El Paso Table Tennis

2011 Summer Slam III Aug 27th

Tournament Winners

Group A

1st Mark Nordby, 2nd Landry Nfonsam

Coach Nordby barely survives the new young guns Gustavo and Javier to capture 1st in Group A

Landry Nfonsam of Las Cruces (with no practice in months) hangs on for 2nd place
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Group B

1st Brad Balmer, 2nd Michael Gopin

After a tough loss in the opening group, Brad Balmer of Tucson AZ went on to play well in winning Group B

Michael Gopin had a similar day, playing better in the end to place 2nd in B
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Group C

1st Roy Laronde, 2nd Ronald Meeks

Roy Laronde of El Paso dominates Group C without losing a single game

Ronald Meeks of EP also plays solidly to earn 2nd place
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3200 doubles

1st Chae Sun Jimenez and Javier Rojas, 2nd Peter Merola and Robert Compton

Chae Sun Jimenez (EP) and Javier Rojas (Mex) defeat 3 of their 4 opponents in 5game nail-biters to win the 3200 Doubles and $80
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Peter Merola (Dallas) and Robert Compton (EP) win their group in a 3way tie that came down to points and then lose a tough 5-game match in the final but still win $50 for their efforts


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Tournament announcement flier (pdf).