Steve Foster won the first 41-point Handicap Club Tournament!

Congratulation to Steve Foster, our first champion of the first KTTC 41-point Handicap Club Tournament.  On March 25, 2014, 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 a dollar for the prize pool.  The winner takes 75% of the pool money (Enough to buy a few beers!) and 1st runner-up will take 25% of the pool money.  (Enough to buy at least one beer still!)

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 quite a few upsets as well.  Ruth has used her amazing long pips shots to confuse Nadeem into a dizzy night in the first round.   Nic has to upset three strong opponents Randy, Fran and Ely to make it to the final.  This includes an amazing net shot Nic has used to take Fran to a deuce game and won it with 42-40!

On the other bracket, Steve also has to upset Jonathan and Archie to make it to the final.  In the end, Steve was the last player standing by beating Nic with a score of 41-32.  Once again, congratulation to Steve Foster 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:
Kathy beats Geoff 43-41
Archie beats Eliot 41-39
Steve beats Jonathan 41-35
Dong beats Yong 41-35
Nic beats Randy 41-37
Fran beats Woody 41-34
Ely beats Kay 41-33
Ruth beats Nadeem 41-35

2nd Round:
Archie beats Kathy 41-33
Steve beats Dong 41-34
Nic beats Fran 42-40
Ely beats Ruth 41-37

Semi-Finals:
Steve beats Archie 41-24
Nic beats Ely 41-37

Final:
Steve beats Nic 41-32