Another Tournament Opens – Spring Slam 2012
The posters were up, the seedings out, the players ready, the stage set, and pizza (albeit late) was served. That unique combination of preparation, desire, competition, unrelenting focus, and...
View ArticleThe Action Continues – Spring Slam 12 Night 2
1 night. 9 matches. 11 competitors. 1 finalist. 10 sent packing. So it was with another exciting evening of Championship Table Tennis at the Colburn School. The first match of the night saw the...
View ArticleSemifinal Night #2 – Spring Slam 2012
With the second seed Christopher Zack running the tables and making it to the finals the week before, we would see how this side fared against the reigning champ Jeremy Berry, the clear favorite to...
View ArticleA Champion! Spring Slam 2012
Four weeks of competition, 28 competitors, and one ridiculously awesome marching band preceded this moment. Timmy “The Upset King” Yu, the slayer of Champions, the bringer of heat, faced off against...
View ArticleA new season – fall 2012
The storylines are all around us as perhaps the biggest, baddest season of Championship Table Tennis at the Colburn School gets underway. Our first night was light, as number of matches goes, but...
View ArticleFall 2012 tourney – the drama continues
Although we couldn’t have asked for a better opening night, somehow, someway the second night surpassed it. The top seeds rolled, middle seeds pushed, and former finalists, well, struggled. Yes,...
View ArticleSpring 2013 Tournament – The Beginning
“Every conflict must have a beginning.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War We stand now at the beginning – that period of innocence before the upcoming storm. That time before battle where we eerily sense the...
View ArticleSpring 2013 Tournament – The Middle
“The Middle. Where the battlefield matures through the beginning and winds toward a conclusion that will shape nations, peoples, and society.” Carl Von Clausewitz, On War The middle of any...
View ArticleFall 2013 Season Underway!
And it’s upon us. As of this writing, the 2013 Fall Season of Championship Table Tennis at the Colburn School is in full swing, with the fast and furious ONE-NIGHT-ONLY! Doubles tournament in the...
View ArticleSpring 2013 – The Main Story of this Tournament as I see it
Last semester, history was made. Coming off one of the narrowest losses in finals history the semester before, Greg Cardi returned to the final show last semester only to face perhaps his toughest...
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