2005-2006 MANITOBA TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

MANITOBA CIRCUIT TITLES DECIDED:   NOTE: COMPLETE STANDINGS FOLLOW THIS ARTICLE

The Manitoba Open event (see results and article here) was the final event of the $1,500 2005-2006 MANITOBA TABLE TENNIS CIRCUIT. 

With his second place finish in the A Singles, twelve-year-old Terry Zhang sealed the deal on first place in this the event for Expert players.  The battle for second and third spots overall went right to the wire.  Patrick Serda had been in second place heading into the event but his loss to Freddie Eng in the bronze medal match allowed Eng to catch him and tie for 2nd – 3rd overall.  Early leader Craig Pointon (studying in Mexico) was 4th and Alexandra Dzioba topped all female players to finish in a strong 5th position.

In the Youth Circuit no one could touch Zhang!  He bested all comers to win a perfect 4 out of 4 titles to claim the top spot and cash prize.  Serda was 2nd, Eng 3rd, Alexandra Dzioba fourth and Marissa Pointon 5th.

The third and final event contested as part of the 2005-2006 CIRCUIT was the Mature >35 Years event.  Last year he was the bridesmaid but this year the champion of the nearly old guys & gals.  He is of course Zeljko Babic from the Windsor Table Tennis Club.  He won 3 out of 4 events this year and had a healthy margin of victory over Winakwa’s Andy Bachmann who took 2nd spot.  Dan Racicot of St. Andrew’s took 3rd spot followed by Jay Willman of R.B. Russell and Stan Szajkowski also of the Windsor club.  Shut out from the top five were the players from the John Pritchard table tennis club…where were they...not a factor all season?

Anyway, this concludes the 2005-2006 Season Circuit.  Depending on interest levels, the MTTA might perhaps host some sort of spring/ early summer tournament of some sort but until then a reminder that LEAGUE PLAY CONTINUES EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL JUNE at the Daniel MacIntyre Collegiate club.  Fees for non-league-members are $5 per night and results count towards Manitoba & Canadian ratings & rankings.

Here are the standings as of March 21/ 06.

2005-2006 MANITOBA TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

 

A EXPERT SINGLES CIRCUIT

STANDINGS AFTER 4 of 4 EVENTS

CASH PRIZES FOR CIRCUIT’S TOP 5 FINISHERS

 

POINTS GAINED PER EVENT

 

 

NOV.

DEC.

FEB.

MARCH

 

 

 

 

RED RIVER

MB CLOSED

GOLDEN

MANITOBA

 

 

PLACE

PLAYER

OPEN

 

BOY OPEN

OPEN

 

TOTALS

1st

Terry Zhang

80

80

100

80

 

340

2nd - 3rd tie

Patrick Serda

60

60

60

55

 

235

2nd - 3rd tie

Fred Eng

40

55

80

60

 

235

4th

Craig Pointon

100

100

-

-

 

200

5th

Alexandra Dzioba

35

35

37.5

7.5

 

115

6th  - 7th tie

Mitchell Billinkoff

20

10

55

15

 

100

6th  - 7th tie

Matthias Breiter, Kenora

-

-

-

100

 

100

8th

Marissa Pointon

30

30

17.5

-

 

77.5

9th

Shelley Chan, Saskatchewan

55

-

-

-

 

55

10th - 11th tie

Zeljko Babic

15

20

17.5

-

 

52.5

10th - 11th tie

Richard Wong

-

15

30

7.5

 

52.5

12th

Andy Bachmann

-

25

25

-

 

50

13th

Greg Dzioba

-

40

-

-

 

40

14th

Justin Phillips

-

-

37.5

-

 

37.5

15th – 18th tie

Jerzy Kusal

-

-

-

32.5

 

32.5

15th – 18th tie

Boris Rainer

-

-

-

32.5

 

32.5

15th – 18th tie

Noel Roberts, Minnesota

-

-

-

32.5

 

32.5

15th – 18th tie

Joel Roberts, Minnesota

-

-

-

32.5

 

32.5

19th

Mike Silver

25

-

-

-

 

25

20th

Ryan Szajkowski

-

-

-

20

 

20

21st

Jeffrey Woo, Saskatchewan

10

-

-

-

 

10

22nd – 23rd tie

Kevin Dzioba

-

-

7.5

-

 

7.5

22nd – 23rd tie

Stan Szajkowski

-

-

7.5

-

 

7.5

24th – 25th tie

Lillian Zhen Qiao

5

-

-

-

 

5

24th – 25th tie

Dan Racicot, Selkirk

-

5

-

-

 

5

 

CIRCUIT CASH WINNERS:  1ST Terry Zhang $200, 2nd- 3rd Tie:  Patrick Serda & Fred Eng $80 each, 4th Craig Pointon $35, 5th Alexandra Dzioba $20

 

 


 

2005-2006 MANITOBA TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

YOUTH SINGLES CIRCUIT

STANDINGS AFTER 4 of 4 EVENTS

CASH PRIZES FOR CIRCUIT’S TOP 2 FINISHERS

 

POINTS GAINED PER EVENT

 

 

NOV.

DEC.

FEB.

MARCH

 

 

 

 

RED RIVER

MB CLOSED

GOLDEN

MANITOBA

 

 

PLACE

PLAYER

OPEN

 

BOY OPEN

OPEN

 

TOTALS

1st

Terry Zhang

100

100

100

100

 

400

2nd

Patrick Serda

80

80

80

80

 

320

3RD

Fred Eng

32.5

60

60

60

 

212.5

         4th

Alexandra Dzioba

32.5

55

32.5

32.5

 

152.5

5th

Marissa Pointon

20

32.5

55

-

 

107.5

6th

Mitchell Billinkoff

15

25

32.5

32.5

 

105

7TH

Reaz Rahim

3.75

32.5

20

32.5

 

88.75

8TH

Jordan Chung

3.75

32.5

15

17.5

 

68.75

9TH

Kevin Dzioba

3.75

20

32.5

10

 

66.25

10-11TH TIE  

Shelley Chan, Sask.

57.5

-

-

-

 

57.5

10-11TH TIE  

Craig Pointon

57.5

-

-

-

 

57.5

12th

Noel Roberts, Minnesota

-

-

-

55

 

55

13th

William Liu

3.75

15

32.5

-

 

51.25

14-16TH TIE

Joel Roberts, Minnesota

-

-

-

32.5

 

32.5

14-16TH TIE

Hank Yang, Sask.

32.5

-

-

-

 

32.5

14-16TH TIE

Jeffrey Woo, Sask.

32.5

-

-

-

 

32.5

17th

Henry Wang

-

-

10

17.5

 

27.5

18-19th TIE

Lucy Liu

-

-

5

5

 

10

18-19th TIE

Anthony Chung

-

10

-

-

 

10

20-21st TIE

Devin Racicot, Selkirk

-

2.5

-

-

 

2.5

20-21st TIE

Esau Rahim

-

2.5

-

-

 

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIRCUIT CASH WINNERS:  1ST Terry Zhang $30, 2nd Patrick Serda $15

 

 

  

2005-2006 MANITOBA TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

MATURE (>35 YEARS) SINGLES CIRCUIT

STANDINGS AFTER 4 of 4 EVENTS

CASH PRIZES FOR CIRCUIT’S TOP 2 FINISHERS

 

 

POINTS GAINED PER EVENT

 

 

NOV.

DEC.

FEB.

MARCH

 

 

 

 

RED RIVER

MB CLOSED

GOLDEN

MANITOBA

 

 

PLACE

PLAYER

OPEN

 

BOY OPEN

OPEN

 

TOTALS

1st

Zeljko Babic

100

100

100

60

 

360

2nd

Andy Bachmann

85

80

85

37.5

 

287.5

3rd

Daniel Racicot, Selkirk

70

60

-

55

 

185

4th

Jay Willman

60

-

70

25

 

155

5th

Stan Szajkowski

-

55

60

-

 

115

6th

Jerzy Kusal

-

-

-

100

 

100

7th

Cyril Teja

-

-

-

80

 

80

8th

Eugenio Ngantian

-

-

50

-

 

50

9th

David Kives

-

40

-

-

 

40

10th

Larry Pestaluky

-

-

-

37.5

 

37.5

11th –12th tie

Faizul Rahim

-

-

-

25

 

25

11th –12th tie

Richard Mercado

-

-

-

25

 

25

13th

Hung Nguyen

-

-

-

15

 

15

 

CIRCUIT CASH WINNERS:  1ST Zeljko Babic $30, 2nd Andy Bachmann $15

Ron Edwards Reporting