 |
KJRH -
Channel 2 - ran the video last night on the Tulsa Table
Tennis Club. See it here:
http://www.kjrh.com/sports/olympics/2-for-the-gold/2-for-the-gold-big-al-cayden-and-sunny-from-the-voo-crew-try-their-hand-at-table-tennis
2 for
the Gold: Big Al, Cayden and Sunny from the VOO Crew try
their hand at table tennis
By:
Cayden McFarland
Posted: 6:25 PM, Aug 11, 2016 - Video By KJRH
TULSA
- What you grew up playing in the garage was ping pong.
Nick
Aga-Moody plays table tennis. Let's not get the two
confused.
Nick
is the top-ranked player in Oklahoma. He won countless
tournaments as a junior, and even faced Team USA
Olympian Timothy Wang.
"It's
neat to see some of the these guys I played with," Nick
said. "He would smoke me."
Speaking of getting smoked. Big Al, Sunny from the 98.5
VOO Crew and I took our best, if you can call it that,
shot at Nick.
Big Al
couldn't muster a single rally. Nick took seven straight
points. Game, set, match. Wait, that's regular tennis.
Just, match.
During
warmups, Sunny showed some promise, but that was in
warmups. When the scoreboard got turned on for the real
deal, nada. Nick remained unscored upon.
My
turn. Eight straight serves and eight straight times I
fail to return one. Until the ninth. Finally, one of us
got one back over the net.
For
those of you keeping score, it was Nick 33, and us, 1.
Yikes.
And
now that I think about it, we didn't do much better than
when we last tried this sport in 2012.
But
don't let our failures scare you off. It really is fun.
Check out Tulsa Table Tennis if you're interested in
learning more about the sport.
|
Thursday - 8-11-16 |
Dawson - 15 players. 3 new players: Mario Varon (did not
play, observed), Samuel E, Mike Zhu (from NY). Ray
Pestridge, Steven Hyslop, Mike Hamby, David Leonard,
Troy Sanchez, Gabe Sanchez, Okba Al Harfouch, William
Jabar, Brian Flinn, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Cory
Bryant, Bob Kyker |
Tuesday - 8-9-16 |
Bixby - 16 players. Mats Johansson, Alex Tupas, Brian
Flinn, Corey Bryant, Michael Barns, Stephen Ackart, Sam
Samour, John Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Wesley Li,
Corey Flaugher, Ava Chiu, Dora Chiu, Rod McDonell, Kelly
Boyce. |
Monday - 8-8-16 |
Dawson - 18 players. Suzuki from Okla City club, Ray
Pestridge, George McCutchin, Alex Tupas, David Leonard,
Mats Johansson, Okba Al Harfouch, Stephan Denis, Mike
Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Bill Wyman (donated
some good balls to the club!), Steven Hyslop, William
Jaber, Josh Curry, Hamid Ezzat, Brian Flinn, Bob Kyker.
(The people that cleaned Dawson for their party helped
us. We rearranged the chairs and tables along the walls
and looks good now). |
Thursday - 8-4-16 |
Dawson
- 15 players. 2 first time out players - Edwin Jin (a
penholder - hasn't played in 20 years), Zac Grusendorf
(son of Glen). Ray Pestridge, George McCutchin, Bob
Kyker, Steven Hyslop, Bill Wyman, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle
Sanchez, Michael Barns, Corey Bryant, Troy Sanchez,
Brian Flinn, Glen Grusendorf, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 8-2-16 |
Bixby - 17 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Corey
Bryant (fresh from 3 weeks in Alaska), Michael Barns,
David Leonard (broke his paddle Thursday, his fault
(rookie kind of mistake) - waiting on a new one from
Paddle Palace), John Moore, John Kerfoot, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Steven Hyslop, William Jabr, Brian Flinn, Ted
Hill, Kelly Boyce, Ava Chiu, her sister from Taiwan, Rod
McDonnel. |
Monday - 8-1-16 |
Dawson - 20 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Troy
Sanchez, Gabe Sanchez, Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Tom
Jourdan, Steven Hyslop, Bill Wyman, Nestor Prato,
Fernando Prato, Cory Bryant, Stephan Denis, Mats
Johansson (didn't lose a match tonight), Hamid Ezzat,
Brian Flinn, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Ryan (didn't
get his last name, been here before),Bob Kyker |
Thursday - 7-28-16 |
Dawson
- 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Gabe Sanchez, Troy Sanchez,
Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato, David Leonard, Stephen
Ackart, Steven Hyslop, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Hamid
Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Bill Wyman, Brian Flinn, Mike Hamby,
Glen Grusendorf. Other news: Stephen Ackart left
early due to pulling a ham string while playing Nestor.
|
Tuesday - 7-26-16 |
Bixby - 10 players. Glen Grusendorf (hasn't been out in
5 years - 11-17-11 last time out), David Leonard, John
Moore, Jim French (played 1 match and left), Steven
Hyslop, Jason Taylor (newly shorn look), Tom Jourdan,
Wesley Li, John Cai, Kelly Boyce. Other news: there
is a non-sanctioned hard bat only tournament in Arkansas
on Aug 27 and 28 (2 day tournament) being run by John
Falco (Eugene Atha is no longer running tournaments). |
Monday - 7-25-16 |
Dawson - 20 people/players. Jason Taylor, Troy Sanchez,
Ray Pestridge, Steven Hyslop, Os Amer, Mike Hamby,
Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato, Bill Wyman, Sydney
Agimudie, Nickey Agimudie, Kyle Sanchez, Rob McKinney,
Bob Kyker also about a half dozen of the Channel 2 tv
crew. |
Thursday - 7-21-16 |
Dawson - 18 players. Troy Sanchez ! (His 2nd time out in
20-30 years), Fernando Prato, Nestor Prato, Ray
Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Bill Wyman, Os Amer, Stephen
Ackart, Steven Hyslop, Tom Jourdan, Mats Johansson, Alex
Tupas, Brian Flinn, Mike Hamby, Ray Awe, Hamid Ezzat,
Kyle Sanchez, Kelly Boyce. |
Wed - 7-20-16 |
Al Jerkins from Channel 2 will be out to Dawson Monday
at 6:00 PM - to do another video for the Olympics. They
want to bring some of their players to play the club's
players. |
Tuesday - 7-19-16 |
Bixby - 12 players. 3 first time out players - Hunter
Fletcher, Mounif Habib (knows Okba), Josh Curry (knows
Steven Hyslop). David Leonard, Os Amer, Okba Al
Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Steven Hyslop, Wesley Li, John
Cai, John Moore, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Os got a
new paddle from Cole Ely's web site.
|
Monday - 7-18-16 |
Dawson - 17 players. 3 first time out players (Josh
Curry, Adam Dresser, Braden Sprenger), Steven Hyslop,
Okba Al Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez, Troy Sanchez, Ray
Pestridge, Nick Agimudie , Sydney Agimudie , Tom
Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Mike Hamby, Hamid, Bill Whyman,
Osama (Oz) Amer, Jason Taylor. |
Thursday - 7-14-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. 1 first time out player - Steven
Hyslop. Os Amer, Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Brian Flinn,
Bill Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Okba Al Harfouch, Ray Awe
(paid $100 !), Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, David Leonard,
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 7-12-16 |
Bixby - 18 players. 3 first time out players -
Vigneshwaran (Vig nes), Johnny Hernandez, Osama
(Oz) Amer. David Leonard, Steven Hyslop, Alex Tupas,
Okba Al Harfouch, John Moore, John Kerfoot, John Cai,
Wesley Li, Jason Taylor, Amanda Dawson, Tim Schley, Ted
Hill, Ava Chiu, Rod McDonnel, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 7-12-16 |
Channel 2 came out yesterday and interviewed Nicky
Agimudie (with the club playing in the background. Tom
Jourdan added insightful commentary off camera to the
Channel 2 crew). This story will run sometime during the
Olympics next month. The story will be posted here
when we get it. (Nicky did a great job and will be the
new media spokesperson for the club (if he wants the job
- unpaid of course). |
Monday - 7-11-16 |
Dawson - 23 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Fernando Prato, Nestor Prato,
Sydney Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Reuben Agimudie, Okba Al
Harfouch, Mats Johansson, Bill Whyman, Josh Payne, Hamid
Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Mike Hamby, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker,
Pete Schultz (father), Adam Schultz (son), Regan Schultz
(daughter), 2 members of the Channel 2 crew. |
Sunday - 7-10-16 |
Channel 2 will be out tomorrow - Monday - at 6: 30 pm
(per Nicky).
|
Thursday - 7-7-16 |
Dawson - 11 players. 2 first time out players - Johnny
Hernandez, Osama Amer. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Matts
Johansson, David Leonard, Bill Wyman, Okba Al Harfouch,
Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 7-5-16 |
USA
players going to the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
held August 6 to the 17. Women: Jiaqi Zheng
(Calif) Lily Zhang (Calif)
Yue "Jennifer" Wu (N.J.)
Supporting Coach: Lily
Yip (N.J.)
Men: Kanak Jha
(Calif) Yijun Feng
(Atlanta) Timothy Wang (Houston)
Team Coach -
Massimo Costantini
Current World Champions Men: MA Long (CHN) Women:
DING Ning (CHN)
Reigning Olympic Champions: Men: ZHANG Jike (CHN)
Women:LI Xiaoxia (CHN)
The
mens world number two and three, FAN Zhendong (CHN)
XU Xin
(CHN) will play in the team event only.
There
will be four gold medals to be handed out: mens singles,
womens singles, mens team and womens team. The
singles event will be contested by 64 men and women,
while the best 16 teams on earth will battle to be
crowned Olympic Team Champion.
Only 16 mens team
(from 16 different countries) and 16 womens team (from
16 different countries) will play in the Olympics.
The USA qualified for both (this is the first time USA
has done this) !
The
players qualified for the Olympics when they played at
the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Markham, Ontario, in April.
A U.S.
table tennis player has never advanced past the
quarterfinals of an Olympic tournament.
Part
of the Olympic Games since Seoul 1988, table tennis is
the most popular racket sport in the world.
https://www.rio2016.com/en/table-tennis
For a
pic of the USA mens and womens team -
http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2016/June/16/SPiN-San-Francisco-To-Host-2016-US-Olympic-Table-Tennis-Team
|
Tuesday - 7-5-16 |
Bixby - Kelly Boyce will not be out tonight. |
Monday - 7-4-16 |
Dawson - no play today - 4th of July. |
Thursday - 6-30-16 |
Dawson - 8 players. Bill Wyman, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al
Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker, Mike
Hamby, Jason Taylor. Update on the Tulsa players
going to the Topeka, Kansas tournament on July 9:
Fernando Prato, Nestor Prato, Okba Al Harfouch. |
Tuesday - 6-28-16 |
Bixby - 9 players. Ava Chiu, Rod McDonnel, John Cai,
John Kerfoot, Wesley Li, Brian Flinn, Alex Tupas, Okba
Al Harfouch, Kelly Boyce. Other news: Nestor and
Fernando are going to the Topeka, Kansas tournament in 2
weeks. |
Monday - 6-27-16 |
Dawson - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Sydney
Agimudie, Nickey Agimudie, Reuben Agimudie, Nestor
Prato, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, Cory Bryant, Bill
Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Okba Al Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Jason
Taylor, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-23-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid
Ezzat, Okba Al Harfouch, Brian Flinn, Bill Wyman, Jason
Taylor (paid $20 cash to hamid), David Leonard, Nestor
Prato, Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 6-21-16 |
Bixby
- 14 players. Ava Chiu, Rod McDonnel, Ouli Jourdan, Tom
Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Alan Tupas, Corey Flaugher, John
Kerfoot, John Cai, Wesley Li, Okba Al Harfouch, Ted
Hill, Jason Taylor, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 6-21-16 |
Nicky Agimudie texted Hamid today that Channel 2 will be
out to the club on July 11 - Monday - to do a piece on
table tennis and interviews (Nicky will be there). |
Monday - 6-20-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch,
Mike Hamby, Bill Whyman, David Leonard, Sydney Agimudie,
Nicky Agimudie, Reuben Agimudie, Brian Flinn, Alex
Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Bob
Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-16-16 |
Dawson - 11 players. David Leonard, Okba Al Harfouch,
Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Michael Barns, Cory Bryant,
Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson
(paid $100), Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 6-14-16 |
Bixby - info pending |
Monday - 6-13-16 |
Dawson - 8 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Bill
Wyman (paid $100), David Leonard, Mike Hamby, Jason
Taylor (paid 1st partial pmt of $20), Nestor Prato (he
came in second in U1600's at dallas or ft worth
tournament last week end), Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-9-16 |
Dawson - 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Bill
Wyman, David Leonard, Hamid Ezzat, Rob McKinney, Kyle
Sanchez, Okba Al Harfouch, two new ones: Chris Ashman
and Gibb Wingate, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 6-7-16 |
Bixby - info pending |
Monday - 6-6-16 |
Dawson - 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Alex
Tupas, Nestor Prato, Jason Taylor, David Leonard, Rob
McKinney, Kyle Sanchez, Stefan Denis, Hamid Ezzat, Bob
Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-2-16 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Ray Pestridge (paid $100), Alex Tupas,
Okba Al Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Sina, Tom Jourdan, John
Moore, William Jabr, Jason Taylor, Peter Buscemi, Bob
Kyker
|
Tuesday - 5-31-16 |
Update on the 8 Tulsa players going to the Springfield,
Missouri tournament on June 4: Okba Al Harfouch, William
Jabr, Jason Taylor, Corey Bryant, John Moore, Tom
Jourdan, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Sina Asadallahi (who
will be out Thursday! ) (possibly Micheal Barns also). |
Tuesday - 5-31-16 |
Bixby
- 11 players. William Jabr, Okba Al Harfouch, Alex
Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Jason Taylor, John Moore, John
Kerfoot, Corey Bryant, Michael Barns, Wesley Li, Kelly
Boyce. Other news: Kelly will be on vacation so the
blog postings will be late. The membership police
talked to William, Okba, Jason, John, John about their
memberships.
|
Tuesday - 5-31-16 |
Below is an email from Britt Salter: Hi Everyone!
We are holding the Summer Games on June
18. I have received a few entries, but
not as many as I had hoped. This is an "Encouragement
Note"!
HERE is
a link to the tournament information. Also, please
pass the word for me! Thanks! |
Monday - 5-30-16 |
Memorial Day - no play.
|
Sat - 5-28-16 |
Dawson - Memorial Day - This Monday - no play. Club
closed. |
Thursday - 5-26-16 |
Sina Asadallahi will be at the Dawson on Thursday -
6-2-16. |
Thursday - 5-26-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Dave Smith (from Washington - in
town for a family reunion for 1 week), Nestor Prato (in
town for 3 months and will go to 3 area tournaments in
June), Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Okba Al Harfouch, Corey
Bryant, Michael Barns, William Jabr, Mike Hamby, Hamid
Ezzat, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Peter Buscemi, Kelly
Boyce. |
Tuesday - 5-24-16 |
Bixby - 6 players (big storm in Bixby with a tornado
near by). Tim Schley, Jason Taylor, Eli Betinjani, Sam
Samour, John Moore, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 5-23-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Tom and Ouli Jourdan (pd $200), Bob
Kyker (pd $100), Stefan Denis (pd $100), Ray Pestridge,
Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfourch, William Jabr, David
Leonard, John Moore, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez. |
Thursday - 5-19-16 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Rob McKinney
(the "hot sauce king"), Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Corey
Bryant, Michael Barns, Okba Al Harfouch, William Jabr,
Kelly Boyce. Other news: There was a serious problem
at Dawson tonight - high humidity. Humidity was 100%
and you could not spin any ball in. The ball would
slide on the rubber every time and go into the net.
Could only flat hit tonight (since the air conditioner
was not working which removes moisture in the room).
(Okba did not adjust his game in time and paid the
price).
|
Tuesday - 5-17-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. One first time out player - Abraham
Coleman. Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Sam Samour (paid
$40), Okba Al Harfouch, William Jabr, John Kerfoot, Eli
Betinjani, Corey Bryant, Michael Barns, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 5-16-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. David Leonard (paid $100), William
Jabr, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Stefan
Denis, Alex Tupas, Rob McKinney, Okba Al Harfouch, Bob
Kyker. |
Thursday - 5-12-16 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Mike Hamby, Stephen Ackart, Tom Jourdan,
Hamid Ezzat, Cory Bryant, Michael Barns, Rob McKinney.,
Okba Al Harfouch, William Jabr, Mats Johansson, Bob
Kyker
|
Tuesday - 5-10-16 |
Bixby - 18 players. 3 first time out players - Peter
Malley (from San Antonio - just visiting), Lam Le (from
Lubbock - just visiting), Shweta G. John Moore, Okba Al
Harfouch, John Kerfoot, John Cai, Wesley Li, Corey
Bryant, Michael Barns, Sam Samour, David Leonard, Jason
Taylor, William Jabr, Corey Flaugher, Ava Chiu, Ted
Hill, Kelly Boyce (had to leave early due to injuring
his finger setting up a table - (his best playing finger
- something you take for granted until it happens!)
Also, set up a 5th table in the pool room. |
Monday - 5-9-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Peter Buscemi, Ray Pestridge, Tom
Jourdan, Cory Bryant, Michael Barns, David Leonard, Okba
Al Harfouch, Mike Hamby, Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle
Sanchez, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 5-5-16 |
Dawson - 11 players. Ray Pestridge, Bill Wyman, Michael
Barns, Corey Bryant, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Rob
McKinney, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Kelly
Boyce. |
Tuesday - 5-3-16 |
Update on the 5 Tulsa players going to the Springfield,
Missouri tournament on June 4: Okba Al Harfouch, Jason
Taylor, Corey Bryant, John Moore, Tom Jourdan. |
Tuesday - 5-3-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. John Moore, Alex Tupas, Okba Al
Harfouch, Wesley Li, William Jabr, Tom Jourdan, Corey
Bryant, Michael Barns, Sam Samour, Jason Taylor, Kelly
Boyce. |
Monday - 5-2-16 |
Dawson - 15 players. William Jabr, Ray Pestridge, Alex
Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Okba Al Harfouch, Samer Chaar,
Rachid El Boubou, Bill Wyman, Mike Hamby, Kyle Sanchez,
Jason Taylor, Tom Jourdan, Mats Johansson, David
Leonard, Bob Kyker |
Friday - 4-29-16 |
Rachid El Boubou - rating 2495 -will be out at Dawson on
Monday, staying for a week. Samer Chaar will be out also
(per Alex). |
Thursday - 4-28-16 |
Dawson - 7 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Rob
McKinney, Corey Bryant, Tom Jourdan, Kyle Sanchez, Kelly
Boyce. |
Tuesday - 4-26-16 |
Bixby - 13 players. 3 first time out players - Ava Chiu,
Charlie Chang, Michael Chang. Sam Samour, Alex Tupas,
John Moore, John Kerfoot, Matt Dyer, David Leonard,
Amanda Dawson, Kelly Boyce, Tim Schley, Stephen
Littlechild. |
Monday - 4-25-16 |
Dawson - 9 players. Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Ray
Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Rob McKinney, Kyle Sanchez, Corey
Bryant, David Leonard, Joe Mhemedi. |
Thursday - 4-21-16 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Joe Mhemedi, Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Kyle
Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Corey Bryant, Mike Hamby (paid
$100 - Hamid - make note of this), Kelly Boyce. Other
news: Bob Kyker was playing well and moving well. He
played from 4:00 PM to after 9:00 PM ! Dawson had a
mystery guest. Someone drove up in a whiteish
surburban? and parked but never got out of their car and
then left after being parked for 3 minutes. We took a
vote and most of us guessed it was Johnny McClanahan.
But why didn't he get out of his car and why did he
leave? We took another vote and some said Johnny was
just checking up on us after the "incident" with the
hoodlums last week. Others thought Johnny may have
gotten scared after the "incident" he was in last week
with the punks but someone said that since Johnny is a
Harley biker, he wouldn't be afraid of punks (would be
the opposite if the punks knew they were messing with a
Harley biker). (we cannot go into any details on the
"incident" due to the pending police investigation).
|
Thursday - 4-21-16 |
For
results from the Kansas City tournament:
http://omnipong.com/T-tourney.asp?t=103&r=468
|
Tuesday - 4-19-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. David Leonard, Jason Taylor, Okba Al
Harfouch, Alex Tupas, William Jabr, John Moore, Corey
Flaugher, Sam Samour, Ted Hill, Kelly Boyce, Wesley Li.
Other news: David Leonard got a new paddle, fast and
spinny. |
Monday - 4-18-16 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Bob Kyker is back, Ray Pestridge , Corey
Bryant got second place in under 1300 at the KC
tournament! He said the guy that beat him also won the
under 1500, Okba Al Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby,
David Leonard, William Jaber, Alex Tupas, Allain Tupas
(Alex's son), Johnny McClanahan
|
Sunday - 4-17-16 |
7 new videos have been posted to the you tube/video page
on the Tulsa web site of the Joplin tournament of Alex
Tupas, Bill Ryan and Tom Jourdan (video's courtesy of
Alex Tupas). To view - http://tulsatabletennis.com/you_tube_videos_of_tulsa_players.html |
Sunday - 4-17-16 |
Corey Bryant - please email a personal article/story to
the club on the Kansas City tournament you attended this
weekend so the other members will know what the
tournament was like (in case someone wants to go to it
next time since no one from Tulsa has been to this
tournament, your info will be helpful) (and how you
did).Thanks. |
Thursday - 4-14-16 |
Dawson - 8 players. Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Kelly
Boyce, Corey Bryant, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Johnny
McClanahan, Rob McKinney. Other news: Hamid was
playing very well and in some ways as good as before (ie
hitting white lines, corners, hitting/blocking side to
side shots making his opponent run around excessively).
He played most of the night ! Corey was not focused
tonight, making lots of unenforced errors (could be the
Kansas City tournament he is going to this weekend was
distracting him? ). |
Wed - 4-13-16 |
Table
tennis tournament draws devotees to Joplin. By Sarah
Okeson sokeson@joplinglobe.com -
Apr 9, 2016 Joplin City Councilman-elect Taylor
Brown battles Councilwoman Melodee Colbert-Kean during
an exhibition match at the Joplin Table Tennis 2016
Spring Classic on Saturday at Memorial Hall. Joplin
City Councilwoman Melodee Colbert-Kean is a study in
concentration as she duels with councilman-elect Taylor
Brown during an exhibition match at the Joplin Table
Tennis 2016 Spring Classic on Saturday at Memorial Hall.
Councilman-elect Taylor Brown fulfilled his first duty
for the city of Joplin on Saturday while pitted against
veteran Councilwoman Melodee Colbert-Kean β in an
exhibition pingpong match at Memorial Hall. Brown
easily defeated her in 3-11, 6-11 and 9-11 games while
Colbert-Kean, a former mayor, played to the onlookers
with a steady stream of lighthearted comments. "It's
not that you earned the points," she told Brown. "It's
that I've given them to you." Brown said he enjoyed
the match. "I'm proud of Joplin for having an event
like this," he said. There was little verbal jousting
in other matches at the spring tournament of the Joplin
Table Tennis Club as about 30 players, some ranked by
the national table tennis organization, competed for
about $300 in prize money. "It's not a violent
sport," said Janus Lazarus, the president of the Joplin
club. "It's fun. It improves the eye and hand
coordination. It stimulates your brain because you
have to have a strategy." Lazarus said the Joplin
Parks & Recreation Department asked him to start the
club, which he did in 2014. The club is open to the
public and holds practices on Monday and Friday nights
at Memorial Hall. The club is affiliated with USA
Table Tennis, the sport's national organization, and has
sponsored four tournaments so far, with players coming
from Oklahoma, Arkansas and elsewhere in Missouri.
The game, which dates to the Victorian era when it was
played in Britain, is now an Olympic sport and can be
demanding. The first person to reach 11 points wins a
game. Dentist Tom Jourdan, 44, of Vinita, Oklahoma,
had a brace on one leg that he attributed in part to
table tennis and in part to running. Jourdan, who ran
track and cross country in college, became interested in
table tennis because he wanted to find a sport for his
young son. Jourdan had the 10th-best ranking, 1,650,
among players expected to be at the tournament. The
higher the ranking, the better. "It took me probably
a year to win a game when I started," Jourdan said.
Al Harfouch Okba, 22, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, won one of the
tournaments 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 over Nguyen Phuc, of
Joplin. "It's really fun," said Okba, a college
student. "You move a lot, and it's a smart game at the
same time." Phuc, 50, was one of six people in the
tournament from Joplin. Phuc defeated Ray Pestridge,
of Stillwater, Oklahoma, who had the third-best ranking
of players expected to be at the tournament. "I keep
calm," said Phuc, an employee at Mercy Hospital Joplin
who came to town about six years ago from Vietnam. "I
keep patient. I wait for the good ball to hit, and then
I am ready to defend." Pestridge, who has won gold
medals at the Summer National Senior Games, has been
playing since he was a teen. "It makes the brain
really concentrate," Pestridge said. "The brain has
to work quite hard."
|
Wed - 4-13-16 |
More
on the Joplin tournament from Janus Lazarus:
We had
a fabulous turnout at the Table Tennis Tournament on
Saturday. Thirty-three players from the
4-States region were represented. Joplin Table
Tennis Club (JTTC) area players were joined by other
Missouri
participants from Lamar and a strong showing from the
Springfield Club. We also hosted players from
Fayetteville, AR;
Vinita, Tulsa and Oklahoma, OK, and Wichita, KS.
In addition, we were pleased to have two celebrity
players from the
Joplin
City Council, Melodee Colbert-Kean and Taylor Brown,
participated in an exhibition match.
Oklahoma represented themselves well this Tournament
with four 1st place finishes and one 2nd place finish.
Event
1st Place 2nd Place
Exhibition Taylor Brown, Joplin, MO Melodee Cobert-Kean,
Joplin, MO
Unrated Evan Cherryholmes, Joplin, MO Kaden Seward,
Joplin, MO
Under
1500 Mike Patel, Oklahoma, OK Paul Liu, Springfield, MO
Under
2000 Okba Al Harfouch, Tulsa, OK Phuc Nguyen, Joplin, MO
Open
Singles Alex Tupas, Broken Arrow, OK Bill Ryan, Wichita,
KS
Open
Doubles Alex Tupas, Broken Arrow, OK
Tom
Jourdan, Vinita, OK
Joplin
City Council β Exhibition Match
In a
"LETS GET READY TO RUMMBLE" style matchup,
Councilman-Elect Taylor Brown challenged
Councilwoman Melodee Colbert-Kean to a ping pong
showdown.
In a
bold move, the rookie came out swing (the paddle) hard
and fast putting Colbert-Kean down in first game with a
decisive victory. But if Brown thought he was
going to simply roll over our veteran he had another
thought coming.
With
the support of the crowd, Colbert-Kean came out strong
in the second game doubling her previous score.
But it
wasnβt enough stop the newcomer from racking up
another win. Then with the match on the line,
Colbert-Kean sought
advice
of her coach, and in a stunning turn of events, and to
Brownβs shock, Colbert-Kean raced to a quick 4-0
lead.
Moments later she was over half way to a win with a 6-2
lead. But with the youthful energy of a rookie,
Brown stayed the
course
and was finally able take the match with a tight 11-9
final game victory.
In the
end, it was a wonderful matchup with lots of laughs and
fun. JTTC would like to thank both Council members
for
their support of our Table Tennis Tournament.
Under
2000 Event
In the
crisp Spring morning air 15 competitors began the
journey of the U2000 event. Only four survived to
advance
to the
semi-finals as they quickly rose to the top of their
respective groups by winning every match they played:
Ray
Pestridge, Phuc Nguyen, Okba Al Harfouch and Alex
Tupas,
In the
Semis, both victors Okba & Phuc won in tight 3 game
matches against their competitors Alex and Ray.
Then it
was on
to the finals. Okba turned on the gas winning a
decisively in a 3 game match over Phuc.
Unrated Event
In the
Unrated event 11 players hit the floor running.
Their persistence paid off as 3 Joplin Table Tennis Club
regulars, Evan Cherryholmes, Kaden Seward and Dennis
Patrick, bested their opponents. In the
Semi-Finals it looked like
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Kaden
would cruise to an easy victory taking the first two
games from Dennis. But Dennis fought back with two
successive victories pushing to a deciding 5th game.
With a decisive 11-5 victory, Kaden closed the deal to
move on to the
finals. Kaden pushed hard in the first game, but
it wasnβt enough as Evan won 15-13. Evan
prevailed in a close second
game
at 11-9 before finally finishing with an 11-5 win.
Open
Singles Event
A
multitude of powerful players took the floor for a high
noon shoot out with each other in the premiere event,
the
Open
Singles. This event featured 15 players from each
of the local 4 States. Bill Ryan, representing the
entire State of
Kansas, was able to overcome early leads by his
opponents to secure the win in Group 1. Okba Al
Harfouch, of Tulsa
Oklahoma dispatched his competitors in style, dropping
only 1 game in 3 matches, advancing as the winner of
Group 2.
Joining in from Oklahoma was Alex Tupas, of Broken
Arrow. Alex swept 2 of his matches and finally put
away the
scrappy Dale Boswell in a 5 game match to become the
winner of Group 3. Group 4 was a well-balanced
match up which
resulted in a 3 way tie. Ultimately, Chris Kolb
emerged the winner of Group 4 and the only Missourian to
advance in the
On to
the Semi-Finals. The 4 semi-finalists squared off
with Chris Kolb vs. Alex Tupas and Bill Ryan vs. Okba Al
Harfouch. Alex decided he had seen enough of
Missouri competitors, putting Chris down in 3 games.
But the match
between Bill and Okba wasnβt to be decided so quickly.
Bill finally prevailed, going to the 5 fifth game,
wining 13-11.
With
the Missouri and Arkansas threats out of the way,
Oklahoma and Kansas met. In a stunning show of
power, Alex
Tupas
swept Bill in the Open Finals in 3 games to become the
undisputed Champion of the JTTC 2016 Spring
Classic. Congratulations Alex!!
Under
1500 Event
Now
that the 1500 competitors had a chance to put their
skills to the test. The winners of their
respective groups, Paul
Liu,
Lloyd Blankenship, Mike Patel & Sage Crane showed no
mercy as they all won all of their matches in just 3
games,
with
the exception of Sage who only allowed a single game to
slip from him. In the Semi-Finals, Paul dropped
only the
3rd
game to Lloyd, sending Paul on to the Finals.
While Mike made quick work of Sage moving on in just 3
games. In the
Finals, the match between Mike and Paul took on true
ping pong style as the scores bounce back and forth.
But in the end
Mike
Patel emerged victorious with a score sheet which looked
as follows: 11-4, 12-14, 11-8, 11-0.
Doubles Open Event
The
doubles event was stacked with power as the combined
ratings for 5 of the 8 teams was over 3200, 1 team
2,400.
This
would make it an uphill battle for the 2 remaining
unrated teams. The Oklahomans shine once more as
the teams of
Alex
Tupas / Tom Jourdan and Ray Pestridge / Okba Al Harfouch
emerged victorious from their respective groups.
In
scintillating battle for 1st the team of Tupas / Jourdan
would finally best Pestridge / Al Harfouch with a score
of
11-7,
7-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-9.
The
JTTC Official would like to thank all the participants
for making this a fun and exciting Tournament. We
hope to see
you
all again this Fall.
Janus
Lazarus
|
Wed - 4-13-16 |
From an email from Janus Lazarus (courtesy of Alex
Tupas): Sent: 4/12/2016 10:18:35 A.M. Central
Daylight Time Subj: THANK YOU!!
Dear Participants, There are no words to express our
gratitude for your support and participation to our
Spring 2016 Tournament last Saturday, April 9. Your
involvement and engagement has made this tournament
a success! THANK YOU!! Together, we have the power
to make a difference. I hope your support,
contribution, and participation will continue to be
an indispensable part of your plan in the future
event.
|
Tuesday - 4-12-16 |
Bixby - 10 players. David Leonard, Johnny McClanahan,
Kelly Boyce, Okba Al Harfouch, Corey Bryant, Corey
Flaugher, Ted Hill, John Moore, John Kerfoot, William
Jabr. |
Monday- 4-11-16 |
Dawson - 11 players - 4 new players (did not get their
names), Alex Tupas, Kyle Sanchez, Tom Jourdan, Ouli
Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Allain Tupas, Cory Bryant. |
Sunday - 4-10-16 |
Results from the Joplin tournament this weekend: Open
winner - Alex Tupas, 2nd place - Bill Ryan (from
Wichita) U-2000 - winner - Okba Al Harfouch
Doubles - winner - Alex Tupas and Tom Jourdan
|
Thursday - 4-7-16 |
Dawson - 9 players. Ray Pestridge, George McCutchin,
Kelly Boyce, Rob McKinney, Corey Bryant, Johnny
McClanhan, Mike Hamby, Norbert Kunz, Kyle Sanchez.
Other news: Rob McKinney will be going to Joplin
Saturday! |
Wed - 4-6-16 |
Update
on the Joplin tournament this weekend. From an email
from Jared Wicklund dated 3-30-16:
This is lining up
to be a great Tournament!! Below is the current
list of players. Also, today is the last day to
get the early bird savings and the events
are getting full. You can sign up by calling the
City at 417-625-4750.
They are open until 9:00 tonight.
You can still join after today, it is just $2 more per
event. Hope you can join the fun.
(this table did not hold - could not paste it into
notepad or word. I will try to copy and paste it here
again) 4-7-16 - this table appeared for awhile and
then disappeared when I copied and pasted it in. Since I
can't paste it into notepad or word, I will have to
figure out how to post the info later.

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Tuesday - 4-5-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, David
Leonard, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Corey Bryant, Sam
Samour, Johnny McClanahan, Wesley Li, John Kerfoot,
Jason Taylor. |
Monday - 4-4-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Bill Wyman, Alex Tupas, Rob
McKinney, Matts Johansson, Corey Bryant, Okba Al
Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Jason Taylor, Ray
Pestridge, Miles Naughton, Johnny McClanahan |
Thursday - 3-31-16 |
Dawson
- 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Kelly Boyce, Okba Al
Harfouch, Rob McKinney, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Kevin
Akers, Norbert Kunz, Jason Taylor and Hamid Ezzat !
Other news - Hamid said he will be able to start playing
sooner than he originally thought. He came out and
played 1 "match" with Rob. He can play well but
doesn't want to move too much or too quickly in any
direction (he can probably take pointers from Ray on how
to play well without moving much). (He was just
testing the waters out tonight). Rob McKinney has
decided to play shakehand style instead of his Seemiller
grip. Norbert Kunz was playing very well. rallying
back from the table, something he has not done before.
Mike Hamby is one month out of chemo now and hopes his
hair will start growing again. Tom Jourdan - sorry,
but nothing new to report.
|
Tuesday - 3-29-16 |
Bixby - 12 players. Okba Al Harfouch, William Jabr
(knows Okba), David Haraughty, David Leonard, Alex
Tupas, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Corey
Bryant, Sam Samour, Ted Hill, Jason Taylor. Other
news: Alex Tupas has decided to go to the Joplin
Tournament. This makes 5 Tulsa players going to Joplin
on 4-9-16 - Alex, Okba, Tom, Ouli, Ray. Corey Bryant
will be going to the Kansas City tournament on April 15.
He will be going with Logan Watson and Corey's dad will
be driving. Peter Buscemi played yesterday - Monday -
at Dawson. This usually means he is planning on going to
a tournament - possibly Joplin?
|
Monday - 3-28-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Corey Bryant
, Okba Al Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Jason
Taylor, Ray Pestridge, Peter Becumi, Tom Jourdan, Johnny
McClanahan, Matts Johansson |
Thursday - 3-24-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Ray Pestridge,
Kelly Boyce, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Kevin Akers,
Kyle Sanchez, Norbert Kunz, Corey Barns, Johnny
McClanahan. Other news: 4 Tulsa players going to the
Joplin tournament on April 9 - Ray and Okba will play
doubles together, Tom and Ouli Jourdan. |
Tuesday - 3-22-16 |
Bixby
- 11 players. 1 first time out player - David Haraughty
(a tennis player). John Moore, John Kerfoot, John Cai,
David Leonard, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Okba Al
Harfouch, Corey Bryant, Corey Flaugher, Sam Samour.
Other news: John Moore was playing well. He beat Kelly
twice and took Okba to 5 games. Since getting that new
Dr. Neubauer Killer rubber, he has played very well (he
also has a secret food he eats before playing).
|
Monday - 3-21-16 |
Dawson
- 9 players. Alex Tupas, Rob McKinney, Corey Bryant,
Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Ken Krehbiel, Johnny
McClanahan, Dustin Clifton, Logan Seiter 1st time
(friend of Dustin).
|
Thursday - 3-17-16 |
Dawson
- 6 players. 1 first time out player - Patrick Thomas
(plays at Sharky's at 37th and Peoria - note - table
tennis players are not allowed to play at ping pong
venues unless approved by the USATT), Rob McKinney, Ray
Pestridge, Kelly Boyce, George McCutchin, Norbert Kunz.
Other news: Tulsa players going to the Joplin tournament
on 4-9-16 - Ray Pestridge. Rob McKinney cannot decide
what to use on his backhand (in the last 2 months he has
used Anti, pips out and now 1.5 mark V). Stephen
Ackart wants to start using pips out on his backhand.
|
Thursday - 3-17-16 |
Write up on the Springfield tournament held 3-12-16.
Ray Pestridge was the only Oklahoma player to attend.
March
16, 2016
Write-Up for March 12 Giant
Round Robin Author: Bill Lewis
Greetings table tennis fanatics. A final tally
revealed 33 players in the March 12 Giant
Round Robin tournament. Players
arrived from: Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Tennessee. The player who drove the furthest was
Randy Davis who hailed from Omaha, Ne. A total
equaling 158 matches were completed on 12 Cornilleau 740
tables. All events were concluded by 5 pm. The
day's premier event Giant
Round Robin had six initial
round robin groups of four players each for a combined
24 players. After this preliminary round robin was
concluded, each player advanced to four groups now with
six players: a reverse RRRR format. In the highest
rated Group
A Parviz Mojaverian from
Overland Park, Ks breezed through unscathed, unblemished
and with a perfect 5 matches won and consequently won
$100. A three-way tie then existed for 2nd place.
In the tie breaker it would be PJ Phachantry from
Wichita, Ks who had a better games won to games lost
ratio than either Alfredo Baez from St. Louis, Mo or
Jeff Johnston from Smithville, Mo. PJ received $75
for his 2nd placed 'best
efforts'. Rounding out 5th place
was Nik Terzic from Ballwin, Mo and in 6thplace
was Ray Pestridge from
Stillwater, Ok. In Group
B - Sarang Mairal from
Overland Park, Ks had all the right stuff to finish in 1st place
and a sterling 5 wins against zero losses and won $75.
Dennis Yanga from Webb City, Mo came in 2ndplace
with a 4 matches to 1 total and received $50. Raj
Coona from Cordova, Tn came in third with 3 wins to 2
losses while Omar Roman from Springfield, Mo got 4th.
Rounding out 5th place was
Wenyan Drake from Springfield, Mo and arriving in 6th place
was Craig Street also from Springfield, Mo. In Group
C - Lloyd Blankenship from
Neosho, Mo survived to tell about his stunning 5 matches
won to zero matches lost for an acclaimed 1stplace
finish and received $40 greenbacks to go along with a
handshake. Finishing in 2nd place
was awesome Megan Hayes from Wichita, Ks who possessed a
nice 4 and 1 record and received $20. Further
rounding out that group and in 3rd place
was Sage Crane from Neosho, Mo and 4th place
went to Kaden Seward from Joplin, Mo. Fifth place
went to Venki Gunasekaran from Wichita, Ks and 6th was
awarded to Conner Wackerman from Springfield, Mo. In Group
D standing as tall as any oak
tree might and in 1st place
solely was Arnie Ami from Springfield, Mo who won $30
dollaro's. In 2nd place was
Josh Fellers from Springfield, Mo who won $15. Randy
Davis came in 3rd followed by 4thplace
winner Everett DeLeon Jr. and 5thplace went
to Everett DeLeon Sr. both from Wichita, Ks. In 6th was
Joe Fong from Springfield, Mo.
The Under
2000 was the days second
highest rated event. Here there were three Groups of
four players for a total of 12 duelers. In Group
1 Sarang Mairal advanced with
a spotless 3 to 0 match record. In Group
2 this would be the last of
the dayβs three way ties with three of four players
ending with identical records: 2 matches won to 1 match
lost. The principals involved were: Chris Kolb from
Springfield, Mo, Ray Pestridge and
Raj Coona. Coona would go on to win the decisive
tie-breaker with a 4 games to 3 advantage. In Group
3 Scott Meredith from
Jefferson City, Mo had an uncompromised record of 3 wins
to zero losses. Sarang Mairal was awarded the
mandatory Group 1 bye. This meant Coona vs. Meredith
semifinals would necessarily occur. Coona was
maestro defense extraordinaire which proved beneficial
against an offensive minded Meredith. Arguably more
potent in an offensive match Meredith could not sustain
point for point against Coona as he lost in a hard
fought 3 games to 1 match. The 1st place
finals then saw Raj Coona vs. Sarang Mairal. Coona,
though heβd lose later on in the day to Mairal in
another event, won this earlier match at 3 games to 1.
Coona was summarily granted the victor's purse of $100
and Mairal received 2nd place
and $75.
The Under
1600 also had three Groups of
four players for a total of 12 players. In Group
1 Janus Lazarus from Joplin,
Mo eclipsed his round robin comprehensively at 3 games
to 0. In Group
2 Megan Hayes pounded out
very impressive wins against Craig Street, Wenyan Drake
and Aaron Rice from Springfield, Mo to advance from her
group. In Group
3 Chris Kolb downed his
fellow combatants with 3 matches won to zero matches
lost. Janus Lazarus would cordially and duly wait in
the West Wing with the obligatory Group 1 bye while Kolb
and Hayes fought one another in the semifinals. A
pivotal and spirited battle ensued as Kolb narrowly
outlasted a battle-hardened Hayes in a protracted 3
games to 1 struggle. Now, having had time to
resurrect his reserves of strength Lazarus would need
this and perhaps a doppelganger (if he could find one)
to fend off Kolb. In a summary dismantlement of
either the real or the imagined, Kolb began like a
seasoned surgeon taking apart his patient point by
point. Kolbβs power by the hour short-circuited any
thoughts of Lazarus being revived as he won their
encounter with a solid 3 games to 0 performance. Kolb
received a 1stplace Crown Awards trophy while
Lazarus was awarded a smaller, albeit still golden 2nd place
trophy.
In the Under
1200 there were 5 players in
one round robin. Venki Gunasekaran would yield to no
one as he posted an impressive 4 matches won to 0 lost
and won 1st place and a large
Crown Awards trophy. Josh Fellers almost matched
that with his own 3 wins to 1 loss to win 2nd place
and a Crown Awards trophy.
In Doubles there
were a total of six teams who vied through two round
robins. Nik Terzic and Scott Meredith would survive
from their Group
1 round robin with 2 match
wins to 0 matches lost. In the Group
2 PJ Phachantry and Megan
Hayes, as the # 2 seeded team and 300 plus rating points
below the higher team in their round robin, managed to
out-game their counterparts to proceed to the
championships. The finals saw Terzic/ Meredith vs.
Phachantry/Hayes. To both teamsβ credit β a
total of zero points
ended up separating the victor through five games
played. (Each team scored 46 points through five games.)
This in itself is a testament to resolve, grittiness and
determination. But, a winner in all contests must
and shall be declared, but who might that be? The
stage hand appropriately delivered an envelope with a
Boeing 747 emblazoned in relief but otherwise white and
thin to the announcer: "Here it is women and
gentlemen, hereβs what youβve been waiting for:
In 1st place; with $80 and an
all expense paid trip to Hawaii - plus - a brand new car
to the team of: Terzic and Meredith.β Well, the
last two items were made up but they did receive $80.
The Wichitans in Phachantry and Hayes were awarded $40.
Congrats to each of the six teams who were βin it to
win it.β
The Hardbat event
attracted 5 players in two groups. In Group 1
Jeff Johnston would down both of his two adversaries:
Rock Norat and Aaron Rice both from Springfield, Mo
while in the Group
2 Alfredo Baez would best
Chris Wilson from Buffalo, Mo to advance to the finals.
Baez was not be able to unbalance the national hardbat
champion in Johnston and lost in the finals: 21 to 15
and 21 to 12. Johnston won $30 while Baez was
awarded $15.
From: epcotmagic <epcotmagic@aol.com>
To: EpcotMagic <EpcotMagic@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 16, 2016 3:41 pm Subject: Write-Up --
Photos -- Winners in: March 12 Springfield Missouri
Tournament
March 16, 2016 (Wednesday)
Greetings table tennis fanatics!
In the download is a Microsoft Word copy of the Write-Up
for the March 12 Giant Round Robin tournament.
(It includes also the winners by name and by event.)
Immediately below is a hyperlink for photos which I took
during the March 12 Giant Round Robin tournament.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zo087kycmxyxpc3/AAD6LXh6O1D5eSF9y7erkjrha?oref=e&n=404002092
Immediately below is a hyperlink for photos which Todd
Dudenhoeffer took during the March 12 Giant Round Robin
tournament.
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=46B39C55843A8A4D!7817&authkey=!AMhx34zJvN5ganc&ithint=folder%2cJPG
Immediately below is a YouTube hyperlink for the Under
2000 championship match between: Sarang Mairal and Raj
Coona.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnAulWU75Wc
If you go to: www.YouTube.comand
type in igottascoot you
will find more match videos of our recent
tournament as well as other prior matches recorded.
Iβd like to "Thank Everyoneβ for your participation.
The next upcoming tournament is April 9 at Joplin, Mo.
You can view it and the entry form here: http://joplinttc.wix.com/jttc
The tourney after that is in Overland Park, Kansas on
April 15, 16 and 17.
You can view it and the entry form here: https://www.kansascitytabletennis.com/
The tourney after that is in Springfield, Mo on June 6.
You can view it and
the entry form here: http://www.ozarkstabletennisclub.org/
Thanks so much. Signed: **
Bill Lewis **
Below are the
winners by Name and Event
Giant Round Robin
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Group A
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1st Place
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Parviz Mojaverian
Overland Park, Ks
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2nd Place
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PJ Phachantry
Wichita, Ks
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Group B
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1st Place
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Sarang Mairal
Overland Park, Ks
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2nd Place
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Dennis Yanga
Webb City, Mo
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Group C
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1st Place
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Lloyd Blankenship Neosho,
Mo
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2nd Place
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Megan Hayes
Wichita, Ks
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Group D
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1st Place
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Arnie Ami
Springfield, Mo
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2nd Place
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Josh Fellers
Springfield, Mo
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Under 2000
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1st Place
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Raj Coona
Cordova, Tn
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2nd Place
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Sarang Mairal
Overland Park, Ks
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Under 1600
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1st Place
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Chris Kolb
Springfield, Mo
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2nd Place
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Janus Lazarus
Joplin, Mo
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Under 1200
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1st Place
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Venki Gunasekaran Wichita, Ks
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2nd Place
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Josh Fellers
Springfield, Mo
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Doubles
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1st Place
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Nik Terzic /
Ballwin, Mo
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Scott Meredith
Jefferson City, Mo
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2nd Place
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PJ Phachantry /
Wichita, Ks
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Megan Hayes
Wichita, Ks
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Hardbat
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1st Place
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Jeff Johnston
Smithville, Mo
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2nd Place
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Alfredo Baez
St. Louis, Mo
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Tuesday - 3-15-16 |
Bixby - 9 players. Logan Watson, Corey Bryant, Stephen
Ackart, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, John
Kerfoot, Ted Hill, David Leonard. |
Monday - 3-14-16 |
Dawson - 13 players. 1 first time out player - Logan
Watson (from the Okla City club), Alex Tupas, Tom
Jourdan, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez, Matts
Johansson, Kevin Akers, Austin Fogt, Aaron
Thornburg, Jerry Nabb from Sante Fe visiting (was here
at the club once 6 years ago), Rob McKinney, Corey
Bryant, Ken ? (left early) (info courtesy of Johnny). |
Thursday - 3-10-16 |
Bob
Kyker's surgery involved getting hardware installed in
his back. No word on when he will be able to play
again. (info courtesy of Ray Pestridge).
|
Thursday - 3-10-16 |
Update on the Springfield, Missouri (Ben Lewis
tourney) unrated tournament this weekend. Ray
Pestridge is the only player from Tulsa going. Ray
said there are 31 players entered. |
Thursday - 3-10-16 |
Dawson
- 7 players. 2 first time out players - Matt Wozniak,
Chris Brown. Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce,
Corey Bryant, Johnny McClanahan. Other news: Ray
Pestridge just got back from the Topeka tournament - a
doubles only tournament. His partner was Glendale
Markwell. There were 12 teams. Ray and Glendale won 3
out of 11 matches. Bob Kyker's surgery involved
getting hardware installed in his back. No word on when
he will be able to play again.
|
Tuesday - 3-8-16 |
Bixby - 6 players. John Moore, Kelly Boyce, David
Leonard, Jason Taylor, Sam Samour, John Cai. |
Tuesday - 3-8-16 |
Springfield, Missouri is having their unrated tournament
this weekend - 3-12-16. Fyi. |
Monday - 3-7-16 |
Dawson - 9 players: Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfoush, Tom
Jourdan, Ray Pestridge, Johnny McClanahan, Steve
Littlechild, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Matts
Johansson (info courtesy of Johnny McClanahan) |
Monday - 3-7-16 |
From the Oklahoma City web site: Joplin is hosting a
tournament on April 9th! Details of the tournament are
on their flyer and the below links.
Tournament Flyer Link Web: joplinttc.wix.com/jttc
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/joplinmotabletennisclub
Tournament Sign-Ups: http://www.joplinparks.org/
or by Phone:417-625-4750
|
Thursday - 3-3-16 |
Dawson - no info. |
Tuesday - 3-1-16 |
Bixby - Kelly will not be out (or Thursday). |
Monday - 2-29-16 |
Dawson - no info |
Thursday - 2-25-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Steven Littlechild (paid $20),
Stephen Ackart, Ray Pestridge, George McCutchin, Kelly
Boyce, Kyle Sanchez, Bill Whyman, Jason Taylor, Alex
Tupas, Miles Naughton, Mike Hamby, Norbert Kunz.
Other news: Bob Kyker goes in for his back surgery
3-1-16. Ray wants to know what kind of rubber John Moore
is using. |
Tuesday - 2-23-16 |
Bixby - 9 players. Gage Wallace (first time out), Miles
Naughton (3rd time out), Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly Boyce,
David Leonard, John Kerfoot, Ted Hill, Sam Samour, Eli
Betinjani. |
Monday - 2-22-16 |
Dawson - 6 players (no names) |
Sunday - 2-21-16 |
(Below
is from an email from Britt Salter): From: Ranjit
Ramdas <ranju_r@hotmail.com Subject: Kansas City
Table tennis tournament on April 15-17
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-63iX76aC2UVhnREMybWNaekk/view
I am writing to let you know that we are planning to
organize a USATT 2 star Sanctioned tournament out here
on April 15th - 17th in Overland Park, Kansas. We are
planning to have a wide range of events from u 1100 to
u2300 and 18+under 2 person team event (could be a good
event for Juniors like Logan Watson) culminating in the
Dan Seemiller Clinic on Sunday Apri 17th. I have
attached the flyer to the tournament and would highly
appreciate it if you could help promote it at the other
clubs in Oklahoma. Ranjit Tel no : 913-685-1675
(res) 913-991-1222 (cell)
click here to view pdf
|
Thursday - 2-18-16 |
Dawson - no info |
Tuesday - 2-16-16 |
Bixby - 10 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly Boyce, John
Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, David Leonard, Tom
Jourdan, Sam Samour, Jason Taylor, Ted Hill. Other
news: John Moore bought a sheet of rubber from paddle
palace that the "rubber database" (an online comparison
site) described as "deceptive". The rubber is medium
long pips and you can hit with it. (please, no one tell
Ray Pestridge about this rubber). He played Okba with it
and deuced him in the first game and had 4 match points
against Kelly (again, no one tell Ray about this
rubber). |
Monday - 2-15-16 |
Dawson - 15 players approx (no names) |
Thursday - 2-11-16 |
Dawson - 12 players. Ray Pestridge, George McCutchin,
Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, Bill Whyman, John Bryan,
Norbert Kunz, Rob McKinney, Corey Bryant, Michael Barns,
Johnny McClanahan, Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 2-9-16 |
Bixby - 14 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly Boyce, John
Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Randy Brooks (joined the
club tonight ! ), David Leonard, Wesley Li, Jason
Taylor, Sam Samour, Eli Betinjani, Tim Schley, Amanda
Dawson, Ted Hill. |
Monday - 2-8-16 |
Dawson - no info |
Thursday - 2-4-16 |
Dawson - 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Kelly Boyce, George
McCutchin, Bill Wyman, Norbert Kunz (1st time out),
Matts Johansson, Kyle Sanchez, Rob McKinney, Randy
Brooks, Jason Taylor. |
Tuesday - 2-2-16 |
Bixby - 12 players. David Leonard, Kelly Boyce, Alex
Tupas, John Moore, John Kerfoot, John Strelow, John Cai,
Sam Samour, Randy Brooks, Jason Taylor, Tim Schley,
Amanda Dawson. |
Monday - 2-1-16 |
Dawson - 14 players (no names) |
Thursday - 1-28-16 |
Dawson - 7 players. Mike Hamby, Stephen Ackart, Corey
Bryant, Michael Barns, Jason Taylor, Rob McKinney, Randy
Brooks. |
Wed - 1-27-16 |
Results for the 1-23-16 state games of okla are now
posted.
http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Ratings/USATT-Ratings-Page
|
Tuesday - 1-26-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. David Leonard, Corey Bryant, Kelly
Boyce, John Moore, Sam Samour, Tom Jourdan, Ouli
Jourdan, John Kerfoot, John Strelow, Ted Hill, Jason
Taylor. |
Tuesday - 1-26-16 |
Results from the State Games of Okla are below (info
from the Okla City website per Britt Salter). Thanks
to everyone who played, watched, and especially helped!
Deb Lad spearheaded registration, Josephine Nwankwo
helped in the middle, then Barbara Davies and Scott Ryan
got recruited as helpers/enforcers! A
brief Tournament Report will come before too long, but
medalists are listed below β in order Gold, Silver,
Bronze.
TT U1000: John (Tyler) Bowen(OKC), Dennis Rhodes(OKC),
Kathleen Fitzgerald(OKC)
TT U1200: Damion
Swearingen(OKC), Kashif Tufail(OKC), Cory Bryant(TUL)
TT U1400: Mike Patel(OKC), Kashif Tufail(OKC),
Damion Swearingen(OKC)
TT U1700: David
Correa(OKC), Stephen Ackart(TUL), Tom Jourdan(TUL)
TT U1900: Jeff Waters(OKC), Logan Watson(OKC), John
Noori(OKC)
TT Open: Okba Al Harfouch(TUL),
Yingjun Cui(OKC), David Correa(OKC)
PP Singles:
Brian Stephens(OKC), Simeon Duran(MAC), Kathleen
Fitzgerald(OKC)
PP U3600 DBLs: Barbara Davies &
Scott Ryan(DFW), Cory Bryant & Logan Watson(TUL&OKC),
David Correa & Mike Patel(OKC)
PP U2600: Tiffany
Salter & Maria Tran(OKC), David Hash & Dennis
Rhodes(OKC), Cole Ely & David Fagala(OK Panhandle & SW
KS)
|
Monday - 1-25-16 |
Dawson - 7 players. Corey Bryant, Michael Barns, Kyle
Sanchez, Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Okba Al Harfouch,
Jason Taylor. |
Sunday - 1-24-16 |
Update
on the State Games of Okla tourny held yesterday. 11
Tulsa players attended. The overall winner of the
Open event was Okba Al Harfouch ! (Okba did not have
to face the odds-on-favorite to win the tourny, Logan
Watson, since Logan did not advance out of his round
robin group due to losing to a much older, much slower
and much less trained player from Tulsa. Due to respect
to Logan, the older gentleman's name, who deposed Logan,
will not be named). The U-1900 finals had Jeff Waters
and Logan Watson. U-1700 finals had Stephen Ackart
(came in 2nd) and David Correa (came in 1st). And now
a message from Rob McKinney: (note - Rob was the highest
rated player in the tournament!) Great time Saturday
at the Sooner State games. Got to see many old
friends and make new ones. Overall I was happy with
my play considering not playing in a tournament for 12
years and just picked again up a bat 3 weeks ago. I
played very tight early on then loosen up against Logan
and played my best match despite a deuce in the 5th
loss. Unfortunately that effort wasted my legs and
put a knot in my stomach. The 3 players (Jeffery
Waters, John Noori and Chi) I lost to in the open were
all playing very strong and having good tournaments.
No doubt my rating will suffer but not playing for that
reason. Again it was a great time and look forward to
hearing how the TTTC members did. Hope everyone had a
safe trip home. Live long and play pong!!!
|
Thursday - 1-21-16 |
Dawson - 3 players. Stephen Ackart, Rob McKinney, Corey
Bryant. |
Wed - 1-20-16 |
Update on the State Games of Okla tourny for this
weekend - 1-23-16: 10 Tulsa players going - Jason
Taylor, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Kelly Boyce, Stephen
Ackart, John Moore, Corey Bryant, Tim Schley, Rob
McKinney, Okba Al Harfouch. |
Tuesday - 1-19-16 |
Bixby - 15 players. Stephen Ackart, Okba Al Harfouch,
Kelly Boyce, Randy Brooks (new), Amanda Dawson (new -
friend of Tim's ), David Leonard (joined the club
tonight ! ), John Moore, John Kerfoot, John Strelow,
Alex Tupas, Tim Schley, Ted Hill, Jesus Mendez, Jim
Turner, Jason Taylor. |
Monday - 1-18-16 |
Dawson - no info |
Sunday - 1-17-16 |
(From an email from Hamid Ezzat dated 1-16-16): Hello
everyone. Well, in a nutshell it could have probably
gone better. There is a membrane that surrounds all
the nerves called "cerebrospinal membrane" and keeps a
fluid around all the nerves (same fluid surrounds the
brain). It is a very thin tissue and during the
surgery it was accidentally cut and caused a fluid leak
(this happens in this type of surgery in less than 3% of
the times). They repaired the tissue and in order
for it to heal, I had to lay flat on my back 48 hours
and then additionally another 14 hours to find out if
the leak was stopped. Make a long story short, it
was very difficult and for the first 16 hours, the pain
medication would not work on me until they changed it
the next day. I stayed at the hospital until Monday
(4 nights). I have had a lot of pain in the last 9
days and today was the first day I felt like checking my
email. My wife Irene had my cell phone and let a few
people know about the surgery (she responded to anyone
who texted me). It could have been worse - If they
would have cut any of the nerves past the tissue, I
would have been partially/fully paralyzed (worse
scenario case). I am thankful to God that I am doing
as well as I am doing. I have lost some of my
feelings on my right leg/foot which they think I should
get back in time - only time can tell how well it will
be but I am very optimistic too... I will be home for
6 weeks and probably in a week or two I will be working
from here but won't go to the office. I will be
wearing a big heavy back brace for at least 6 weeks. I
will keep you guys posted.... |
Friday - 1-15-16 |
Update
on the State Games of Okla tourny for next weekend -
1-23-16: 9 Tulsa players going - Jason Taylor, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, John
Moore, Corey Bryant, Tim Schley, Rob McKinney (Okba,
unfortunately, will not be able to attend this
tournament).
|
Thursday - 1-14-16 |
Dawson - 8 players. Ray Pestridge, Kelly Boyce, John
Moore, Mike Hamby, Corey Bryant, Stephen Ackart, Kyle
Sanchez, Rob McKinney. |
Wed - 1-13-16 |
Update
on the State Games of Okla tourny for next weekend -
1-23-16: 8 Tulsa players going - Jason Taylor, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, John
Moore, Corey Bryant, Tim Schley.
|
Tuesday - 1-12-16 |
Bixby - 12 players. 2 first time out players - Bobby
Peck (runs the Indian ping pong club - knows Alex),
Hasen? (showed up at 8:15). Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly
Boyce, Alex Tupas, David Leonard, Jason Taylor, John
Moore, Johnny McClanahan, John Kerfoot, John Strelow,
Corey Bryant. |
Monday - 1-11-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch,
Kyle Sanchez (pd $20 on membership), Alex Tupas, Rob
McKinney, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Lewis Garcete, Tom
(Lewis' friend), Mike Hamby, Jason Taylor, James King
and son Kieran King, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 1-7-16 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Okba Al
Harfouch, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Corey Bryant, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Rob McKinney, Bill Whyman, Jason
Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Fred Kalakay (new -
knows Rob). |
Tuesday - 1-5-16 |
Bixby - 11 players. 5 first time out players - David
Leonard, Ben Duplechin (an ex-tennis player), Kevin
Duplechin (Ben's brother), John Strelow (played with the
Sanchez's in the late 1970's), Jesus Mendez (played in
Venezuela), Jason Taylor, Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly Boyce,
Tim Schley, John Moore, Ted Hill. |
Monday - 1-4-16 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan,
Bill Whyman, Cory Bryant, Okba Al Harfouch, Michael
Barns, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Jason Taylor, Rob
McKinney, Samer Chaar, Bob Kyker. Other news: per an
email from Robert McKinney - If
anyone has some chack for sale please bring it Thursday
night (01/07/16) at Dawson Park. It was great seeing
Kyle, Bob, Ray and Hamid tonight also meeting many new
people.
|
Tuesday - 12-29-15 |
Bixby - no play tonight. |
Monday - 12-28-15 |
Dawson - 6 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Lewis (new, friend
of Okba), Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Johnny McClanahan,
Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 12-22-15 |
Bixby - no play tonight. |
Monday - 12-21-15 |
Dawson - 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Bill Whyman, Tom
Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Peter Buscemi, Kyle Sanchez, Okba
Al Harfouch, Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 12-17-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al
Harfouch, Stephen Ackart, Jason Taylor, Tom Jourdan,
Ouli Jourdan, Bill Whyman, Kyle Sanchez, Kelly Boyce,
Alex Tupas. |
Tuesday - 12-15-15 |
Bixby
- 12 players. Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Tim Schley, Nick
Nguyen, Jason Taylor, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Ted
Hill, Corey Flaugher, Cory Bryant, Sam Samour, Jim
Turner (from the old days, the 1980's. Jim said this
time, he will keep coming out on a regular basis ).
Other news: the Bixby center will be closed for the next
2 weeks. Play will begin on 1-5-16.
|
Monday - 12-14-15 |
Dawson - 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch,
Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Ron Salmon (new,
mike's friend), Bill Whyman, Alex Tupas, Cory Bryant,
Kyle Sanchez, Samer Chaar, Jason Taylor, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 12-10-15 |
Dawson - 7 players. Bill Whyman, Kyle Sanchez, Stephen
Ackart, Ray Pestridge, Joe Mhemedi, Okba Al Harfouch,
Kelly Boyce. |
Tuesday - 12-8-15 |
Bixby - 3 players. Ted Hill, Jason Taylor, Kelly Boyce. |
Monday - 12-7-15 |
Dawson - 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Ouli
Jourdan, Tom Jourdan, Joe Mhemedi, Hamid Ezzat, Alex
Tupas, Lewis Garcete, Bill Whyman, Jason Taylor,
Sherrick Cox, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 12-3-15 |
Dawson - 5 players. Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart, Kelly
Boyce, Corey Bryant, Bill Whyman. Other news: all
not-working fluorescent lights have been replaced. |
Tuesday - 12-1-15 |
Bixby - 8 players. Nick Nguyen, Corey Flaugher, Wesley
Li, John Kerfoot, Ted Hill, Alex Tupas, Matt Dyer, Kelly
Boyce. |
Monday - 11-30-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Mike Hamby, Alex
Tupas, Sydney Agimudie, Rubin Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie,
Phillip Moffitt (with nicky), Bill Whyman, Tom Jourdan,
Ouli Jourdan, Joe Mhemedi, Lewis Garcete, Tom ? (works
at grc tulsa, forgot his last name), Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 11-26-15 |
Dawson - no play. Thanksgiving. |
Tuesday - 11-24-15 |
Bixby - 8 players. Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce,
John Moore, Ouli Jourdan, Cory Flaugher, Ted Hill, Matt
Dyer. |
Monday - 11-23-15 |
Dawson - no info |
Thursday - 11-19-15 |
Dawson - 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Kelly
Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Rachid El Boubou,
Samer Chaar, Bill Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Corey
Bryant, Michael Barns. |
Tuesday - 11-17-15 |
Bixby
- 6 players. Sam Samour. Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Corey
Flaugher, Ted Hill (renewed his membership ! ), Matt
Dyer.
|
Monday - 11-16-15 |
Dawson - 10 players. Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Rachid
El Boubou, Samer Chaar, Cory Bryant, Hamid Ezzat, Alex
Tupas, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch, Bob Kyker |
Thursday - 11-12-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Stephen Ackart, Bob Kyker, Kelly
Boyce, Rachid El Boubou, Okba Al Harfouch, Ray
Pestridge, Bill Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Joe Mhemedi, Hamid
Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez. Other new: Rachid will be
leaving Tulsa after next week. |
Tuesday - 11-10-15 |
Bixby - 6 players. Michael Barns, Cory Bryant, Alex
Tupas, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, John Kerfoot. |
Monday - 11-9-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. Alex Tupas, Bill Whyman, Okba Al
Harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Mats Johansson, Rachid El
Boubou, Samer Chaar, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Jason
Taylor, Cory Bryant, Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Bob
Kyker, Joe Rose (new) |
Sat - 11-7-15 |
32
players are entered in the Joplin tournament today.
Below is a list of the players: No First Last Rating
1 Winfred Addy 2250 2 Selorm Dzaka 1920
3 Ray Pestridge 1908 4 Okba Al Harfough 1816
5 Dale Boswell 1760 6 Bill Lewis 1643
7 Stephen Ackart 1634 8 David Correa 1580
9 Timothy (Rock) Norat 1433 10 Mike Tatel 1362
11 Chris Kolb 1332 12 Lloyd Blakenship 1313
13 Wenyan Drake 1284 14 Wujun Fu 1157
15 Sage Crane 1097 16 Arnold Ami 900 17 Claire
(Xiantong) Li 600 18 Omar Roman ??
19 Austin Bond 0 20 Evan Cherryholmes 0
21 Brady Daugherty 0 22 Chance Eads 0
23 Steve Gaarder 0 24 Katie Gaines 0
25 Allen Gong 0 26 Aaron Patrick 0
27 Dennis Patrick 0 28 Quade Quesenberry 0
29 Aniruth Rananaphan 0 30 Kaden Seward 0
31 Geroge Wang 0 32 Bill Whyman 0
|
Thursday - 11-4-15 |
Dawson - 8 players. Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid
Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Ray Pestridge, Bill Whyman, Okba Al
Harfouch, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 11-4-15 |
5 new
You Tube videos have been added to the "video page" on
this website (click on link (1) below). See links
(49), (50), (51), (52), (53). Russ Hamilton (rating
2237) playing matches with Alex Tupas and Kyle Sanchez.
Rachid El Boubou (rating 2491) practicing with Tom
Jourdan. Micheal Barns in match play with Tom
Jourdan. (videos courtesy of Alex Tupas).
|
Tuesday - 11-3-15 |
Bixby - 11 players. Joe Rose (recently moved to Tulsa -
first time out and has a USATT rating), Rachid El
Boubou, Samer Chaar, Alex Tupas, Stephen Ackart, Kelly
Boyce, Corey Banks, Michael Barns, Jason Taylor, Wesley
Li (renewed his membership ! ), John Moore. Other
news - Corey, Michael, Rachid and Samer are going to the
Ft. Worth, Texas tournament this weekend. Stephen,
Okba and Ray will be going to the Joplin tournament this
weekend. |
Sunday - 11-1-15 |
(from
Hamid and edited down by Kelly). Rachid El Boubou (2492
rated player from Lebanon) will be here for 3 more
weeks. Some players met at the club today
(Saturday) and 3 took coaching lessons from Rachid.
Russ Hamilton from Arkansas also came and practiced with
Rachid. Hamid, Tom Jourdan and Michael Barns took
lessons (which we all thought was very good). Tom
asked if it is OK to have one table set aside for one or
two hours for anyone who might be interested in taking
coaching lessons on Monday and Thursday (If the interest
is there, Hamid and Tom will use one of the slots
at least once a week for next 3 weeks). I think one can
improve their games in the next 3 weeks taking some
coaching lessons. Rachid may not find a job here
and once he is gone this opportunity is gone too.
Note - Rachid can give lessons at Bixby if enough
players are interested.
|
Monday - 11-2-15 |
Dawson
- 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Bill Whyman, Okba Al
Harfouch, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Hamid
Ezzat, Rachid El Boubou, Samer Chaar, Mike Hamby, Peter
Buscemi, Dustin Clifton, Kyle Sanchez, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 10-29-15 |
Dawson - 4 players. cory, michael, dustin, and bob |
Tuesday - 10-27-15 |
Bixby - no info |
Monday - 10-26-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. ray, stephen, alex, hamid, samer,
rachid, mike, ouli, tom, kyle, cory, dustin, luis
garceto, michael, and bob. |
Thursday - 10-22-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. ray, mike, steve littlechild (pd
$10), dustin clifton, samer, rachid el boubou, hamid,
kyle, cory, sherrick cox (nickname shrek.friend of
jason), jason, steve ackart, alex michael, and bob. |
Tuesday - 10-20-15 |
Bixby - no info |
Monday - 10-19-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. cory, brandon (cory's older brother
came out to video tape his table tennis playing and
interview him for his tcc video production class), ray,
tom, oulie, kyle, jason, alex, joe, peter, clinton, nick
nyuyen, mike, and bob.
|
Thursday - 10-15-15 |
Dawson - 10 players. 3 first time out players - Clinton
Fields, Brian Sellers, Dustin Clifton. Ray Pestridge,
Kyle Sanchez, Kelly Boyce, Bill Whyman, Bob Kyker, Tom
Jourdan, Nestor Prato. Other news: Bill Whyman has
decided to go to the Joplin tournament on Nov 7. |
Tuesday - 10-13-15 |
Bixby - 12 players. 3 first time out players - Clinton
Fields, Ryan Tankersley, Dustin Clifton. Tim Schley,
Kelly Boyce, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Corey Flaugher,
Ted Hill, Nick Nguyen, Jim French, Okba Al Harfouch. |
Monday - 10-12-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Joe
Mhemedi, Nicky Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Jason Taylor,
Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Bill Whyman, Hamid Ezzat,
Okba Al Harfouch, Dustin Clifton (new), Phillip and
Jenner (came with Nicky), Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 10-9-15 |
Dawson - 8 players. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Stephen
Ackart, Bob Kyker, Bill Whyman, Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly
Boyce, Nestor Prato (leaving for Venezuela
for 6 months). |
Thursday - 10-8-15 |
Rachid El Boubou, from Lebanon, rating 2476 - will be in
Tulsa for one month starting 10-20-15 and will play at
Bixby that night (he knows Samer Chaar). If Rachid can
find work in Tulsa, he will move and live in Tulsa (he
currently works in a bank in Lebanon). His world ranking
6 months ago was 387. (info courtesy of Hamid).
|
Wed - 10-7-15 |
Update on the Joplin, Missouri tournament
(non-sanctioned) for Nov 7 - 3 Tulsa players are going.
Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch, Stephen Ackart. |
Tuesday - 10-6-15 |
Bixby - 7 players. One first time out player - Nick
Nguyen. John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, John
Kerfoot, Ted Hill, Jason Taylor. |
Monday - 10-5-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, Eric Schaller, Duane
Gerjets, Burm Snart (visiting from NC) , Nick Nguyen
(new), Cory Bryant, Nestor Prato, Alex Tupas, Mike
Hamby, Bill Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Okba Al
Harfouch, Bob Kyker. |
Sunday - 10-4-15 |
98 pictures, by Johnny McClanahan, have been (finally)
added to the Photos page of this website from the
1-24-15 State Games of Oklahoma. 17 Tulsa players
attended. |
Thursday - 10-1-15 |
Dawson - no info yet |
Tuesday - 9-29-15 |
Bixby - 7 players. One first time out player - Rick
Pierce. Okba Al Harfouch, Alex Tupas (fresh from
surgery), Kelly Boyce, Eli Bentijani, Corey Bryant, Ted
Hill. |
Tuesday - 9-29-15 |
8 pics of the Arkansas Open tourney held 9-26-15 are now
posted on the club's photo web page (photo's courtesy of
Fernando Prato). Photo's of Corey Bryant, Tom Jourdan,
Nestor Prato, Jason Taylor. |
Tuesday - 9-29-15 |
Results for the Little Rock tourney held 9-26-15 (sent
in from Fernado Prato). ARKANSAS OPEN CHAMPIONS
2014 HELD 9-26-15 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT
LITTLE ROCK EVENT
1ST PLACE 2ND PLACE OPEN
SINGLES CHENG LI MISSISSIPPI - ROCKY WANG NEW YORK
A SINGLES JAMEY HALL ARKANSAS - LOGAN
WATSON OKLAHOMA
B SINGLES TOM JOURDAN OKLAHOMA
- JOHN FALCO ARKANSAS
C SINGLES MATTHEW
WANG TENNESSEE - KITT OUDTHONE ARKANSAS
U2100
SHOUJIE YANG MISSISSIPPI - MIKE LAURO ARKANSAS
U1900
ROB SHARP KANSAS - DHARMARAJ COONA TENNESSEE
U1700
NESTOR PRATO OKLAHOMA - CHARLIE BROOKS ARKANSAS
U1500
TOM JOURDAN OKLAHOMA - VARUN COONA TENNESSEE
U1300
MATTHEW WANG TENNESSEE - CHRIS FAGYAL KANSAS
U1100
JASON TAYLOR OKLAHOMA - JOHN MILLER ARKANSAS
U900
JASON TAYLOR OKLAHOMA - AKHILESH VIGNESHWARAN TENNESSEE
U18 JUNIOR BOYS AKHILESH VIGNESHWARAN TENNESSEE
- SAM BROWN ARKANSAS
WOMENS MEGHA
NELLURI ARKANSAS - JOYCE HARTMANN ARKANSAS
HARDBAT LIEDY HANDOKO TENNESSEE - DONNY
FLOWERS TENNESSEE
OPEN DOUBLES LIEDY
HANDOKO TENNESSEE - MIKE LAURO ARKANSAS
DONNY
FLOWERS TENNESSEE - JAMEY HALL ARKANSAS
U3400
DOUBLES LOGAN WATSON OKLAHOMA- KITT OUDTHONE ARKANSAS
CORY BRYANT OKLAHOMA - LOUIS VANCE ARKANSAS
|
Monday - 9-28-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Bill Whyman, Joe Mhemedi, Cory
Bryant, Okba Al Harfouch , Nestor Prato, Michael Barns,
Don Tiger, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Ouli Jourdan, Bob
Kyker. Other news: Bob Kyker won gold in both singles
and doubles (with Bill Ryan) in the Kansas sr. olympics
at Topeka on Saturday. |
Friday - 9-25-15 |
The
club received the following email on 9-23-15: My
daughter has asked for a ping pong tournament for her
birthday party this year. I was wondering if #1 - you
knew of a place that is inexpensive we could host it? I
have access to three tables so I just need a spot.
And also - if 2-3 of your members would be interested in
being referees? $10/hr for about 3 hours. They wouldn't
have to be certified or anything - just a fun day with
friends and family playing ping pong :) Anyone
interested, email or call Kelly.
|
Thursday - 9-24-15 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Bill Whyman, Mike Hamby, Stephen Ackart,
Cory Bryant, Jason Taylor, David Correa, Claire Li, Bob
Kyker. Other news: Bob is going to the Topeka, Kansas
Senior Olympics Saturday and playing doubles with Bill
Ryan.
|
Tuesday - 9-22-15 |
Update on the Little Rock tourney this weekend -
9-26-15. 4 Tulsa players are going - Nestor Prato,
Tom Jourdan, Jason Taylor, Cory Bryant. |
Tuesday - 9-22-15 |
Bixby - no play tonight. Center closed tonight. |
Monday - 9-21-15 |
Dawson - 13 players. 2 first time out players - Dustin
Reudelhuber, Adam Brenna (knows Dustin, just watched).
Nestor Prato, Miles Naughton, Jason Taylor, Corey
Bryant, Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan,
Don Tiger, Ouli Joudan, Joe Mhemedi. |
Thursday - 9-17-15 |
Dawson - 8 players. Ray Pestridge, George McCuthin,
Miles Naughton (new), Nestor Prato, Don Tiger, Gustavo
Garcete and Lewis Garcete (brothers, both are nephews of
Nestor), Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 9-15-15 |
Bixby - 9 players. 1 first time out player - Miles
Naughton. Jason Taylor, Kelly Boyce, Steven Hyslop,
Wesley Li, Eli Betinjani, Tim Schley, Ted Hill, John
Kerfoot. Other news: Bixby will be closed next
Tuesday - 9-22-15. |
Monday - 9-14-15 |
Dawson - 8 players. Ray Pestridge, Nestor Prato, Bill
Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Steven Hyslop, Jason Taylor, Don
Tiger, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 9-10-15 |
Dawson - 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Cory Bryant, David
Correa, Clarie Li, Don Tiger, Efren Tiger, Nabrisa
Collin, Nestor Prato, Mike Hamby, Okba Al Harfouch,
Steven Hyslop (new), Ebnezer Siriboe (new), Jay Reddy,
Bill Whyman, Stephen Ackart, Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 9-8-15 |
Bixby - 8 players. Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Eli
Betinjani, Mats Johansson, Corey Flaugher, Steven
Hyslop, John Moore, John Kerfoot. Other news: Players
going to the Little Rock tournament on 9-26-15 - Jason
Taylor and Tom Jourdan. |
Monday - 9-7-15 |
Dawson - no play tonight. Labor day. |
Thursday - 9-3-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Mason Faulkner, Jay Reddy (new),
Ray Pestridge, Duane Gerjets, Michael Barns, Cory
Bryant, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Mike Hamby, Joe
Hamby (mike's brother), Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 9-1-15 |
Bixby - 12 players. 2 out of town players - David
Correa, Clarie Li. Eli Bentijani, Kelly Boyce, Stephen
Ackart, John Moore, Jason Taylor, Tim Schley, Corey
Flaugher, Alex Tupas, Mat, Don Tiger. |
Monday - 8-31-15 |
Dawson - 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Joe Mhemedi, Alex
Tupas, Don Tiger, Okba Al Fourch, Mats Johansson, Kyle
Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 8-27-15 |
Dawson - 7 players. George McCuthin, Ray Pestridge, Kyle
Sanchez, Stephen Ackart , Bill Whyman, Mats Johansson,
Bob Kyker |
Wed - 8-26-16 |
Nicky Agimudie is offering coaching lessons and
training in Broken Arrow for $40 per hour.
Those interested, call 918.361.5936
|
Tuesday - 8-25-15 |
Bixby - 10 players. 2 first time out players - Levi
Claiborne, Sid Fisher. Corey Bryant, John Moore,
Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Wesley Li, Matt, Ted Hill, Don
Tiger. |
Monday - 8-24-15 |
Dawson - 10 players. Ray Pestridge, Duane Gerjets, Cory
Bryant, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Nicky
Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Bill Whyman. Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 8-20-15 |
Dawson - 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Duane Gerjets, Cory
Bryant, Stephen Ackart, Bill Whyman, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid
Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Eric Schaller. |
Tuesday - 8-18-15 |
Bixby - 9 players. Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Tim Schley,
Eli Betinjani, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Ted
Hill, Jason Taylor. |
Monday - 8-17-15 |
Dawson - 5 players. Ray Pestridge, George McCuthin,
Bill Whyman, Don Tiger, Bob Kyker. |
Monday - 8-17-15 |
Results from the 7-18-15 Topeka Sunflower games are now
posted. 24 players entered. Tulsa players Tom
Jourdan, Okba Al Harfouch, Corey Bryant, Michael Barns
attended. |
Monday - 8-17-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
85. Set temp to 68. |
Thursday - 8-13-15 |
Dawson - 13 players. Ray Pestridge, Eric Schaller, Duane
Gerjets, David Correa and his wife Li Xiantong, Bill
Whyman, Stephen Ackart, Joe Mhemedi, Kyle Sanchez, Don
Tiger, Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker. Other
news: David Correa is not the same player some of us
remember. He beat Kyle and Stephen and took Hamid to 5
games. (David's secret weapon - Winfred Addy - according
to a reliable source). However, there was one player
that didn't think David had changed that much (ie Mike
Hamby). |
Thursday - 8-13-15 |
Dawson - went by a 11:15 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
83. Set temp to 68. |
Tuesday - 8-11-15 |
Bixby - 8 players. Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker,
Eli Betinjani, Wesley Li, Don Tiger, Ted Hill, John
Moore. |
Monday - 8-10-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Eric Schaller, Duane Gerjets, Ray
Pestridge, Michael Barns, Cory Bryant, Joe Mhemedi,
Jason Taylor, Tom Jourdan, Okba Al Harfouch, Hamid
Ezaat, Bob Kyker |
Monday - 8-10-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
93. Set temp to 68. |
Thursday - 8-6-15 |
Dawson - 12 players - George McCutchin, Ray Pestridge,
Mike Hamby, Stephen Ackart, Joe Mhemedi, Jason Taylor
(backhand was awesome tonight!), Okba Al Harfouch, Hamid
Ezzat, Peter Buscemi, Mark Hugoboom, Don Tiger, Bob
Kyker (temp was 74 at 3:30 pm). |
Thursday - 8-6-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
85. Set temp to 68. |
Tuesday - 8-4-15 |
Dawson - 9 players. Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch,
Kelly Boyce, John Moore, John Cai, Wesley Li, Alex
Tupas, Eli Betinjani, Corey Flaugher. |
Tuesday - 8-4-15 |
Results from the Senior National Games held in Minnesota
on 7-13-15: 2 players from Tulsa attended - Ray
Pestridge and Bob Kyker. Ray came in 2nd in singles
and 2nd in doubles. Bob came in 3rd in doubles and
7th in singles.
|
Monday - 8-3-15 |
Dawson - 12 players. Ray Pestridge, Eric Schaller, Alex
Tupas, Cory Bryant. Michael Barns, Jason Taylor, Tom
Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Okba Al Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat,
Miguel Riera (new), Bob Kyker. |
Monday - 8-3-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
86. Set temp to 68. High today to be 96. |
Thursday - 7-30-13 |
Dawson - 10 players. 3 first time out players - Eric ?
and Duane Gerjets, (students of Ray's), Wendell
Hillhouse. Ray Pestridge, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez,
Stefan Denis, Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, John Moore,
Bob Kyker |
Thursday - 7-30-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
90. Set temp to 68. Today's high to be 92. |
Tuesday - 7-28-15 |
Dawson - 13 players. Okba Al Harfouch, Kelly Boyce, Tom
Jourdan, Eli Betinjani, John Kerfoot, Yee Yang, Neng
Vang, Jason Taylor, Wesley Li, John Cai, Don Tiger,
Efren Tiger, Ted Hill. Other news: Scott Barone will
be moving to Michigan. The scuttlebutt (from a reliable
source) said because of this, Eugene Atha, who runs the
great Little Rock open tournaments once a year in Sept,
will not be running anymore tournaments after this year. |
Monday - 7-27-15 |
Dawson - 9 players. Joe Mhemedi, Michael Barns, George
McCuthin, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch, Stefan Denis,
Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Bob Kyker. (inside temp was
78 at 3:30 pm). |
Monday - 7-27-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
92. Set temp to 68. |
Friday - 7-24-15 |
From the Okla City website (by Britt Salter):Winfred is
Famous! The OKC Gazette did a nice article on Winfred
Addy. I think it is well worth reading.Check out the
article at LINK
TO GAZETTE ARTICLE. |
Thursday - 7-23-15 |
Dawson - 11 players: Cory Bryant, Michael Barns, Ray
Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Stefan Denis,
Hamid Ezzat, Stephen Ackart, Okba Al Harfouch, Bob
Kyker, Joe Mhemedi (temp was 72 at 4:00 pm). |
Thursday - 7-23-15 |
Dawson
- went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was 84.
Set temp to 68.
|
Wed - 7-22-15 |
Update on the Topeka, Kansas Sunflower games held
7-18-15 - per Okba. Okba was the highest rated player
! Logan Watson from Okla City won the tournament ! There
was around 20 players or so. |
Tuesday - 7-21-15 |
Bixby
- 9 players. Corey Flaugher, Kelly Boyce, John Cai, John
Kerfoot, Wesley Li, Okba Al Harfouch, Eli Betinjani, Ted
Hill, Jason Taylor. Other news: Corey Flaugher got a
new paddle (from Alex Tupas).
|
Monday - 7-20-15 |
Dawson - 10 players. Michael Barns, Alex Tupas, Cory
Bryant, Bill Whyman, Corey Flaugher, Don Tiger(pd $100
cash), Stephan Denis, Jason Taylor, Mats Johansson, Bob
Kyker (temp was 78 degrees at 5:00 PM). |
Monday - 7-20-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
91 degrees. Set temp to 68. |
Thursday - 7-16-15 |
Dawson -8 players. Cory Bryant, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi,
Mats Johansson, Michael Barns, Nestor Prato, Okba
Al-harfouch, Stephan Denis, Stephen Ackart. |
Thursday - 7-16-15 |
Results from the US Open table tennis tournament in Las
Vegas are now posted. Tournament was held last Monday
thru Sat. 2 Tulsa players attended - Hamid Ezzat and
Samer Chaar. Sina also went and Winfred Addy from Okla
City, David Correa and Kevin Li. Also Edwin Ellis from
Antlers, Ok. |
Thursday - 7-16-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. The AC was on. Inside temp
was 65 degrees. Temp was set at 65 degrees (same as
Monday). I set the temp to 68 degrees. Hamid will try to
find out who left the AC on Monday and last Thursday.
Note - the AC needs to be turned off after each night of
play. |
Tuesday - 7-14-15 |
Topeka, Kansas Sunflower games tournament this weekend.
3 Tulsa players are going. Michael Barns, Corey Bryant
and Tom Jourdan. Logan Watson from Okla City will drive
up to Tulsa and travel to the tournament on Friday with
Michael and Corey. |
Tuesday - 7-14-15 |
Bixby - 14 players. 1 first time out player- Chuck Baker
- a 1453 player from Connecticut in town on business
(and will be back).Garrett Belcher, Kelly Boyce, Alex
Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, Jason Taylor, Corey Bryan,
Michael Barns, Eli Betinjani, John Moore, John Cai, John
Kerfoot, Wesley Li. |
Monday - 7-13-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Alex Tupas, Bill Whyman, Corey
Flaugher, Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor,
Joe Mhemedi, Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Michael
Barns, Nestor Prato, Okba Al-harfouch, Stephen Denis,
Tom Jourdan. Other news: the last people to leave
Thursday that left the AC on remains a mystery. |
Monday - 7-13-15 |
Dawson
- went by at 8:00 am. The AC was on ! Inside temp was 65
(today's high to be 100). Bob, do you know if someone
left this on Thursday ? Who closed on Thursday?
|
Thursday - 7-9-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Bill Whyman, Michael Barns, Cory
Bryant, Ray Pestridge, Glendale Markwell, Okba Al
Harfouch, Steven Ackart, Nestor Prato, Jason Taylor,
Joel Hahn, Bob Kyker |
Thursday - 7-9-15 |
Dawson - went by at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
74. Set AC temp to 68. |
Tuesday - 7-7-15 |
Bixby - Kelly Boyce will not be out tonight. |
Monday - 7-6-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, George McCuthin,
Michael Barns, Cory Bryant, Bill Whyman, Sydney
Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie, Okba Al Harfouch, Nestor
Prato, Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Stephan Denis, Jason
Taylor, new player Joel Hahn, Bob Kyker Other news: Temp
was 75 at 3:30pm |
Monday - 7-6-15 |
Dawson - went by this morning at 8:00 am. AC was off.
Inside temp was 87. Set temp to 68 degrees. |
Thursday - 7-2-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. Kyle Sanchez, Peter Buscemi, Ray
Pestridge, Nestor Prato, Michael Barns, Cory Bryant,
Tyler Shockley, Samer Charr, Bill Whyman, Hamid Ezzat,
Okba Al Harfouch and brother Daniel Al Harfouch, Don
Tiger, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker |
Thursday - 7-2-15 |
Dawson - went by this morning at 8:00 am. AC was off.
Inside temp was 87. Set temp to 68 degrees. |
Tuesday - 6-30-15 |
Bixby - 11 players. Tim Schley, Kelly Boyce, Corey
Flaugher, Wesley Li, Jason Taylor, John Cai, Alex Tupas,
Eli Betinjani, Okba Al Harfouch, Ted Hill, Samer Chaar.
Other news: Samer is going to the US Open ! Okba may go
to the Topeka, Kansas tournament July 18. |
Tuesday - 6-30-15 |
A link to the obituary page for Cliff Metzger ( a
driving force for Kansas table tennis).
http://www.salina.com/obituaries/clifford-l-metzger/article_144d1a79-e1e6-590e-b3a2-55aac5ba6d67.html |
Monday - 6-29-15 |
From Fernando: Is there anybody from the club going
to Topeka, KS sunflower games on 07-18-15? My dad
(Nestor) is going and he needs a ride. |
Monday - 6-29-15 |
Dawson - 16 players. Ray Pestridge, Cory Bryant, George
McCutchin, Michael Barns, Don Tiger, Nestor Prato, Tom
Jourdan, Jason Taylor, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat,
Sydney Agimudie, Nicky Agimudie, Alex Tupas, Tyler
Shockley and Noah Shockley (Bob Kyker's grandsons), Bob
Kyker. (temp inside was 73F at 5pm, 75F at 9:30 pm). |
Monday - 6-29-15 |
Dawson
- went by at 8:00 am - the ac was off. Inside temp was
85. Set temp to 68.
|
Thursday - 6-25-15 |
Per
phone call from Carl Miller Thursday to Bob Kyker:
Cliff Metzger from Salina, Kansas passed away Wed 8am
from cancer at 87 yrs. old. They expect to probably
hold a tournament in his honor by next year. Cliff
was an avid table tennis player that many of the Okla
players were acquainted with. He was very active in
tournaments until last year; in the top 5 players
several times in his age bracket in the U.S, Was no.
2 in the over 80 yrs old in 2011. Memorial service
will be at 2:00 PM on July 5: Emanuel Lutheran
Church 255 S. 7th, Salina, Kansas
|
Thursday - 6-25-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. John Moore, Jason Taylor, Bill
Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Stephan Denis, Okba Al Harfouch,
Mats Johansson, Glendale Markwell, Ray Pestridge, Don
Tiger, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-25-15 |
Went by Dawson at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was
88. Set temp to 68. High today to be 95. |
Tuesday - 6-23-15 |
Bixby - 10 players. James Gateley (from Dallas),
Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, Eli
Betinjani, Corey Flaugher, Wesley Li, John Kerfoot, John
Cai, Jason Taylor. |
Tuesday - 6-23-15 |
Stephen Ackart will be back playing on July 9. He did
not have the surgery for his lateral meniscus tear on
5-18-15. He said since the cortisone shot his knee feels
good now (someone may want to bring crutches just in
case Stephen's knee goes out or everyone will be
carrying Stephen to his car). |
Monday - 6-22-15 |
Dawson - 9 players. Nestor Prato, Bill Whyman, Alex
Tupas, Jason Taylor, Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Mike
Hamby, Karthic Guna, Bob Kyker Other news: inside
temp was 73 degrees at 5:30 pm. |
Monday - 6-22-15 |
Went
by Dawson at 8:00 am. AC was off. Inside temp was 84.
Sent AC to 68 degrees. High today to be 92.
|
Thursday - 6-18-15 |
Dawson - 13 players. Hamid Ezzat, Ray Pestridge, Cory
Bryan, Michael Barns, George McCuthin, Obie Bryant,
Stephan Denis, Jason Taylor, Okba Al Harfouch, David
Correa, Don Tiger, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 6-18-15 |
Dawson - went by at noon and turned on the ac. AC was
off. Inside temp was 76. Turned ac to 68 degrees. |
Tuesday - 6-16-15 |
Bixby - 13 players. Eli Betinjani, Kelly Boyce, Alex
Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, Jason Taylor, Andrew Nun, Wang
Lian, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Johnny McClanahan, Pau
Sing, Tim Schley, Alan Tupas. Other news: Hamid has
decided to enter singles in the Okla city tourny this
weekend.
|
Wed - 6-17-15 |
Results from the Springfield, Missouri tournament held
6-6-15 are now posted. Okba Al Harfouch gained 242
points to 1864. Hamid gained 49 points to 1912.
Sina gained 37 points to 2262. Tom Jourdan gained 4
points to 1306.
|
Tuesday - 6-16-15 |
Dawson - Winfred Addy and David Correa will be out this
Thursday - 6-18-15. (Tried to get Nick Agimudie but
he will be out of town that day). Other news:
tropical storm Bill will hit Tulsa tomorrow night - 4-6
inches of rain in Tulsa ending Thursday 7:00 PM.
|
Tuesday - 6-16-15 |
Latest
on the 10 Tulsa players going to Summer State games this
weekend (per Bob Kyker): Tom Jourdan (singles and
doubles with don) Don Tiger (doubles only with tom)
Ray Pestridge (doubles only with david correa) Cory
Bryan (singles only) Michael Barns (singles only)
Reed Kyker (doubles only with bob) Bob Kyker (doubles
only with reed) Hamid Ezzat(doubles only with john
noori) Jason Taylor Stefan Denis (singles only)
|
Monday - 6-15-15 |
Dawson - 18 players - George McCuthin, Tom Jourdan, Reed
Kyker, Mats Johansson, Don Tiger, Nabrisa Colin, Efren
Tiger, Joe Mhemed, Cory Bryan, Okba Al Harfouch, Michael
Barns, Ray Pestridge, Jason Taylor, Karthic Guna, Alex
Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Bill Whyman, Bob Kyker. |
Monday - 6-15-15 |
Turned
on the ac at Dawson at noon. Inside temp was 80. Set
temp to 68 degrees.
|
Monday - 6-15-15 |
From Fernando:
Nestor
Prato won 1st place -Group C- in the 2015 DFW Spring
Open (Dallas, TX) last Saturday 06-13-15.
|
Friday - 6-12-15 |
Update on the Okla City tourney on 6-20-15 9 Tulsa
players going: Michael Barns, Tom Jourdan, Jason Taylor,
Don Tiger (doubles only and with Okba), Okba (doubles
only ), Bob Kyker and Reed Kyker - doubles only, Stephan
Denis (singles only), Hamid Ezzat (doubles only with
John Noori). |
Thursday - 6-11-15 |
Dawson
- 13 players - Don Tiger and stepdaugher Iva Clayton,
Okba Al Harfouch, Joe Mhemed, Bill Whyman, Obie Brant,
Jeff Motley, Mike Hamby, Hamid Ezzat, Stephan Denis,
Michael Barns, Jason Taylor, Bob Kyker. (temp 76 at
5pm, maxed out at 78 during play)
|
Thursday - 6-11-15 |
Dawson - ac was off this morning. Turned on the ac at
8:15 am today. Inside temp was 88. Set temp to 68
degrees. |
Wed - 6-10-15 |
Update on the Okla City tourney on 6-20-15 7 Tulsa
players going: Michael Barns, Tom Jourdan, Jason Taylor,
Don Tiger (doubles only and with Okba), Okba (doubles
only ), Bob Kyker and Reed Kyker - doubles only. |
Tuesday - 6-9-15 |
Bixby
- 16 players. Tim Schley, Kelly Boyce, Jason Taylor,
Eli Betinjani, Roger Betinjani (Eli's brother), Okba Al
Harfouch, Tom Jourdan, Pau Sing, Nang Lian, Alex Tupas,
John Cai, Wesley Li, Don Tiger, Ted Hill, Nabrisa Colin
(step daughter of Don), Ivy Clayton (step daughter of
Don).
|
Monday - 6-8-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Michael Barns, Jason Taylor, Ray
Pestridge, Nestor Prato, Fernando Prato, Okba Al
Harfouch, Bill Whyman, Stephan Denis, Mike Hamby, Glenn
Moody, Bob Kyker |
Monday - 6-8-15 |
3
Tulsa players went to the Springfield tournament on
6-6-15. Hamid Ezzat, Okba Al Harfouch and Tom
Jourdan. Hamid and Okba did very well. Okba beat a
2100 and 1900 player !
|
Thursday - 6-4-15 |
Dawson - 13 players - Cory Bryan, George McCuthin,
Michael Barns, Bill Whyman, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al
Harfouch, David Correa from okc, Mike Hamby, John Moore,
Nestor Prato, Reed Kyker, Bob Kyker, Karthic Guna |
Tuesday - 6-2-15 |
Bixby
- 7 players 1 first time out player - Joe Gahazal
Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch, Corey Bryan,
Michael Barns, Eli Betinjani.
|
Monday - 6-1-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Ray Pestridge, George McCutchin,
Michael Barns, Cory Bryan, Nestor Prato, Mike Hamby,
Okba Al Harfouch, Bill Whyman, Joe Mhemed, Tom Jourdan,
Alex Tupas, Jason Taylor, Bob Kyker and Karthic Guna
(not been to dawson in a while) |
Thursday - 5-28-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. 1 first time out player - Luqman
("Luke") Zulkafti. Joe Mhemed (paid $100), Nestor
Prato (paid $30), Ray Pestridge, Michael Barns, Cory
Bryan, Bill Whyman, Jason Taylor, Hamid Ezzat, Okba Al
Harfouch, Stephan Denis, Obie Bryant (paid $10), Mike
Hamby, Jeff Motley, Johnny McClanahan, Bob Kyker |
Tuesday - 5-26-15 |
Bixby - 6 players. Eli Betinjani, Bob Kyker, Okba Al
Harfouch, Corey Bryan, Michael Barns, Alex Tupas. |
Monday - 5-25-15 |
Dawson - 9 players (Memorial Day). George McCutchin,
Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Harfouch, Fernando Prato, Nestor
Prato, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Don Tiger, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 5-21-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Michael Barns, Cory Bryan,
Fernando and Nestor Prato, Bill Whyman., Jason Taylor,
Ray Pestridge, Don Tiger, Okba Al Harfouch, Mike Hamby,
Bob Kyker. |
Wed - 5-20-15 |
Kelly will not be at Bixby the next 2 weeks. |
Tuesday - 5-19-15 |
Bixby - 12 players. Jason Taylor, Kelly Boyce, Tim
Schley, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Corey Flaugher, Corey
Bryan, Michael Barns, Eli Betinjani, Okba Al Harfouch,
Ted Hill, Wesley Li. |
Monday - 5-18-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Jason Taylor, Joe Mhemed, Xavier
Lee, Johnny McClanahan (pd $100), Bill Whyman, Stephan
Denis, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby (pd $100), Okba Al
Harfouch, Nestor Prato, Bob Kyker |
Monday - 5-18-15 |
Stephen Ackart has torn his lateral meniscus and will be
unable to play for at least 4-8 weeks. |
Friday - 5-15-15 |
You
tube videos of the Joplin tourney below: Highlights -
3 minutes long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uKNWhON4Do
Stephen Ackart and Bill Lewis in the final - 9 min 35
sec long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbzmft2F4Q
|
Thursday - 5-14-15 |
Dawson - 6 players Hamid Ezzat, Okba Al Harfouch,
Jason Taylor, Don Tiger, Matt Tallman, Jonathan Tallman |
Wed - 5-13-15 |
Info
on the Springfield, Missouri tournament on June 6 (from
Bill Lewis):
The 2015
Missouri Show-Me State Games Open is
slated for June 6 at Springfield's O'Reilly-Tefft
gymnasium - 1408 East Pythian Street. There are 10
events to choose from with additionally 1 set of Open
Doubles, 1 set of 3200 Doubles as well as Hardbat.
The days premier event, Open Round Robin pays
out:..................$ 375.00 The second tier event,
Open Singles, pays out...............................$
200.00 The third tiered event, Under 2000, pays
out.................................$ 220.00 Open
Doubles pays
out...................................................................$
160.00 Hardbat Open pays
out...................................................................
$ 45.00
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A total of 52 players attended last year's 2014
Missouri Show-Me State Games. That dayβs
top event, Open Round Robin, was eventually won by Scott
Barone who narrowly eclipsed P.J. Phachantry for 1st
place winning in the 7th possible game at 11 to 6.
Yes, you read that right - it took 7 games to finally
down Phachantry and what a fine match it was. The
second tiered event, Open Singles, was then won by
Memphis Tennessean, Leidy Handoko, who bested Scott
Barone at: 3 games to 1. Open Doubles was won by the
tandem tag team of PJ Phachantry and Peter Lawrence who
went on to edge Chunyen Liu / Sarang Mairal by the
hair-splittingly close margin of 3 games to 2 and 11 to
9 in the 5th.
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There are some twenty entries received so far for this
yearβs 2015 tournament, so, if you'd like to reserve
the slots of your choosing please mail your entry form.
As the tourney seats an approximate 48 to 52 players,
after events are full all late event entries are subject
to being placed on 'waiting listsβ . . . (to avoid
this send in early.) To view and download a copy
of the June 6, 2015 Missouri Show-Me State Games entry
form go here: http://www.ozarkstabletennisclub.org/
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Also, the Southwest Missouri Senior Games are being held
from May 27 thru May 30. There are 48 individual
events from which to choose - from basketball, bowling,
darts, horseshoes and swimming all the way up through
table tennis, track and field and washers. There's
virtually something for everyone. Go to: www.parkboard.org to
download a copy of their entry form. (There is one minor
stipulation: you have to be at least 50 years of age or
over to participate.)
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Finally the results of the April 25 Joplin Classic are
in. Go to: http://joplinttc.wix.com/jttc#!tournaments/c1l1j
to view the results of these 4 events. Janus
Lazarus, Jared Wicklund and Dennis Yanga run this club.
This tourney was highlighted by 1908 rated and # 1 seed,
Ray Pestridge. There were many good matches throughout
the course of the day β and β I for one must say the
Open Singles Class A championship was a great match.
Thanks so much and I hope to hear from you.
Signed, β Bill Lewis β
- Bill Lewis - 3818 South Farm Road 103 -
Brookline Station, Missouri
65619 - President: Ozarks Table Tennis Club -
USATT Tournament Director, Certified Referee, Club
Umpire - Club site: http://www.OzarksTableTennisClub.org/
- Phone: (H) 417.890.8092
(C) 417.414.3148
|
Wed - 5-13-15 |
Tournament updates: June 6 - Springfield, Missouri -
Okba is going. Don Tiger might go. Jason will not be
going. June 20 - Okla City - no one committed at this
time. July - Senior Olympics in Minneapolis - Bob
Kyker, Ray Pestridge and Glendale Markwell are going.
Bob will drive to Abilene, Kansas and pickup George
Taplin. Ray will drive up with his wife. |
Tuesday - 5-12-15 |
Bixby - 12 players. Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Okba Al
Harfouch, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Eli Betinjani, Jason
Taylor, Wesley Li, Chiki Kamanzi, Jack Hannah, Corey
Flaugher, Ted Hill. |
Monday - 5-11-15 |
Dawson - 12 players Don Tiger, Cory Bryan, Michael
Barns, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Mats Johansson, Yee
Yang, Alex Tupas (paid $100), Bill Whyman, Okba Al
Harfouch, Joe Mhemed (Paid $20 for march and april), Bob
Kyker Other news: Yee Yang won the secret "H"
tournament in Kansas City on Saturday. |
Friday - 5-8-15 |
Note to all Dawson players - yearly membership dues are
due now - $100 per year (includes the Bixby membership
also). Bixby only is $40 per year. |
Thursday - 5-7-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Xavier, Cory Bryan, Michael
Barns, Jason Taylor, Hamid Ezzat (pd $100), Tom Jourdan,
Bob Kyker (pd $100), Yee Yang, Stephen Ackart, Stephan
Denis, Okba Al Fourch. |
Tuesday - 5-5-15 |
Bixby - 16 players. Tim Schley, Kelly Boyce, Alex
Tupas, John Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Donna
Goswick, Phil Goswick, Yee Yang, Tom Jourdan, Eli
Betinjani, Corey Flaugher (paid $20), Wesley Li, Saud
Jan, Jason Taylor, Ted Hill. Other news: Yee Yang is
going to a "secret" table tennis tournament this weekend
(only players from Yee's singular type can attend and
all others are excluded). |
Monday - 5-4-15 |
Dawson - 12 players: Joe Mhemedi, Yee Yang, Hamid
Ezzat, Bill Whyman (pd $120), Stephan Denis, Jason
Taylor, Xavier, Mats Johansson (pd $100), Cory Bryan,
Michael Barns, Okba Al Fourch, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 4-30-15 |
Dawson
- 8 players. Jason Taylor, Xavier, Mats Johansson,
Stephen Ackart and 4 others
|
Tuesday - 4-28-15 |
Bixby
- 15 players. John Moore, John Cai, Kelly Boyce, Eli
Betinjani, Tim Schley, Sam Samour, Okba Al Fouch, Jason
Taylor, Darrell Lucht (from Muskogee), Corey Flaugher,
Corey Bryan, Michael Barns, Chiki Kamanzi, Wesley Li,
Saud Jan. Other news: Darrell Lucht, president of the
Muskogee club, said the Muskogee club, an official
USATT club, has lost their building and has no place to
play now. However, they do have 2 churches they are
looking at. (Dan McIntosh, long time Muskogee player, no
longer plays).
|
Tuesday - 4-28-15 |
Posted: Saturday, April 25, 2015 7:40 pm BY ALLIE
HINGA ahinga@joplinglobe.com
Joplin's Memorial Hall was filled with the sound of ping
pong balls and the occasional shout of excitement on
Saturday when the Joplin Table Tennis Club held its
spring classic. The event drew 36 participants from
the Four-State Area.
Skill levels ranged "from
basement players to experts," club vice president Jared
Wicklund said. "It just doesn't matter," he added.
"Everybody can have fun playing ping pong and be good at
it."
This was the second tournament held by the
Joplin club, Wicklund said. The first drew mostly local
players and was smaller than the spring tournament.
Eventually, the club would like to be able to hold
sanctioned events.
"It gives people, probably
first and foremost, the chance to come out and have a
good time playing ping pong," he said.
It also
raises awareness for the Joplin club, which used the
tournament as an opportunity to raise funds for better
equipment. The club has existed for about a year, and
in that time, about 75 people have come to play at least
once, Wicklund said.
Thiare Artinger, 32, was
one of the players who participated in Saturday's
tournament. Artinger has been playing table tennis since
she was 6 years old in her home country of Chile. She
played competitively during the time she lived there.
She stopped playing when she moved to the United States
six years ago but started again when the Joplin club
formed. She said she has been excited to start playing
again. "It's like riding a bicycle," she said. "You
learn how to ride a bicycle, and you never forget."
Stephen Ackart, 29, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, said he
doesn't usually attend unsanctioned tournaments, but he
was drawn to the Joplin event because it offered the
opportunity to play people he might not normally face.
That helps prepare him for sanctioned tournaments, he
said.
Ackart typically plays three to four tournaments a year
and said he enjoys the exercise he gets from table
tennis as well as the opportunity to meet people from
different states. "It's a lot of camaraderie,"
he said. "It's a lot of fun." Ackart has been
playing table tennis for 11 years, since the summer
after his high school graduation. He got involved with
the Tulsa Table Tennis Club and played table tennis
nonstop that summer with his stepfather, who taught him
different skills. "Really, I got addicted," he
said. The Joplin Table Tennis Club meets
Fridays from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Sundays from 4 to 7
p.m. at Memorial Hall, Jared Wicklund said. Meetings are
open to the public of all skill levels, he said.
|
Monday - 4-27-15 |
Dawson - 10 players: Michael Barns, Cory Bryan, Bill
Whyman., Okba Al Fourch, Don Tiger, Yee Yang, Jason
Taylor, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker. |
Saturday - 4-25-15 |
Joplin
Table Tennis Club Spring Classic 2015 results (held
4-25-15): Winners -Singles: Division A: 1st
Stephen Ackart - 2nd Bill Lewis Division B: 1st
Wenyan Drake - 2nd Caleb Dorsey Division C: 1st
Paul Liu - 2nd Wujun Fu Open Doubles: 1st Stephen
Ackart/Okba Al Hafough 2nd Dale Boswell/Paul Liu
|
Thursday - 4-23-15 |
Dawson - 12 players 1 first time out player - Xavier
Lee Okba Al Fourch, Michael Barns, Cory Bryan, Mike
Hamby, Bill Whyman, Tom Jourdan, Don Tiger, Kyle
Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker |
Tuesday - 4-21-15 |
Bixby - 16 players 2 first time out players - Donna
Goswick, Phil Goswick (from the Tulsa Town Hall). 2
members that joined the Bixby Club only tonight - Tim
Schley, Sam Samour (paid $40 each). Alex Tupas, Kelly
Boyce, Jim French, Eric Drake, Okba Al Harfouch, Corey
Bryan, Michael Barns, Jason Taylor, Eli Betinjani, Ted
Hill, Chris. |
Monday - 4-20-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. 1 first time out player - Mason
Faulkner Bill Whyman, George McCutchin, Corey Bryan,
Michael Barns, Ray Pestridge, Okba Al Fourch, Alex
Tupas, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker |
Monday - 4-20-15 |
Update
on the Joplin tournament this weekend - 4-25-15 For a
list of players entered in this tournament:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/554d26_bdc69438740c4513be7444c1ff2aee87.pdf
|
Monday - 4-20-15 |
Per Hamid: there is a significant difference between the
Nittaku balls made in China versus the ones made in
Japan. Mostly what is available in the US is from
China (and the balls break easily). The Japan balls
should be readily available soon and they do not break
easily. Since most tournaments in this region will
probably be using Nittaku balls, Hamid suggests buying
only Nittaku balls made from Japan. |
Friday - 4-17-15 |
Bob Kyker has decided to order all 3 types of white poly
balls - Nittaku, DHS and Xushaofa for Dawson. Kelly
will order them this weekend. |
Friday - 4-17-15 |
Paddle
Palace sells the new poly balls for $25 a dozen and only
come in white and are made by Nittaku or DHS.(Orange
poly balls are at least a year away). Dawson needs to
decide whether to use orange celluloid Nittaku or white
Nittaku (or DHS) poly balls or Xushaofa Sports white
ball that Robert Roberts (rating 2513) said was the best
poly ball to use. Robert said the poly balls do break
easily (all poly balls he said).
http://www.xushaofa-sports.com/ (Bixby will
continue to use orange celluloid balls due to the white
floors and bright white lights). Bob, Hamid and/or
Alex β let me know.
|
Thursday - 4-16-15 |
Dawson - 17 players. 2 first time out players - both
from New York - Will Shortz (rating 1873) and Robert
Roberts (rating 2514). Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce,
Ray Pestridge, Corey Bryan, George McCutchin, Bob Kyker,
Michael Barns, Okba Al Harfouch, Hamid Ezzat, Joe
Mhemedi, Don Tiger, Jason Taylor, Mike Hamby, Kyle
Sanchez, Tom Jourdan. Also, a group of about 8 Tulsa
Town Hall members were there to watch Will play.
Other news: Stephen asked Robert how he learned to serve
as well as he does. Robert said he would get a box of
2000 balls and practice serving them and would go thru 5
boxes at a time - that would be 10,000 practice serves
at a time. |
Tuesday - 4-14-15 |
Bixby - 11 players. John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Alex
Tupas, Yee Yang, Jason Taylor, Eli Betinjani, Tim
Schley, Don Tiger, Matthew Tallman, Ted Hill, Okba Al
Harfouch. |
Monday - 4-13-15 |
Dawson - 16 players. Corey Bryan, Stephen Ackart,
Mats Johansson, Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan,
Yee Yang, Joe Mhemedi, Michael Barns, Jason Taylor,
Hamid Ezzat, George McCutchin., Stephan Denis, Okba Al
Harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Bob Kyker |
Monday - 4-13-15 |
For a short article on Will Shortz from the Tulsa Town
hall web site:
http://tulsatownhall.com/will-shortz/ |
Monday - 4-13-15 |
Cathy Collins from the Tulsa Town Hall just called. They
are the group that asked Will Shortz to come to Tulsa to
give a speech. 5-6 members of this group will be out
Thursday at Dawson to watch Will play.
http://tulsatownhall.com/ |
Thursday - 4-9-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Don Tiger, Bill Whyman, Ray
Pestridge, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Yee Yang, Stephen
Ackart, Glendale Markwell, Tom Jourdan, Okba Al
Harfouch, Manan Azhar, Saud Jan, Jason Taylor, Bob Kyker
Other news: Results from the Springfield tournament are
now posted ! (note - player with the best losses was
Mats Johansson ). |
Thursday - 4-9-15 |
The following is from an email from Will Shortz who will
be out on Thursday, April 16. My name is Will Shortz.
I'm a table tennis enthusiast in New York -- owner of
the Westchester Table Tennis Center. On April 17 I
have a speaking engagement in Tulsa and I'd like to play
table tennis while I'm in town. FYI, I'm the
crossword editor of the New York Times -- and about a
1900 player. |
Thursday - 4-10-15 |
The
Joplin Table Tennis club has a web site:
http://joplinttc.wix.com/jttc Also, the
tournament on 4-25 has a limit of 24 players and will be
played on 6 tables.
|
Wed - 4-8-15 |
Update on the Joplin tournament for 4-25-15: 2 Tulsa
players are going - Okba and Jason Taylor. Tom Jourdan
may go also. |
Tuesday - 4-7-15 |
Bixby - 15 players. 3 first time out players -
Tatsuhiko Yanagisawa and his wife and Saud Jan (knows
Manan). Manan Azhar (hasn't been out since 5-16-11),
Corey Flaugher (hasn't been out since 9-25-12), John
Kerfoot, Jason Taylor, Kelly Boyce, Yee Yang, Tim
Schley, Eli Betinjani, Alex Tupas, Okba Al Harfouch,
Eric Drake, Tom Jourdan. |
Monday - 4-6-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. Ray Pestridge, George McCutchin,
Corey Bryan, Michael Barns, Don Tiger, Nabrisa Tiger,
Nang Vang, Bill Whyman, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson,
Mike Hamby, Yee Yang, Okba Al Harfouch, Joe Mhemedi, Bob
Kyker. |
Thursday - 4-2-15 |
Dawson - 13 players: Cory Bryan, Don Tiger, Efren
Tiger, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns,
Mike Hamby, Nabrisa Tiger, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray
Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, 2 new players - did not get
their names and they left early. |
Tuesday - 3-31-15 |
Bixby - 16 players. 1 first time out player - Dusty
Nation Jim French, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Kelly
Boyce, Tom Jourdan, Tim Schley, Eric Drake, Jason
Taylor, Okba Al Harfouch, Eli Betinjani, James Gateley
(from Dallas - just visiting), Don Tiger, Ted Hill, Sam
Samour, Nabrisa Tiger. |
Monday - 3-30-15 |
Dawson - no info yet |
Monday - 3-30-15 |
From
Stephen Ackart - "Really
cool concept of a modern table tennis table!"
http://designchapel.com/blog/2012/02/09/waldner/
|
Friday - 3-27-15 |
For the tournament going players - the next 2
tournaments close to Tulsa are Okla City on June 20 and
in Springfield, Missouri on June 6 and the Joplin
unsanctioned tourney on April 25. |
Friday - 3-27-15 |
From Bill Lewis:March 26, 2015
Greetings table tennis players. Below are three hyperlinks
which contain photos taken during the March 21, 2015 Cornilleau
740 Open. Several of the photos will be uploaded
to various pages of the clubβs web site. The pics came
from: Marutha Pandian, Todd Dudenhoeffer and Bill
Lewisβs cameras.
If you input: igottascoot at www.YouTube.com
you can watch videos of key match-ups which were
taped during the day. The videos were edited then
uploaded by Todd Dudenhoeffer.
In the download is a Microsoft
βWordβ copy of the Write-Up authored by me for
the Cornilleau
740 Open. The Write-Up also contains a list
of the winners near the bottom of the document.
Iβd like to say "Thanks so muchβ for your
support of Ozarks Table Tennis Club - and - keep
playing table tennis.
The 5 raffle
winners were as follows:
1.) Lumanlan, Juanito........... Blade,
Bois Gatien Crown ALL+
2.) Wicklund, Jared.............. Blade,
Bois Hinotec OFF concave
3.) Crane, Sage.................... Blade,
Bois Aero OFF concave flared
4.) Girdner, David................ Edge
tape and wrist band
5.) Barone, Shelby............... Edge
tape and wrist band
- - - Bill
Lewis: TD, CR and CU. - - -
(Hyperlinks.
Firefox or Chrome seems to work best.)
- Bill Lewis - 3818 South Farm Road 103
- Brookline Station, Missouri 65619 -
President: Ozarks Table Tennis Club -
USATT Tournament Director, Certified
Referee, Club Umpire - Club Site: http://www. OzarksTableTennisClub.org/
|
Thursday - 3-26-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Yee Yang, Hamid Ezzat, Ray
Pestridge, Stephen Ackart, Okba Al Harfouch, Mike Hamby,
Don Tiger, Tom Jourdan, Eric Drake, Kyle Sanchez, Mats
Johansson, Nang Vang, Jason Taylor, Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 3-24-15 |
Bixby
- 11 players. 2 first time out players - Pau, Sam
Samour Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Okba Al-harfouch,
John Moore, John Kerfoot, Tim Schley, Wesley Li, Ted
Hill, Jason Taylor. Other news: Bixby had an
unprecedented occurrence. Okba was playing a match with
Pau. Then Pau stopped playing (and left the building)
and everyone could tell by the look on Pau's face (and
his body language), that Pau will probably never play at
our club again.
|
Monday - 3-23-15 |
Dawson
- 16 players First time out player - Joe Mhemedi
Bill Whyman, Yee Yang, Jason Taylor, Alex Woody, Alex
Tupas, Ray Pestridge, George McCutchin, Cory Bryan,
Michael Barns, Don Tiger, Kyle Sanchez, Okba Al
Harfouch, Bob Kyker, Nang
Vang, Tha Lee.
|
Sunday - 3-22-15 |
Russ Hamilton - rating 2237 - will be in Tulsa this
Thursday - 3-26-15. (Russ is training Tom Jourdan). |
Sunday - 3-22-15 |
Results from the Springfield tourny yesterday for Tulsa
players (and ex-Tulsa players): 61 players were in
the tourny. Sina won 1st place in open singles.
Hamid Ezzat won 3rd in U-2000. Kelly Boyce won 4th in
U-2000 and 1st in U-1800. Okba Al Harfouch won 1st in
U-1500 and 3rd in U-1800. John Moore won 1st in
U-1300.
|
Thursday - 3-19-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. Bob Kyker, Eric Drake, George
McCutchen, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle
Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch,
Ray Pestridge, Sina Asadallahi, Stephan Denis, Stephen
Ackart, Tom Jourdan, Yee Yang. |
Thursday - 3-18-15 |
Info from Bill Lewis on the tourney this weekend:
-
Players and family members are encouraged to video
tape. Please be mindful of the effect on surrounding
players. Several of todayβs matches
will be uploaded to YouTube. Input "igottascootβ
at www.YouTube.com to
view them.
-
Bill Lewis is the final authority for table tennis
decisions rendered today. If thereβs
a disputed call inform him immediately.Decisions
made pursuant to USATT
Guidebook.
-
A YouTube video showing correct serve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsJLnvo9b0Smartphone
& laptop users can also access WiFi available at the
gym. Please watch this video at home and/or at the
gym to be compliance with USATT
Rule: 2.6.2
-
Maximum 1 minute between games. Maximum 2 minute
warm-ups. Maximum 5 minutes between
matches. USATT
3.4.4 rules and USATT
Guidebook.
-
As with any table tennis tournament, once you start
playing a match: (1) "play shall be
continuousβ & (2) the only exception is
"temporarily incapacitated by accidentβ & "(3) "players
shall remain in the playing area.β (USATT
3.4.4.1 --.4 and --.7 rules.
-
Players cannot play a point over once itβs been
played β it has to be scored one way or the other. USATT
4.2 rule.
-
Most matches today will not be umpired. The person
closest to a side or end ball always makes the call. His
or her decision cannot be overruled. USATT
4.3 rule.
-
Open RR Final: best 4 of 7. All other
matches best 3 of 5. Hardbat: best 2 of
3 to 21.
-
If youβre the round robin # 1 seed β youβre
responsible for the accuracy and completeness in
filling out the draw sheet. When each
round robin event is finished, the # 1 seed should
return the: clipboards, balls and draw sheet to the
Control Table.
-
Announce your score loudly for
both you and your opponents to hear. Most problems
arise because thereβs a dispute about the correct
score.
-
Please realign the cardboard barriers when you enter
or leave the playing area.
-
Food is available at midday and is serve yourself. (Please
remove trash from bleachers.)
No sitting on or leaning against tables and no swearing.
The most important things today are . . . HAVE
FUN . . . meet new and
old friends . . . get valuable ratings
points and to earn some cash and/or Crown Award
trophies. "Thanksβ for
your cooperation
March 18, 2015
This email is going out to the 61 players who
are currently signed
to play in the Two Star Cornilleau
740 Open table tennis tournament.
This is the club's 32nd USATT
sanctioned event. There are six players rated over
2000. Of the 61 players eight are first timers to
Springfield and
to O'Reilly-Tefft gymnasium .
Players are coming from: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee. I'd like to take
this opportunity to say "Thanks and Good Luck" to each
player. Upon check-in there will be both an
informational handout and player participation list
given each player by the Tournament Registrar.
(Below is information germane to this tourney.)
Directions for Driving :
If you're coming from the St. Louis area on I-44 drive
till you see the Glenstone Avenue exit which will be to
your right. Proceed south on Glenstone Avenue 2
1/2 miles till arriving at Pythian Street which onlyturns
to your right. Then, drive 5 blocks west arriving
at the corner of Pythian Street and Fremont Avenue.
Gymnasium has ample parking on the south side.
(1408 East Pythian Street.)
Directions for Driving: If
you're coming from the Kansas City area, drive over the
I-44 overpass and then turn east onto I-44. Drive
2 1/2 miles east on I-44 and exit to your right at the
Glenstone Avenue exit. Proceed south and drive 2
1/2 miles arriving at Pythian Street which only turns
to your right. Then, drive 5 blocks west arriving
at the corner of Pythian Street and Fremont
Avenue. Gymnasium has ample parking on the south
side. (1408 East Pythian Street.)
Directions for Driving: If
you're coming from Oklahoma or Kansas, drive on I-44
until arriving at the Glenstone Avenue exit and exit to
your right. Then, proceed south and drive 2 1/2
miles arriving at Pythian Street which only turns
to your right. Then, drive 5 blocks west arriving
at the corner of Pythian Street and Fremont
Avenue. Gymnasium has ample parking on the south side.
(1408 East Pythian Street.)
Directions for Driving: If
you're coming up Highway 65 from Arkansas, drive till
you see the Chestnut Expressway exit and exit to your
right. Turn left on the overpass and proceed west
on Chestnut Expressway driving 2 1/2 miles until
arriving at Glenstone Avenue. Turn right on
Glenstone Avenue and proceed north 3 blocks. Then,
turn left on Pythian Street and proceed 5 blocks
arriving at the corner of Pythian Street and Fremont
Avenue. Gymnasium has ample parking on the south
side. (1408 East Pythian Street.)
Directions for Driving: If
you're coming up from the Fayetteville, Arkansas area,
drive up Highway 60 till arriving at the West Bypass
intersection just on the outskirts of
Springfield....(Wal-Mart Superstore will be to your
immediate right.) Turn left onto West Bypass and
drive 2 miles arriving at Chestnut Expressway. Turn
right on Chestnut Expressway and drive 2 1/2 miles till
arriving at the corner of Fremont Street and Chestnut
Expressway. Turn left on Fremont Street and drive
4 blocks arriving at the corner of Fremont and Pythian.
Gymnasium has ample parking on the south side.
(1408 East Pythian Street.)
There will be some food for players at midday. There is
one water vending machine otherwise
there are no snack machines, so, you might wish to bring
any reserve food, supplements, water bottles, etc with
you. There are men's and women's restrooms, men's
and women's showering facilities and two water
fountains. There will also be table tennis items for
sale to include paddles and rubber sheets on one or more
tables. Weather prediction for Saturday: sunshine
with light winds and temperature at 70 degrees and
balmy.
Go to www.OzarksTableTennisClub.org
at the top of the Home Page to view players per event.
Those on the waiting lists should be prepared to enter
said event if there is an unforeseen vacancy. If I
have a cell phone number which you'd like me to have in
case of an emergency, feel free to let me know what it
is.
|
Wed - 3-18-15 |
Update on the Springfield tourney this weekend.
You can see who is entered in each event and their
ratings.
Go to: http://www.ozarkstabletennisclub.org/
- Then click on "event list of players" (this is a slow
download). 9 Tulsa players entered. Okba Al Harfouch,
Tom Jourdan, John Moore, Eric Drake, Jason Taylor, Mats
Johansson, Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce.
|
Tuesday - 3-17-15 |
Bixby - 9 players: Stephen Ackart, Tim Schley, Kelly
Boyce, Okba Al Harfouch, Jason Taylor, Wesley Li, John
Moore, Alex Tupas, Eli Betinjani. |
Monday - 3-16-15 |
Dawson
- 14 players: Jason Taylor, Bill Whyman, Alex Woody,
Peter Buscemi, Okba Al Harfouch, Kyle Sanchez. Stephan
Denis, Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, Alex Tupas, Tom Jourdan,
Mike Hamby, George McCutchin, Bob Kyker.
|
Sunday - 3-15-15 |
Since the club has had 4 local television stations of
video of the club, a new web page has been added on the
home page (with the link at the top of the page) called:
"For a web page of links to videos shot by local
television stations - click
here " |
Saturday - 3-14-15 |
Explore Tulsa's video from 3-13-15 of the Bixby Tulsa
Table Tennis club link to You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJM7fo3a35o
|
Friday - 3-13-15 |
Update on the Springfield tourney next weekend - 3-21.
Kelly Boyce and Stephen will be leaving Saturday morning
and coming back that night. John Moore will be
leaving early Saturday morning - first event - 9:30 am.
Jason Taylor has rec'd his confirming email. Alex
Tupas will not be going. Eric Drake has his
confirming and is leaving Friday. John Cai will not
be going. To sum up, players going - Stephen, Kelly,
John Moore, Okba, Jason, Eric, Hamid, Sina - 7 Tulsa
players and 1 Tulsa/Houston player. |
Thursday - 3-12-15 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Stephan Denis, Paulina Baeza (with
stephan), Stephen Ackart, Tom Jourdan, Mike Hamby, Okba
Al Harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Glendale Markwell, Alex
Tupas, Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat, Efrem Tiger, Dimitri
Trimble, "Y" (Sisauay Naovarath), Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 3-10-15 |
Bixby - 15 players. 1 first time out player - Tim
Schley Eli Betinjani (joined the club ! ), Eric
Drake, Kelly Boyce, Garrett Belcher, Jason Taylor, John
Kerfoot, John Moore, John Cai, Okba Al Fourch, Wesley
Li, Charles Deng, Ted Hill, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas. |
Monday - 3-9-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Cory Bryan, Michael Barns, Ray
Pestridge, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas, Mats Johansson, Tom
Jourdan, Hamid Ezzat, Yee Yang, Mike Hamby, Bill
Whyman, Okba Al Harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Bob Kyker. |
Thursday - 3-5-15 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Cory Bryan, Michael Barns, Ray
Pestridge, Stephen Ackart, Tom Jourdan, Hamid Ezzat,
Mike Hamby, Okba Al Harfouch, Don Tiger, Yee Yang, Bill
Whyman, Bob Kyker.
|
Wed - 3-4-15 |
Update
on the Springfield tourny on 3-21-15: Eric Drake has
not mailed in his entry. John Moore has mailed his in
but no confirming yet and is leaving Friday. Okba Al
Harfouch has rec'd his confirming email and is going up
with Jason on Friday. Kelly Boyce has rec'd his
confirming email. Stephen has mailed his in but no
confirming yet. John Cai might go. Yee Yang is
undecided. Don Tiger will not be going.
|
Tuesday - 3-3-15 |
Bixby - 13 players. 2 first time out players - Chuck
Higgins - from Dallas - just passing thru on business.
Shannon Beck. Okba Al Harfouch (this is the correct
spelling of his name), Garrett Belcher, Kelly Boyce, Yee
Yang, Eric Drake, Eli Betinjani, John Moore, John Cai,
John McClanahan, Charles Deng, Ted Hill. |
Monday - 3-2-15 |
Dawson
- 11 players. George McCutchen, Ray Pestridge, Alex
Tupas, Yee Yang, Mike Hamby, Don Tiger, Efrem Tiger,
Okba Al-fourch, Jason Taylor, Peter Buscemi, Bob
Kyker.
|
Saturday - 2-28-15 |
Expert
in a year table tennis challenge (sent in by Stephen
Ackart).
http://www.experttabletennis.com/expert-in-a-year/
|
Thursday - 2-26-15 |
Dawson
- 15 players. Cory Bryan, Michael Barns, Ray
Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Mats
Johansson, Mike Hamby, Stephen Ackart, Jason Taylor,
Okba Al-fourch, Don Tiger, Bob Kyker, and 2 first time
out players who left early.
|
Wed - 2-26-15 |
Update
on the Springfield tourny on 3-21-15: Hamid Ezzat and
Sina Asadallahi (rating 2214) will be going also.
This will be a total of 9 1/2 Tulsa players going !
|
Tuesday - 2-24-15 |
Explore Tulsa came out tonight - http://exploretulsa.com/.
Stevie (the co-star of the show) and his wife were the
crew. Stevie took video and interviewed anyone that
would talk to him on camera (only 3 people would talk to
him - Ray Pestridge, Kelly Boyce and John Kerfoot).
Explore Tulsa does a weekly news/entertainment program.
It appears on TV on 4 channels: CW channel on
Saturday's at 6:00 PM. Cox channel 3 and 703 on
Sunday's 6:00 PM. KWHB TV - channel 47 on Wed's -
10:00 PM. KOTV channel 6 or 1006 on Thursdays - 1:37
am.
|
Tuesday - 2-24-15 |
Update on the Springfield tourny on 3-21-15: 8 Tulsa
players committed to going are: John Moore, Okba
Al-fourch, Jason Taylor, Alex Tupas, Don Tiger, Kelly
Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Eric Drake. Yee Yang is not sure,
Ray Pestridge may take Corey Bryan. |
Tuesday - 2-24-15 |
Bixby - 13 players. 1 first time out player - Eli
Betinjani. Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce,
John Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Okba Al-fourch, Jim
French, Jason Taylor, Eric Drake, Yee Yang, Wesley Li. |
Tuesday - 2-24-15 |
(from
the Okla city web site - a possible solution to their
overcrowding situation). Santa Rosa Table
Allocation System
Posted
February 22, 2015 by bes (ie Britt Salter).
Santa Rosa
Table Allocation System
Note:
This is a fair-for-all table usage system that can be
used to ensure that all players have equivalent access
to table time. It is based on a system devised by
the Santa Rosa (California) Table Tennis Club.
THE RULES:
When a
player arrives, he adds himself to the bottom of the
Waiting List (which will be a pad of paper).
Each
player waits his turn.
When a
table opens up and everyone's name above him is crossed
off, it is his turn to play. He then can choose to do
one of the following:
- ask another idle player to play for fun for
20 minutes*,
- ask another idle player if they want to practice
for 20 minutes,
- delay playing (if he's still tired, or wants to
wait for someone who is already playing).
If a
player delays, it's the next player in line's turn and
he has the next spot.
Once the player and a partner/opponent get their turn on
a table (to play a match or practice) both players
shall cross their names off the list.
A
player who is asked to play or practice may decline the
invitation.
All
matches are 3 out of 5.
When a
match (or 20 minute practice session) is over, BOTH players
leave the table, return to the front, and add their
names to the bottom of the waiting list.
* If
playing a match, a brief warm-up period is allowed β
approximately 2 or 3 minutes is reasonable. If
players abuse the system and "warm up for 10+ minutes,
they will be expected to wrap up their match when a
total of 20 minutes is up.
|
Monday - 2-23-15 |
Explore Tulsa just called (they are a TV show the does
weekly stories on Tulsa). They will be out tomorrow -
Tuesday - to interview our club. |
Monday - 2-23-15 |
Dawson
- 8 players (big cold front and snow came in). Jason
Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Hamid Ezzat, Okba Al- fourch, Don
Tiger, Nabrisa Tiger, Yee Yang, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-19-15 |
Dawson
- 14 players Stephen Ackart, Okba Al-fourch, Mike
Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Michael Barns, Cory Bryan, Yee
Yang, Eric Drake, Hamid Ezzat, Kyle Sanchez, George
McCutchen, "Y" ( Sisavay Naovarath , Dimitri Trimble,
Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 2-17-15 |
Update
on the March 21 Springfield tourny: 5 Tulsa players
committed to going - Jason Taylor, Okba Al-fourch, Don
Tiger, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce. 2 might go
players - Yee Yang, John Moore
|
Tuesday - 2-17-15 |
Bixby - 14 players. 2 first time out players -
Stephen Belcher, Ben Belcher. 1 haven't been
out since 1-3-12 player - Garrett Belcher. Okba
Al-fourch, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Ray
Pestridge, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Jason Taylor, Charles
Deng, Yee Yang, Wesley Li. |
Monday - 2-16-15 |
Dawson - 12 players (big snow/ice storm hit Sunday
night). 4 new players: Nang Vang, Ya Lee, Leng Moua,
Fang Moua (one of these knew Yee Yang). Yee Yang,
Alex Tupas, Don Tiger, Nabrisa Tiger, Efren Tiger, Okba
Al-fourch, Kyle Sanches, Bob Kyker. |
Sunday - 2-15-15 |
(From an email from Bill Lewis - Springfield). A
member of our club wants to sell his Stiga Expert. This
table was commissioned for and used in the 1992 U.S.
Open and was a "Limited Series" table.
I'm going to offer it
to the area Presidents first: namely George, John,
Jonathan and Guy in Kansas, Britt Salter in Oklahoma
City, John Browning in Kansas City and you in Tulsa.
If none of you
need or want it I'll then sell it via Craigslist.
I've had good results with Craig as I sold seven
tables in six weeks time the first of December and
early January.
For your convenience
I've included 16 photos. The asking price is $1000
- but - if I get a serious offer of $900 I'll sell.
Didn't know if anyone
in your club was or might be interested in a Stiga
Expert.
The table's 23 years
old but looks like it's 2 or 3.
I've close-upped and
detailed any marks or smudges with the pics. There
are no gouges nor streaks on the painted surface.
There are a few hits with paddles knocking on the
table, ordinary wear and tear, and you can see
them using the pics.
1.) On a scale of 1
to 10 with 10 the highest I'd rate it between 8.5
and 9.
2.) It comes with
the original Stiga Clipper net and posts which are
in excellent condition.
3.) It comes with a
white polyester/nylon cover (bra) also in excellent
condition.
4.) 1 inch top with
blue surface
IF - you're
interested. - Thanks - ! ! -
BILL -
- Bill
Lewis - 3818 South Farm Road 103 -
Brookline Station, Missouri 65619
- President: Ozarks Table Tennis Club
- USATT Tournament Director, Certified
Referee, Club Umpire - Club Site: http://www. OzarksTableTennisClub.org/
|
Friday - 2-13-15 |
USATT
ratings have been posted for the 17 Tulsa players that
played in the 1-24-15 State Games of Oklahoma.
|
Thursday - 2-12-15 |
Dawson - 14 players Bob Kyker, Cindy Fennel, Cory
Bryan, Dimitri Trimble, George McCutchen, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike
Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Sisavay
Naovarath aka Y, Yee Yang. |
Tuesday - 2-10-15 |
Bixby - Kelly Boyce will not be out tonight. |
Monday - 2-9-15 |
Dawson
- 18 players. Don Tiger, EfrenTiger, Alex Woody, Nick
Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Mike Hamby, Yee Yang, Alex
Tupas, Jason Taylor, Dimitri Trimble, Sisavay Naovarath
(aka " Y " ), Hamid Ezzat, Peter Buscemi, Mark Hugoboom,
John ?, Kyle Sanchez, Okba Al-fourch, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 2-5-15 |
Dawson - 13 players. 2 first time out players - did
not get their names. Mike Hamby, Okba Al-fourch, Ray
Pestridge, Stephen Ackart, Yee Yang, Jason Taylor,
Johnny McClanahan, Alex Tupas, Kyle Sanchez, Michael
Barns, Bob Kyker. |
Tuesday - 2-3-15 |
Bixby
- 14 players 1 first time out player - William Jabr (
knows Okba). John Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Alex
Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Yee Yang, Charles Deng, Eric Drake,
Okba Al-fourch, Tim Nguyen, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger,
Wesley Li.
|
Monday - 2-2-15 |
Dawson - 12 players. Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Hamid
Ezzat Ahmadi, Jeff Zhang, Kyle Sanchez, Mark Hugoboom,
Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Peter
Buscemi, Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang. |
Thursday - 1-29-15 |
Dawson - 14 players. Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Don
Tiger, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Jeff Zhang, Joe
Liu, Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Michael Barns, Mike
Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart.
|
Tuesday - 1-27-15 |
Bixby
- 11 players. 1 first time out player - George
McCutchen Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Eric Drake,
Kelly Boyce, Charles Deng, Okba Al-fourch, John Cai, Don
Tiger, Ted Hill, John Moore.
|
Monday - 1-26-15 |
Dawson - 11 players. Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson,
Mike Hamby, Michael Barns, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, John
Cai, Jeff Zhang, Okba-Al-fourch, Jason Taylor, Bob
Kyker. |
Monday - 1-26-15 |
For a
link to who each player played and their scores at the
Okla City tourny:
http://www.ratingscentral.com/EventSummary.php?EventID=16379
.
|
Monday - 1-26-15 |
17 Tulsa players (see below results for players names)
attended the Okla city tourny on Saturday . Results
from the tourny below: Under 1000: Lemuel Franks,
Kathleen Fitzgerald, John (Tyler) Bowen
Under 1200: Rohit Menon, Michael Barnes, Jon Redman
Under
1400: Logan Watson, Mike Patel, Cameron Franks
Under
1600: Cameron Franks, Peter Buscemi, Logan Watson
Under
1800: Jeffrey Waters, Kevin Li, Charles Gann III
Under
2000: Hamid Ezzat-Ahmadi, Mats Johansson, John (Jahan)
Noori
Open
Singles: Edyta Schmid, Kelly Boyce, Hamid Ezzat-Ahmadi
PP
Singles: Joe Tran, Glendale Markwell, Pome Mang
PP
Over 50 Singles: Joe Tran, Glendale Markwell, Jonathan
Kerfoot
PP
Womenβs: Annie Vo, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Maria Tran
PP
Under 18: Logan Watson, Cameron Franks, Michael Barnes
PP
Under 12: Rohit Menon, Maria Tran
U3800
Doubles: Suraj Menon & Logan Watson, Glendale Markwell &
Ray Pestridge, Cameron Franks & Linda Piatt
U3000
Doubles: Tom Jourdan & Don Tiger, David Correa & Mike
Patel, Jeff Ashmore & Mike Hamby
The 17
Tulsa players that attended are: Peter Buscemi, Mike
Hamby, Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge (doubles
only), Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Tom
Jourdan, Eric Drake, John Moore, Okba-Harfouch, Matts
Johansson, Michael Barnes, Cory Bryant, Don Tiger, Jason
Taylor, John Kerfoot.
|
Friday - 1-23-15 |
14 confirmed (per Britt Salter) Tulsa players going to
the Okla City tourny tomorrow: Peter Buscemi, Mike
Hamby, Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge (doubles
only), Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart, Tom
Jourdan, Eric Drake, John Moore, Okba-Harfouch, Matts
Johansson, Michael Barnes, Cory Bryant.
|
Thursday - 1-22-15 |
Dawson - 15 players. michael barns, cory bryant, ray
pestridge, jim rice, george ratliff, mike hamby, don
tiger, okba al-fourch, tom jourdan, steve ackart, kyle
sanchez, reed kyker, bob kyker, jason taylor, and jeff. |
Wed - 1-21-15 |
Update
on the Okla City tourny this weekend. Winfred Addy
and Suzuki will not be playing. 40 players have
signed up so far !
|
Tuesday - 1-20-15 |
Bixby - 9 players. Tom Jourdan, Okba-alfourch, Kelly
Boyce, John Cai, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Wesley Li,
Eric Drake, Ted Hill.
|
Monday - 1-19-15 |
Dawson - 16 players Joe Liu (back after 10 years),
Mike Hamby, Stephen Ackart, Reed Kyker, Bob Kyker, Ray
Pestridge, Yee Yang, Okba-alfourch, Jason Taylor, Alex
Tupas, Tom Jourdan, Drew Cowan, Hamid Ezzat, Jeff Zhang,
Peter Buscemi, Mark Hugoboom, Kyle Sanchez. |
Thursday - 1-15-15 |
Dawson - no info yet. |
Wed - 1-14-15 |
Stephen and Kelly will be taking the van to the Okla
city tournament and leaving 9:30 am Saturday (Stephen's
first event is at noon) (from east Broken Arrow) and
after the tournament we will be going to the Golden
Corral on I-40 for dinner and then home. Anyone is
welcome to ride with us if it fits their schedule. |
Wed - 1-14-15 |
Hamid Ezzat has decide today to enter the Open singles
and U-2000 singles only. This makes at total of 8
Tulsa players committed to going to the Okla City tourny
next weekend. |
Tuesday - 1-13-15 |
Bixby
- 12 players 1 first time out player - Nick Wilson.
Jason Taylor, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, John
Cai, John Moore, John Kerfoot, Okba-Al-harfouch, Wesley
Li, Ted Hill, Don Tiger. other news: Alex Tupas does
not know if he will play singles in the Okla City tourny
next weekend.
|
Monday - 1-12-15 |
Dawson
- 12 players: Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason
Taylor, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby,
Nick Agimudie, Tom Jourdan, Okba Al-harfouch, Peter
Buscemi, Ray Pestridge, Sydney Agimudie.
|
Thursday - 1-8-15 |
Dawson - 13 players Bob Kyker, Cory Bryan, Don Tiger,
George Ratliff, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle
Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Okba
Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart. |
Wed - 1-7-15 |
8 Tulsa players committed to going to the Okla City
tournament on 1-24-15: Kelly Boyce, Stephen Ackart,
Tom Jourdan, Eric Drake (his first tourny), John Moore,
Okba-Harfouch (his first tourny), Matts Johansson, Hamid
Ezzat (probably only doubles).
|
Monday - 1-5-15 |
Dawson - 21 players Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Cameron
Harrison, Cory Bryan, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor,
Jeff Zhang, Kyle Sanchez, Mark Hugoboom, Mats Johansson,
Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Nick Agimudie, Okba
Al-harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Ray Pestridge, Reed Kyker,
Sebastian, Hugoboom, Steve Littlechild, Sydney Agimudie,
Tom Harrison. |
Thursday - 1-1-15 |
Dawson - 4 players Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Tom
Jourdan, Don Tiger. |
Monday - 12-29-14 |
Dawson - 10 players Alex Tupas, Don Tiger, Hamid
Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Jeff Zhang, Johnny
McClanahan, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge,
Tom Jourdan. |
Friday - 12-26-14 |
Tulsa
players committed to going to the Okla City tournament
(ie State Games of Oklahoma) on Jan 24: Stephen
Ackart, Kelly Boyce Tulsa players maybe going:
Hamid Ezzat, John Moore, Tom Jourdan.
|
Monday - 12-22-14 |
Dawson - 14 players. Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Cory
Bryan, Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Jeff
Zhang, Johnny McClanahan, Kelly Boyce, Michael Barns,
Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Reed Kyker, Tom Jourdan. |
Thursday - 12-18-14 |
Dawson
- 7 players. Ben C, Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi,
Johnny McClanahan, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Tom
Jourdan.
|
Tuesday - 12-16-14 |
Bixby - 9 players. Tim Nguyen, Okba Al-harfouch, John
Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Johnny McClanahan,
Charles Deng, Kelly Boyce, Hamid Ezzat. Note - Bixby
will be closed the next 2 Tuesdays. Reopen on Jan 6. |
Monday - 12-15-14 |
Dawson - 10 players Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Don Tiger,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Okba
Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Johnny
McClanahan. |
Sunday - 12-14-14 |
3 new You Tube videos of table tennis at Dawson have
been added to the video page (click on link #1 below) of
players Alex Tupas, Mats Johansson, Ray Pestridge, Tom
Jourdan. Video courtesy of Alex Tupas. Or click
below:
YouTube link to the TT video
|
Thursday - 12-11-14 |
Dawson - 10 players: Alan Wilson, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi,
Jason Taylor, Jim Rice, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez,
Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Stephen
Ackart. |
Tuesday - 12-9-14 |
Bixby
- 10 players. 2 first time out players - Omar Qasem
(knows Eddie), Pim John Moore, Ted Hill (renewed his
membership ! ), Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Tibbs,
John Cai, Wesley Li, Charles Deng.
|
Monday - 12-8-14 |
Dawson
- 10 players Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike
Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Cory Bryan.
|
Thursday - 12-4-14 |
Dawson - 5 players. Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jim Rice,
Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart.
|
Tuesday - 12-2-14 |
Bixby
- 11 players. John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Hamid Ezzat,
Alex Tupas, John Cai, Wesley Li, John Kerfoot, Okba
Al-Harfouch, Ben Baissa, Mats Johansson, Ted Hill,
Charles Deng.
|
Monday - 12-1-14 |
Dawson - 14 players Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Don Tiger,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Mats
Johansson, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch,
Ray Pestridge, Ryan Darby, Tom Jourdan, Yee Yang. |
Thursday - 11-27-14 |
Dawson - closed. Thanksgiving. |
Wed - 11-26-14 |
The
Oklahoma City tournament is posted on the USATT website
for Jan 24.
|
Tuesday - 11-25-14 |
Bixby
- 10 players. Jim Rice (joined the club tonight ! ),
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce,
Eric Drake, Okba Al-Harfouch, Johnny McClanahan, John
Moore, John Kerfoot.
|
Monday - 11-24-14 |
Dawson
- 17 players. Alex Tupas, Bruce Oliver, Charlie Redd,
David Dietz, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle
Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Okba
Al-harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan,
Yee Yang, 1 player - did not get their name - came with
Michael Barns, 1 player - did not get their name - came
with Peter Buscemi.
|
Thursday - 11-20-14 |
Dawson
- 4 players. Stephen Ackart, Don Tiger, Mike Hamby,
Alberto Galindo.
|
Tuesday - 11-18-14 |
Bixby
- 11 players. Charles Deng (joined the club tonight !
), Eric Drake, Eddie Tibbs, Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat,
Kelly Boyce, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Wesley Li, Okba
Alharfouch, Justin Kirkland.
|
Monday - 11-17-14 |
Dawson
- 12 players. Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Cameron
Harrison, Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor,
Johnny McClanahan, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray
Pestridge, Ryan Darby, Tom Harrison.
|
Monday - 11-17-14 |
Results from the 10-18-14 Ozarks Missouri tournament are
posted. 3 Oklahoma players attended - Winfred Addy
(he won it ! (no losses), Sina Asadallahi came in 2nd !
(only lost to Winfred) , Tom Jourdan and David Correa.
|
Thursday - 11-13-14 |
Dawson - 8 players. Bob Kyker, Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jim Rice, Johnny McClanahan, Kelly Boyce, Efrem
Tiger. |
Tuesday - 11-11-14 |
Bixby - closed for Veterans day. |
Monday - 11-10-14 |
Dawson - 6 players. Alberto Galindo, Alex Tupas,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Ray
Pestridge. |
Thursday - 11-6-14 |
Dawson - 6 players. Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi,
Jim Rice, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge.
Other news: Stephen Ackart will not be going to the
Abilene, KS tournament this month. |
Tuesday - 11-4-14 |
Bixby - no info (Kelly gone). |
Monday - 11-3-14 |
Dawson
- 13 players. Alberto Galindo, Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Mike
Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Ray Pestridge,
Ryan Darby, Stephan Denis, Steve Littlechild.
|
Thursday - 10-30-14 |
Dawson
- 11 players. Alberto Galindo, David Dietz, Don
Tiger, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Khaled Shahada,
Kyle Sanchez, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray
Pestridge, Stephan Denis.
|
Thursday - 10-30-14 |
Dawson - someone left the fan on Monday. The system was
turned off but the fan was not turned off. Please be
sure to turn the fan and the system to off. |
Tuesday - 10-28-14 |
Bixby
- 13 players John Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Alex
Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Ben Baissa, Eddie
Tibbs, Peter Buscemi, Wesley Li, Clint Wilson, Ted Hill,
Boe Boethin. Other news: Kelly Boyce will not be out
next Tuesday - 11-4-14. Also, Bixby center will be
closed for Veterans day 11-11-14.
|
Tuesday - 10-28-14 |
Table
tennis star gets fined $45,000 for excessive
celebration.
https://gma.yahoo.com/table-tennis-star-zhang-jikes-victory-celebration-costs-171746048--abc-news-entertainment.html
|
Monday - 10-27-14 |
Dawson
- 12 players. 1 first time out player - Marko?
Alberto Galindo, Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker (first time out
since 9-22 - per the "Bob tracker" app), David Dietz,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Khaled Shahada, Kyle Sanchez,
Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray
Pestridge.
|
Thursday - 10-23-14 |
Dawson - 5 players. Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Khaled
Shahada, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Tom Jourdan. |
Tuesday - 10-21-14 |
Bixby - 12 players.
1 first time out player - Ben Baissa 1 haven't
been out since 7-1-10 player - Khalad Shahada (works
in Dallas now).
John Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Johnny
McClanahan (you had to be careful not to say "John"
out loud), Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Don Tiger, Okba
Al-harfouch, Stephen Ackart, Ted Hill.
Other news: Stephen is wanting to go to the Abilene,
Kansas tournament at the end of Nov. Abilene is 5
hours from east Tulsa.
|
Monday - 10-20-14 |
Dawson - 11 players
Alex Tupas, Ben Baissa, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason
Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby,
Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Sina Asadallahi,
Stephan Denis.
|
Friday - 10-17-14 |
From the Okla City web site on Dale Goodman:
There will be a memorial service at Trinity Baptist
Church (801 Peters Ave, Norman, 73069) on Saturday,
October 18th at 10am. The club will be closed
Saturday.
|
Thursday - 10-16-14 |
Dawson - no play tonight. No one with a key showed up. |
Thursday - 10-16-14 |
Hamid and Sina will not be attending the Missouri
tournament this weekend. |
Wed - 10-15-14 |
The following is from the Okla City club's website:
Dale Goodman, longtime board member, strong player,
generally great guy, and friend to all suffered a
stroke (as I understand it) Saturday afternoon.
Tragically, he suffered severe brain damage, and
even with emergency surgery couldnβt be saved.
Dale was pronounced brain dead on Saturday,
October 11th. He is donating his organs and
tissues. He will save 11 peopleβs lives because
of his donation.
Daleβs loss is a terrible blow -
for his family, for me personally, for all his friends,
and for the club in general. Iβve never played in a
"Dale-lessβ OKCTT Club, and am very sad that I will
have toβ¦
Dale
was a super guy, great father and family man, and a
wonderful friend. He will be missed!
I donβt currently know the familyβs plans, but
will update when I know more. Britt Salter
|
Tuesday - 10-14-14 |
Bixby - 8 players.
Alex Tupas, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, John Moore,
John Cai, John Kerfoot, Ted Hill, Chris Other
news: John Cai renewed his membership!
|
Monday - 10-13-14 |
Dawson - 14 players.
Aaron Thomburg, Alex Tupas, Don Tiger, Fernando
Prato, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns,
Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Ray
Pestridge, Stephan Denis and 2 players from
Lafayette, La just passing thru.
|
Sunday - 10-12-14 |
87
pics have been added to the "Photos" page from the
1-25-14 Sooner games in Okla City. Pics by Johnny
McClanahan.
http://tulsatabletennis.com/photoalbum1_categories.asp
|
Friday - 10-10-14 |
From Hamid: Sina will be coming to the club next
Thursday (Oct. 16th) and we are going to Springfield, MO
on Oct. 18th for a tournament. He is going to leave on
Tuesday (Oct. 21) so more than likely we will be playing
again on Monday night (Oct. 20th). |
Thursday - 10-9-14 |
Dawson - 9 players.
1 first time out player - Charles Deng
Don Tiger, Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Mats
Johansson, Mike Hamby, Okba Al-harfouch, Stephen
Ackart. Other news: From Hamid - Sina
will be coming to the club next Thursday (Oct. 16th)
and we are going to Springfield, MO on Oct. 18th for
a tournament. He is going to leave on Tuesday (Oct.
21) so more than likely we will be playing again on
Monday night (Oct. 20th).
|
Thursday - 10-9-14 |
Wild
Bill Hickok tournament advance notice for 11-29-14 in
Abilene, Kansas. This tournament has one event only - a
Giant Round Robin (double round robins). Maximum number
of players allowed will be the first 40 paid
entries. This is not posted yet on the USATT web site.
Tulsa will have entry forms at the club in the old style
paper format (ie on a piece of paper).
|
Tuesday - 10-7-14 |
Bixby - 10 players.
1 first time out player - Charles Deng.
Eric Drake, Eddie Tibbs, Kelly Boyce, John Moore,
John Cai, John Kerfoot, Okba Alharfouch, Wesley Li,
Don Tiger.
Other news: Okba will be buying a robot !
|
Monday - 10-6-14 |
Dawson - 12 players.
Aaron Thomburg, Alex Tupas, Fernando Prato, Kyle
Sanchez, Mark Hugoboom, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby,
Okba Al-harfouch, Peter Buscemi, Ray Pestridge,
Stephan Denis, Tom Jourdan.
|
Thursday - 10-2-14 |
Dawson - 10 players. Don Tiger, Fernando Prato,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Khaled Shahada,
Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Okba
Al-harfouch, Stephan Denis.
|
Monday - 9-29-14 |
Dawson - 10 players. Fernando Prato, Jason
Taylor, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez, Mats
Johansson, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato,
Ray Pestridge, Stephan Denis.
|
Tuesday - 9-30-14 |
Bixby - 12 players.
Wesley Li (joined the club tonight ! ), John Cai,
John Moore, John Kerfoot, Johnny McClanahan (you
could not say out loud, "Hey John" tonight), Stephen
Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Matts Johansson,
Hamid Ezzat, Ted Hill, Eric Drake. Other news:
Eric Drake bought a Newgy Robo Pong 2050 at
Amazon.com and likes it.
|
Tuesday - 9-30-14 |
Word on the street is Tom Jourdan did very well in
Little Rock. Hopefully, he will email a report in
soon.
|
Tuesday - 9-30-14 |
Tom Jourdan was the only Tulsa player that attended
the Little Rock tournament over the weekend - 9-27.
Hopefully, Tom will email a report/story about the
tournament and how he did.
|
Monday - 9-29-14 |
Results from the Senior Games in Topeka, Kansas per
email from Bob Kyker today.
kyker's results from 9/27/14 in topeka, ks:
george taplin and I won gold in 70-74 dbls. there
was a three way tie for first place 70-74 singles,
each one won at 3-0. the tie breaker was then by
total points, we three were separated by only two
points! gold:george taplin silver: robert gay
bronze: bob kyker ray pestridge said he will
send in his results
|
Thursday - 9-25-14 |
Dawson - 12 players. Don Tiger, Fernando Prato,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Mats Johansson,
Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Okba
Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge, Stephan Denis, Tom
Harrison.
|
Tuesday - 9-23-14 |
Bixby - 7 players.
John Moore, John Cai, John Kerfoot, Kelly Boyce,
Eddie Tibbs, Wesley Li, Boe Boethin.
|
Monday - 9-22-14 |
Dawson - 11 players. 1 first time out player -
did not get his name. Nick Agimudie, Sydney
Agimudie, Fernando Prato, Nestor Prato, Tom Jourdan,
Mike Hamby, Jason Taylor, Stephan Denis, Okba
Harfouch, Bob Kyker.
|
Thursday - 9-18-14 |
Dawson - 7 players.
Tom Jourdan, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger, Mats
Johansson, Okba Harfouch, Thomas Berryhill, Bob
Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 9-16-14 |
Bixby - 9 players.
2 first time out players - Heiko Plankenhorn - a
2013 player - from Charlotte, NC (originally from
Germany). Just in town until Thursday on business.
And Okba Harfouch.
Mats Johansson, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Kelly
Boyce, John Moore, Tom Jourdan, John Kerfoot.
Other news: Tom Jourdan plans on going to the Little
Rock open on 9-27. He will be leaving Saturday
morning.
|
Tuesday - 9-16-14 |
Dawson - the alarm on the east door is broke - the
alarm goes off as soon as you open the door. Do
not open the east door for now (when the alarm in
on) until the city of Tulsa fixes this.
Open the west door only for now when the alarm is
on.
Per Bob Kyker.
|
Monday - 9-15-14 |
Dawson - 14 players.
Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Don Tiger, Fernando Prato,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Michael Barns,
Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Nick Agimudie, Okba
Al-harfouch, Stephan Denis, Sydney Agimudie, Tom
Harrison.
|
Thursday - 9-11-14 |
Dawson - 5 players.
Don Tiger, Jason Taylor, Mike Hamby, Tom Harrison,
Tom Jourdan.
|
Wed - 9-10-14 |
Stephen and Kelly will not be
going to the Little Rock open on Sept 27 (due to a
force of nature bigger and stronger than Stephen).
|
Tuesday - 9-9-14 |
Bixby - 9 players.
2 first time out players - Britton (Bo) Boethim,
Clint Wilson.
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, John Cai, John Moore, John
Kerfoot, Eddie Tibbs, Wesley Li. Other news: Eric
Drake bought a table tennis robot ! (details to
follow next week).
|
Monday - 9-8-14 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns,
Nestor Prato, Okba Al-harfouch, Ray Pestridge.
|
Thursday - 9-4-14 |
Dawson - 7 players.
1 first time out player - Okba Al-Harfouch - a
college student.
Drew Cowan, Stephen Ackart, Don Tiger, Nestor Prato,
Tom Harrison, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 9-2-14 |
Bixby - 6 players. 1 first time out player -
Wesley Li (knows John Cai).
Eric Drake, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Chris Park, John
Cai
|
Monday - 9-1-14 |
Dawson - no info yet - Labor day. |
Thursday - 8-29-14 |
Dawson
- no info yet
|
Wed - 8-27-14 |
Bixby - Kelly will not be out the next 2 Tuesdays.
Hopefully, the regulars will show up early and set up
the playing area. |
Wed - 8-27-14 |
Update on the Little Rock tournament on 9-27.
5 Tulsa players will going. 4 will drive up in
Kelly's high-top conversion van - Stephen Ackart,
Chris Park, Nestor Prato and Kelly Boyce (there are
6 captain chairs and a bench seat so there is plenty
of room for more). Stephen will probably find the
motel room on Priceline for everyone.We will be
leaving Friday late afternoon and drive back
Saturday. Tom Jourdan is also going but we don't
know how he plans to go.
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Tuesday - 8-26-14 |
Bixby - 9 players.
Chris Park ( renewed his membership ! ), Eric Drake,
Eddie Tibbs, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Stephen
Ackart, John Moore, John Kerfoot, John Cai. Other
news: John Cai just moved to 131st and Sheridan and
will be coming out to Bixby more often.
Stephen Ackart will coming out to Bixby for the next
6 months due to a change in his schedule.
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Monday - 8-25-14 |
Dawson - 7 players.
Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker, Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Michael Barns, Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan.
|
Sunday - 8-24-14 |
Lily Zhang recently became the first American to win a
table tennis medal in Olympic competition, taking BRONZE
at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China! Here
are some spectacular highlights from the match,
including her thrilling match point victory and a
post-match interview with Lily!
Posted by Mina T. Son & Sara Newens
CHAIRMAN'S BLOG August 2014
Most sincere
heartfelt congratulations to Lily Zhang for her epic
achievement at the Youth Olympic Games in capturing a
bronze medal for the United States. This is a true
testament to her skill, training, and dedication to
represent the United States at this most important
international competition.
Also, sincere
congratulations to Olympic Youth Games Head Coach Lily
Yip for outstanding coaching during this exciting
world-wide competition. Finally, kudos and recognition
to the her parents who continually support her efforts
and labor, Coach Massimo, and the entire team at ICC, to
coach Steven Wang and the entire team of SVTTC for a job
well done.
This goes to prove
that table tennis is not just a dream in the United
States but a reality that has arrived. With this
tremendous win we look forward to future success by Lily
and all of our elite athletes throughout the United
States.
Michael L. Babuin,
PhD, Chairman (info courtesy of Johnny
McClanahan).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J38EZEyuIFI
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Thursday - 8-21-14 |
Dawson - 3 players.
Ray Pestridge, Bob Kyker, Johnny McClanahan.
|
Tuesday - 8-19-14 |
Bixby - 6 players
1 first time out player - Xiaopeng Chen (a women
from China).
Tom Jourdan (playing very well), John Moore, John
Kerfoot, Kelly Boyce, Eddie Tibbs.
Other news: Tom is planning on going to the Little
rock open on 9-27-14.
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Monday - 8-18-14 |
Dawson - 8 players. Alex Tupas, Don Tiger,
Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Michael Barns,
Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Ray Pestridge.
|
Thursday - 8-14-14 |
Dawson - 8 players. Fernando Prato, Nestor Prato,
Stephen Ackart, Stephan Denis, Mike Hamby, Ray
Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 8-12-14 |
Bixby - 6 players.
1 first time out player - Trent Casi - just in town
until Thursday from Denver - 1669 player. He said he
would be back in about 2 weeks. John Kerfoot -
joined the club ! Eric Drake, Eddie Tibbs, Kelly
Boyce, John Moore.
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Monday - 8-11-14 |
Little Rock tournament on 9-27-14 - 2 Tulsa players are
committed to going - Stephen Ackart and Kelly Boyce.
They will be leaving Friday afternoon and drive back
Saturday. Anyone wishing to ride along, let us know. |
Monday - 8-11-14 |
Dawson - 8 players.
Bob Kyker, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Jason
Taylor, Fernando Prato, Nestor Prato, Ray Pestridge,
Michael Barns.
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Thursday - 8-7-14 |
Stellan and Angie Bengsston have agreed to come back
to Tulsa again for a 3 day table tennis training
camp on 09/20/2014 thru 09/22/2014.
The cost is $300 for 3 full days (morning and
afternoon sessions). If we have more than 10 people,
they might be able to offer daily sign up at a rate
of $100 per day and let some people sign up for one
or 2 days.
We
must have 10 players who wish to attend before they
will come. Please sign up early so we have an idea
how many people might be interested and:
Please - Don't Wait until the Last Minute to Sign
Up.
Players who are committed to attend:
__Mats Johansson_________________________ _3__ days
__Hamid Ezzat-Ahmadi_____________________ _3__ days
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Thursday - 8-7-14 |
Dawson - 6 players. Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Josh Ford, Nestor Prato,
Stephan Denis.
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Tuesday - 8-5-14 |
Bixby - 9 players.
1 first time out player - John Kerfoot (last time
played in a USATT tournament in 2000 in North
Carolina - 1237 rating then). He has been in Tulsa
for several years just never came out. Ray
Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Eric Drake,
Eddie Tibbs, John Moore, Tom Jourdan, Ted Hill.
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Monday - 8-4-14 |
Dawson - 11 players Alex Tupas, Brandon A, Drew
Cowan, Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh
Ford, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby,
Nestor Prato, Ray Pestridge.
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Saturday - 8-2-14 |
28
pics have been added to the Photo's page from 4
tournaments (sorry about the delay). 2013 Little Rock
Open - 3 pics of Fernando and Nestor. 2014
Springfield, Missouri - 11 pics of Fernando, Nestor,
Peter, Tom 2014 Sooner Games - 13 pics of Nestor,
Fernando, Tom, Jason, Peter and an unknown player I did
not know his name. 2014 US Open - 1 pic of Nestor
http://tulsatabletennis.com/photoalbum1_categories.asp
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Thursday - 7-31-14 |
Dawson - 9 players.
Bob Kyker, Darrell Lucht, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi,
Jacques Weng, Long Pham, Michael Chung, Peter
Buscemi, Stephen Ackart, Thai Diep.
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Tuesday - 7-29-14 |
Bixby - 15 players (a table tennis video came out
this morning - went viral - a 41 shot point at the
Commonwealth games - (Dawson should get alot of new
players on Thursday).
6 first time out players: AJ Johnson, Cole Moos,
Zach Medlin, AJ Lopez, Sean Bulleigh, Jay Anderson.
Eddie Tibbs (joined the club ! )Ray Pestridge, Josh
Ford, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Eric Drake, Isaiah
Potter, Kevin Turnage, Ted Hill.
For a link to this video, click below:
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Monday - 7-28-14 |
Dawson - 11 players
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Johnny McClanahan,
Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Michael Barns, Nestor
Prato, Nick Agimudie, Ray Pestridge, Sydney
Agimudie, Tom Jourdan.
|
Thursday - 7-25-14 |
Dawson - 7 players. Don Tiger, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Johnny McClanahan, Peter
Buscemi, Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart.
|
Tuesday - 7-23-14 |
Bixby - 8 players.
Eric Drake (joined the club tonight ! ), Don Tiger,
Kelly Boyce, Binhan Zhang, John Moore, Eddie Tibbs,
Melvin Norton, Johnny McClanahan.
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Monday - 7-21-14 |
Dawson - 8 players. Bob Kyker(Did not play), Don
Tiger, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Johnny McClanahan, Josh
Ford, Kyle Sanchez, Mats Johansson, Ray Pestridge.
|
Sunday - 7-20-14 |
Write
up on the Topeka tournament (official Kansas Sunflower
state games) held yesterday by Kelly Boyce. Only 2
players from Oklahoma attended this tournament - Kelly
Boyce and Stephen Ackart. 22 players attended the
tournament and 6 were over 1800 to 2050. 8 tables were
used with cardboard barriers (like the ones Tulsa uses).
Stephen entered 4 events - age event 19-39, under 2000,
Open and open doubles. Stephen won 2 silver medals in
the age event and open doubles. Kelly entered 4
events and won 2 sliver and one gold - gold in the age
event - 50-59, silver in the under 2000 and silver in
the open doubles.
|
Thursday - 7-17-14 |
Dawson - 7 players
Drew Cowan, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Kyle Sanchez, Mike
Hamby, Peter Buscemi, Robert Blessum, Stephen
Ackart.
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Tuesday - 7-15-14 |
Bixby - 13 players.
3 first time out players - Rob Patterson, Mike
Fabry, Binhan Zhang (a student at OSU/Stillwater and
played in China).
Ray Pestridge, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Alex
Tupas, Tom Jourdan, John Moore, Michael Bowman, Kay
Benyarko, Eddie Tibbs, Mellisa Allee.
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Monday - 7-14-14 |
Dawson - 9 players. Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle
Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Ray Pestridge,
Josh Ford.
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Friday - 7-11-14 |
The US Open TT Tournament was held over the July 4th
weekend. There are a good number of videos
available for those interested (this info from the
Okla City web site). Check it out at Link
to USATT US Open Site
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Thursday - 7-10-14 |
Dawson - 12 players.
Binhan Zhang, Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Johnny
McClanahan, Mark Hugoboom, Mike Hamby, Peter
Buscemi, Reed Kyker, Robert Blessum, Sebastian
Hugoboom, Stephen Ackart, Josh Ford.
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Thursday - 7-10-14 |
Stephen and Kelly will be going to the Topeka
tournament next weekend - 7-19. 4 hours 30
minutes? from Tulsa.Will drive up Saturday morning
and probably drive back that same night (Stephen can
drive tired).
Anyone wanting to drive up with Stephen and Kelly
can contact Stephen. (This tournament was held 1
year ago and had 24 players including Stephen
Ackart!).
Kelly has an 2005 Chevy Express Hi top conversion
van, extended length, that has 6 individual captain
chairs and a bench seat in the rear.Stephen will
call the tournament director - Bob Cockerham - to
get more info tomorrow.
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Tuesday - 7-8-14 |
Bixby - 10 players.
Alex Tupas, Ray Pestridge, Tom Jourdan, Kelly Boyce,
Stephen Ackart, John Moore, Eric Drake, Eddie Tibbs,
Kevin Turnage, Michael Bowman.
|
Monday - 7-7-14 |
Dawson - 8 players Bob Kyker, Fernando Prato,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Johnny McClanahan, Mike Hamby,
Ray Pestridge, Reed Kyker, Tom Jourdan.
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Thursday - 7-3-14 |
Dawson - 6 players. Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Mats Johansson, Michael Barns, Ray
Pestridge, Stephen Ackart.
|
Tuesday - 7-1-14 |
Bixby - 9 players
Tom Jourdan, Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce,
Melvin Norton, Eric Drake, Melissa Allee, Michael
Bowman, Sianna Bates
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Monday - 6-30-14 |
Dawson - 5 players (due to the Okla City tournament
over the weekend). Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh Ford,
Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby.
|
Monday - 6-30-14 |
Results from the Okla City Sooner State games this
weekend:
TT01 U1000: Rohit Menon(1st), Michael
Barnes(2nd),
Jeff Bragg(3rd)
TT02 U1200: Fernando Prato(1st), Suraj
Menon(2nd),
Tom Jourdan(3rd)
TT03 U1400: Logan Watson(1st), Linda Piatt(2nd), Tom
Jourdan(3rd)
TT04 U1600: Faraz Kasmani(1st),
Christopher Mei(2nd),
Nestor Prato(3rd)
TT05 U1800: Christopher Mei(1st), Nestor
Prato(2nd),
Jeff Waters(3rd)
TT06 U2000: Danya Budiman(1st), Jeff
Waters(2nd),
Kevin Li(3rd)
TT07 Open: Kevin Li(1st),
Faraz Kasmani(2nd),
Danya Budiman(3rd)
PP01 Open Singles: Joe Tran(1st), Glendale
Markwell(2nd),
Jeff Bragg(3rd)
. PP02 Over 50: Joe Tran(1st), Glendale
Markwell(2nd),
Paul Heinen(3rd)
. PP03 Women: Kathleen Fitzgerald(1st),
PP04 Juniors (U18): Cam Franks(1st), Logan
Watson(2nd),
Suraj Menon(3rd)
PP05 Kids (U12): Rohit Menon(1st),
PP06 "Aβ Doubles (U3800): Danya Budiman &
Brian Zhao(1st)
Ray Pestridge& Glendale Markwell(2nd)
Linda Piatt & Dale Goodman (3rd)
. PP07 "Bβ Doubles (U3000): Linda Piatt &
Dale Goodman(1st)
David Correa & Christopher Mei(2nd)
Logan Watson & Si-Dung Lam(3rd)
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Monday - 6-30-14 |
Per an
email from Fernando: (Nestor, Fernando, Peter and Tom
attended). Here are the results of the Springfield
tournament last Saturday 06-21-14: U-1400. 2nd Pl.
Peter Buscemi U-1200. 3rd Pl. Tom Jourdan
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Thursday - 6-26-14 |
Dawson - 9 players. Bob Kyker, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Johnny McClanahan, Josh Ford,
Mats Johansson, Mike Hamby, Stefan Denis, Stephen
Ackart.
|
Tuesday - 6-24-14 |
Bixby - 11 players.
Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Melvin
Norton, Justin Kirkland, Jim French, Hamid Ezzat,
Eric Drake, Eldon Drake (the father), Michael
Bowman, Melissa Allee. Other news: Ray will be
playing doubles in Okla City this Saturday (along
with his student Michael Barns).
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Monday - 6-23-14 |
Dawson - 11 players Alex Tupas, Don Tiger,
Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Johnny
McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez, Michael Barns, Mike Hamby,
Nestor Prato, Ray Pestridge, Tom Harrison.
|
Friday - 6-20-14 |
From Fernando: Peter Bucemi, Tom Jourdan, Nestor
Prato & Fernando Prato will participate in the
Springfield Tournament this Saturday 06-21-14.
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Thursday - 6-19-14 |
Dawson - 17 players.
Bob Kyker, David Correa, Don Tiger, Fernando Prato,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Johnny McClanahan,
Mark Hugoboom, Mike Hamby, Peter Buscemi, Ray
Pestridge, Reed Kyker, Sebastian Hugoboom, Stefan
Denis, Stephen Ackart, Tom Harrison, Tom Jourdan.
|
Tuesday - 6-17-14 |
Bixby - 8 players
2 first time out players - Eric Drake, Michael
Rutland
Melvin Norton, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Ted Hill,
Johnny McClanahan, Justin Kirkland.
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Monday - 6-16-14 |
Dawson - 16 players (set up 5 tables).
Alex Tupas, Binhan Zhang, Don Tiger, Fernando Prato,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh Ford, Kyle Sanchez, Mats
Johansson, Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Nick Agimudie,
Ray Pestridge, Sam Agbasi, Sydney Agimudie, Tom
Harrison, Tom Jourdan.
|
Monday - 6-16-14 |
Nestor Prato won 2nd place in group D in the Dallas
tournament last Saturday 06-16-14 (per email from
Fernando today).
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Thursday - 6-12-14 |
Nιstor
& Fernando Prato will participate in the2014
DFWTT SPRING OPEN in Dallas, Texas this weekend. -
Fernando Prato.
|
Thursday - 6-12-14 |
Dawson - 11 players.
Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh Ford, Mark
Hugoboom, Mike Hamby, Peter Buscemi, Peter Buscemi,
Sam Agbasi, Sebastian Hugoboom, Stefan Denis, Tom
Harrison.
|
Tuesday - 6-10-14 |
Bixby - Brian Flinn, etc. |
Monday - 6-9-14 |
Dawson - 11 players.
Alex Tupas, Don Tiger, Fernando Prato, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Jason Taylor, Karthic Guna, Kyle Sanchez,
Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Sam Agbasi, Tom Harrison.
|
Thursday - 6-5-14 |
Dawson - 15 players. Drew Cowan, Fernando Prato,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Hunter Robinson, Jason Taylor,
John Moore, Karthic Guna, Kyle Sanchez, Mark
Hugoboom, Mike Hamby, Nestor Prato, Nicholas
Buscemi, Peter Buscemi, Stefan Denis, Tom Harrison.
|
Tuesday - 6-3-14 |
Bixby
- 8 players. 2 first time out players - Jim
Huskinson and his son Abel Huskinson. Josh Ford, Alex
Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Ted Hill, Justin
Kirkland. Other news: Alex Tupas is back after 3
weeks of having the flu. Alex will not be going to the
Okla City tournament on 6-28. Kelly Boyce will not
play next Tuesday - 6-10 (on vacation).
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Monday - 6-2-14 |
Dawson - 6 players.
Don Tiger, Jason Taylor, Kyle Sanchez, Stephen
Ackart, Tom Harrison, Tom Jourdan.
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Thursday - 5-29-14 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Don Tiger, Josh Ford, Kyle Sanchez, Mathew Gawey,
Matt Gawey, Mike Hamby, Peter Buscemi, Stephen
Ackart, Tom Harrison, Tom Jourdan.
|
Tuesday - 5-27-14 |
Bixby - 9 players.
1 first time out player - John Davis
Jared Wheeler, Kelly Boyce, Ted Hill, Don Tiger,
John Moore, Melvin Norton, Jason Taylor, Matts
Johansson.
Other news: Don Tiger is thinking about going to the
Springfield, Missouri tournament on 6-21. Jared
Wheeler is wanting to buy a new paddle. Don Tiger is
getting married! (first time!)
|
Monday - 5-26-14 |
Dawson - no info. Memorial day. |
Thursday - 5-23-14 |
Dawson - 11 players. Stephen Ackart, Peter
Buscemi, Drew Cowan, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh Ford,
Mathew Gawey, Matt Gawey, Tom Harrison, Tom Jourdan,
Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor.
|
Tuesday - 5-20-14 |
Bixby - 4 players. John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Ted
Hill, Justin Kirkland.
|
Monday - 5-19-14 |
Dawson - 7 players. Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Josh Ford, Tom Jourdan, Ray Pestridge, Jason
Taylor, Don Tiger.
|
Thursday - 5-15-14 |
The AC was left on from Monday night and set at 66
degrees.
Whoever closes at Dawson needs to make sure the AC
is turned off.
|
Thursday - 5-15-14 |
Dawson - no info yet. |
Wed - 5-14-14 |
Oklahoma City is having their next Sooner Games
tournament on 6-28-14 (just next month). |
Tuesday - 5-13-14 |
Bixby - 4 players.
Stephen Ackart, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Ted Hill
|
Monday - 5-12-14 |
Dawson - 12 players. Sam Agbasi, Drew Cowan,
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh Ford, Mats Johansson, Ty
Johnson, Tom Jourdan, Ray Pestridge, Isaiah Potter,
Kyle Sanchez, Alex Tupas, David Zags.
|
Thursday - 5-8-14 |
Dawson - 9 players. Stephen Ackart, Peter
Buscemi, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh Ford, Mats
Johansson, Isaiah Potter, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger,
Ben Wittman.
|
Tuesday - 5-6-14 |
Bixby - 6 players. Alex Tupas, John Cai, Ted Hill,
Don Tiger, John Moore, Josh Ford.
|
Monday - 5-5-14 |
Dawson - 11 players. Nick Agimudie, Sydney
Agimudie, Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Mike
Hamby, Ty Johnson, Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato,
Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 5-1-14 |
Dawson - 16 players.
2 first time out players - Isaiah Potter, Ben
Wittman - both from Coweta High School
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Josh Ford, Mike Hamby,
Mats Johansson, Ty Johnson, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker,
Reed Kyker, Ray Pestidge, Fernando Prato, Kyle
Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 4-29-14 |
Bixby - 7 players.
Alex Tupas, Hamid Ezzat, Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce,
John Moore, Jack Hannah (3rd time out in a row - a
record ), Ted Hill.
|
Monday - 4-28-14 |
Dawson - 14 players.
1 first time out player - P.C. Mua
Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Mike
Hamby, Tom Harrison, Ty Johnson, Bob Kyker, Reed
Kyker, Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor,
Don Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 4-24-14 |
Dawson - 16 players.
Stephen Ackart, Peter Buscemi Jr., Hamid Ezzat, Josh
Ford, Mike Hamby, Tom Harrison, Mats Johansson, Ty
Johnson, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker,
Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don
Tiger (paid $40 to renew his membership ! ), Alex
Tupas.
|
Tuesday - 4-22-14 |
7 players.
1 first time out player - Justin Bertschi (from
Houston - a 1850 player). In Tulsa just this week
due to work. He will be back.
John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Alex "white lines" Tupas,
Melvin Norton, Jack Hannah, Justin Kirkland - just
got a new pips out paddle (on both sides) from
Paddle Palace.
|
Monday - 4-21- 14 |
Dawson - 14 players. Michael Barns, Justin
Bertschi From Houston (rating 1850) , Hamid Ezzat
Ahmadi, Josh Ford, Mike Hamby, Cameron Harrison, Tom
Harrison, Adam Hogsett, Ty Johnson, Bob Kyker, Ray
Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 4-17-14 |
Dawson - 8 players.
Josh Ford, Mike Hamby, Ty Johnson, Tom Jourdan,
Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don
Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 4-15-14 |
Bixby - 7 players.
Alex Tupas, Don Tiger, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton,
Matthew Francis, John Moore, Jack Hanna.
Other news: Don Tiger is thinking about going to the
St. Louis tournament.
|
Monday - 4-14-14 |
Dawson - 13 players. Nick Agimudie, Sydney
Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Mike Hamby, Tom
Harrison, Adam Hogsett, Ty Johnson, Bob Kyker,
Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, Kiran Ramesh, Kyle
Sanchez, Don Tiger.
|
Monday - 4-14-14 |
Hopefully, Tom Jourdan will email a report in
telling us about the tournament in Little Rock he
went to this weekend.
Tom did win his class!
|
Thursday - 4-10-14 |
Dawson - 7 players.
Peter Buscemi jr., Hamid Ezzat, Tom Harrison, Ty
Johnson, Bob Kyker, Kiran Ramesh, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 4-8-14 |
Bixby - 12 players.
3 first time out players - Matthew Francis, Chuck
Kane, Kevin
John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, John Cai,
Josh Ford, Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ted
Hill (renewed his membership tonight ! ) .
Other news:
Tom Jourdan will be going to the first Little Rock
Open this weekend. No other players from Tulsa are
going. The tournament is only 1 mile from the
Arkansas Open that is held once a year in Sept.
|
Monday - 4-7-14 |
Dawson - 11 players.
Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Josh Ford, Tom
Harrison, Ty Johnson, Johnny McClanahan, Ray
Pestridge, Fernando Prato, Kiran Ramesh, Kyle
Sanchez, Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 4-3-14 |
Dawson - 13 players.
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Josh Ford, Mike Hamby,
Tom Harrison, Mats Johansson, Ty Johnson, Tom
Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato
(renewed his membership !! ), Jason Taylor, Don
Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 4-1-14 |
Bixby - 5 players.
1 first time out player - Alex Woody
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Justin
Kirkland
|
Monday - 3-31-14 |
Dawson - 15 players.
1 first time out player - Eduardo Corona
Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Michael Barns, Hamid
Ezzat, Josh Ford, Mike Hamby, Ty Johnson, Bob Kyker,
Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Don
Tiger, Alex Tupas, Sam ?.
|
Thursday - 3-27-14 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Peter Buscemi jr, Hamid Ezzat, Josh Ford, Mike
Hamby, Ty Johnson, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Fernando
Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 3-25-14 |
Bixby - 8 players.
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Tom Jourdan,
Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Justin Kirkland.
Other news:
Tom Jourdan is considering going to the Little Rock
open on 4-12-14.
Justin Kirkland will be buying a new paddle from
Colestt.com. A pips out paddle.
|
Monday - 3-24-14 |
Dawson - 11 players.
Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Mats Johansson, Bob
Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, Fernando
Prato, Kiran Ramesh, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Alex
Tupas.
Other news: Eye witnesses say Fernando was playing
at least 400 points above his rating tonight.
Speculation was rampant as to whether Fernando has
learned a new unknown technique or he was just lucky
tonight. Some players were angry that they could not
beat him tonight. Will report again next time
Fernando plays as to what is going on with him.
|
Thursday - 3-20-14 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Tom Harrison (2nd time out) - joined the club
tonight !
Shola Ademoye, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Tom
Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez,
Jason Taylor, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 3-18-14 |
Bixby - 7 players
Stephen Ackart, Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, Kelly
Boyce, John Moore, Ted Hill, Jason Taylor.
|
Monday - 3-17-14 |
Dawson - 11 players.
2 first time out players - Kiran Ramesh, Tom ?.
Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ray
Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger,
Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 3-13-14 |
Dawson - 8 players.
Stephen Ackart, Peter Buscemi Jr, Hamid Ezzat, Josh
Ford, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker, Kyle Sanchez, Don
Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 3-11-14 |
Bixby - no info |
Monday - 3-10-14 |
Dawson - 12 players
Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat, Josh Ford, Mats
Johansson, Bob Kyker, John Moore, Ray Pestridge,
Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas,
Sam Walton (from Catoosa - a student of Ray's).
|
Thursday - 3-6-14 |
Dawson - 8 players.
Peter Buscemi Jr., Josh Ford, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato,
Kyle Sanchez.
|
Tuesday - 3-4-14 |
Bixby - Kelly will not be out tonight or next
Tuesday.
|
Monday - 3-3-14 |
Dawson - no info yet. Big snow stormstorm hit last
night. The club will be open tonight. |
Thursday - 2-27-14 |
Dawson - 10 players
Stephen Ackart, Peter Buscemi, Mark ?, Hamid Ezzat,
Josh Ford, Mike Hamby, Mats Johannson, Tom Jourdan,
Bob Kyker, Don Tiger,
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Tuesday - 2-25-14 |
Bixby - 8 players.
Yee Yang, Bob Kyker, Kelly Boyce, Josh Ford, Justin
Kirkland, John Moore, Melvin Norton, Ted Hill.
Other news: Josh Ford will be moving to Tulsa !
|
Monday - 2-24-14 |
Dawson - 9 players.
Michael Barns, Mike Hamby, Mats Johansson, Tom
Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez,
Alex Tupas, Yee Yang.
|
Sunday - 2-23-14 |
A web
page for Gary Sanchez has been created (sorry for this
late page creation) who passed away on Aug 22,2013.
Anyone wishing to add any comments can email me and I
will add them to the bottom of the page. To view the
page, click on "notices" in the top right corner of our
home page or click:
http://tulsatabletennis.com/gary_sanchez.html
|
Thursday - 2-20-14 |
Dawson - 9 players. Stephen Ackart, David Correa,
Josh Ford, Mike Hamby, Mats Johansson, Tom Jourdan,
Bob Kyker, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 2-18-14 |
Bixby - 8 players.
John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas,
Melvin Norton, Chris Park, Johnny McClanahan, Justin
Kirkland.
Other news; Alex has a new paddle - pips out on both
side.
|
Monday - 2-17-14 |
Dawson - 11 players.
Nicky Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Michael Barns,
David Correa, Drew Cowan, Tom Jourdan, Johnny
McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger,
Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 2-13-14 |
Dawson - 9 players.
Stephen Ackart, Peter Buscemi, Josh Ford, Mike
Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Jason
Taylor, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 2-11-14 |
Bixby - 10 players.
Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Jared Wheeler, John
Guernsey, Justin Kirkland, John Moore, Johnny
McClanahan, Don Tiger, Ted Hill, Melvin Norton.
Other news: Johnny McClanahan is going to a
tournament this weekend in New Orleans.
Don Tiger wants to go to the Springfield tournament
on 3-1-14.
|
Monday - 2-10-14 |
Dawson - 9 players.
Hamid Ezzat, Josh Ford, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Bob
Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez, Jason
Taylor, Alex Tupas.
|
Sunday - 2-9-14 |
The
Keith and Rachel Spence web page has been created
showing the room and table for Saturday night play.
To view - click - http://tulsatabletennis.com/keithandracheltabletennisroom.html
Or
click link (4) below
|
Friday - 2-7-14 |
Results of the Okla city sooner games tournament
held 1-25-14 are now posted on the USATT.ORG web
site.
30 players attended the tournament. 7 first time
tournament players.
|
Thursday - 2-6-14 |
Dawson - 8 players.
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger, Alex
Tupas.
|
Tuesday - 2-4-14 |
Bixby - 9 players.
Justin Kirkland, John Guernsey, Jared Wheeler, Hamid
Ezzat, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Josh Ford (from
Lubbock - visiting for 2 weeks), Jason Taylor, Cody
Bearden (hasn't played since 10-23-12).
|
Monday - 2-3-14 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Mats
Johansson, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Johnny
McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger.
|
Thursday - 1-28-14 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Stephen Ackart, Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat, Mike
Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Johnny McClanahan,
Jason Taylor, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Friday - 1-31-14 |
From Alex Tupas: In light of the Victory Table
Tennis not happening for now, Keith and Rachel
Spence decided to host
The Saturday Table
Tennis at their house. Keith asked me if you can put
a link on our Club web page about
them inviting anybody who wants to come and play
Table Tennis every Saturday starting
this coming weekend Feb.
1st.
Time: 6:30-10:00
p.m.
Day : Every Saturday
Home Address: 1500 S. Roanoke St., Broken Arrow OK.
74011
(Pics of Keith and Rachel playing area coming soon).
|
Tuesday - 1-28-14 |
Bixby - 6 players.
1 first time out player - Justin Kirkland
Jim French, Sydney Agimudie, Kelly Boyce, John
Moore, Jared Wheeler.
|
Monday - 1-27-14 |
Dawson - 8 players.
Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Michael Barns, Hamid
Ezzat Ahmadi, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Kyle
Sanchez, Don Tiger.
|
Monday - 1-27-14 |
January 27, 2014
Author: Bill Lewis (President Ozarks Table Tennis
Club)
Yesterday's
'mini-tournament' at the O'Reilly-Tefft gymnasium
here in Springfield, yielded a total of 25
players who played through 4
events. There were 64 singles and 10 doubles matches
played on 10 tables. Congratulations are in order
for both the winners and to all players. The outside
temp was a balmy 60 degrees which made for a
comfortable day of indoor table tennis. The total
purse was $260 dollars. Eight of the 25 players
hailed from Arkansas as did the highest seed: Russ
Hamilton who came from Bentonville. The tourney
started at 1:00
pm and concluded at 6
pm.
The Open
Singles had the maximum number
of 12 players vying for contention in 3 groups. True
to form, Hamilton's 2255 rating did not let him
down. Hamilton made his presence felt as he handily
won his Group 1 round robin at 3 matches to 0. Dr.
Shang Lee, from Springfield, captured the Group 2
round robin also in straight sets while Ben Lewis
from Springfield won Group 3, he too at 3 to 0. The
semifinal match between Group 2 winner Shang Lee and
Group 3 winner Ben Lewis, saw Lee outlast his fellow
compatriot at 3 games to 1. Hamilton's 1st place
finals match with Lee was then penned to paper. The
grandstand crowd got to observe some of Hamilton's
nice two-wing attacks which were on full display.
Hamilton's six foot two inch frame extended well and
his extreme corner to corner hits kept Lee both off
balance and from engaging in his own top-spinning
game. Hamilton proved a bit too talented and too
lanky for the # 2 seeded Lee. Lee faltered late and
Hamilton went on to win this match at 3 games to 1.
Hamilton thereby captured 1st Place in Open Singles.
The Under
1800 event had a total of 13
players. Ben Lewis arose from Group 1 with a
spotless 3 and 0 record. Robert Johnson from
Springfield also had a perfect record of 4 match
wins to 0 losses while Jay Becker from Willard, came
from Group 3 with 3 match wins to 0 losses. The
crowd then witnessed something which rarely happens.
In the semifinal match between the Group 2 winner
Johnson and Group 3 winner Becker - Becker defeated
his arch-nemesis, who had 230 rating points on him.
To make his point, Becker completed this coup d'etat
in three straight games. This pivotal match allowed
Becker to play against Lewis for 1st place. The new
finals match though would prove exceedingly more
difficult for Becker than did his earlier match with
Johnson. Lewis proceeded unrelentingly to set down
Becker in 3 straight games: 11-6; 11-7; 11-9. Lewis
thereby claimed title as the Under 1800 champion.
The Under
1500 had the requisite number of
12 players playing in 3 groups. When the dust had
settled Ray Presnell from Ozark, Missouri emerged
from Group 1 with 3 wins to 0 losses, Jay Becker
catapulted himself from Group 2 with 3 wins and 0
losses while Alex Larson from Rogers, Arkansas won
his round robin also at 3 to 0. The semifinal match
between the Group 2 and Group 3 winner saw Becker
outlast Larson at 3 games to 1. Becker then somehow
had to try and topple Presnell in the Under 1500
finals. Becker fought tooth and nail - and then
some. Eventually though Becker succumbed to
Presnell's, for lack of a better phrase, 'steely
determination to win at any cost'. This single and
unique attribute is probably the primary factor,
along with talent, which separates 1st place winners
from everyone else. Much to Becker's credit, the
match went the distance: 3 games to 2 and 11 to 9 in
the 5th. Ray Presnell would thus win the Under 1500
championship finals.
The Open
Doubles saw a total of 8 teams
vying to outlast one another. Dr. Shang Lee and Dale
Boswell were the # 1 seeds from Group 1, while Ben
Lewis and Robert Johnson were the # 1 seeds from
Group 2. When the winnowing was complete both
predicted high seeds went on to win their respective
round robins. All that was left was to see who would
remain standing when the 1st Place storm had passed.
In the Open Doubles finals the combo of Lee/Boswell
outgunned the likes of Lewis/Johnson at 3 games to
1: -12;14; 12-10; 13-11; 11-6. Shang Lee and Dale
Boswell thus became the newly minted edition of the
Open Doubles champions.
Below are winners
by event and amounts won.
Open Singles 1st Place: Russ Hamilton,
Bentonville, AR Won: $40 2nd Place:
Dr. Shang Lee, Springfield, MO Won: $20
Under 1800 1st Place: Ben Lewis,
Springfield, MO Won: $40 2nd
Place: Jay Becker, Willard, MO
Won: $20
Under 1500 1st Place: Ray Presnell, Ozark,
MO Won: $40 2nd Place:
Jay Becker, Willard, MO Won:
$20
Open Doubles 1st Place: Dr. Shang Lee/Dale
Boswell Springfield, MO Won: $27 (each)
2nd Place: Ben Lewis/Robert Johnson Springfield,
MO Won: $13 (each)
|
Monday - 1-27-14 |
Hi,Tomorrow, January 28, is the deadline for the Texas
Wesleyan Open on February 1, 2014. Here is the link for
the February 1, 2014 Texas Wesleyan Tournament Entry
Form: http://ramsports.net/documents/2013/10/30/February_2014_Tournament.pdf?id=828
Please contact me via email if you are planning to
register for the tournament.. Thank you,Jasna Rather
Phone: (817) 715-4062 |
Monday - 1-27-14 |
From the Oklahoma City website: Winter 2014
Sooner State Games Results! The Winter Sooner
StateGames were held on Saturday, January 25. The
tournament went very well β thanks to all the
players who made is a success! We had a great
turnout with players coming from as far away as
Omaha Nebraska and all over Kansas.
Our Junior (U-18) and Kids (U-12) events were
particularly good. We had remarkably fine play in
both events. The quality of play was impressive!
RESULTS LINK
I'd like to thank the folks who helped out with the
"Tournament Runningβ duties. There is no way I
could run tournaments without plenty of help! Deb
Ladd helped with registration organization before
the tournament, then handled virtually all
registration duties. She also answered questions,
sold snacks and drinks, and probably lots of other
stuff! Pearl Dong stepped in and took over data
entry and most other computer related stuff. She
picked up on the working of our (Zermelo) tournament
software very quickly! David Hash and Tiffany Tran
also helped out with organizing clipboards, calling
matches, and lots of other stuff. Thanks!!!
More Detailed Write-Up
TT-U1100:
Gold: Cameron Franks (OKC) β Cam played very well
all day and ended up with Gold! Silver:Johnny
McClanahan (TUL) β Johnny also played well and
earned Silver. Bronze: Kathleen Fitzgerald (OKC)
β Kathleen stayed focused and took home the
Bronze.
TT-U1300:
Gold: Peter Buscemi (TUL) β Peter had another fine
tournament and took Gold in a three-way tie-breaker!
Silver: Tiffany Tran (OKC) β Tiffany also played
well and took Silver. Bronze: Suraj Menon (KS)
β Suraj played very well, but came up on the short
end of the tie-breaker.
TT-U1500:
Gold: David Hash (OKC) β David played well and
managed to win Gold while helping to run the
tournament! Silver: David Correa (OKC) β David
also played well, but couldn't get by "Other
Davidββ¦ Bronze: Cameron Franks (OKC) β Cam
was tough β he went 5 with David H. and 4 with
David C.!
TT-U1750:
Gold: Jeffrey Waters (OKC) β Jeff was on fire all
day, but ended up winning in a three-way
tie-breaker! Silver: David Correa (OKC) β David
had another great event, but only got Silver.
Bronze: Charles Gann III (OKC) β Charlie also
played great, but only got Bronze in the
tie-breaker.
Note: David Correa got into the finals by topping
Gordon Dickey (NE) and Kevin Li (OKC) in aother
three way tie-breaker! This was a VERY competitive,
tough event!
TT-U1900:
Gold: John (Jahan) Noori (OKC) β John was on fire!
He swept his RR Group and the final RR. Silver:
Jeffrey Waters (OKC) β Jeff also swept his (tough)
RR Group, but couldn't get John. Bronze: Guy
Hendrickson (KS) β Guy swept his RR group as well
β and even took John to 5!
TT-Open Singles: Gold:Carl Miller II (KS) β
Carl found his game and swept both his RR group and
the finals! Silver:Charles Gann III (OKC) β
Charlie also played great and took Carl to 5!
Bronze:Jeffrey Waters (OKC) β Jeff took Carl to 5
too!
Note: Due to exhaustion and cramping issues, Jeff
and Charlie Double-Defaulted their match, the a coin
toss determined Silverβ¦
PP
U3000 Doubles:
Gold: Tiffany Tran and Jeffrey Waters (OKC)- These
two played very well! Silver: John Gillette and
Ronny Young (OKC) β Played well (as usual), but
couldn't quite overcome Tiff and Jeff. Bronze:
Kathleen Fitzgerald and Jyh-I Lu (OKC) β Also
played well and managed to take home Bronze.
PP-U3800 Doubles:
Gold:David Hash and Winfred Addy (OKC) β David and
Winfred were just too tough! Silver: Ramon
Pestridge (Stillwater) and James Short (OKC) β Ray
and Jim played well β loosing only one match.
Bronze: Rod Cowles and Gordon Dickey (NE) β Rod
and Gordon only lost to the above teams to take the
Bronze.
PP
Singles:
Gold:John Gillette (OKC) β John won a 5 setter
against Ronnie to take Gold! Silver:Ronny Young
(OKC) β Played well, but only got Silver.
Bronze: Kathleen Fitzgerald (OKC) β Played well,
but couldn't beat John or Ronny today.
PP
O50 Singles:
Gold:Ronny Young (OKC) β Ronny turned the table on
John! Silver:John Gillette (OKC) β John must
have made Ronny mad in the Open!
PP
Women's Singles:
Gold: Kathleen Fitzgerald (OKC) β Took Gold!
Silver: Tanya Noori (OKC) β Tanya played well, but
couldn't beat Kathleen (yet!)β¦
U-18 (Junior) Singles:
Gold: Cameron Franks (OKC) β Cam played really
well and swept the event without losing a game!
Silver: Logan Watson (OKC) β Logan also played
well, but couldn't take Cam down⦠Bronze:
Michael Barnes (Stillwater) β Michael lost only to
Logan and Cam.
Note: I was thrilled that we had five very solid
players enter this event. The level of play was good
and it was nice watching these youngsters battle
against each other.
U-12 (Kids) Singles:
Gold: Suraj Menon (KS) β Suraj played very well
and won while only losing two games! Silver:
Rohit Menon (KS) β Rohit also played well. Look
out for him in years to come! Bronze: Blake
Nelson (Stillwater) β Blake played well too, and
even took a game of Suraj!
Note: I was very pleased to have four good players
in this event as well. Several OKC kids ended up
missing due to other obligations. Next time!!!
We
made a few changes and tried some new stuff. Changes
include adding PP Women's, Junior (U18), and Kids
(U12), events. Doubles have also been changed to PP
events β and moved to the end of the day. We will
still be using USATT Ratings (when available) for
doubles team ratings.PP Doubles "Bβ is limited to
a combined USATT rating of 2999 (U3000), and we are
limiting this event to players rated underUSATT
1800. There is no limit on player strength for the
PP Doubles "Aβ (U3800), but the team rating cannot
exceed USATT 3800.
|
Saturday - 1-25-14 |
Sooner
state games update told by Stephen Ackart to a 2nd
person: About 30 players attended today. The
highest rated player was 1809 (?) from Omaha (2 players
from Omaha attended), 2 players from Hutchinson - Carl
Miller and Guy Hendrickson. Cole Ely from Liberal was
there. No players from Texas. 5 players from Tulsa.
Stephen Ackart, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Jason Taylor,
Steve Buscemi. 3 Oklahoma City players beat Guy and Carl
!
|
Friday - 1-24-14 |
From: Jasna Rather [mailto:jrather@txwes.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:33
PM To: Keith A. Evans
Subject: Last Call for February 1, 2014
- Texas Wesleyan Table Tennis Tournament
Dear
Table Tennis Friends,
You
have only a few more days to enter to Texas Wesleyan
Open which will be on February 1, 2014. Jim Butler,
Yahao Zhang, Emil Santos, Zhedi Bai and many other great
players will participate in February tournament.
Here
is the link for the February 1st Texas
Wesleyan Open Entry Form: http://ramsports.net/documents/2013/10/30/February_2014_Tournament.pdf?id=828
This
will be a great test for those playing 2014 National
Team Trials (March 7-9, 2014 http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Events/2014/March/07/2014-US-National-Team-Trials )
which are hosted by the Texas Wesleyan and will be
played in the same gym as the Texas Wesleyan Open. For
those not playing the trials, it is a great opportunity
to test you level and have fun. The tournament is
sanctioned by the USATT.
Please
feel free to contact me with any questions regarding
registration.
Thank
you,
Jasna
Rather
Phone:
(817) 715-4062
|
Thursday - 1-23-14 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez,
Jason Taylor, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Tuesday - 1-21-14 |
Bixby - 8 players.
1 first time out player - Fields
Jared Wheeler, John Guernsey, Sohum Verulkar,
Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Alex "white
lines" Tupas,
|
Monday - 1-20-14 |
Dawson - 11 players. Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat,
Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge,
Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don
Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Monday - 1-20-14 |
From: Martin,Richard
[mailto:Richard.Martin@Cerner.com] Sent: Monday,
January 20, 2014 9:48 AM To: Martin,Richard
Subject: RESULTS: January 18th: 2014
Kansas City Winter Table Tennis Shootout
Hello
Table Tennis Players,
We
would like to thank all of the participants in our
tournament in this past Saturday for making it a such a
success. We had competitive, high-quality matches in all
events. We appreciate all the players who drove in from
out of town as well as those from the KC area and hope
you enjoyed the competition.
Here
is a brief summary of the results
Open Singles:
There
were 5 round robin groups with the top 3 players in each
group moving on to single elimination brackets. They
were competing for $300 in prize money (1st β
4th place). Here are the final
results
1st Place:
Parviz Mojaverian
2nd Place:
Hong Li
3rd /4th Place
Split: Jeff Johnston / Vladi Altman
U-1800 (Intermediate) Singles:
There
were 6 round robin groups with the top 3 players in each
group moving on to single elimination brackets. They
were competing for $120 in prize money and medals for
semi-finalists. Here are the final results
1st Place:
Pete Lawrence
2nd Place:
Guy Hendrickson
3rd /
4th Place Split: Carl Miller
/ Jim Zhang
Hardbat Singles:
1st Place: Jeff
Johnston
2nd Place:
Guy Hendrickson
3rd Place: Bob
Cockerham
4th Place:
Carl Miller
U-1200 (Novice) Singles:
There
were 4 round robin groups with the top 3 players
advancing to single elimination brackets. They were
competing for $50 in prize money and medals for the
semi-finalists. Here are the final results
1st Place: Cameron
P
2nd Place:
Ashish Nair
3rd/4th Place
Split: Andy Hui / Simon Walley
Open Doubles:
1st Place: Parviz
Mojaverian/Felix Xiao
2nd Place:
Richard Martin/Duc Dinh
3rd/4th Place
Split: Chunyen Liu/Samuel Liu and Vladi Altman/Joe
Windham
Thank
you once again for your support and participation in
this tournament. We look forward to seeing you all at
our next event.
Sincerely,
The
Table Tennis Club at the
Athletic Club of Overland Park
|
Monday - 1-20-14 |
4 known Tulsa players going to the Okla City tournament
this weekend - 1-25-14 - Stephen Ackact, Tom Jourdan,
Mike Hamby, Jason Taylor. |
Sunday - 1-19-14 |
(the following is
from an email from Bill Lewis from Springfield dated
1-17-14).
Greetings table
tennis fanatics. From whence doth yonder the new
year ringeth? But of course it can come from no
other place except the Great White North. Canada??
No, for crying out loud - from the North Pole and
Santa Claus!! Santa rings in every new year
everyone knows that. And this year he brought some
surprises. For one, he decided on making sure we had
lots of roof top snow for his 9 tiny reindeer and
sled to softly land on. And, this I'm sure enabled
him to get around the world more quickly than usual.
(Mrs. Claus more than likely had eggnog ready by 4
am, whew, he was quick.) He also
brought us lots of frosty cold chilly air
and something I'd never heard of before: a Polar
Vortex. Sounds like a made-up Washington D.C. term
to me. Anyway, I never got lost in our several
inches of snow but, neither did I get my sled out to
sleigh in it. The reason why is because I never
could get my wife to pull me around the yard!!
Either I was expecting too much, or, she didn't want
to give her biceps a good workout. I hope no
one lost anything too valuable while shoveling out
their driveway. I know a certain someone who lost a
set of keys, but, my lips are sealed as to who that
was.
The club is
sponsoring a mini-table tennis tournament for Sunday,
January 26. ( There is NO football
on that day except for, dare I say it, the
useless Pro Bowl in Honolulu.) So, everyone should
be there for fun, excitement and M.O.N.E.Y.
This tournament will be a primer for the March
1, 2014 USATT sanctioned 1-Star
tournament. You can access the form for this larger USATT
1 Star at the top of any page at this site: www.OzarksTableTennisClub.org
Details for the
mini-tournament are as follows:
Open
Singles 4 players per RR. Followed by Single
elimination Entry fee: $5
Under
1800 4 players per RR. Followed by Single
elimination Entry fee: $5
Under
1500 4 players per RR. Followed by Single
elimination Entry fee: $5
Open
Doubles 3 Teams per RR. Followed by Single
elimination Entry fee: $5
Payout's as
follows:
Open
Singles:
1st
Place: 66% of entry fees or $40 - whichever is
greater
2nd
Place: 66% of entry fees or $40 - whichever is
greater
Under
1800:
1st Place: 66% of entry fees or $40 - whichever
is greater
2nd Place: 66% of entry fees or $40 - whichever
is greater
Under
1500:
1st Place: 66% of entry fees or
$40 - whichever is greater
2nd Place: 33% of entry fees or
$20 - whichever is greater
Open Doubles:
1st Place: 66% of
entry fees or $40 - whichever is
greater (split)
2nd Place: 33% of entry fees
or $20 - whichever is greater (split)
This
is a first come first serve tourney.
First 12 players to sign up for each
event are the ones who'll be reserved
slots. The tournament will start at 1
pm sharp. This
will necessitate players being at the
club and ready to play. The start time
will also assure the prompt completion
by 5:30
pm.
If
you wish inclusion in the
mini-tournament email me your events. Do
not send money through the U.S. Postal
System. You can square the amount up
with the Registrar in the foyer. Email
your events.
Remember: Sunday,
January 26 is
the mini-tournament.
This
notice gives players ample time for sign
up.
Thanks so much and we hope to see you
this Sunday, January 19 for regular
play.
- Bill Lewis -
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Thursday - 1-16-14 |
Dawson - no info |
Tuesday - 1-14-14 |
Bixby - 9 players.
4 first time out players: Jared Wheeler, John
Guernsey, Sam Verulkar (father), Sohum Verulkar
(young son).
Melvin Norton, Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, Ted Hill,
Shahzad Siddiqui.
|
Monday - 1-13-14 |
Dawson - 13 players.
2 first time out players - Justin Kirkland, Josh
Miller.
Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Michael Barns, Hamid
Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Ray
Pestridge, Brook Sanchez, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger.
|
Thursday - 1-9-14 |
Dawson - 9 players.
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Tom
Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez,
Jason Taylor, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 1-7-14 |
Bixby - 11 players.
Brian Flinn, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Tom Jourdan,
Shahzad Siddiqui, John Moore, Sean Parker, P.J.,
Doug Ivanoff, Rush Verulkar (13 years old), Sohum
Verulkar (9 years old).
|
Monday - 1-6-14 |
Dawson - 6 players.
Bob Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Fernando Prato, Jason
Taylor, Alex Tupas, Bill Whyman.
|
Thursday - 1-2-14 |
Dawson - 5 players
1 first time player - Bill Whyman (from Owasso).
Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker, Fernando Prato, Chuck Urasaki
(other news - OU played Alabama tonight starting at
7:30 PM)
|
Tuesday - 12-31-13 |
Bixby - no play tonight. |
Monday - 12-30-13 |
Dawson - 7 players
1 first time out player - Daniel Kustura - from
Memphis
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Fernando
Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor.
|
Sunday - 12-29-13 |
A senior tournament in Reno Please pass this on to
your members. Thanks February 7 β 10, as a
part of the Reno Senior Games, we will be having a USATT
sanctioned senior (over 50) tournament. Come to the
biggest little city, gamble a bit, take in a show, visit
beautiful lake Tahoe, ski some great mountains, take
your significant other to a Valentineβs day dance,
stay in downtown Reno in a four star (by Orbitz rating)
but inexpensive hotel room, and spend a couple of days
playing table tennis with us. Many other winter or
indoor sports are available as well. Registration
and table tennis information are attached, or visit
reno.gov/seniorgames or renosparksttc.org .
Al Ferrenberg
|
Thursday - 12-26-13 |
Dawson - 11 players.
Sina Asadallahi, Saif Azadi (came with David), David
Correa, Hamid Ezzat, Josh Ford, Karthic Guna, Bob
Kyker, Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Alex Tupas, Chuck
Urasaki.
|
Tuesday - 12-24-13 |
Bixby - no play tonight |
Monday - 12-23-13 |
Bixby - 8 players. Stephen Ackart, Sina
Asadallahi, Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Tom Jourdan, Bob
Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger.
Other news: Stephen said Sina's serves are very good
now.
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Thursday - 12-19-13 |
Dawson - 7 players. Stephen Ackart, Mike Hamby,
Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Keegan Sequeira, Jason
Taylor, Don Tiger.
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Tuesday - 12-17-13 |
Bixby - 9 players
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Tom Jourdan, Shahzad
Siddiqui, Jason Taylor, Nick Papineau (last time out
was 8-7-12)., Ted Hill, John Moore, Rocky.
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Monday - 12-16-13 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Nick Agimidie, Sydney Agimudie Michael Barns, Hamid
Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge,
Kyle Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger.
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Thursday - 12-12-13 |
Dawson - 11 players.
Stephen Ackart, Hamid Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Mats
Johansson, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker,
Johnny McClanahan, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Chuck
Urasaki.
|
Tuesday - 12-10-13 |
Bixby - 7 players.
Hamid Ezzat, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Madhu Koduri,
Johnny McClanahan, Don Tiger, Jason Taylor. Other
news:
Johnny McClanahan will be leaving Tuesday - 12-17 -
to Las Vegas for the table tennis tournament.
|
Monday - 12-9-13 |
7 players
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Reed
Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Jason Taylor, Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 12-5-13 |
Dawson - closed today due to the worst snow/ice/sleet
storm to hit Tulsa since 2011. |
Tuesday - 12-3-13 |
Bixby - 8 players.
Madhu Koduri, Rocky, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton,
Alex Tupas, Johnny McClanahan, John Moore, Jimmy.
Other news: Johnny McClanahan will be going to the
Las Vegas tournament in 2 weeks. The only other
known player from Okla going to this tournament is
Doug Marks.
|
Monday - 12-2-13 |
Dawson - 8 players
Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker,
Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato,
Don Tiger.
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Thursday - 11-28-13 |
Dawson - Thanksgiving day (no play). |
Tuesday - 11-26-13 |
Bixby - 8 players
1 first time out player - Gennady (pronounced Jenny)
- from New York - here in Tulsa for 2 weeks for a
medical procedure). Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce,
John Moore, Jason Taylor, Shahzad Siddiqui, Johnny
McClanahan, Melvin Norton.
Other news: Johnny is the only Tulsa player going to
Las Vegas next month for the tournament.
|
Monday - 11-25-13 |
Dawson - 14 players.
3 first time out players - Genn Ady, Jack Coon
(son), Robbie Coon (father)
Stephen Ackart, Michael Barns, Mats Johansson, Tom
Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker, Ray Pestridge,
Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas
|
Thursday - 11-21-13 |
Dawson - 10 players. Peter Buscemi, Mike Hamby,
Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker, Charlie Love,
Josh Love, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger, Chuck Urasaki.
|
Tuesday - 11-19-13 |
Bixby - 4 players.
Alex Tupas, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Madhu Koduri
|
Monday - 11-18-13 |
Dawson - 15 players.
Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Michael Barns, Drew
Cowan, Mike Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Madhu Koduri, Bob
Kyker, Reed Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge,
Fernando Prato, Kyle Sanchez, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 11-14-13 |
Dawson - 13 players
Stephen Ackart, Kevin Erickson, Mike Hamby, Mats
Johansson, Bob Kyker, Reed Kyker, Charlie Love,
Felicia Love, Josh Love, Johnny McClanahan, Fernando
Prato, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger.
|
Wed - 11-13-13 |
The Worlds Ping Pong championships from London is being
televised on Fox Sports 2 (FS2).(channel 265) It has
been on for about 2 weeks now. |
Tuesday - 11-12-13 |
Bixby - 6 players.
John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Shahzad
Siddiqui, Melvin Norton, John Cai.
Other news: Melvin Norton is back from retirement
(after 1 week on retirement). Melvin said his wife
insisted he leave the house on Tuesday's and go to
the club.
|
Monday - 11-11-13 |
Dawson - 7 players. Michael Barns, Mike Hamby,
Guna Karthic, Ray Pestridge, Fernando Prato, Jason
Taylor, Alex Tupas.
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Friday - 11-8-13 |
From Betty Bermudez: Hey friends & family, Ryan
has recently been inspired to do something amazing.
He's trying to raise $2000 to provide clean water to
household taps and latrines to people who
desperately need it in Orissa, India. Help us do it
by December 31st. Click the link and donate what you
can. No donation is too small. The cool part is that
when the project is completed, they will send you
the location and pictures so you can see who you've
helped. This is a tax deductible donation and you
can pay with a credit card or PayPal. It's very easy
and takes about 3 minutes. See Ryan's message below
for links to info and videos about the project.
Thanks, guys!
http://mycharitywater.org/agua-for-orissa
From: Ryan McDaniel [mailto:ryan@accentrealtors.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 07,
2013 12:49 AM Subject: Clean
Water
Dear
friend,
I
recently learned that 800
million people around the world don't
have access to clean, safe drinking water, and I'm doing
something about it.
I'm
raising money for clean water by starting a charity:
water campaign.
Help
me raise $2,000 by Dec 31, 2013. Donate to my campaign
here:
http://mycharitywater.org/agua-for-orissa
What's
really cool about charity:
water is that 100% of the money we
raise will directly fund water project costs in the
field, and they'll prove
every single dollar. When the project we help fund
is complete, they'll send us a digital completion report
with GPS coordinates and photos of the community we
helped. Here's an example.
Every
little bit counts, so click
here to donate to my campaign.
Seriously, there's no donation too
small! Please- skip that lunch
excursion tomorrow, and if that's what it takes to have
$10, then let's make it happen, people, and do something
super-cool!
Thank
you for your support! Ryan McDaniel
P.S.
Read this
story from charity: water to learn how
clean water changes lives.
|
Thursday - 11-7-13 |
Dawson - 9 players
Hamid Ezzat Ahmadi, Mike Hamby, Charlie Love, Josh
Love, Daniel Rees (Friend of Josh Love), Kyle
Sanchez, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger, Chuck Urasaki
(Chuck used to play in the 1980's, maybe the 1970's,
a penholder some of us used to call him "The Wall"
because everything you hit to him came back to you).
|
Tuesday - 11-5-13 |
Bixby - 8 players.
John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Madhu Koduri,
Ted Hill, Jack Hannah, Melvin Norton, John Cai
(renewed his membership!).
Other news: Melvin Norton announced his retirement
from table tennis.
He is turning 80 years old next week.
He built the "Detroiter cart" back when we were
still using Detroiter tables at Bixby and had the
strength to carry them around - they did not have
wheels on them - you had to carry them (they didn't
seem so heavy back then).
When we stopped using the Detroiters, Melvin
modified the cart so we could use it to carry the
cardboard - which we still use today thanks to the
quality and sturdiness of the cart.
|
Monday - 11-4-13 |
Dawson - 9 players
Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Michael Barns, Hamid
Ezzat Ahmadi, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Kyle
Sanchez, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas
|
Thursday - 10-31-13 |
Dawson - Halloween night. - 5 players.
Hamid Ezzat, Tom Jourdan, Felicia Love, Josh Love,
Johnny McClanahan.
|
Tuesday - 10-29-13 |
Bixby - 11 players.
Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Jason Taylor, Melvin
Norton, John Moore, Madhu Koduri, Shahzad Siddiqui,
Alex Tupas, Johnny McClanahan, Tom Jourdan, Ted
Hill.
Other news: Johnny McClanahan will be going to the
Las Vegas tournament in Dec.
|
Monday - 10-28-13 |
Dawson - 9 players.
1 first time out player - Karthic Guna
Michael Barns, David Correa, Hamid Ezzat, Mike
Hamby, Bob Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge,
Don Tiger.
|
Thursday - 10-24-13 |
Dawson - 10 players.
4 first time out players (they know Tim Yardy) -
Charlie Love, Felicia Love, Josh Love and Andy
Anderson from Canada (rated 2272). Only in town
until Saturday.
Stephen Ackart, Kevin Erickson, Hamid Ezzat, Mike
Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker.
|
Tuesday - 10-22-13 |
Bixby - 6 players
Tom Jourdan, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, John Moore,
Ted Hill.
1 first time out player - Andy Anderson - from
Ontario. Rating - 2272. He is in town until Saturday
and will be at Dawson on Thursday.
|
Monday - 10-21-13 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Nick Agmudie, Sydney Agimudie, Michael Barns, Hamid
Ezzat, Mike Hamby, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge,
Fernando Prato, Don Tiger, Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 10-17-13 |
Dawson - 10 players.
Stephen Ackart, Kevin Erickson, Hamid Ezzat, Mike
Hamby, Tom Jourdan, Bob Kyker, Fernando Prato, Troy
Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 10-15-13 |
Bixby - 3 players.
Alex Tupas, John Moore, Kelly Boyce
|
Monday - 10-14-13 |
Dawson - 8 players.
Michael Barns, Bob Kyker, Dan Guernsey, Fernando
Prato, Troy Sanchez, Gabriel Sanchez, Don Tiger,
Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 10-10-13 |
Dawson - 9 players
Stephen Ackart, Michael Barns, Tom Jourdan, Bob
Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, Fernando
Prato, Jason Taylor, Don Tiger.
|
Tuesday - 10-8-13 |
Bixby - no info (Kelly gone). |
Monday - 10-7-13 |
Dawson - 8 players
Michael Barns, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob
Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Ray Pestridge, Don Tiger,
Alex Tupas.
|
Thursday - 10-3-13 |
Chris Agimudie will be on David Letterman tonight.
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Thursday - 10-3-13 |
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