Event Fact Sheet

The Beverly Hills Arthur Gilbert Table Tennis Cup


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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.

Video:

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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Created by Vadim Parizher
E-Mail: vparizher@csun.edu
Last Update: December 18, 1995