The September tournament was a big success with the results listed below. The tournament
has now moved to the 3rd Sunday of each month, with the next one being held on October 21st.
Hope to see you there!!

There are many people in our club that help out in many ways to develop our sport within and beyond SDTTA. I like to introduce you to Mr. Ruben Guilloty or just as we call him Ruben from the beautiful island of Puerto Rico . Once again he has shown his real generosity toward the future of table tennis  in giving all to the present. He has donated tens of rackets, balls, etc. to Mayaguez Club in Puerto Rico and the Baja Table Tennis club.
Pictures  show him with Puerto Rico Table Tennis Federation president Ivan Santos and Mayaguez Coach Edwin Figueroa as well as the Baja team Coach (I. Garcia) and the Kids at Mayaguez in Puerto Rico.
Special thanks to our Emil Mihet that provided much of the equipment. Thank you for the gifts.  You put a smile on future table tennis players.

In order to improve our members table tennis skills, we are going to invite top coaches to our club
to conduct one day clinics. We have asked  Jair Jimenez, with US National rating over 2525  and
winner of U-2500 in San Diego Open 2018,  to conduct a one day clinic/ training . Lower level
players can participate from 10-12 am and upper level players from 1-3 pm next Sunday 9/23/18.
This group training will be free for our members. We are accepting the first 10 members in each
category.
Please text your entry to Behnam at 6198894922.

Sept. 11, 2018

Meeting called to order by Vice Chairperson  at 7:03 p.m.

Members present: Behnam Kazemi, Dennis Seisun, Perry Schwartzberg   Bob Koch, Jaxon Farris, and Phil Van De Wiele.

Steve McGrew absent

Motion made to approve last minutes, motion carried.

Old Business

Jaxon: Additional tables need to be built from the new Butterfly shipment. Phil and Jaxon volunteer to help.

Jaxon: Need to talk about sponsorship of players.

– Much is discussed about the amount of money the club wants to put up for sponsorship, the number and qualifications of the players that the club will sponsor, and the need to put something on the website to alert all SDTTA members of the decision to sponsor some club members.

Bob: Perhaps we should sponsor 3 or 4 tournaments with a total budget of $4000.

Phil: We need to mention which tournaments we are sponsoring.

Perry: We are currently sponsoring these 4, U.S. Open and Closed, L.A. Open, and the large tournament we run in San Diego.

All agree that this is a good group.

Further discussion will be held with the newly elected board as only the U.S. Open in Florida is still left in this fiscal year.

Jaxon: We need to send out a bulk e-mail to make sure people bring their membership cards.

Bob: Will enforce the need to show a membership card before replacing a broken ball with a 3 star Nittaku Premium as is club policy.

Jaxon: We now need to bring in the tables every day and night after we are done playing. We can no longer leave them standing on the floor overnight.

Phil: We need to update the white board and notify members as best that we can.

Jaxon: Status of hosting a smaller tournament before our large one is being considered. Phil and I will use the Omnipong software.

Bob: Maybe we should just run the Memorial Day tournament?

Perry: It would be a good idea to run a smaller tournament if we are thinking of bringing the big one in-house.

Jaxon: Tried to contact Omnipong in order to get the software needed, so far, no response.

Jaxon: Status report on broken barriers, nets, etc.? General report.

Bob: There are items in the storage room that need to be repaired and removed. We have them separated and are in good shape.

Behnam: Maybe Jair Jimenez can coach for a day? $200 for 6 hours and that would include his brother Morgan to help with coaching and translation.

Approved by the board 4-0-2, Perry and Phil abstaining. Passed

Important dates for the next election to be voted on:

October 23 – Deadline for candidates

November 13 – Voting begins

November 20 – Final votes tallied

6-0 in favor. Passed

Behnam: 9-12 this Saturday, Sr. Tournament. Currently 16 participants, and will need 2 rows of tables.

All agree that this is fine.

Dennis: What is the status of the picnic?

No plans secured but all agree that a committee should get on it as the members do appreciate it.

Treasurers report submitted by Dennis.

Perry: Subsidized coaching went well, particularly among the up and coming lower level group.

Motion to renew subsidized coaching for Perry and Pisa for another 6 total sessions.

5-0-1 motion passed. Perry abstains

Phil: Second Sunday needs to be third Sunday in October and November. Need two tournaments with 3rd Sunday awards, not 2nd Sunday awards.  Total of 16 awards.

6-0 approved .

Meeting adjourned 8:07

Congratulations to Suresh Kanekar for his selection to receive the San Diego Table Tennis Association’s Hall Of Fame award.  The SDTTA Board of Directors recognizes and appreciates his many contributions to the club and the sport of Table Tennis.

Learn more about Suresh Kanekar, in his own words, click here.

 

San Diego Open Table Tennis Tournament

May 12-13, 2018

Congratulations to Wenzhang Tao, Open Singles Champion

See all tournament results on OmniPong: Results

View more tournament photos: Photos

Watch the time lapse video of the venue setup: Time_Lapse_Video