Sam Steiner asked me to post this announcement. Erie, PA is having TWO hardbat events in their next tournament! ... Greetings Table Tennis Players, Reminder to...
Well, it seems that this list hasn't moved from the beginning, no new rubber, though there are a lot to test : what about the Dr Evil, and all the short...
Mike Babuin just informed us that there was enough approval on the hardbat committee to add Dr. Evil to the list. This happened a little over a week ago, and...
Who exactly is on the hardbat committee? I cannot see how Dr. Evil can be considered a hardbat rubber, when it is clearly an anti-spin rubber (per the...
... The members of all USATT committees, including the hardbat committee, can be seen at www.usatt.org. Click on "committees". ... A number of hardbat players...
Hello Richard et al: I used to be on the committee, and I must say that believe that in many cases decisions are made by fiat by those without qualification....
Steve Berger
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Oct 16, 2006 3:31 am
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In what way does the new Reisman rubber play differently than the old Leyland rubber?...
... I have tried the Dr Evil during a few weeks, it's a fact that it doesn't react like a classic hardbat rubber, but only against sponge rubbers : it even has...
In a few years the Hardbat-era champions will be gone, covered by the shifting sands of time. --Hardbat International Mr. Bob Gusikoff has been in and out of...
... In Italy, in the unique Open played (this summer in Cervia), we used the "USA way". -- Lorenzo aka Giorno giorno @ gmail dot com Tennis-Tavolo.com...
I wonder if -- in the interests of transparency -- Mike Babuin would tell us how each of the members of the hardbat committee voted on the matter of approving...
This really IS the closest thing to hock leyland. If you have a problem with its designation as a medium or anything else pip, just put it on a bat and try it....
Steve Berger
aprilsound@...
Oct 18, 2006 11:27 pm
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Mr. Bob Gusikoff passed yestereday at ArborView, the assisted living facility where he was living. He had been in ICU at Saint John's for over a week. His...
Mr. Seemiller conceded that the game will be better without the glue, that it is a little too fast. Two hardbatters are here: Mr. Chui and Mr. Husang B. The...
Table Tennis legend Gusikoff's funeral services will be on Monday. We have neither the time of the service or the address of the church , but we will be...
Very sad news. Bobby was an icon for us, and I'm glad that I was able to get to know him at least a little bit. His "Legends of Table Tennis' changed my...
Funeral services will be at Saint Martin Tours (it's close to this, "Saint Martin of Tours," maybe) church in Brentwood, CA, at 11 a.m., Monday. Call 310 967...
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I tried it for the first time against hardbat last week (on a Tibhar IV L blade), I have to say that I felt real "hardbat sensations", as when I play with my...
I'll be there. I'm playing in hardbat open doubles (with Hermann), hardbat open singles, and the U-2000 hardbat events. Al...
Al Papp
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Nov 1, 2006 11:26 pm
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Hermann Luechinger, I presume. Perhaps we will meet again in the Over 40 Hardbat. I should have identified myself in my group name, but didn't know how to do...
Ji and I are going. I'm playing hardbat, u2k hardbat, u2700 doubles (with Ji), U2100, U1900, o40 hardbat, and hopefully hardbat doubles with James Therriault....
Hi Dean, No, I'm Dr. Livingstone. Sorry, just could not let this go! Yes you're right. Hope to get to get a chance to rally with you. I will play HB Over 40,...
The turnout last Sunday wasn't so great for SMC's weekly Sunday tournament. A Latino player, who always does well, beat Mr. Jack Howard, a table tennis ...