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2 Comments on “South Park Table Tennis Club Results for 03-04-08”

1. Ron Jezeskie
   October 15th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

   I visited South Park Table Tennis Club on 10/14/08 and at first glance nice place to play. Then being new didn’t know my way around place and was walking between two table to the mens room when a guy grabbed my shoulder and said where are you going. No one should touch anyone and was very unhappy about this. Then my friend who was there befor and was in the computer, who had a rating and I were put in the very last grouping where I was able to beat several of the players with my left hand and I am right handed. I will never return to this table tennis club and will advise anyone who would be going there not too. I have visited other Table Tennis Clubs like one in Carlisle and one in Columbus Ohio and would very much recommend them as well as the Table Tennis club I belong to in Johnstown, PA.

   Being Truthful.

2. Chris Bailey
   October 15th, 2008 at 11:21 pm

   Thanks for the feedback Ron, even if it is negative.

   Not having witnessed the incident you mention, it sounds as if you were walking behind or beside players during a point in a match. I can’t think of any other reason for the reaction you received.

   If that’s the case, you made an error in table tennis etiquette. While I personally wouldn’t have grabbed your shoulder, some people are more “touchy feely” than others and you were violating their “space”. I extend my apologies that you were offended by that.

   I’ll be emailing you after I post this response for more info.

   Regarding which table you were placed on, if you don’t have an established club rating or an established USATT rating, we don’t have much to go on.

   The players on the table above you may have also been able to beat the players on your table with their non-playing hand. Which of these established players should we have bumped in favor of you as a player of unknown skill level.

   It takes a few weeks for a new player to work his or her way up or down to the correct level if we are off on the initial rating.

   I’m sorry your experience wasn’t a positive one. Speaking from personal experience of about 15 years on and off attending the club, I can only say that your experience is the exception rather than the rule.

   If you ever change your mind and decide to visit again, look me up.

   Best wishes for continued growth and success for your Johnstown club. If I’m ever in the area, I’ll swing by.

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