held Oct 31st/Nov 1st '98 in Middletown - 40 players participated
State Championship Events:
Men's Singles: (semifinal round-robin results)
1st- Rich Dewitt (Fairfield) 1-1 / 4-3 2nd- Dave Strang (Middletown) 1-1 / 3-3 3rd- Xiodi Wang (Trumball) 1-1 / 3-4 A three way tie in the title event was decided for Dewitt's by his better game record as: Wang upset Dewitt 21-16,23-21,9-21,21-12 Strang defeated Wang 21-15,21-13,21-15 Dewitt defeated Strang 21-19, 21-16, 23-21
Championship Doubles:
1st: Inna Laskova (Southington)/ Chayo Trang-Adisaikul (Hamden) 2nd: Dave Strang / Wilbert Lawrence (Hartford) Laskova/Trang-Adisaikul win over Strang/Lawrence 21-17,18-21,21-17
Senior (over 40) Men's singles: 1st-Dave Strang def 2nd- Don Feltenberger (Bridgeport) 21-18, 21-16
Esquire (over 50) Men's singles: 1st-Don Feltenberger def 2nd-Richard Zuranski(NewBrittain)21-10,21-14
Senior-Esquires (Over 60) 1st-Bill Daunais ((Madison) def 2nd- Victor Perduta (Bristol)21-16,21-17
Youth (U-18) Singles: 1st- Joe Pomianowski (E.Hampton)(2-0) 2nd Anthony Pedraza (New Haven) (1-1) 3rd- Marelyn Vega (New Haven) (0-2)
OPEN (Non-State Title events) Class AA (U-2100) 1st-Inna Laskova (1-1/3-2) 2nd-Dave Strang (1-1/3-3) 3rd-Rich Dewitt (1-1/2-3)
Class A (U-1850) 1st- Chayo Trang-Adisaikukl (2-0) 2nd- Xiaodi Wang (1-1) 3rd- Don Feltenberger (0-2)
Class B (U-1625) 1st-Venky Venkatraman def 2nd Evan Paushter 17-21,21-15,23-21
Class C (U-1475) 1st-Evan Paushter def 2nd Doug Moe NS
Class D (U-1325) 1st-William Pryor def 2nd Frank Hrobak 21-19,21-16
Class E (U-1175) 1st- Martin Shapiro def 2nd Ernest Paushter (default)
Class F (U-1000) 1st- Richard Nelson def 2nd Bill Barnes 23-21,21-19,21-18
Class G (U-0700) 1st- Anthony Pedraza (3-0) 2nd- Marelyn Vega (2-1) 3rd Rigo Torres (1-2)