John Rose won the second 41-point Handicap Club Tournament!
Congratulation to John Rose, our champion of the second KTTC 41-point Handicap Club Tournament. On April 7th, 2015, KTTC hosts a club tournament using the USATT 41-point handicap system. The tournament uses single elimination format and 16 brave souls showed up to compete. The tournament is one of our club fun events and every player will put in $3.00 for the prize money pool. The winner takes 50% of the pool money (Enough to buy a round of beer for all members! John, are you listening…) and 1st runner-up will take 25% of the pool money. (Enough to buy at least a six-pack!)
Since there was no seeding in this tournament, the draw was done by the players themselves. The tournament was quite a nerve-wrecking experience especially for those with higher USATT rating players. There are many upsets as well. Nadeem has played above his level to beat second seed (in terms of rating) Fran to advance to quarter final only to find Dong has to use his prowess in his looping to defeat Nadeem to the semi-final! Dong eventually has to maximize his spinning serve and power looping to beat Corey in the semi-final.
On the other bracket, John Rose has made great stride in defeating top seed Ely and Jonathan with his strong back hand smash and service angle to make it to the final.
During the final, Dong has made a huge effort to tie the match at 35 point. Dong then took the next two points to lead 37:35. John, however, does not waver, and uses his solid defense to win the next two points to tie the match at 37. The pair ties the match at 38 and 39 and John in end pulled off the last two points to win the final with 41:39! Once again, congratulation to John Rose in winning the tournament.
Thanks every one for participating the event and we hope every one had a great time. We will see you in our next club tournament.
The full tournament results:
1st Round:
Ely beats Nic 42-40
John beats Yong 41-30
Jonathan beats Kathy 41-33
Kermit beats Archie 41-39
YuKun beats Ruth 43-41
Corey beats Geoff 41-33
Dong beats Woody 41-35
Nadeem beats Fran 41-26
2nd Round:
John beats Ely 41-17
Jonathan beats Kermit 44-42
Corey beats YuKun 41-28
Dong beats Nadeem 41-33
Semi-Finals:
John beats Jonathan 41-25
Dong beats Corey 41-38
Final:
John beats Dong 41-39