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Sumen Lama is a picture of concentration as he plays
against Master Lee in a friendly table tennis match
Wednesday evening at Plano’s Tom Muehlenbeck Recre-
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Paddle Masters
Table tennis enthusiasts showcase their skills
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when walk-
ing toward a
gymnasium
at a recre-
ation center,
the sound
one would
hear is the thud, thud, thud
of bouncing basketball balls
and the squeaks made by
tennis shoes as players run,
pivot and stop on a dime up
and down the court.
But not on this past
Wednesday evening at the Tom
Muehlenbeck Recreation Cen-
ter in west Plano. The sounds
| of basketball were replaced by
the plastic pings of white and
orange table tennis balls as
they bounced off paddles and
tables.
On Monday and Wednes-
day evenings. and Sunday
I afternoons at this Plano rec
center, half of the basketball
1 court is transformed into a
Grant Bergmann rests the ball in his hand before a serve.
haven for table tennis lovers.
On this night, 11 tables were
featured as dozens of table
tennis enthusiasts gathered
to hones their skills and take
part in friendly competition.
Viful Mhapsekar was one
of the players who came out
to test his paddle skills on
Wednesday. He said while
many of the players who
play at the rec center are
also members of the Plano
Table Tennis Club, it is not a
requirement. The only thing
that is required to come
out and play is a member-
ship to gain access into the
Plano Tom Muehlenbeck
had a great match of back
and forth volleys, and on the
table next to them, Sumen
Lama and Master Lee — he
says everyone calls him “Mas-
ter” — were hitting the balls
across the net at such pace I
think I may have suffered a
mild case of whiplash.
And then there was Grant
Bergmann, sporting his head-
band and playing with fierce
concentration in his eyes.
Grant was kind enough to
come visit with me as I took
photos of the action. He was
interested because, well, he
is also a photographer as well
as a table tennis lover. And
Recreation Center, and it was he mixes the two passions
obvious that you should bring and loves to take photos of
our own paddle and a few
balls to play as well.
And, and you also better
bring your “A game” because
after watching the action for
about 30 minutes it become
clear that many of the play-
table tennis events around
Dallas-Fort Worth. He men-
tioned some of his photos are
featured on the DFW Table
Tennis website as well.
So, if you are new to the
area, or new to table tennis,
Grant Bergmann (headband) not only loves to play table tennis, he loves to take photos — and loves to take photos of people
playing table tennis.
ers are not ones who just play and want to test your skills,
for the fun at a local bar or stop by the Tom Muehlen-
at a friend’s basement. These beck Recreation Center in
guys were good, really good, west Plano (membership is
and also quite competitive. required for the center) on
You could also tell by watch- Monday or Wednesday eve-
ing the players compete and nings, or Sunday afternoon,
interact that they are a tight or check the Plano Table
group — all sharing the love Tennis Club website for other
for the game. meet-ups and locations. You
Mhapsekar and Tony Zhu are sure to have some fun.
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true.”
Participants compete in of the competition are held play on a national stage, hard to get where I am
all three skills (Drive, Chip on practice areas, but the “I’d always watch my dad and I'm always working
and Putt) and hit three shots putting competition will take play,” Delaney said. “I didn’t to get better."
per skill for a total of nine place on the historic 18th really like playing [golf] at Delaney had to go
shots. Points are accumu- green at the Masters. first, but I liked watching through a series of qual-
lated per shot at each skill. Part of what makes Del- and riding in the golf cart, ifers to end p in Augus-
The overall champion in aney’s story so unique is that One day I said, ‘I want to try ta, Georgia. The first was
’the local qualifier at The
compete in
each division is determined she hasn’t been playing golf this’. After my first les-
by the participant with the for long. She gained an inter- son, I thought it was fun
most points accumulated est only four years ago by rid- and wanted to keep doing
between all three skills. The ing in the golf cart with her it. Golf wasn’t natural for
driving and chipping portion dad, and now she’s about to me, I had to work really
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competition.
“[Samantha] has giv-
en me a lot of really good
advice,” Delaney said.
“Before I made my 30-
foot putt in the qualifiers,
I touched my Masters ball
mark on my hat that she
gave me from when she
played in the competi-
Golf Clubs at the Tribute
in The Colony where she
had to place in the top
three. Next came the
sub-regional qualifier at
The Courses at Watters 1
Creek in Plano, which took a competitive environment,” tion and it’s my good luck
the top two finishers. The last Delaney said. “More impor- charm. She told me what to
step was the regional qualifi- tantly, it’sasafe environment expect and how it was going
er at The Alotian Club in Ro- where I’m not getting hit.” to go. She said it was a really
land, Arkansas, where only Although the tumor is still great experience and to have
the top finisher advanced. there, it has started to calci- fun and enjoy it.”
Delaney was also born with fy and hasn’t grown in quite Delaney’s 30-foot putt in
a rare tumor called Heman- some time, her father said, the Qualifiers to send her to
gioendothelioma.It’satumor As she’s grown, the tumor Augusta.
and mass of blood vessels has basically stayed the same “I definitely want to play
that’s in her liver. Because of size. She has to do annual golf in college,” Delaney said,
this condition, Delaney can’t checkups, but the doctors “I’d like to play at Oklahoma
play contact sports, which is continue to say everything or anywhere in Arkansas be-
why golf, a non-contact sport, looks great for the 12-year- cause they have really good
has become her escape and old, allowing her to live a programs. After college, I
passion, normal, healthy life while either want to play profes-
It's an opportunity for me playing golf. sionally or be a professional
to compete and play some- "The doctors told us they golf coach because I want to
thing I m passionate about in didn’t know if she would even teach people and have peo-
make it until she was seven ple learn about golf so they
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As Delaney has been gear- passion and a dream. A pas-
ing up for her trip, she’s had sion and dream that has led
help from a mentor along Delaney to the Masters.
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