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The Colorado Springs Open
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2006 Colorado Springs Open
Table Tennis Tournament |
From I-25, take Exit 141 (US-24) and head east on Cimmaron Street. Turn right on South Wahsatch Ave. Turn left on East Fountain Blvd. Turn Right on South Institute St.
If you'd like to join the tournament staff, please contact me.
I've been on the tournament staff of this event since 1985, and we're always looking for volunteers to help with setup and takedown, umpire, or help at the control desk.
The Colorado Springs Open Table Tennis Tournament was first held in 1983 under the name the Seven-Up Open. The event has been held every year since, with the exception of 1988, 1996, and 2005.
The Colorado Springs Open is hosted by the Pikes Peak Table Tennis Club and the Rocky Mountain Table Tennis Association, and is sanctioned by USA Table Tennis.
The objective of this event is to provide Rocky Mountain area athletes a chance to compete in a high quality tournament, and provide a high level of competition. We look forward to continuing this annual event in the future.
A highlight of
the tournament is the annual presentation of the Paul Cracraft
Memorial Sportsmanship Award. This award is presented to an athlete
who, through his attitude, makes this tournament, and our sport, more
enjoyable. Past winners of the award join the tournament staff in
voting on each year's winner.
Past results are presented in the table below, with links available for detailed results. If you have any information I'm missing, please contact me.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Sportsmanship |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Insook Bhushan | Bohdan Dawidowicz | - |
| 1984 | Bohdan Dawidowicz | Howard Grossman | - |
| 1985 | Insook Bhushan | Diana Gee | - |
| 1986 | Insook Bhushan | Dhiren Narotam | Thavaj Ananthothai |
| 1987 | Sean O'Neill | Dhiren Narotam | Dennis Gresham |
| 1988 | No event held | ||
| 1989 | Huang Tong Sheng | Xu Hua Zhang | Dennis Hwang |
| 1990 | Huang Tong Sheng | Bohdan Dawidowicz | David Sudduth |
| 1991 | Todd Sweeris | Li Ai | Andy Witherow |
| 1992 | Bohdan Dawidowicz | Bernie Pietrak | Toni Gresham |
| 1993 | Martin Vostry | Bohdan Dawidowicz | Carlos Barrientos |
| 1994 | Nan Li | Sai Kwok | Martin Vostry |
| 1995 | Sai Kwok | Eric Benton | ? |
| 1996 | No event held | ||
| 1997 | Zhenshi Li | Yi Liu | Daniel Hambleton |
| 1998 | Nan Li | Daniel Edelaar | Vladimir Gluzov |
| 1999 | Jim Doney | Alex Vizelman | Dennis Heath |
| 2000 | Francisco Mendez | Scott Preiss | Chris Leach |
| 2001 | Francisco Mendez | Parviz Mojaverian | Rick Massoth |
| 2002 | John Leach | Scott Preiss | Tom Wintrich |
| 2003 | Emilia Ciosu Gheorge | Francisco Mendez | Max Hamilton |
| 2004 | Emilia Gheorghe | Dung Nguyen | Tommy Latimer |
| 2005 | No event held | ||
| 2006 | Mi Li | Richard McAfee | Jon Redman |