El Paso Table Tennis

2013 Summer Slam V Aug 17th

Our 5th annual Summer Slam Tournament

Aug 17th, 2013

Group A

Mark Flores

Mark Flores

Mark Flores, first place, division A

Mark Flores, first place

Mark Flores($120) looped smoothly while playing safe and smart taking the title from a fast declining Coach Nordby($80)

Gustavo Martinez, 3rd, and Cristian Botez, 4th

Gustavo Martinez, 3rd, and Cristian Botez, 4th

Gustavo($60) played well, showing his power, finishing 3rd over a hard-working blocking machine in Cristian($40)



Group B

Chinoz, 1st and ChaeSun, 2nd

Chinoz, 1st and ChaeSun, 2nd

Chinoz played well after his initial tough loss which put him in Group B. ChaeSun also played solidly in taking 2nd.



Group C

Luc Longpré, 2nd, and Sean Ko, 1st

Luc Longpré, 2nd, and Sean Ko, 1st

Sean Ko played solid defense and showed his new looping prowess in taking the title over steady Luc Longpré



U-3350 Doubles

Gopin and Compton, 1st, Ko and Botez, 2nd

Gopin and Compton, 1st, Ko and Botez, 2nd

Mike Gopin and Robert Compton($60) dominated this event not losing a game in 4 matches
Cristian and Sean($40) beat the defending champs Luc/Gustavo to take 2nd in a tough 3-2 match.



A special thanks to Carney and Leif for joining our event !

Michael Gopin forehand

In a rare moment, Mike shows great form and cat-like movement at the same time on this big forehand


See the tournament announcement here (.pdf).