The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced April 6 is World Table Tennis Day. But before I could even send out the announcement to all of you they were forced to cancel the event because of COVID-19. The Villages was planning to make this a major event using both Laurel Manor and Everglades Recreation Centers, with exhibitions, coaching, raffles and more. We were going to distribute lots of handouts that you now can download below. The ITTF has now announced that April 6 will now be World Table Tennis at Home Day. "In light of the global spread of COVID-19, World Table Tennis Day will be taking on a very different form to previous years: Instead of the traditional social gatherings, casual table tennis activities and charity events taking place around the world, this time we are asking you to be engaged in the sport like never before; at home via special initiatives planned on social media." You can download all the details below.
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Congratulations to Stu Lesser, winner of the March 15 table tennis tournament. It was a singles tournament open to both men and women. The first round was a round-robin with each player playing one game against all 15 other players. The top four, Stu Lesser, Cornel West, Deb Harrison, and Jasmine Qu advanced to the semi-finals to fight for the title in single-elimination best 2 of 3 games. Yulia Wilson and Ron Taylor just missed the semifinals finishing in 5th and 6th place.
In the semi-finals Cornel defeated Deb and Stu defeated Jasmine to advance to the finals. In the final matches, Stu won the title with Cornel second and Deb won the consolation match to take third place with Jasmine in fourth. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Disney World and Universal are closed. The NBA season is cancelled. The Masters is postponed. I guess it is time for us to fall in line. The Ice Cream Party scheduled for Sunday March 29 is postponed indefinitely.
I urge all of you to eat ice cream that day anyway. Send me photos, I will put them on our website and it will be like we are all together, well almost. |
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