Table Tennis - Tournament Report

Managed to get 4th place in the company conducted TT tournament. Largely due to the efforts and form of my partner Vikas Timmapur who is an awesome player. He tolerated me as I was always late for the matches and almost back to the seat while the last point in the match was being played ;-). ’Glassmates’ was our team name ;-)

More than playing I always love to watch games and make a writing on them. My cricket friends have read some of such ‘reports’ ;-). Though I did not get to watch most of the matches, I managed to write a small report of the tournament. Those interested in sports, TT, a bit of leg pulling can continue to read and let me know their feed back.

Disclaimer : No intentions to hurt anybody. Fun & Laughter is the final goal. Here we go -

Actiance TT Tournament – Report by Prashanth Ignatius

At last, we have a winner in the Actiance TT Tournament. ‘At last’, because some of the matches were real epics and never looked like getting over. It was manifested in the last 2 matches of the tournament. Both of them 5 setters and going down to the wire even in this ‘wireless age ’. The 2 teams playing the finals were the best of the lot and the other 2 who made it to the semi-finals came there with some good, gritty performances.

Team Velocity were good in planning and organizing the event and the crowd responded well with the last 2 matches getting the best attendance. Whistles, cheers, comments flowed. No scarce for laughter and enthusiasm was in plenty.

‘Glassmates’, who finished 4th were delicate and survived a big scare in their very first match against Amar & Tanya. It was a 30-40 team, ‘divided by age united by spirit’. Vikas Timmapur was popular among the crowd throughout the tournament and Prashanth Ignatius was cheered till salary for June was credited.

Abhilash & Prashanth Bangaloreanth Bangalore looked determined through out, not only in playing matches but also in arranging matches. Prashanth Bangalore who could not make it to the finals, now has to settle with his ‘Final Settlement’.

Runners, Sathish V & Sandeep Naphade were always in the favourites’ list. Sandeep’s game had a ‘stamp’ on the tournament, literally with those famous but opponent disturbing stamps of his. Sathish’s smashes were a ‘smash hit’ among the crowd. This ‘forties’ club made the younger rivals sweat even in the cold weather.

The Winners, Dheeraj Rajendraj & Rajesh made to the finals as expected. The newly wed Dheeraj was slow to start in the finals, but raised his game when it mattered. Rajesh was a perfect partner. They had a lot to talk between points and one wondered if it was about the game or something related to work. Holding their nerves in tensed moments has resulted in them holding the title now. Congrats to them. Hope they spend their cash prize well in treating the people who cheered for them in the finals.

Apart from these, there were a lot of people who added colour to the tournament with their presence and absence. While Ajay Madan, Dhina, Rama, brought their experience to the table, Arun/Varun gained it in their exit. While Suresh, Sridhar made it to the second round, those who did not advance, took solace in the snacks.

Sumanth, Shamanth, Deepan etc suffered with the ‘net effect’. Ladies played well and those who did not play, cheered well. Vinay, Manish, Prabhakar, Nupur are the players to look for in the next edition, provided the tables are little longer and wider. 

Krishna Pathangi has uploaded some matches on Youtube and don’t blame the net speed, he has done the video in slow motion.

For those who lost and are disappointed, TT is not everything in life..Velocity has planned Badminton, Carom, Wrestling in the coming months. Cheers.