LW/Sports Families... 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. 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