Do some of you have any idea of the number of hardbat players in the USA, including the ones who have no hardbat rating? I need this information to put it on...
Thanks again Bruce for taking photos at the Fest and sharing the memories. Had a great time and thanks for the warm-up! always, Twin Dragon...
Marinas, Michael
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Aug 3, 2004 2:37 pm
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Hi Francis, I don't think anybody really knows how many hardbat players are in the USA. There are certainly a lot of recreational ping pong players (millions,...
Al Papp
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Aug 3, 2004 3:15 pm
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Well, in fact I was wondering how many players were playing INTENTIONNALLY hardbat instead of sponge (permanently or not). But I can understand that it's...
Does anyone know where I can find Table Tennis action photos of Fred Perry, 1929 World Table Tennis Champion who went on to win 8 major Tennis championships,...
Count me in that number. I do not get to play regularly and don't know if my USATT membership lists my preference and I am not a member of a local club. In a...
Bror8588@...
Aug 9, 2004 10:22 pm
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Hi Jack, Sorry to hear about your surgery, but I'm sure it was important to have had it done, hope it went well...and that you're on the road to recovery. Twin...
Marinas, Michael
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Aug 10, 2004 2:47 pm
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There are 2 hardbat players in the USA - 2-few. Hey Michael, Did you have a match against your brother at the 7/25 hardbat fest? You didn't post the results if...
Hi Howard, Sorry, guess I forgot...yes I did have a match with Dan, which I won all three games, just don't remember the score (oops!)...anyway, hope all is...
Marinas, Michael
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Aug 10, 2004 10:20 pm
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Yahoo! The Sunnyvale club has moved to Mountain View! Al and I will investigate the quality of the club, hopefully tomorrow night. Gail the Grasshopper ... ...
Hi Jack, I wish you a quick recovery from your surgery. If you can make it out to San Francisco again, I look forward to meeting up and playing with you! Al ...
Al Papp
al@...
Aug 12, 2004 3:40 am
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In a message dated 8/12/04 00:02:09 Eastern Daylight Time, al@... ... They say that ignorance is bliss. What a true saying. I am recuperating at a...
Bror8588@...
Aug 12, 2004 11:52 am
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At about 8:50am EDT (I assume they'll repeat it on the west coast), the Today Show on NBC had some Olympic TT coverage and showed hardbat footage of doubles...
Paul Loscavio was the man of the event. He advanced from his group by beating Michael Marinus and Jim Chai. He then killed Bruce Liu in the final. Group 1: ...
... Bruce, thanks for the write-up. Had I been there, I would have entered to make it a huge *7* participants. But I had to attend to some more pressing...
Al Papp
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Aug 17, 2004 5:46 am
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Thanks Bruce for the update...it was fun and you're right, I wish we had more players but due to the squishy events going on at the same time (U-2400, U-2000...
Marinas, Michael
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Aug 17, 2004 2:59 pm
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I was planning on coming to lend support, but as they say, "life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." My wife made other plans for us that...
I don't think that will be necessary. Everyone has his own agenda. There is no obligation whatsoever to play a tournament/fest. I just pointed out the fact...
For your information...it really wasn't a crashing win for Paul (in my opinion)...because in the second game between Paul and Bruce, Paul took a gigantic lead...
Marinas, Michael
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Aug 17, 2004 5:33 pm
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I would have entered, but I was on the road for my yearly drumcorps drive. Hardbat-wise, I did manage to bring a taste of hardbat to the Phoenix and San Diego...
Twin Dragon is correct. I played well and won the first game. Then I had a 17-8 lead in the second game. Then two things happened: 1) Bruce started playing...
Hardbatters: One issue which I am wondering about is the use of sponge ratings in Hardbat events. Yesterday at the SF tournament, my rating was listed as 1461....
Dear Hardbat friends and acquaintances, Mr. Kevin Shah, who graduated with honors from USC's film school with a masters, wantgs to ameliorate the lot of...
Hardbatters: I am thinking that when a Hardbat event is a part of a larger tournament involving mostly sponge events (as it is in most cases), it might make...
Who won the match between Jim Chai and Mike Marinas? Rev. ... Then I had a 17-8 lead in the second game. Then two things happened: 1) Bruce started playing...
Hi Rev... Due to Jim playing U-2400, he decided to cancel out on me at the Hardbat event. He already had reservations playing Panda (which I only heard was...
Marinas, Michael
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Aug 23, 2004 6:36 pm
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Rev. : Jim forfeited this match (against Mike) because he could not win his round-robin group (as he already had a loss) and he did not want to mess up his...
It was not fair to you that Jim chose not to play his match with you. However, I can't blame Jim either. It was tough for him to change back and forth during a...
Well, I did not mean that I would have played better if I did not swith between hardbat and sponge bat. I could have had the same result or worse either way....
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