- St. Pete: The St. Pete Beach Community Center will be closed this Monday, May 27th for Memorial's Day.
- The Long Center: Closed on
- May 18th, June 1st, June 15th
- The Long Center Summer Schedule starts June 10 th
- Tuesday: 9:00am – 12:00pm
- Thursday: 9:00am – 12:00pm
If you weren’t here, you missed another fun Dr. Dan tournament. We had 29 players of all ages and there were some awesome matches in singles and doubles.
And lunch too. Queen’s makes some good pizza don’t they?
Winners Tournament Results:
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Category B |
Category C |
Category D |
Doubles |
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1 Felipe Ruiz
2 Mark Vrahotes
3 Tian Liang
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1 Bill Robbins
2 John Reynolds
3 Thang Cao
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1 John Schoppe
2 Evan Bradley
3 Bill Wolf
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1 Juan Perez
2 Cynthia Tian
3 Mylin Ruiz
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OPEN
1 Chang/Hu
2 Thang/Tian
3 Ruiz/Vrahotes
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STTC was represented well once again at the Lakeland tournament held this weekend. May 3rd/4th.
Keep up the hard work!!
Bobby (Boyan) Porojanov came in 1st and Garth Jordan coming in 8th in the Elite class.
Michal Krecek 2nd in the Master class.
Felipe Ruiz 1st and Ted Ostroski 3rd in the Advanced class.
Ed Loyola 1st in the Prestige Class
Eric Dieker 8th in the Prestige class.
Keith Hanley 8th in the Challenger class.
Clearwater Category 5 Golden Open
WHERE: Long Center Rec. Center
1501 North Belcher Rd
Clearwater, FL 33765
WHEN: Saturday, March 30 th, 2013 8:00am - 5:00pm
Watch the Video Slideshow
| CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS |
ELITE CLASS |
MASTER CLASS |
| 1st Place | Cai Yulian |
1st Place | Khai Chu |
1st Place | Tian Liang |
| 2nd Place | Kit Jeerapaet |
2nd Place | Thomas Pisarczyk |
2nd Place | Jason Ling |
| 3rd Place | Jermaine Bennett |
3rd Place | James Lynum |
3rd Place | John Reynolds |
| EXPERT CLASS |
ADVANCE CLASS |
CHALLENGER CLASS |
| 1st Place | Edward Curran |
1st Place | Ed Loyola |
1st Place | Nick Santoyo |
| 2nd Place | Phil Irish |
2nd Place | William Robbins |
2nd Place | Zaydi Javeed |
| 3rd Place | Ted Ostrowski |
3rd Place | Daniel McGinnis |
3rd Place | Masi Javeed |
Good Life Games 2013
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The 2013 Table Tennis Good Life Games was held on March 16st
Categories played: Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles
Location:
Ross Norton Recreation Center
1426 S Martin Luther King Ave.
Clearwater
Director: Al Palumbo
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Watch Us on YouTube!
Tournament Results:
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Mixed Doubles |
50-54 |
Abril Ricardo |
Patricia Benitez |
Gold |
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Mixed Doubles |
50-54 |
Hisae Senko |
William Lee |
Silver |
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Mixed Doubles |
55-59 |
Yanju Hu |
Simon Chang |
Gold |
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Mixed Doubles |
60-64 |
Edward Curran |
Janet Irish |
Gold |
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Mixed Doubles |
60-64 |
Chuck Michell |
Nahed Williams |
Silver |
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Mixed Doubles |
70-74 |
Ava Chau |
Samuel Chau |
Gold |
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Mixed Doubles |
70-74 |
Ralph Gragg |
Sari Kisbany |
Silver |
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Mixed Doubles |
70-74 |
Chin Chai Morris |
Ted Ostrowski |
Bronze |
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Mixed Doubles |
75-79 |
Richard Moreau |
Leurene Hildenbrand |
Gold |
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Mixed Doubles |
80-84 |
Robert Johnson |
Sadako Tobias |
Gold |
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Women Single |
50-54 |
Hisae Senko |
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Gold |
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Women Single |
55-59 |
Yanju Hu |
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Gold |
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Women Single |
55-59 |
Patricia Benitez |
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Silver |
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Women Single |
65-69 |
Janet Irish |
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Gold |
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Women Single |
70-74 |
Nahed Willams |
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Gold |
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Women Single |
70-74 |
Chin Chai Morris |
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Silver |
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Women Single |
70-74 |
Ava Chu |
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Bronze |
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Women Single |
80-84 |
Sadako Tobias |
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Gold |
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Women Single |
80-84 |
Leurene Hildebrand |
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Silver |
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Men Single |
50-54 |
Ricardo Abril |
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Gold |
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Men Single |
60-64 |
William Lee |
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Gold |
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Men Single |
60-64 |
Chuck Michell |
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Silver |
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Men Single |
60-64 |
Edward Curran |
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Bronze |
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Men Single |
65-69 |
James Wang |
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Gold |
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Men Single |
65-69 |
Ray Pugh |
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Silver |
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Men Single |
65-69 |
Phil Gehres |
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Bronze |
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Men Single |
70-74 |
John Mason |
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Gold |
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Men Single |
70-74 |
Simon Chang |
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Silver |
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Men Single |
70-74 |
Ted Ostrowski |
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Bronze |
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Men Single |
75-79 |
Richard Moreau |
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Gold |
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Men Single |
75-79 |
George Scheipner |
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Silver |
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Men Single |
80-84 |
Robert Johnson |
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Gold |
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Men Single |
80-84 |
Al Palumbo |
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Silver |
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Women Double |
50-54 |
Hisae Senko |
Patricia Benitez |
Gold |
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Women Double |
55-59 |
Yanju Hu |
Janet Irish |
Gold |
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Women Double |
60-64 |
Carole Johns |
Karen Engle |
Gold |
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Women Double |
70-74 |
Nahed Willams |
Sari Kisbany |
Gold |
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Women Double |
70-74 |
Chin Chai Morris |
Ava Chau |
Silver |
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Women Double |
80-84 |
Leurene Hildebrand |
Sadako Tobias |
Gold |
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Men Double |
50-54 |
Ricardo Abril |
Bill Lee |
Gold |
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Men Double |
60-64 |
Edward Curran |
John Reynolds |
Gold |
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Men Double |
60-64 |
Aser |
Samuel Chau |
Silver |
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Men Double |
65-69 |
Ray Pugh |
Simon Chang |
Gold |
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Men Double |
65-69 |
James Wang |
Phil Gehres |
Silver |
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Men Double |
70-74 |
Ted Ostrowski |
Richard Moreau |
Gold |
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Men Double |
70-74 |
Bill Wolf |
Ralph Gragg |
Silver |
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Men Double |
80-84 |
Robert Johnson |
Al Palumbo |
Gold |
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WHO: All levels. From beginners to players who are interested in serious competition or tournament play.
TOPICS: Grip, ready position, footwork, serves and return serve, loop, drive chop and any other table tennis issues.
WHERE: Long Center
WHEN:
| 4/23 -Tuesday |
4/25- Thursday |
| 4/30- Tuesday |
5/02-Thursday |
| 5/07-Tuesday |
5/09-Thursday |
| 5/14-Tuesday |
5/16-Thursday |
TIME: 2 hours, mornings during playing time (9:30am to 11:30pm)
COST: 4-lessons $40.00 / 8-lessons $80.00 plus Long Center daily usage fee.
Money paid in advance, no refund and no make-up.
(**Exception – any class cancelled due to facility closure will be made up by adding to the end of the series until completed**)
CONTACT: Ed Curran, sportdirector@sunrisetabletennis.com
Ed Curren and I presented a Junior Development budget to the Sunrise Sports Foundation Board (SSFB) for the Jr. training year, 9/12 – 9/13 which is quite ambitious. It includes goals for Scholarships, Training Clinics, Special Events, Equipments etc. totaling $9,000.00.
The reaction from the board was not unexpected since it is the largest budget by far that we have ever had for our Jr. programs. Ed and I feel justified in making our request and feel confident we can accomplish our goals because of two significant events which are:
1 -We have a coach, Gary Igor Fraiman, who has been very effective with our juniors. We now have in place a weekly training class for juniors. You're invited to view our sample video on you tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InuSMuyhKCc
2- We have donated tables and established TT clubs at four (4) area schools.
The funds we requested will be used to establishing programs at each of these schools, run training clinics, increase our weekly junior participation level and training time. Ed and I have worked very hard to get to this level of school involvement and junior participation and we need the funds to continue its growth.
The SSFB has given us three months to demonstrate we have STTC membership support and also demonstrate that we can provide the incentives and programs to justify the expenditures we have requested.
Below are two fund raising thermometers indicators when the funds are coming from, our goals and current levels of funds raised to date.
We are asking for your continued support with donations that have been made in the past and hopefully have others donate if they have not done so.
We also need STTC members to participate in our tournaments as profits from those tournaments are necessary for us to reach our goals. We will be having two tournaments coming up shortly and we encourage all of you to participate. The first one is Dec. 29, 2012 which will focus on introducing our new school players to our current juniors in training and to our membership. The second in the big one on Jan 26, 2013, three days and is a major fund raiser or our Jr. program.
Thanks for your support
Al Palumbo Jr. Program Coordinator
Many of you have been asking if we have any Club Play Rules. The answer is... YES, WE DO! Below are our basic playing rules.
Remember, everyone deserves the opportunity to play. It’s only fair
- Renew your club membership or join if you haven’t — ONLY $35 Individual, $45 Family, $25 Seasonal (less than 6 months)
- Warm-up time is limited to 5 minutes. Then play a match. Best 3 of 5 to 11.
- If practicing instead of playing a match, the time limit is 30 minutes (inclucing warm-up time). Then both players leave the table.
- A player is allowed two wins at one table. On a player’s second win,both players leave the table.
- Any player can challenge any table by placing their paddle next to the challenged table. Please be courteous if they are in the middle of a game.
- If you are challenging a table, you cannot play on another table while waiting unless nobody is waiting to play.
- Start putting the tables away 15 minutes before quitting time!
- You must be OUT the front door five minutes before closing time.
- Training tables may be reserved for coaches.
- If nobody is waiting to play, then you can warm up as long as you want.
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By Rudy Santos, Certified USATT Umpire
As a certified USATT umpire I would to comment on a table tennis rule that I see being violated often during
tournament play. It is the table tennis service rule. Table tennis service rules are outlined in sections 6.0
thru 6.6 of the USATT Rules Manual and all tournament players should be familiar with them and abide by them.
These are a few of the service rule violations that I have observed in recent tournaments
Click here to read more >>
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Have you been procrastinating?
Getting a new sheet of rubber or a new blade can be quite expensive.
The Sunrise Table Tennis Club is proud to announce that our St. Pete Beach President, Bill Robbins, is now selling table tennis equipment.
His new business named "Blazin' Paddles" will currently be offering Giant Dragon blades and rubbers. These products are inexpensive and of high quality.
He will be offering a 25% discount to Sunrise Table Tennis Club members and a 15% discount to all other table tennis club and association members.
Products will be available at many of our Club locations and at upcoming tournaments. More information on the Giant Dragon products can be found at
http://ztabletennis.com/zshop/
or email Bill at williamrobbins734@gmail.com
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Junior Development Program (JDP)
STTC players win 9 gold 3 silver at table tennis
TT Service Rule Violations
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