Club play postponed for a couple weeks

Hi guys,

Due to some remodeling work being done at the Lyndora Hotel, our club may not be meeting for a couple weeks.

We’ll update you as soon as we know when we’ll be open again.

No Table Tennis Club Monday July 5th.

A general announcement, we will not be having club this Monday the 5th because of the holiday. See you all next week.

Summer Session Beginning Soon.

Hi guys I know it’s been a while. Butler Table Tennis club has been on a bit of a hiatus due to members have real life issues pop up. However we will be doing our best to begin a summer session the 1st Monday in June. (06/07/10) Anyone interested in coming we will be playing from 5:00-8:00pm come hell or high water. New members are welcome of course.

No club 4/5/10

this is just a general message that club has been canceled for this evening. 4/5. We will be having club next week.

Good luck to our players in the Erie tournament

Good luck to Greg Miller and Anna Voelker in the 2010 Millcreek Giant Round Robin in Erie, PA today.

This will be the first sanctioned tournament for both players.

Good luck and have fun.  Let us know how it goes.

New Club Ratings 02/01/2010

John-1362
Greg-1260
Chris B.-1607
Becka-1010
Paul-768

New ratings after club play 01/18/2010

In an effort to continue our development as a club as a whole and as individual players we will now be keeping track of ratings for all of our players. this includes Greg and Becca who have been given adjusted ratings of 1250 and 1000 respectfully.

John-1265
Greg-1260
Evan-1124 (adjusted upward after beating Chris)
Paul-768
Chris-1509
Becca-1010

Erie PA Table Tennis Tournament March 28, 2010

I received this from Sam Steiner on Dec 22 and forgot to post it.

Greetings Table Tennis Players,

Please note that due to conflicts with Ohio tournaments we have moved the spring Erie tournament to Sunday, March 28, 2010.

You may submit an early entry for this tournament to avoid being shut out.  It will be the same format as last year, a Giant Round Robin with preliminary and playoff round robin groups, with morning and afternoon sessions.  Cost with rating fee is $47 if rated under 2000, or $52 over 2000.  Add $2 if using Paypal.

To enter early, send a check with your name and phone number to Sam Steiner, 3616 Zimmerly Rd, Erie PA 16506, or send same info with Paypal payment to (visit the Erie Table Tennis site for Sam’s email address).  Payments are fully refundable until March 26.

Have a good Christmas,

Sam Steiner

Erie Table Tennis Club

New ratings after the Millcreek Open have been processed

Our club members new ratings are as follows:

Chris Bailey – down 3 points to 1657
Dan Barnes – down 30 points to 1173
Chris Malis – down 13 points to 1529

Receiving his first USATT rating is:
Evan Gould – initial ratings of 999

Welcome to the real world of pong, Evan.

Reaching new highs in their rating history are:

John Scarnato – up 116 points to 1275 after being rerated upwards
Kyle Barnes – up 45 points to 426

Congrats to John and Kyle on soaring to new heights.

The official 2009 Millcreek Open recap

I’m copying Sam’s recap below, but you can read it and view some pics at the Erie Table Tennis site.

Butler Table Tennis Club members are highlighted in red.

2009 MILLCREEK OPEN
TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT

October 24-25 in Erie PA

By Sam Steiner

Word is evidently getting out about the Erie tournaments.  A roster of 165 players signed up for this 18^th annual event, another record, and about 20 more were turned away much to their disappointment.  The addition of several tables in low-rent areas of the building allowed us to keep within a half hour or so of schedule.

Most notable of Saturday’s events was a thrilling Junior Under 17 final match between two newcomers to U.S. table tennis: Tim Van Gerwen, an exchange student from Germany living in South Bend, and Zexuan Wang, a Chinese player from Toronto.  Tim brought in a rating of 2361 recently earned at his first two U.S. tournaments, while Zexuan was unrated in the U.S. but rated 2329 based on his record in Canadian tournaments.  These two talented topspinners fought a close, exciting final match with Wang winning the Junior title 3-2.

On Sunday, 13 round robin groups led to a single elimination playoff for the final four round robin.  Some noteworthy matches here were Van Gerwen over Randy Seemiller in a long tough 4-3 match, and John Wetzler over Zexuan Wang 4-0.  Joining these winners in the semi’s were perennial power Dan Seemiller, still rated over 2500 at age 50+, and Dan’s current protégé Joe Cochran.  In the RR finals it was Dan without losing a game, with Cochran gamely battling his coach but settling for 2^nd.  The best match here was Van Gerwen pulling past a tiring Wetzler 4-2 for 4^th place.  Cochran did rule the very competitive U2400 event losing only one game to Wang along the way.

Thanks to sponsors Butterflyonline.com, Glass House Inn, and Millcreek Rec & Parks, and to the Erie tournament committee members for many long hours of labor to bring it all together.

Results:

U900

Semi’s:  Hasan Soliman d. Bill Stewart 3-2             Jeremy Bernard d. Bill Miller 3-1
Finals:  Bernard d. Soliman 3-2

U1600

Semi’s:  Karl Ostermann d. Dustin Zemaitis 3-2            Tundi Balogh d. Cameron Siou 3-0
Finals:  Balogh d. Ostermann 3-1

U1800

Semi’s:  Henry Chau d. Adrian Molina 3-1      Juraj Vlahovic d. Dave French 3-1
Finals:  Chau d. Vlahovic 3-1

U1100

Semi’s:  Kyler Posey d. Bill Miller 3-0       David Sommers d. Rick Stuyvesant 3-0
Finals:  Posey d. Sommers 3-0

U2000

Semi’s:  Alex Meleshenko d. Richard Chan 3-1       Wayne Carney d. Dalibor Stojcic 3-0
Finals:  Meleshenko d. Carney 3-1

U1300

Semi’s:  John Scarnato d. Kirk Loomis 3-2         Boris Shtarkman d. J.D. Wagner 3-2
Finals:  Scarnato d. Shtarkman 3-0

Senior O40

Semi’s:  Dan Seemiller d. Philip Poon 3-0           John Wetzler d. Andrew Anderson 3-2
Finals:  Seemiller & Wetzler split

3400 Doubles

Semi’s:  A. Maronian/Sanzotta Sr d. Ling/Chan 3-0      Balderas/K. Pinili d. Bailey/Malis 3-0
Finals:  Balderas/Pinili d. Maronian/Sanzotta 3-0

Open Warmup

1.  Dan Seemiller                  2.  Desmond Preston
1.  Joe Cochran                     2.  Hossein Sharifi
1.  John Wetzler                     2.  Philip Poon
1.  Tim Van Gerwen              2.  Tom Yost
1.  Zexuan Wang                   2.  Dan Seemiller Jr.

U2400

Semi’s:  Joe Cochran d. Zexuan Wang 3-1            Tim Van Gerwen d. John Wetzler 3-0
Finals:  Cochran d. Van Gerwen 3-0

U1450

Semi’s:  John Ernisse d. Dan Cochran 3-1             Cameron Siou d. Berl Stein 3-1
Siou d. Ernisse 3-2

Open

Dan Seemiller d. Mike Walk 4-0
Tim Van Gerwen d. Randy Seemiller 4-3
John Wetzler d. Zexuan Wang 4-0
Joe Cochran d. Andrew Anderson 4-0

RR Finals:

1.  Dan Seemiller 3-0, d. Cochran 4-0; d. Van Gerwen 4-0; d. Wetzler 4-0
2.  Joe Cochran 2-1, d. Van Gerwen 4-1; d. Wetzler 4-0
3.  Tim Van Gerwen 1-2, d. Wetzler4-2
4.  John Wetzler 0-3

Junior U14

1.  Kieran Pinili 4-0 d. Chau 3-1; d. Daoud 3-0; d. Barnes 3-2; d. Wawrzaszek 3-1
2.  Sabrina Daoud 3-1, d. Wawrzaszek 3-0; d. Chau n.s.
3.  Kyle Barnes 2-2 d. Wawrzaszek 3-1; d. Chau n.s.
4.  Zach Wawrzaszek 1-3, d. Chau n.s.
5.  Gordon Chau 0-4

Senior Esquire

1.  Hossein Sharifi 2-0, d. Sandy Chu 3-1; d. Gary Martin 3-0
2.  Gary Martin 1-1, d. Sandy Chu 3-0
3.  Sandu Chu 0-2

U2200

Semi’s:  Andrew Anderson d. Tom Yost 3-2               Dan Seemiller Jr. d. Tak Cheong Yip 3-0
Finals:  Anderson d. Seemiller 3-2

Hardbat

Semis’:  Ken Pinili d. Bill McLaughlin 16, -16, 14    Gary Martin d. Guy McLean 19, 15
Finals:  Pinili d. Martin 14, 13

2800 Doubles

Semi’s:  Pinili/Pinili d. Barnes/Malis 3-0       Wang/S. Daoud d. Scarnato/Ostermann 3-1
Finals:  Wang/Daoud d. Pinili/Pinili 3-2

U1750

Semi’s:  Jim Huang d. Richard Roman 3-2               Karl Ostermann d. Jim Spetsios 3-0
Finals:  Huang d. Ostermann 3-0

U700

0.  Evan Gould 4-0, but unrated
1.  Kyle Barnes 3-1, d. Pinili 3-2; d. Wawrzaszek 3-0; d. Joyce 3-0
2.  Kieran Pinili 2-2, d. Wawrzaszek 3-2; d. Joyce 3-2
3.  Carol Joyce 1-3, d. Wawrzaszek 3-0
4.  Zach Wawrzaszek 0-4