CTTC Winter League Awards and Free Handicap Tournament, June 5, 2025

[Columbus Table Tennis Club]

The Winter 2025 CTTC Table Tennis Team League awards will be presented on Thursday June 5 at 7:00 pm.  The award winners are listed below.

FREE !! Handicap Tournament!!

There will be a free handicap tournament on awards night.  The tournament is free and open to all but players must be club members or pay the daily fee to play ($10 for adults or $6 for students).

In a handicap tournament, each match consists of one game of 31 points.  The lower rated opponent starts with a number of points based upon the difference between the player’s ratings to even the competition against the higher rated player.  This allows players with widely different ratings to be competitive in the same tournament.

Each player will compete in a round robin with 3 other players which guarantees that everyone plays at least 3 matches.  The groups are created randomly, so it is very likely that each group will contain players with widely varying ratings.  The top 2 winners of each group will then compete in a knockout bracket.  Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 winners.

League players and substitutes will use their league ratings for the tournament.  Others will use an average of their recent USATT and club Round Robin ratings.  If you do plan to play and do not have a recent club or USTTA rating, please let me know so that we can assign a rating for the tournament.  Reply to:

colum...@gmail.com

Players must sign up for the handicap tournament in person at the club by 7:00 pm on June 5.  The handicap tournament is  open to all, it is not limited to league players.  However, it is limited to the first 64 players to sign up.

There is no pre-signup, players must sign up for the handicap tournament in person by 7:00 pm on June 5.  The tournament will start at 7:30 pm or as soon as possible after the league awards are presented.

It has always been fun to play this league season ending handicap tournament.

Congratulations to the 2025 Winter Team League award winners:

1st Place Team: Team 6 - Halit Erciyas, Amjath Mohammed Ghouse, Sam Yang LH

2nd Place Team: Team 5 - Stan Kobylanski, Sree Kasichainula, Lynn Wang

3rd Place Team: Team 2 - Ram Chidurala, Andres Walliser, Andy Singh 

Best A Player: Saif Khan

Best B Player: Amjath Mohammed Ghouse 

Best C Player: Tohidul Sohel 

Best A/B Doubles: Halit Erciyas & Amjath Mohammed Ghouse

Best B/C Doubles: Sree Kasichainula & Lynn Wang 

Best A/C Doubles: Halit Erciyas & Sam Yang LH

Most Improved Player: Andy Singh

Many thanks to the players that supported the team league.  It helps to support the club, builds camaraderie, and attracts new members. 

Stan & Sam

"When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy."
--Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)