Todd Gregory of Charlottetown defeated Mark Gregory also of Charlottetown 11-8 in the fifth and deciding game to capture the "A" Division at the recent P.E.I Marathon Tournament.  Todd Gregory went undefeated while Mark Gregory went 9-1 followed by Wade Gregory at 8-2.  The "B" Division was dominated by Robert Gao as he posted a 6-0 record in his division.  Second place went to Alex Younker as he edged out Marcus Llewellyn in a tie-breaker.  In the "A" Division doubles it was the duo of Yefang Jiang and Don Bolter who came out on top, beating Marcus Llewellyn and Eddie Jiang in the finals.  The following are the entire results:

P.E.I. Marathon

Divison "A"	Division "B"	Doubles "A" Division
Todd Gregory	Robert Gao	Yefang Jiang / Don Bolter
Mark Gregory	Alex Younker	Marcus Llewellyn / Eddie Jiang
Wade Gregory	Marcus Llewellyn
Yefang Jiang	Don Bolter
David Keenlyside	Chris Gallant
Eddie Jiang	Cameron Macdonald
	Darcy Norton

The Fall Classic was recently held in Charlottetown with Todd Gregory winning the "A" divison, Darcy Cudmore winning the "B" division and Robert Gao winning the "C" division.  Todd Gregory defended his title as he went 6-0 including a win over eventual runner up Mark Gregory.  Darcy Cudmore had his work cut out for him as he defeated Eddie Jiang in a hard fought match to take the "B" division, Jiang was the runner up.  The "C" division was much closer as it came down to a 3-way tie between Robert Gao, Alex Younker and Cynthia Cao, with Gao eventually coming out the winner and Younker taking the second position.  The tournament was a good way to start off the season and it looks like it will be another promising year for the P.E.I players.

The 2007/08 Schedule is finally up!  Look in the events section for the complete list.  Also if you are wondering about Quebec tournaments or other Canadian tournaments that you would like to attend then click on the link in the events section.

The PEI Men’s team captured Gold in the Atlantic Senior Men’s Team event for the third consecutive year at the Atlantic Table Tennis Championships held in Canning, Nova Scotia on the weekend. The team of Todd Gregory, Mark Gregory and Graham Forrester lost only two matches, defeating Newfoundland 4-1, the Nova Scotia 2 team 5-0 and claiming victory by a decisive 4 matches to 1 against the top ranked Nova Scotia team, comprised of Farhad Bakezadeh, Ian Kent and Michael Chatfield.

In Men’s Singles, Todd Gregory was runner-up, losing to Farhad Bakezadeh 14-12 in the seventh game of an exciting best of seven final, failing, by the narrowest of margins, in his bid to win this event for a fourth consecutive year. Gregory did repeat, however, as the Under 21 winner, defeating Michael Chatfield of Nova Scotia 2-0 in the final, and he teamed up with brother, Mark, to take Men’s Doubles, defeating Merv Greenham and Eric Cranford of Newfoundland.

Mark Gregory was runner-up in the Men’s 21-39 category, losing 11-9 to former Atlantic champion, Merv Greenham, of Newfoundland, in the fifth game of a closely fought final match. Evan Forrester, of Montague, was the winner of Under 900 Singles, defeating Carl Cudmore, also from PEI, in the final. Todd Gregory and Lucy Wang combined to win Mixed Doubles, defeating Bakezadeh and Theresa Yuill of Nova Scotia in the final and Mark Gregory and Ryan Forrester finished second in Men’s "B" Doubles, losing in the final to Greenham and Zachery Clarke of Newfoundland.

Also representing PEI at the event were Darcy Cudmore, Eddie Jiang, Cody Cudmore, Marcus Llewellyn, and Jefang Jiang. Coaches Wade Gregory, Najam Chishti, and Graham Forrester, were pleased with the province’s showing as the senior Men are continuing to be dominant in their events and junior players are showing steady improvement.

Mark Gregory earns Player of the Month honours!  See Player of the Month section for more details.

The P.E.I Open is set for April 21st at Stonepark school, the gym will be open at 8:30am and play will start at 9:00am.  The tournament will have a mens and womens division along with mens and womens junior divisions, there will also be open doubles and possibly junior doubles as well.  You will get lots of matches as I think it will be a round robin format.  Hope to see you there!

The 2007 Canada Winter Games squad from P.E.I got off to a rocky start in team play as they were defeated 12-0 by Manitoba and then lost 12-0 to Alberta, not to mention they were storm stayed in Halifax for a few days and got to the tournament without rest or practice.  They soon turned it around though, they lost to Newfoundland 7-6 in a tie - breaker but it was a much better result than the first two.  Cody Cudmore, Lucy Yang, Mohan Zhong, and Evan Forrester all won there singles matches against Newfoundland.  Cody Cudmore and Ryan Forrester won their doubles match and the Darcy Cudmore/Evan Forrester duo won their doubles aswell.  P.E.I then had to default two key matches forcing a tie - breaker where the mixed pair of Mohan Zhong and Evan Forrester lost in a heartbreaker 3-1. They then had to face the top ranked Quebec team losing 12-0 but with many close matches.  The team then took on Yukon. Defaulting 2 matches basically had them starting down 2-0 to the Yukon team, but P.E.I still made it a race to the finish but again getting the short end of the stick one more time losing 7-5.  Winning their singles matches were Lucy Yang, Mohan Zhong, Evan Forrester and Ryan Forrester.  Mabel Wang and Mohan Zhong then went on to win their doubles match to close out the team event.  P.E.I ended up placing 10th in the team event, singles is now in progress.

Brothers Darcy and Cody Cudmore won their divisions at the Nova Scotia Junior Marathon table tennis tournament in Dutch Settlement recently.  Cody was very impressive on the weekend winning the "B" divison with a perfect record of 7-0.  Darcy was also in fine form as he posted a 7-0 record as well to claim the "C" divison title.  It was not just the Cudmores who were shining though as the Forrester brothers also put up a strong showing.  Evan Forrester finished as the top islander with a 4-4 record in the "A" divison, and Ryan Forrester finished 2nd place in the "C" divison with a 6-1 record.  Newcomer Marcus Llewellyn was the surprise showing at the tournament, in only his first off island tournament he was able to grab 3rd place in the "C" division with a record of 4-3.  The Canada games team will now head off to the Yukon next week for the Canada Games, we wish them luck.

Recently at the P.E.I Island Closed tournament Hong Zhong was presented with an award for all his hard work, dedication, and his overall contribution to the P.E.I.T.T.A.  Hong is full deserving of this award as he rairly ever missed practice, he is on the P.E.I.T.T.A board, coaches some of the younger players, and also still manages to keep his game at a high level.  The P.E.I.T.T.A would just like to thank Hong for all he has done for the sport of Table Tennis in P.E.I and we wish him and Mohan (daughter) the best of luck when they move to B.C in March.  They will definitely be missed.

The P.E.I Island Closed tournament was held this past weekend in Charlottetown with Todd Gregory, Evan Forrester, Darcy Cudmore, Cody Cudmore and Mohan Zhong claiming the singles events.  Todd Gregory just edged out Mark Gregory in a nail biting final with a score of 3-2 to win the mens singles division.  Evan Forrester took the under 18 title after defeating fellow Canada Games team member Darcy Cudmore.  Darcy Cudmore then went on to win the under 600 ratings event sporting an impressive tournament.  The under 15 title was won by Cody Cudmore who is also a member of the Canada Games squad.  Mohan Zhong claimed the under 18 title as she cruised to victory to pick up the first place position.  In doubles it was Hong Zhong and Mohan Zhong defeating Todd Gregory and Marcus Llewellyn to win the "A" division doubles title with a perfect record of 3-0.  In the under 1600 ratings doubles it was the the older brothers teaming up to beat the younger brothers once again, Evan Forrester and Darcy Cudmore defeated Ryan Forrester and Cody Cudmore. Next up is the N.S junior marathon tournament for the Canada Games team, also Todd Gregory is heading to the National under 21 team selection camp.  Good luck to all next week.

The Island Closed tournament will be held at Holland College (practice area) February 10th.

Dutch Settlement Junior Marathon (Nova Scotia) February 17-18th

National Team Youth Challenge held in Gatineau February 17-18th

Canada Games Held in Yukon March 2nd

Just a reminder there is an open tournament in Truro coming up on January 13th, it will be a marathon tournament.

The 2006-2007 season has begun !!!  There will be 3 or 4 tournaments hosted by the P.E.I.T.T.A this year and we will be attending a couple of regional tournaments to N.S and N.B, also the Atlantics and Canadian Nationals.  The season began September 6th and will continue on until around the middle of June.  For information on the times and dates of tournaments visit the events section  and for times and dates of practices visit the schedule section.  Memberships are $50 + $5 (liability insurance) per person and $100 + $5 (liability insurance per person) for a family membership.  So come out to the royalty center (formerly Holland College) and show us what you got !

Prince Edward Island swept a number of major events at the Atlantic Table Tennis Championships held in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. Todd Gregory, of Charlottetown, won his third consecutive Men’s Singles title and the Prince Edward Island Men’s team earned its second Gold Medal in two years.

Gregory won 4 events in total, including Men’s Singles, Under 21 Singles, Men’s Doubles, in which he teamed up with his brother, Mark, and the Men’s Team event, with fellow team members, Mark Gregory, Graham Forrester and Wade Gregory.

In Men’s Singles, Gregory defeated Ian Kent of Nova Scotia 3-0 in the semi-final

and Farhad Bakezadeh, also of Nova Scotia, 4-1 in the best of 7 final.

In the Men’s Team event, the Nova Scotia team of Bakezadeh, Kent and Al Martel took an early 2-1 lead over the PEI team, creating a must-win situation for the Gregory brothers in their singles match-ups against the top two rated Nova Scotia players. Todd Gregory defeated Bakezadeh and in the deciding fifth match, Mark Gregory defeated former Atlantic champion, Ian Kent, to earn the PEI Men’s team the Gold Medal for the second consecutive year.

In Men’s Doubles, two teams from the Island reached the semi-finals. Mark and Todd Gregory defeated the Newfoundland team of Merv Greenham and Eric Cranford in 5 games (3-2) while the other Island team of Wade Gregory and Graham Forrester was knocked out by the top seeded Nova Scotia team of Farhad Bakezadeh and Al Martel 3-2. The Gregory brothers then defeated the Nova Scotia team 3-1 in the final to retain their 2005 title.

Islanders were also successful in the "D" Singles, in which Carl Cudmore of Charlotteown was the winner and Evan Forrester of Montague was runner-up. Stephen Desroches, Cody Cudmore and Ryan Forrester also had some excellent matches throughout the weekend, coming very close to knocking off some of the top seeds in their events.

In the Junior team events, both the PEI Boy’s team, consisting of Evan Forrester, Caleb Reid, Michael Wang and Darcy Cudmore, and the PEI Girl’s team of Mohan Zang and Lucy Yang, who teamed up with a Newfoundland player for the event, won Bronze. Winter Games Coach, Graham Forrester, was pleased with the performance of both Junior teams and will use the tournament to better assess the progress of his players as they build towards the 2007 Canada Winter Games.

Two special awards were presented to Islanders at the Tournament Banquet. Najam Chishti received an award for his tireless dedication to the sport of Table Tennis spanning 3 decades and Lucy Yang received the Mo Mohammed Fair Play Award.