Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Junior International Team Trials (2/19-2/21)

JITT this year proved to be even more exciting than in all the past years. Well over two hundred kids gathered over President's Day Weekend at CBA to compete for the opportunity to represent the U.S. for international junior tournaments. And perhaps the most exciting news is that the Bintang Team qualified the most players for the U.S. Team! We had a total of 11 team members qualify -- the most of any club in all of the U.S.

And one truly amazing achievement too is that we had at least one, and in most cases 2 and even 3, team members place top four in boy's singles in every single age category! That truly reflects the depth our team carries. Good job to everyone -- you make us proud.

Results from our team as follows (I have listed anyone who placed in top 6). Those marked with asterisk have qualified for the U.S. Team:

U11BS
1st - Karthik Kalyanasundaram*

U11BD
6th - Eric Duong/Karthik Kalyanasundaram

U13BS
3rd - Gokul Kalyanasundaram*
4th - Bryce Kan*

U13BD
3rd - Bryan Kan/Ethan Low
4th - Stephen Ding/Gokul Kalyanasundaram

U15BS
1st - Justin Ma*
3rd - Eric Cheung*

U15BD
3rd - Justin Ma/Timothy Lam
5th - Darren Lo/Alan Chuang

U17BS
3rd - Chetan Potu*
5th - Bryan Chow

U17GS
4th - Angela Lin*
5th - Lily Wen
6th - Cally Chung

U17BD
2nd - Ryan Ke/Chetan Potu*
5th - Bryan Chow/Kevin Chan

U17GD
3rd - Tiffany Chua/Angela Lin
5th - Cally Chung/Madeline Sporkert

U19BS
2nd - Randy Ma*
3rd - Daniel Chow*
4th - Charles Yang*

Full tournament results can be found here and here.

Pictures can be found here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3. Courtesy of Mrs. Sporkert. Enjoy!!!