RESULTS

2012 BIG ISLAND OPEN

USATT Sanctioned Table Tennis Tournament

Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 2012

Sponsored by LSW Consulting, Inc, Table Tennis & More, Hawaii County Parks & Recreation, & The Waimea TTC

Thelma Parker Gym, Waimea, Hawaii

Wrap-up Article:

Another fantastic and successful Hawai'i Island Table Tennis Tournament has passed. We had almost 40 players ranging from no rating to almost 2000, coming from the other Hawaiian Islands as well as from 4 other Mainland States. This tournament was at the Thelma Parker Gym, in Waimea, the center of our enormous Island. It's elevation is about 2500 feet with cooler weather and lower humidity than other parts of the Island. A big thank you goes out to Hawaii County Parks & Recreation for allowing us to use this great facility. Also, I want to thank John Romoa for his very hard work in moving tables, using his truck, putting up curtains, bringing food & water, keeping players happy and even getting to play some matches. Thank you Lesi Sekona for also helping to move tables with his truck and congratulations on playing so well in the tournament. Thanks also to John Buck and David Ebrahimi for your help in moving tables also. Finally, a big thank you to John Romoa, Lesi Sekona, & Gloria for providing delicious lunches each day for all in attendance.

On to the events.......In the Seniors U-1000 event, John Buck of Waimea defeated David Ebrahimi of Hawi. John has wicked serves which just proved a bit too much for David. I spoke to David after his match and he has sworn never to lose again to John. We'll see what happens in a rematch in the near future. In the Senior's Open event, Allen Kaichi from Oahu was just too much for strong David DeMay from Alaska to overcome. We will hear Allen's name again... There was great action in our Micro Super Round Robin in all the divisions. But in the Championship A Divison, Allen Kaichi defeated Memphis's Reggie Wilson. Reggie tried lots of tactics but Allen was just too strong. David DeMay beat Sunder Young of Hilo in the B Division and Takeo Nakamura from Oahu beat Jeffrey Cumes of Kona in the C Division final. Harley Oda of Oahu proved too much for Jeffrey Cumes in the U-1450 final. In Doubles, that same guy Allen, along with teammate Takeo Nakamura defeated the team of Harley Oda & Reggie Wilson in a hard fought exciting match. Ben Tone of Maui and his unorthodox grip and style defeated the tricky medium pips, lefty unusual gripped Peter Loui of Oahu in the U-1600 final. Up and coming youth, Kalani Fujiyama-Medeiros defeated Frank Miller of Kona in the final of the U-1000 event. If Kalani keeps training, he will be a force to be reckoned with for many years to come. In the unrated event, the consistent winner, Roy Carly of Hawi, defeated Drew Halloway. And, in the Open Elite, that same guy from Oahu, Allen Kaichi defeated the super athletic and exciting to watch, Reggie Wilson of Memphis. Allen's experience and ability to change speed, spin, and location led him to victory. It was a super tournament and we thank all the players for making it so exciting. We all look forward to the next Big Island Tournament loaded with the Aloha Spirit.

Tournament Video Links

USATT Rating Results

Wow! Solid gold trophies!

John Romoa hangs window treatments to block the beautiful Hawaiian Sun.

The way top players prepare for their matches:

Which way do you prefer?

EVENT	1st Place	2nd Place	Pictures
Seniors U-1000	JOHN BUCK	DAVID EBRAHIMI
Seniors Open	ALLEN KAICHI	DAVID DeMAY
Super Round Robin A	ALLEN KAICHI	REGGIE WILSON
Super Round Robin B	DAVID DeMAY	SUNDER YOUNG
Super Round Robin C	TAKEO NAKAMURA	JEFFREY CUMES
U-1450	HARLEY ODA	JEFFREY CUMES
U-3400 Doubles	ALLEN KAICHI/TAKEO NAKAMURA	HARLEY ODA/REGGIE WILSON
Unrated/Recreational	ROY CARLEY	DREW HALLOWAY
Open Elite	ALLEN KAICHI	REGGIE WILSON	3rd Place BILLY KANAE; 4th Place YEN WEN FANG(no pictures) Interview with winners. Find out how Allen beat Reggie & what Reggie will do in their future rematch.
U-1000	KALANI FUJIYAMA-MEDEIROS	FRANK MILLER
U-1600	BEN TONE	PETER LOUI

RATING RESULTS FOR 2012 Big Island Open

Player Name	Rating Before	Rating After	Rating +/-
Berganio, Alex	1145	1307	162
Buck, John	661	837	176
Clark, Noah	1809	1804	-5
Cumes, Jeffrey	1298	1407	109
De May, David	1449	1450	1
Degawa, Shigemi	483	482	-1
Ebrahimi, David	911	1033	122
Ettinger, Thomas	1494	1477	-17
Fang, Yen Wen	1907	1893	-14
Freedman, Stephen	1550	1550	0
Fujiyama-Medeiros, Kalani	794	819	25
Halloway, Drew	0	532	0
Heisel, Robert	1319	1307	-12
Hemmes, Don	1323	1304	-19
Hunter, Stewart	1585	1532	-53
Hunter, Lory	435	429	-6
Kaichi, Allen R.	1994	2011	17
Kanae, Billy	1860	1863	3
Loui, Peter	1319	1410	91
Millare, Daniel	0	1196	-42
Miller, Frank	837	817	-20
Miyashiro, Stewart	1059	1059	0
Miyashiro, Angie	565	539	-26
Nakamura, Takeo	1133	1337	204
Oda, Harley D.	1414	1425	11
Olapurath, John	1443	1343	-100
Oshiro, Russel	1365	1371	6
Petersen, Peter	823	863	40
Romoa, John	1289	1291	2
Sekona, Lesi	1334	1365	31
Sekona, Toni	1336	1220	-116
Tone, Ben	1523	1544	21
Wilson, Reggie	1923	1923	0
Winkler, Debbie	499	532	33
Young, Daniel H.	1345	1361	16

Tom & Robbie, Firefighter's Corner

Reggie & Sylvia, Memphis represented!

Lunch is served...a FANTASTIC feast each day generously provided by John Romoa, Gloria, & Lesi Sekona...other local players brought other goodies to eat.

The knee cast of a future champion......

Timothy Woollard.......impatiently waiting to play & train again.

Honolulu's Tom & Billy stretch before their matches.

Saturday Night Dinner, Oreo Blizzard Ice Cream Cake......YUMMMMMMMMMMMY Honestly, not only did Jan at Dairy Queen at Parker Ranch Center do a fantastic job on decorating it; but it was surely the best tasting ice cream cake ever! Even Billy Kanae had 3 HUGE pieces!!!!!!

Did you read the cake's caption?