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Dallas Ft. Worth Table Tennis (DFWTT)
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Dallas Fort Worth Table Tennis (DFWTT) |
Closing Dates: Cimarron - Sept 6, 2010 JCC - Sept 6 and 8, 2010
Upcoming Tournaments:
Sept 18, 2010
Oct 9, 2010
Nov 13, 2010
Jan 15, 2011
PurplePingPong Celebrity Tournament
For a recap and results click here. This special event was done to raise awareness and funds for Pancreatic Cancer on March 14, 2010
Hosted by Rick Carlisle, head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.
Attention Elementary, Middle, and High School Table Tennis Players - Please email us at dfwttc@sbcglobal.net if your school has a table tennis club. Also email us if you are interested in playing in an upcoming School Tournament.
DFWTT donations (Children Education Fund) (Victims of the earthquake in China) (ITTF's Goodwill Fund - Haiti) (FNDR Foundation) (Rainbow Days Inc)
Program to Date - DFWTT has donated $2722!
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Memories In Memory of Hollis Hall In loving memory and dedication of Hollis. Hollis Hall was an avid table tennis player, who had a passion for table tennis. He was always a pleasure to be around, and it did not matter if he won or loss as long as he was playing table tennis. Hollis played many tournaments with Vic Maryoung as his doubles partner. Even during his battle with cancer he thought about making a come back to play. Unfortunately, Hollis passed away July 8th 2003 after battling cancer. His legacy and passion for table tennis lives on in all of us. Hollis and Vic (left to right) ############################################ This
memory is dedicated to Frank Opp (1931-2006)
My friendship with Frank was that we had so much in common in our younger days, both educated as Engineers, both worked as Engineers for technical companies (Collins Radio for me and T.I for Frank) and both were in the Marine Corps. I think our Engineering connection was the strongest since you can take the slide rule away from the Engineer, but you can't take the Engineer away from the slide rule, meaning that we both had an analytical mind and "thought" like Engineers our entire lives. Frank applied his
engineering background to his game of table tennis and analyzed his
game from an engineering standpoint to an almost obsessive degree
to improve his game but he mainly achieved a degree of success by
perseverance rather than trying to understand the angular momentum
of the ball when struck with a particular angle and speed of the
racquet. He improved his game by hitting hundreds of balls a day
and hundreds of serves a day and just about wore out a robot machine
which he modified to feed him table tennis balls at obscene speeds
and spins. He also took lessons off and on for years
from instructors who helped him develop the techniques for success.
He played four or five times a week at the recreation and senior
centers in the area and also in about every tournament from the Red
River to the Rio Grande. In short, he was a Table Tennis fanatic.
However, when away from
table tennis, I saw another side of Frank when our interest in birds
and Purple Martins in particular provided many long discussions on
their antics and how to attract them and keep the House Sparrows
away from their nests so they could raise their young in safety.
Frank was an interesting
person and a good friend and I have missed him very much.
Richard Grant
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Few Words About Frank Opp and Table Tennis (from Joyce Opp) ********************************************** A few words about Frank Opp and table tennis: Enthusiastic. Determined. Competitive. Dedicated. Sincere. Obsessed. Frank Opp! Friends forever
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