Joomla! site syndication http://www.kttc.us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:26:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.kttc.us/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.kttc.us Joomla! site syndication http://www.kttc.us/index.php/Latest/Nightly-Play-Procedure.html NEW PROCEDURE FOR CLUB PLAYEffective Tuesday February 22 We have all seen the enormous growth of our attendance lately. Our long-term procedure for playing on club nights has become bogged down. Our current procedure of going to doubles for all tables, is probably not the best way to operate except in extreme cases. We have experienced this case on at least one session. This results in the following dilemma:Several people want to play singles only. We do not have facilities for everyone to play singles. We are obligated to provide play for everyone. We recently tried a fairly complicated procedure in hopes to solve the problem. It did not work well. The solution seems to be to allot some tables to singles and others to doubles. This is also difficult to administrate because the conditions vary from a slow start, through a more busy period, and again to a slow ending. For this reason our procedure must have some flexibility during each session. Here is what we will do for now: · At the start of our playing session, until the number of players exceeds more than twice the number of tables set up, all tables will be available for either singles or doubles. This system is based upon eight tables. · As soon as the number of players exceeds more than twice the numbers of tables, the first four tables, beginning at the entrance, will be reserved for singles only. The other four tables will be reserved for doubles, provided enough players with a desire to play doubles are present. If not, singles may be played on any table until enough doubles players are present to fill the four reserved tables. If fewer tables are used, play will be proportioned as shown above.· Whenever the total numbers of players exceed 24, we will have to decrease the numbers of singles players and/or set up an additional table(s).· When changing from singles to doubles, no match should be interrupted; rather the table of the first singles match finished should go to doubles, then the second, etc.· Remember, we can set up 9-tables in the gym if necessary.· For those wishing to use the robot when all tables are occupied, we can probably set up the robot in the practice room. We will have to leave that room as we find it.· We have to do our best to accommodate everyone’s wishes, so lets be reasonable and flexible about this. Thanks, Bill Neely News - Latest Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:02:35 +0100 http://www.kttc.us/index.php/Tournament-News/Foothills-X-Tournament-Results.html JONATHON LIAN FOOTHILLS X GOLD DOLLAR UPSET OPEN TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT On Saturday November 13, the Knoxville Table Tennis Club hosted one of their better tournaments of the year, the Jonathon Lian Foothills X Gold Dollar Upset Open. This tournament was named in honor of a special young man, Jonathon Lian, the grand upset winner in the previous tournament, the Foothills IX Gambler Gold Dollar Upset Open. There were 18-upsets during this tournament. The Upper divisions were characterized by play befitting that of National events. There were 9-players rated above 2000, some of whom could have been under rated judging from their play. The matchup in the final Championship round could not have been predicted. News - Tournament News Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:30:52 +0100 http://www.kttc.us/index.php/Tournament-News/Foothills-IX-Gambler-I-Tournament-Results.html Championship Division 1st T. J. Beebe 2nd Richard Doverman 3rd John Mar Division A 1st Sean Brown 2nd Ely Yang 3rd Albert Zhang Division B 1st Randall McMillin 2nd Mariano Herrera 3rd Jonathon Foulds Division C 1st Christopher Hardin 2nd Kenneth MacFarland 3rd David Girdner Division D 1st Peyton Fakharpour 2nd Josh cook 3rd Thopmas Kring Division E 1st Jonathon Lian 2nd Kathy Mcmillin 3rd Elliot Raxter News - Tournament News Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:57:24 +0100 http://www.kttc.us/index.php/Tournament-News/Results-Joseph-Newgarden-Dogwood-V-Gold-Dollar-Upset-Tournament.html 52 players from the Southeastern United States competed for more than $1500 in prize money. Didi De Souza from Atlanta, GA won the top prize in this annual United States Table Tennis sanctioned tournament that honors Joseph Newgarden of Gallatin, Tennessee. Mr. Newgarden has worked for many decades, promoting the sport of table tennis in the United States. He owns Newgy Industries that manufactures the popular table tennis robot that he invented. Mr. Newgarden is the only Tennessee resident who is a member of the United States Table Tennis Association Hall of Fame. Championship Event 1st Didi De Souza2nd T.J. Beebe3rd Eugene Utsalo Division A Event 1st Reggie Wilson2nd Xiaoeng Guo3rd Art Xu Division B Event 1st Jonathan Foulds (Knoxville)2nd Mariano Herrera3rd Kiran Kasichayanula (Knoxville) Division C Event 1st Albert Zhang2nd Steve Foster (Knoxville)3rd Blair Wilson Division D Event 1st Jason Zhang2nd Jeffrey Ma3rd Robert McNeal Division E Event 1st Elliot Raxter (Knoxville)2nd Cody Crook3rd Chris Cain FINANCIAL AWARDS $300/$200/$100 for Championship Division 1st /2nd /3rd place$200/$100/$50 for A Division 1st /2nd /3rd place $100/$50/$25 for B Division 1st /2nd /3rd place$107 each for <3600 Doubles 1st place $400+ in Upset money from Our Gold Mine $5 to each player without ratings$1 to each of our 52 playersFree Gambler TT Shirts from Zeropong for 52 players and 12 tourn staffFree Pizza Lunch for Everyone!<3600 DOUBLES FINAL RESULTSDiDi DeSouza/Chris Hardin def Ty Petty/Kermit RaxterTHANKS TO SPONSORSJoseph Newgarden's support from Newgy makes our tournaments possible andTom Keunhman's door prizes from Zeropong make our tournaments even more fun! News - Tournament News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:22:28 +0100 http://www.kttc.us/index.php/Tournament-News/FOOTHILLS-VIII-GOLD-DOLLAR-UPSET-RESULTS.html SINGLES: Championship Division: 1st 2nd 3rdT. J. Beebe DiDi Desouza Michael Henry Division A 1st 2nd 3rdXiafeng Guo Shawfe Sung William Elesser Division B 1st 2nd 3rdArchie Jordan Eli Yang Ed D’azevedo Division C 1st 2nd 3rdGunther Martin Kermit Raxter David Girdner Division D 1st 2nd 3rdIrvin Martin Kyle Sherman Juan Pablo DOUBLES: 1st 2ndT. J. Beebe Art Xu Norwod Gove Ming Xu UPSETS/GOLD DOLLAR AWARDS: 1. Archie Jordan $70.002. Steve Foster $20.003. Art Xu $15.004. Dave Preston $25.005. Norwood Gove $5.006. Shawfe Sung $5.00 Total $105.00 News - Tournament News Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:05:21 +0100