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MN Champs Feb 4-5
Friday, 03 February 2012 19:43

Rochester serves to table tennis players again


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Posted: Feb 03, 2012, 10:23 am
By By Donny Henn
The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN


Rochester’s innate ability to be an accommodating host is the reason the state’s best table tennis players are returning to the city for a second straight year.

The 2012 Minnesota State Table Tennis Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday at the University Center Rochester-Regional Sports Center.

Last Updated on Friday, 03 February 2012 19:48
 
SPIN Newsletter January 2012
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 03:20

Check out the January 2012 edition of the SPIN Newsletter.

Get it here!

 
2012 Minnesota State Championships
Thursday, 05 January 2012 04:32



RTTC will host 2012 Minnesota State Championships. For details and Entry Form see the Tournament Info Page.

 
Fall Tournament Results
Monday, 19 December 2011 18:48

First Place, Father Daughter team of Keith and Emily Bodensteiner.
2nd Rick Lee and Paul Novotny.

Consolation finals was between Father Son teams of Chi and Brandon Lam against
Kiswanto and Theo Thayib, won by last years 1st place team of Chi and Brandon.

Singles won by Dayton Cotten over Shashi Sethi. Shashi overcoming Chris Lam who won youth division over Dayton.
Consolation won by Tuan Truong, Sam Prum second.


Last Updated on Sunday, 01 January 2012 14:04
 
Ball Change Coming
Monday, 31 October 2011 13:51

New material will be introduced following next summers London Olympics.
Here is a video of ITTF President Adham Sharara describing the change. Be sure to watch the demo at the end of the video.

Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 13:58
 
2011 Badger Open
Sunday, 18 September 2011 22:16

RTTC Results reported by Coach Chi Lam.
All results and videos reported by Butterfly at this link

U-1800 !!
1st Place - Chris Lam (great battle against MN junior, Ben Huynh, from the cities, in 5 games) Video Here
Semi-Finalist - Ben Kubesh

U-1700
1st Place - Ben Kubesh
Semi-Finalist - Tuan Truong

Open Singles
Quarter-Finalist - Wei Qi


U-1600
Semi-Finalist - Tuan Truong

Youth - U14
Semi-Finalist - Michael Tran

Over 40 Singles
2nd Place - Chi Lam (oh well, I had 3 match points in the 4th, but didn't pull it off. Lost a close one in the 5th 11-9.

U-3400 Doubles
1st Place - Dave Judd & Chi Lam
Semi-Finalist - Ben Kubesh & Chris Lam
 

 

 

 

 

 
US Open Champions
Saturday, 02 July 2011 21:39

Ben and Chris  Saturday July 2nd US open in Milwaukee,
                             
Ben Kubesh and Chris Lam win U-3200  Doubles Finals over Jon Grider, & Vijay Subramanian  11, 7, 8.             
                              6:30 PM - Michael Tran wins 9 and under division beating Alex Bu (1530) 8, 5, -5, 6.
                              In U-1500 Brandon Lam wins his round robin group. (out in second round of elimination)
                              U-1650 Chris Lam wins his group, Ben Kubesh 2nd in his group.

                             Sunday July 3rd.
                             Chris Lam beats 5th seed to advance in U-1650. Wins again moves to semifinals. Lost to Alex Bu in semi.
                             Michael in U-2100 wins against 1959 rated player. 9,-11, 9,-9, 9. Ends up 2nd in Group.

                            Monday July 4th.
                            Michael wins his RR group and through 4 rounds of Elimination to loose in the U-1800 semi finals to eventual champ.
                            In order to get to final four U1800, Michael had to play 7 matches, 6 of 
                            them were either anti spin, pip-out, or pip-out chopper. It was the
                            most nerve wrecking event that Michael and coach has ever faced.
                            
 

                            Results to all events are posted live on USATT Results

 

 
Spring Tournament Results
Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:07

 Guangzhen Singles part of the Spring Tournament was held Wednesday June 22nd with 37 players participating.
The two Divisions were won by Brandon Lam and Guangzhen Hu. Second places went to Chris Lam and Akiko Okano.

Doubles won by Brandon and Chi Lam second Keith and Emily Bodensteinter. Consolation went to Akiko Okano and Stan Wilkinson.

 For all Results and brackets see Tournament Results

 
Montessori School Table Tennis
Saturday, 11 June 2011 18:14

Montessori A group from RTTC, headed by Kiswanto Thayib and Norm Hopkins, presented an introduction to Table Tennis at Rochester Montessori School on June 3rd.
The kids had varying degrees of success connecting the paddle with the ball and all enjoyed hitting against the robot.
Pictures can be seen in Photo Album.

 
Minnesota Senior Games
Sunday, 05 June 2011 16:42

Don and Don RTTC players competed at the Minnsota Senior games June 2nd in Mankato. Rick Lee teaming with Don Heuton and Bunly Suy with Norm Hopkins each winning their age groups in doubles.  In singles play Bunly won his age group.  In the 65- 70 age group the first 3 places were won by Don Heuton, Rick Lee and Don Diehl respectively.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 June 2011 14:16
 
2011 America's Team Championship
Saturday, 28 May 2011 14:00

This years America's Team Championship is in Rockford Illinois Memorial Day weekend May 28 - 29.
RTTC will be represented by 2 teams. One team is Tuan Truong, Brenda Nguyen, Dave Judd and Chris Sorenson.
The second team is Juniors, Chris and Brandon Lam, Ben Kubesh and Michael Tran.

Day One Report from Chi Lam.

Finished day 1, going well.

Nice facility, 32 tables (at least), 32 teams (nice to see), 4 division (Div A highest, Div D lowest). A China junior team is here (flew in from China, top seed). Generally, teams are much stronger rating-wise than before. Div C in general is in 1800 - 1900 range. Div B are close to 2000 range. Div A are all over 2100 and up.

Both of our RTTC teams started in Group D. Both teams got to play one of the team C in the prelim.

Juniors team beat team C, so ended up in Group C. Tuan's team stayed in D.

The afternoon 3 team match in the group, then tomorrow 4 to finish the team and the round robin results will determine the finish.

Juniors team seeded 8th (last) in Div C.

Played top seed first, up 4-3 in tie matches, couldn't quite finish, lost in 9th game, and lost the tie.
Then lost to seed #4 0-5 (long pips, anti-spin ... etc)
Then won seed #3 5-2

Michael continued to be impressive, won all the matches but 2. Beat one 2000+ players, and at least a few 1900+ along the way.

Ben played strong, beating some good 1600, 1700, 1800 plus players

Chris and Brandon both beat a 1700+ players, and many close losses against 1800 / 1900 players.

 
Theodore Thayib to perform at Spring Orchestra
Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:58

Thayib Winners of Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition will perform in the spring finale concerts on Sunday May 15th, at Century High School.

Cellist Theodore Pranoto Thayib, 11, won the Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition. He will perform Goltermann's Concerto No. 4 for Cello and Orchestra, Op 65, Allegro.


Thayib has participated in SEMYO for four years. He is a sixth grader at Rochester Montessori School. He plays percussion in his school's band.

He also plays piano, Tae-Kwon-Do, table-tennis, basketball and soccer.


More at Media Articles Page

 
AAU Junior Olympics
Wednesday, 11 May 2011 13:06

Junior Olympics will be in New Orleans this year with Table Tennis held July 28th through the 30th.

For all information see Non-RTTC Tournament Page.

 
2nd Annual Northfield Open
Sunday, 08 May 2011 18:51

LaiGreat Results from RTTC Players.

Lai and Brenda Nguyen 2nd in Open Doubles, with Lai 2nd in Open Singles.
A nice upset win for Dave Judd to win his Round Robin group.
Huge win for Michael Tran over Trac Cao (1734) to win his group.
Another nice upset for Vidhan Chandra over heavy favorite Ben Kubesh In elimination round.

To see all the results see Results Page

 
Marisa Roared Like a Tiger
Wednesday, 04 May 2011 14:21

RTTC player Marisa Lin won the Young Artists’ Competition and  performed with the Austin Symphony Orchestra on April 17, 2011.
Read the story from Austin Daily Herald and Austin Post Bulletin on Media Page.

 
Post -Bulletin Sports Zone
Tuesday, 03 May 2011 16:32

 Hoang TranPost-Bullletin Sports Zone is a new web site dedicated to local athletic teams and organizations.
 Check it out for coverage of Rochester Table Tennis Club. 

 
Minnesota Senior Games
Monday, 25 April 2011 14:00

Minnesota Senior Games, June 2-5, 2011 at Minnesota State University, Mankato
The Minnesota Senor Games Association invites all Senior Table Tennis players age 50 and above to register for the Minnesota Senior games scheduled for June 2 – 5 at Minnesota State University, Mankato. This will be an opportunity to compete against table tennis players from Minnesota and other states. Players will compete in 5 year age increments: 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, etc.
Table Tennis is scheduled for June 2nd at 10 AM with singles and doubles events.

See Senior Games site for more information and Registration.

 
NCTTA Results
Thursday, 21 April 2011 18:45

Videos:
For Mens Finals See this site by Dave.
For Just Game 7 See this site by Chi.

Post-Bulletin published Articles
Introducing the Tournament.
RCTC Participation.
Texas Wesleyan Wins.

For All Results see NCTTA Site.

RCTC Team Results.

Virginia Tech A d. RCTC, 4-0 (Official Coed Result)
1 Singles Johnny Shu (Virginia Tech A) d.  Joe Kokal (RCTC) ,  11-4, 11-7, 11-4  
2 Singles Ashwin Pallani (Virginia Tech A) d.  Amed Khan (RCTC) ,  11-5, 11-6, 11-9  
3 Singles Aditya Avasta (Virginia Tech A) d.  Khang Quach (RCTC) ,  11-2, 11-2, 11-3  
4 Singles Jeff Zhang (Virginia Tech A) d.  John Hahn (RCTC) ,  11-4, 11-7, 11-6

TX Wesleyan d. RCTC, 4-0 (Official Coed Result)
1 Singles Mark Hazinski (TX Wesleyan) d.  Joe Kokal (RCTC) ,  11-5, 11-6, 11-2  
2 Singles Jose Barbosa (TX Wesleyan) d.  Amed Khan (RCTC) ,  11-1, 11-3, 11-5  
3 Singles Yahao Zhang (TX Wesleyan) d.  Dustin Hicks (RCTC) ,  11-5, 11-2, 11-2  
4 Singles Chance Friend (TX Wesleyan) d.  John Hahn (RCTC) ,  11-1, 11-1, 11-1

University of Washington d. RCTC, 4-0 (Official Coed Result)
1 Singles Gavin Fung (University of Washington) d.  Joe Kokal (RCTC) ,  11-2, 11-5, 11-6  
2 Singles Wucheng Tao (University of Washington) d.  Amed Khan (RCTC) ,  11-6, 11-4, 11-3  
3 Singles James Kuei (University of Washington) d.  Khang Quach (RCTC) ,  11-7, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6  
4 Singles TunChun (Crystal) Pan (University of Washington) d.  Dustin Hicks (RCTC) ,  11-0, 11-1, 11-2

Mixed Doubles Championship Brenda Nguyen/ Tuan Truong Vs Chunyi Wang/Chance Friend Texas 7,13,7
Womens Singles Championship Brenda Nguyen Vs Sunny Sun of Duke 8,-8,2,7
Mens Consolation Tuan Truong Wins over Wentao Zhuo 6,5,-9-7,12, Kentucky 2nd match Vs Huan Qiu, Mississippi 5,7,11.

 

 
NCTTA News
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:51

April 12 Post- Bulletin Amateur Update Features NCTTA.

  The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association National Championships will be held at the UCR Regional Sports Center this weekend.

Over 250 athletes will compete for the crown in men’s, women’s and team divisions. The championships were previously held in Rochester in 2008 and 2009. “We were very pleased with Rochester’s hospitality, the facilities and resources they supplied in 2008 and 2009 and we’re excited to return to Minnesota for the 2011 Championships,” NCTTA President Willy Leparulo said.

See full article here.

 
Winter Tournament Finals

Rick Lee  Winter Tournament held March 23.
Division 1: Lai Nguyen 1st, Chi Lam 2nd.
Division 2: Shashi Sethi 1st, Long Jin 2nd.
Division 3: David Yu 1st, Stan Wilkinson 2nd.
Division 4: Don Diehl 1st, Rick Lee 2nd.

Michael Tran was the Winter Season Most Improved Player with a increase of 174 rating points.

For all the results see Tournament Results Page. 

 
Sports Commission Update

March 8-2011 Post- Bulletin

See media page for full article.

The RTTC is a very active 65-member organization and recently hosted for the first time the Minnesota State Table Tennis Championships Feb. 5-6 at the UCR Sports Complex. A hundred participants from Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota competed in round-robin preliminaries in 17 divisions. Brenda Nguyen, a student at RCTC and member of both the Rochester Table Tennis Club and the Rochester Community abd Technical College Table Tennis team won the Women's Singles title.

One additional offshoot of the RASC hosting the NCTTA National Championships three times in four years is that the Rochester Community and Technical College Table Tennis program has also grown as a result. In fact, the team competed at last year's event in Waukesha, Wis., and will have a group of athletes participating next month in Rochester as well, including state champion Nguyen.

The Rochester Amateur Sports Commission (RASC) is proud to have played a role in growing the sport of table tennis in our community over the last several years. We are actively looking for ways to continue this growth. In fact, we are currently considering a bid for the 2012 USA Table Tennis Olympic Trials.

 
Northfield Player Visits RTTC
Sunday, 20 February 2011 13:39

The Pool

Sixteen tables are set up in one end of the huge gymnasium and 15 or 20 players are playing or getting ready to play. We know several of them, having visited the Rochester Table Tennis Club once or twice before.

We have an hour to practice or warm up, so we grab a table and start hitting. I'n terrified of having an "off" night, so I run through the familiar litany of self-coaching -  stay low, relax your wrist, watch the dang ball, spin the ball, don't overhit - again and again.

After the warm-up, I am assigned to a 'pool' of five players, so I have four matches, best of five games, to play. First match is against Valerie, a young woman at least 30 years younger than I. She has a tricky serve, but I win the first two games. Then my forehand deserts me and suddenly it's two games all.

'Stay low, relax your wrist, watch the dang ball, spin the ball, don't overhit, stay low....'

And I pull it out, 11-8 in the fifth game.

In quick succession, I play a young man at least 40 years younger than I, another young man not less than 50 years younger than I, and yet another young man probably 45 years younger than I. I'm fighting kids.

Somehow, two hours has disappeared and it's time to go home.  I won all four matches and I know exactly what that means:  next time, I'll be in a tougher pool....

 
1 State Title, 16 Medals
Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:21

Feb 15, 2011
By Joel Lidstrom
For the Rochester Post Bulletin

Brenda Nguyen, a student at RCTC and member of both the Rochester Table Tennis Club and the RCTC Table Tennis Club,  won the
Women’s Singles title at the 2011 Minnesota State Table Tennis Championships.

The two-day event was sponsored by the RTTC and RCTC TTC, and held at the UCR Sports Complex.
It was the Rochester Club’s first hosting of this prestigious event. Nearly a hundred participants from Minnesota,
Wisconsin and South Dakota contested round-robin preliminaries in 17 divisions, with the top players in each division
advancing to a single-elimination championship round.

Read the rest of the article in Media/Articles

 
Minnesota Championships Coverage
Tuesday, 01 February 2011 20:49

 In this corner, the state's best table tennis players

 Posted: Feb 01, 2011, 6:31 am Rochester Post-Bulletin

It’s natural to think of table tennis as a miniature version of tennis, with the net, the paddle or racket,
and the one-bounce rule common to both.

But longtime table tennis player Joel Lidstrom of Rochester says that’s about where the similarities end.

Read the rest of the story here.

 
2011 MN High School Team Championships
Monday, 31 January 2011 16:44

HS Team

The Rochester sent a district team to participate in the Minnesota State High School Team Championships for the first time this year on
Jan 30, 2011 at the Lakeville South High School.  This years event was the biggest ever with 17 schools / district participating. 
Also new this year was the girls event.  Rochester was able to send 14 kids total for the events.  The boys / co-ed team
(represented by 12 boys)advanced out of its preliminary round into the championship knock-out round, with a 2-1 record.
 They had a very close match in the quarter-finalbut lost to Eagan (3 times champion of the past 5-year).  A solid showing for the first time.

For the girls team (represented by 2 girls), in a round-robin of 5 teams, they finished 3rd and received bronze medals!

Rochester Team results summary:
* co-ed team:  Quarter-Finalist
* girls team: 3rd Place (medal winners)

See more pictures on the Media/Photo Album Page

 
2010 Fall Singles
Thursday, 16 December 2010 20:40

Michael For the second Year Michael Tran wins this handicap tournament. No other player could find an answer to his precise power game.  Sam Prum was second overall. IBM division was won by Kiswanto Thayib. Mayo division winner was Sam Prum. Youth division Michael Tran and Others division first place was Don Heuton.  Chris Lam is this seasons most improved player.

 
2010 Fall Doubles
Thursday, 02 December 2010 21:16

Zhengwen  Zhengwen He and Brenda Nguyen win in a tight finals over Pete Wottreng and Kin Cheung.  The consolation Round was won by the team of Sachchit Murali and Abhishek Chandra,

 
NCTTA in 24 Nov. Post Bulletin
Wednesday, 24 November 2010 13:49

Be sure to catch the Tuesday Nov. 24, 2010 Post-Bulletin. Table Tennis news is featured in two articles on page D5. "Amateur Update" describes the win of the bid over other cities for the National College Table Tennis Championships. The other article is about the event coming to Rochester. One article is on line here.

 
2010 South Shore Butterfly Open
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 21:40

  Chris  First Place U-1625 Chris Lam. 3rd place Brandon Lam and Michael Tran.

Ben Kubesh 2nd in U-1350 and 3rd in the U-1500 Category

 

 
RCTC Homecoming Tournament
Monday, 08 November 2010 23:06

Brenda  RCTC TAble Tennis Club and Student Life Sponsored the Homecoming Table Tennis Tournament Oct. 15th, 2010

1st Place Brenda Nguyen, 2nd Joe Kokal, 3rd Mark Stanchfield and 4th Haili Yu.

 

Last Updated on Monday, 08 November 2010 23:18
 
Volunteer of the Year
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 19:16

Chi  Chi Lam has been named RTTC Volunteer of the Year for 2010. Chi has been instrumental in the progress of the coaching program besides being involved in every aspect of running the club. Volunteers like Chi make RTTC a success.

 
RCTC Exhibition
Wednesday, 13 October 2010 22:13

RCTC The Table Tennis exhibition put on for RCTC Table Tennis Awareness Week was featured in a Post - Bulletin article Tuesday Oct. 12 on page D1.   The article in "Local Sports Notebook" mentions that playing in the exhibition will be Lai Nguyen, Kiswanto Thayib and Michael Tran.

You can view the article on our Media/ Articles page.

 
Michael Achieves Sponsorship
Friday, 24 September 2010 15:26

Michael  Michael Tran is now sponsored by Killerspin.

USATT Magazine features Michael in a Article that you can read on our Media/Article Page.

 
2010 Badger Open
Wednesday, 22 September 2010 13:22

Chris&Brandon   Results from Badger Open Held Sept 18,19 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Official Results Click here.

U-1200
Brenda Nguyen - 1st Place

U-1400
Brandon Lam - 1st Place
Brenda Nguyen - Semi-Finalist

U-1600
Chris Lam - Semi-Finalist

U-3200 Doubles
Chris Lam and Brandon Lam - 2nd Place See the finals here.
Hoang Tran and Michael Tran - Semi-Finalist

U-14 yrs old
Brandon Lam - Semi-Finalist

 
2010 Hai Hwa Tournament
Friday, 17 September 2010 14:29

  Results from Sept 12th in Maplewood.

- Brenda Nguyen: 1st place Women's Singles
- Chris & Brandon Lam: semi-finalist Open Doubles

 
RTTC Training Program
Wednesday, 15 September 2010 13:36

Training  RTTC Announces a Friday Evening, 4 week, Training Program starting Sept 24th 7-9 PM.

The program will cover all levels of play coached by USATT Certified coaches.

Sign up soon as entry is limited. Use Registration Form here.

 
Mitch Named to USATT Hall of Fame
Saturday, 11 September 2010 15:27

Hall of Fame  includes Mitch Seidenfeld in the Class of 2010.

  • 2008: U.S. Paralympic Team member, Table Tennis - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
  • 2007: Two gold medals, Class 7 Singles, Class 7 Team - Parapan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2005: Gold medal, Class 10 Team; Silver medal, Open Standing; Bronze medal, Class 10 Singles - Parapan American Table Tennis Championships, Mar Del Plata, Argentina
  • 2003: U.S. Olympic Committee's Table Tennis Developmental Coach of the Year
  • 1996: Silver medal, Class 8 Singles; Bronze medal, Class 6-8 Team - Paralympic Games, Atlanta, Ga.
  • 1992: Gold medal, Class 8 Singles; Bronze medal, Class 10 Team - Paralympic Games, Barcelona, Spain
  • 1990: Gold medal, Class 8 Singles; Bronze medal, Open Standing - World Championships, Assen, The Netherlands
  • Five-time Minnesota State Champion (1992, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003)
  • Four-time Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA) Athlete of the Year (1990-92, 1994)
  • Two-time World Dwarf Games Champion (1993, 1997)
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    2010 Fall Season Fee Changes
    Saturday, 11 September 2010 14:48

    Fees have been increased for the Fall Season.  There is a new optional donation line where donations can be made for a specific program such asn Coaching or Juniors or just general operations .

    See Join Page for all New Fee structure.

     
    NCTTA News
    Wednesday, 25 August 2010 22:07

    Mark Stanchfield, an instructor in the BTEC Department at Rochester Community and Technical College, is the new Minnesota Division Director for the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association. Mark was active as a volunteer when Rochester Community & Technical College hosted the national championships in 2008 and 2009. Mark is currently the Advisor for RCTC”s Table Tennis club. He's also active with the Rochester Table Tennis Club.

    Fort Worth Texas named 2011 NCTTA Site. Read more in NCTTA Newsletter.

     

     
    2010 St Adalbert Results
    Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:29
     
      Division A
            1st place: Vinh Vuong        
             2nd place: Tommy Hui
            3rd place: Yuejian Cao
       Division B
            1st place: Truong Mai
            2nd place: Tuan Truong
            3rd place: Michale Tran
    Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 16:40
     
    Results From Lake Superior International Open
    Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:49
    Here are confirmed results and summary for our RTTC players, note RTTC players did very well from U1000 - U1600 events, plus the both Juniors events, and the handicap as well.

    Also, Ben, the star of the tournament, finished in top 2 for 5 events! That's quite an accomplishment. Congrats Ben and other RTTC players (well played!!)
    All Result Sheets Available Here.
    Singles Finals Video Reed Vs Sonnet.

    U1000
    Ben Kubesh - 1st Place

    U1200
    Ben Kubesh - 2nd Place

    U1400
    Dave Judd - 1st Place
    Ben Kubesh - 2nd Place
    U1600
    Chris Lam - 1st Place
    Dave Judd - Semi-finalist
    Juniors U14
    Brandon Lam - 1st Place

    Juniors U18
    Ben Kubesh - 2nd Place
    Chris Lam - Semi-finalist

    Handicap Singles
    Ben Kubesh - 2nd Place
     
    Michael Tran wins US Open
    Thursday, 01 July 2010 13:33

    Michael  Report from Chi Lam, Grand Rapids Michigan, June 30, 2010- Also see Final elimination Bracket Here. Search for all Results here.

    See Michaels Event Pictures Here

    USATT Magazine article on US Open has a picture and notes on Michael.

    See Videos of Michaels Finals, Don't miss exciting 5th game.

    U-1350  1st Place:  Michael Tran
    U-1200  2nd Place: Michael Tran
    U-1200  Semi-finalist:  Brandon Lam

    1st day of US Open here for our RTTC players. Michael Tran, Chris Lam, and Brandon Lam. What a huge event, over 700 players, I think just about 100 tables, all sort of Table Tennis vendors. Quite impressive. Facility is nice, hotel is good. So far seems like a well attended and well run tournament. Lot of international players as well.

    All three kids played at the U-1350 today. Brandon started out rusty, looked like needed more relax and warm-up. Lost the 1st two matches in his round-robin, and finally started to get going, and won a match in his round-robin. Only 1 person would advance. Brandon done for the day.

    Chris won his round-robin, into round of 16 (singles elimination). Won the next one, into round of 8 (quarter-final). Played a 9-year old boy from California. Close game, Chris lost 1-3. Done for that event.

    Chris had one more event later in the day, Boys Cadet (15 and under years old). Unfortunately they were doing only singles-elimination. Chris played a player from Canada, pretty strong, but had a close match. Chris lost. Done for the day.

    Then we could all turn our focus to Michael. Michael cruised through his round-robin, advancing into round of 16. Cruised through the stages into FINAL, yes! Onto the nice red-rubber-floor court. What an amazing match!! Michael started out a little tight, wasn't playing like he would, probably due to all the attention around the court on the table. People are video-taping the match in many corners. Many top players / coaches were watching as well. Being down 0-2, Hoang (dad and coach) figured out the strategy to help turn things around, and it worked. Michael easily took game 3 and game 4, into the final game 5. Michael continued his momentum, up 5-3, change side. The other side called time-out. Then the opponent went 3 point in a way to go back up 6-5. Michael hung tough, then went 5 amazing points in a row (those were really good points, long rally), up 10-6, at match point. The other side trying to come back, 3 point in a row again, now 10-9. We now called a critical time-out, to try to win the next point. Michael went back, served, and the other guy missed. Michael WON!!! Our very first US Open Champion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats Michael! That was one incredible match!! Congrats from many people around that were watching. What a wonderful day for the little 7-yr old. Go Michael!

     
    2010 Spring Videos
    Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:54

    New RTTC related videos. Check Dave Judd's page for a 2010 Team Challenge Video.      From the May Northfield event see Kiswanto play Patrick on Randy Perkins Page and other matches.

    Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 20:43
     
    America's Team Championships Results
    Tuesday, 01 June 2010 18:21

    Pictures of this event can be seen on Media/Photo Albums Page

    USATT Results Sheet

    Complete Results Posted Here

    Championship - Division 1:
    1. Spumoni
    2. South Bend TTC I
    3. Minnesota (Lai Nguyen)
    4. MinneSconsin
    5. Crossing Fingers
    6. Peterless Wolves

    Consolation - Division 1:
    1. Chicago Spin
    2. Ttennis Playaz
    3. RTTC & ACO Institute (Ilie Acu, Kiswanto Thayib, Chi Lam)
    4. Team EBOLA
    5. Furious Four
    6. Twin Cities Juniors

    Championships - Division 2:
    1. Chop N Tops
    2. RCTC JETS (Joel Lidstrom, Edi Schlechtinger, Tu Nguyen, Sam Prum)
    3. The Spin Devils (Quang Bui, Hoang Tran, Long Jin, Vu Nguyen)
    4. Minnesota Flex

    Consolation 1 - Division 2:
    1. Last Minute Lucky (Patrick McKown)
    2. Three 1/2 Men & A Lady
    3. MYTT.net Melting Pot
    4. Indy 1
    5. RTTC Juniors (Brandon Lam, Ben Kubesh, Chris Lam, Michael Tran)
    6. RCTC MTWTFSS (Brenda Nguyen, Chris Sorenson, Dave Judd, Tuan Truong)

    Consolation 2 - Division 2:
    1. Sha Spin
    2. St. Paul Smashers
    3. Ping Pong Wizards
    4. Three Wize Guys & A Kid
    5. The Team

     
    KAAL-TV News
    Monday, 31 May 2010 12:16

    Lai&Clyde See the KAAL-TV news video from Friday May 28, 2010 featuring RTTC players that would compete in America's Team Championships.

    Please also see KAAL-TV news on Saturday, May 29, 2010 for more coverage and interview. 

     
    RTTC And ACO Institute Diverse Team
    Wednesday, 26 May 2010 17:03

     Chi Among the things that makes Chi Lam most proud of his Rochester Table Tennis Club is its openness.
    See the rest of the article in May 26th Post- Bulletin.

    Pictures for the article are in May 29th Post Bulletin.

     
    America's Team Championships
    Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:58

    Kiswanto America's Team Championships is this weekend Saturday and Sunday (May 29-30) At the RCTC Regional Sports Center.  The building will be open on Saturday at 7:30 am.  It will open on Sunday at 8 am.  The first rounds for each day will begin at 9 am. Come see your favorite Rochester Team.

    RTTC Juniors: RTTC & ACO Institute:
    Chris Lam Chi Lam
    Brandon Lam Ilie Acu
    Michael Tran Kiswanto Thayib
    Ben Kubesh
       
    The Spin Devils: RCTC JETS:
    Quang Bui Joel Lidstrom
    Hoang Tran Edi Schlechtinger
    Long Jin Tu Nguyen
    Vu Nguyen Sam Prum
       
    RCTC  MTWTFSS:  
    Dave Judd  
    Tuan Truong  
    Brenda Nguyen  
    Chris Sorenson  

    Other teams will be featuring RTTC players too. Patrick McKown will be playing on the Newgy team with Roger Dickson. Top RTTC player, Lai Nguyen, will be playing with Ming Curran and Thor Truelson in a premier Minnesota team.

     
    RTTC Jr. Michael Tran, now ranked #1
    Tuesday, 25 May 2010 17:21

    Michael RTTC Junior Michael Tran, now ranked #1 boys under 8 years old in USA.  USATT Rating 1214.

    Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 13:31
     
    First Northfield Open
    Monday, 17 May 2010 19:53

    Northfield  2010 First Northfield Open was attended by 12 RTTC Players.
    In Singles players making it to the elimination round was Tu Nguyen, Quang Bui, Long Jin, Sashi Sethi, Vidhan Chandra, Patrick McKown, Kiwanto Thayib, Tuan Truong, Joel Lidstrom and Dave Judd.
    Continuing into the round of 8 was Joel Lidstrom playing superbly yet losing to Ming Curran, Tu Nguyen also lost in the elimination round to the same player after playing him tight in all games having baffled him with his serve.
    The singles was won by Thor Truelson in a 5 set match against his doubles partner Ming Curran. This pair also dominated and won the doubles competition.
    In doubles progressing to the round of 8 were Shashi Sethi and Vidhan Chandra, Tuan Truong and his partner Tu Nguyen and the pair of Joel Lidstrom and Dave Elliott.

     
    St Joeseph Valley Open
    Tuesday, 04 May 2010 18:52

      Michael Tran's results.  1st place under 1000,  1st place under 1200,  3rd place under 1350, final four under 15 years old and second round under 1500. 

    Michael won 20 of 28 matches. Winning 3 matches with players over 1200, losing a 5 set match against a 1289 rated player. Michael is now USATT rated 1214 ranking him first in Boys under 8 yrs old.

     
    SATTC Comes to Rochester
    Sunday, 25 April 2010 16:08

    SATTC  Saturday, April 24th St Adalberts Table Tennis Club returned to Continue our inter-club play.
    SATTC brought 11 players to challenge our 18. Say Lee was the Champion of endurance playing 15 matches.
    Results are posted on Rating Central.   Photos on Album Page.

     
    Flash from NCTTA in Waukesha
    Friday, 09 April 2010 20:18
       tu_1_1 I made through round robin (p.19)  and I'll play single elimination - championship round tomorrow.
    Tu Minh Anh Nguyen. 
    Update from Tu, April 10th. Tu eliminated by Chance Friend (2386), Brenda went to Semi finals of consolation round.
     
    Winter Season Tournament
    Thursday, 25 March 2010 23:27
    RTTC Winter Season Tournament was held March 24th. Lai Nguyen was overall winner and Club Champion for 2010.

    For results see Tournament Results Page.

     
    RCTC Players Qualify for Nationals
    Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:13
     brenda tu acui tournament_1_1 As a result of College Regional Tournament held this Saturday in Fargo Brenda Nguyen and Tu Nguyen have qualified for the NCTTA Nationals which will be held in Waukesha April 9-10. 
     
    2010 Minnesota State Championships
    Thursday, 04 February 2010 21:04
    Minnesota Championships were held January 29-31.
    Thanks to Dave Judd for these videos.
     
     
    Complete Results on Ratings Central
     
    NCTTA Minnesota Division Finals
    Thursday, 04 February 2010 06:00
    National Table Tennis Association Minnesota Division finals will be held at RCTC cafeteria Saturday Feb 20th at 10:30 AM.
    RCTC team is in the hunt, currently in a tie for second with a second place needed to qualify for Nationals.
    RCTC team will consist of Brenda Nguyen, Joe Kokal, Sophat Oum and Tu Nguyen. Lai Nguyen, Quang Bui are the coaches and Mark Stanchfield Team Advisor.
     
    RTTC players at Spinvitational
    Sunday, 27 December 2009 06:00
     cbq Chi and Chris Lam advanced to the semi-finals in the under 3400 Team event.
    Michael Tran and Brandon Lam played in the Junior event both winning first place in their age groups.
    For comprehensive RTTC results see Chi's report on "Rochester Table Tennis Club" Facebook page.
     
    Rochester Amateur Sports Commission
    Wednesday, 16 December 2009 06:00
    rascvAnnounced they have named RTTC President Kiswanyo Thayib their Volunteer of the year for 2009.
    They presented a plaque that reads. "Please accept this in acknowledgement of our sincere appreciation of your time, commitment and leadership.
    Your efforts help support our mission towards amateur sports in the Rochester Area.
    Post Bulletin -  Jan 5, 2010  "Kiswanto is the president of the Rochester Table Tennis Club. He has always been more than willing to support all table tennis events with his time as well as coordinate his entire club in support efforts when needed.
     
    Volunteer of the Year Named
    Wednesday, 16 December 2009 06:00
      davevolun_1_1 Dave Judd was named RTTC Volunteer of the year. Dave created this web site.
     
    Ben Franklin Demo
    Monday, 07 December 2009 23:41
    032_1_1 December 3rd Michael and Hoang Tran presented a demonstration to the second graders at Ben Franklin school. 
    With all 2nd graders in attendence Michael and Hoang did a demo of forehand counter and loop, backhand counter and loop then forehand backhand counter. The kids were very interested and had lots of great questions. 
     
    2009 Butterfly Table Tennis Championships Highland, Indiana
    Tuesday, 17 November 2009 00:05
       brandon_1_1_1   Three RTTC players participated in Indiana. Michael Tran, Brandon Lam, and Christopher Lam.
    Quite a big tournament in size, 30 tables, and have some very good players, especially very strong juniors from around the US.
    Summary of results:
    Michael Tran- U-800 - 3rd place trophy & U-1000 - 3rd place trophy
    Christopher Lam- U-1350 - 2nd place trophy
    Brandon Lam 2nd Round Robin Round of U-1200 
    See Rochester Table Tennis Club Facebook page for detailed report from Chi.
    Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 11:53
     
    Michael Tran Featured in Post-Bulletin
    Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:13
    Post-Bulletin PictureTonights Post-Bulletin (11/10/09) features Michael on the front page and the sports section. The two articles in the Sports Section feature interviews with Don Heuton, Hoang Tran, Kiswanto Thayib and Chi Lam.
    Be sure to pick up the paper version for the pictures. The articles are also on line.
    Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:15
     
    Demo At Montessori School
    Friday, 06 November 2009 06:00

    MontessoriRTTC presented a Table Tennis Demonstration to Rochester Montessori School on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.  Representing RTTC was Pete Wottreng, Chi Lam, Brandon Lam, Chris Lam and Kiswanto Thayib. Pictures are available on Photo Page.

    Last Updated on Thursday, 12 November 2009 23:31
     
    NCTTA Minnesota Division Results
    Sunday, 11 October 2009 21:12
    Congratulations to the RCTC Team in their first intercollegiate tournament. 
    Tu Nguyen, Brenda Nguyen, Randy Oyarzabal, Khang Quach, Adam McDaniel, advisor Mark Stanchfield and coach Lai Nguyen. 
    The team placed  2nd in the NCTTA Minnesota Division  held on Saturday, October 10th at St. Adalbert's Church in St. Paul.
    It came down to a tie breaker match against the  seasoned perennial  power house U of M team for first place. The team  came up just short of victory  in the third and deciding game of a very exciting match. 
     
    Join the "Rochester Table Tennis Club" on Facebook
    Friday, 05 June 2009 06:00

    RTTC will be using Facebook for news, events, reminders, discussions and info exchange.

    Join the group here.

     
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