NOW REGISTERING FOR MAY 4-5, 2018 TOURNAMENT
LAKELAND TABLE TENNIS ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF ORANGE BLOSSOM SERIES
The Lakeland Table Tennis Association in beautiful Lakeland, Florida has announced a significant expansion of their very popular Florida Orange Blossom Table Tennis Series Tournaments for the 2018 season. Lakeland will host six major USATT sanctioned quality tournaments during the season in the spectacular Table Tennis Series. This is an increase from four tournaments in the series during the past several years. All the two-star sanctioned tournaments will be held at the Simpson Park Community Center in Lakeland, Florida. The tournament will have 24 Butterfly tables available for the exciting, competitive events.
GREAT 2018 SEASON!
Brad Woodington, the President of the Lakeland Table Tennis Association, emphasized the importance of continuing and expanding the series to six high quality tournaments. Athletes will earn Series Points at each of the six Lakeland tournaments, depending on what place they finish in their particular class of competition. Series points are awarded in all classes and players in each class have a real chance to earn series points and compete for the awards to be presented at the end of the 2018 season.
COLOSSAL ROUND ROBIN!
All six tournaments will utilize the popular Colossal Round Robin format, with 11 players in each class during a full tournament. This format allows up to 10 matches during the tournament day against quality opponents. A special pizza, soft drink and bottled water lunch is complimentary to all players.
FRIDAY NIGHT EVENTS!
In addition to the USATT Sanctioned tournament, held on Saturdays beginning at 9:00 a.m., there will also be three extra Friday night events beginning at 6:00 p.m. The three events include a USSTTA sanctioned tournament (Sandpaper), a SBBTTA sanctioned tournament (44mm Big Ball), and a championship Doubles Tournament. Athletes may enter one, two or all of the Friday night events. The Friday night events will all finish on Friday night with trophies awarded to the top four places.
PRIZES AND TROPHIES!
Over $2100.00 will be available during the fabulous two-day tournaments, with trophies presented to the top four places in each class of competition. Players may join the USATT or purchase a tournament pass to compete in the Saturday Colossal Round Robin. USATT Membership is not required for the three events on Friday night. Players who compete in the USSTTA sandpaper event automatically become a member and those who compete in the SBBTTA (44 mm Big Ball) event also become an automatic member at no cost for membership.
REGISTER TODAY ON-LINE!
Registration is available on-line for all the events at the Lakeland Table Tennis Website, along with a great detail of information about the tournament, the local club, directions and weekly play. You can view the website at: http://www.floridatt.com/lakelandtt
SUNSHINE STATE GAMES--TABLE TENNIS COMING TO LAKELAND, FL
SUNSHINE STATE GAMES--TABLE TENNIS COMING TO LAKELAND, FL
The Florida Sports Foundation has announced the schedule for the very popular Sunshine State Games 2018. Table Tennis again is one of the premier events being offered. Players from all over the state and beyond are sure to be in attendance for this special championship event.
A new event has been added to the exciting list available to players. The new event will be provided for players who are Age 50 and above with the added bonus of this event being a qualifier for the Florida Senior Games State Championship. Only the first 32 seniors will be registered, so be sure to register as soon as possible to claim your position in the event. This 50+ Age event is not a USATT event, so USATT membership is not required.
Registration is now open. You can register Online and find out all the details about this great Table Tennis event at the following website: http://www.flasports.com/ssg-table-tennis/
TABLE TENNIS EVENTS AVAILABLE:
Saturday, June 16
9:00 a.m. – Under 1325 RR Singles
10:00 a.m. – Under 2100 RR Singles
10:00 a.m. – Sandpaper RR Singles
11:30 a.m. – Under 1700 RR Singles
1:00 p.m. – Under 2500 RR Singles
2:30 p.m. – Under 1875 RR Singles
4:00 p.m. – Under 1450 RR Singles
5:30 p.m. – Under 2200 RR Singles
Sunday, June 17
9:00 a.m. – Under 1800 RR Singles
10:30 a.m. – Open RR Singles
Noon – Under 2000 RR Singles
Noon – Senior 50+ RR Singles 32 player max
1:30 p.m. – Under 1575 RR Singles
3:00 p.m. – Under 2300 RR Singles
3:00 p.m. – Super Big Ball 44 RR
SPECIAL HOTEL RATES FOR ALL LAKELAND TOURNAMENTS
The Lakeland Table Tennis Association has reached an agreement with Ramada Lakeland to provide lodging for players who enter any of the tournaments in Lakeland, Florida during the 2018 season. The special rate will be only $59.95. This fabulous Wyndham Hotel Group property is located only one mile north of the Lakeland Tournament site. Be sure to reserve your rooms in advance, as the rooms are expected to fill up quickly.
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