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| Tuesday - 3-9-10 |
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Bixby - 6 players.
2 first time out players - Billy Wallace (he used to play with the club about 7 years ago), Johnny McClanahan.
4 regular players - Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Betty Bermudez.
Other news:
Kelly Boyce and Stephen Ackart will be playing in the Okla. City team tournament on 3-27-10. |
| Monday - 3-8-10 |
| Dawson - no info |
| Sunday - 3-7-10 |
| For a YouTube video of a doubles match between Alex Tupas, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie and Sydney Agimudie (with Bob Kyker and Kelly Boyce playing in the background) during the 2010 Sooner State Games in Jan, 2010 (taken and added to YouTube by Alex Tupas)(this link is added to our permanent links (at the bottom of our home page) for future reference) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6iFlqHuniU |
| Thursday - 3-4-10 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
1 first time out player - Shawn Ford.
Zaeen Afzal, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Johnny McClanahan, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard "crowd control" Williams, San Z.
Other news:
Leonard Williams stepped up to the plate tonight and helped control a rowdy crowd. |
| Tuesday - 3-2-10 |
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Bixby - 6 players.
1 first time out player - Hugh Pham
Jim French, Corey Flaugher, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Chris Agimudie.
Other news:
Special note to the Dawson club: the next time your club plans on sending a ringer out to try to take out the Bixby players (ie Hugh), please let the Bixby club know in advance.
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| Monday - 3-1-10 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
1 first time out player - Johnny McClanahan
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang, San Z. |
| Friday - 2-26-10 |
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Results from the Sooner State Winter games held 1-23-10 are now posted on the USATT.org web site.
To view:
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| Thursday - 2-25-10 |
| Dawson - no info |
| Wed. - 2-24-10 |
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Message from Bob Kyker:
I will not be at Dawson this Thur or next Mon.; could someone else get the player roster.
I also have a black thermal shirt, a pair of tennis shoes, an elastic knee brace, and an elastic elbow brace that people have left.
I will bring them next thur (3.4.10).
I guess I am the only one from Tulsa going to Wichita this Sat. |
| Tuesday - 2-23-10 |
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Bixby - 7 players.
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Hamid Ezzat, John Moore, Melvin Norton, Betty Bermudez, Manan Azhar. |
| Tuesday - 2-23-10 |
| Leonard Williams will be attending the Dawson Neighborhood Assoc. meeting tonight. |
| Monday - 2-22-10 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Corey Flaugher, Bob Kyker, Hugh Pham, Ray Pestridge, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, San Z.
Other news:
No one is going to the Wichita tournament this weekend (or any tournament). |
| Sunday - 2-21-10 |
| 152 photos of Tulsa players have been added from the Sooner State Winter games held 1-23-10. To view - click on "photos". |
| Thursday - 2-18-10 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
Sydney Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat, Corey Flaugher, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Yee Yang, San Z., Hugh Pham (just graduated from OU and is working in Tulsa at BOK). |
| Tuesday - 2-16-10 |
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Bixby - 9 players.
1 - first time out player - Wes Harwell
Manan Azhar, Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Corey Flaugher, Khaled Shehada, Melvin Norton.
Other news:
No one is planning on going to any tournaments. |
| Monday - 2-15-10 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
2 first time out players - Wes Harwell, Mami Mannell (from England)
12 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, John Moore, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, San Z. |
| Thursday - 2-11-10 |
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Dawson - 8 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Khaled Shehada, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 2-9-10 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
Amol Mudhale, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Khaled Shehada, Corey Flaugher, Melvin Norton, Betty Bermudez. |
| Monday - 2-8-10 |
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Dawson -13 players.
Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Hamid Ezzat, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Manan Azhar, David Bailey, Nathan Littledave (paid $40), San Z., Bob Kyker.
Other news:
Bob Kyker is going to the Wichita tournament on 2-27 with George Taplin and Rob Sharp. There total rating is 5192 and the tournament has a rating limit of 5200 for 3 people. Nicky, Chris and Sydney might go also. |
| Saturday - 2-6-10 |
| Stephen Ackart went to the Oklahoma City club on Saturday around 2:00 PM but there was no one there except Britt Salter who was watching the front desk. |
| Thursday - 2-4-10 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Ben Bass, Larry Buell, Yee Yang, Manan Azhar, Alex Tupas, David Bailey, Seth Sherrif, Bob Kyker. |
| Tuesday - 2-2-10 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
1 - joined the club tonight player - San Z !
2 - haven't been out in years players - Rick Fraley, Blake Fraley. (Blake just graduated from OSU).
9 regular players - Yee Yang, Kelly Boyce, Hamid Ezzat, Alex Tupas, Betty Bermudez, Melvin Norton, Corey Flaugher, Bo Brewer, John Moore.
Other news:
Yee Yang said he has lost his tournament spirit he had from the last Sooner State Games he went to and doesn't know how to get that spirit/drive/attitude back.
No one is planning on going to any tournaments.
Betty Bermudez says she wants to be the next Oklahoma womens state table tennis champion. She saw her competition on Okla. City (3 women) and she thinks she can take them out with some more training. |
| Monday - 2-1-10 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Mats Johansson, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Manan Azhar, Bob Kyker. |
| Monday - 2-1-10 |
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| Thursday - 1-28-10 |
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Dawson - 5 players.(big ice storm hit Tulsa tonight)
Bob Kyker, Stephen Ackart, Mats Johansson, Yee Yang, Hamid Ezzat. |
| Wed. - 1-27-10 |
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Larry's Buell article on the Sooner State Games tournament on Saturday is below:
2010 Sooner Winter Games
January 23, 2010
Larry Buell
Gentlefolk,
To paraphrase a favorite movie of mine (Groundhog Day):
Ok players, rise and shine, and don’t forget your warmups ‘cause it’s cooooold in here today!
Because the heating in the club tended to create a ‘sweating’ condition on the concrete floors, the OKC club wisely chose to turn on the A/C to avoid potentially dangerous footing conditions. Most players adjusted very quickly to the cool clime, but yours truly just had to be different and take some time to get fired up.
In the U1900 event, I was in a RR of four with Britt Salter (1754), Chris Agimudie (1610) and Yee Yang (1573) – lots of familiar faces here! For you loyal readers of these reports, you’ll recall I’ve been touting Chris and Yee as two of our brightest up and coming stars. They did not disappoint in this event! Yee sliced through the competition like a hot knife through butter, with a combination of ferocious wide kill shots and timely defensive counters that saw him win the RR. Chris, though suffering at least in his match against me from tight triceps, easily dominated yours truly with a smooth rip drive/kill attack and well positioned pushes. Britt played smart positioning, consistent rallies and took advantage of anything up. As you may have surmised by now, I went 0-3, and was feeling rather discouraged (to take nothing away from the fine play of my opponents!). I’d like to thank Chris for offering me encouragement and wisdom to get past this temporary down!
Yee made it to the semifinals of the U1900, a place he will be at again (and surpass I’m sure) in the coming years!
There’s an old adage that says “Never change a winning game plan”, the compliment to which is “Think about changing a losing game plan”. So I did some thinking before the Opens, and decided to put on my warmups to keep my extremities toasty, and this seemed to be just the right move for me!
I was seeded 3rd of 4 in the Open RR, with Britt Salter, John Raunikar (1674), and a player named (if I recall correctly) Shaolong (who’s rating I could not find). I faced a confident Britt first. But this time I was able to play with more movement, tempo and touch and managed a -6,7,5,9 upset over my staunch opponent. John Raunikar had not played a tournament in 2 years, so was (as he admitted) a bit rusty. He demonstrated fine rally strokes, but had a bit of trouble reading/returning my serves so I managed a 5,11,-6,8 win over him. Shaolong, a penholder, surprised me by having a much better backhand than forehand, so I did the reverse of what I usually do against penholders and focused 90% on his forehand, resulting in a 4,6,6 win.
Shocker of shockers, I move on! To face the indomitable Don Beckstrom (1957) in a single elimination quarterfinal, who combined beautifully low, well placed touch pushes on his anti backhand with powerful forehand kills of most everything I could dish up, to cruise to a 3-0 over me.
Meanwhile, Bob Kyker (1669) and I paired up in the U3600 doubles RR (12 teams, 4 RRs of 3 teams each). Bob and I have played doubles together for many years, but this year we changed strategy a bit, with me receiving serve on my FH instead of BH side. This has helped, as anything long I can loop/drive with good angle crosscourt, and I’ve been working on my FH pushes so they are more consistently low and well placed.
Our first opponents were David Hash (1581) and new up-and-comer Linda Piatt. Linda has only been playing ‘serious’ table tennis for a few months, but she has a remarkably good sense of touch and position for that amount of time played! We managed a 3-0 win in the official play, then in practice David and Linda went on to beat us 3-2! So with a little seasoning I think they will have some great success in the future.
Our next RR pitted us against two fine players, Cheung and Huang (spelling? Hard to read Larry Kesler’s writing sometimes lol! Sorry didn’t get their ratings). This was a very close match, as they had powerful forehands and punished anything even slightly up. They were having some issues with my serves, and my drives off the serve and backhand kills were (frequently enough) going where I wanted them to. Bob was moving well, and his long pips BH chops/pushes, bruising reverse BH kills, and potent forehand loop/kills helped carry the day (-7, 10, -7, 9, 9). This 5 game match was to be a sign of things to come…..
In the doubles finals (RR of four), we were pleasantly surprised to see an all-Tulsa contingent! I won’t go through the excruciating details of each match we played, but suffice it to say we went to 5 in all 3 matches, losing a heartbreaking fifth in each case at 8 or 9 to the eventual winner’s Nick/Syd Agimudie (gratz Syd on a final match-winning smash against Chris/Alex!), 2nd placers Chris Agimudie and Alex Tupas, and 3rd place finishers Tao Wang (1615, who has spent his away from club time very profitably, fine movement to setup his devastating forehand kills!) and partner Ke Liu (couldn’t find rating, but as he won the U1900s it should be pretty good lol) who could get to anything and return it with vigor.
So although we didn’t win any of our final doubles matches, we old folk definitely made the younger crowd work hard for their success (not a bad philosophy, come to think of it).
Other event results (keep an eye out for the official OKC postings) I managed to catch:
Nick Agimudie (2157) came in 2nd in the Opens to the powerful, consistent Winfred Addy, 4-2 (played best of 7).
Kelly Boyce (1938) won the O50s, with Bob Kyker finishing a strong 2nd.
Ke Liu (from Tulsa) won the U1900s.
Yee Yang won the bronze in the U1900s.
Alex Tupas, in his first tournament, won his U1900 initial RR to make the playoffs.
All in all, an excellent representation of Table Tennis from our Tulsa compadres!
Again, a well run tournament by Britt Salter, Larry Kesler, David Hash, and the other fine members of our esteemed club in OKC! Keep up the good work, the good pizza, and the good humor!
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| Tuesday - 1-26-10 |
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Bixby - 9 players.
Manan Azhar, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Ben Bass, Yee Yang, Thomas Berryhill, Bo Brewer, Dylan Brewer, Corey Flaugher. |
| Tuesday - 1-26-10 |
| Dawson - The Dawson Neighborhood meeting is tonight and Leonard Williams has agreed to attend the meeting for the Tulsa Table Tennis Club. Leonard also said he plans to start playing again within a month if his health improves. |
| Monday - 1-25-10 |
| Dawson - about 8 players. Yee Yang and Chris Agimudie were there. No list was set in of names. |
| Friday - 1-22-10 |
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Update on who is going to the Okla. City tournament tomorrow.
Larry Buell - going with his wife and will visit his son in Okla. City.
Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Nathan Littledave are leaving Friday.
The 3 Agimudie's are going together.
Kelly Boyce will leave Saturday at 12:30 PM since his first match starts at 3:00 PM.
Stephen & Bob riding together. Leaving at 9am Saturday
YeeYang - possibly going tonight - Friday- since it's his wife's b-day
Mats Johansson - going early because he has to pick up an engine from a junk yard in OKC
Alex Tupas - wasn't there
Tao Wang and Ke Liu are driving together.
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For a full list of the players:
Larry Buell
Ben Bass
Thomas Berryhill
Nathan Littledave
Nicky Agimudie
Chris Agimudie
Sydney Agimudie
Kelly Boyce
Stephen Ackart
Bob Kyker
Yee Yang
Mats Johansson
Alex Tupas - first tournament - estimated rating - 1850
Tao Wang
Ke Liu - first tournament - from China - estimated rating - 1900 .
(15 players)
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| Thursday - 1-21-10 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Stephen Ackart, Zaeen Afzal, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 1-21-10 |
| The under 3600 doubles (for this weekend's Okla. city tournament) will begin at 2:00 PM (per Britt Salter). |
| Wed. - 1-20-10 |
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Update on who and when and how Tulsa players will be going to the Okla. City tournament this Saturday.
Larry Buell - going with his wife and will visit his son in Okla. City.
Stephen Ackart and Bob Kyker are probably going together.
Ben Bass is leaving Friday.
The 3 Agimudie's are going together.
Kelly Boyce will leave Saturday at 12:30 PM since his first match starts at 3:00 PM.
Yee Yang ?
Mats Johansson ?
Alex Tupas ?
Thomas Berryhill ?
Nathan Littledave ?
Tao Wang ?
Ke Liu ?
Ray Pestridge is going but is only playing doubles.
(14 probable Tulsa players) |
| Tuesday - 1-19-10 |
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Bixby - 17 players.
Yee Yang, Melvin Norton, Manan Azhar, Corey Flaugher, Kelly Boyce, Betty Bermudez, Chris Agimudie, Larry Buell, Sydney Agimudie, Stephen Ackart, Eugene Quaye , John Moore, Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Jody Vivion, Matts Johansson, Ben Bass.
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| Monday - 1-18-10 |
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Dawson - 17 players.
Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, David Bailey, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Nathan Littledave, Ke Liu (came with Tao), Ray Pestridge, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Tao Wang, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 1-14-10 |
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Dawson - 16 players.
Stephen Ackart, Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Khaled Shehada, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas.
Other news:
Possibly 14 players from Tulsa going to the Okla. City tournament this weekend. Full list of players will be posted after Monday's - 1-18 - play and who is driving and when they are driving. |
| Tuesday - 1-12-10 |
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Bixby - 18 players
1 first time out player - Fally Ologolo (pronounced "Folly"), From Africa. Has been in Tulsa since 1985 and works with Alex's wife.
Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Betty Bermudez, Melvin Norton, Matts Johansson, Kelly Boyce, Mark Chumbley, Chris Rozene, Corey Flaugher, Grant Rodgers, Bobby Lamb, Eugene Quaye, John Moore, Jim Turner, Ben Bass, Alex Tupas, Thomas Berryhill.
Other news:
Jim Turner has decided to start coming out again. Last time played was 1-4-07 (3 years ago).
Betty Bermudez has gotten a new paddle and is perfect for her game. Greg McCann recommended it to her.
No new players going to the Okla. City tournament next weekend. Looks like 12 players are going. See previous blog entry for names of the players going.
Matts will be attending a Stellan Bengston training camp in Oregon soon.
Corey Flaugher has his cast off his right hand and is playing well.
Alex Tupas has a new paddle and is the fastest paddle I have every used. Ask Alex if you can bounce a ball off his racket so you can see for yourself what a really fast paddle is (he won't mind if you ask him). |
| Monday - 1-11-10 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
2 first time out players - Todd Souvannavong, David Bailey
Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Ben Bass, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang.
12 confirmed Tulsa players going to the Okla. City tournment next Saturday:
Larry Buell and Bob Kyker (doubles)
Yee Yang and Ben Bass (doubles)
Ray Pestridge and Mats Johansson (doubles)
Chris Agimudie and Alex Tupas (doubles)
Nick Agimudie and Sydney Agimudie (doubles)
Stephen Ackart (no doubles partner yet)
Kelly Boyce (not playing doubles)
Also, Tulsa is trying out Double Fish balls from Coles TT to see if they will become the standard ball for the Tulsa club to use (as opposed to the Nittaku balls Tulsa is using now). |
| Thursday - 1-7-10 |
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Dawson - 6 players.
Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Ben Bass, Bob Kyker, Khaled Shehada, San ZZ. |
| Tuesday - 1-5-10 |
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Bixby - 14 players.
Alex Tupas, Corey Flaugher, Jim French, Bobby Lamb, Grant Cottrell, Bo Brewer, Mark Chumbley, Manan Azhar, Yee Yang, John Moore, Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Betty Bermudes, Ryan McDaniel. |
| Monday - 1-4-10 |
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Dawson - 13 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Khaled Shehada, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, San ZZ. |
| Thursday - 12-31-09 |
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Dawson - 3 players.(New Years Eve!)
Bob Kyker, Yee Yang, Alex Tupas |
| Tuesday - 12-29-09 |
| Bixby - found out today they finished the floors. However, as far as we know, no one will be there to play. |
| Monday - 12-28-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Rob McKinney, Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Antonio Lewis, Larry Buell, Ray Pestridge, Greg McCann, Ben Bass, Nathan Littlefield.
1 spectator - Ted Cavallin (knows Greg McCann).
Other news: Ben Bass can get a good hotel rate for Friday night (the day before the Oklahoma City tournament) from the company he works for. Contact Ben for further details. |
| Thursday - 12-24-09 |
| Dawson - closed - Christmas Eve. |
| Tuesday - 12-22-09 |
| Bixby - closed due to the floors being waxed. |
| Monday - 12-21-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Fong Yang, Yee Yang, Robert Yang, Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker, Sydney Agimudie, Khalid Shehada, Thomas Berryhill, Ray Pestridge, Ben Bass. |
| Sunday - 12-20-09 |
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Subject: robot for sale
Hey table tennis players, I'm selling my Newgy 2040 for $500.
It's in perfect condition and has less than 20 hrs playtime.
I just moved and don't have room for a table anymore.
It comes with about 50 practice balls.
Zach Eldridge (wth the Tulsa Table Tennis club).
zache5688@hotmail.com
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| Thursday - 12-17-09 |
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Dawson - 6 players.
Ben Bass, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Robert McKinney. |
| Tuesday - 12-15-09 |
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Bixby - 10 players.
Jim French, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Ben Bass, John Moore, Paul Beatty, Mark Chumbley, Corey Flaugher, Yee Yang.
Other news;
Yee Yang has found his game. Sneaky forehand sidespin and consistent backhand topspin combined with persistence and tenacity and patience.
Ben Bass has a great new strategy and rubber combo. If he gets his new game plan together, we could all be in trouble. |
| Monday - 12-14-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
Manan Azhar, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Taylor Kenny, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Greg McCann, Robert McKinney, Ray Pestridge, Adam Rouse, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Players going to the Okla. City tournament on 1-23 - the same 12 players listed last week. |
| Thursday - 12-10-09 |
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Dawson - 7 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Manan Azhar, Ben Bass, Don Beckstrom, Bob Kyker, Adam Rouse, Yee Yang.
Players planning (or thinking about) going to the Okla. City tournament on 1-23: (12 so far).
Larry Buell
Bob Kyker
Mats Johansson
Yee Yang,
Alex Tupas with
Chris Agimudie,
Stephen Ackart,
Kelly Boyce,
John Moore,
Ben Bass,
Thomas Berryhill,
Manan Azhar
Also,
Don Beckstrom
Ray Pestridge
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| Wed - 12-9-09 |
| The Oklahoma City tournament will be held Jan. 23 (not Jan 30) - per Britt Salter. fyi |
| Tuesday - 12-8-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Yee Yang, John Moore, Chris Rozene, Corey Flaugher, Mark Chumbley, Jesse Andrews, Paul Beatty, Ben Bass, Manan Azhar (joined the club tonight!!).
Other news:
Tulsa players going to or are seriously thinking about going to the Oklahoma City tournament on Jan 23 are: (this info courtesy of rumors provided by Yee Yang and others):
Yee Yang, Alex Tupas with Chris Agimudie, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, John Moore, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Manan Azhar.
Manan Azhar joined the club tonight! |
| Monday - 12-7-09 |
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Dawson - 13 players.
1 first time out player - Taylor Kenny - a Spartan student.
12 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Adam Rouse and Dylan Savage (Spartan students), Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 12-3-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Stephen Ackart, Manan Azhar, Ben Bass, Larry Buell, Mats Johannson, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Adam Rouse, Dylan Savage, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 12-1-09 |
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Bixby - 14 players.
4 -first time out players - Wendell Hillhouse (a fireman and plays the best game of ping pong I have seen - he beat Jack Hannah twice), Dylan Savage (a Spartan student), Adam Rouse (a Spartan student). Jesse Andrews (works with Chris and Corey)
2 - haven't been out in a while players - Jack Hannah (Jack said his shoulder was hurting when hitting high forehands and he said he would not be playing again). Ben Bass - first time since May. Softball season is over and Ben will start playing again.
3 - ex-Bixby high school players - Mark Chumbley, Chris Rozene, Bobby Lamb.
5 regular players - Corey Flaugher, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, John Moore, Manan Azhar |
| Monday - 11-30-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
1 first time out player - Adam Rouse - from Spartan
Nicky Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 11-26-09 |
| Dawson - no play. Thanksgiving day. |
| Wed - 11-25-09 |
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The Oklahoma City will be having a tournament on Jan 23 or Jan 30.
or
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| Tuesday - 11-24-09 |
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Bixby - 15 people
2 first time out players - Tim Horton (from the TCC program) and Daniel Martinek (friend of Tim's).
3 haven't been out in a long time players (from Bixby High School at one time) - Mark Chumbley, Chris Rozene, Paul Beatty.
10 regular players - Ryan McDaniel (boyfriend of Betty), Betty Bermudez, Greg McCann, Manan Azhar, Corey Flaugher, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Jim French, Melvin Norton, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Yee Yang has mastered the art of ball control (next step will be his speed and power).
The Oklahoma City will be having a tournament on Jan 23.
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| Monday - 11-23-09 |
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Dawson - 8 players.
Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Ray Pestridge, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 11-19-09 |
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Dawson - 7 players.
Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Ray Pestridge, Seth Sheriff, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 11-17-09 |
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Bixby - 10 players.
1 first time out player - Ryan McDaniel (boyfriend of Betty).
2 - 2nd time out players - Betty Bermudez, Beau Brewer
7 regular players - Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Manan Azhar, Yee Yang, Corey Flaugher, Greg McCann.
Other news:
The TCC tournament on Saturday was a success. 16 players entered. Play was from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Alex Tupas was there but did not play. Manan Azhar won the tournament. 2nd went to Keegan Sequeira. Only singles was played. The doubles will be played this coming Saturday. Singles format was all 16 players were put into one giant round robin and they played continuously until they ran out of time. |
| Monday - 11-16-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Seth Sheriff, Alex Tupas, Greg Widdowson, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Manan Azhar won the TCC tournament held 11-14. 2nd went to Keegan Sequeira |
| Thursday - 11-12-09 |
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Dawson - 8 players.
Stephen Ackart, Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Seth Sheriff, Alex Tupas. |
| Tuesday - 11-10-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
3 first time out players - Beau Brewer and Eric Schmidtt (friends of Corey Flaugher). Betty Bermudez (a Cuban - Puerto Rico player from Florida going to TCC and playing at the TCC table tennis program).
9 regular players - Corey Flaugher, Jeff Ravenscroft, John Moore, Jim French (and playing very well - just ask Yee), Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Greg McCann, Yee Yang, Manan Azhar.
Other news:
TCC is having a tournament this weekend for TCC players only. 22 players have signed up so far. Format maybe an initial round robin followed by single elimination. |
| Monday - 11-9-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Ray Pestridge, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy. |
| Monday - 11-9-09 |
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From Rob McKinney. I have a Juic Kalinic blade for sale with no rubber. It's an ALLROUND+ / 5ply blade and Juic has been making this blade since the early eighties. This blade is about 18 years old and has seen very little play over the years. No bad plies that I can see, handle, although dirty, is very solid and a few battle scars. I only want maybe $10 for it. In addition, I'm looking for some old inverted rubber (red and black). We have some mini bats that are used to play the neighbors with that need new rubber. |
| Friday - 11-6-09 |
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Ray Pestridge called Bob Kyker. Ray is back home from his mission trip to uk.
Ray plans to come to Dawson next week.
Also, last week, someone left a racket with red friendship & black mendo rubber in a new blue juic case.
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| Thursday - 11-5-09 |
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Dawson - 7 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Amol Mudhale, Alex Tupas. |
| Tuesday - 11-3-09 |
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Bixby - 6 players.
Jeff Ravenscroft, Manan Azhar, Melvin Norton, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, John Moore. |
| Monday - 11-2-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Robert McKinney, Amol Mudhale, Keegan Sequeira, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy. |
| Thursday - 10-29-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Manan Azhar, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Greg McCann, Robert McKinney, Amol Mudhale, Keegan Sequeira, Alex Tupas. |
| Tuesday - 10-27-09 |
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Bixby - 8 players.
Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Matts Johansson, Alex Tupas, Jim French, Chris Agimudie, Manan Azhar, Jeff Ravenscroft. |
| Tuesday - 10-27-09 |
| Leonard Williams will attend tonight's Dawson Neighborhood Assoc. meeting. (Leonard has been having multiple physically ailments that have been preventing him from playing). |
| Monday - 10-26-09 |
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To see Dan McIntosh, from the Muskogee club, play Ray Presnell recently in a tournament in Springfield, Missouri,
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| Monday - 10-26-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
1 first time out player - Simon Brain - just visiting from North Carolina
11 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Robert McKinney, Amol Mudhale, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang.
Other news: Dan McIntosh is on You Tube playing table tennis!
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| Thursday - 10-22-09 |
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Dawson - 5 players.
Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Robert McKinney, a player from the 1970's (Stephen said Larry would know who this was), another player we forgot their name. (Larry, can you fill in the blanks?) |
| Tuesday - 10-20-09 |
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Bixby - 8 players.
Player A, Olga Shendrik, Igor Shendrik, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Alex Tupas, Amol Mudhale.
Other news:
This week is Player "A"s last week with the club. He will be moving out of state to an undisclosed location working for an undisclosed company.
Alex Tupas got an new rubber for his backhand from Coles TT. It is slower (but spinny) which gives Alex more control which he likes. He paid $15 for it (which he likes also). |
| Monday - 10-19-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
1 - haven't been out in years player - Robert McKinney (was an 1800's player).
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ted Bennett, Hamid Ezzat, Player "A", Bob Kyker, Amol Mudhale, Seth Sherrif, Chang Yang, Yee Yang.
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| Thursday - 10-15--09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Stephen Ackart, Don Beckstrom, Kyle Beckstrom (Don's son), Ted Bennett, Hamid Ezzat, player "A", Bob Kyker, Amol Mudhale, Seth Sherrif, Chang Yang, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Wed. 10-14-09 |
| Special note - Don Beckstrom and his son will be playing in Tulsa tomorrow - Thursday night at Dawson. |
| Wed - 10-14-09 |
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The results are in for the Oklahoma City tournament held 10-26-09 on the USATT.org web site.
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| Tuesday - 10-13-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
3 first time out players - Storm Fletcher, Jeff Ravenscroft (his daughter is in the gymnastics program that night), Amol Mudhale.
9 regular players - Joel Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Jim French, Alex Tupas, Manan Azhar, John Moore, Alto Guidry.
Other news:
John Moore has developed a very offensive backhand. John said he wants to make his backhand more of a weapon.
Alto Guidry is now 90% sure he will be moving to Virginia and working for the government in 6 weeks. |
| Monday - 10-12-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ted Bennett, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Amol Mudhale, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy. |
| Thursday - 10-8-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
2 first time out players - Isac Iracheta and Caleb Miller (both know Ted Bennett).
7 regular players - Ted Bennett, Alto Guidry, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Amol Mudhale, Seth Sherrif.
Other news:
Mats and Ted renewed their memberships! |
| Tuesday - 10-6-09 |
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Bixby - 9 players.
1 first time out player - Noman Malik (played in tournaments and clubs in Pakistan).
8 regular players - Jim French, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Stephen Ackart, Alto Guidry, John Moore.
Other news:
Alto Guidry is 25% certain he will be moving to another state in 6 weeks. Alto also renewed his membership! |
| Monday - 10-5-09 |
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Dawson - 7 players.
1 - first time out player - Amol Mudhale
Sydney Agimudie, Ted Bennett, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas. |
| Thursday - 10-1-09 |
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Dawson - 5 players.
Ten Bennett, Larry Buell, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Seth Sheriff. |
| Thursday - 10-1-09 |
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From an email from Christian Lillieroos dated 10-1-09
Dear TT enthusiasts
Next Saturday October 3rd we will have our third Group Lesson at the Oklahoma City Table Tennis Club.
The theme will be Serve return, push and basic footwork. 50% of all your point will starts with a serve return in a match. The charge is $35 ($30 for club members).
We will start 10 am and end 1pm.
The club continues to play until 4 pm, and you can continue to play, which is included in the prize for the clinic.
Christian Lillieroos will be Coach.
We have a limit of 10 slots and last time they went pretty fast, so hurry up and sign up.
Please feel free to spread the word and forward this email to your friends.
Sincerely
Christian Lillieroos
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| Tuesday - 9-29-09 |
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Bixby - 6 players.
Alex Tupas, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Manan Azhar (from the TCC campus), Seth Sheriff, Alto Guidry. |
| Wed - 9-30-09 |
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Larry Buell's report on the Oklahoma City tournament held 9-26-09
(for those not familiar with who Larry is, Larry used to write stories for Tim Boggan).
2009 Fall OKC Team Tournament
9/26/09
Larry Buell
Gentlefolk,
Saturday dawned, a crisp and beautiful day. The trip from Tulsa to OKC for this tournament simply flew by! Chris Agimudie and I came representing our club, and we had an auspicious beginning by arriving at the same time (unplanned even J ). Chris was accompanied by his friend Ann, while my son met us and took my wife to Norman for the day.
The Team Tournament format was standard Davis Cup, with teams consisting of 2-4 members. In this Team Tournament the ratings for the top two team members could not exceed 3600. Any two can play in the two singles matches, any two can then play the doubles.
Singles are continued after the doubles as needed until one team wins 3 matches.
Of interest is that there is no set rule concerning the playing of the singles after the doubles – they can be played in order, or in parallel. The thing to find out from the local tournament official is whether the parallel play is optional or mandatory. Because although the event form lists the singles in a certain order, the first singles after the doubles that gets a team to 3 wins will conclude play.
Some of the teams did not know this and so experienced a little ‘gamesmanship’ while one of the parallel singles dragged out a match waiting to get the results of the other. It is purely optional once a tie has been decided while a singles match is still in progress if that pair wishes to finish their match (for ratings only).
12 teams took part in this event. So Larry Kesler (the tournament referee, who along with Britt Salter, Dale Goodman and David Hash organized another great tournament!) divided the first half of play into 4 RRs consisting of (I’ll pause here for new math pupils to compute) 3 teams each. In our first tie Chris and I, seeded 2nd in our RR behind overall 1st seeds Carl Miller (1818) and Guy Hendrickson (1727) played the 3rd seeded team of Doug Marks (1374) and Si-Dung Lam (1629).
Doug has been working with Winfred Addy, and the work has born fruit. Doug was killing with great accuracy anything slightly up, and was quick on his counters. In my match against him (lost 12-10 in the fifth) I simply could not overcome his power and consistency. I foresee a meteoric rise in this young man’s rating, helped in no small part by his victory over me J (Chris estimated his hit/counter game at well over 1800 level).
Chris won his match versus Si (played simultaneously so could not watch), then on to the doubles. Chris and I played very smoothly together, with Chris getting big shots off both forehand and backhand (especially off a long serve) and me moving the ball around trying to get our opponents out of position. We won the doubles 3-0.
Then Chris played a tough match against Doug, which he felt fortunate to win and we won our first tie 3-1.
We next faced the top-seeds Carl and Guy (again, played simultaneously). Carl has been tough for me to beat over the years, as his consistency, change of pace, mobility and slight of hand direction changes give me no consistent rhythm to get my game going against (I imagine this is his intention against all opponents – he reminds me of the playing strategy of John McEnroe, who also changed the pace on every shot so as to give his opponent no rhythm to fall into).
I did manage to take one game off Carl, which was a minor victory for me. Chris played Guy, whose rating has taken a what I’m sure will be a temporary tumble, very close, and was improving each game. Next time, Chris!
In the doubles we took them to 5, losing 11-9 in the 5th. I had two opportunities at 9-9 and 10-9 to put away forehand high kill shots, but by lifting my shoulder up too high hit long each time (sigh). Sorry Chris! But our good doubles play did give us a lift despite the loss.
In the 2nd half of play, Larry organized the teams into 3 RRs of 4 teams each. Our first tie was against a team using 3 players, Rod Cowles (1813), Jerry Gustafson (1693) and Gordon Dickey, Jr (1593, who has been getting coaching tips from none other than Sean O’Neill).
Rod played Chris first while I played Jerry. Rod had a style I hadn’t seen since the 70s – hardbat! He was a very effective chopper, with terrific court coverage and great variations of spin. Chris, who wasn’t even around in the 70s to see this, lost a tough match 0-3.
I played Jerry, who was a chopper/topper, but hadn’t played a tournament in 9 years. He had good touch/reactions, but was a bit rusty and I managed a win (3-0) by giving him easy low pushes then driving long to the corners, killing anything up. Jerry did play better each game.
We then went into the doubles, where Rod and Gordon paired up. They whupped us good J Rod told me he and Gordon (a lefty) play a lot of doubles together, and it showed, Gordon kept anything not up simply in play, while Rod moved the ball around with his hardbat chops quite well. Anything we left up from the chops, Gordan would kill to the opposite corner. Very effective duo! We lost 3-0.
In the 2nd half, Chris handled Jerry well with a 3-1 win, while I played a very cagey but ultimately unsuccessful match against Rod, losing 12-10 in the 3rd. Britt Salter was kind enough to tell me afterwards I had the right approach to Rod’s hardbat style (giving him nospin pushes/blocks until something came up which I then tried to flat kill), but my kill shots were nipping the net too frequently for me to overcome Rod’s consistency.
Our next tie was against Eddie Thompson (1739 spinny/anti combo) and Clayton Pavlorek (unrated, tennis player picking up TT) from Texas.
Eddie, playing Chris first, used a great 1-2 punch of block/chop with anti and great drive putaways to beat Chris 3-0. Clayton, a tall, lanky player with great court coverage, had terrific drive/kills on anything up. When he learns to return services he will be a force to contend with (my severe underspin short/long serves gave him much trouble, enabling a 3-0 win for me).
In the doubles Chris and I again moved well together, giving each other encouragement as we managed a solid win. Then Chris played Clayton, where Chris’ great drives and smart ball placement got him the win, giving us the tie win as well.
Our last tie of the day was against Craig Milkowski (1663) and Dalton Daugherty (1608) with Britt Salter (1653) joining Craig in the doubles. We were both a bit under the weather at this point, Chris having pulled his right peck muscle and me just running short on fuel J But Craig and Dalton played strongly and solidly, earning their victories. I lost to Dalton 11-9 in the 5th, his consistency with both pushing and driving and his good service returns ending up too much for me. In the doubles against Britt and Craig, Chris and I gave it everything we had, losing an excruciatingly close match 12-10 in the 5th.
I thought Chris played extremely well, and with more experience at shot selection will soar into the 1800s at minimum in the next year. I am (once again) in a transition period, changing my game from playing back from the table for counter drives to standing up close for positional picks, blocks, short topspin drives and kills. My timing still needs adjustment for playing this close, but I played solidly against the 1800 players and feel confident this is the direction I should pursue. My weaknesses continue to be the ‘easy’ stuff, which I consistently overhit, but in the next few months I will focus on this and hopefully see another plateau of play reached by mid next year.
A big thank you to Ann for her cheerful support and encouragement of us both throughout our play!
A bright finish to the day – Chris and I were done in time for him to get back on the road to the TU football game (without missing much I hope!). I traveled down to Norman for a great visit with my son, dinner, and then some sweet dancing down memory lane with Rock Band: Beatles tunes (I was the Walrus) before the drive home.
Thanks again to the folks in OKC for staging another great tournament!
(note - Larry added some smiley faces throughout his article, but due to coding errors, this program will not support the smiley faces and it printed them out as a "J" ).
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| Tuesday - 9-29-09 |
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Dawson neighborhood assoc. meeting tonight. Leonard Williams will attend the meeting. |
| Monday - 9-28-09 |
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Dawson - 8 players.
Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Seth Sheriff, Alex Tupas. |
| Thursday - 9-24-09 |
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Dawson - 6 players.
Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Bob Kyker, Antonis Lewis, Seth Sherrif, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 9-22-09 |
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Bixby - 8 players.
Chris Agimudie, Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Olga Shendrik, Igor Shendrik, Alto Guidry, Alex Tupas, Joel Agimudie.
Other news:
Players going to the Okla. City tournament this weekend - Chris Agimudie and Larry Buell. Rumor has it that Yee Yang may go.
Alex Tupas, on Monday night, got flooded out at Sheridan and Virgin (3 blocks from the club !)while trying to make it to the Dawson club. Had to leave his car at the transmission place there. |
| Monday - 9-21-09 |
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Dawson - 4 players.
Big storm in Tulsa. Lots of flooding.
Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker.
Other news:
Tulsa players going to the Okla. City tournament this weekend - Chris Agimudie and Larry Buell. |
| Thursday - 9-17-09 |
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Dawson - 7 players.
Chris Agimudie, Larry Buell, Alto Guidry, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Alex Tupas. |
| Wed. 9-16-09 |
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From an email from Guy Hendrickson, tournament director in Hutchinson, KS:
The last of our 2009 series of USATT sanctioned tournaments is scheduled for October 17, 2009. Our feature players for this tournament are Alfred Najem, Emporia , KS (2474 current rating) and Christain Wolf, Wichita, KS, (2136 current rating). The maximum players allowed to be entered are (36) thirty six to make the most matches available to all players.
Please enter soon to guarantee your place in the tournament,
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| Tuesday - 9-15-09 |
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Bixby - 5 players.
Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Thomas Berryhill, Melvin Norton, Alto Guidry.
Other news:
No one going to the Okla. City tournament next weekend. |
| Monday - 9-14-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
1 first time out player - a friend of the Agimudies - did not get his name.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Tulsa players going to the Okla. City team tournament on 9-26 - none so far. |
| Thursday - 9-10-09 |
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Dawson - 7 players.
Don Beckstrom, Larry Buell, Alto Guidry, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang.
Other news:
No Tulsa players, so far, are going to the Sept. 26 Okla. City team tournament. Dead line to enter is Sept. 22.
Yee Yang won a match from Don Beckstrom!
Hugh Pham has gone back to school and will not be out for awhile. |
| Wed - 9-9-09 |
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Bob Kyker is back!!
(He came out Monday and no one showed up).
Below is from an email Bob sent today about the tournament in San Francisco.
I advanced from my round robin but lost early next round. I played very well, but my key loss was to mark adelman from calif in four games. he was a very strong looper both wings, shots were too fast for my new chopping technique. I kept chopping the ball back too long. however, I hit 12 to 15 seemiller backhand kills past him that he didn't touch and his comment every time was "that's too good". good, but not good enough. he went on beat the no. 2 seed (about 2050) worse than he beat me and lost only to a 2050 player in the finals.
in doubles, george taplin and I won our round robin and then lost to a 2050 combined rating team. our rating was 3435. we found out next day that the 2050 team was composed of a 2050 rated player (no. 2 seed) and an unrated player (zero rating). ha! we felt better but this put us out of the top contender list and went into consolation, winding up 7th. george came in 6th in singles. this was our lowest performance to date, but the competition was the strongest, also. entries included george braithwaite, homer brown, lon dean, larry thoman, jim mcqueen, etc. we drove 2000 miles to san francisco just to play only four singles matches, but we'll be back!
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| Tuesday - 9-8-09 |
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Bixby - 8 players.
Jim French, Alto Guidry, Kelly Boyce, Larry Buell, Jordan Baker, Alex Tupas, John Moore, Seth Sherrif.
Other news:
Larry Buell has a new style and strategy that is very effective (he has been taking secret lessons).
The club has decided to use Nittaku balls only. No more Gambler balls. |
| Monday - 9-7-09 |
| Dawson - no play. Labor Day. |
| Thursday - 9-3-09 |
| Dawson - no info |
| Tuesday - 9-1-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
1 - 2nd time out player - Jordan Baker.
1- haven't been out since 9-19-06 player - Nestor Prato (?) - from Venzuela - just visiting. Uses long pips on his backhand and controls the ball very well with it. He gave Alex Tupas fits with it. Not sure how Chris Agimudie played against it.
10 regular players - Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Alto Guidry, Chris Agimudie, Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik, John Moore, Seth Sherrif. |
| Monday - 8-31-09 |
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Dawson - about 10 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Yee Yang, Larry Buell, Alex Tupas, Antonio Lewis and others. |
| Friday - 8-28-09 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY FALL TEAMS TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
September 26, 2009 @ 9:00 am. Enter by 22 September.
For info:
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| Thursday - 8-27-09 |
| Dawson - no info |
| Tuesday - 8-25-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
2 first time out players - Jordan Baker and Brian Figg - current rating - 2057. (more about Brian below).
1 watcher - Krassi Figg - mother of Brian Figg
10 regular players - Greg McCann, Melvin Norton, Stephen Ackart, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Alto Guidry, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik, Alex Tupas, Seth Sherrif.
Other news:
Brian Figg and his mother moved to Owasso about a month ago from Kansas City where Brian learned to play (the only place Brian has played at). Brian is 15 years old and plays pen-hold style and is a big time baseball player (looking for a scholarship in baseball. Owasso's baseball team has been in the finals of the Okla. high school 6A state championships in 12 of the last 13 years !). His last tournament was on 3-1-08 at the Missouri Winter Games and he played Hamid Ezzat and Wilhelm Kruger! Krassi Figg, his mother, plays with the Tulsa Symphony. Contact info for Brian will be posted on the members section of this web site (password protected page).
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Greg McCann has 12 students signed up for the table tennis class he has at TCC. They play on Friday afternoons and Tulsa club players can attend his class as a guest. |
| Monday - 8-24-09 |
| Dawson - about 10 players. |
| Thursday - 8-20-09 |
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Dawson - 8 players.
1 first time out player - Brian Figg.
7 regular players - Stephen Ackart, Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Larry Buell, Seth Sheriff, Alto Guidry. |
| Tuesday - 8-18-09 |
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Bixby - 11 players.
1 first time out to Bixby player - Joel Agimudie
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Chris Agimudie, Yee Yang, John Moore, Thomas Berryhill, Melvin Norton, Igor Shendrik, Alto Guidry, Seth Sherrif. |
| Monday - 8-17-09 |
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Dawson - 8 players.
Matts Johannson, Seth Sherrif, Larry Buell, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Alex Tupas, Antonio Lewis.
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| Thursday - 8-13-09 |
| Dawson - no info |
| Thursday - 8-13-09 |
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Stephen Ackart is wanting to go to the Little Rock tournament on 10-17-09.
Anyone interested, contact Stephen. |
| Tuesday - 8-11-09 |
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Bixby - 9 players.
1 first time out player - Sam, a close and personal friend of Chris Agimudie.
Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Melvin Norton, Alto Guidry, Yee Yang, Bernard.
Other news:
Yee Yang did go to the Wesleyan tournament in Dallas about 2 weeks ago.
Chris Agimudie just got back from the tournament in Houston. 150 players attended. Chris did beat a 2000 level player! The best player at the tournament was from China and is ranked 80th in the world (he won the tournament easily). |
| Monday - 8- 10-09 |
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Dawson - about 4 people.
Yee Yang, Alex Tupas, Larry Buell, ?. |
| Thursday - 8-6-09 |
| Dawson - no info |
| Tuesday - 8-4-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
1 - hasn't been out in a long time player - Venkatesh ("Ven") Movva - current rating - 1962. Last tournament he attended was in 10/2001. His highest rating - 2008.
11 regular players - Martie Quaye, Eugene Quaye, Emmanuel Quaye (all brothers), Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Hamid Ezzat, Chris Agimudie, Igor Shendrik, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Alto Guidry.
Other news:
Chris Agimudie will be leaving this Friday to attended the 4 star tournament in Houston, Tx. this weekend! |
| Tuesday - 8-4-09 |
The following emails below are from Britt Salter and Christian Lillieroos
Tulsa players - please note that Chris Agimudie attended the first group lesson and was very pleased.
1st email below from Britt Salter, President of the Oklahoma City Table Tennis club::
Please note that the first session was full, and that it was very well received.
Everyone - We'll be offering another Group Lesson on Saturday, August 15th. This one will concentrate on service. If you've played Christian or Winfred, you know that they can use their service to tie up opponents, dictate their returns, and even get some free points. Service and service return are two things that NOBODY can ever be too good at.
Please feel free to forward this to any who might be interested...
Also, if you are interested in this sort of thing, send me a note - I'm going to put together an E-Mail group.
Britt - bsalter5@gmail.com
2nd email from Christian Lillieroos below:
Dear TT enthusiasts,
On Saturday August 15th we will have our second Group Lesson at the new Oklahoma City Table Tennis Club.
The theme will be Serve and Ready position.
Every point starts with a serve you can never get away from it if you want to play a match.
The charge is $35 ($30 for club members).
We will start 10 am and end 1pm.
The club continues to play until 4 pm, and you can continue to play, which is included in the prize for the clinic.
Christian Lillieroos will be Head Coach and Winfred Addy will be the assistant coach.
Reply to: chlillieroos@att.net
if you want to sign up and reserve a spot.
We have a limit of 10 slots and last time they went pretty fast, so hurry up and sign up.
Please feel free to spread the word and forward this email to your friends.
SIncerely,
Christian Lillieroos
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| Monday - 8-3-09 |
| Dawson - no info (Bob Kyker in San Francisco) |
| Thursday - 7-30-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Ray Awe, Travis Bow, Larry Buell, Thai Diep (from Muskogee), Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Darrel Lucht (from Muskogee), Hugh Pham, Brent Roberts, Seth Sherrif, Leonard Williams, Robert Yang, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Bob Kyker will be going to San Francisco this weekend for the National Senior's tournament! |
| Thursday - 7-30-09 |
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(The following is from an email sent out yesterday by Britt Salter, President of the Oklahoma City TT club about a table tennis training camp this weekend at Okla. City).
Everyone,
I know it is short notice, but this is the best I can do... Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested. We hope to expand this concept and do it with some regularity in the future.
Christian Lilleroos (with help from Winfred Addy) will be holding a mini "TT Training Camp" this Saturday (1 August) at the OKCTT Club (New Location) from 10:00am to 1:00pm. The cost is $30 and that includes club entry fee for the rest of the day - until at least 4:00pm.
Christian plans to primarily stress the fundamentals at this session, but, for most of us, that is a very good thing.
The session is limited to the first 10 entries - I think three OKCTT club members are already signed up. There is a chance that it will be expanded, but not by much this go-around.
For those who don't know, Christian founded and coached at Texas Wesleyan, and has been a coach for the USA, Mexico, and likely other countries national teams. Winfred Addy is an ex-olympian and is also an outstanding coach.
If interested, please send me (Britt) an E-Mail at: bsalter5@gmail.com
I will forward them to Christian. Even if you aren't interested, or just can't make it, please spread the word, and keep us in mind!
Britt Salter
President OKCTT Club
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| Wed - 7-29-09 |
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A great table tennis rally link on "you tube" - courtesey of Larry Buell:
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| Tuesday - 7-28-09 |
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Bixby - 14 players.
4 first time out players - 2 friends of Khalid (did not get their names), Marty Quaye, Brett Stewart.
10 other players - P.J. Cardwell (plays baseball at Jenks HS), Sam Savin (plays football at Jenks HS), Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Khalid Shehada, Alto Guidry, John Moore, Thomas Berryhill, Jim French, Eugene Quaye.
Other news:
Jim French is giving up shuffle board (too many late night tournaments) |
| Monday - 7-27-09 |
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Dawson - 13 players.
Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, James Gateley, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Bob Kyker will be going to San Francisco this weekend to the National Senior Table Tennis tournament (with George from Kansas). |
| Monday - 7-27-09 |
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President Obama buys a ping pong table.
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| Monday - 7-27-09 |
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Where is the most expensive table tennis club in America?
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| Monday - 7-27-09 |
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What is a "ping pong door"?
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| Thursday - 7-23-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, James Gateley, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Greg McCann, Seth Sherrif, Leonard Williams. |
| Wed - 7-22-09 |
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Results have been posted on the Oklahoma City tournament held 6-27-09 on the USATT.ORG web site. A total of 17 players entered this tournament including 6 players from Tulsa. To view the results - click on the following link:
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| Tuesday - 7-21-09 |
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Bixby - 11 players.
1 - 2nd time out player - Manan Azhar (from the TCC program).
Khalid Shehada, Thomas Berryhill, Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, James Gateley, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Alto Guidry, Mats Johansson, Zack Eldridge.
Other news:
Yee Yang will be going to the Wesleyan tournament in Ft. Worth this weekend. He will be going with Winfred Addy and Linda from Okla. City. |
| Monday - 7-20-09 |
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Dawson - 13 players.
1 first time out player - Travis Bow
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Leonard Williams. |
| Thursday - 7-16-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Larry Buell, James Gateley, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 7-14-09 |
| Bixby - Kelly will not be able to attend tonight. |
| Monday - 7-13-09 |
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Dawson - 16 players.
2 first time out players - Ibad Rehman and Keegan Sequerra - both from the TCC table tennis program.
14 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Antonis Lewis, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 7-9-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, Hamid Ezzat, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Dan McIntosh, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams
Other news:
The air conditioner has been fixed. Temperature runs 76 degrees all the time. |
| Tuesday - 7-7-09 |
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Bixby - 15 players.
4 first time out players - Gray Whitman and Zane Simmons (both play on the varisty tennis team at Jenks), P.J. (friend of Brian Flynn), Misty Berryhill (wife of Thomas Berryhill).
11 regular players - Yee Yang, Chris Agimudie, Ben Bass, Kelly Boyce, Jim French, Al Houser, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik, Alto Guidry, Brian Flynn, Thomas Berryhill. |
| Monday - 7-6-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, James Gateley, Bob Kyker, Mike Malan, Greg McCann, Dan McIntosh, John Moore, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang.
Other news:
The air conditioner still does not work well. The park maintenance has been out 3 times in the last month to fix it. Club has not decided what to do about this. |
| Monday - 7-6-09 |
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Results from the June, 27 tournament at Oklahoma City are posted.
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| Thursday - 7-2-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
1 first time out player - James Gateley (from the Dallas club).
8 regular players - Ben Bass, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Mon. - 6-29-09 |
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Email from Ben Bass on the tournament he attended on 6-27-09 in Okla. City - his first tournament.
I'd like to add another update to the blog for today on the TT website please. I took 1st in the 1250 (I know it's not a major bracket :D )! And would like to say thanks to everyone at Bixby and Dawson for all of the help, pointers, and practice they have given me. Especially to you, bob, yi, steve, and alex. You guys make the game fun even when you are beating me in the matches! |
| Tuesday - 6-30-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
1 first time out player - James Gateley from the Dallas club.
11 regular players - Thomas Berryhill, Nathan Littledave, Kelly Boyce, Hamid Ezzat, Ben Bass, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Greg McCann, Alto Guidry, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik. |
| Monday - 6-29-09 |
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Dawson - 19 players.
2 first time out players - Mike Malan, Eduardo X (both students of Greg McCann).
15 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Hamid Ezzat, Larry Hill, Marquel Johnson, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Greg McCann, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Monday - 6-29-09 |
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Article from Larry Buell on the Okla. City tournament he attended Saturday, 6-27-09:
Sooner
State Games Summer Tournament Report
June 27, 2009
Larry Buell
Gentlefolk,
Well, the times they are a’changin’, and so has the location of the OKC Table Tennis Club. Their new site is at
1600 NE 8th Street in OKC. BTW, if you have GPS be verrry careful selecting your destination, because my GPS gave me 2 choices for this address in OKC, and I naturally picked the wrong one (ending up scratching my head wondering where a table tennis site would be amongst all these nice residential houses in the far south OKC suburbs). The one you want has
Jordan as a cross street (the OKCTTC site map is correct).
The OKC club has done a tremendous job cleaning out and refurbishing this place in a short time. The bathrooms (one measure I use to gauge the quality of a place) were superb, especially the main one that had new carpet and beautiful tiling on the wall (and is very spacious!). The club has room for many tables (which were all in terrific condition), in addition to a lounge/counter area in the front. The air conditioning for the main building is good, and will be helped even more when they get the lounge area a/c fixed (soon, soon as they said!).
The tournament was a typically well-run event by the capable OKC club members. We had good participation from
Tulsa, with 5 members doing a great job representing us: Steve Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Ben Bass, Yee Yang, and me.
From talking with the
Tulsa players, and watching them, the future of Tulsa Table Tennis is in good hands! Steve had some great matches he played with his fearless power game, Chris is playing with greater confidence and patience that is approaching his awesome talent, Ben has a terrific court sense and fine ball control (his game will only get better with time) and Yee of course is one of our most improved players and is dangerous to any player with his combination of control and power.
As for me, although I did not have the success I had in this tournament in February, I also did not have the failures. I have been trying to improve my power game and focus, and these both were in evidence during my play. Though it was a long day (entered U2000, Open, Over-50s, all RRs in which I played from
Noon to
7:30 PM), I felt fairly strong right through to the end. My toughest matches (from an “I almost won” point of view) were against Chris in the U2000 (lost 3-2 in an incredible -3, 10, 8, -9, -10 match, where Chris seemed unable to miss a power loop or cross-court kill when he needed them…grr
J
). Chris indeed was playing well as he upset 2nd overall seed in the tournament Brandon Gardner (1835) of
Texas, a strong young player who will only get better as he learns to wait for the opportune time to strike.
My other successful loss was to that same
Brandon in the runner-up playoff for 3rd/4th in the Opens. We played a ‘coat of paint’ match which I lost 2-3 (-9, 8, 8, -13, -8). I actually had 2 match points in the crucial 4th game, one of which was a ‘dratted white stuff’ shot that saw my cross-court forehand power loop just graze the top of the net and miss the table by scant centimeters.
Brandon gave out a loud sigh of relief at that one!
Overall though, I believe I am in the place I wanted to be, challenging a whole new class of player (my serves still gave folks trouble, that helped!), needing only a better push and serve return to enter into the next level of play.
The redoubtable left-hander Scott Ryan (1874/TX) was top seeded and won the Opens. The ever reliable and court sagacious Carl Miller (1824, KS) was 3rd seed and came in 2nd. Brandon of TX (seeded 2nd) came in 3rd, and yours truly was seeded 4th and came in 4th.
In the U3400 doubles, Scott and his partner Ken Potts (1341/TX) came in first, and our own Yee Yang/Ben Bass showed terrific court coverage and patience to finish 2nd. Chris and Steve showed promise as a power combo to finish 3rd.
All told, this was a very good tournament experience, and I can only hope for more of the same in the days ahead!
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| Monday - 6-29-09 |
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John Staley (rated 2011) from the Dallas club will most likely be at the Dawson club tonight - Monday.
He is in Tulsa on business today and said he thinks he can make it out to play tonight. |
| Saturday - 6-27-9 |
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Info from Yee Yang about the Oklahoma City tournament he attended on 6-27-09 per an email he sent in.
7 players from TULSA entered the OKC Tournament!
Me "Yee Yang" and Ben Bass took 2nd in U-3600 Doubles, Chris Agimudie & Stephen Ackart took 3rd!
Tulsa player Ben Bass, his first tournament and a person who does not play doubles, did an OUT STANDING JOB which surprised a lot of players there that day! Chris Agimudie took 2nd in the Open Singles who also did an out standing job! Stephen Ackart took 2nd in U-1500 and I took 1st! I learned that the way I am holding my blade is INCORRECT and it has been a habit I need to break! Winfred, the 2300-2500 TT player who noticed it and mentioned it to me! I will work on it and try to change! We all had fun and learned a lot that day! 6/27/09 We started at 9:00am and ended around 7:45-8:00pm
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| Friday - 6-26-09 |
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Update on which Tulsa players are going to the Okla. City tournament this weekend:
6 players - Stephen Ackart, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Nathan Littledave, Larry Buell, Yee Yang.
(Bob Kyker will not be going).
Ben will go up Friday night and stay at an exclusive apartment paid for by his company.
Thomas will leave Sat. morning.
Stephen will go up with his wife and his wife's parents on Friday.
Nathan will enter the ping pong events only. |
| Thursday - 6-25-09 |
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Dawson - 17 players.
Stephen Ackart, Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Hamid Ezzat, Alto Guidry, Marquel Johnson, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, John Moore, Hugh Pham, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Wed. 6-24-09 |
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Update on who is going to the Okla. City tournament this weekend:
4 for sure players - Stephen Ackart, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Nathan Littledave.
3 rumored players - Yee Yang, Bob Kyker, Larry Buell.
Ben will go up Friday night and stay at an exclusive apartment paid for by his company. Thomas will leave Sat. morning. Stephen will go up with his wife and his wife's parents on Friday. Nathan will enter the ping pong events only. |
| Tuesday - 6-23-09 |
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Bixby - 13 players.
1 - first time out player - Ali G. (knows Hamid).
12 regular players - Hamid Ezzat, Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik, Alto Guidry, Stephen Ackart, Ben Bass, Thomas Berryhill, Khaled Shehada, Kevin Borgstedt.
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| Monday - 6-22-09 |
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Dawson - 16 players.
1 first time out player - Marquel Johnson
15 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Larry Hill, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Antonio Lewis, Greg McCann, Dan McIntosh, Hugh Pham, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Saturday - 6-20-09 |
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Hutchinson tournament info from an email from Bob Kyker on how he and Yee Yang did Saturday:
Yee and I had a good tournament last Sat.( 6-20-09) in Hutchinson, KS. Yee beat a 1700 player and won something in singles and 1st in U-3600 doubles with Don Beckstrom. George Taplin and I won 2nd in U-3600 doubles. It was close in the last game with Yee and Don. Even though Yee was upset about his losses, he played exceptionally well and his level has jumped since last tournament.
My new defensive style was working well even at this stage of development (no offense to blend in, yet). I beat three 1700 players and was winning games against 1800 players. But I had a hiccup at the end of the day, losing to a 1385 player, with errors in playing defense only. I have plenty to work on for improvement against certain styles; it works very well against aggressive top spinners.
We started at 8:30 am Sat, and ended at 9:30 pm; it was a good day.
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| Thursday - 6-18-09 |
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Dawson - 20 players.
7 first time out players - Furqaan Azhar, Ibrahaam Azhar, Salmaan Azhar (all nephews of Zaeen Afzal), Hannah Burkett (Muskogee club member, did not play however), Ali G., Antonio Lewis (young friend of Larry Buell), Brent Roberts (Muskogee club member),
13 regular players - Zaeen Afzal, Larry Buell, Thai Diep, Hamid Ezzat, Alto Guidry, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Darrel Lucht (Muskogee club member), John Moore, Hugh Pham, Joe Spaulding, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Wed. 6-17-09 |
| Update on the Hutchinson tournament this weekend. Only 2 Tulsa players going. Bob Kyker and Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 6-16-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
Bob Kyker, Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik, Melvin Norton, Yee Yang, Alto Guidry, Jim French, Khaled Shehada, Ben Bass, Kevin Borgstedt. |
| Tuesday - 6-16-09 |
| Update - 2 Tulsa players going to the Hutchinson tournament this weekend - Bob Kyker and Yee Yang. |
| Monday - 6-15-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
1 visitor - just watched - Oliver Lee
1 first time out player - Stephen Svensson (relative of Matts).
8 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Larry Hill, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Yee Yang. |
| Monday - 6-15-09 |
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Email below from Thomas Griffin dated 6-15-09:
I did get to play at the Dawson club last Thursday night.
If you get a chance to talk to those guys, please tell them that I had a lot of fun playing with them.
I played 6 matches or so and I was pretty tired after that.
If any of you guys are ever in Charlotte, NC, stop by our club to play.
We play Tuesday and Thursday nights, and Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Thanks, Thomas Griffin
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| Thursday - 6-11-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
1 - first time out player - Thomas Griffin, from Charlotte, NC. An 1850 player - conventional strong looper. He was here in Tulsa on business.
14 regular players - Stephen Ackart, Zaeen Afzal, Sydney Agimudie, Don Beckstrom (from Wichita - 1877 player), Larry Buell, Zack Eldridge, Alto Guidry, Larry Hill, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, John Moore, Khaled Shehada, Seth Sherrif, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Rumor has it Yee Yang beat Thomas Griffin. Don Beckstrom did win against Thomas.
Players going to the Hutchinson tournament next weekend - unknown.
Players going to the Okla. City tournament in 2 weeks - unknown. |
| Wed - 6-10-09 |
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Dawson special notice: Tulsa will be having an out-of-town player at Dawson tomorrow - Thursday. The club rec'd the following email today:
My name is Thomas Griffin and I am a table tennis player from Charlotte, NC. I have been playing with the Charlotte club for many years. My current rating is 1850.
I am going to be in Tulsa tomorrow (Thursday) for business and I would like to come play at your club at the Dawson center.
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| Tuesday - 6-9-09 |
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Bixby - 8 players.
1 - just joined the club tonight player - Greg McCann - teacher of the TCC class on table tennis.
1 - first time out player - Michael - from the Tulsa Chinese Assoc. He was playing because of a tournament their association is having soon (only members of the Chinese Assoc. can play). (Alto Guidry is a member of this assoc.?)
Michael came in first in the doubles during the last tournament and came in 4th in the singles (per Alto).
6 regular players - Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Alto Guidry, Ben Bass, Yee Yang, Kevin Borgstedt.
Other news:
Yee Yang is wanting to go to the Hutchinson tournament this month.
Ben Bass is wanting to go to the Okla. City tournament this month.
Greg McCann said this year was the first time TCC offered a class on table tennis and got about 6 players.
The class is offered again in the fall but no one has signed up yet.
(Amir Khan plays at TCC and Samer Charr works and plays at TCC also).
Ben Bass said he prefers playing table tennis to softball and will try to play more table tennis.
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| Monday - 6-8-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
1 first time out player - Hugh Pham (works with Nicky).
13 players - Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Joel Agimudie, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, 2 other players we did not get their names. |
| Monday - 6-8-09 |
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Tournament schedule change:
The Okla. Sooner State Games will be changed to 6-27-09 so as not to conflict with the Hutchinson, Kansas tournament on 6-20-09. |
| Thursday - 6-4-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Dane Boswell, Zack Eldridge, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Leonard Williams, Robert Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 6-2-09 |
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Bixby - 11 players.
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Igor Shendrik, Olga Shendrik, Jack Hannah, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Ben Bass, Kevin Borgstedt, Al Houser, Alto Guidry. |
| Monday - 6-1-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
1 - first time out player - Joel Agimudie
13 regulars - Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Jeff Beavers, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 5-27-09 |
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Special note - the Dawson club hit their 100th player (since 2003) with James Gateley (no prizes for James, however),
Dawson - 11 players.
1 first time out player - Caleb Bates (knows Greg Widdowson).
10 regular players - Zaeen Afzal, Sydney Agimudie, Alto Guidry, James Gateley (fireman from Dallas), Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Greg Widdowson.
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| Tuesday - 5-26-09 |
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Bixby - 11 players.
2 just joined the club tonight players - Igor Shendrik and his wife - Olga Shendrik
1 - 2nd time out player - Eugene Quaye - from the TCC program
8 regular players - Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Alex Tupas, Jack Hannah, John Moore, Alto Guidry, Yee Yang.
Other news:
The club needs to start setting up after 5:30 PM in order to not interfere with the gymnastics program.
Melvin modified the Detroiter cart to better hold the cardboard. New name for the Detroiter cart will now be the "card board cart". |
| Monday - 5-25-09 |
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Dawson - 2 players.
Bob Kyker and Ben Bass.
Other news:
Bob Kyker will be playing in the Hutchinson tournament on 6-20-09.
Bob will also be playing in the National Seniors doubles tournament in August in San Francisco with George Taplin. |
| Thursday - 5-21-09 |
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Dawson - 6 players.
Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Khaled Shehada, Joe Spaulding, Seth Sherrif, Yee Yang. |
| Wed - 5-20-09 |
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Results of the Flim Flam Slam tournament held 5-16-09 in Springfield, Missouri.
2 players from Tulsa attended - Stephen Ackart and Chris Agimudie.
Letter below written by Bill Lewis, President of the Ozarks Table Tennis Club.
Results of the Flim Flam Slam Open table tennis tournament played in Springfield on May 16th. A grand total of 24 players played 113 matches of which there were 19 sanctioned players. Seven matches were played in the Under 3200 and Open Doubles with 11 matches notched in the novice Ping-Pong singles.
Open Singles, the highest rated event, saw Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan from St. Charles versed Rob Sharp from Olathe, Kansas, for 1st Place and $125.00. “Bold” prevailed by scores of: 12-10, 11-6 and 11 to 5. Dale Boswell, Springfield and Chunyen Liu, Overland Park, Kansas, rallied it out in the battle for 3rd place and $60. Chunyen won handily at: 11-5, 14-12 and 11 to 1. Bill Lewis and Robert Johnson, two Springfield players, rounded out the quest for 5th. Lewis would win against his ‘same-club competitor by scores of: 11-6, 11-5, 6-11 and 11-8. Lewis, with more of a control type style, player well against Johnson who is a much better looper.
Under 2150. Arguably the best and perhaps finest match of the day was between Chunyen Liu and Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan in the championship match of the Under 2150. Chunyen, an underdog by 173 rated points, came from behind and prevailed by the scores of: 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 with a game count of ~ 3 games to 1. Bold is perhaps a stronger counter hitter, but Chunyen is perhaps better at his forehand loops. It was against this backdrop that a more consistent Chunyen, with faster forehand loops, propelled himself to victory. Dale Boswell and Rob Sharp rounded out the other 2150 finalists.
Under 1950 was a bit of a Kansas City inner-city rivalry between club members Rob Sharp and Richard Richard. Rob Sharp would have his way devouring Richard 11-9, 11-5 and 11 to 6. A couple of forfeits in a preliminary round robin kept two players from advancing but there was still plenty of action with Dale Boswell, Stephen Ackart from Coweta, Oklahoma and Chris Agimudie from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma rounding out as final contestants.
Under 1750 pitted two groups of four players with Brad Wommack from Bolivar and Stephen Ackart progressing from one round robin while Ben Lewis, Springfield, MO, and Chris Agimudie eventually succeeding from another bracketed round robin. Agimudie and Wommack would try their luck in an O.K Corral shoot-out in one semi-final. Wommack would find a way and win: 11-7, 11-9 and 11-7. Lewis and Ackart harried one another in the other semi. Lewis would win his battle against Goliath-sized opponent Ackart by scores of: 11-7, 11-7, 11-13 and 11-5. That said, I’m not sure any person on that day could ‘straight-arrow’ hit better than Ackart. Lewis, who had previously bested Wommack 3 games to 2 in the Under 1700 of the February 2009 Missouri Winter Games, this time prevailed by the May scores of: 11-4, 11-7 and 11-2.
The Under 1550 clashed Sam Liu, of Overland Park, Kansas, against Datt Gazula from St. Peter’s, Missouri, for the 1st place Championship. Sam, though he had won an earlier round robin match against Gazula, this time ran out of hitting power in the Championship match eventually losing to Gazula at: 11-7, 11-8, 6-11 and 12-10. Stephen Ackart, Sanjay Kumar from Dardenne Prairie, MO, Joe Fong and Dan Young both from Springfield, all had many matches that went either four or five games.
The Under 1350 with Kevin Lazaro, Springfield, MO, Dan Young and Sanjay Kumar valiantly fought for the right to progress to the championship match. Borrowing a phrase from the movie Highlander “There can be only one” this Christopher Lambert sword fight would belong to Sanjay Kumar winning by the scores of: 11-3, 11-6, 11 to 3 over Butterfly dealer and entrepreneur Dan Young.
Ping-Pong Singles saw the last second insertion of J.R Terral, who hails from “All Places USA” as a substitute replacement. J.R. stood tall and succeeding at beating everyone in his round robin – and in jeans. The father/son combo of Fernando Salcedo and Thommy Salcedo from Ozark, MO, Kevin Lazaro and Steven Behnen would all vie for the right to progress to single elimination. This honor would ultimately fall to Terral and Behnen. It was a “Titanic” struggle with these two opponents. At the end of the day, it was Terral who would win in a five game slugfest: 11-7, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8 and 11 to 5.
The Under 3200 Doubles had 4 teams in contention. Stephen Ackart and Chris Agimudie fought against Sanjay Kumar and Datt Gazula for 1st place with Ackart and Agimudie narrowly winning 3 games to 2 – in a very tight duel. Stephen Behnen and Dan Young sided against Jamie Hathcock, Springfield, MO and Kevin Lazaro. This match would go the distance as Behnen & Young won 3 games to 2 in the battle for 3rd.
The Open Doubles saw another 4 teams in pool play. Bill Lewis and Dale Boswell versed Sanjay Kumar and Datt Gazula in one preliminary match. Lewis and Boswell would win 3 games to 0. Chris Agimudie and Stephen Ackart would duel against Chunyen Liu and Sam Liu in the other heat. Agimudie / Ackart would win this match 3 games to 1. The 1st place finals saw Lewis and Boswell eventually win their 1st Place match at 3 games to 1 against the taller men from Oklahoma. ( There was no 3rd place match.)
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Open Singles:
1st Place Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan
2nd Place Rob Sharp
3rd Place Chunyen Liu
4th Place Dale Boswell
5th Place Bill Lewis
Under 2150
1st Place Chunyen Liu
2nd Place Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan
Under 1950
1st Place Rob Sharp
2nd Place Richard Richard
Under 1750
1st Place Ben Lewis
2nd Place Brad Wommack
Under 1550
1st Place Datt Gazula
2nd Place Sam Liu
Under 1350
1st Place Sanjay Kumar
2nd Place Dan Young
Ping Pong Singles
1st Place J.R. Terral
2nd Place Steve Behnen
Open Doubles
1st Place Bill Lewis / Dale Boswell
2nd Place Chris Agimudie / Stephen Ackart
Under 3200 Doubles
1st Place Stephen Ackart / Chris Agimudie
2nd Place Sanjay Kumar / Datt Gazula
3rd Place Stephen Behnen / Dan Young
4th Place Kevin Lazaro / Jamie Hathcock
Bill Lewis
- 3818 South Farm Road 103
- Brookline Station, MO. 65619
- President Ozarks Table Tennis Club
- USATT Club Umpire & USATT Tournament Director
- Local web site: www.ozarkstabletennisclub.com
- Local web site: http://mowintergames.org/tabletennis.html
- National web site: www.usatt.org
- Ph: 417.890.8092
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| Tuesday - 5-19-09 |
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Bixby - 10 players
1 - first time out player - Eugene Quaye (from the TCC program).
9 other players - Olga Shendrik, Igor Shendrik (their 3rd time out ! ), Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Alto Guidry, Jack Hannah, Alex Tupas, John Moore, Chau Giang. |
| Monday - 5-18-09 |
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Dawson - 17 players.
4 players from Sallisaw - Matt Caldwell, Steve Padgett, Bob Sivils, Daniel Sivils.
13 other players - Dwayne Beavers, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Khaled Shehada, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Robert Yang, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy. |
| Saturday - 5-16-09 |
| Springfield, Missouri tournament is today. Stephen Ackart and Chris Agimudie are the only 2 Tulsa players going. |
| Thursday - 5-14-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
Stephen Ackart, Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Robert Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 5-12-09 |
| Bixby - info to follow later |
| Monday - 5-11-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
1 - first time out player - from Ft. Worth, a fireman, we did not get his name.
13 other players - Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 5-7-09 |
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Dawson - info to follow |
| Tuesday - 5-5-09 |
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Bixby - 9 players.
2 first time out players - Olga Shendrik, Igor Shendrik - both from the Ukraine. Have been in Tulsa since 1996.
7 regular players - Melvin Norton, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Alto Guidry, Jack Hannah, Ben Bass.
Other news:
Melvin Norton will modfy the "Detroiter carts" to better carry the cardboard rolls. |
| Monday - 5-4-09 |
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Dawson - 16 people.
Kyle Dierking from channel 6 - KOTV came out and interviewed Kelly Boyce, Bob Kyker and Larry Buell and took alot of video of the players - mostly of Nicky Agimudie.
Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Kelvin Frank ( a relative of Sydney who just watched), Dwayne Beavers, Don Beckstrom (from Wichita), Kelly Boyce, Larry Buell, Amir Khan, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, John Moore, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 4-30-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang.
Other news: Don Beckstrom will be playing Monday night. |
| Tuesday - 4-28-09 |
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Bixby - 6 players.
Alex Tupas, Thomas Berryhill, Kelly Boyce, Alto Guidry, Yee Yang, John Moore. |
| Monday - 4-27-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Rollin Hoggatt, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Josh Parker, Shane Parker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 4-23-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Alto Guidry, Rollin Hoggatt, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Josh Parker, Shane Parker, Joe Spaulding. |
| Tuesday - 4-21-09 |
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Bixby - 10 players.
Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Alex Tupas, Kevin B, Alto Guidry, Thomas Berryhill (brought his fiancee), Mats Johansson.
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| Monday - 4-20-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dane Boswell, Rollin Hoggatt, Bob Kyker, John Moore, Josh Parker, Shane Parker, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 4-16-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
3 first time out players - Rollin Hoggart, Shane Parker, a player we did not get their name.
6 regular players - Hamid Ezzat, Chris Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding. |
| Tuesday - 4-14-09 |
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Bixby - 8 players.
1 first time out player - Al Houser
7 regular players - Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Grant Bond, Melvin Norton, Thomas Berryhill, Jack Hannah, Alto Guidry. |
| Monday - 4-13-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Mats Johansson, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, John Moore, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy. |
| Thursday - 4-9-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
1 first time out player - Greg Ketchum
10 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Alto Guidry, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 4-7-09 |
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Bixby - 10 players.
4 first time out players - Chau Giang (played at a table tennis club in California. A chopper. Has lived in Tulsa since October). Josh Willinger and John Davis - both enrolled in the TCC table tennis course (there are 6 players in the TCC course now but John said that is because no one knew about the course that started this semester and that next semester there should be alot more players). One other player that was there because of the gymnastics program.
6 regular players - Thomas Berryhill, Kelly Boyce, Kevin B., Melvin Norton, Alex Tupas, Alto Guidry.
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| Monday - 4-6-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Hamid Ezzat, Steven Freedman, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy.
Other news:
Chris Agimudie got a new Newgy robot. |
| Thursday - 4-2-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players
3 first time out players - all from Hawaii - Steven Freedman, Jamie Stokes, Lynn Stokes.
9 regular players - Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 3-31-09 |
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Bixby - 15 players.
5 first time out players - all from the TCC table tennis club course - Greg McCann (the instructor for the course), Kyle Chancey, John Davis, Patrick Short, Brad Baumann.
10 regular players - Melvin Norton, Alto Guidry, Jack Hannah, Kelly Boyce, Chris Agimudie, Alex Tupas, Sydney Agimudie, Fred Roper, Kevin Borgstedt, Thomas Berryhill.
Other news:
TCC has an accredited table tennis course and Greg is the teacher for the course.
Good for 2 to 3 college credits. They play once a week for 2 1/2 hours.
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| Monday - 3-30-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
1 - haven't been out in a long time player - Ray Awe (joined the club tonight also!).
13 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Dane Boswell, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Chuck Lewis, John Moore, Alex Tupas, Fong Yang, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy. |
| Thursday - 3-26-09 |
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Dawson - 16 players.
2 first time out players - Rollin Hoggatt, Shane Parker (nephew of Rollin Hoggatt).
14 regular players - Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 3-24-09 |
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Bixby - 13 players.
3 first time out players - Dick Clemons and his son Sean Clemons, Fred Roper (used to play at the Okla. City club 10 years ago, now living in Broken Arrow).
10 regular players - Thomas Berryhill, Kelly Boyce, Grant Bond, Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Ben Bass, Melvin Norton, Alto Guidry, Jack Hannah, Kevin Borgstedt.
Other news:
Chris Agimudie is planning on going to the St. Louis tournament next month.
Ben Bass will only be playing on Tuesdays now due to his softball commitments on Mondays and Thursdays. |
| Monday - 3-23-09 |
| Dawson - no info yet. |
| Thursday - 3-19-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
3 first time out players - Junaid Malik, Maria McCann (wife of Greg McCann), Amir Khan (won the doubles at TCC)
1 - hasn't been out in 15 years player - Greg McCann (used to play at Owen Park and Turner Park)
9 regular players - Zaeen Afzal, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Di Jin, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang.
Other news:
Di Jin will be leaving next week to work in Detroit, Mich. for General Motors |
| Tuesday - 3-17-09 |
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Bixby - 8 players.
Alex Tupas, Kelly Boyce, Ben Bass, Melvin Norton, Thomas Berryhill, Jack Hannah, Grant Bond, Nat Littledave. |
| Monday - 3-16-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
Stephen Ackart, Zaeen Afzal, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, David Goldsmith, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 3-12-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Thomas Berryhill, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas,
Update on the Sapulpa center - no word yet from Jake at the Salvation Army center whether the funding request he made got approved or not. |
| Tuesday - 3-10-09 |
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Bixby - 10 players.
Ben Bass, Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, Thomas Berryhill, Jack Hannah, Alto Guidry, Chris Agimudie, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang, John Moore. |
| Monday - 3-9-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang. |
| Friday - 3-6-09 |
| Update on the Salvation Army move. Jake at the Salvation Army will enter a request/grant for 8 new tables. He said by Monday he will know something. Tulsa will keep the tables at Dawson and continue to play on Mondays. Tulsa will keep the tables at Bixby and continue to play on Tuesdays at Bixby. The Salvation center will hold Wed. nights open for the table tennis club (for now just once a week). We will have to wait to see how many tables the Salvation Army will get approved for (if any). The Salvation Army center is the best place I (Kelly) have ever seen for a table tennis center. If there was ever a perfect place to play table tennis, this place is it (for more reasons than just the lighting, floor and the room). Hopefully, the funding will go through. |
| Thursday - 3-5-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Thomas Berryhill, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 3-5-09 |
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The Sapulpa Salvation Army Boys and Girls club has made an offer to the Dawson club to move the club to Sapulpa.
Hamid checked out the center today and he approves of the move.
Kelly Boyce will talk to the Sapulpa center tonight to work out the details.
The club can play from 6:00 Pm to 10:00 Pm Tuesday, Wed. Thurs, or Friday (Monday night is currently being used by the karate program). We will get 2 nights a week minimum. The address is: 1721 S. Hickory, Sapulpa.
We will not commit until everyone is on board on this. We could keep the Dawson open on Monday's is a possiblilty.
The Salvation Army has committed to buying 6 new tables to support this new program. |
| Tuesday - 3-3-09 |
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Bixby - 14 players.
1 first time out player - Nathan Littledave (works with Thomas Berryhill and Ben Bass at a carpet repair company that has a table tennis table).
Garrett Belcher, Ben Bass, John Moore, Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce, Alex Tupas, Jim French (paid his dues), Steve Ford, Melvin Norton, Alto Guidry, Grant Bond, Thomas Berryhill, Jack Hannah.
Other news:
Melvin Norton (the inventor of the "Detroiter cart" ) celebrated his 75 birthday! |
| Monday - 3-2-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Brett Robbins, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 2-26-09 |
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Dawson - 13 players.
1 - first time out player - Phil Kinnamon (friend of Joe Spaulding).
1 - just joined the club tonight player - Zaeen Afzal.
11 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, John Moore, Brett Robbins, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 2-24-09 |
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Bixby - 14 players.
Jim Hughes, Thomas Berryhill, Kelly Boyce, Ben Bass, John Moore, Brett Robbins, Steve Ford, Alex Tupas, Kevin Borgstedt, Melvin Norton, Alto Guidry, Grant Bond, Jackson Fine, Jack Hannah.
Other news:
Ben Bass got his new paddle in from Coles TT. However, he ordered the UL and there were dents on the black side only surface that hopefully will smooth out.
Alex Tupas ordered new rubber from Coles TT due in Friday and he ordered a blade from Paddle Palace. |
| Monday - 2-23-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh, John Moore, Brett Robbins, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy.
Other news:
2 players going to the Springfield, MO. tournament this weekend - Hamid Ezzat, Dan McIntosh. |
| Thursday - 2-19-09 |
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Dawson - 12 players.
Zaeen Afzal, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Ben Bass, Dwayne Beavers, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Dan McIntosh (from Muskogee), Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas (he broke his carbon blade ! ), Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 2-17-09 |
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Bixby - 10 players.
Jim French, Kelly Boyce, Ted Hill, Melvin Norton, Jack Hannah, Brett Robbins, Thomas Berryhill, Alto Guidry, Stephen Ackart. Kevin Borgstedt. |
| Monday - 2-16-09 |
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Dawson - 15 players.
Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Louis Kirk, Bob Kyker, John Moore, Brett Robbins, Khaled Shehada, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Tim Yardy.
Other news:
Players going to the Missouri Winter games in Springfield, MO on 2-28-09 - Nick Agimudie, Tim Yardy, Hamid Ezzat. |
| Tuesday - 2-10-09 |
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Bixby - 13 players.
3 - 2nd time out players - Will Landsheft, Lucas Gibson - (both Bixby high school students) and Kevin Borgstedt.
1 first time out player - Jackson Fine (friend of Grant).
9 regular players - John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Jim French, Thomas Berryhill, Ben Bass, Brett Robbins, Grant Bond, Alto Guidry, Jack Hannah. |
| Monday - 2-9-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie, Alex Tupas, Dane Boswell, Yee Yang, Joe Spaulding, Seth Sherrif, Dwayne Beavers.
(info courtesy of Yee Yang).
Note - no info from anyone about the Okla. City tournament on Sat. Anyone with any info please email. |
| Thursday - 2-5-09 |
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Dawson - 10 players.
Dan Guernsey, Alto Guidry, Matts Johansson, Louis Kirk, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 2-3-09 |
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Bixby - 16 players
4 first time out players - Terry Vinsant, Kevin Borgstedt (his daughters do gymnastics also), Lucas Gibson and Will Landsheft - both Bixby high school students).
12 regular players - Melvin Norton, Thomas Berryhill (joined the club tonight!), Alex Tupas, Brett Robbins (joined the club tonight!), Stephen Ackart, Larry Buell, Jim French, Grant Bond, Ben Bass, Yee Yang, Kelly Boyce, Jack Hannah.
Other news:
2 players joined the club tonight - Thomas Berryhill and Brett Robbins.
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| Monday - 2-2-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Alto Guidry, Bob Kyker, Brett Robbins, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang.
Players going to the Okla. City tournament this weekend - listed as under 3400 double teams:
Bob Kyker and Larry Buell, Stephen Ackart and Matts Johannson, Yee Yang and Robert Yang, Nick and Sydney Agimudie, Chris Agimudie and Seth Sheriff, Hamid Ezzat (no doubles).
Note - still possible that Robert Yang and Matts Johansson may not go.
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| Thursday - 1-29-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Bob Kyker, Brett Robbins, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang.
Players going to this weekends Okla. City tournament:
Larry Buell and Bob Kyker (double team),
Yee Yang and Robert Yang (doubles team),
Stephen Ackart and Matts Johannson (doubles team) (Stephen said Matts may not go).
Chris Agimudie and Nick Agimudie (doubles team under 3400),
Hamid Ezzat.
Bob Kyker to confirm this info tonight. |
| Tuesday - 1-27-09 |
| Bixby - closing today at 5:00 PM due to the ice storm that came in Monday afternoon. |
| Monday - 1-26-09 |
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Dawson - 6 brave (?) players ( an ice storm came in today around noon).
Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Robert Yang, Fong Yang, Yee Yang. |
| Friday - 1-23-09 |
To help players become more familiar with Coles table tennis equipment, a new web page has been added. On the home page, click on: "Coles Table Tennis equipment comments from Tulsa players - click here "
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| Thursday - 1-22-09 |
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Dawson - 11 players.
2 first time out players - Dan Guernsey, Louis Kirk.
9 regular players - Stephen Ackart, Chris Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang. |
| Wed - 1-21-09 |
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8 Tulsa players going to the Okla. City tournament on Feb. 7 - Larry Buell and Bob Kyker (double team), Yee Yang and Robert Yang (doubles team), Stephen Ackart and Matts Johannson (doubles team), maybe Chris Agimudie, Hamid Ezzat for sure. |
| Tuesday - 1-20-09 |
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Bixby - 15 players.
1 just joined the club tonight player - Ben Bass.
1 first time out player - Zeke Clark (friend of Grant Bond).
13 regular players - Alto Guidry, Kelly Boyce, Brett Robbins, Stephen Ackart, Alex Tupas, John Moore, Yee Yang, Jim French, Grant Bond, Marshall Earnest, Melvin Norton, Thomas Berryhill, Jack Hannah. |
| Monday - 1-19-09 |
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Dawson - 17 players.
1 new player - Cary Enterline
16 regular players - Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Dwayne Beavers, Jeff Beavers, Austin Berryman, Larry Buell, Tyler Colston, Glenn Godsey, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Brett Robbins, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Thursday - 1-15-09 |
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Dawson - 9 players.
Stephen Ackart, Laura Avey, Hamid Ezzat, Bob Kyker, Brett Robbins, Seth Sherrif, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Yee Yang. |
| Tuesday - 1-13-09 |
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Bixby - 12 players.
Kelly Boyce, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Alto Guidry, Alex Tupas, Jim Hughes, Laura Avery, Marshall Earnest , Grant Bond, Brett Robbins, Thomas Berryhill. |
| Monday - 1-12-09 |
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Dawson - 22 players.
2 first time out players - Austin Berryman, Tyler Colston
20 regular players - Stephen Ackart, Nick Agimudie, Sydney Agimudie, Allen Krys, Laura Avey, Dwayne Beavers, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Glenn Godsey, Hamid Ezzat, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Seth Sherrif, Joe Spaulding, Alex Tupas, Leonard Williams, Robert Yang, Tuo Yang, Yee Yang, Tim Yardy.
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| Friday - 1-9-09 |
| Keith Spence has for sale, table tennis shoes, size 9. Click the "equipment for sale" link in the upper right corner for more info. |
| Thursday - 1-8-09 |
| Dawson - Okla. Sooners playing Florida tonight at 7:00 PM. Playing maybe limited. |
| Tuesday - 1-6-09 |
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Bixby - 9 players.
3 first time out players - Laura Ashley, Brett Robbins. Keith Spence
6 regular players - Alex Tupas, Jim Hughes, Melvin Norton, John Moore, Kelly Boyce, Alto Guidry.
Other news:
Keith Spence played in the club when the club was at the YWCA on 17th and Memorial - around 1975 (when Peggy Shaha was making her place in Okla. table tennis history along with the 4 Sanchez's). He later and last played at Reed Park in west Tulsa.
6 players (so far) going to the Okla. city tournament on Feb. 7 - Hamid, Stephen, Yee, Mats, maybe Larry Buell, Bob Kyker.
John Moore bought a paddle from Cole Ely's table tennis. The rubber is 729 - Cream RITC and the blade is Genote Quattro X. Very nice paddle - all for $40. |
| Monday - 1-5-09 |
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Dawson - 14 players.
4 first time out players - Laura Ashley, Dwayne Beavers, Jeff Beavers (son of Dwayne), Brett Robbins.
10 regular players - Stephen Ackart, Dane Boswell, Larry Buell, Hamid Ezzat, Matts Johansson, Bob Kyker, Joe Spaulding, Keith Spence, Alex Tupas, Yee Yang.
Other news:
6 players (so far) going to the Okla. city tournament on Feb. 7 - Hamid, Stephen, Yee, Mats, maybe Larry Buell, Bob Kyker. |
| Thursday - 1-1-09 |
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Dawson - closed. |
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