Boz USA Tour 3-17 July 2010

well, the 1st tt event around that time that comes to mind is the US OPEN, but it's far away in michigan which is east and up north (it borders with canada).

go here to find a list of tt events: http://www.usatt.org/events/tournaments.shtml

as you can see from the map there, michigan (MI) is up in the light-green section and far away from california (CA), which is down in the southwest, in the red section

but, if you are traveling around the whole country, and you're looking for TT, then i guess you'll have to find your way there, cuz that's the biggest tt event happening in the time that you will be here.

anyhow, good luck to you and enjoy your trip!!

I think the open is finished before I get there. anything else on in the US at that time?

You haven't indicated how you plan to travel around the country.

Here's what's going on in CA at that time:

2010 Northridge Open

Woodland Hills, CA

7/17-18/10

Dinh Nuygen 818-648-5898 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE 818-648-5898end_of_the_skype_highlighting

in the souther midwest

Wild Bill Hickok Shootout	Abilene, KS	7/10/10		George Taplin 785-263-0577 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE 785-263-0577end_of_the_skype_highlighting
2010 Lindenwood July Open	St. Charles, MO	7/17-18/10		Randy Kendle 636-928-6081 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE 636-928-6081end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Northern Eastern midwest

Jimmy McClure Memorial Table Tennis Open

Indianapolis, IN

7/10-11/10

Alan Grambo 317-372-0804

In the south

Mid-Florida Tour-Lakeland July Classic

Lakeland, FL

7/16-17/10

Raymond Spann 863-965-0760

And in the Northeast:

Maryland Circuit	Eldersburg, MD	7/3/10		Yvonne Kronlage 410-489-7291
Bay State Games	Medford, MA	7/10-11/10		David Marcus 617-492-4317
2010 BTTC Open Series	Brooklyn, NY	7/11/10		Nison Aronov 718-421-2200
Maryland Giant RR	Eldersburg, MD	7/17/10		Yvonne Kronlage 410-489-7291
LNVTTC 2010 July Open	Shelton, CT	7/17-18/10		Roman Tinyszin 860-416-5299

So California has the best (4 stars) tournament in that timeframe, and the East Coast has the most events.

NORTHEAST REPRAZENT YO.

/end silliness.

Boz:

You will want to go to the India Community Center in Milpitas if you go to SFO/BA

http://www.indiacc.org/tabletennis

Also, Palo Alto has a nice club (or used to)

Boz sorry I don't live in LA anymore or I'd gladly welcome you, but if you can find someone/somewhere to stay there are tons of clubs in LA... Some like LATTA are open 24 hrs...

LA Table Tennis Association

Grace Lin Table Tennis Club

Westside Table Tennis Center

(I don't know why the LATTA website doesn't work. That place is huge. Maybe Round Robin knows.)

If you can make it to the Chicago area, let me know.

I just thought most mytt peeps were located there, if there is no interest I might just land in the North East forget I know anyone here.

But honestly LA is the cheapest for me and more than that I don't care about tournament since I don't travel more than a 100kms even from where I live to go to them.

What the "tourist value spots" near Abilene, Indienapolis, and Medford?

I know of car racing but that is it.

And bay games I am out for sure since for starters I am not a registered member of a table tennis club in Massachusetts or a student bla bla bla

bozbrisvegas wrote: I just thought most mytt peeps were located there, if there is no interest I might just land in the North East forget I know anyone here. But honestly LA is the cheapest for me and more than that I don't care about tournament since I don't travel more than a 100kms even from where I live to go to them. What the "tourist value spots" near Abilene, Indienapolis, and Medford? I know of car racing but that is it.

I can't say anything about Indianapolis or Medford, but I assure you: There is nothing in Abilene, KS.

I'm originally from KS. Based on what little I know about you, boz, you don't want to go there... like, at all.

If I were going to make a suggestion for a combination of tourism and table tennis, I would suggest California with a side trip to Las Vegas (nothing like it in the world and some of the hotels are really inexpensive if you go mod-week). Plenty of table tennis in the LA and San Diego area, more around San Francisco which is a very nice train ride north from LA (take the train during the day for the scenery).

Within the metropolitan areas of San Fran and LA, there are decent commuter trains available but they don't get you everywhere, just sorta in the neighborhood. Lots of TT clubs around. IIRC, there's an online directory somewhere on the USATT web site.

There is no train between LA and Las Vegas, but plenty of bus options.

Not to say there aren't some very interesting places elsewhere in the US, but you have two weeks and it seem like that wold be a good way to spend your holiday.

It can be overwhelming to land in a foreign country and not know where to go next. You should have a pretty tightly planned itinerary and have hotels or friends prearranged to meet you at the arrival airport before you get on the plane to depart.

BTW, I live closer to Chicago but IMO, you'll have an easier time traveling and more fun if you hang nearer to the west coast.

I'm in total and complete agreement with Antron Chigurh. Anywhere in Kansas is NOT a tourist destination. It's not any kind of destination. It's not even really much of a place to be from.

bozbrisvegas wrote: gee I am happy not to be from Kansas

I'm happy you're not from Kansas, too.

Conan the Greek wrote: If I were going to make a suggestion for a combination of tourism and table tennis, I would suggest California with a side trip to Las Vegas (nothing like it in the world and some of the hotels are really inexpensive if you go mod-week). Plenty of table tennis in the LA and San Diego area, more around San Francisco which is a very nice train ride north from LA (take the train during the day for the scenery). Within the metropolitan areas of San Fran and LA, there are decent commuter trains available but they don't get you everywhere, just sorta in the neighborhood. Lots of TT clubs around. IIRC, there's an online directory somewhere on the USATT web site. There is no train between LA and Las Vegas, but plenty of bus options. Not to say there aren't some very interesting places elsewhere in the US, but you have two weeks and it seem like that wold be a good way to spend your holiday. It can be overwhelming to land in a foreign country and not know where to go next. You should have a pretty tightly planned itinerary and have hotels or friends prearranged to meet you at the arrival airport before you get on the plane to depart. BTW, I live closer to Chicago but IMO, you'll have an easier time traveling and more fun if you hang nearer to the west coast. I'm in total and complete agreement with Antron Chigurh. Anywhere in Kansas is NOT a tourist destination. It's not any kind of destination. It's not even really much of a place to be from.

+1

Medford is basically Boston (20 minutes by subway from downtown Boston) - which is a nice big city, Metro Boston population is about 2.5 million people. Also, if you happen to be here around Independence Day (July 4) count on some interesting events - Tall Ships or some tea dumping in the harbor, why not...

My advice to you - go to New York City and Boston, cover a couple of tournaments and you will also to get to see quite a few of tourist attractions.

What is really there to see on the West Coast? Disneyland? pfui... some nice table tennis clubs, that is true, we are envious of that, but in terms of sightseeing East Coast has the upper hand. NYC and Maryland have some great table tennis clubs too.

By the way, if you have a membership card from Australian TT federation, bring it with you - otherwise they will force you to buy a USATT membership to participate in a  tourney!

bozbrisvegas wrote: cheers all the info is helping, July is Summer right? Hot hot? Where do you guys enjoy the beach most?

For beach fun, California is probably considerably better than Northeast

Or you can go to Florida Keys or South Carolina beaches on the East Coast.

Don't you have really great beaches in Down Under? they are probably at least as good as anything we can offer you here in the "land of the free"...