Tournament Results & LATTF League Information
December 2, 2009

Power Pong Open Tournament Results

Power Pong Players Win 7 out of 9 Events

Event	1st	2nd
Open Singles	T.Piyadasa/Power Pong	Ben Johnson
U/2000 RR	G. Nguyen / Power Pong	Eric Shahnazari
U/1850 RR	Dinh Dat	Frank Zandpour
U/1700 RR	B. Nestor / Power Pong	Akhilesh Kajaria
U/1550 RR	Kevin Hu / PowerPong	Ronald Yu/PowerPong
U/1000	A. Nguyen/PowerPong	Lam, K./PowerPong
U/2200 RR	Ghimire Kundan	Alexander Salcido
U/1250 RR	Liao, A./PowerPong	Kevin Lam / PowerPong
U/1400 RR	Kevin Hu/PowerPong	Nguyen, /PowerPong.
3-6th Grade	Calvary /Malek/Loaeza	Saddleback /Riel/Riel
7-8th grade	Tarbut /Nahum/Steinberg	Sowers /Barrett/Leva
9-12 Grade	Marina / Lam/Phan	Calvary / Nestor/Lenhart

School Teams Competition:

Seven schools were represented by 11 teams in our first school teams competition. Players had lots of fun as they were competing in 3 divisions.

Saddleback Christians - 3 Teams
Calvary - 2 Teams
Esperanza - 2 Teams
Sowers - 1 Team
Tarbut - 1 Team
Irvine High - 1 Team
Marina High - 1 Team

	1st	2nd
3-6th Grade Teams	Calvary Chapel Malek/Loaeza	Saddleback Christian Riel/Riel
7-8th Grade Teams	Tarbut V'Torah Nahum/Steinberg	Sowers Barrett/Leva
9-12th Grade Teams	Marina HS Lam/Phan	CCHS   Nestor/Lenhart

 

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The NEW Los Angeles Teams League

Register your team NOW!

Letter from Adam Bobrow: 

Hello table tennis enthusiast!

  Many of you have already heard the exciting news.  Los Angeles is going to have a teams league for table tennis and the league starts January 1st of 2010.  There are almost 3 weeks left to sign up a team (deadline is Nov. 30th).  I have been to see the teams league in the bay area and have watched several league matches on youtube and I will tell you... it looks AWESOME!  I have played in many teams tournaments before and it is a REALLY fun way to play.  The only thing more fun than a teams tournament, is a teams league.  Like the pros do in Germany, a teams league allows players to not only to actually compete weekly, but to also play new opponents all the time with more on the line than just personal pride... now, you're fighting for a reason, for your team... and making friends in the process.  Many of us played teams sports growing up and it's FAR more fun than just showing up to the same club with no commitment every week.  Since the bay area has been successfully running the BATTF for 3 years, we feel very lucky to have the help and guidance of Bruce Liu... the coordinator for the BATTF.  

  Adam, how does this work?  Good question.

   Each team consists of 3-6 players.  Each team will be entered into a division based on the average rating of their players.  Each division will consist of approximately 6 teams, so that competition is close and people are getting to play players at a good level for themselves.  Each team will play every other team in their division twice (once at their home club and once at their opponents' home club).  Any team that enters, must have a club owner that signs their entry form to approve of the team playing for the club.
  Every player in the league must have either a USATT rating or a league rating.  If you or a person you are wanted to play with does not have a rating, please talk to ME or your local club owner and we will help you or that person get a rating quickly and simply.  The highest rated player on a team must be no more than 300 points higher than the lowest rated player on a team.  League play will not affect your USATT rating.
  Each team contest will be played as follows:  2 singles, 1 doubles, 2 singles.  As many as 6 players can play in one team contest and if only two players can show up to play, that is fine as well... but a minimum of 3 players are still needed to form a team.  Each team must come ready to play in a team uniform (that can be simply the same t-shirts OR as fancy of a club jersey as you'd like... they just must match your teammates).  The cost of entry is $150 per team.  A team can expect to have a team contest just about every week.  Schedulers will do their best to make a season schedule that works best for your team and your home club.  The majority of matches will be on weekends and at night during the week.   The season should last approximately 4 months (January - April) and it should be approximately 10 team contests... depending on the size of your division.

The entry form is right here:http://www.lattf.com/2009_Entry_Formv2.pdf

  Make sure you mail it in so that it arrives by November 30th.  If you have any questions, please read the entry form because it has the rules written there.  If you still have questions, please ask me.

  LA is a hot spot for table tennis having more high level players and more players PERIOD than maybe anywhere in the country.  I know NorCal is waiting for us to bring them some competition soon enough.  So get talking to your friends and your practice partners and start asking your favorite club if you can play for them.  I already have my team and am PUMPED to start the season.   

TT you soon,
Adam