Press Release - LRTTC Hosting 2019 USA Hopes Camp & Tournament, Feb 22-24, 2019

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Written by Mike Lauro Jr. Mike Lauro Jr.

Category: Tournaments Tournaments

Updated on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Tuesday, February 19, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 19, 2019
Little Rock, Arkansas

The Little Rock Table Tennis Club (LRTTC) is excited to announce the hosting of the 2019 USATT/ITTF Hopes Camp and Tournament events.  This national youth training camp takes place at the Jim Dailey Fitness and Aquatic Center (300 S. Monroe St., Little Rock, Arkansas, 72204) on Friday and Saturday, February 22-23.  The qualifying tournament will take place on Sunday February 24.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)/USA Table Tennis (USATT) Hopes Program (https://www.teamusa.org/usa-table-tennis/events/2019-usa-hopes-tour) is a series of regional, national and international camps and competitions designed to spark motivation and interest for skilled and talented young table tennis athletes who have a love for table tennis and who wish to become high-level players. Participants will receive expert coaching and training from USATT National Coaches for three days in a fun, rewarding environment in which they will have an opportunity to meet peers and share experiences.

At the camp, two local Arkansas coaches, Mike Lauro (https://arktta.org/coach) (USATT National/ITTF Level 3 Coach; Little Rock) and Russ Hamilton (USATT National Coach; Bentonville) will assist USATT High Performance Director Joerg Bitzigeio (https://www.teamusa.org/usa-table-tennis/athletes/Joerg-Bitzigeio) a former German National Team Coach.  A total of fourteen (14) youth athletes from six (6) different states have signed up for the camp and tournament.  The 3-day event includes 2 days of training sessions and one day of tournament competition.  Lunch and dinner will be organized for camp participants and their family on Friday and Saturday.

The training camps will take place on Friday and Saturday with 2 training sessions per day.   Friday's session are from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.  Saturday's sessions are from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.  On Saturday, the afternoon break will include lunch, a visit to the nearby Little Rock Zoo (weather permitting), and a mini-table competition in which the kids participate in a fun and challenging singles tournament played on small table that is 1/4 the size of regulation table.  We plan to live stream the mini-table tournament.

On Sunday the USATT Hopes Qualifying Tournament begins at 10:00 a.m.  The Hopes Boys and Hopes Girls events provide opportunities for players to perform in a competitive environment against their peers for a chance to qualify for the next stage of training camps -- the USATT Hopes Week and Challenge that will take place on April 15-21, 2019 in Sacramento, California.  Players who qualify at the Hopes Week tournament will advance to the ITTF-North American Hopes Week and Challenge from May 27 to June 2, 2019 in Florida.  Qualifiers at the North American Hopes Week will participate in the ITTF World Hopes Week and Challenge that will take place during August 2019 in the country of Oman.  There will also be an extra Junior event in which all of the players may compete.

Please see the LRTTC camp and tournament web page (https://lrttc.org/blog/tournaments/2019-usa-hopes-national-training-camp-qualifying-tournament) and download the LRTTC official 2019 USA Hopes Camp brochure and entry form (PDF) (https://lrttc.org/images/lrttc/documents/Brochure-EntryForm-2019-USA-Hopes-at-LRTTC-Feb-22-24-2019.pdf) for all the details.

You can find out more on our website:  https://lrttc.org.

LRTTC Mailing Address:  LRTTC, PO BOX 250260, Little Rock, AR  72225

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Phone:  501-291-3142 (Mike Lauro)

Results of Monthly Tournament - February 9, 2019

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Written by Mike Lauro Jr. Mike Lauro Jr.

Category: LRTTC Monthly Tournaments LRTTC Monthly Tournaments

Updated on Saturday, February 09, 2019 Saturday, February 09, 2019

Welcome to the February 9, 2019 monthly tournament!  This is our second tournament of the year and our 58th monthly tournament overall!

This tournament is 14-player 2-stage round robin with 2 5-player groups and 1 4-player group in first stage.  One player left after the first stage, so in the final stage we had 2 4-player groups and 1 5-player group.  Everyone advanced from first stage to final stage.  

Full results of final stage round robin are listed below, followed by first stage results.  The results have been processed by USATT league software and the results for this league event can be viewed here:  https://usatt.simplycompete.com/l/er/34093

Group 1 Final RR:

• 1st Place:  Mike
• 2nd Place:  Vasu
• 3rd Place:  Kedar
• 4th Place:  Carlo

Group 2 Final RR:

• 1st Place:  Darius
• 2nd Place:  Mohan (3-way tie, 1st)
• 3rd Place:  Don (3-way tie, 2nd)
• 4th Place:  Mark (3-way tie, 3rd)

Group 3 Final RR:

• 1st Place:  Charlie
• 2nd Place:  Nilantha
• 3rd Place:  Pranav
• 4th Place:  Aaron
• 5th Place:  Van

Results of initial stage:

Group A: 1st - Mike, 2nd - Carlo, 3rd - Mohan, 4th - Pranav

Group B:  1st - Vasu, 2nd - Darius, 3rd - Mark, 4th - Charlie, 5th - Aaron

Group C:  1st - Kedar, 2nd - Olaf, 3rd - Don C., 4th - Nilantha, 5th - Van

Results of Monthly Tournament - January 26, 2019

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Written by Mike Lauro Jr. Mike Lauro Jr.

Category: LRTTC Monthly Tournaments LRTTC Monthly Tournaments

Updated on Saturday, February 09, 2019 Saturday, February 09, 2019

Welcome to the January 26, 2019 monthly tournament!  This is our first tournament of the new year and our 57th monthly tournament overall!

This tournament is 10-player 2-stage round robin with 2 3-player groups and 1 4-player group in first stage, and the same size groups in the final stage.  Everyone advanced from first stage to final stage.  

Full results of final stage round robin are listed below, followed by first stage results.  The results have been processed by USATT league software and the results for this league event can be viewed here:  https://usatt.simplycompete.com/l/er/34084

Group 1 Final RR:

• 1st Place:  Siva
• 2nd Place:  Carlo
• 3rd Place:  Olaf

Group 2 Final RR:

• 1st Place:  Charlie
• 2nd Place:  Mohan
• 3rd Place:  Sahil

Group 3 Final RR:

• 1st Place:  Ahmet
• 2nd Place:  Pranav
• 3rd Place:  Aaron
• 4th Place:  Van

Results of initial stage:

Group A: 1st - Siva, 2nd - Charlie, 3rd - Aaron

Group B:  1st - Carlo, 2nd - Mohan, 3rd - Pranav

Group C:  1st - Olaf, 2nd - Sahil, 3rd - Ahmet, 4th - Van