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Racquet/Paddle Teams
Gear Up For Maccabi
The team's 26 players — the largest
Detroit table tennis team ever — will
compete in singles, doubles, mixed
doubles and a team event. The team
hile almost every sport in
event format will be similar to tennis'
the Maccabi Games
Davis Cup. Every team of two will play
requires a unique skill,
a best three-out-of-five in singles and
few require the hand/eye
doubles matches. The teams that
coordination combined with foot speed
advance will play a sin-
like racquetball, table
gle-elimination round
tennis and tennis.
for the gold, silver and
Athletes in those
bronze medals.
sports will grab their rac-
"Our strategies are to
quets or paddles for the
play
hard, compete
Detroit Maccabi delega-
hard
and have some
tion from Aug. 16-23,
fun,"
said Black.
along with teen athletes
The
Detroit tennis
competing in 12 other
team,
coached
by Linda
sports.
Okun
and
Jason
Agrest,
What the 1998 Mac-
has
the
most
experience
cabi racquetball team
of the three
lacks in experience,
racquet/paddle squads.
coach Karen Green tries
Four players are return-
to provide with her
Back for his second Maccabi
energy, enthusiastic per-
Games this year, Eric Migdal ing from last year's
sonality, and years of
chases down a shot last year in games in Pittsburgh,
including Brad Jaffe,
racquetball experience.
Pittsburgh.
who won a silver medal
Green, a four-time
in the singles event and
state champion and two-
gold
in
doubles,
and Jay Frankel, who
time regional champ, along with assis-
took
a
bronze
in
singles and a silver in
tant coach Al Rosen will lead eight
❑
doubles.
Detroit athletes in their first Maccabi
Games. Green's enthusiasm rubs off on
her players.
"I like meeting the different kids
and seeing their spirit and enthusiasm
and kind of teach them the game," said
Edgewood Country Club played host
Green.
to the 16th annual B'nai B'rith Golf
Green was an assistant coach with
Classic on July 13. The event raised
the Detroit Maccabi racquetball team
$25,000 for B'nai B'rith youth serving
during the 1995 games. She said this
agencies.
year's squad is filled with desire and she
Three teams tied for first pla6e in
wants them to have fun, do their best,
the event, but the foursome of Barry
and have an experience they will
Rogow, Mark Menczer, Jack Wolfe and
remember for a lifetime.
Andy Jacob claimed to have cheated
Said Green, "Our strategy is to
and donated their prize money back to
know the rules, show good sportsman-
B'nai B'rith.
ship, and stay cool under pressure."
The other groups that tied for first:
The Detroit table tennis team has a
Ted
Efros, Rick Ellis, Rob Efros and
bit more experience than the racquet-
Brian- Wais; and Steve Schanes, Barry
ball team. Table tennis has five return-
Fagan, Jeff Stewart, Steven Weinstock.
ing players who helped the team win at
least one medal in each event in Mil-
waukee.
Coach Roger Black has been
involved with Maccabi since his son
played table tennis in Pittsburgh in
1993. "Its going to be a tough compe-
The Detroit-Morgenthau Jewish
tition this year," said Black. "There's
Women International bowling league
going to be a lot of great players corn-
has openings for the upcoming season,
ing in from Great Britain, New York
which kicks off at 12:30 p.m. on Tues-
and New Jersey. But we've been prac-
day, Sept. 8, at Plum Hollow Lanes in
ticing hard.
Southfield.
"I think the kids are ready and we'll
For information on joining the
see what happens. Hopefully we will be
league, contact Elaine Berman at (248)
able to hold our own and win some
661-8838 or Marion Siegel at (248)
medals."
642-5491.
JUSTIN RICE
Special to The Jewish News
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