Marty Reisman, a wizard at table tennis, the sport in which he captured national championships, won and lost fortunes on wagers and moved crowds to laughter — sometimes using a frying pan as a paddle — as an opening act for the Harlem Globetrotters, died Friday in Manhattan. He was 82.
The death was announced by
Table Tennis Nation, an organization he founded two years ago to make his sport even more fun. Cooper Fallek, its chief operating officer, said the cause was complications of heart and lung ailments.
Hi All,
I think our first effort at doubles night went extremely well..While it might have looked like herding cats, many exciting and competitive matches took place. We had 14 teams, some left early, some came late. All in all the teams were fairly well balanced. Earl and Ron played and we had a lower division of matches. The excessively lavish prize money has yet to be distributed.. The winners for the night appear to be
Team James Neilsen and Abner as well as
Team Borko and Bob Wilson. Runners up were
Team Joey Valenzuela and Mark Tupas followed closely by
Team James Kahn and Eddie Choe.
I thank everyone for participating including those I had to twist arms to enter. If you enjoyed it, we will continue it.
Thanks,
James Kahn
This Thursday, there is a very special tournament happening right here in San Diego! The Mike Dempsey Memorial Table Tennis Tournament kicks off it’s opening ceremonies at the Grand Exhibit Hall at the Town and Country Resort Hotel this Wednesday @ 7pm (FREE admission) with competition happening Thursday through Saturday. For more details, visit their website by clicking here.
Hi All,
I am going to conduct a doubles tournament on Friday, November 30th for teams based on club ratings for under 3400 doubles. If you have no rating, I will determine your rating and can help people find partners. The tournament will start at 5:30pm.
Thanks,
James Kahn
Check out the detailed results from the tournament:
The tournament referee, Mike Meier, has provided pictures from the Neil Smyth Memorial Table Tennis Tournament last weekend. Enjoy!
Open RR
1st Marko Prce
2nd Vahid Mosaferi
3rd David Umel
3rd Earl Alto
U17 RR
1st Erick Shahnazari
2nd Amanda Malek
O40 RR
1st Robert Shahhnazari
2nd Christian Lillieroos
3rd/4th Stanley Tang
3rd/4th Alireza Hejazi
O60 RR
1st Hiro Moriyasu
2nd Bill Ukaapatayasakul
3rd Mark Adelman
3rd Phil Van De Wiele
U900 RR
1st Royce Stanfill
2nd Fred Pearson
U1100 RR
1st Royce Stanfill
2nd Fred Pearson
3rd Monica Sims
U1500 RR
1st Dylan Chang
2nd Angel Luo
3rd Janusz Supernak
U1900 RR
1st Erick Shahnazari
2nd Hiro Moriyasu
3rd Amanda Malek
3rd Mark Gleicher
U15 RR
1st Patrick Soto
2nd Ted Li
O50 RR
1st Christian Lillieroos
2nd Michael Lardon
3rd Philip Van De Wiele
3rd Naqvi Syed Amjad
U3400 Dbls
1st Peter Sanidad/Emmanuel Ong
2nd James Kahn/Nar Fahlstrom
3rd Danny Campbell/Ray Nanos
3rd Dylan Chang/Bill Chang
U1300 RR
1st Dik Cheung
2nd Kelly Lam
3rd Rich Turek
4th Morton Gorel
U2100 RR
1st Paul Wessel
2nd Thong Nguyen
3rd Vo Quang
3rd Kiet Tran
U1700 RR
1st Kazem Behnam
2nd Dylan Chang
3rd Don Hoang
3rd Angel Luo
Open Doubles
1st Marko Prce/Brana Vlasic
2nd David Umel/Earl Alto
3rd Peter Sanidad/Emmanuel Jong
3rd Veronica Chen/Derrick Cone
