(1979) and Chartchai "Hank" Teekaveerakit (1986), Lily Yip, Wei Wang, Virginia Sung, Amy Feng, Simone Yang, Gao Jun, Yinghua Cheng, Darko Rop, Rezvan Cvetu... Prominent among Canadian immigrants were Charlie Chow, Zoran Kosanovic, Horatio Pintea, Yong Jiang Liu, Johnny Huang, Barbara Chiu, May Tong, Chris Xu and Lijuan Geng. Players from Bermuda started to participate in tournaments, but not on a regular basis.

USTTA, under the direction of Yvone Kronlage and Dennis Masters, ran the first World Championships - the Veterans - in tandem with the 1990 Baltimore U.S. Open. In the same year Jimmy Butler won the first of his three U.S. Championships. Richard McAfee was named Competition Manager for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

In 1998, with the combined efforts of Adham Sharara and Anton Kiesenhofer, the CTTA started a three-year test venture called the Butterfly Canada Cup, a National League. In 1999, CTTA revived its Top 12 competition system. The athletes qualify through their regions in order to be selected for the National final. For Canada's elite, the Top 12 serves as a qualification event for major international competitions. Mariann Domonkos (Canada)

In 1999 Sheri Soderberg Pittman was named the first woman president of the USATT; Ben Nisbet became Executive Championships. Secretary, and Larry Hodges has returned to editing the magazine. Internationally, disabled is getting more recognition and several North American athletes participated In 2000, the first STIGA North American Junior in the Paralympic Games held in Sydney. Championships took place in Toronto, and this is expected to be an annual event. The CTTA has been working on a net of With the I.T.T.F. President's office now located in Ottawa, the Regional High Performance Centres established in visibility and prestige of table tennis in North America is Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal. One in expected to soar in astronomical proportions. (Tim Boggan & Winnipeg and another in the Atlantic provinces are being Chandra Madhosingh) considered for early in the millennium. Past U. S. Open Champions The 2000 World Veterans Championships was held at the University of British Colombia in Vancouver with full success. Men's Singles - 1931 M. Schussheim USA, 1932 C. Clark USA, Recently Greenland has joined the North American 1933 J. Jacobson USA, 1934 J. McClure USA, 1935 A. Federation and in 2000 participated in the Antiantic Berenbaum USA, 1936 V. Bama HUN, 1937 L. Beliak HUN, 1938 L. Beliak HUN, 1939 J. McClure USA, 1940 L. Pagliaro USA, 1941 L. Pagliaro USA, 1942 L. Pagliaro USA, 1943 W. Geng Lijuan (Canada) Holzrichter USA, 1944 J. Somael USA, 1945 R. Miles USA, 1946 R. Miles USA, 1947 R. Miles USA, 1948 R. Miles USA, 1949 R. Miles USA, 195o J. Leach ENG, 1951 R. Miles USA, 1952 L. Pagliaro USA, 1953 R. Miles USA, 1954 R. Miles USA, 1955 R. Miles USA, 1956 E. Klein USA, 1957 B. Bukiet USA, 1958 M. Reisman USA, 1959 R. Gusikoff USA, 1960 M. Reisman USA 1961 E. Klein USA, 1962 R. Miles USA, 1963 B. Bukiet USA, 1964 E. Klein USA, 1965 E. Klein USA, 1966 B. Bukiet USA, 1967 M. Fukushima JPN, 1968 Dal Joon Lee USA, 1969 Dal Joon Lee USA, 1970 Dal Joon Lee USA, 1971 Dal Joon Lee USA, 1972 Dal Joon Lee USA, 1973 Dal Joon Lee USA, 1974 K. Johansson SWE, 1975 K. Johansson SWE, 1976 D. Surbek YUG, 1977 J. Leiss GER, 1978 N. Takashima JPN, 1979 M. Orlowski CZE, 1980 M. Appelgren SWE, 1981 Xie Saike CHN, 1982 Z. Kosanovic CAN, 1983 E. Boggan

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