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Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 07-08-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on July 8, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 22 players.

Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 07-01-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on July 1, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 29 players.

Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 06-24-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on June 24, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 25 players.

It was good to see Dan Seemiller back in his old stomping grounds.  Dan and his son, Dan Seemiller Jr. stopped by while visiting family and Dan Jr. was kind enough to hang around and take part in our Tuesday night league play, winning Table 1 with an 11-5 record.

The next stop for Dan and his South Bend Table Tennis Center crew is the 2008 U.S. Open in Las Vegas.

Passing of former South Park Table Tennis Club President Stan Carrington

The table tennis community lost one of its finest members on June 13 with the passing of former SPTTC President Stan Carrington.

Stan will be greatly missed by those of us who were fortunate enough to know him

Beltzhoover table tennis coach guided many young lives is found in the June 16 Tribune-Review.

Obituary info:

Stanley E. Carrington Sr.
Brentwood

Stanley E. Carrington Sr., 85, of Brentwood, died Friday, June 13, 2008.

He was born Sept. 24, 1922, and was a World War II veteran and a table tennis world champion.

He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Lois Jene (Owens) Carrington; five sons; a daughter; loving cousin Bonnie Campbell, and a host of other relatives.

He was known by many and loved by all. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME INC., 301 Curry Hollow Road, Pleasant Hills, where a service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Interment in Jefferson Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15235.

Banned and approved rubber list released by ITTF

The International Table Tennis Federation(ITTF) has released its most recent list of approved, and banned, table tennis racket coverings.

This list includes a number of current table tennis rubbers that will no longer be legal for tournament use after July 1, 2008.  Naturally, most of the newly banned rubbers are long pips.

Here is the list of Authorised Racket Coverings in PDF format from the ITTF site.

Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 06-17-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on June 17, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 21 players.

Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 06-10-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on June 10, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 28 players.

Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 06-03-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on June 3, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 25 players.

Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 05-27-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on May 27, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 24 players.

Pittsburgh’s South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 05-20-08

Tuesday night league results for the South Park Table Tennis Club in Pittsburgh on May 20, 2008.

Club turnout for this week was 31 players.