Sunrise Table Tennis Club: Table Tennis on Florida's Suncoast™
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Golden Girls Retain "Nations Best" Title At National Seniors Games. The beautiful and talented Golden Girls of Clearwater's Sunrise Table
Tennis Club (STTC) retained their title as "Nations Best Table Tennis Players" by winning in every competition they entered at the 2007
National Senior Games held in Louisville KY. Their wins, along with
STTC Seniors Dominate Florida State Games in Table Tennis Champs Bring Home 24 Medals Once again, the Sunrise Table Tennis Club (STTC) senior players dominated the Florida Senior Games that took place in The Villages on December 5th, winning a total of 24 medals in all categories. The STTC members train throughout the year in anticipation of the Florida State Games and the National Senior Games that follow. Leading the charge was Nahed “The
Silver Scorpion” Williams of Reddington
Shores, with 3 Gold medals (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles), followed
closely by Margo “The Magnificent” Lindsay of Clearwater, with 2 Gold and 1
Silver (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles).
Jose “Joe” Borges of Spring Hill won 2 Gold, 1 Bronze (Doubles, Mixed
Doubles, Singles); Sadako “Sue” Tobias of Ocala won 1 Gold, 1 Silver (Doubles,
Mixed Doubles); Ray “Guido” Look of Dunedin took home 1 Gold, 2 Silvers
(Doubles, Singles, Mixed Doubles); Sari “The Chopping Dutchman” Kisbany won 1
Gold, 2 Silvers (Doubles, Singles, Mixed Doubles); Ed “The Postman” Curran of
Clearwater won 2 Silver (Singles, Doubles); John “Big John” Mason of Seminole
was awarded 2 Silvers (Singles, Doubles); Al “Black Bart” Palumbo of Safety
Harbor won 2 Silvers (Doubles, Mixed Doubles; and Richard “Trickey Dick” Moreau
of Largo was awarded 1 Silver (Doubles). Other participants from the STTC were
Ted “The Wall” Ostrowski of Largo; Mario “Enforcer” Carreon of Clearwater; Conrad
“Lefty” Zorn of Palm Harbor; Samuel “Penny” Chau of Palm Harbor; and Ralph
“Tiger” Gragg of Ocala. Club members were especially
pleased by the play of Nahed Williams, who formerly was partial to the silver,
by winning 3 silver medals at the last National Senior Games and again 3 silver
medals at the 2005 Huntsman World Senior Games, but has stepped up her game by
diligent practice and coaching. Subsidized
coaching sessions by Peruvian coach Luis Sanchez are offered by the STTC to any
senior player age 55 and over.
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