DFWTT Progress of Activities for 2015

2015 USATT National Championships – The USATT held its US National Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 14-19. Grant Bergmann was able to capture many photos of the players during the tournament and has provided a link for us to view. Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

 

Charity Program Update – In our continued pledge to donate $2 for each player that participates in our tournaments, DFWTT has donated $250 to the American Red Cross - European Refugee and Migration Crisis.

2015 TX State Championship – Texas Wesleyan University hosted its Texas State Championship on November 14th and 15th at the Sid Richardson Center in Fort Worth. Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

 

2015 DFWTT Fall Open – DFWTT hosted its yearly Fall Open tournament on November 7th, at the JCC in Dallas, Texas. A total of 18 tables were used during the USATT sanctioned and non-sanctioned events. There were around 83 participants, which included local area players and some out of state players. Thank you to everyone who attended the tournament.

 

Class A Open Singles Winners

(From L-R) Bruno Ventura Dos Anjos: 3^rd, Rachid El Boubou: 2^nd , Emil Santos: 1^st

 

Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

Results: http://dfwtt.com/Results_2015.htm

 

2015 DFWTT School Challenge – The 1st DFW area school challenge, organized by DFWTT, was held at the QD Academy in Plano on October 24th. Students from elementary, middle, and high school were elegible to compete in the tournament.

 

 

Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

Results: http://dfwtt.com/Results_2015.htm

 

Charity Program Update – In our continued pledge to donate $2 for each player that participates in our tournaments, DFWTT has donated $200 to the Dallas Chinese Community Center.

 

2015 Chinese Double Ten – DFWTT hosted its yearly Chinese Double Ten Celebration tournament on September 12th. The tournament was held at the Cimarron recreation center in Irving, Texas. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated in the tournament.

 

 

Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

Results: http://dfwtt.com/Results_2015.htm

2015 Joola Teams South – North American Table Tennis hosted the Joola Teams South tournament on August 22-23 at Round Rock Sports Center in Round Rock, Texas. Results of the tournament can be found at the NATT website. Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

 

Charity Program Update – In our continued pledge to donate $2 for each player that participates in our tournaments, DFWTT has donated $200 to National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Their mission is to honor and remember America's fallen fire heroes, provide resources to assist their survivors in rebuilding their lives, and work within the fire service community to reduce firefighter deaths and injuries.

 

100+ Women's Summer Olympic Sport Events – A group of women recently came to the Cimarron location for a group coaching lesson. Those attending included Laura Spivey, Jeffiner Fornuff, Ruth Ann Francis, and Leigh Batten. They are working their way through participating in all 100+ women’s Summer Olympic sport events. They wanted to get some coaching so they can complete their team table tennis event. Leigh Batten describes how they all got started and what they have accomplished so far:

 

"Early last year, Jeffiner came across a blog of two British women who were attempting to compete in all the women’s summer Olympic events. She was inspired by it and wanted to embark on a similar project. She sent an email to all of her female friends and a total of 6 of us decided to give it a go. We started with singles table tennis in February 2014 and have now completed approximately 80 of the 111 events, including swimming, track cycling, boxing, wrestling, judo, taekwondo, field hockey, among many others. Our goal is to simply participate in every event in some way – not to
become experts or to compete, but just to try a lot of new things. We all hope to find one or two things that we love that we could continue with after we’re done with our journey. We’ve taken a few pauses over the months due to busy lives, injuries and even for Jeffiner to have her first child! Our loose goal is to finish all the events by our trip to Rio next August for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games! We believe our most difficult events to complete will be the sailing events, as they are very specific boats that are used. Even if we can locate the boats, finding someone willing to help us learn them will be a challenge! We’ve managed so far with the help of wonderful people like you and plan to keep going until we can complete all the events."

 

From L-R: Laura Spivey, Jeffiner Fornuff, Donna Chen, Ruth Ann Francis, Leigh Batten

 

DFWTT wishes all of the participating women success in achieving their goals !!

 

2015 DFWTT Spring Open – DFWTT hosted its yearly Spring Open on June 13th. The tournament was held in Dallas at the JCC (Jewish Community Center). A total of 18 tables were used during the USATT sanctioned and non-sanctioned events. Thanks to everyone for joining us at this year's event.

 

 

Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

Results: http://dfwtt.com/Results_2015.htm

 

2015 World Peace TT Pictures – Plano TT club hosted its World Peace Table Tennis Tournament on April 25 at the Tom Muehlenbeck center. Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

 

NCTTA National Championships – The NCTTA Championships took place April 10th - 12th at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Results and video of the tournament are at the NCTTA website. Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

 

Pan Am and National Team Trials – Texas Wesleyan University hosted the Pan Am and National Team Trials during March 6th - 8th at the Sid Richardson Center. Results and video of the matches are on the USATT website. Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

NCTTA South Regional Championships – Texas Wesleyan University hosted the NCTTA South Regional Championships on February 21st at the Sid Richardson Center in Fort Worth. Results of the tournament can be found at the NCTTA website. Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

 

Charity Program Update – In our continued pledge to donate $2 for each player that participates in our tournaments, DFWTT has donated $250 to support the USATT Annual Giving Campaign program. The USATT Annual Fund will help support ongoing programs including the Juniors and Cadets, National Teams, Paralympic Programs, and sport promotion through USATT events and programs.

 

NCTTA Texas Division Tournament – Texas Wesleyan University hosted the NCTTA Texas Division Tournament on February 7th at the Sid Richardson Center in Fort Worth. Results of the tournament can be found at the NCTTA website. Grant Bergmann has photos to share of the event: Pics

 

2015 Texas Winter Games – DFWTT hosted the Texas Winter Games Table Tennis Tournament on January 17th. The events took place inside the two Staley Middle School gymnasiums in Frisco, Texas. This was part of the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) Winter Games of Texas. The sports festival has Olympic style competitions for all ages and skill levels for a variety of sports. Additional information: www.taaf.com

 

Medal winners from the Winter Games of Texas will be eligible to compete in the National State Games of America, which will take place in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 28 - August 2, 2015. Additional information: www.sga2015.com

 

Thanks to everyone who attended the tournament.

 

 

Grant Bergmann's pictures: Pics

Results: http://dfwtt.com/Results_2015.htm