Congratulations to Behnam(88 votes), Sunil(84 votes), and Javid(77 votes), who have been elected to the 2026-2027 board term. A special thank you to Dennis, Barry, Boysie, and Beata who volunteered their time to facilitate the election.
This Saturday Nov 8th at 11am, we are having a one time tournament. The Baja team is visiting our club for a friendly match .Their ratings are between 1000-2200. We are going to use two rows of tables at 11am for a round robin tournament. If you would like to play, you can sign up on line starting Friday as usual. Behnam,
Hi, I’m Ahmed, and I’ve proudly served on the board for the past two years. I’m at the club about four days a week, helping with tables, cleaning, and keeping things running smoothly.
Love getting to know our members and hearing out their ideas on how we can improve the club!
If re-elected, I want to bring back the Member Appreciation Tournament twice a year, like we used to, and make sure every member gets the most out of their membership. I’m committed to promoting events, listening to members, and keeping our club welcoming for all.
Reminder, SDTTA has upcoming board elections. Three board positions will be up for election. All members of the club are encouraged to participate in voting at the following times: Saturday Nov 1 10:30 – 12:30 Sunday Nov 2 10:30 – 12:30 Monday Nov 3 5:00 – 7:00 Tuesday Nov 4 5:00 – 7:00 Wed Nov 5 CLOSED Thurs Nov 6 5:00 – 8:00 (Votes will be counted at the end of today’s voting)
I, Sunil Bulla, am a software engineer ,I have been a previous board member for few years. I come to Balboa Park 5 days a week to play and devote time to the great sport of Table Tennis. Most of the days I play, I end up “closing” up the club and making sure people put away the tables and barriers since I stay to closing. My devotion to Table Tennis has been and continues to be almost “ fanatical”, as I always am trying to not only improve my game, but help other people improve their skills and love of the game. During my time with being a board member, I’ve also monitored new people or others who come, to either pay and better yet join the club. I’ve done this so the rules are being followed for everyone’s enjoyment. My passion for the game for most people cannot be questioned. I’m here to help the board as well as promote the sport. In the past years I have reached out to many recreational players, senior citizens , and pro players from other clubs to join SDTTA and have fun . I have always initiated/encouraged tournaments for our club members (members appreciation tournament ).In closing, I ask for your all-important vote as I hope to represent you. Together we can continue and expand the growth of SDTTA. Thank you in advance for your support.
Meeting started at 7.00 P.M. on Tuesday October 7th.
Members Present were: PJ, Ruben, Behnam, Ahmad and George. On phone we had: Sunil and Patricia.
1: Because of the Covid pandemic, we did not hold elections in 2020 (scheduled to elect 3 positions), as a result, when we held elections in 2021, we elected the 3 positions previously required. In doing this, we went out of sequence between the Odd/Even year’s as established in the By Laws. On October 7, 2025 the board unanimously decided that we will continue to elect 3/4 board members per year, but will eliminate the Odd/Even requirement to provide for flexibility in the future in the event that another catastrophic event occurs in a given year. Therefore, we will update the By Laws to reflect this change. The votes were 7 in favor / 0 against.
2: Kennedy George Pisa will be resigning to the board for personal reasons and we will be identifying a replacement for George: By October 21st we need to evaluate and find replacement candidates.
3: Tall barriers are being quoted by Tawny Banh and once the quotes are agreed to, we will order them ASAP. The plan is to order 20 Tall barriers. Also, we intend to replace and upgrade all the Tables using the Butterfly Blue tables used in all major tournaments and clubs in the USA. The plan is to replace them through time. Initially we will replace 10 tables and we will have 10 tables for sale. Table quotes are also pending from Tawny.
4: Member Appreciation Tournament is scheduled for October 19th, and registrations will start on October 17th. Only members who have join the club prior to the announcement on October 3th /2025 will be able to participate in the tournament. anyone who joined afterwards will not be able to register this year.
5: We will be selling used damaged robot to Mr. Ahmad for $100.00. Ahmed Ghazi will be doing research to determine potential selling price for the old tables.
6: Financial statement were provided by Ruben and every things was correct and up to date.
