FEATURES

USATT Junior of the Month: Atha Fong

by Wallace Liu

10

USATT Club of the Month: San Diego TT Association

by Neil Smyth

14

USATT League of the Month: Long Beach TTCL

by Christopher Karadjov

14

Reminiscences

by Steve Isaacson

17

2005 Mark Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award Winners:

Leah Thall Neuberger & Thelma “Tybie” Thall Sommer

by Tim Boggan

20

Let’s Talk About Improving Umpiring...

by Jack Howard

55

Interview with “Big Whack” Director Jim Scott

by Sean O’Neill

73

Stiga Big Whack and the Portland School League

by Sean O’Neill

74

TOURNAMENTS

$16,000 Meiklejohn North American Senior Open

by Tim Boggan

24

World University Championships

by Shashin Shodhan

32

South Florida U.S. Open Warm Up

by Terese Terranova

68

New Jersey Open

by Alan Williams

70

USA Regional Tournament Writeups

27

Results: USATT and ITTF

30

2006 U.S. OPEN

Men’s Singles

by Richard McAfee

34

Women’s Singles

by Dave Fullen

42

Men’s Doubles

by Richard McAfee

50

Women’s Doubles

by Dave Fullen

50

Hardbat Events

by Tim Boggan

51

Under 2600 and Under 2400 Events

by John Paul

51

Senior Events . . .  and Umpiring

by Tim Boggan

52

Juniors

by Alan Williams

55

Results

56

COACHING

Basics Corner: Backhand Flip

by Glenn Tepper

57

Tips of the Month

by Carl Danner

57

The Little Things Count: The Fishing of Vladimir Samsonov

by Wei Wang

76

USATT AND OTHER NEWS

Short Stuff

9

Cartoon

10

President’s Report

by Sheri Pittman

16

Treasurer’s Report

by Tong Lee

16

Board Listing

17

An Official’s View

by Azmy Ibrahim

18

Senior Corner

by Olga & Stan Kahan

18

They Said It!

by Larry Hodges

22

Obituaries: John Schneider

23

Table Tennis on “Get Smart”

57

Ye Holy Ratings

by NATT

60

USATT Tournament Schedule

65

ON THE COVER: 

2006 U.S. Open Men’s Singles Champion
Aleksandar Karakasevic

Photo by NATT ©2006;
Cover Design by Tom Nguyen ©2006