Event Fact Sheet
The Beverly Hills Arthur Gilbert Table Tennis Cup
©Copyright 1995, Courtesy of the Racket Sports Heritage
Collection.
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Dates:
- January 6-7, 1996
- (Saturday and Sunday)
Venue:
- The International Ballroom
The Beverly Hilton Hotel
9876 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
- Beverly Hilton has reduced the room rate for people coming to the
tournament. Mention the name of the tournament and the date when
reserving rooms, and they will reduce it to $125 per night, double
occupancy. The regular rate is $220 per night.
- The Beverly Hilton is located near the corner of Wishire Bl. and
Santa Monica Bl. (they are parallel most of the time, but cross in
BH).
- The Ballroom is simply marvelous, with pillars along the wall,
stage in the middle, and rows of chairs around. In my judgement,
there will be a good view from any seat. There will be a Butterfly
booth in the lobby. Butterfly is one of the sponsors. Hotel will be selling food.
Schedule:
- Saturday, January 6th, 9:00am-9:30pm: Round robin
competition.
9:00am - Group A - BxC
10:00am - Group B - BxC
11:00am - Group C - BxC
12:00pm - Group D - BxC
1:00pm - Open Ceremony
1:30pm - Group A - AxC
2:30pm - Group B - AxC
3:30pm - Group C - AxC
4:30pm - Group D - AxC
5:30pm - Group A - AxB
6:30pm - Group B - AxB
7:30pm - Group C - AxB
8:30pm - Group D - AxB
9:30pm - Draw for 2nd Day
Sunday, January 7th, 10:00am-7:00pm:
10:00am - Quater-final A
11:00am - Quater-final B
12:00pm - Quater-final C
1:00pm - Quater-final D
3:00pm - Semi-final A
4:00pm - Semi-final B
6:00pm - Final
7:00pm - Awards ceremony (champaign, interview, and check
presentation).
Format:
This tournament will be played in the following format - 4 groups of three
will play a round robin, from which the top two players will
advance to the quarter-finals. All matches will be the
best of 5. All matches will be played on one table, center
stage, in an amphitheater style setting.
Prizes:
$89,000 total prize money
Winner: $25,000;
Runner-up: $15,000;
3rd-4th Place: $7,500;
5th-8th Place: $5,000;
9th-12th Place: $3,500;
The Arthur Gilbert Cup is the permanent trophy of the tournament.
The winner will receive a silver trophy and will have his
name added to a plaque at the base of the Arthur Gilbert
Cup. The runner-up will receive a silver plate.
Spectators:
Over a two-day period, about 2500 fans will view this event.
Television:
The semi-finals and the finals will be televised via a nationwide cable
network. Schedule will be posted here when becomes available.
7 1/2 hours of tournament is being recorded, packaged, and distributed
nationally and internationally. The cost is $65 + $5 S&H (within the US)
for a package of 3 tapes. Each tape ordered individually costs $25 + S&H.
To find out how to order, go this way.
Sponsors:
Mr. Arthur Gilbert, Merv Griffin's Beverly Hilton Hotel, Christie's
International Fine Arts Auctioneers, First Interstate Bank, Butterfly
(Tamasu), Nittaku (Nippon Takkyu).
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