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USAs Carl Banner how much moner a top ten Celebrity Ping-Pong Event
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world ranked player can make in a vear. Raises $35,000 for Charity
By Larry Hodges
"The secret of how our players achieved such
steady worldwide success is that the coaches
and athletes all followed the leadership of Chair-
r-lhe Jason taylor Foundation ran a Celeb
rity Ping-Pong event Dec. 6,2004, at the
Seminole Hard Rod, Unt.1 2. .
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man Mao in pursuing the teaching of Marx- Florida, pre- .
Lenin-Mao as foundamental in training and strat- sented by the 2.2.1
egy." -From "The Chinese Book of Table Ten- Athlete's Foot -15
nis,"page 6, published in 1981. Contributed by of*eston.The
Bruce Liu.
event raised r-- L.
935,000 for tile ,(/t®J
"Connie Wang (495) defeated Anosack Sihavang J
I ason Taylor '
(511) who defeated Steve Zhang (540) who de- i :oundation, a
feated Nina Zhen (653) who defeated Nancy c 'hildren's char- ,-'; 17-year-old paddler Chandi Hansa, of Sri
Huang (652) who defeated Lisa Collymore i ty. Participat- 4 Lanka, avoided the tsunami. She was in-
(1076) who defeated Chitra Venkatraman (1182) i ng in the event were many players and che er- land at a national training camp. She later
who defeated Chuck Cohen (1613) who defeated 1 eaders from the Miami Dolphins football tei im, posed on the pile of rubble, which used to be
her home.
Carelyn Cordero (1646) who defeated Rodney :ts well as Florida's #1 rated hip-hop mom...¤ 111[y
Peffer (1856) who defeated Frank Riddick, Jr. I ).Is, The Baka Boys. Dolphins tight end Joe Tsunami Relief
(1921) who defeated Jeffrey Wong (1915) who Ilose won the event. The Jason Taylor Founda-
any iii the table tennis family around
defeated Jia Jian Lee (2120) who defeated Usama t ion supports and creates programs that facili-
Nausrudeen (2167) who defeated Simon Boutet t ate the personal growth and empowerment of M the world have expressed their heart-
felt desire to help tile countries
(2271) who defeated Kfir Silberman (2332) who 5gouth Florida's children in need by focusing on
stricken by the tsunami tloods. [f you want
defeated Guillenno Munoz (2543) who defeated i mproved health care, education and quality of
your contribution to help fellow table tennis
Han Xiao (2545) who defeated David Zhuang 1 ife. More info, and a 4-minute video ofthe event's
players and their associations, please make your
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donation, by electronic transfer. ofany amount,
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to the 1TTF's tsunami relief account:
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USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE * March/April 2005 61'9
2004 USOC Coaches of the Vear for Table Tennis By Larry Hodges
National Coach of the Year: Lily Yip
SATT has announced the 2004 USOC Coaches of the Year for ,
Table Tennis, Selection of the four coaches was based on criteria ·
published in the Coach of the Year Applications. Congratulations ·
Developmental Coach of the Year: Dennis Davis
DOC Counsilman Science Award: Richard McAfee
to these four coaches! · Volunteer Coach cf the Year: Greg Miller
Coach of the Year:
Lily Yip
2004 UMTT Athletes of the Vear
Lily was the USA Cadet Girls' Team Coach, By Larry Hodges
and traveled extensively around the world USATT has antiounced the 2004 USATT Athletes of the Year.
with the team iii 2004. In ITTF Junior Cir-
Congratulations to these athletes! They are:
cuit tournaments, the team had gold medal- · Male Athlete of the Year: Ilija Lupulesku
ists in doubles and semifinalists iii singles, · Female Athlete of the year: Gao Jun
and finished 4th at the World Cadet Chal-
lenge in Portugal in October. She is a full- Gao Jun. 0 t
time coach in New Jersey, and also runs Gaithersburg. ME
many USATT tournaments. She is certified as a national coach, the high- played iii four US/
est level. Among her students are her son and daughter. Adam (17) & Judy tournaments iii 2004L
Hugh (15), both the best of their age in the country, as well as Da Tang, the and went undefeatecL
top ranked 10-year-old iii the U.S. Judy finished sixth at the World Cadet At the recent USA Na
Junior Challenge. Adam was a member of the 2003 U.S. National Team. tionals, she swep't
Lily was inducted as a player into the USATT Hall ofFame in December. women's singles d
2004. and was elected USATT vice president iii November. She was doubles (with Tawn V
selected as the USA Junior Girls Coach for 2005. N
Banh) and mixe d
doubles (with Chen g
Developmental Coach of the Year: Yinghua). It was heH. 1 -
Dennis Davis eighth USA National:6, --
Dennis has been the head coach at the Palo and she has yet to los
Alto TTC for the past 14 years. He was the a match, sweepin g
2003 USA Junior Boys' Team Coach. and is - 1 women 's singles d
certified as anational coach. the highest level. doubles all eight time,
Players he coaches include Jackie Lee (2004 and mixed double,
USA women's national team, under 22 seven times (not playing one year). She won W'omen's Singles at the
women's champion and women's semifinal- 2004 North American Championship. At the 2004 North American
ist), Auria Malek (2004 Junior National Olympic Trials, she finished lst with a 10-0 record. Internationally,
Team), Trevor Runyan (2004 Junior Na- she made the quarterfinals olwomen's singles at both the Singapore
tional Team), Colleen Lee (#10 in Under 16 and Korean ITTF Pro Touri, and was runner-up in women's doubles
girls). Ariel Hsing (#1 in under 10 girls), Lily Zhang (#3 in Under 10 girls), at the Korean ITTF Pro Tour. At the Women's World Cup, she
and Felicia Wang (#5 in under 10 girls). He chairs the USATT NCAA finished 9- 12th. upsetting world #2 Wang Nan along the way. She is
Committee, which is focused on making table tennis an "emerging sport" the highest rated USA woman at 2648, and the highest ranked at #15
lor women in the NCAA.
in the world, She spent most of the past three years as a student/
athlete at the Eastern China University of Science and Technology,
DOC Counsilman Science Award: studying Economics Trade, where she has one more year to go
Richard McAfee imiu
before she graduates.
Richard is a strong advocate of table tennis Ilija Lupulesku, -
robots, and regularly writes online articles
ofChicago, IL,went un-
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on robot usage. He uses a "spin wheel" to I
teach spin theory and help students develop defeated at the lj.S.
Olympic Simdes Trials
spin strokes. He is a full-time coach who -- 211 ill
with an 11 -0 record. At
recently relocated from Atlanta to Aurora, 26It-
Colorado. He was the 1999 Developmental 1 7--] 12 the North American
Trials. he finished sec-
Coach of the Year. is an ITTF/IOC Olym- .i--
pie Solidarity Coach, and is certified as a ond to Canoda's Johnny
national coach. the highest level. He has a Huang, and qualified for
coaching article in this issue, "Basic Strategies for the Developing Player." the U.S. Olympic
Team. He won three
other tournaments ill
Volunteer Coach of the Year:
2004 - the 4-star High-
Greg Miller
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Greg has been president of the Minnesota land Open. the Roekford L
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TT Federation since 1999, and was head
and the Glenview
coach of the Minnesota Junior Olympic irl-lt©464**/ ./P
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Teamin 2001,2003 and 2004. In 2004, Min-
USA Nationals, he won •--a=--·--•--
tiesotajunior players won 23 medals at the
mens doubles for the second straight year, this year winning with
Junior Olympics, including nine golds. He
Mark Hazinski. He was rumier-up in mixed doubles (with Jasna Reed).
is involved in all aspects of the Minnesota
and after winning men's singles two straight years, was upset in the
junior program, as well as many other areas
of Minnesota table tennis.
......CU.....= semifinals by David Zhuang.
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As aorelt lof hisexlkmt lpiI n'theteani tMalscand 1-irinetip
tional Junior team in Las Vegas. Joe, who is only I 5 years
old, made the squad in his first year of eligibility as a junior.
in the Under 2100 event he now has a 2199 rating. Joe made the
U.S, Cadet team two years ago and used that experience to make T
this year's junior team.
Joe began playing eight years ago at the South Bend Table
Tennis Club and joined the junior team shortly thereafter. 1 have The Cochran family has been a big part of the South Bend Junior
been coaching him for eight years now and he has also worked program and they regularly compete in USATT major tourna-
with Coach Mark Nordby. Joe is a forehand looping style player ments.
who is now incorporating a backhand loop into his game. He is Joe is the kind of student ever> coach would love - he's
very strong physically and works very hard in practice 4-5 days hardworking, listens to instruction and is willing to try new tech-
pei- week. He is an excellent student who loves to try new tech- niques. His dedication to the sport has earned for him a great
niqiies. honor in making the U.S. junior team. Joe has been sponsored by
Joe comes from a table tennis family. His older brothers. the Table Tennis Pioneers for the past five years. Joe's other
Andy and Gordy. are both avid players with ratings of 2200 and interests include football (he played for a local team last year),
2000 respectively. Joe's father, Dan. also plays regularly and hiking, camping, Boy Scouts and of course video games. Table
mother, Mary, supports the family efforts to excel in table tennis. tennis is a sport for the whole family - just ask the Cochrans. I
After a stint iii the military. Jim Fulks re-
USATT Club of the Month: turned home in 1948 and soon assumed the lead-
ership of the club and its leagues. It was a post
Charleston TTC he was to hold for the next half century. making
him tlie unchal lenged -Mr. Table Tennis of West
West Vir ; 1./ 0 Virginia."
In recent years. the club has been headed.
amd invigorated. by the dedicated leadership ot
Harry Sands. a retired director of fundraising for
the University oiC.harleston. This year, for the
first time in over a decade Sands organized a
USATT sanctioned WV Open Championships.
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generously sponsored by the Martin-Kilpatrick
Table Tennis Co. (Buttertlyonline.com-). at the
clubs home venue. Twenty-four players from
KY, OH, VA, & WV competed iii three large
round-robin groups in singles & doubles. Dr.
David Albright of Richmond. VA, won both the
singles and doubles titles. beating Charleston's
aging. but perennial league champion. Tom Car-
penter for the singles crown, and teamed with
Mike Butts of White Sulphur Springs (WV) to
win the doubles over former state doubles chain-
pions. Carpenter and Dick Evans of Hillsboro
Members of the Charlaton Club. Jim Full :s is holding the club sign. President Harry (WV) in the finals. Ms. Chika (Nishimura)
Sands is 3rd from the right, front row. Callison, also of White Sulphur Springs, the only
woman participating iii the field of 23 men. com-
he Charleston (WV) Table Tennis Club local legends included Herman "Whitey" Lykins piled an impressive 5-2 record in advancing to
T has been meeting on Monday nights con-
tinuously at the same venue since the end
(many times state champion), the brothers. Jim
& Ed Pierson. Bill Wamerand Noble Wyatt. An
the quarterfinals before losing to Carpenter.
The Charleston club meets for league and
of the Secoiid World War. and existed even prior 8-10 team league, composed ofteams from sev- open play Monday nights from 6:30 to 9:00 pin
to the war in the basement ofthe club and league's eral ofthe chemical/industrial plants which lined and invites new and visiting players to visit the
founder, Bill Warner, a chemical engineer work- the banks of the Kanawlia River making this club whose stated objective is to promote fel-
ing for the DuPont Chemical Co. This small but area one of the country's largest chemical cen- lowship and sportsmanship through conipeti-
enthusiastic club may be the oldest continuous ters, played weekly at the North Charleston live play. For more information, contact Harry
club in the United States. Community Center. a faciliLy of the Charleston Sands. 34 Hambrick Dr., Nitro. WV 25143,304-
In its early years. following the war. the Parks & Recreation Department. 776-6378, sandcastle@yahoo.com.
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INTERVIEW WITH CHENG YINCHUA but Americans train an average of less than three
hours a day. If the USATT can somehow create
By Wei Xiao
a program where junior players practice three
hours after school regularly, then the U.S. can
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begin to compete.
How did Zhuang's upset of Lupulesku in the
other semifinal affect you?
1 really didn't think about it. 1 never thought about
winning theentiretournament, and there fore didn't
specifically prepare. I only felt that David would
change tactics if he played me. and 1 had an idea
that Lupulesku was not in great physical shape.
l?4
In the final against Zhuang, what were your
main tactics? What was he doing that gave
you trouble? And how did his injury affect
the match and the way you played?
I have a very clear idea of how to play against
short pips. Pips cannot play against deep shots
because loops with pips have no spin. About
90% of my serves were long. mostly to the
middle or forehand. David's main weapons
against me are his explosiveness, especially when
lie turns the corner. so most of the time 1 play to
his forehand. As to David's injury, this has ham
Al the age of 46, you became the oldest This leads to not being able to implement the pened a number of times before, but ] still felt
player ever to win the USA Nationals. How correct tactics. The young players also lack match uncomfortable which slowed me down a little.
are you able to compete al this age? Did experience when they play the veterans. The
You do anything special to prepare for this USATT needs to put more money and empha- Any comments on your other major matches
fournamen#? sis on training young players. It was clear during - agains# Adam Hugh, Barney J. Reed, Eric
1 did not really do very much to prepare for the the Nationals that the older players were not Owens, Khoa Nguyen, or your other match
tournament, except for maybe 40 push-ups each improving, but the younger players had not put with Zhuang?
night before bed. This is because I am always enough training time and effort into the funda- Among them. there wasn't much that stood out.
mentals Eric Owens surprised me because after he lost
concerned about getting injured the way I did
during the 2000 Olympic trials. after which 1 to me, he was very disappointed and gave up. 1
had to receive treatinent eight times. Also, I dichit What does the U.S. need to do to compele also was surprised that Adam was so nervous
have any pressure mentally, which allowed me with the best in Ihe world? and passive when he played me. Barney had a
to perform well. As I said before. you need a team with a conceii- lack of power so 1 really didn't fear any of his
trated training regimen in terms of time and loca- shots. Against Khoa. 1 needed to control his serve
Was there extra motivation to win this year
and make the national team since the world
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championships wiN be in China?
Of course 1 tried harder than usual to make the
team since the worlds are in China. However. 1
wasn't really certain before the tournament
whether I still had the ability to compete and
make the team. so another motivating factor for mo
me was seeing whether I was still competitive. RANCH
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Will you continue to compete in future Na-
tionals or other tournaments?
I will continue to play the Nationals as long as I ,0
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am able to. but I don't really play in any other
tournaments.
The four semifinalists at this year's nation-
als were over 40 years old on average. Whit
do USA's up-and-coming players need t• do a
to win against these veterans - yourself,
Zhuang, Lupulesku and Nguyen?
Most importantly, the younger players need to
work more on the fundamentals. This is lacking
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right now due to a lack of organized training.
I'm MAD... the tables were greener on the other side of the fence..
( 16 >0 USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE ' March/April 2005because against everyone else Khoa's attack was very effective, Once 1
was able to use my drop and tlip to control his serve and take away his Cheng Yinghua ... the Stats!
attack. 1 was able to use my own attack and play very successfully. Rating: 2711
Age & Date of Birth: 46,11-28-58
Why did you come to the U.S. in 1988, and emigrate here perma- Club:
MDTTC in Gaithersburg, MD
nently in 1989? Occupation: Full-time table tennis coach
When I came from China to play iii tournaments, the country made a big Sponsor: Butterily
impression on me. and I felt that my family would have a better future here. Equipment: Butterfly Keyshot ST blade,
I also felt that [ could make a positive influence on table tennis in the U.S, Butterfly Bryce 2.1 on both sides.
• 4-time and current U.S. Men's Singles Champion
Tell us about the Maryland Table Tennis Center. • 5-time and current U.S. Mixed Doubles Champion
iii tlie years that our club has been open. our members have made many • 3-time U.S. Men's Doubles Champion
contributions in starting and maintaining the center. Differences among • U.S. Over 40 Men's Singles Champion, 2002-2004
members' playing levels have been a result of differences iii practice time, • U.S. #1 ranked player almost continuously, 1988-2000
but I feel that most of our members are satisfied with their progress. We · U.S. Open Men's Singles Champion, 1985 & 1993
can't always monitor evel-yone's trinning blit we encourage young play- • U.S. Open Men's Doubles & Team Champion, 1985
ers to train together in order to become top juniors and perhaps top • U.S. Open Men's Doubles Champion, 1998
players in the U.S. It's very difficult to find clubs with an average level • World Corporate Gaines Singles & Doubles Champion, 1988
higher than that of our club simply due to the time commitment Jack and • Finland Open Men's Singles Champion, 1983
I have put into coaching. • Chinese Men's Doubles Champion, 1987
• Chinese Men's Elite Singles Fitialist, 1982
Tell us about how you started and developed as a player. Is it true • Member, 2000 U.S. Olympic Team, and many-tine U.S. Team
you were in a special school for athletes from age 5 or so on, Member
specializing in table tennis and badminlon? Tell us about your bad- • Member, Chinese National Team, 1977-1987
minton background as well. • Former head coach for the Szechuan Province ofChina
Our specialized school was actually split in two. with one wing being
table tennis and one wing being badminton. Players from each sport could
see players from the othei- sport training, so we could pick up the funda- Any interests outside table tennis?
mentals. The coaches encouraged this because of the same emphasis on 1 have many interests. but when I played table tennis in China. we mostly
enduronce, speed. power, etc. However. badminton was just another hobby. played Go.
At whal age did you become essentially a full-time table tennis Any#hing you'd like to add?
player? What was your training like as a full-time player? 1 hope that my students and Jack's students can perforin well and maxi-
Every day's training included distance running, serves, fundamental ti-ain- mize the time that they spend on table tennis. I can also try to answer any
ing, and multiball training. We also ran sprints and did various plyometric questions anybody has about table tennis. I'm very willing to try to
exercises. Certain particularly promising players would get picked out for contribute to the U.S.' future success even despite the lack of training.
special multiball training from the coaches, who would create special Again, 1 would like to emphasize that even three hours aday K il] allow the
multibal] drills for them. U.S. to begin to be competitive iii international play.
2005 USmT Junior & Cadet Team Coaches Named By Larry Hodges
SA Table Tennis has named the 2005 Junior & Cadet National Cochran (2004 U.S. Junior Team). He has worked for a number ofyears
U Team Coaches. The coaches were selected by USATT's Elite
Athlete Committee, with recommendations from the Coaching
with U.S. Men's Coach Dan Seemiller at the South Bend program in
Indiana. He formerly chaired the USATT Coaching Committee. and is
Committee. The coaches are: certified by USATT as a National Coach.
Junior Girls - Lily Yip Cadet Girls - Emilia Gheorghe U.S. Cadet Girls' Coach Emilia Gheorghe had a
Junior Boys - Mark Nordby Cadet Boys - Masaaki Tajima long a successful career iii Roinania both as a player and coach. As a
These coaches will coach the USA Junior & Cadet teams at various player. she has many titles, including the 1993 European Top 1 2 Women's
camps and tournaments. both in the U.S. and internationally. (Juniors Singles Champion, 1990 & 1992 World University Women's Singles
must be 18 & under, cadets 15& under. as of Jan. 1 ofthe current year, Champion, and fourth place in women's singles at the 1992 Olympics
sojuniors must be born on or after Jan. 1,1987. and cadets Jan. 1,1990.) (the only European woman in the final eight). She was on the Romania
Congratulations to these coaches! teamthatwontlie 1992 European Championships and the bronze medal
U.S. Junior Girls' Coach Lily Yip w as the USA Cadet
at the 1995 World Championships (where she defeated China's Qiao
Girls' coach last year, and now is -moving up" with some ofthem to the Hong. the only loss by a Chinese player iii the event). Before emigrating
junior team. Lily is the coach of U.S. #1 junior boyandgirl-her son and to the U.S., she was an assistant coach at the Roinanian Olympic Training
daughter, Adam and Judy Hugh. She coaches full-time in New Jersey. Ceiiter. She has a bachelor's degree in physical education and sport, chairs
She was a member of the 1992 and 1996 U.S. Olympic Team, and a 2- the USATT Women's Development Committee. and is a member of the
time gold medalist for doubles and 2-time silver medalist for doubles at Elite Athlete Committee. She is certified by USATT as a national coach.
the Pan Am Games. This past year she was elected both to the USATT U.S. Cadet Boys' Coach Masaaki Tajima was the
Olympic Hall of Fame and the USATT Board of Directors while inaking USA Junior Girls' coach in 2004, and now takes over as the Cadet Boys'
the U.S. National Team for the 13th time, and was named USATT's coach. He is the coach of U,S. Olympian Whitney Ping and U.S. #2 Junior
Coach of the Year. She is certified by USATT as a national coach. Misha Kazentsev, and former coach of U.S. Women's Team Member
U.S. Junior Boys' Coach Mark Nordby returns as Jackie Lee. He has been coaching for 30 years. and is the head coach at the
the USA .[unior Boys' Coach. Players he coaches iticlude Mark Hazinski Sunset Club in California. Herecruited and/or trained many of the success-
(U.S. #1 Under 22). A.J. Brewer (U.S. Under 10 Boys' Champion in ful coaches in California. He was USATT's Developmental Coach of the
2003). Shelby Lane (U.S. Under 13 Boys' Champion in 2003), and Joe Year in 2000, and is certified by USATT as a national coach.
USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE ' March/April 2005 (4 17 ,of SGB said: '-BumperNets has created
T,tes/bent s liepott an exciting retail environment that draws
people into their store, and more im-
portantly. into their activities. They have
By Sheri Soderberg Pittman
created an innovative concept and
s in past years. life gets extremely busy for the proven to be good marketers, as well.
A USATT president every December. This year
a number of activities also occurred in January.
We applaud their innovation and are
proud to recognize them with this
In this 'association primer series," I will update you award." Congratulations to you. Homer.
about where Vve been and what's new with USA Table and to all of the BumperNets staftl
Tennis. Dor u's report on the next page provides you
with additional inforination. NYC2012's Olympic Bid
Believe it or not, the lOC will
ITTF Board Meeting in Beijing E--4. choose a host city for the 2012 Summer
Olympic Games this coming July. A
This year I will finish my term as Continental t HORIZON
Vice President for North America. so the recent ITTF 11 Al*AB_ couple of years ago. the USOC Board
meeting I attended in Beijing basically concluded my a - - of Directors selected New York City as
service as an ITTF Vice President. At our meeting held the proposed American host of the 2012
in conjunction with the Olympics last August. I had --- - Games. Last August I traveled to· New
York when an ITTF staff member vis-
made a proposal that the ITTF commit to drafting
written strategic plans. The ITTF leadership in De- ited with the bid city organizers. Just
cember confirmed that the proposal was well-received Homer Brown shows off his award recently I also panicipated iii atelephone
and approved a timeframe for completing a number ot with USATT P resident Sheri Pittman. conference along with the leaders of many
the plans. In addition, ITTF President Adham Sharara otlier national governing bodies.
expressed appreciation for the feedback that I provided as a female regard- NYC2012 officials said that their proposal was picking up a lot of momen-
ing the ITTF's effort to increase the number of women involved in ITTF tum. 1 suggested that some representatives attend the World Champion-
matters. All in all. besides being a time-consuming position, it was a good ships iii Shanghai as a means of further promoting their bid. USATT Vice
experience and gave me many opportunities to learn more about what Presidetits George Brathwaite and Lily Yip, along with several local athletes.
steps it will take to professionalize our sport in the U.S. I will be grateful, have enthusiastically represented our sport at various functions held iii or
however, to be able to focus more exclusively on USATT-specific matters near New York City.
throughout the rest of my term as USATT president.
2005 World Championships
U.S. Nationals USATT has posted information about the World Championships on
After a two-day rest. 1 headed to Las Vegas where the tournament our website, www.usatt.org. I hope that inany of our members will be
was already underway. Years ago it didn't seem possible that one day we able to attend. In Deceinber. I learned that the City of Shanghai declared
could all take for granted that everything would run like clockwork. Yet that of all of the events the city will be hosting iii 2005, it regards these
tliat's the case! USATT's decision to hire NATT for operations continues World Championships as the one of foremost importance. Chiiwis ability
to work in everyone's best interest. Thanks to all who contributed to the to showcase the sport like no other country continually helps other asso-
success of the event. I especially thank Martin-Kilpatrick/Butterfly ciations throughout the world to consider new marketing tactics. presen-
Their table sponsorship contract with us expired at the end of 2004. I tation strategies and development methods.
look forward to working with the company to fashion a new USATT Like other continental associations, the North American Table Ten-
sponsorship opportunity for them. nis Union will have the opportunity to conduct a forinal meeting there and
to take the next steps toward expanding our structural development. ITTF
Tsunami Relief President Adham Sharita has suggested that North America could take the
At the end of 2004, the world was shocked by the devastating tsu- lead in piloting a continental plan based on his P4 goals of Popularity.
nami. The ITTF quickly mobilized to create a special fund to help the Participation. Profit and Planning.
affected countries' national associations. Specific information about how
you can contribute to that fund is on page 9. On the Horizon
As this issue goes to press. USATT and Killerspin are still in arbitra-
Potential Nationwide School Template tion over issues related to sponsorship of the U.S. Open. USATT has
In mid-January I received a phone call informing me that an organiza- determined that the U.S. Open will return to Fort Lauderdale this year. Iii
tion had received a large federal grant. Included in the organization's comparison to the venue and labor expenses that were incurred in Chicago.
proposal was a school-age table tennis program. USATI' sent Ben Grigore those costs will significantly decrease in Fort Lauderdale. Although USATT
to conduct an in-service workshop of physical education teachers at the and Killerspin are still far apart in our positions. Robert Blackwell, the
end of January. If the teachers embrace our sport, we can look forward to president of Killerspin, and I remain hopeful that we can leach a settle-
USATT being involved with its second Community Olympic Develop- ment soon. which would bring this matter to a close and allow all of us to
ment Program within the next year. focus our energies where they should be: on promoting and developing table
tennis in the U.S.. especially on the new priorities that the USATT Board
BumperNets Wins Most Innovative Sports Retailer Award set for this Olympic quadrennium (explained in the last President's Report).
Patrick Griffin of Escalade Sports had encouraged me to attend the USATT will soon be releasing its year-end financials. Based on the
Super Show. which was held in Orlando in January. I appreciate that present information. it looks as though for 2004 USATT will report a
Escalade was able to get me a pass to the event. The timing was especially third consecutive year of significant net profits. Our reserves are very
great because just days before the Super Show Homer Brown inforined me healthy. For that reason. the Board has reprioritized our financial goals.
that the Sporting Goods Business Magazine woiild be presenting Beginning this year, we are shifting away from emphasizing high year-end
BumperNets with the 2004 Horizon Award, which is given to the most profits and toward re-investing revenues in our association's growth.
innovative sports retailer. Only companies with sales below $10 millian Thanks to staff and USATT Treasurer Tong Lee for all of your contribu-
are eligible to receive the award. Otlier award recipients were brands tions towards securing USATT's best-ever financial position.
familiar to any American. so it was great to hear every award recipient Once again. I thank all of USATT's other hard-working staff aiid
after Hoiner start their speech with, "Homer, we'11 be calling you. We volunteers. Doru and I really appreciate all of the calls we receive. We
think it's time to get into the table tennis industry!" especially thank those of you who are offering your time and energy to
Homer. a long-time equipment dealer. sponsor and promoter of the proinote USATT. As many of your efforts bring success. I look funvard
sport. started BumperNets in Alabama almost six years ago. Mark Sullivan to recognizing and highlighting the fruits of your labor.
USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE · March/April 2005, ixecatioe 9bitectot s I
College Table Tennis Midseason Report final tiebreaker should teams /,
By Tzu-Wei Lin, NCTTA Public Relations Director
go 2-2 in their match-up. NATION
These and other divi-
Willy Leparulo, NCTTA President & ACUI Table Tennis Director «---ITABLEAiimIR
sion results are located on
very year, new schools come into the NCTTA and ruin the balance
E.power aci-oss the league, making the Nationals picture hard to our website, www.nctta.org. ASSOCIATION
and all division winners will be looking forward to the
AE
guess. Although some National regulars like Texas Wesleyan.
2005 NOTTA College Championships sponsored by
Florida, and Illinois are still sitting comfortably on their division thrones,
Table Tennis Pioneers and Newgy at Texas Wesleyan
ripples are being made all over the nation.
University in Ft. Worth Texas, on April 1-3,2005. The v -rl 7r
USA National Team member Han Xiao (2564) trampled his way into
the college scene as a freshmen at University of Maryland, with his teain championships will feature the first ever all Women's 1 1:
sitting on top of the Mid-Atlantic Division above last years National
Intercollegiate Team Table Tennis event as well as the _L/: 1 1
2005 ACUI Collegiate Table Tennis Championships sponsored by Newgy.
third place team U. Penn. Although Princeton University lost to Mary-
This year 2005 ACUI Regional qualifications are taking place in
land, they were the only teain to threaten Maryland. with Princeton #1
Pan Lin suffering a tough loss at the hands of Han Xiao through a long five- February in schools recreation centers and unions all over the country.
Last yeark Men's and Women's singles champions reigned from Texas
setter (6, - 11,- 12,13,11) and Princeton's # 4 player Michael Hsu claim-
Wesleyan University so we will see this year if others will look to knock
ing the sole win over a Maryland player. (6,10,8) over Michael Terao.
them offearly iii Regional Competition!
Bari·ing any weird incidents, look for these three teams to fight out the two
spots for the Nationals. One might wonder how Adam Hugh will play a
role when he goes to college. New ITTF Blue Badge Umpires from USA
What's more interesting for this league is that, not only is the table By Wendell Dillon, Chair of USATT Officials Committee
tennis crazy Maryland state heating up competition, areas known for
college basketball has sprouted new table tennis competition. In the newly
formed Kansas division, University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL) looks
TTI: has announced three new Blue Badge Umpires from USA. They
are Ray Caviechio, Larry Keder and Bill Walk. Congratulations to
these three umpires! USA now has 5 of the 26 ITTF Blue Badge
to become its inaugural division champion. UNL boasts strong players umpires. The other two from USA are Tom iMiller and Azmy Ibrahim.
like Yee Shem Chan and Hai Feng Zhang (rated 1889 and 1685 in NCTTA In 2002, ITTF developed an Advanced Empire Training (AUT)
rating). Similarly, in Ohio State University and University ofNorth Caro- program. with the objective to develop a small number of the most quali-
lina at Charlotte, their table tennis teams also look to claim divisional fied umpires for world title events. The expectation is that approximately
championships under the shadows of college basketball. It will be inter- 5-10% of the 4000+ international umpires would become "Blue Badge"
esting to see how these two divisions develop in future years. umpires. These umpires would be selected to unipire the late rounds of
The most dramatic and heated competition this year is located in world title events. To qualify, the umpire needs to attend a one-day semi-
New York City, with a three-way tie for one single ticket to the NCTTA nar, followed by an advanced (and very difficult) IU exam. Following that,
National Championships. Last years champion Columbia University finds umpires are observed in action and evaluated by ITTF officials: to qualify,
itself struggling with Rutgers and Polytechnic, with each of the three they must receive four consecutive -meets expectations" ratings from at
teams having a l-1 record between each other. Whoever goes to the Nationals least two different events. Finally. they must pass an oral [exain] interview.
in the end will probably have a strong doubles team ready, as doubles is the Congratulations to these umpires!
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USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE ' March/April 2005 21/21
32004 USATT Ruben Kairy Wins Scott Award USATT Board Email Votes
Hall of Fame Inductions BY Dick Evans December, 2004
Liben Kairy won the Dr. Michael J. Scott. Jr. 2004 Coach of the i ear Voting
R
By Earn Hodges
he 221ld Annual USATT Award for excellence in umpiring at the 2004 (Board members voted from among those
Hall of Fame Awards .1|ALL OF)
Batiquet was held at the Ilklg
FAME
Las Vegas Nationals. Kairy, of San Diego. is an
ITTF certified International Uinpire who lias been otlici-
who applied or were nominated)
• Coach of the Vear: LilY )'il,
Stratosphere Hotel, Las Vegas, |It¥¥€) atiiig table tennis for over 50 years. This prestigious. o Yip nxeived 7 votes. Sea,10'Neill I vote
Thursday evening. It-oin 7:00- 1611 1 3 monetary award was established over a decade ago by a • Developmental Coach of the Year:
generous contribution from Seattle physician, Dr. Michael Dennis Davis
11 :30. This year's inductees were: Norbert Van
J. Scott. Jr. Previous winners of the award include: o Davis receked 7 votes. Zhang Pine
de Walk former U.S. Open Boys. Junior. and U &
US Opens US Nationals I 2 votes
Men's Doubles Champion, und U.S. Open
Melis Siligies finalist. 1.ilb Yip, 2-time U.S.
1996- Y.C. Lee 1996 - Bob Partridge • Volunteer Coach of the Year:
1997 - Chris Williams 1997 - Terry Canup Greg Miller
Olympian and 3-time Pan Am inedallist: and
David Sakai, many-time U.S. Open/('losed over
1998 - Bill Walk 1999 - Teri-y Callup o Miller was unopposed
40 and over 50 Champion. The Mai k Matthews 1999 - Cindy Marcum 2000 - Roman Tinys/in • DOC Counsilman: Richard Merit'ee
2000 - Tom Miller 2001 - Larry Kesler
Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to o McAfee received 7 votes, Sean
2001 - Joe Helfand 2002 - A/my Ibrahini O'Neill 2 votes
Ruff'ord Harrison. former USATT President
2003 - Yelena Kai*shtedt 2003 - Allen Barth
and longtime ITTF Equipment Chair. 2004 Athlete of the ¥ear Voting
Tim Boggan und Steve [saacion were the 2004 - Ruben Kairy • Male Athlete of the Year: Iliia
colorful Masters of Ceremonies. and led us * Lupulesku
through thehighlights of thehonoree's table ten- M o Lupuleskii received 7 votes
nis lives. Their presentations were so colorful m (Pittman. Brithw.zite, Hanh.
and often downright funny that most were able f Lepari,10. Sweeris. Boggan. Yip). No
to ignore the helicopters flying about outside W other candidates received votes. lie
the building with flushing searchlights and men E was nominated by Robert
leaning out shooting machine guns - all part of d Blackwell. (Blackwell withdrew his
the filming of a movie. A vote for Lupuleskii due to conflict
Profiles of the honorees will be posted © of interest und Libstained.)
online after the inductions, and published in an 3 Female Athlete of the Year: Gao Jun
upcoming USATT Magazine. (Profile of David C o Gao receiv·ed 8 votes (Pittman,
Sakai is in this issue. ) The USATT 1-lal l of Fame Blackwell, Brathwaile, Batili,
listing and the roster of USATT Hallof Fame Leparulo. Sweeris, Boggan. Yip). No
members and Mark Matthews Lifetime Achieve- other candidates received votes. She
ment Award uitiners are linked at tile USATT was nominated by Robei-t
home page at www.usatt.org. Ruben Kairy (R) receives award from Dick Evans (L) Blackwell.
2003 STIGA "Cary Cup" Championship
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Over $6,200 in Total Prize Money !
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