第8届“知宇-育才杯”乒乓球赛,2010年5月8日于爱迪生市TJ Middle School体育馆举行。与以往相较,这次比赛的规模及选手实力,除吸引约80名(其中,约40名业余选手)来自新泽西、纽约、费城、康州、长岛的好手报名,更有多位前国家队及省队选手参赛。著名律师胡知宇先生赞助了此次比赛。其他赞助商及个人还有HSBC Edison Bank, AV Tech, XinCom, JINMA家具批发,朝代地产总经理沈秀慧女士等。(Pls visit USATT.org and everbrightgroup.org for winners list)
主办单位马校长介绍,本次比赛是应广大选手要求的“加赛”,因为第7届乒乓球赛刚于11月举行,按计划下次的比赛时间应为年11月份。由于选手热情高涨,主办单位特组织了这次比赛并重点放在青少年及高考生。对于创办乒乓球比赛,他认为,一方面孩子需要锻炼,另一方面,爱迪生市也需要组织来推广这项运动。此外,华人子女,参加美国的体育比赛,由于体型、个性、体能的差异,很难得到好成绩。有一个正式的乒乓球比赛,孩子透过努力练习能获得名次,申请大学时也对加分有很大作用。家长普遍反应,中文学能校办好这样的活动很不容易。Mike Fang(育才NJ乒乓球俱乐部主席)介绍,这次仍是美国乒乓球协会的星级比赛,选手获胜可以累积积分。今年,all俱乐部的学员也来参赛,加上许多成人组的高手,著名选手,可让见识真正的高手,激励孩子们学球。
对于举办比赛,Mr马表示,找人赞助提供奖金、奖品是难题。此外,找场地也不容易。这点,他感谢爱迪生市市长(发来贺信-见网站)的长期支持, 特别前往向主办单位及参赛选手致意。这几年来,规模越来越大,赞助商也有增加。今年11月,校方将举办第9届乒乓球NJ State OPEN大赛。他希望能创造更大的规模,引更多乒球厂商赞助,也欢迎大家报名参加。
Open Table Tennis Championships Results
USATT Sanctioned 1 star Tournament
Gym,
TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS:
REFEREE: Chris Lehman
Event Championship: Yu, Thomas; Fan, Wesley; Oseni, Lukmon
Event 2 Under 2350 Singles
1st Place Yu, Thomas
2nd Place Fan, Wesley
3rd Place Oseni, Lukmon
4th Place Guo, Qi
Event 3 Under 1950 Singles
1st Place Guo, Qi
2nd Place Ye, Irisa
3rd Place Qiu, Claire
Event 4 Under 1550 Singles
1st Place Pickard, Jonathan
2nd Place Patel, Ushir
3rd Place Arokia-Raj, Vijay
Event 5 Under 1000 Singles
1st Place Foo, Edwin
2nd Place Chen, Pen-Pen
3rd Place Foo, Alex
Event 7 Under 12 Singles
1st Place Qiu, Claire
2nd Place Kwong, Justin
3rd Place Balaraman, Arjun
Event 8 Community adult
first place: Pickard Jonathan
Second place: LiBin Li
3rd place: David Lu
Event 9 Pre-College/Community Under 19
first place: Jimmy Wang
Second place: bettey Qin
Event 10 Community Under 11
first place: Prasand Sanker
Second place: Jefferson Hu
Mailing Address:
Contact: -
Email: Principal
Saturday (From Sept to Next June)
Hours of operation:9:20Am to 1 Pm
Gym,
Number of Tables: 8 Tables
1:40PM to 3:30pM ; 3:30pm to 5:20PM
Summer Camp Hours: Tuesday, Thursday (3:45pm to
Number of Tables: 5 Tables
10M to
Number of Tables: 5 Tables
Sunday (From Sept to Next June)
Hours of operation:2pm to
Number of Tables: 5 Tables
Notes:
1.* In the same parking lot, next building
2. NJ state Everbright Cup Championships (USATT 1 Star) held every 6 months
http://www.everbrightgroup.org/html/contactus.htm
www.everbrightgroup.org; and www.everbright.org