I assume that you've come to this page to find a little bit more
about me, Greg Letts, author and webmaster here at Greg's Table
Tennis pages. So here is the condensed version of my Table Tennis
Resume.
1970
Date of birth - didn't do much table tennis-wise that year.
1986
Played first junior tournament - 3 months later tried out
for junior State Training squad and was accepted. Went to
first Australian National Junior Championships as an Under
17 State Team Member for Western Australia. Playing style
was a defender/blocker with normal rubbers.
1987
Went to second National Junior Championships. Became qualified
State Umpire. Was number 1 Under 17 male for Western Australia.
1989
Went to first National Championships as an attacker.
1990
Went to second National Championship as an attacker.
1992
Went to third National Championships as a combination bat
attacker using anti-spin. Qualified as National Umpire and
umpired the Ladies Doubles final (I think!)
1995
Went to fourth National Championships, this time as a combination
bat defender with medium pimples. Also played two National
League matches for the Perth Power, against the Sydney Smashers
and the Cairn Taipans(!?).
2004
Went to fifth National Championships as an old man and a
combination bat defender. Qualified as an International Umpire.
Became assistant coach of the State Junior Team.
2005
Began Greg's Table Tennis Pages in February. Looking to qualify
as a Level 1 Coach and progress to Level 2 in the near future.
Played in sixth National Championships. Achieved World
Ranking of 916, Commonwealth ranking of 32,
and Australian ranking of 20,
according to the ITTF website at www.ittf.com, as of September
2005.
Won Mens Singles, Mens Doubles, and Mixed Doubles at WA State
Open.
2007
Competed in eighth National Championships. Won seventh Mens
Doubles title at WA State Open. Won Overall Grand Prix competition
for the first time.
I have also been ranked in the top 10 players in Western Australia
in every year I have competed since about 1988, as an attacker in
the late 80's, a combination bat defender for most of the 90's,
a speed gluing attacker in 2003 and part of 2004, and once again
a combination bat defender since April 2004. I was ranked #1 male
in Western Australia for 2006.
Click here
to watch the final game in the 2004 Australian Nationals between
myself and Kyle Davis , the top Australian junior boy and current
Mens #5 ranked player. The username and password to access this
video is gttp4.
UPDATE: Click on the links to watch some recent matches
(which I won!) from the 2005 Australian Open , including the 1st
game (~30MB) and final
game (~30MB) against Kamalesh Tharmasuthan (World ranking #849
as of September 2005), and the final
game against Chamara Fernando (~30MB) (World ranking #890 as
of September 2005). Again, the username and password is gttp4.
UPDATE 2: I've added a video
of the first game between Shane Laugesen of New Zealand and
myself. Naturally, this is the game where I did the best - what
did you expect? ;)
