- 2011 Decatur Open -

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Last Updated: (08/28/2011)

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20th annual Decatur Open, August 20, 2011. Aquadome Recreation Center, Decatur, AL
(See last year's results)

The tournament starts in: (days:hrs:mins:secs)

Congratulations:

The 2011 Decatur Open champion is John Mar of Atlanta. He defeated Yuichi Kageyama of Franklin, Tenn., 4-2 in the finals.

From Where: Players hail from 6 different states! (AL, FL, GA, TN, TX, MS)
Traveling the farthest: Brandon Gardner, Hurst, Texas

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The Shirt: See this year's design!
2010 action video: Last year, Juergen Beck of Freedom Light Productions did a splendid video on the tournament.
Click here to watch the 1 minute, 15 second video. It'll be worth your time.

The Draw: The draw, showing who is playing in which round robin groups in the morning, will be printed in The Decatur Daily on Saturday, the morning of the tournament. Buy your copy!


*Ratings posted on USATT web site Aug. 12 will be used for the draw.

The Players:
(69 players are entered as of 7/25/2011, 10 PM CDT. Ratings were updated on 8/12!)
The field is limited to 71 players. This year the first 69 entries sold out Monday, July 25!!

Congratulations to Yuichi Kageyama, 2238, and Herb Bennett, 1624, for winning the two eBay spots into the Decatur Open.

Tournament directors are Chip Patton and Michael Wetzel (IU/CR). Committee members are Fred B. Mitchell II,
Ernesto Kawamoto, Michael Harris, Ken Potts and Logan Wetzel.

	Name	City	State	Club	USATT Rating
	John Mar (2011 champion)	Lawrenceville	GA	AGTTA	2296
	TJ Beebe (1996 champion)	Marietta	GA	AGTTA	2256
	Yuichi Kageyama (2011 finalist)	Franklin	TN	Nashville TTC	2238
	Liedy Handoko (2009 semifinalist)	Cordova	TN	Memphis TTC	2076
	Ujwal Shrestha (2009 quarterfinalist)	Birmingham	AL	Magic City TTC	2025
	Corey VanWagner	Fairburn	GA	FCTTA	2011
	Brandon Gardner (2011 quarterfinalist)	Hurst	TX	Extreme TT	1989
	Barnabas Gonzalez (2011 quarterfinalist)	Vestavia Hills	AL	BumperNets	1930
	Tommie Dailey	Birmingham	AL	Magic City TTC	1925
	Reginald Wilson	Memphis	TN	Memphis TTC	1899
	Andrew Davis	Pell City	AL	BumperNets	1863
	Adrian Nuta	Brentwood	TN	Newgy TTC	1853
	Carmen Bejaran	Wilsonville	AL	RRATT	1849
	Scott Landon	Tallahassee	FL	Tallahassee TTC	1845
	Ronald Peters	Brewton	AL	LATTC	1840
	L.A. Johnston (2011 quarterfinalist)	Pensacola	FL	Pensacola TTC	1829
	Chris Quesada	Pensacola	FL	Pensacola TTC	1826
	Sean Brown	Montgomery	AL	Montgomery	1818
	Carl Lewis Sr.	Memphis	TN	Memphis TTC	1809
	Kui Zhang	Vestavia Hills	AL	Magic City TTC	1808
	David Budenstein	Niceville	FL	Pensacola TTC	1802
	Jeff Bogda	Collierville	TN	Memphis TTC	1800
	Kin Chan	Madison	AL	NATTC	1792
	Kareem Olugbenga	Smyrna	GA	AGTTA	1771
	Alex Lehocky	Smyrna	TN	Newgy TTC	1770
	Roger Dickson	Portland	TN	Newgy TTC	1770
	Xinhua (Henry) Yin	Hoover	AL	BumperNets	1747
	David Cashwell	Valley	AL	RRATT	1740
	Chris King	Birmingham	AL	BumperNets	1736
	Iliyan Arabov	Alabaster	AL	BumperNets	1718
	Scott Lane	Collierville	TN	Memphis TTC	1690
	Denis Fritchie	Cordova	TN	Memphis TTC	1688
	Michael Harris	Anniston	AL	NEATT	1681
	Ping Huang	Auburn	AL	Auburn	1670
	Trevor Chan	Madison	AL	NATTC	1655
	Yang Xiao	Tuscaloosa	AL	UATTC	1649
	David Girdner	Clarksville	TN	Knoxville TTC	1646
	Ed Watts	Huntsville	AL	NATTC	1619
	Harry He	Birmingham	AL	BumperNets	1598
	Herb Bennett	Hattiesburg	MS	USMTTC	1583
	Tson Chan	Madison	AL	NATTC	1559
	Joseph Fonbah	Northport	AL	UATTC	1537
	Christopher Hardin	Cordova	TN	Memphis TTC	1533
	Yuan He	Hoover	AL	BumperNets	1464
	John Ingouf	Decatur	AL	NATTC	1461
	Glenn Tillery	Huntsville	AL	NATTC	1430~ (UR)
	Renee Chan	Madison	AL	NATTC	1366
	Danny Feldman	Homewood	AL	BumperNets	1334
	Xuejing Xing	Huntsville	AL	NATTC	1317
	Collin Fullerton	Huntsville	AL	NATTC	1288
	Shannon Bishop	Decatur	AL	NATTC	1269
	Fred B. Mitchell II	Athens	AL	NATTC	1266
	Bill Sutton	Montgomery	AL	Montgomery	1261
	Jonathan Gonzalez	Vestavia Hills	AL	BumperNets	1261
	John Banot	Newnan	GA	AGTTA	1256
	Keaton Lindsay	Milton	FL	Pensacola TTC	1250~(UR)
	Gary Luther	Glencoe	AL	NEATT	1243
	Dongning He	Hoover	AL	BumperNets	1211
	Olutosin Okunoren	Memphis	TN	Memphis TTC	1198
	Ken Potts	N. Richland Hills	TX	Texas	1189
	Russell Hampton	Decatur	AL	NATTC	1150~ (UR)
	Glen Strachan	Stockbridge	GA	AGTTA	1143
	Umar Brown	Birmingham	AL	BumperNets	1138
	Kevin Huynh	Pelham	AL	BumperNets	1076
	Brandon Sublett	Birmingham	AL	BumperNets	1038
	Clay Richardson	Montgomery	AL	Montgomery	1004
	Lorna Yin	Hoover	AL	BumperNets	986
	Paul Atchison	Birmingham	AL	BumperNets	978
	Mariana Diaz	Germantown	TN	Memphis TTC	941
	Celeste Fong	Madison	AL	NATTC	817
	Supakan Jeed Banot	Newnan	GA	AGTTA	656

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