The San Diego team had a great  day at Joseph Bae’s Open Tournament  of  5/10/2014! U2000 Kiet  Tran – 1st place U1850 Carlos Pedro – 1st place U1700 Behnam Kazemi – 2nd place U1600 Santhoshkumar Srinivasan – 2nd place U3700 Doubles RR Sherwin Afshar/BehnamKazemi – 2nd place   Behnam Kazemi SDTTA Board

Womens RR 1st – Brana Vlasic Under 2050 RR 2nd – Ketthong Pisa Under 1900 RR 1st – Ted Chensheng Li 2nd – Carlos Pedro Under 1800 RR 1st – Daryl Sterling, Jr. 2nd – Philip Van De Wiele Under 1450 RR 1st – Shelley A. Hardy Team Event – Under 6300 3rd place David Flores, Satish Krishnamoorthy, James Therriault Under 3800 Doubles David Flores / Behnam Kazemi Over 60 RR 1st – Behnam Kazemi Over 70 RR 1st – Ragnar E. Fahlstrom 2nd – John A Anderson Draw Doubles 1st – Behnam Kazemi / Maxwell Yao 2nd – Emilian Mihet / Alena Nikolskaya

 

2014 Learning Tree Open

After School Learning Tree 11525 Sorrento Valley Road, CA 92121 May 3rd & 4th

Sponsored by: After School Learning Tree, Stellangie, & EATT Tournament Director: Earl James A. Alto, John James A. Alto Tournament Referee: Shelley Hardey Entry Deadline: May 1st, 2014. This is a real deadline. Tournament Format:

1. All matches are best of 5 games except for the Open Singles Semifinals & Finals. The Semis & Finals of the Open will be best of 7 games.
2. Players may not enter multiple events with identical start times.
3. Must meet any age requirements by May 3rd.
4. No prizes will be awarded for splits, dumps, default losses, or no shows.
5. Tournament committee reserves the right to modify or cancel events if there are insufficient entries.
6. There is a 2000 rating limit per player in Under 3200 Doubles, and 2300 rating limit per player in under 4200 Doubles.
7. Players over 2400 have free entries.

Additional Information: Please contact Earl James A. Alto. (858)-231-6255, or email retrokat858@yahoo.com Entry form: 2014 May SVTT Open

San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting

March  8th, 2014

Balboa Park Activity Center

 

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.

Call to order 11:45am at Simon Burgers by James.

SDTTA Board Members Present: Bob Koch, James Kahn, Mark Adelman, Behnam Kazemi, John Anderson and Simon Lee.

SDTTA Board Member(s) absent:  Peter Sanidad

SDTTA Member(s) Present:

Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.

The motion was made to approve the SDTTA Board Member minutes for Feb 2014 by James and seconded by John. The board carried the motion.

Treasurer’s Report:  John Anderson passed out the Treasurer’s Report which has been reconciled through February 2014.

Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling: No report.

Membership Report: No report.

Equipment Report: There are 3 boxes of broken/discarded nets and accessories that are in the storage room being neglected. Bob has volunteered to takes these nets and try to repair them and make complete sets from all of the various parts. He will report back at the next meeting on his progress.

Action Items:

1. The new shirts will be advertised on the website at $20 for the plain shirts and $25 for the logo shirts. Shirts for the team players in the upcoming Friendship tournament will be free (donations accepted). James made a motion to give free shirts for board members. John seconded the motion and it was approved by the board.

2. For the upcoming Neil Smyth Tournament, we will not promoting via NATT, but rather Atilla will promote the tournament through his channels.

3. Atilla will find top players for the Neil Smyth Tournament and the club will pay for the airfare and hotel for up to 4 players. The club will be flexible as far as the players ratings are concerned.

4. The idea of setting up committees for equipment setup and advertising was brought up. Bob will head up the equipment committee and Mark will head up the advertising committee.

5. The Korean Church would like to reserve 2 rows of tables for a gathering on either 4/26 or 5/3. It was approved unanimously by the board.

6. The board approved the sale of 2 tables to the Carmel Valley Rec Center at $600 apiece.

7. James will talk to Andre about purchasing 5 new tables.

8. Simon has volunteered to supply the food for the upcoming Neil Smyth Tournament. James will talk to Michelle, of BPAC, to see what needs to be done to get this approved. Simon also made the generous gesture of donating all the money, from the food sales, back to the club.

9. James will talk with prospective coaches DJ Alto, Barney Reed and Milosz Przybylik about what their expectations are of coaching for the club.

10. Behnam has tentatively setup a Friendship tournament for April 12th with the Baja and Zaman clubs.

11. There will be an equipment exchange/upgrade/swapmeet on April 19th at the club. We hope to get Emilian Mihet involved with this since he has the knowledge and equipment (rubber and blades) to help out the members who have any questions.

12. It was suggested that we should start doing spot-checks on the members to see if their memberships are current. Another option was suggested we verify membership at the time of sign-up during the Thursday round-robin event.

 

The motion to adjourn was made by James and seconded by Mark at 1:07pm.

The next meeting is April 8th at 7:00pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bob Koch, SDTTA Secretary

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San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting February 11, 2014 Balboa Park Activity Center

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.

 Call to order 7:05 pm by James.

SDTTA Board Members Present: Bob Koch, James Kahn, Mark Adelman, Behnam Kazemi, Peter Sanidad and John Anderson.

SDTTA Board Member(s) absent:  None

SDTTA Member(s) Present: Simon Lee

Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.

Treasurer’s Report:  John discussed procedures on how he would like to have bank deposits done. Only having one or two members making deposits and having as many cash and Pay Pal transactions is our ultimate goal in order to simplify bookkeeping. John talked about having better cash accountability and getting/giving receipts for all transactions whenever possible.

Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling – No report.

Membership Report – No report.

Equipment Report:  The club currently has 30 tables on hand with numerous tables needing wheel and other repairs. Mark received a request from the Carmel Valley Rec Center to purchase 2 tables at $600 each. They have a meeting on March 5th to get the funding approved. James is currently working on getting some new Joola tables at last year’s prices.

Action Items:

1. James is having 90 shirts imprinted with the new club logo. Pacific Apparel will doing the silk screening at $4.00 a shirt a one-time setup fee of $100. The goal at this time is to sell the shirts at a break-even price of $20..

2. The Neil Smyth tournament has been approved by the BPAC committee and is scheduled for May 24h and 25th. We had a conference call with Atilla about the tournament structure and there was concern that there were no doubles events but rather “3 Player Team” events. Atilla will research it further.

3. Friday nights have been lacking in attendance and excitement, so a suggestion was made to have a potluck doubles event and have teams chosen randomly. We’ll see how this plays out over the upcoming weeks.

4. The club will be closed for about 20 of the 30 days in March, so we will be looking to get some “friendship” tournaments scheduled with local clubs in the general area. Behnam will be in charge of organizing team events and has one scheduled for March 16th at Westminster to play the Zaman Table Tennis Club.

5. Barney Reed and D.J. Alto expressed interest in coaching at the club. We will put the info up on the website to see if there is any interest by our members. We would also like to have prospective coaches present their ideas and goals on what they would like to accomplish with their clinics.

6. James made a motion to have Simon Lee on the board. Mark 2nd the motion and it was passed unanimously by the board.

7. Bob brought up suggestion of having a Hall Of Fame page on our website. There is currently a plaque in the foyer for listing all members of the SDTTA Hall Of Fame, but there is nothing on the website. Bob will research it more and talk with Daryl to see if we can add this to the website.

 

The motion to adjourn was made by Mark and seconded by Peter at 8:16pm.

The next meeting is March 8th at 12:00pm at Simon Burgers at 4545 La Jolla Village Drive.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bob Koch, SDTTA Secretary

 

San Diego Table Tennis Association Board Meeting January 28, 2014 Balboa Park Activity Center

This meeting is open to all members of the SDTTA.

 Call to order 7:16 pm by James.

SDTTA Board Members Present: Bob Koch, James Kahn, Kiet Tran, Behnam Kazemi and John Anderson.

SDTTA Board Member(s) absent:  Mark Adelman

SDTTA Member(s) Present: Simon Lee

Communications not on agenda have a limit of 3 minutes.

Treasurer’s Report:  Treasurer’s Report was tabled until the next meeting so that Bill Chang can get with the new treasurer, John Anderson, and update him with the club’s current financial state and turn over the database to him.

Webmaster Report/ Daryl Sterling – No report.

Membership Report – The 2014 membership drive  is in full force and we are requiring all members to fill out the yellow waiver forms, since most of them have been misplaced or lost. The online members database is woefully out-of-date and Bob and John have begun getting the database current and removing old and/or bogus entries. Daryl has setup the online payment process to send a copy of the Pay Pal emails to Bob. These are the equivalent of the yellow waiver forms and will be kept on file and also will be proof when handing out the 2014 membership stickers.

Equipment Report:  The club recently sold one of the blue tables to a member for $600. We are looking to sell at least 1 more table. We need to make sure we have a least 28 tables for the Neil Smyth tournament.

Action Items:

1. Introduction of new board members. John Anderson, Behnam Kazemi and Bob Koch were newly elected.

2. Vote on new board positions:

Chairman – James Kahn

Vice Chairman – Behnam Kazemi

Executive Director – Kiet Tran

Treasurer – John Anderson

Secretary – Bob Koch

Public Relations Director – Mark Adelman

All board positions were voted on and seconded by the Board.

3. Discussed putting together a “traveling” tournament team that will play the other local clubs. Members will qualify for positions, which should make for a more competitive and dynamic team.

4. The new club shirts have arrived and the board voted on which logo will be printed on the shirts. The board voted unanimously for the new logo. The idea was discussed of getting sponsor logos printed on the shirts.

5. John Anderson thanked Bob Koch for donating a Windows 7 laptop to the club. The laptop will be used by the treasurer in the day-to-day operations of the club.

6. The Rehab games are scheduled for February 1st, from 9am to 2pm, and the club has offered the first 3 row of tables for the event. As always, volunteers are welcomed.

7. Club member Simon Lee was on hand and expressed interest in playing a larger role within the club. He also graciously extended the use of his restaurants for our monthly Board meetings.

 

The motion to adjourn was made by James and seconded by John at 8:25pm.

The next meeting is February 11, 2014.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bob Koch, SDTTA Secretary