Nov 02 2011

**VIDEO** Pt. 1&2 – 4th Annual Seattle Table Tennis Championships Open Single Final GLTTC Oct 30 2011 Billy Ding vs Xia Jiwei (new SPTTC Coach from China)




Hey everyone!

WOW, what a great tournament it was up at GLTTC! I was there and Kim did a fantastic job. I was amazed at the turnout for a non-sanctioned tournament AMAZING! AND… here is the Open Single Final that I recorded from the side lines. Sorry for any camera issues. I found out after that I didn’t have it on the HD setting but it seemed to have good quality anyhow.

Here’s some great info about the winner that Kim Goldov sent me…

Xia Jiwei, age 21, is an aggressive right handed, shake-hand looper. Jiwei
began his professional career at age 14 when he was selected to play for
Team Beijing. At age 17. he was invited to play in the Japanese
professional League and University League. His current USATT estimated
rating is 2625, placing him among the top elite US players. In last 8
years, Xia Jiwei has achieved many impressive accomplishments including,

· Men’s Single champion at Chinese junior “Olympic Star Cup”

· Many times Men’s Single Champion of Tian Jin City (third largest city in
China)

· Semi-finalist of Osaka International Invitational

· Men’s Single champion at Japanese University Games

Xia is currently on the coaching staff at the Seattle Pacific Table Tennis
Club in Bellevue, WA.

Oct 27 2011

Week 16 rating correction Groups 2 & 3

Hey everyone,

I got an email from Joe Romanosky and talked with Joseph Calugas about this weeks ratings. In ALL fairness we decided that NO OTHER PLAYER should be penalized if we underestimate a new player’s rating (or someone that has not attended our club in a long time and has become significantly better)

Here are the new results and how we have compensated for the situation…

New PSTTC rating guidelines have been updated at:

www.pugetsoundtabletennis.com/ratings

Quick Overview:

1 – If someone gets a 75 or 100 point adjustment AND wins 4 & 0 the other players will only lose the difference of their rating BEFORE league and the “4 & 0” winner’s rating AFTER league DIVIDED IN HALF. Example: loss is -50 so instead the loss is -25 .

2 – ALSO, we decided to put a -100 cap on how much you can lose in one night. This will prevent an unjust large reduction in points. (REMEMBER that if you lose the max -100 and you should not be that low, our new rating system will adjust you right back up the next week for winning 3 or 4 matches)

3 – Finally, we noticed situations where 3 & 0 winners were NOT benefiting at all or only by 1 or 2 points for beating 3 out of 4 people so we decided to install a 3 & 0 bonus of 5 points on top of what you would normally have won.

Here are the new score sheets for Groups 2 & 3