tournaments & competitions
USA Table Tennis Open 2022 live streams
I forgot this was happening, but you can see the weekend live streams at https://www.youtube.com/@USATableTennis/streams
There are more games through Dec. 21, but uncertain which games will be on YouTube.
USATT Opens Registration For 2022 US Open Table Tennis Championships
Happening in Southern California in December! Check out the USATT page for more details and link to sign-up.
2022 Sac Fall Fun For All Open Table Tennis Tournament
Found a site that lists competitions/tournaments around the country: Omni-Pong
Coming next month in Sacramento: 2022 Sac Fall Fun For All Open Table Tennis Tournament
WTT Feeder Fremont | May 3 – May 8 | Extended Entry update
Just saw that it is still possible to enter the competition through today, 4/20, but I couldn’t find details.
WTT Feeder Fremont | May 3 – May 8
Too late to enter the competition now, but tickets are available. Best part is that it’s happening in Fremont. We don’t yet know the competitors list, but USA Olympian, Lily Zhang, will be there (it’s at Table Tennis America, her club).
2020 Olympic Table Tennis schedule
Not sure why they decided to keep calling it Tokyo 2020, but here we are in 2021. I think the best page to see the TT schedule. I’ll be rooting for USA, but our team will be outmatched most of the time. The Men’s brackets list is here. Looks like the best place to watch online or find out where to watch would be nbcolympics.com. Discovered that Hulu has a week-long free trial which let’s you see a lot of the games without paying (just don’t forget to cancel at the end of the week). If anyone has other options, let me know. I’m hoping that the best games will appear on YouTube, but who knows.
Two upcoming competitions in the Bay Area
2019 SWAN Warriors December Open
(December 7-8, 2019)
$3,000 Prize Money
Registration Deadline Extended To: Wednesday, November 27, 2019
75 Players Registered
USA Table Tennis 2-Star Sanctioned Tournament
Contact: Meng-Yu Wang, , 217-377-9326
Venue: Swan Ping Pong, 1257 Tasman Dr, Ste. C, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089
Entry Form: https://www.omnipong.com/EntryForms/1039-46.pdf
2019 Ultimate Fieldhouse December Open
(Sat, Dec 14)
2019 Ultimate Fieldhouse Year-End Open
(Sun, Dec 29)
Walnut Creek, CA – 2-Star
$400 Total Prize Money
Register Online Here: https://omnipong.com/members.asp
Sat, Dec 14 Entry Form: https://omnipong.com/EntryForms/1039-47.pdf
Sun, Dec 29 Entry Form: https://omnipong.com/EntryForms/1039-48.pdf
Thanks to Harvey Gotliffe for sending me this info.
TT Competitions in California
Steven Alfred is now the highest-rated SCTTC player ever at 2307!
Players, next time you come to the club, be sure to congratulate Steven Alfred who last week won the Over 40 years-of-age tournament in Fremont taking out the amazing Avi Schmidt in the process 12-10 in the fifth in the semis and then double-winged power looper Kevin Au in the final. This earned Steven $200 for first place and a new rating of 2307, the highest rating of any regular player at our club going back to our founding in 1991. Wow.
With Mickey Boyle’s Nationals Title last year and Charlie Aebersold’s highest rating of 2152, our little old club just keeps getting better and better! In case you aren’t familiar with USA Table Tennis ratings, the lowest is 0 points and the highest rated players in the country are about 2700 to 2800. Coach Jim reached a highest rating of 1825. Mickey is closing in on that. Most USA players dream of breaking the 2000 barrier, but it takes a lot of practice and focus and playing tournaments (you win and lose points based on wins and losses in tournaments).
Here’s a short report from the Alameda tournament, “Over 40 – On the opposite side of the age bracket events, we gave the adults a respite from the juniors in Over 40. Despite a few Warriors-inspired defaults (oops, sorry, they were all just tired after the morning events) the die-hard players who stuck around created plenty of their own entertainment. Steven Alfred, who came all the way up from Santa Cruz TTC for the tournament, played the longest match of the day against former Alameda coach Avishy Schmidt in the semifinals. Really, people were wondering just how many matches they were playing, but in the end they assured us that they only played one, with Alfred ultimately emerging as the winner, winning 12-10 in the fifth set. The other semifinal was much quicker, with Topspin’s Kevin Au overcoming Alameda’s Kock Loe in three close sets. Ultimately, Alfred’s patience was richly rewarding, as he beat Kevin in the final to claim the $200 prize. Kevin’s $100 check consoled him as well and we still got them home in time to catch the last half of the Warriors game.”
Way to go Steven! Thanks for bringing home the gold for the club!