We have a lot of makeup games yesterday and more close fights.
Group Y finished all their games. David Ho and Chris Tam came back. Results and positions are shown in here.
Of note, Chris bought a new paddle while in HK, still jet lag but had a spirited run. He now uses a DHS Hurricane 3 (no. 19?) _George has 1 rubber like that and an Donic Acuda S2
http://oneofakindtrading.com.au/dhs-hurricane3-no19.htm
http://www.tabletennisdb.com/rubber/donic-acuda-s2.html
Group S still has the following unfinished matches because Victor could not make it back from New Jersey:. Victor against John, Kathy, Sonny John against Cathy.
In Group S, 2 players finished all their rounds (Andrew with 8 points and George with 10 point). George ranked third behind Sonny who has 12 points and 1 game to play and John with 8 points with 2 games to play)
Of note: John arrived without his paddle, “complained” like crazy, rent a paddle and finally bought a completely new paddle from MTTC (Donic Blue fire M-1 rubber?) and was the biggest winner and hardest fighter in this group. He has 8 points in 3 games (two 5 setters with Andrew which he won and then with Sonny which he was leading 2-0, according to Sonny and blew out in the 5th)
http://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/tt-rubber-donic-bluefire-m1
Likely scenario in playoffs:
Group Y #1 Michael Luk plays Group S #2 John Kan (likely outcome based on points and games to play) in SF Group Y #2 David Ho plays Group S #1 Sonny Sie (ditto, he already has the most points in all group at 12) in SF
Position 5-6 is between #3 in each group (Wilfred and likely George in a battle of Cl 69 honours)
Position 7-8 is between #4 in each group (Jeff and likely Andrew who picked up 5 precious points yesterday, 2 from John and 3 from Kathy in Group S)
The rest are too early to tell and Andrew will have to decide whether #5 in Group Y plays Number 5 & 6 in Group S to decide ranking 9 – 11. Kathy is entitled to handicaps.
Questions from Sonny: How do you tell the characteristic and suitability of each type of rubber?
Depending on your style of play, you are either looking for control, spin or tackiness etc It’s an easy read:
http://www.tabletennis.gr/table-tennis-blade-and-rubbers-choise.html.
Happy swinging and see all next Saturday.