Results 2012hawaiiislandtournament

RESULTS 2012 Hawai'i Island Open

November 9-11, 2012

HILO Boys & Girls Club

3. Video of action; various players

Summary Wrap-Up

The 2012 Hawai'i Island Tournament is now part of a glorious history. If you passed up the opportunity to attend, indeed, you missed out on some GREAT fun, TREMENDOUS action, really improved player skill levels, excellent food, and just a good time for all. Yes, we had fewer players than usual, but many of the players said they actually enjoyed the smaller group. Claims of more intimacy, more relaxed, less pressure to hurry, more food to eat per person (LOL), more chance to revenge a previous loss, were all told to me. I was asked which I prefer & of course, I would prefer a MUCH larger turnout which would allow me to give out better prize money and allow the players to play a more varied array of players. I actually liked the medals we gave out but didn't get much pro or con regarding them. Obviously, it was easy to run this tournament due to the lower turnout (32 players with another 11 juniors that played in the junior event). We had 3 players from Oahu & 1 from Maui that came. Oahu is a much heavier island today with all the medals won by Takeo from Oahu. Although Armadillo from Maui may not have won medals or money, he continued to win our hearts as he is a tremendous personality, and his unique game is fun to watch (more fun to watch than play against, though). I personally want to thank Lory & Stewart Hunter for the ability to stay at their B&B, a lovely experience as usual. Also, a special thanks to Don & Karen as they continue to amaze me at how clean they keep the floor & tables, as well as organizing tables, chairs, food, and so much more. Saturday night pot luck dinner was also great, as usual, and this time I had absolutely nothing to do with it at all, except having the pleasure of eating. I especially enjoyed the myriad of salads there. Thank you to all that provided the food and worked to organize it & display it & get it all ready to eat. Thanks to the BITTA for supplying bottled water which was fantastic! The tournament donated funds to the Boys & Girls Club of Hilo and also helped them by eating at their Saturday snack bar. The tournament provided a variety of pizza to players & guests on Sunday. The playing conditions were ideal with more than enough room for the 8 tables on the wood floor. Lighting was good and the wind wasn't blowing really hard. There were some surprise upsets in the Open Elite, Senior Open, Women, & Super Round Robin events. There were a few break-out player performances by Jeffrey Cumes, Tony Sekona, Russel Oshiro, and special top notch play from Stewart Hunter. And, yes, pips were king (and queen) in many instances. Russel, using medium pips scored a few upsets as did Jeffrey Cumes & Ruth Dittmar using long pips. All in all, some very exciting points were played. A good time was had by all. Aloha till our next Hawaii Tournament.

Sponsored by Table Tennis & More, LSW Consulting, BGCBI (Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island), Big Island Table Tennis Association, Old Hawaiian B&B.

Tournament Directors: Len Winkler & Clyde Young with BITTA Committee

USATT Tournament Referee: Len Winkler

EVENT	1st PLACE	2nd PLACE	PICTURES
SUPER ROUND ROBIN (A)	STEWART HUNTER	JEFFREY CUMES
SUPER ROUND ROBIN (B)	TAKEO NAKAMURA	TONI SEKONA
SUPER ROUND ROBIN (C)	JEREMY KITAGAWA	CHARLIE KOW
SENIOR'S OPEN	RUSSEL OSHIRO	STEPHEN FREEDMAN
SENIOR'S U-1000	JOHN BUCK	FRANK MILLER
U-2000 DOUBLES	DREW HOLLOWAY/KALANI FUJIYAMA-MEDEIROS	RUTH DITTMAR/BRADLEY WESTERVELT
U-1450	TAKEO NAKAMURA	STEWART MIYASHIRO
U-3400 DOUBLES	STEPHEN FREEDMAN/STEWART HUNTER	FRANCIS MOY/TAKEO NAKAMURA
UNRATED	NORMAN CLEMENS	CHARLIE KOW
OPEN ELITE	YEN WEN FANG	STEWART HUNTER
U-1000	JOHN BUCK	FRANK MILLER
U-1600	STEWART HUNTER	TAKEO NAKAMURA
WOMEN'S OPEN	RUTH DITTMAR	JAMIE STOKES
JUNIORS 12 to 18	DREW HOLLOWAY	JAHNU BEST
JUNIORS U-12	VIKRAM BEST	ELIZABETH YOUNG