2011 Gary Crawford Tribute Tournament – Results

 

Table tennis friends,

The tournament was, by most accounts, a great success with many surprises. Out of the eight “A” seeds, FIVE were upset and went into the “B’s”.  This gave us a very strong “B” division.  We filled our limit of 40 singles and 16 doubles teams within just a few days after announcing the tournament.  We wish we did not have to limit the events, however with only 8 tables, the tourney still went too long in the day.  I apologize for the long waits and the late finish.  Guy and I discussed this after the tournament and know that one change we will make in next years tourney will be for Guy to calculate the second singles RR during the doubles event rather than play in it.  This should save considerable time.  We are considering other changes as well to expedite the tourney.  Please have patience. This is a learning experience for me, but each year should improve.

A special congratulations should go to Gordon Dickey who had probably the best tournament of his life, pulling off several upsets to win the very strong “B” division.

The results are listed below.......

Rod                  

  HARDBAT SINGLES “A”                                       GIANT RR    “A”            

FIRST ……..   ROD COWLES                     FIRST ….… CHRIS FAIRBANKS
                                        
SECOND …   BOB COCKERHAM              SECOND … NOI SACKPRASEUTH


  HARDBAT SINGLES “B”                                        GIANT RR    “B”

FIRST ……..  ROD VAUGHN                          FIRST …….. GORDON DICKEY
        
SECOND .… SHANE REESE JONES          SECOND …  JON AUGSPURGER

                
             OVER 60                                                         GIANT RR    “C”

FIRST ….….  BOB COCKERHAM                FIRST ……. GUY HENDRICKSON
                                                                     
SECOND ..... ROD COWLES                      SECOND … SUDHAKAR NAMASIVAYAM
             

                U3400 DOUBLES                                                  GIANT RR    “D”

FIRST…….. CHRIS FAIRBANKS / JON HARRINGS    FIRST ……. STEVE MCHUGH
                                        
SECOND … JIM DEAN / BOB GELLNER                    SECOND … NORM ROBBINS

                                                                                                GIANT RR    “E”

       CHALLENGE MATCHES
                                                                                     FIRST ……. MATTHEW VAUGHN
STEVE JONES DEF FRANK SAUMA                                  
                                                                                     SECOND … NATHAN THOMAS
SUDEEP DOTEL DEF ROD COWLES                                       
                                                                                              
OTHER WINNERS:   ANDREW THOMAS,  MAX BIGEAGLE