2008 Butterfly Loopalalooza USATT 2 Star Table Tennis Tournament

59 players converged at the Hawthorne Racket Club in Charlotte NC to compete for
over $1000 in prize money & bragging rights for best player in the Carolinas.
13 events gave players of all levels opportunity at prize money, trophies & rating points.
Tournament Director/Referee: John Pahl
Tournament Staff: Tom Miller, Stan Gee, Jesse Pahl, Mike Stroupe
All events were preliminary RR groups of 4 advancing to SE,
except the Open RR, advancing the top 2 players.

Matches of note:
Ethan JIn (1828) over Min Xu (1905), Ling Fan (1942) & Pablo Perez (2082)
(Jin defaulted out of the Open semi's due to fatigue)
Ling Fan (1942) over Chris Obrian (2066)
Christian Amidi (1165) over Marcus Miller (1398) & Andy Bain (1330)
Stan Gee (1757) over DJ Setttle (2031)
Rick Thigpen (1657) over Bilal Soylu (1815) & Edem Komlanvi (1821)
David Gong (1507) over Vitaly Plugovoy (1686)

Saturday Events
U1100: 1st/Kunal Singhal      2nd/Troy Davis
U1300: 1st/Ken Ashkin         2nd/Christian Amidi
U1500: 1st/Brantley Surratt   2nd/Mikey Nguyen
U1700: 1st/Armadillo Auriemmo 2nd/David gong
U1900: 1st/Salil Surendran    2nd/Paul Elliott
Junior Doubles: Troy Davis/Jeffrey Ashkin
U2800 Doubles: John Grifing/Joe rigdon
U3500 Doubles: Tom Griffin/Elias Gomez

Sunday Events
U1800: 1st/Stan Gee           2nd/Raj Gopal
U2000: 1st/Ethan Jin          2nd/Min Xu
Open:  1st/Pablo Perez        2nd/Guido Schnabel
Open Doubles: Chris Obrian/Jim McQueen
Open Hardbat: 1st/Chris Obrian   2nd/DJ Settle

Look for January tournament coming soon!