RESULTS

2014 BIG ISLAND OPEN

USATT Sanctioned One Star Table Tennis Tournament

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 4-6, 2014

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

WAIMEA COMMUNITY CENTER

65-1260 Kawaihae Road, Kamuela, HI 96743

I want to thank all the helpers in moving and setting up, including Lesi & Tony Sekona & John Romoa as well as all the others. A special MAHALO to Lesi for buying out all of McDonalds Sausage McMuffins for great healthy athlete breakfast! And thanks to John for continuing to brew the delicious coffee.

Wrap-up Article:

38 players, representing all the major Hawaiian Islands plus the US Mainland, played table tennis in the beautiful small town of Waimea, on the Big Island of Hawaii. April 4-6 made a great time for a table tennis tournament. The weather was beautiful. We had an umpire or scorekeeper for each and every match. Friday afternoon brought us our 1st event, having the ladies compete for women's champ. Kiyoko Endo defeated Lory Hunter (BITTA) in the finals and all had fun. The 2 senior events took place afterwards with some good action and lots of aloha. John Buck beat Frank Miller (CCTTC) in the U-1000 senior final & Allen Kaichi (OAHU) came to beat our own Stephen Freedman (BITTA) in the senior open final. This tournament was the 1st with players coming from the new Kona Table Tennis Club. The Kona Club players were an integral part of this tournament and will be a major force in the tournaments in the near future. With the tournament providing some great coffee beans and John Romoa brewing great coffee, it was better than going to a coffee cafe' on Saturday morning. We had fresh bananas, all sorts of power bars, snacks, & more. Now it was time for the Super Round Robin with plenty of action coming down to 4 divisions in the medal round. Allen Kaichi (Oahu) was there again defeating Noah Clark, from Maui in the final of the A Division. Tim Woollard defeated Rommel Gantala (Kona TTC) in the B Division. In the C Division, Tony Sekona defeated Narin You (Kona TTC), and in the D Division, Ivan Baldinger (Kona TTC) defeated Kiyoko Endo (Aloha TTA, Oahu). A Hawaiian influenced lunch was brought in on Saturday that everyone really enjoyed. Next up, Stewart Miyashiro (BITTA) defeated Kiyoko Endo in the U-1450. In U-3400 Doubles, the team of Randy Pisanu/Noah Clark defeated Stephen Freedman/Stewart Hunter in the finals. Sunday morning we had 50 Sausage McMuffins donated by Lesi Sekona, along with the famous John Romoa Coffee Bar & other treats. Lesi also donated 100's of cans of juices & sodas. In the fun unrated handicap event, Roy Carley (NKTTC) defeated Lory Hunter and then it was time for the Open Elite. After some very exciting quarter final & semi final matches, it was again down to Allen Kaichi vs young Noah Clark (Maui) in the final. Allen won again, 4 games straight! In the U-1000, Junior Damien Stacks (BITTA) defeated John Buck and in the U-1600 final, Tony Sekona outlasted Uncle Lesi Sekona in 5 tough close games. There was plenty of action, friendship, food, sweat, coffee, emotions, and the unique Aloha Spirit. A huge MAHALO to all the participating players, sponsors, and helpers. This tournament was a success due to the assistance in so many different ways of many people like, John Romoa, Lesi Sekona, Shigemi Degawa, Tim Woollard, Stephen Freedman, Kiyoko Endo, David De May, Allen Papapetrou, Robin Clark, Debbie & Len Winkler, and others. Aloha!

Trophies & awards plus CASH$$$$$

Some of the vast array of snacks available

Tournament Video Links

Match action including various players:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNesc6Io_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8rmgYjkYFk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5jR1-eGluk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTAgCHlW1cc

Some 1/4 final action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xII0ywRDsw

Semi Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3YQlWLMg0Y

The Open Elite Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWKofDzg23Q

USATT Rating Tournament Results

2014 Big Island Open

Player Name	Rating Before	Rating After	Rating +/-
Baldinger, Ivan	0	1060	-16
Banthia, Swati	0	565	-7
Buck, John	870	912	42
Clark, Noah	1857	1857	0
Cumes, Jeffrey	1415	1617	202
De May, David	1650	1484	-166
Degawa, Shigemi	614	607	-7
Ebrahimi, David	1033	1049	16
Endo, Kiyoko	1059	1152	93
Freedman, Stephen	1648	1661	13
Gantala, Rommel	0	1502	12
Hunter, Lory	617	623	6
Hunter, Stewart	1740	1682	-58
Kaichi, Allen R.	2040	2044	4
Millare, Daniel	1339	1364	25
Miller, Frank	760	757	-3
Miyashiro, Stewart	1167	1254	87
Nakamura, Takeo	1480	1432	-48
Pisanu, Ricky	1491	1500	9
Romoa, John	1398	1333	-65
Sekona, Lesi	1258	1476	218
Sekona, Toni	1330	1435	105
Siapol, Elison	659	668	9
Simon, Ernie	0	468	-4
Stack, Damien	823	847	24
Tone, Ben	1555	1518	-37
Winkler, Debbie	529	519	-10
Woollard, Timothy A.	1468	1541	73
Yano, Yuki	1573	1632	59
You, Narin	0	1262	-1
Young, Daniel H.	1359	1342	-17

EVENT	1st Place	2nd Place	Pictures
Women's Open	KIYOKO ENDO	LORY HUNTER
Seniors U-1000	JOHN BUCK	FRANK MILLER
Seniors Open	ALLEN KAICHI	STEPHEN FREEDMAN
Super Round Robin A	ALLEN KAICHI	NOAH CLARK
Super Round Robin B	TIM WOOLLARD	ROMMEL GANTALA
Super Round Robin C	TONY SEKONA	NARIN YOU
Super Round Robin D	IVAN BALDINGER	KIYOKO ENDO
U-1450	STEWART MIYASHIRO	KIYOKO ENDO
U-3400 Doubles	NOAH CLARK/RICKY PISANU	STEPHEN FREEDMAN/STEWART HUNTER
Unrated/Handicap	ROY CARLEY	LORY HUNTER
Open Elite	ALLEN KAICHI	NOAH CLARK
U-1000	DAMIEN STACKS	JOHN BUCK
U-1600	TONY SEKONA	LESI SEKONA