RESULTS

2013 BIG ISLAND OPEN

USATT Sanctioned Table Tennis Tournament

Saturday & Sunday, April 6 & 7, 2013

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

Thelma Parker Gym, Waimea, Hawaii

Wrap-up Article:

The 2013 Big Island Open is now history. We had a good turnout and some GREAT table tennis action. I, personally, am very proud of the results. Of the 30 players entered in the tournament; I have coached at one time or another, 20 of them. Of the 11 events; I have coached 5 of the 1st place winners, and 6 of the 1st or 2nd place winners are current students. In fact, I have coached either the 1st or 2nd place winner in 10 of the 11 events! Good going guys & gals....keep on improving! It was a pleasure having my friend Phong stay at my home & participate in the tournament. Although Allen Kaichi beat Phong in the Super Round Robin in an exciting match, Phong won the Open Elite Title on Sunday and was happy with his overall performance. Clyde Young played a very good final's match and should also be happy with his performance. I again wish to thank all the players that came to play from "off Island", including Reggie Wilson, Allen Kaichi, Takeo Nakamura, Noah & Randy Clark, Phong, & Ryan Pena. The biggest complaint I got over the weekend was that there was much too much food for everyone to eat! For Saturday lunch, with all the pizza, breadsticks, & snacks provided by the tournament & the delicious salad & drinks provided by John Romoa, everybody's tummy was filled. Then, without warning, Lesi Sekona and his cousin chef from New Zealand and Tonga prepared a full Luau, including a full rotisserie in tact, pig! WOW, what a fantastic meal! Sunday brought more drinks & salad from John Romoa and the tournament provided a delicious assortment of Asian foods.....WOW is all I can say. A Huge MAHALO to John Romoa for helping to move some tables and being the great host he always is and another HUGE MAHALO to Lesi for his help in moving the tables & barriers; without him, the tournament would not have been held! I wish to also thank Noah, Robin, & Randy Clark (from Maui) for assisting in moving stuff and cleaning up the gym preparing for the tournament and afterwards. Also, thanks to John Buck for also assisting as well as Phong. I apologize if I am having a senior moment and forgetting anyone, but THANK YOU. I'm not really sure that everyone understand how hard it is for a tournament to come off well and how many people are needed, so I truly appreciate those of you that took the time to say thank you. Everything at the tournament was perfect, except, the POWER OUTAGE.....Due to the late morning power outage on Saturday, my software for the tournament was corrupted and much had to be done by hand. My thanks to Barry D., the software designer, for fixing it early Sunday and I was able to use it again. In fact, everything was sent into the USATT for the ratings update Monday morning, by 10am Hawaii time. Special congratulations to Lory Hunter for going up 138 points and to Angie for increasing her rating a whopping 427 points! Congrats to all.

Tournament Video Links

OPEN SINGLES FINAL

http://youtu.be/JwnuSEreyNc Stewart Hunter vs Noah

http://youtu.be/C3ywHrwWAY4 Randy vs. Olivia

http://youtu.be/SoBgYXVglpE Allen vs Jeffrey & Tim vs Phong

http://youtu.be/L5Fyeq_LkoM Tim vs Dan, Stewart Miyashiro vs Jeffrey, Lesi vs Russel, Stewart Hunter vs Jeffrey

http://youtu.be/W7_1sZzU3IY Yen vs Phong, Reggie vs Jeffrey

http://youtu.be/JYKra-qTwPs Clyde vs Reggie, Phong vs Noah

http://youtu.be/yWEGxDgab-A Debbie vs Angie

USATT Rating Results

2013 Big Island Open

Player Name	Rating Before	Rating After	Rating +/-
Buck, John	851	865	14
Clark, Noah	1824	1859	35
Cumes, Jeffrey	1448	1473	25
Fang, Yen Wen	1901	1884	-17
Freedman, Stephen	1552	1545	-7
Hemmes, Don	1295	1248	-47
Hunter, Stewart	1792	1772	-20
Hunter, Lory	461	599	138
Kaichi, Allen R.	2005	2036	31
Millare, Daniel	1196	1221	25
Miller, Frank	796	749	-47
Miyashiro, Stewart	1240	1161	-79
Miyashiro, Angie	510	937	427
Nakamura, Takeo	1378	1405	27
Oshiro, Russel	1424	1394	-30
Pena, Ryan	0	1878	1
Pham, Nhu Phong	2096	2080	-16
Romoa, John	1291	1297	6
Sekona, Lesi	1308	1330	22
Sekona, Toni	1339	1301	-38
Stokes, Jamie	590	575	-15
Wilson, Reggie	1930	1900	-30
Winkler, Debbie	532	532	0
Woollard, Timothy A.	1496	1511	15
Young, Daniel H.	1372	1353	-19
Young, Clyde	1858	1874	16

EVENT	1st Place	2nd Place	Pictures
Seniors U-1000	FRANK MILLER	RANDY CLARK
Seniors Open	ALLEN KAICHI	STEPHEN FREEDMAN
Super Round Robin A	ALLEN KAICHI	NHU PHONG PHAM
Super Round Robin B	JEFFREY CUMES	TAKEO NAKAMURA
Super Round Robin C	JOHN ROMOA	SUNDER YOUNG
U-1450	TAKEO NAKAMURA	LESI SEKONA
U-3400 Doubles	ALLEN KAICHI/TAKEO NAKAMURA	TIM WOOLLARD/NOAH CLARK
Unrated/Recreational	ROY CARLEY	RANDY CLARK
Open Elite	NHU PHONG PHAM	CLYDE YOUNG
U-1000	JOHN BUCK	LORY HUNTER
U-1600	JEFFREY CUMES	TAKEO NAKAMURA