Welcome to the 2015 Annual Friends of India Table Tennis Tournament!

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Registration for this tournament is closed.

Tournament Update as of Friday, December 4:

• Junior Singles is cancelled
• Women's Singles will be a 3-player round robin final.
• Open Singles: round robin with 3 groups of 3, all players advancing to Divisions A, B, and C RR or SE depending on time.
• Novice Singles:  round robin with 4 groups of 3, all players advancing to Divisions A, B, and C single elimination semis/final.
• Open Singles and Novice singles will start around the same time, between 10:00am and 10:30am.
• Open Doubles will be a 3-team round robin starting after lunch.

 

*Estimated* Schedule of the Day

• Set up, warm up, announcements
• Random draw for door prize.

• Start matches in Open Singles (2 tables in activity room) and Novice Singles (4 tables in gym)

• Novice round robin finishes
• 1 gym table will be used for finishing Open Singles round robin
• Open Singles round robin groups should have finished their first 2 matches, with 1 set of matches left.  At this point, Open Singles will be using the 2 tables in activity room, and one table in the gym.
• Novice players may have 30 minutes before their single elimination round.

• Open Singles round robin is complete

• Time used to create Novice draws for final single elimination round
• Create final round robin draws for Open Singles.
• Random draw for door prize.

• Open Singles final stage round robin starts for Division A, B, and C with each division using 3 tables (A in the gym, B and C in the activity room).
• Novice Singles final stage single elimination starts for Division A, B, and C with each division using 3 tables. (all divisions in the gym)

• Open Singles and Novice Singles events will be complete.
• Award Presentations and photos
• Lunch

• Women's final round robin (3 players)
• Doubles final round robin (3 teams)

• Random draw for door prize.
• Women's and Doubles events are complete.
• Award Presentations and photos
• Take down and store equipment

• Done.

UPDATED PLAYER LIST:  Current Player Entries:  (#) denotes doubles teams 

#	Player	Rating RC/USATT	Open Singles	Open Doubles	Women's Singles	Junior Singles	Novice Singles
1.	Suresh Kannan (1?)		X	X
2.	Vishwanath Gandikota						X
3.	Joe Chacko						X
4.	Marty Duvall						X
5.	Nishav Mainali						X
6.	Kitt Oudthone		X
7.	Kevin Faller						X
8.	Georgie Launet						X
9.	Kedar Jambhekar (2)		X	X
10.	Siva Soora (2)		X	X
11.	Mugimane Manju		X
12.	Pramod Nelluri		X
13.	Megha Nelluri				X
14.	Louis Vance (3?)		X	X
15.	Parimal Nilangekar		X
16.	Sashi Kona						X
17.	Aaron Briggs						X
18.	Austyn Briggs						X
19.	Neelima				X
20.	Saranya				X
21.	Krishna						X
22.	Krishna Chaitanya						X
23.	Ammar A.		X
	Total Entries		9	5	3	Cancelled	11

 

Location	Jim Dailey Fitness & Aquatic Center (JDFAC), 300 South Monroe St., Little Rock, 72204
Sponsors	LRTTC and Friends of India of Central Arkansas, both 501(c)(3) nonprofits
Director	Mike Lauro; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; phone: 501-291-3142
Referees	Mike Lauro and Jeff Pratt, Certified USATT Club Umpires
Equipment & Facility	6 tables (4 ITTF-approved Giant Dragon K2008; 2 Stiga Prestige); Nittaku 3-Star Premium 40 mm orange celluloid balls; wood flooring; high ceilings; fluorescent lighting.
Clothing	Primary clothing color must not be orange (the color of the ball).
Rules & Eligibility	All USA Table Tennis rules apply. Matches are best of 5 games. Games are played to 11 points. Players with ratings published by USATT or RatingsCentral.com may enter all events except Novice Singles. Players without ratings may enter all events. Non-members of JDFAC must pay admission: $5 for adults, $3.50 for juniors under 16, and $2 for spectators (FOI & LRTTC cover spectator fees for FOI & LRTTC members).
Events & Schedule	Women’s Singles Start Time: After Lunch Junior Singles Start Time: Cancelled Novice Singles Start Time: 10:30 am Open Singles Start Time: 11:30 am Open Doubles Start Time:  After lunch
Format	Most events will be round robin followed by either round robin or single elimination, depending on number of players and time available.
Sign Up Deadline	Register by Wednesday, December 2, 2015 by signing up on the tournament registration sheet at the JDFAC front desk or contact Mike Lauro at the email or phone listed above.
Reporting	Players must report to control desk 30 minutes before event start time or risk default.
Lunch	Sandwiches for lunch and sports drinks provided to participants.
Awards	Trophies for 1st and 2nd  places in all events.

 

Event Entry Fees

Event	Entry Fee	Start Time
Women's Singles	$5	After lunch
Junior Singles	$5	Cancelled
Novice Singles*	$5	10:30 am
Open Singles	$15, or $10 FOI/LRTTC members	10:30 am
Open Doubles	$10 per team	After Lunch
*Note: Novice Singles event is only open to players who do not have a rating published by USATT.

 

How Do I Register?

For convenience, you may register by any of the following methods:

1. Sign up on the tournament registration form at the front desk of the Jim Dailey Fitness & Aquatic Center. Provide your name, email, phone number, and events to play.
2. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your name, email, phone, and events to play.
3. Call Mike Lauro of LRTTC at 501-291-3142.

LRTTC will contact you with confirmation of your registration.

 

When Do I Pay?

You may pay on the day of the tournament when you check in at the control desk no later than 30 minutes prior to your first event start time.  You may also pay Mike Lauro of LRTTC during any of our regular play times at JDFAC which are Tuesday/Thursday 6:00 - 8:30 pm, Saturday 1

 

Tournament web page:  http://lrttc.org/play/monthly-lrttc-tournaments/285-foi-tournament-dec-05-2015

Not USATT Sanctioned:  This tournament is not sanctioned by USATT, so USATT ratings will be unaffected.