Age 51, and still winning athletic trophies. Yay me.

Played in a table tennis tournament in Indianapolis today. I have a rating of 1081 with the US Table Tennis Association. I entered the Under 1250 and under 1450 categories, and ended up winning 7 of 8 matches. Altogether, a good day for me. I actually won the Under 1250 category, and brought home a nice trophy. Had to beat up on one youngster while his parents watched.

Last summer, in cleaning out the basement, I threw away all my old tennis trophies. Didn’t see the point in keeping them. What am I going to do with this table tennis trophy? Should I set it on my keyboard tomorrow at church?

My only loss came in the Under 1450, to an Asian middle-schooler who skunked me, 3-0. This kid was small– probably still needed to use a car seat. I’m a better player and higher rated, but he snuck up on me. As it was, I ended up in a three-way tie in our initial four-person round-robin, beating the other two guys handily. But one of them beat the Asian kid 3-0, and that broke the tie. That guy moved on instead of me. Bummer.

But hey–I still took home a trophy. Mom said she was proud of me.

Four players from our Fort Wayne club participated. Sean Fitzgerald won the Under 1850 group without losing a game. So our club did pretty well.