DOUBLE BRONZE FOR MANITOBA AT THE 2007 CANADA WINTER GAMES!

Wow, George, Marissa and the team have done it!  Without checking into it exactly, I can say that it looks like these are Manitoba Table Tennis’s best ever results at the Canada Winter Games*:  Terry Zhang (age 13) wins Bronze in the Boys under 15 Event and Frederick Eng wins Bronze in the Boys Under 18 Years Event!  Way to go guys!  Also, the rest of the team-most of them very young-put in outstanding performances as well!  I’ve been around for the ’87, ’91, ’95, ’99 and 2003 Games and I don’t think we’ve ever had as many players finishing as high in the individual singles events as the players from this team:

BOYS UNDER 15:  Terry 3^rd/ 22 players & William Liu (only age 11!) 11^th/ 22;

GIRLS UNDER 15:  Xichi Yang (age 12) 13^th /21 & Allaria Odorico (only age 11!) 14^th /21;

BOYS UNDER 18:  Fred Eng (age 15) 3^rd/ 22 & Patrick Serda 6^th/ 22;

GIRLS UNDER 18:  Alexandra Dzioba 8^th/22 & Lucy Liu (age 15) 10^th/22.

In the team event we finished 5^th/11.  So well done all…excellent results for a team that overall is pretty young…the future looks bright and I expect some returnees for the 2011 Games…

*PREVIOUS CANADA WINTER GAMES MEDALLISTS:

1987 Greg Gusberti Bronze Under 22 Years

1995 Diana Rainer Gold Under 14 Years

1999 David Ramdeen Bronze Under 17 Years

2003 Craig Pointon Bronze Under 18 Years.

Complete results can be linked off of the CTTA site at www.ctta.ca

Ron Edwards Reporting

TERRY ZHANG “DRAFTED” BY BUTTERFLY NORTH AMERICA:

Full details are not yet known but reliable sources have “leaked” that Manitoba’s top player Terry (Tian) Zhang has been drafted by Butterfly North America for its team in the 2007 Canada Cup National Table Tennis League series.  Terry will be the junior on a team that is fronted by Canada’s top player Wilson Zhang…wow, what an opportunity!  Good luck Terry!

More details will follow when available.

Ron Edwards Reporting