2012 Table Tennis Results by medal Balboa Park Activity Center, July 22, 2012 RESULTS Note: Over 40 singles Final and match for 3rd place was never played.

Our very own Brana Vlašić, who trains in the JUIC Competitive Coaching Group, made it to the semi final round of the 2012 College Table Tennis Championships! She represented her college, UCSD, in Plano, Texas where the event was held. Be sure to congratulate her! Check out some of her excellent wins along the way, including victories over Sara Hazinski (rated 2438) and Marcus Jackson (rated 2445)! For the full results, click here.

Every Sunday at noon, there is an open round robin at Santa Monica College. Since we were closed for Earth Day, some SDTTA members decided to drive up and compete in it with some good results! Last Sunday, our very own Earl Alto and Ron Spencer took 1st and 2nd place, respectively. View other past winners and get more details by clicking here.

Last weekend in Woodland Hills, CA was the Northridge Open presented by the Northridge Table Tennis Club at El Camino High School.Students of the JUIC Training Group (headed by Stellan & Angelita Bengtsson) had a great showing!

After a tough loss to former US Men’s Singles Champion Jim Butler in the Men’s Open, long time club member Earl Alto stayed focused and became the champion of the U2500 event! Also, Teddy Tran (who consistently drives down from Orange County every weekend specifically to train in Stellan’s group) made it to the semi-finals of the Men’s Open! And guess what? He’s only 14 years old!

Hi All: Well, it’s all over. Christian Lillieroos won Silver losing to Francisco Mendez in the Gold Medal match for over 2000 rated event. I lost the Bronze Medal match to Karl Assenmacher in the over 2000 rated event. Ray Fahlstrom and I lost our Gold Medal match to win Silver to Gayle Weikert and Shi Lin. We didn’t play well at all. Ray won Silver in his Mixed Doubles match age 75-79. I won Gold in the Mixed Doubles age 70-74 with my partner Joanne Tessler. See you all at the club. Best regards, Mark   Summary Silver medal in Over 2000 – Christian Lillieroos Silver in Men’s Doubles – Age 70-74 – Mark Adelman & Ray Fahlstrom Gold in Mixed Doubles – Age 70-74 – Mark Adelman Silver in Mixed Doubles – Age 75-79 – Ray Fahlstrom

Congratulations to DJ Alto for winning the San Diego Power Pong Open defeating Ben Johnson 4-1 in the finals! For a full list of results, click here.

Mark Adelman Gold Medal in Mixed Doubles 60-64 Silver Medal in Men’s Doubles 65-69 Bronze Medal in Men’s Singles 65-69 Ray Fahlstrom Men’s Singles 70-74 Bronze Medal. Bill Ukapatayasakul Gold in Draw Doubles Silver in 65-69 Men’s Singles Silver in Open over 2000 Rated Event Silver in Men’s Singles 65-69 Jerry Wu Silver in Men’s Singles 55-59 Interesting matches: The #1 Seed Carlton Sealey from Bridge Town Barbados, rated 2276, was defeated in 5 games by #5 seed Zedplin Law, rated 2081, from Mississauga Canada. Another unexpected competitive match was San Diego’s own Mark Adelman against the #3 seed Wilmont Goddard Rating 2134 from St. Michaels Barbados. In the over 2000 rated event, Mark went ahead 2 games to 1 only to have Goddard tie it up 2 all. Then, Mark had 4 match points but couldn’t convert and the match went to Goddard Deuce in the 5th after Mark had him 10-8 in the 5th. Photos (From left to right): Danny Nazi who Mark played for the Bronze Medal in Men’s Singles 65-69, a picture of Mark Adelman and his Mixed Doubles Partner Perrello Smith and the couple they Defeated Jerry & Geraldine Lesser, Mark Adelman with the 3 medals listed above. Best regards to all, Mark Adelman