August 18-19 2012 Tournament Results and Photos
Open
Qing Liang Wang, Damien Provost
Damien Provost def. Qing Liang Wang (10, 7, 6)
SF: Damien Provost def. Max Qinmin Wang (4, 3, 4); Qing Liang Wang def. YanJun Gao (11, -7, 10, 9)
QF: Damien Provost def. Zongqi (Henry) Zhong (6, 2, 4); Max Qinmin Wang def. Allan Wang (3, 7, 8); YanJun Gao def. Can Kevin Wang (12, -7, 8, 12); Qing Liang Wang def. Bo Wen Chen (-5, 11, 7, 7)
Under 2500
Mark Croitoroo, Bo Wen Chen
F: Mark Croitoroo def. Bo Wen Chen (8, -8, 8, 6)
SF: Bo Wen Chen def. Allan Wang (9, 10, -7, - 7, 7); Mark Croitoroo def. Boson Wu (9, -10, 8, 3)
QF: Bo Wen Chen def. Witold Krupinski (5, -10, 9, 3); Allan Wang def. Yuliang Cai (8, -8, 7, 7); Mark Croitoroo def. Matthew Khan (-8, -6, 7, 3, 6); Boson Wu def. Matt Simon (6, 6, 7)
Under 2350
Matthew Khan, Emani McPherson
F: Matthew Khan def. Emani McPherson (4, 8, 6)
SF: Matthew Khan def: Jeffrey Hsin (4, 6, 9); Emani McPherson def. Henry Hu (-9, 9, 4, 4)
QF: Matthew Khan def. (bye); Jeffrey Hsin def. Rich DeWitt (6, -9, 2, -5, 15); Henry Hu def. Matt Simon (10, -8, 8, 5); Emani McPherson def. Witold Krupinski (8, -10, 10, 6)
Under 2200
Jeffrey Hsin, Gal Alguetti
F: Jeffrey Hsin def. Gal Alguetti (4, -7, 7, 9)
SF: Jeffrey Hsin def. Adar Alguetti (-9, 10, 6, 9); Gal Alguetti def. Anna Ka Po Po (-9, 7, 11, 7)
QF: : Jeffrey Hsin def. Kevin Lee (7, 7, 10); Adar Alguetti def. John Clang (5, 10, -10, 9); Gal Alguetti def. Emile Goldstein ( -8, 13, 6, -4, 9); Anna Ka Po Po def. Sharon Alguetti (-6, 9, -6, 12, 6)
Under 2050
Rashad King, Emile Goldstein
F: Rashad King def. Emile Goldstein (9, 4, -9, 5)
SF Emile Goldstein def. Adnan Medunjanin (8, 12, 5); Rashad King def. Mark Berg (8, -9, 6, 1)
QF: Emile Goldstein def. Alex Polyakov (5, 4, 9); Adnan Medunjanin def. Cristine Lockwood (-8, -10, 6, 6, 4); Rashad King def. James Seo (11, -6, 6, 6); Mark Berg def. Vignesh Dharmarajan (11, 7, -4, -8, 9)
Under 1900
Kai Liu, Cristine Lockwood
F: Cristine Lockwood def. Kai Liu (8, 6, 6)
SF: Kai Liu def. Justin Yim (8, 8, 10); Cristine Lockwood def. James Seo (2, 12, 6)
QF: Kai Liu def. Daniel Moon (8, -6, -8, 5, 6); Justin Yim def. San Htet (5, 9, -9, 9); James Seo def. Will Shortz (-5, 2, -10, 7, 6); Cristine Lockwood def. Walter Lam (-9, 7, -2, 14, 4)
Under 1750
Matt Needle, Josh Schuback
F: Joshua Schuback def. Matthew Needle (-6, 10, 10, 4)
SF: Matthew Needle def. Anthonette Riley (8, 6, 8); Joshua Schuback def. Ali Atut (6, 12, -13, -5, 5)
QF Matthew Needle def. Steven Kasha (-8, 4, 6, 5); Anthonette Riley def. Artem Studenikin (10, 8, 5,); Ali Atut def. Andre Fernandes (4, 5, 3); Joshua Schuback def. Wayne Bartley (7, -9, -3, 6, 7)
Under 1600
William Burigo, Davon Berry
F: William Burigo def. Davon Berry (8, 1, 8)
SF: William Burigo def. Andre Fernandes (3, 6, 7); Davon Berry def. Diego Mejia (6, 8, -7, 9)
QF: William Burigo def. Aaron Wald (7, 6, 6); Andre Fernandes def. Anthonette Riley (4, 7, -6, -7, 5); Diego Mejia. def. Luke Zheng (-6, -8, 3, 8, 6); Davon Berry def. Glen Randmer (5, 3, 10)
Under 1450
Harry Chafetz, William Burigo
F: William Burigo def. Harry Chafetz (5, 9, 12)
SF: William Burigo def. Aaron Wald (5, 8, 9); Harry Chafetz def. Howard Lasnik (8, 4, 9)
QF: William Burigo def. Ben Tran (4, 16, 7); Aaron Wald def. Shane Oliff (3, -6, 6, -12, 9); Harry Chafetz def. Kevin Ng (11, 6, -5, 2); Howard Lasnik def. Amel Medunjanin (-15, -9, 7, 10, 6)
Under 1300
Eric Tryon, Tobias Fields
F: Tobias Fields def. Eric Tryon (5, -6, -6, 6, 9)
SF: Eric Tryon def. Dave Tryon (8, -3, -3, 9, 6); Tobias Fields def. Susan Moon (-8, 7, 7, -3, 5)
QF: Eric Tryon def. John Salmon (4, 6, -8, 4); Dave Tryon def. Daniel Dadoyan (-9, 8, 8, 10); Susan Moon def. Senthilnathan Subramamiam (-9, 4, 8, 6); Tobias Fields def. Richard Manning (Def).
Under 1150
Senthilnathan Subramamiam, Tobias Fields
F: Tobias Fields def. Senthilnathan Subramamiam (5, -11, 10, 6)
SF: Senthilnathan Subramamiam def. Kevin Wallace (2, 8, 3); Tobias Fields def. Daniel Dadoyan (-11, 9, -11, 8, 5)
QF: Kevin Wallace def. Susan Moon (-4, 8, 12, -2, 11); Senthilnathan Subramamiam def. Ben Tran (8, 9, -12, 8); Tobias Fields def. Kevin Ng (2, 7, -5, 8); Daniel Dadoyan def. Eric Tryon (10, 8 -6, 5).
Under 1000
Jack Fitzsimmons, Senthilnathan Subramamiam
F: Jack Fitzsimmons def. Senthilnathan Subramamiam (-10, 8, 9, 8)
SF: Jack Fitzsimmons def. Jason Jackson (8, 8, 6); Senthilnathan Subramamiam def. Viren Bhatia (3, 8, 7)
QF: Jack Fitzsimmons def. Len Yang (-8, 6, 10, 7); Jason Jackson def. Michael J. Pellew (8, -9, 8, 6); Viren Bhatia def. Laurin Olin (-8, 4, 7, -9, 10); Senthilnathan Subramamiam def. Nathan Wu (-10, 5, 7, 1)
Over 40
Philippe Dassonval, Lim Ming Chui
F: Philippe Dassonval def. Lim Ming Chui (9, 9, 6)
SF: Lim Ming Chui def. Larry Bavly (7, -11, 7, 6); Philippe Dassonval def. Rich DeWitt (10, 5, -9, 8)
Over 60
George Braithwaite, Jiri Hlava
F: George Braithwaite def. Jiri Hlava (6, 15, -5, -5, 9)
SF: Jiri Hlava def. Lim Ming Chui (10, 10, 10); George Braithwaite def. Daniel Mak (2, 6, 3)
Under 14
Matt Needle, Josh Schuback
F: Matthew Needle def. Joshua Schuback (-7, 7, 8, 7)
SF: Matthew Needle def. Amel Medunjanin (-8, 1, 8, 5); Joshua Schuback def. Anthonette Riley (10, -11, -12, 9, 12)
QF Matthew Needle def. William Burigo (11, -9, 11, 7) Amel Medunjanin def. Nathan Wu (9, 5, 5); Anthonette Riley def. Samantha Ng (4, 6, 4); Joshua Schuback def. Luke Zheng (7, -10, 3, 6).
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UPCOMING EVENTS
An outdoor fair in Pleasantville's Memorial Plaza. We'll have two mini-TT tables for visitors to use
Almost $5,000 in prizes, first prize $1,500. Special event for college students.
Intensive training with Robert and Rawle
Intensive training with Robert and Rawle
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ITTF Video on the NA Cup
The Westchester TTC figures prominently in the ITTF's wrap-up of April events.
April Open
123 players -- 11 rated 2500+. In the final of the open event, Canada's Eugene Wang (2806) rallied from a two-game deficit to beat France's Damien Provost in a nail-biting deuce-in-the-fifth set (-10,-12,10,5,11). A big contingent from Florida's Broward TTC (above) took part. Results and photos.
North America Cup
Canada's Andre Ho upset the U.S.'s Timothy Wang in the men's final of the 2013 ITTF North America Cup, held April 20-21 at the WTTC. Lily Zhang beat fellow American Ariel Hsing in the women's final. Videos of the top matches can be found on the ITTF YouTube channel. Still shots can be found on Warren Rosenberg's site. The Journal News has an article and a slide show. Also: Newsday slide show. Newsday video. ITTF stories. Bruce Liu photos.
New Club T-Shirts
Our spiffy new club t-shirts are here! They'll go on sale Thurs., April 18. $27.
Mayor to Attend NA Cup
Pleasantville's mayor, Peter Scherer, will attend the North America Cup on Sunday, April 21, and will help award the prizes in the afternoon.
Jan.-Mar. 2013 League Night
Quarterly results are here. Congratulations to Victor Krupinski and all the winners!
Prizes Increased for April
Prizes for our April Open, a 4-star tournament, have been increased to more than $7,000. First prize $2,500. Cash prizes will be awarded through 8th place in the open event. Also a new event: Local Unrated, for unrated players who either live in Westchester County or belong to the WTTC.
March Open
115 players. In the final of the open event, France's Damien Provost (2667) upset Taiwan's Chia-sheng Lee (ITTF-ranked #194 in the world) in straight games (9,10,5). Results and photos.
February Open
108 players -- seven of them over 2400, four over 2500. In the open event, Kai Zhang (2603) upset Damien Provost (2670) in an exciting five-game final (1,11,-9,-10,6). The Costa Rican national table tennis team captured seven prizes over the weekend. Mexico's Yadira Silva made it to the quarters of the open and the semis of the U-2500. The Handicap event drew a record 29 players. Results and winners' photos are here. Warren Rosenberg's action shots are here; digital downloads and prints may be ordered from him.
January 2013 Open
111 players, five rated over 2500. In the open event Kai Zhang (2583) defeated YanJun Gao (2574) in a furious final (13,10,14). Results and photos.
New Article
"Table Tennis With the Crossword Champion" (here).
Beer Pong!
Twenty-three players competed in our Beer Pong tournament on Jan. 19. Results and photos are here. Newsday pre-story and photo here and slide show of the event here. Journal News photos of the event (not looking our best!) here.
Winter Kids' Tournament Results
14 competed. Results and photos.
Hall-of-Famer
Congratulations to founding member Jennifer Johnson for her induction into the Table Tennis Hall of Fame!
Welcome to Kai Zhang
Kai Zhang (USATT-rated 2601) joined our club at the start of January. He'll be training/playing with us on most days. Say hello.
Mini-Cadets
Congratulations to Gal and Sharon Alguetti, who placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the recent Mini-Cadet trials, and are now on the U.S. national team for their age category.
December Open
France's Damien Provost defeated Brooklyn's Mishel Levinski (6,6,-10,4) in the final of our December Open. Results and photos. Warren Rosenberg's action shots are here; digital downloads and prints may be ordered from him.
November Open
15-year-old Kai Zhang defeated Max Wang in the final of our November Open, which was part of New York Table Tennis Weekend. Results and photos.
October Open
Eugene Wang (USATT-rated 2783) of the Canadian national table tennis team defeated 15-year-old Chinese phenom Kai Zhang (2557) in straight games to win $2,500 in the finals of the WTTC's October Open. Results and photos.
September Open
Two recent arrivals from China battled it out in the finals of the WTTC's September Open. Kewei Li (USATT-rated 2418) upset Kai Zhang (2560)
7, -9, 6, 10. Altogether 123 players competed, including six rated over 2500. Results and photos here.
August Open
France's Damien Provost (USATT-rated 2695) defeated chopper Qing Liang Wang (2641) 10, 7, 6 in the final of our August Open. Altogether 136 players competed. Results and photos. Freelance photographer Warren Rosenberg's action shots appear here.
Coaching Clinic
July Open
Kevin Wang (USATT-rated 2476) dispatched Max Wang (2556) 3-0 in the finals of the WTTC's July Open. It was the semifinal matches -- Kevin beating YanJun Gao and Max beating Peng Yin -- that were nail-biters. Each went to five games. Altogether 123 players competed. Photos and Results.
June Open
For the first time at one of our Opens, YanJun Gao wasn't the champion or runner-up. France's Damien Provost (2651) beat Peng Yin (2544) in a hard-fought, four-game match. Photos and results.
One Year Anniversary
The Westchester TTC turned one year old in May. The club ended the first 12 months with 273 members. Average daily attendance, including walk-ins, is 45-50.
Seniors' Tournament Results
Doubles Tournament Results
36 teams competed in five events for $2,500 in prizes in our first Doubles tournament on May 5. Photos and results.