The Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department held their first “Funds Raiser Table Tennis
Tournament” on May 16th, 2009. This tournament was held at the Fricker Community Center at
900 N. ‘E’ Street in Pensacola.
The non sanctioned tournament was held for our Club’s home facility (Fricker Community
Center) to raise funds to aid kids getting into programs they would not other wise be able to
participate in.
Table Tennis/ Ping Pong is an Olympic Sport and it is fun and exciting for all ages. We are a
non-profit club looking to increase the public participation in this fast action non contact sport.
We have had kids tell us it was more fun than video games. Kids and Beginners “Fun Play”
nights are on Mondays 6-9:pm. Intermediate to Advanced “Athletic Play” nights is Thursdays 69: pm. We have plenty of tables and invite all that are interested in having fun to come play with
us.
ADVANCED EVENTS:
Open Division
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Willy Leparulo (Tallahassee FSU, Fl)
Zhongyuang Huang (Miss. State University)
David Diep (Ft. Walton, Fl)
Joe Mozur (Gulf Breeze, Fl)
Division A
1st
2nd
Stanley Stephens (Flomaton, Al)
L.A. Johnston (Pensacola, Fl)
Division B
1ar
2nd
Chris Quesada (Pensacola UWF, Fl)
David Yu (Navarre, Fl)
Division C
1st
2nd
Gil Baguinon (Ft. Walton, Fl)
Jian Zhang (Miss State University)
Division D
1st
2nd
Yicheng Du (Miss State University)
Kirby Peacock (Mariana, Fl)
Division E
1st
2nd
John Barnes (Miss State University)
Garrett Chelico (Pensacola, Fl)
1st
2nd
Mike Ho and Johnny Billy (both from Mobile, Al)
Jose Bocanegra and L.A. Johnston (both from Pensacola, Fl)
Mini Mites
1st
2nd
Coleman Burtt
Chandler Burtt
Junior
1st
Chandler Stockamp
High School
1st
2nd
Blair Gaston
Sami Alsheikh
Adult Novice
1st
2nd
Kurt Stockamp
John Lawlor
Advanced Novice
1st
2nd
Doug McLeod
John Katsoros
Seniors
1st
2nd
John Lawlor
Owen Farley
Unlimited Doubles
NOVICE EVENTS:
The whole tournament was a battle right from the first match of the day (Mini Mites) where two
twin brothers battled out the division between each other in a five game war where the final point
was a miss hit shot that fell just over the net. The last match of the day was no different as two
sluggers battled it out for Division B championship. Mississippi State University players were
the big winners with each entry taking home a trophy. I find it interesting to note that the second
place finishers in Divisions “A & B” were the same last time as they are this time. Keep trying
guys…ha..ha.. Congratulations to Willy Leparulo for taking the top prize in the Advanced Open
Division out lasting all contenders with his brilliant and consistent play.
Pictures taken at the event are displayed for you to see on our web site link. Go there to see all
the fun and action we had.
http://pensacolatabletennis.tripod.com
Our next tournament will be a USATT sanctioned one star tournament on July 25th, 2009. Look
for the entry forms to be sent and posted on our web site.
Thanks, L.A. Johnston (Pensacola Table Tennis Club)