2023 Knoxville Gold Dollar Fall Open Tournament Announcement

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Mark your calendar!

We are happy to announce that we will host our second tournament of the year, the Knoxville Gold Dollar Fall Tournament on October  21st, 2023.

This tournament format will be using a multi-stage Giant Round Robin format.  First stage will be a round robin with 8 groups of 6 players.  Every one will advance to the next stage.  Second stage will be Division A, B, C, D, E, F Round Robin with 2 groups of 4 players for each division.  Then the top two finishes from the second stage Divisional Round Robin will play a cross over semi-finals and finals.  Due to time constraint, we won’t have 3rd place match in this format.

We will continue to offer Upset Gold Dollars as well.  For those who are familiar with our Gold Dollar Upset format, the winner of every upset match played between two USATT rated players will receive Upset Gold Dollar.  The rules for winning the upset Gold Dollar are:

  1. Gold Dollars will be paid to the winners of all upsets, regardless of player’s rating.
  2. Winners of each and every upset will receive gold dollars using the following payout schedule:
    1. Rating difference: 100 or less, Gold Dollar reward: $5.00
    2. Rating difference: 101 to 150, Gold Dollar reward: $10.00
    3. Rating difference: 151 or larger, Gold Dollar reward: $15.00
  3. The gold dollars will be paid immediately upon confirmation of match sheets showing upsets on a first come first get paid basis until the funds run out. KTTC reserves $200 Gold Dollars for this payout.  So sharpen your game and hit the court running fast!
  4. Rating used to determine the upsets will be the USATT ratings of record as of 09:00 a.m. Friday October 20th, 2023.  Only USATT rated players prior to the date of the tournament are eligible to win gold dollars.
  5. Both players have to be USATT rated before the tournament date to be Gold Dollars eligible.

To register online, please go to www.omnipong.com and search for the tournament under the state of Tennessee.  You can also download the entry form from Omnipong.com website as well.  When entering the tournament, please make sure that you enter into the Preliminary RR event.  If you are taking the $10 hotel discount, please use the “Goodies” feature in omnipong.com.  Thanks.

For tournament information, please contact Jude Lam at 865-300-4829 or email to knoxvilletabletennisclub@gmail.com.

Tournament Hotel:

We have also reserved a block of rooms at our tournament hotel sponsor Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff with a group rate of $124 + tax.  The rate is good for both Friday and Saturday for that weekend.  Please use this link here to initiate your hotel reservation.  Please make sure that you enter the Group Rate Code of KT2 if you don’t use the link on this page.  The Group Rate will expire on October 7th, 2023 Saturday.  If there is any issue reserving your group rate, please call the hotel directly at 865-693-1011.  In order to encourage our players to stay at the tournament hotel property, we will offer $10 discount off your entry fee if you make your reservation to the hotel.  Simply first register the tournament, then make the hotel reservation and email your reservation number together with your name to knoxvilletabletennisclub@gmail.com.  We will check to make sure that your reservation is active as of Friday October 20th, 2023.  If you cancel your reservation, $10 discount balance will be added back to your tournament fee and you will need to pay for it upon tournament check-in time.

We look forward to see you in our tournament.

The event organizer also expresses our grateful thanks to our sponsors for their generous support:

Name Web Site Description
 horizonavionics_logo www.horizonavionics.com Provide aircraft maintenance and avionics services at the Knoxville McKee Tyson Airport.
 tgilogo www.tacticsco.com Maximize your investment in Oracle technology.
  Erin Zhou, A Century 21 Legacy Real Estate Agent Provide the highest quality of real estate agency service.
doublehappinessusa.com Chinese National Table Tennis Team Equipment sponsor
  Tennessee Tennis club and Academy Proud promoter of the sports of Tennis, Table Tennis and Pickleball in the East Tennessee and beyond.
uhf_hi_logo_horizontal www.ihg.com Provide great accommodation, free wi-fi, hot breakfast with exceptional values.
  Visit Knoxville Sports Commission The Visit Knoxville Sports Commission is your go-to for coordination, planning, promotion, and sponsorship of your next sporting event in Knoxville!