DTTA’s 13th QUINCENAL Tourney: Great again!
by Angelo Gandullia of Denver Table Tennis Alliance

Hello Table Tennis players and friends!

On Saturday, June 27th, Denver Table Tennis Alliance held our 13th QUINCENAL Tourney, and it went great again!

We are happy we had a lot of players competing in the 3 different Divisions, with another first-timer joining this QUINCENAL Tourney in A Division, Richard Williamson.

DTTA congratulates in particular:

C Division-
Winner, Lisa “Legs” You
Runner up, Mike Wood
3rd place, Win Tran

B Division-
Winner, Tan Loi
Runner up, Ade Adetakwi
3rd place, Nick “The Sweaty Giant” Johnson

A Division-
Winner, Hai Xue
Runner up, Nobuyuki “Nobu” Shiogai
3rd place, Vinay Chandra

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The winner in A Division received $40 dollars cash, a Butterfly Headband, and a 10 pack of PepPod!
The winners in B and C Divisions each received $30 dollars cash, a Butterfly Headband and a 10 pack of PepPod!
All runners up in A, B and C, each received a $15 dollar Butterfly Gift Certificate and a 10 pack of PepPod.

C Division was formed by Lisa “Legs” You, Brandon Loi, Mike Wood, Win Tran, Ying Hao Chen and Jared Peterson.

Lisa vs Jared : 11-7, 11-4, 11-1
Brandon vs Ying : 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 12-10
Mike vs Win : 12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6
Lisa vs Ying : 11-6, 11-2, 11-7
Brandon vs Jared : 7-11, 10-12, 12-14
Mike vs Ying : 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3
Lisa vs Win : 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
Brandon vs Mike : 11-6, 11-9, 12-10
Win vs Jared : 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8
Lisa vs Mike : 11-8, 13-11, 4-11, 11-5
Win vs Ying : 11-13, 11-6, 13-11, 11-9
Lisa vs Brandon : 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6
Mike vs Jared : 11-3, 8-11, 11-0, 11-8
Brandon vs Win : 3-11, 4-11, 11-9, 5-11
Ying vs Jared : 13-11, 6-11, 6-11, 8-11

Lisa passed in first place undefeated.  There was a tie for second place between Mike and Win. Both players had 3 victories and 2 losses, but in the match against each other Mike won 3-1, leaving him in second place to play the finals for the first time!

Unfortunately for Mike, he couldn’t redeem himself, as Lisa continued to be “on fire” all the way to the end!  The partials of the finals match were: 11-8, 10-12, 11-4 and 11-8, for Lisa.

Congratulations, Lisa, on taking your first Q home! You played very solidly throughout the Q Tourney! Congrats to Mike, too, as he played the finals for the first time and ended up in a well-earned second place!

B Division was formed by Tan Loi, Spencer Friedman, Ade Adetakwi, Nick Johnson, Matt Sharkey and Val Gorodin.

Tan vs Val : 11-3, 11-7, 11-5
Spencer vs Matt : 11-3, 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8
Ade vs Nick : 11-4, 12-10, 11-9
Tan vs Matt : 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
Spencer vs Val : 11-6, 11-6, 11-4
Ade vs Matt : 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
Tan vs Nick : 11-6, 11-8, 11-9
Spencer vs Ade : 11-6, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 2-11
Nick vs Val : 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8
Tan vs Ade : 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11
Nick vs Matt : 9-11, 4-11, 6-11
Tan vs Spencer : 11-8, 13-11, 13-11
Ade vs Val : 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
Spencer vs Nick : 5-11, 9-11, 6-11
Matt vs Val : 7-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-1, 6-11

Ade passed in first place undefeated, followed by Tan in second, who only lost to Ade.

The finals match was Ade vs Tan. This was one of the tightest matches played so far in our 2015 Q Tourneys!  Even though Ade beat Tan in the Round Robin stage by 3-1, he couldn’t repeat the achievement, as Tan played his very best this time!  The partials were 11-9, 16-18, 10-12, 11-7, 13-15.

Congratulations, Tan, on taking another Q Tourney! Congrats to Ade, as well, who, along with Tan, gave us a great finals match to watch!

A Division was formed by Vinay Chandra, Hai Xue, Nobu Shiogai, Antonio Varela, Richard Williamson, Carlos Pinzon and John Miller.

Vinay vs John : 11-4, 11-1, 11-9
Hai vs Carlos : 11-5, 11-3, 11-2
Nobu vs Richard : 11-2, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9
Antonio vs John : 10-12, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11
Vinay vs Carlos : 11-1, 11-6, 11-7
Hai vs Richard : 11-5, 11-8, 11-3
Nobu vs John : 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
Antonio vs Carlos : 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8
Vinay vs Richard : 11-4, 11-9, 11-4
Hai vs John : 11-5, 11-1, 11-2
Nobu vs Carlos : 11-9, 11-7, 11-7
Richard vs John : 11-6, 11-7, 11-9
Vinay vs Antonio : 13-11, 11-4, 11-9
Richard vs Carlos : 11-7, 11-4, 8-11, 14-12
Hai vs Antonio : 11-9, 11-4, 11-5
Vinay vs Nobu : 7-11, 11-6, 7-11, 4-11
Carlos vs John : 8-11, 9-11, 11-4, 4-11
Hai vs Nobu : 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
Antonio vs Richard : 15-17, 11-6, 11-5, 5-11, 9-11
Vinay vs Hai : 5-11, 11-13, 5-11
Nobu vs Antonio : 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8

Hai passed in first place undefeated, followed in second by Nobu, who only lost to Hai.

In the finals match, Hai vs Nobu, the score was again 3-0. The partials were 11-7, 11-6 and 11-3.

Congratulations, Hai, for another Q Tourney taken!

All players who participated in our 13th QUINCENAL Tourney received 1 Participation Point towards qualifying for the raffle (between the 5 players with most Participation Points) at the end of the year for a 7-Day Trip to Peru!
Players who ended in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th position in each Division of this Q Tourney received 4, 3, 2 and 1 Performance Points, respectively. The winners of each Division with the most Performance Points at the end of the year will receive a great prize from Butterfly!

Thank you again to all players who participated in our 13th QUINCENAL Tourney.

Denver Table Tennis Alliance also wants to thank our sponsors:
Butterfly, the best Table Tennis brand in the world. All tournaments at DTTA are played on Butterfly Centrefold 25 ITTF Official tables, and we only use Butterfly 3 Star Premium balls.
Ace.Eat.Serve, a great Asian fusion restaurant in Denver with Ping-Pong fun at the corner of Pennsylvania St and 17th Ave in Uptown Denver.
PepPod, drop, dissolve and drink! The new alternative for energy and nutrition while playing and exercising.
B&B Tradiciones, Travel and Accommodation, the best service for travel and accommodation when visiting Peru. Contact: bbtradiciones@hotmail.com

DTTA invites you all to participate in our 14th QUINCENAL Tourney on Saturday, July 18th! …we hope to see you all there!

Angelo Gandullia
Denver Table Tennis Alliance
www.denverttalliance.com